Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and photographer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the band's members; and in 2018, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award which recognises "the most distinctive recordings in music history". He uses a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever", and "The Show Must Go On".
| Full name at birth | Brian Harold May
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| Claim to fame | Guitarist for Queen
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| Date of birth | 19 July 1947
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| Place of birth | Hampton, Middlesex, England
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| Occupation | Musician, astrophysicist, animals welfare activist
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| Height | 6' 2" (188 cm)
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| Net worth | $210,000,000 USD
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| High school | Hampton Grammar School
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![Queen - Music Life Magazine Cover [Japan] (May 1979)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/m/j/mjkdz0z0bxtu0bku.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Queen - Popular 1 Magazine Cover [Spain] (February 2019)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/g/5/g5dgiib8qjv0q0id.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Queen - Record Collector Magazine Cover [United Kingdom] (September 2020)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/z/m/zmy7dfejdm3tdtfy.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Queen - Mojo Magazine Cover [United Kingdom] (November 2020)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/q/1/q15dhgwoar8zga5z.jpg?skj2io4l)
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