Mark Ronson's Real Name: Mark Daniel Ronson

Quick answer: The producer and musician is known professionally as Mark Ronson. AllMusic and the Recording Academy's Grammy.com independently give the name Mark Daniel Ronson and date his birth to September 4, 1975, in London, England (AllMusic; Grammy.com).

Real name and early life

He is known professionally as Mark Ronson. AllMusic lists him as also known as Mark Daniel Ronson and dates the birth to September 4, 1975, in London, England. Its biography says he spent the first eight years of his life in England, the son of Laurence Ronson and later the stepson of Foreigner's Mick Jones, and that around his mid-teens he and his mother relocated to New York. Grammy.com independently says, "Born Mark Daniel Ronson Sept. 4, 1975, in London, England," and also notes that his stepfather is Foreigner founder Mick Jones.

Career highlights

AllMusic says Ronson made his debut in 2003 with Here Comes the Fuzz and truly set himself apart as co-producer of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006), a global smash that earned him his first three Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year. Grammy.com independently says he received recognition for his production of Winehouse's 2006 album Back to Black, which hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and that he won his first three career Grammy Awards for 2007, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. AllMusic dates the solo album Version to 2007 and Uptown Special to 2015, and says the Bruno Mars-fronted single "Uptown Funk" drove that later album. Grammy.com independently says he scored his first No. 1 single in the United States with 2014's "Uptown Funk," featuring Bruno Mars, from his fourth studio album, Uptown Special. AllMusic says his album Version (2007) narrowly missed the top of the U.K. album chart and later went double-platinum. It also names later production work including Lady Gaga's "Shallow," a later collaboration with Diplo as Silk City, and work as executive producer on the soundtrack to the 2023 film Barbie.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Mark Ronson or Mark Daniel Ronson are looking for the same London-born producer, later known for Back to Black and "Uptown Funk." Independent sources support the name used in the title.