Sir '''Elton Hercules John''' [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born Reginald Dwight in [[London]], 1947) is an English singer/pianist who achieved prominence in the early 1970s. He was made a CBE in 1996 and a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1998. In 2005 he married his long-term partner [[David Furnish]] in a Civil Partnership Ceremony. | Sir '''Elton Hercules John''' [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born Reginald Dwight in [[London]], 1947) is an English singer/pianist who achieved prominence in the early 1970s. He was made a CBE in 1996 and a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1998. In 2005 he married his long-term partner [[David Furnish]] in a Civil Partnership Ceremony. |