Full Name: Robert Anthony Plant; Profession: English rock singer, songwriter, and recording artist best known as the lead vocalist of the pioneering hard rock band Led Zeppelin and for a long, exploratory solo career that has embraced blues, folk, world music, and Americana collaborations including his acclaimed work with Alison Krauss; Nationality: British (English); Born: 20 August 1948; Birthplace: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; Generation: Baby Boomer (part of the post–World War II cohort broadly defined as those born between 1946 and 1964); Chinese Zodiac: Earth Rat (born in the Rat year 1948, which Chinese astrology classifies as an Earth Rat year); Zodiac Sign: Leo (Sun in Leo, with his birth date falling between July 23 and August 22 and astrological charts explicitly listing his Sun in Leo); Age in 2026: 78 years old on 20 August 2026, calculated from his documented birth year of 1948; Marital Status: divorced, having married Maureen Wilson in November 1968 and later separating in the early 1980s, and subsequently known to have had a relationship with her sister Shirley Wilson; Children: father of four children—daughter Carmen Jane Plant (performer and belly dancer), sons Karac Pendragon Plant (born 1972, died from a stomach infection in 1977), Logan Romero Plant (born 1979), and Jesse Lee Plant (born 1991 with Shirley Wilson), with multiple grandchildren through Carmen’s family; Description: one of the most influential and recognizable rock vocalists in history, whose powerful, wide‑ranging voice, dramatic Leo‑like stage charisma, and fascination with blues, mythology, fantasy literature, and esoteric imagery helped define Led Zeppelin’s sound and the broader evolution of 1960s–1970s rock, contributing lyrics that drew on Celtic and Norse myth, the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, and occult symbolism, and who has since continually reinvented himself through solo albums and collaborations that explore Middle Eastern and North African modes, Americana and bluegrass, and roots rock while earning numerous awards and enduring recognition as a creative, spiritually inclined musical explorer rather than merely a nostalgic classic‑rock front man; Cause of Death: not applicable—he remains alive and active as a recording and performing artist in the mid‑2020s.