Full Name: William Martin "Billy" Joel, Profession: American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. He is known for numerous hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, including classics such as "Piano Man," "Uptown Girl," "New York State of Mind," "Just the Way You Are," and "We Didn’t Start the Fire." These songs made him one of the world’s best-selling and most enduring popular music artists, and he continues to be a major concert draw into the twenty-first century. Nationality: American, Born: May 9, 1949. Birthplace: Bronx, New York City, United States; raised in the Levittown section of Hicksville on Long Island. Generation: Baby Boomer (born within the widely accepted 1946–1964 baby-boom cohort); Chinese Zodiac: Earth Ox (Ox year for births between January 29, 1949, and February 16, 1950); Zodiac Sign: Taurus (Sun in Taurus for all births on May 9); Age in 2026: 77 years old on his birthday of May 9, 2026. Marital Status: Married since 2015 to Alexis Roderick in his fourth marriage; previously married to Elizabeth Weber, Christie Brinkley and Katie Lee. Children: three daughters — singer‑songwriter Alexa Ray Joel (born 1985, his daughter with Christie Brinkley), and daughters Della Rose Joel (born 2015) and Remy Anne Joel (born 2017) with Alexis Roderick. Description: A Jewish American musician born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, Billy Joel left high school to pursue music, first performing in bands before launching a solo career that produced 12 pop and rock studio albums between 1971 and 1993 as well as a later classical album, earning multiple Grammy Awards and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, along with membership in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Kennedy Center Honors, while selling well over 100 million records worldwide; known as the "Piano Man" after his breakout 1973 song, he built a catalog of story‑driven ballads and rock songs that became staples of radio and live performance, and he has maintained a particularly strong connection to New York through both his songwriting and an unprecedented long‑running concert residency at Madison Square Garden. Cause of Death: Not applicable — Billy Joel is alive as of 2026, continuing to perform and make public appearances.