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What is the real first name of British graffiti artist Banksy?

Question #150279. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Dec 15 2023.
Originally posted Dec 08 2023 9:20 PM.

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Probably Robin, though he has claimed it is Robbie or Robert. Others have called him Rob. It's complicated!
In an interview with the BBC in 2003, which was rediscovered in November 2023, reporter Nigel Wrench asked if Banksy is called Robert Banks; Banksy responded that his forename is Robbie. The Mail on Sunday claimed in 2008 that Banksy is Robin Gunningham,[17] born on 28 July 1974 in Yate, 12 miles (19 km) from Bristol. Several of Gunningham's associates and former schoolmates at Bristol Cathedral School have corroborated this, and, in 2016, a study by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London using geographic profiling found that the incidence of Banksy's works correlated with the known movements of Gunningham. According to The Sunday Times, Gunningham began employing the name Robin Banks, which eventually became Banksy. Two cassette sleeves featuring his art work from 1993, for the Bristol band Mother Samosa, exist with his signature. In June 2017, DJ Goldie referred to Banksy as "Rob" in an interview for a podcast.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Dec 08 2023.
Dec 08 2023, 9:25 PM
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Here is the interview where he called himself "Robbie".
Banksy: Street artist "confirms" first name in lost BBC interview.

In the 2003 recording, BBC reporter Nigel Wrench asks him if he is called "Robert Banks", and the artist replies: "It's Robbie."

link https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67449087

Dec 15 2023, 10:47 AM
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