- Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor and television personality.
- He is originally Chaim Witz, born on August 25th, 1949 in Tirat Carmel, Isreal
- He is best known as the frontman for KISS, the rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.
- He had a TV show Gene Simmons Family Jewels.
- Gene Simmons was initially influenced by The Beatles to go into a musical direction.