Matty Healy

Birth Name: Matthew Timothy Healy

Place of Birth: Hendon, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 8 April, 1989

Ethnicity: English, some Irish and Scottish

Matty Healy is a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of indie art pop band the 1975. An influential figure in indie music, he is known for his onstage persona and performance art. His music and lyrics deal eclectically with themes including internet culture, society and politics, masculinity, and relationships. He is an advocate against climate change and for LGBTQ+ rights. He is also known as Truman Black.

Matty is the son of actors Tim Healy (Timothy Malcolm Healy) and Denise Welch (Jacqueline Denise Welch). His brother, Louis, is an actor. His stepfather is painter Lincoln Townley. He was partly raised in Melbourne, Australia; on a cattle farm in Hedley on the Hill, Northumberland; and then, mostly, in Alderley Edge, a village in Cheshire.

Matty’s paternal grandfather was Timothy Malcolm Healy (the son of Walter Thomas Healy and Beatrice Mattilda/Matilda Cooper). Timothy was born in Woolwich, London. Walter was the son of Timothy John Healy, who was of Irish heritage, and of Clara Blanche Lethbridge. Beatrice was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the daughter of English parents, Samuel Cooper, from Heston, Middlesex, and Emily Hurst, from Horncliffe, Sussex.

Matty’s paternal grandmother was Sadie Wilson (the daughter of Thomas A. Wilson and Ethel Cairns Dilks/Dilkes). Sadie was born in Chester Le Street, Durham, England. Ethel was the daughter of Peter Dilks/Dilkes and Sarah Hannah Elliott.

Matty’s maternal grandfather was John Vincent Welch (the son of John William Welch and Sarah Jane Waterhouse). Matty’s grandfather John was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland. Matty’s great-grandfather John was the son of John Welsh and Elizabeth Ann Elms. Sarah was the daughter of Vincent Waterhouse and Cecilia Miller.

Matty’s maternal grandmother was Ann Ridley (the daughter of John George Ridley and Margaret/Maggie M. O’Brien). Ann was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland. John was the son of Harrison Ridley and Hannah Young. Margaret was born in Castledermot, Athy Parish, Kildare, Ireland, the daughter of William Brien and Julia Mullaly/Mulally Doolan.