Paul Stanley (originally Stanley Bert Eisen) was born on January 20, 1952 in Manhattan, New York. He is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and painter—best known as The Starchild, a founding member of KISS.

Stanley was born with a birth defect known as ‘microtia,’ which deformed his right ear and left him deaf on that side. He discussed this and other issues in his memoir, Face the Music: A Life Exposed.