"{{Short description|American-born French entertainer (1906–1975)}}\n{{Other people}}\n{{Use American English|date=January 2026}}\n{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2026}}\n{{Infobox person\n| name               = Josephine Baker\n| image              = File:Baker Harcourt 1940 2.jpg\n| caption            = Baker in 1940\n| birth_name         = Freda Josephine McDonald\n| birth_date         = {{birth date|mf=yes|1906|06|03}}\n| birth_place        = [[St. Louis]], Missouri, U.S.\n| death_date         = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1975|04|12|1906|06|03}}\n| death_place        = Paris, France\n| resting_place      = [[Monaco Cemetery]] \n| citizenship        = {{plainlist|\n* United States (until 1937)<!-- renounced US citizenship in 1937 -->\n* France (from 1937)\n}}\n| occupation         = [[Vedette (cabaret)|Vedette]], singer, dancer, actress, [[civil rights activist]], [[French Resistance]] agent\n| years_active       = 1921–1975\n| spouse             = {{Plain list|\n* {{marriage|Willie Wells|1919|1919|reason=div}}\n* {{marriage|William Baker|1921|1925|reason=div}}\n* {{marriage|Jean Lion|1937|1940|reason=div}}\n* {{marriage|[[Jo Bouillon]]|1947|1961|reason=div}}\n}}\n| partner            = Robert Brady <br />(1973–1975)\n| children           = 12{{efn|[[Jean-Claude Baker]] presented himself as her foster son, however his claim had been contested by Baker’s children.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--none--> |url=https://www.bienpublic.com/actualite/2015/01/16/jean-claude-bouillon-baker-un-celebre-dijonnais-s-est-eteint |work=Le bien public |title=Jean-Claude Rouzaud s'est éteint, pas Jean-Claude Bouillon-Baker |date=January 22, 2015 |access-date=April 29, 2022 |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528020932/https://www.bienpublic.com/actualite/2015/01/16/jean-claude-bouillon-baker-un-celebre-dijonnais-s-est-eteint |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dumas |first=Thierry |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/dordogne/sarlat-la-caneda/je-lui-dois-bien-plus-que-ca-9224950.php |work=Sud ouest |title='Je lui dois bien plus que ça' |date=March 24, 2012 |access-date=April 29, 2022 |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429152001/https://www.sudouest.fr/dordogne/sarlat-la-caneda/je-lui-dois-bien-plus-que-ca-9224950.php |url-status=live }}</ref>}}\n| signature          = Signature de Joséphine Baker - Archives nationales (France).png\n| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes\n | background    = solo_singer\n | genre         = {{hlist|[[Cabaret]]|[[music hall]]|[[French pop]]|[[French jazz]]}}\n | instrument    = Vocals\n | label         = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]| [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]]\n}}}}\n}}\n\n'''Freda Josephine Baker''' ({{née|'''McDonald'''}}; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), also spelled '''Joséphine Baker''',<ref>{{cite web |title=French Women & Feminists in History: A Resource Guide. Joséphine Baker |url=https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/josephine-baker |website=Research Guides |publ [...]"

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