Steven Patrick Morrissey wanda aka sani da fasaha a matsayin Morrissey. An haifeshi a 22 ga watan Mayu 1959. Shahararren mawaki da rubutu ne na turanci, kuma mawallafi. Ya zama mashahuri a matsayin jagorar ƙungiyar dutsen Smiths, waɗanda ke aiki daga 1982 zuwa 1987. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ya bi aikin solo mai nasara. An bayyana kiɗan Morrissey ta muryarsa ta baritone da waƙoƙi na musamman tare da jigogi na keɓewa na son rai, sha'awar jima'i, ɓarna da son kai da baƙar magana mai duhu, da matakan kafawa. An haifi Steven Patrick Morrissey a ranar 22 ga Mayu 1959 a Asibitin Park a Davyhulme, Lancashire . Iyayensa, Elizabeth ( née Dwyer) da Peter Morrissey, Katolika ne na wanda ya yi ƙaura zuwa Manchester daga Dublin tare da ɗan uwansa guda ɗaya, babban yaya Jacqueline, shekara guda kafin haihuwarsa. Morrissey ya yi iƙirarin an ba shi suna bayan ɗan wasan Amurka Steve Cochran,  kodayake a maimakon haka an sanya masa suna don girmama ɗan'uwan mahaifinsa wanda ya mutu tun yana ƙarami, Patrick Steven Morrissey.