Notable Musicians
This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the world of music. Included are composers, musicians and singers.
| Name | Lifespan | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will Tura | 1940- | (Blanckaert) |  |
| Manuel Turizo | 2000- | (Zapata) | |
| Nika Turković | 1995- | | |
| Ike Turner | 1931-2007 | | |
| "Big" Joe Turner | 1911-1985 | | |
| Ruby Turner | 1958- | | |
| Tina Turner | 1939-2023 | (Bullock) | |
| Tarja Turunen | 1977- | | |
| Shania Twain | 1965- | (Edwards) | |
| Bonnie Tyler | 1951- | (Hopkins, Sullivan) | |
| Steven Tyler | 1948- | | |
| Neda Ukraden | 1950- | | |
| Lars Ulrich | 1963- | | |
| Björn Ulvaeus | 1945- | | |
| Umm Kulthum | 1898-1975 | (as-Sayed, el-Beltagi) | |
| Carrie Underwood | 1983- | | |
| Keith Urban | 1967- | | |
| Urbanus | 1949- | (Servranckx) | |
| Brendon Urie | 1987- | | |
| Viorica Ursuleac | 1894-1985 | | |
| Usher | 1978- | (Raymond) | |
| Hikaru Utada | 1983- | | |
| Lena Valaitis | 1943- | (Valaitytė) | |
| Holly Valance | 1983- | (Vukadinović) | |
| Ritchie Valens | 1941-1959 | (Valenzuela) | |
| Raimond Valgre | 1913-1949 | (Tiisel) | |
| Rajka Vali | 1924-2011 | (Raukar) | |
| Rudy Vallée | 1901-1986 | | |
| Frankie Valli | 1934- | (Castelluccio) | |
| Văn Cao | 1923-1995 | (Nguyễn) | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770-1827 | (Beethoven) | |
| Armin van Buuren | 1976- | | |
| Foy Vance | 1974- | | |
| Jeroen van der Boom | 1972- | | |
| Kim-Lian van der Meij | 1980- | | |
| Mamie Van Doren | 1931- | (Olander) | |
| Luther Vandross | 1951-2005 | | |
| Vanessa-Mae | 1978- | (Vanakorn, Nicholson) | |
| Vangelis | 1943-2022 | (Papathanassiou) | |
| Alex Van Halen | 1953- | | |
| Eddie Van Halen | 1955-2020 | | |
| Paul "Stromae" van Haver | 1985- | | |
| Vanna | 1970- | (Ranilović, Vrdoljak) | |
| Gino Vannelli | 1952- | | |
| Herman van Veen | 1945- | | |
| Roel van Velzen | 1978- | | |
| Randy VanWarmer | 1955-2004 | (Van Warmer, Van Wormer) | |
| Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle | 1967- | | |
| Hari Varešanović | 1961- | | |
| Sylvie Vartan | 1944- | | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872-1958 | | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 1924-1990 | | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | 1954-1990 | | |
| Eddie Vedder | 1964- | | |
| Dunja Vejzović | 1943- | (Crnković) | |
| Bisera Veletanlić | 1942- | | |
| Kristel Verbeke | 1975- | | |
| Giuseppe Verdi | 1813-1901 | | |
| Mariska Veres | 1947-2006 | (Ender) | |
| Tijs "Tiësto" Verwest | 1969- | | |
| Sid Vicious | 1957-1979 | (Ritchie) | |
| Victoria de los Ángeles | 1923-2005 | (López, García) | |
| Viguen | 1929-2003 | (Derderian, Terterian) | |
| Varg Vikernes | 1973- | | |
| T. H. Vinayakram | 1942- | | |
| Gene Vincent | 1935-1971 | (Craddock) | |
| Anna Vissi | 1957- | | |
| Vitas | 1979- | (Grachev) | |
| Antonio Vivaldi | 1678-1741 | | |
| Carlos Vives | 1961- | (Restrepo) | |
| Andreas Vollenweider | 1953- | | |
| Adolf von Henselt | 1814-1889 | (Henselt) | |
| Herbert von Karajan | 1908-1989 | (Karajan) | |
| Maria von Trapp | 1905-1987 | | |
| Carl Maria von Weber | 1786-1826 | | |
| Alexey Vorobyov | 1988- | | |
| Severina Vučković | 1972- | (Kojić) | |
| Alka Vuica | 1961- | | |
| Vladimir Vysotsky | 1938-1980 | | |
| Richard Wagner | 1813-1883 | | |
| Donnie Wahlberg | 1969- | | |
| Loudon Wainwright III | 1946- | | |
| Rufus Wainwright | 1973- | | |
| John Waite | 1952- | | |
| Tom Waits | 1949- | | |
| Alan Walker | 1997- | | |
| Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace | 1972-1997 | (Smalls) | |
| Thomas "Fats" Waller | 1904-1943 | | |
| Eddy Wally | 1932-2016 | (Van De Walle) | |
| Cedar Walton | 1934-2013 | | |
| Stephen Warbeck | 1953- | | |
| Anita Ward | 1956- | | |
| Peter Warlock | 1894-1930 | (Heseltine) | |
| Jennifer Warnes | 1947- | | |
| Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman | 1963- | | |
| Ethel Waters | 1896-1977 | | |
| Muddy Waters | 1913-1983 | (Morganfield) | |
| Roger Waters | 1943- | | |
| Charlie Watts | 1941-2021 | | |
| DeAndre "Soulja Boy" Way | 1990- | | |
| Waylon | 1980- | (Bijkerk) | |
| Lil Wayne | 1982- | (Carter) | |
| Jason Weaver | 1979- | | |
| Anton Webern | 1883-1945 | | |
| Scott Weiland | 1967-2015 | (Kline) | |
| Kurt Weill | 1900-1950 | | |
| Chuck E. Weiss | 1945-2021 | | |
| Bob Welch | 1945-2012 | | |
| Brian "Head" Welch | 1970- | | |
| Ron Welty | 1971- | | |
| Wes | 1964-2021 | (Madiko) | |
| Kanye West | 1977- | | |
| Leslie West | 1945-2020 | (Weinstein) | |
| Sandy West | 1959-2006 | (Pesavento) | |
| Robert Westerholt | 1975- | | |
| Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman | 1936-2007 | | |
| Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley | 1980- | | |
| Barry White | 1944-2003 | | |
| Jack White | 1975- | (Gillis) | |
| Meg White | 1974- | | |
| Brad Whitford | 1952- | | |
| Roger Whittaker | 1936-2023 | | |
| Adolf Wiklund | 1879-1950 | | |
| Kim Wilde | 1960- | (Smith) | |
| Atom Willard | 1973- | | |
| Toyah Willcox | 1958- | | |
| Will.i.am | 1975- | (Adams) | |
| Bryan "Birdman" Williams | 1969- | (Brooks) | |
| Deniece Williams | 1950- | (Chandler) | |
| Hank Williams | 1923-1953 | | |
| Hayley Williams | 1988- | | |
| John Williams | 1932- | | |
| Kiely Williams | 1986- | | |
| Pharrell Williams | 1973- | | |
| Robbie Williams | 1974- | | |
| Robert "Meek Mill" Williams | 1987- | | |
| Vanessa L. Williams | 1963- | | |
| Brian Wilson | 1942- | | |
| Cassandra Wilson | 1955- | | |
| Dooley Wilson | 1886-1953 | | |
| Gabriella "H.E.R." Wilson | 1997- | | |
| Jackie Wilson | 1934-1984 | | |
| Sid Wilson | 1977- | | |
| CeCe Winans | 1964- | | |
| Amy Winehouse | 1983-2011 | | |
| Dana Winner | 1965- | (Vanlee) | |
| Steve Winwood | 1948- | | |
| Bill Withers | 1938-2020 | | |
| Nat Wolff | 1994- | | |
| Chris Wolstenholme | 1978- | | |
| Bobby Womack | 1944-2014 | | |
| Lee Ann Womack | 1966- | | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1950- | (Morris) | |
| Faye Wong | 1969- | | |
| Suthep Wongkamhaeng | 1934-2020 | | |
| Tom Wopat | 1951- | | |
| Henry Clay Work | 1832-1884 | | |
| Betty Wright | 1953-2020 | (Norris) | |
| Eric "Eazy-E" Wright | 1964-1995 | | |
| Richard Wright | 1943-2008 | | |
| Rini Wulandari | 1990- | | |
| Conchita Wurst | 1988- | (Neuwirth) | |
| Tammy Wynette | 1942-1998 | (Pugh) | |
| Rita Yahan-Farouz | 1962- | | |
| "Weird" Al Yankovic | 1959- | | |
| Yanni | 1954- | (Chryssomallis) | |
| Sebastián Yatra | 1994- | (Obando, Giraldo) | |
| Adam "MCA" Yauch | 1964-2012 | | |
| Trisha Yearwood | 1964- | | |
| Ella "Lorde" Yelich-O'Connor | 1996- | | |
| Hande Yener | 1973- | (Özyener) | |
| Yola | 1983- | (Carter, Quartey) | |
| Thom Yorke | 1968- | | |
| Angus Young | 1955- | | |
| John Paul Young | 1950- | | |
| Neil Young | 1945- | | |
| Paul Young | 1956- | | |
| Doug Yule | 1947- | | |
| Mia Zapata | 1965-1993 | | |
| Frank Zappa | 1940-1993 | | |
| Anton "Zedd" Zaslavski | 1989- | (Zaslavskiy) | |
| Zaz | 1980- | (Geffroy) | |
| Jan Dismas Zelenka | 1679-1745 | | |
| Måns Zelmerlöw | 1986- | (Sahlén) | |
| Zemfira | 1976- | (Ramazanova) | |
| Zendaya | 1996- | (Stoermer, Coleman) | |
| Dražen Žerić | 1964- | | |
| Jane Zhang | 1984- | | |
| Aaron Zigman | 1963- | | |
| Hans Zimmer | 1957- | | |
| Joel "Deadmau5" Zimmerman | 1981- | | |
| Jasna Zlokić | 1955- | | |
| Attila Zoller | 1927-1998 | | |
| Rob Zombie | 1965- | (Cummings) | |