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 | Genre | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sead Lipovača | 1955- | rock |  | |
| Jon Lord | 1941-2012 | rock | | |
| Courtney Love | 1964- | rock | (Harrison) | |
| John Lydon | 1956- | rock | (Rotten) | |
| Jeff Lynne | 1947- | rock | | |
| Mariqueen Maandig | 1981- | rock | | |
| Shane MacGowan | 1957-2023 | rock | | |
| Daron Malakian | 1975- | rock | | |
| Marilyn Manson | 1969- | rock | (Warner) | |
| Shirley Manson | 1966- | rock | | |
| Ray Manzarek | 1939-2013 | rock | | |
| Chris Martin | 1977- | rock | | |
| Dani Martín | 1977- | rock | (García) | |
| George Martin | 1926-2016 | rock | | |
| Richard Marx | 1963- | rock | | |
| Brian May | 1947- | rock | | |
| Dan McCafferty | 1946-2022 | rock | | |
| Paul McCartney | 1942- | rock | | |
| Klaus Meine | 1948- | rock | | |
| John Mellencamp | 1951- | rock | (Cougar) | |
| Freddie Mercury | 1946-1991 | rock | (Bulsara) | |
| John Miles | 1949-2021 | rock | (Errington) | |
| Dylan Minnette | 1996- | rock | | |
| Eddie Money | 1949-2019 | rock | (Mahoney) | |
| Keith Moon | 1946-1978 | rock | | |
| Alanis Morissette | 1974- | rock | | |
| Stephen Morris | 1957- | rock | | |
| Jim Morrison | 1943-1971 | rock | | |
| Morrissey | 1959- | rock | | |
| Marius Müller-Westernhagen | 1948- | rock | | |
| Dave Mustaine | 1961- | rock | | |
| Dave Navarro | 1967- | rock | | |
| Ricky Nelson | 1940-1985 | rock | | |
| Stevie Nicks | 1948- | rock | | |
| Nico | 1938-1988 | rock | (Päffgen) | |
| Czesław Niemen | 1939-2004 | rock | | |
| Nikolai Noskov | 1956- | rock | | |
| Krist Novoselic | 1965- | rock | | |
| Ted Nugent | 1948- | rock | | |
| Ric Ocasek | 1944-2019 | rock | (Otcasek) | |
| Mike Oldfield | 1953- | rock | | |
| Roy Orbison | 1936-1988 | rock | | |
| Dolores O'Riordan | 1971-2018 | rock | | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | 1948- | rock | | |
| Tanel Padar | 1980- | rock | | |
| Jimmy Page | 1944- | rock | | |
| Alan Parsons | 1948- | rock | | |
| Carl Perkins | 1932-1998 | rock | | |
| Joe Perry | 1950- | rock | (Pereira) | |
| Tom Petty | 1950-2017 | rock | | |
| Yannis Philippakis | 1986- | rock | | |
| Demetra Plakas | 1960- | rock | | |
| Robert Plant | 1948- | rock | | |
| Iggy Pop | 1947- | rock | (Osterberg) | |
| Elvis Presley | 1935-1977 | rock | | |
| Suzi Quatro | 1950- | rock | | |
| Joey Ramone | 1951-2001 | rock | (Hyman) | |
| Lou Reed | 1942-2013 | rock | | |
| Trent Reznor | 1965- | rock | | |
| Tim Rice-Oxley | 1976- | rock | | |
| Little Richard | 1932-2020 | rock | (Penniman) | |
| Keith Richards | 1943- | rock | | |
| Robbie Robertson | 1943-2023 | rock | | |
| Henry Rollins | 1961- | rock | | |
| Axl Rose | 1962- | rock | | |
| Vasco Rossi | 1952- | rock | | |
| Joaquín Sabina | 1949- | rock | (Martínez) | |
| Carlos Santana | 1947- | rock | | |
| Joe Satriani | 1956- | rock | | |
| Leo Sayer | 1948- | rock | | |
| Boz Scaggs | 1944- | rock | | |
| Bon Scott | 1946-1980 | rock | | |
| Bob Seger | 1945- | rock | | |
| Danny Seraphine | 1948- | rock | | |
| Del Shannon | 1934-1990 | rock | (Westover) | |
| Mike Shinoda | 1977- | rock | | |
| Gene Simmons | 1949- | rock | (Witz) | |
| Isaac Slade | 1981- | rock | | |
| Robert Smith | 1959- | rock | | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1949- | rock | | |
| Layne Staley | 1967-2002 | rock | (Elmer) | |
| Paul Stanley | 1952- | rock | (Eisen) | |
| Ryan Star | 1978- | rock | (Kulchinsky) | |
| Ringo Starr | 1940- | rock | (Starkey) | |
| Cat Stevens | 1948- | rock | (Georgiou, Islam) | |
| Rod Stewart | 1945- | rock | | |
| Michael Stipe | 1960- | rock | | |
| Bernard Sumner | 1956- | rock | | |
| Gordon "Sting" Sumner | 1951- | rock | | |
| Michał Szpak | 1990- | rock | | |
| Kōji Tamaki | 1958- | rock | | |
| Serj Tankian | 1967- | rock | | |
| Roger Taylor | 1949- | rock | | |
| Dado Topić | 1949- | rock | | |
| Ray Toro | 1977- | rock | | |
| Pat Torpey | 1953-2018 | rock | | |
| Pete Townshend | 1945- | rock | | |
| Viktor Tsoi | 1962-1990 | rock | | |
| Tarja Turunen | 1977- | rock | | |
| Steven Tyler | 1948- | rock | | |
| Lars Ulrich | 1963- | rock | | |
| Brendon Urie | 1987- | rock | | |
| Alex Van Halen | 1953- | rock | | |
| Eddie Van Halen | 1955-2020 | rock | | |
| Randy VanWarmer | 1955-2004 | rock | (Van Warmer, Van Wormer) | |
| Eddie Vedder | 1964- | rock | | |
| Varg Vikernes | 1973- | rock | | |
| Gene Vincent | 1935-1971 | rock | (Craddock) | |
| Tom Waits | 1949- | rock | | |
| Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman | 1963- | rock | | |
| Roger Waters | 1943- | rock | | |
| Charlie Watts | 1941-2021 | rock | | |
| Gerard Way | 1977- | rock | | |
| Mikey Way | 1980- | rock | | |
| Scott Weiland | 1967-2015 | rock | (Kline) | |
| Bob Welch | 1945-2012 | rock | | |
| Ron Welty | 1971- | rock | | |
| Leslie West | 1945-2020 | rock | (Weinstein) | |
| Sandy West | 1959-2006 | rock | (Pesavento) | |
| Jack White | 1975- | rock | (Gillis) | |
| Meg White | 1974- | rock | | |
| Brad Whitford | 1952- | rock | | |
| Atom Willard | 1973- | rock | | |
| Brian Wilson | 1942- | rock | | |
| Steve Winwood | 1948- | rock | | |
| Chris Wolstenholme | 1978- | rock | | |
| Richard Wright | 1943-2008 | rock | | |
| Thom Yorke | 1968- | rock | | |
| Angus Young | 1955- | rock | | |
| Neil Young | 1945- | rock | | |
| Doug Yule | 1947- | rock | | |
| Frank Zappa | 1940-1993 | rock | | |
| Zemfira | 1976- | rock | (Ramazanova) | |
| Bruce Hornsby | 1954- | rock, bluegrass | | |
| Gregg Allman | 1947-2017 | rock, blues | | |
| Ike Turner | 1931-2007 | rock, blues, R&B | | |
| Joe Cocker | 1944-2014 | rock, blues, soul, pop | | |
| Cass Elliot | 1941-1974 | rock, folk | (Cohen) | |
| Graham Nash | 1942- | rock, folk | | |
| Stephen Stills | 1945- | rock, folk | | |
| James Taylor | 1948- | rock, folk | | |
| Linda Ronstadt | 1946- | rock, folk, country | | |
| Dominic Fike | 1995- | rock, hip hop | | |
| Adriano Celentano | 1938- | rock, pop | | |
| Antonio Flores | 1961-1995 | rock, pop | | |
| Dan Hartman | 1950-1994 | rock, pop | | |
| Jerney Kaagman | 1947- | rock, pop | | |
| Avril Lavigne | 1984- | rock, pop | | |
| Suzuka Nakamoto | 1997- | rock, pop | | |
| Cliff Richard | 1940- | rock, pop | (Webb) | |
| Zlatan Stipišić | 1968- | rock, pop | | |
| Umberto Tozzi | 1952- | rock, pop | | |
| Sylvie Vartan | 1944- | rock, pop | | |
| Bruce Channel | 1940- | rock, pop, country | (McMeans) | |
| Bonnie Tyler | 1951- | rock, pop, country | (Hopkins, Sullivan) | |
| Mariska Veres | 1947-2006 | rock, pop, jazz | (Ender) | |
| Beth Ditto | 1981- | rock, punk | (Patterson) | |
| Garland Jeffreys | 1943- | rock, reggae, blues, soul | | |
| Frankie Valli | 1934- | rock, soul | (Castelluccio) | |
| Tina Turner | 1939-2023 | rock, soul, pop | (Bullock) | |
| Esma Redžepova | 1943-2016 | Romani | | |
| Marc Anthony | 1968- | salsa | (Muñiz) | |
| Carmen Miranda | 1909-1955 | samba | (da Cunha) | |
| Dorival Caymmi | 1914-2008 | samba, bossa nova | | |
| Clara Nunes | 1942-1983 | samba, pop | | |
| Jorge Ben | 1939- | samba, rock | (Menezes, Jor) | |
| G. G. Anderson | 1949- | schlager | (Grabowski) | |
| Lys Assia | 1924-2018 | schlager | (Schärer) | |
| Kristina Bach | 1962- | schlager | (Bräuer) | |
| Roy Black | 1943-1991 | schlager | (Höllerich) | |
| Andy Borg | 1960- | schlager | (Meyer) | |
| Dennie Christian | 1956- | schlager | (Althoff) | |
| Drafi Deutscher | 1946-2006 | schlager | | |
| Rex Gildo | 1936-1999 | schlager | (Hirtreiter) | |
| Pierre Kartner | 1935-2022 | schlager | | |
| Patrick Lindner | 1960- | schlager | (Raab) | |
| Marianne Rosenberg | 1955- | schlager | | |
| Semino Rossi | 1962- | schlager | | |
| Lena Valaitis | 1943- | schlager | (Valaitytė) | |
| Nicole | 1964- | schlager, pop | (Hohloch, Seibert) | |
| Jimmy Cliff | 1944- | ska, reggae | (Chambers) | |
| Millie Small | 1947-2020 | ska, reggae | | |
| Adele | 1988- | soul | (Adkins) | |
| Alessandra Amoroso | 1986- | soul | | |
| James Brown | 1933-2006 | soul | | |
| Ray Charles | 1930-2004 | soul | (Robinson) | |
| Sam Cooke | 1931-1964 | soul | | |
| Duffy | 1984- | soul | | |
| Betty Everett | 1939-2001 | soul | | |
| Aretha Franklin | 1942-2018 | soul | | |
| Marvin Gaye | 1939-1984 | soul | | |
| Al Green | 1946- | soul | | |
| Isaac Hayes | 1942-2008 | soul | | |
| Ben E. King | 1938-2015 | soul | | |
| Freda Payne | 1942- | soul | | |
| Otis Redding | 1941-1967 | soul | | |
| Minnie Riperton | 1947-1979 | soul | | |
| Sade | 1959- | soul | (Adu) | |
| Percy Sledge | 1940-2015 | soul | | |
| Joe Tex | 1935-1982 | soul | (Arrington, Hazziez) | |
| Jackie Wilson | 1934-1984 | soul | | |
| Amy Winehouse | 1983-2011 | soul | | |
| Dusty Springfield | 1939-1999 | soul, pop | (O'Brien) | |
| Natalie Cole | 1950-2015 | soul, R&B | | |
| Giorgia | 1971- | soul, R&B | (Todrani) | |
| Xavier Naidoo | 1971- | soul, R&B | | |
| Wilson Pickett | 1941-2006 | soul, R&B | | |
| Lionel Richie | 1949- | soul, R&B | | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 1942-1999 | soul, R&B, funk | | |
| Glenn Miller | 1904-1944 | swing, big band | | |
| Benny Goodman | 1909-1986 | swing, jazz | | |
| Carlos Gardel | 1890-1935 | tango | | |
| Ástor Piazzolla | 1921-1992 | tango | | |
| Freddy Fender | 1937-2006 | Tejano | (Garza, Huerta) | |
| Selena | 1971-1995 | Tejano, rock | (Quintanilla, Pérez) | |
| Kōji Kondō | 1961- | video game music | | |
| Jeroen "WAVE" Tel | 1972- | video game music | | |
| Idina Menzel | 1971- | vocal | | |
| France Gall | 1947-2018 | yé-yé | |