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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaliyah | 1979-2001 | (Haughton) |  |
| Claudio Abbado | 1933-2014 | | |
| Layal Abboud | 1982- | | |
| Mohammed Abdel Wahab | 1902-1991 | (Abd El-Wahhab) | |
| Paula Abdul | 1962- | | |
| Fernando Abrantes | 1960- | (Fromm) | |
| Adolphe Adam | 1803-1856 | | |
| Salvatore Adamo | 1943- | | |
| Bryan Adams | 1959- | | |
| Michael "Meat Loaf" Aday | 1947-2022 | | |
| King Sunny Adé | 1946- | (Adegeye) | |
| Adele | 1988- | (Adkins) | |
| Kathleen Aerts | 1978- | | |
| José Afonso | 1929-1987 | | |
| Teddy Afro | 1976- | (Germamo) | |
| Christina Aguilera | 1980- | | |
| Riz Ahmed | 1982- | | |
| Nancy Ajram | 1983- | | |
| Hümeyra Akbay | 1947- | | |
| Akon | 1973- | (Thiam) | |
| Sezen Aksu | 1954- | (Yıldırım) | |
| Damon Albarn | 1968- | | |
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860-1909 | | |
| Chava Alberstein | 1946- | (Alberstei) | |
| Willeke Alberti | 1945- | | |
| Willy Alberti | 1926-1985 | | |
| Tomaso Albinoni | 1671-1751 | | |
| Pablo Alborán | 1989- | (Moreno, de Alborán, Ferrándiz) | |
| Jason Aldean | 1977- | (Williams) | |
| Haris Alexiou | 1950- | | |
| Ayla Algan | 1937- | | |
| Alizée | 1984- | (Lyonnet) | |
| Lily Allen | 1985- | | |
| Gregg Allman | 1947-2017 | | |
| Miri Aloni | 1949- | | |
| Alsou | 1983- | (Abramova) | |
| Jonas "Basshunter" Altberg | 1984- | | |
| J. Álvarez | 1983- | (Fernández) | |
| Alessandra Amoroso | 1986- | | |
| Tori Amos | 1963- | | |
| Namie Amuro | 1977- | | |
| Anastacia | 1968- | (Newkirk) | |
| Thomas Anders | 1963- | (Weidung) | |
| G. G. Anderson | 1949- | (Grabowski) | |
| Ernestine Anderson | 1928-2016 | | |
| Laurie Anderson | 1947- | | |
| Marian Anderson | 1897-1993 | | |
| Benny Andersson | 1946- | | |
| Peter Andre | 1973- | (Andrea) | |
| Mark "Sisqó" Andrews | 1978- | | |
| Gosia Andrzejewicz | 1984- | | |
| Pasquale Anfossi | 1727-1797 | | |
| Anggun | 1974- | (Sasmi) | |
| Angham | 1972- | (Suleiman) | |
| Paul Anka | 1941- | | |
| Etti Ankri | 1963- | | |
| Ann-Margret | 1941- | (Olsson) | |
| Anohni | 1971- | (Hegarty) | |
| Anouk | 1975- | (Teeuwe) | |
| Marc Anthony | 1968- | (Muñiz) | |
| Anuel AA | 1992- | (Gazmey, Santiago) | |
| Yardena Arazi | 1951- | | |
| Jacques Arcadelt | c. 1507-1568 | | |
| David Archuleta | 1990- | | |
| Jenny Arean | 1942- | (Klarenbeek) | |
| Imperio Argentina | 1910-2003 | (Nile, del Río) | |
| Martha Argerich | 1941- | | |
| Arion | ?-5xx BC | | |
| Billie Joe Armstrong | 1972- | | |
| Craig Armstrong | 1959- | | |
| Louis Armstrong | 1901-1971 | | |
| Thomas Arne | 1710-1778 | | |
| David Arnold | 1962- | | |
| James Arthur | 1988- | | |
| Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam | 1975- | | |
| Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom | 1985-2019 | | |
| Ashanti | 1980- | (Douglas) | |
| Atif Aslam | 1983- | | |
| Lys Assia | 1924-2018 | | |
| Mulatu Astatke | 1943- | | |
| Rick Astley | 1966- | | |
| Gali Atari | 1953- | | |
| Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins | 1976- | | |
| Aster Aweke | 1959- | | |
| Awkwafina | 1988- | (Lum) | |
| Ramón "Daddy Yankee" Ayala Rodríguez | 1977- | | |
| Rojda Aykoç | 1978- | (Şenses) | |
| Iggy Azalea | 1990- | (Kelly) | |
| Charles Aznavour | 1924-2018 | (Aznavourian) | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 1714-1788 | | |
| Johann Christian Bach | 1735-1782 | | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750 | | |
| Kristina Bach | 1962- | (Bräuer) | |
| Burt Bacharach | 1928-2023 | | |
| Klaus Badelt | 1967- | | |
| Nina Badrić | 1972- | | |
| Erykah Badu | 1971- | (Wright) | |
| Joan Baez | 1941- | | |
| Sandra Bagarić | 1974- | | |
| Chloe Bailey | 1998- | | |
| Halle Bailey | 2000- | | |
| Lidija Bajuk | 1965- | | |
| Anita Baker | 1958- | | |
| Chet Baker | 1929-1988 | | |
| George Baker | 1944- | (Bouwens) | |
| Josephine Baker | 1906-1975 | | |
| LaVern Baker | 1929-1997 | | |
| Mily Balakirev | 1837-1910 | | |
| Andria Balanchivadze | 1906-1992 | | |
| Meliton Balanchivadze | 1862-1937 | | |
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 1946-2020 | | |
| Hank Ballard | 1927-2003 | (Kendricks) | |
| Agni Baltsa | 1944- | | |
| J. Balvín | 1985- | (Osorio) | |
| Michael "Flea" Balzary | 1962- | | |
| Eviatar Banai | 1973- | | |
| Ivana Banfić | 1969- | | |
| Alina Baraz | 1993- | | |
| Samuel Barber | 1910-1981 | | |
| Daniel Barenboim | 1942- | | |
| Blixa Bargeld | 1959- | (Emmerich) | |
| Gary Barlow | 1971- | | |
| Courtney Barnett | 1987- | | |
| Syd Barrett | 1946-2006 | | |
| John Barry | 1933-2011 | | |
| Béla Bartók | 1881-1945 | | |
| Karl Bartos | 1952- | | |
| Netta Barzilai | 1993- | | |
| Munir Bashir | 1930-1997 | | |
| Basia | 1954- | (Trzetrzelewska) | |
| Toni Basil | 1943- | (Basilotta) | |
| Lance Bass | 1979- | | |
| Shirley Bassey | 1937- | | |
| Franka Batelić | 1991- | | |
| Jon Batiste | 1986- | | |
| Simone Battle | 1989-2014 | | |
| Frans Bauer | 1973- | | |
| Gülşen Bayraktar | 1976- | | |
| Amy Beach | 1867-1944 | | |
| Marius Bear | 1993- | (Hügli) | |
| Frank Beard | 1949- | | |
| Željko Bebek | 1945- | | |
| Gilbert Bécaud | 1927-2001 | | |
| Beck | 1970- | (Campbell, Hansen) | |
| Christophe Beck | 1972- | | |
| Jeff Beck | 1944-2023 | | |
| Victoria Beckham | 1974- | (Adams) | |
| Daniel Bedingfield | 1979- | | |
| Natasha Bedingfield | 1981- | | |
| Lou Bega | 1975- | (Balemezi) | |
| Naseem Begum | 1936-1971 | | |
| Harry Belafonte | 1927-2023 | (Bellanfanti) | |
| Matt Bellamy | 1978- | | |
| Vincenzo Bellini | 1801-1835 | | |
| Lola Beltrán | 1932-1996 | (Ruiz) | |
| Jorge Ben | 1939- | (Menezes, Jor) | |
| Pat Benatar | 1953- | (Giraldo) | |
| Alec Benjamin | 1994- | | |
| Tony Bennett | 1926-2023 | (Benedetto) | |
| Chester Bennington | 1976-2017 | | |
| George Benson | 1943- | | |
| Amel Bent | 1985- | (Bachir) | |
| Alban Berg | 1885-1935 | | |
| Teresa Berganza | 1933-2022 | | |
| Tim "Avicii" Bergling | 1989-2018 | (Lidén) | |
| Irving Berlin | 1888-1989 | | |
| Hector Berlioz | 1803-1869 | | |
| Yara Bernette | 1920-2002 | (Epstein) | |
| Elmer Bernstein | 1922-2004 | | |
| Leonard Bernstein | 1918-1990 | | |
| Chuck Berry | 1926-2017 | | |
| Franz Berwald | 1796-1868 | | |
| Yasiin "Mos Def" Bey | 1973- | (Smith) | |
| Jello Biafra | 1958- | (Boucher) | |
| Justin Bieber | 1994- | | |
| Dima Bilan | 1981- | (Belan) | |
| "Bushwick" Bill | 1966-2019 | (Shaw) | |
| Yavuz Bingöl | 1964- | | |
| Jane Birkin | 1946-2023 | | |
| David Bisbal | 1979- | (Ferre) | |
| Iva Bittová | 1958- | | |
| Cedric Bixler-Zavala | 1974- | | |
| Georges Bizet | 1838-1875 | | |
| Björk Guðmundsdóttir | 1965- | | |
| Jet Black | 1938-2022 | (Duffy) | |
| Rebecca Black | 1997- | | |
| Roy Black | 1943-1991 | (Höllerich) | |
| Ritchie Blackmore | 1945- | | |
| Maja Blagdan | 1968- | | |
| Hal Blaine | 1929-2019 | (Belsky) | |
| Eubie Blake | 1887-1983 | | |
| Benny Blanco | 1988- | (Levin) | |
| Bobby Bland | 1930-2013 | (Brooks) | |
| Michel Blavet | 1700-1768 | | |
| Bleona | 1979- | (Qereti) | |
| Corbin Bleu | 1989- | | |
| Mary J. Blige | 1971- | | |
| James Blunt | 1974- | | |
| Luigi Boccherini | 1743-1805 | | |
| Andrea Bocelli | 1958- | | |
| Frank Boeijen | 1957- | | |
| Dieter Bohlen | 1954- | | |
| Michael Bolton | 1953- | (Bolotin) | |
| John Bonham | 1948-1980 | | |
| Jon Bon Jovi | 1962- | (Bongiovi) | |
| Sonny Bono | 1935-1998 | | |
| Pat Boone | 1934- | | |
| Andy Borg | 1960- | (Meyer) | |
| Wes Borland | 1975- | | |
| Claire Born | 1898-1965 | | |
| Alexander Borodin | 1833-1887 | | |
| Marco Borsato | 1966- | | |
| Stef Bos | 1961- | | |
| Miguel Bosé | 1956- | | |
| Ali B. | 1981- | (Bouali) | |
| Nadia Boulanger | 1887-1979 | | |
| Pierre Boulez | 1925-2016 | | |
| Ciarán Bourke | 1935-1988 | | |
| David Bowie | 1947-2016 | | |
| Susan Boyle | 1961- | | |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833-1897 | | |
| Michelle Branch | 1983- | | |
| Laura Branigan | 1952-2004 | | |
| Patty Brard | 1955- | | |
| Georges Brassens | 1921-1981 | | |
| Nikša Bratoš | 1959- | | |
| Nino Bravo | 1944-1973 | (Ferri, Llopis) | |
| Tamar Braxton | 1977- | (Herbert) | |
| Toni Braxton | 1967- | | |
| Goran Bregović | 1950- | | |
| Jacques Brel | 1929-1978 | | |
| Moya Brennan | 1952- | (Ní Bhraonáin) | |
| Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges | 1977- | | |
| Sarah Brightman | 1960- | | |
| Benjamin Britten | 1913-1976 | | |
| Asim Brkan | 1954- | | |
| Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr. | 1971- | | |
| Monika Brodka | 1988- | | |
| Vadim Brodski | 1950- | (Brodsky) | |
| Adolph Brodsky | 1851-1929 | (Brodskij, Brodskiy) | |
| Corry Brokken | 1932-2016 | | |
| Herman Brood | 1946-2001 | | |
| Garth Brooks | 1962- | | |
| Meredith Brooks | 1958- | | |
| Chris Brown | 1989- | | |
| James Brown | 1933-2006 | | |
| Mel B. | 1975- | (Brown) | |
| Ruth Brown | 1928-2006 | | |
| Jackson Browne | 1948- | | |
| Dave Brubeck | 1920-2012 | | |
| Anton Bruckner | 1824-1896 | | |
| Patrick Bruel | 1959- | (Benguigui) | |
| Peabo Bryson | 1951- | | |
| Michael Bublé | 1975- | | |
| Emma Bunton | 1976- | | |
| Solomon Burke | 1940-2010 | | |
| R. D. Burman | 1939-1994 | | |
| Jean-Jacques Burnel | 1952- | | |
| Orville "Shaggy" Burrell | 1968- | | |
| Cliff Burton | 1962-1986 | | |
| Carter Burwell | 1955- | | |
| Adolf Busch | 1891-1952 | | |
| Kate Bush | 1958- | | |
| Joseph "Geezer" Butler | 1949- | | |
| Dieterich Buxtehude | 1637-1707 | | |
| Charlie Byrd | 1925-1999 | | |
| David Byrne | 1952- | | |
| Nicky Byrne | 1978- | | |
| Montserrat Caballé | 1933-2018 | | |
| Camila Cabello | 1997- | | |
| John Cage | 1912-1992 | | |
| Tego Calderón | 1972- | (Rosario) | |
| John Cale | 1942- | | |
| Maria Callas | 1923-1977 | (Kalogeropoulos) | |
| Cab Calloway | 1907-1994 | | |
| Camarón de la Isla | 1950-1992 | (Monje, Cruz) | |
| Tajči Cameron | 1970- | (Matejaš) | |
| Darius Campbell-Danesh | 1980-2022 | | |
| Glen Campbell | 1936-2017 | | |
| Lewis Capaldi | 1996- | | |
| Bobby Capó | 1922-1989 | (Rodríguez) | |
| Pedro Capó | 1980- | (Rodríguez, Sosa) | |
| Mina Caputo | 1973- | | |
| Alessia Cara | 1996- | | |
| Irene Cara | 1959-2022 | (Escalera) | |
| Cardi B | 1992- | (Almánzar) | |
| Mariah Carey | 1969- | | |
| Belinda Carlisle | 1958- | | |
| Eric Carmen | 1949- | | |
| Hoagy Carmichael | 1899-1981 | | |
| Howard Carpendale | 1946- | | |
| John Carpenter | 1948- | | |
| Karen Carpenter | 1950-1983 | | |
| Richard Carpenter | 1946- | | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | 1999- | | |
| Vikki Carr | 1941- | (de Casillas, Martinez, Cardona) | |
| Raffaella Carrà | 1943-2021 | (Pelloni) | |
| Rudi Carrell | 1934-2006 | (Kesselaar) | |
| José Carreras | 1946- | (Coll) | |
| Altamiro Carrilho | 1924-2012 | (Aquino) | |
| Albano Carrisi | 1943- | | |
| Ron Carroll | 1968- | | |
| Aaron Carter | 1987-2022 | | |
| Nick Carter | 1980- | | |
| Enrico Caruso | 1873-1921 | | |
| Pablo Casals | 1876-1973 | (Defilló) | |
| Johnny Cash | 1932-2003 | | |
| Nayvadius "Future" Cash | 1983- | (Wilburn) | |
| David Cassidy | 1950-2017 | | |
| Eva Cassidy | 1963-1996 | | |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | 1979- | | |
| Francesco Cavalli | 1602-1676 | | |
| Nick Cave | 1957- | | |
| Dorival Caymmi | 1914-2008 | | |
| CeeLo Green | 1975- | (Callaway, Burton) | |
| Adriano Celentano | 1938- | | |
| Judita Čeřovská | 1929-2001 | | |
| Michael Cerveris | 1960- | | |
| Peter Cetera | 1944- | | |
| Meri Cetinić | 1953- | | |
| Tony Cetinski | 1969- | | |
| Özgür Çevik | 1981- | | |
| Feodor Chaliapin | 1873-1938 | (Shalyapin) | |
| Chance the Rapper | 1993- | (Bennett) | |
| Bruce Channel | 1940- | (McMeans) | |
| Tom Chaplin | 1979- | | |
| Tracy Chapman | 1964- | | |
| Ray Charles | 1930-2004 | (Robinson) | |
| Charli XCX | 1992- | (Aitchison) | |
| Gustave Charpentier | 1860-1956 | | |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier | 1643-1704 | | |
| JC Chasez | 1976- | | |
| Hariprasad Chaurasia | 1938- | | |
| Kristin Chenoweth | 1968- | | |
| Cher | 1946- | (Sarkisian) | |
| Neneh Cherry | 1964- | (Karlsson) | |
| Luigi Cherubini | 1760-1842 | | |
| Cheryl | 1983- | (Tweedy) | |
| Jacky Cheung | 1961- | | |
| Maurice Chevalier | 1888-1972 | | |
| Melanie C. | 1974- | (Chisholm) | |
| Frédéric Chopin | 1810-1849 | | |
| Jay Chou | 1979- | | |
| Dennie Christian | 1956- | (Althoff) | |
| Chuck D | 1960- | (Ridenhour) | |
| Charlotte Church | 1986- | (Reed) | |
| Gigliola Cinquetti | 1947- | | |
| Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | 1875-1911 | | |
| Eric Clapton | 1945- | | |
| Petula Clark | 1932- | | |
| Eddie Clarke | 1950-2018 | | |
| Jeremiah Clarke | c. 1674-1707 | | |
| Sonia "Sonique" Clarke | 1965- | | |
| Kelly Clarkson | 1982- | | |
| Richard Clayderman | 1953- | (Pagès) | |
| Jimmy Cliff | 1944- | (Chambers) | |
| Patsy Cline | 1932-1963 | (Hensley) | |
| George Clinton | 1941- | | |
| Rosemary Clooney | 1928-2002 | | |
| Kurt Cobain | 1967-1994 | | |
| Vinko Coce | 1954-2013 | | |
| Joe Cocker | 1944-2014 | | |
| Coez | 1983- | (Albanese) | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1934-2016 | | |
| Riff Cohen | 1984- | | |
| J. Cole | 1985- | | |
| Nat "King" Cole | 1919-1965 | | |
| Natalie Cole | 1950-2015 | | |
| Paula Cole | 1968- | | |
| Zdravko Čolić | 1951- | | |
| Lorrie Collins | 1942-2018 | | |
| Phil Collins | 1951- | | |
| William "Bootsy" Collins | 1951- | | |
| John Coltrane | 1926-1967 | | |
| Sean Combs | 1969- | | |
| Christopher "Marshmello" Comstock | 1992- | | |
| Harry Connick, Jr. | 1967- | | |
| Sarah Connor | 1980- | (Lewe) | |
| Marius Constant | 1925-2004 | | |
| Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook | 1963- | | |
| Sam Cooke | 1931-1964 | | |
| Alice Cooper | 1948- | (Furnier) | |
| Aaron Copland | 1900-1990 | | |
| Carmine Coppola | 1910-1991 | | |
| Armando "Chick" Corea | 1941-2021 | | |
| Arcangelo Corelli | 1653-1713 | | |
| Billy Corgan | 1967- | | |
| Chris Cornell | 1964-2017 | (Boyle) | |
| Hugh Cornwell | 1949- | | |
| Miranda Cosgrove | 1993- | | |
| Gal Costa | 1945-2022 | | |
| Elvis Costello | 1954- | (MacManus) | |
| François Couperin | 1668-1733 | | |
| Tina Cousins | 1971- | | |
| David Coverdale | 1951- | | |
| Noël Coward | 1899-1973 | | |
| Wayne Coyne | 1961- | | |
| Randy Crawford | 1952- | | |
| Elvis Crespo | 1971- | (Díaz) | |
| David Crosby | 1941-2023 | | |
| Harry "Bing" Crosby | 1903-1977 | | |
| Sheryl Crow | 1962- | | |
| Julee Cruise | 1956-2022 | | |
| César Cui | 1835-1918 | | |
| Cui Jian | 1961- | | |
| Igor Cukrov | 1984- | | |
| Burton Cummings | 1947- | | |
| Ian Curtis | 1956-1980 | | |
| Toto Cutugno | 1943-2023 | | |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | 1961- | | |
| Miley Cyrus | 1992- | (Hemsworth) | |
| Noah Cyrus | 2000- | | |
| Carl Czerny | 1791-1857 | | |
| Giorgos Dalaras | 1949- | | |
| Dick Dale | 1937-2019 | (Monsour) | |
| Dalida | 1933-1987 | (Gigliotti) | |
| Roger Daltrey | 1944- | | |
| Shoshana Damari | 1923-2006 | | |
| Karen Damen | 1974- | | |
| Vic Damone | 1928-2018 | (Farinola) | |
| Dana International | 1969- | (Cohen) | |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | c. 1525-1594 | | |
| Louis-Claude Daquin | 1694-1772 | | |
| Bobby Darin | 1936-1973 | (Cassotto) | |
| Dariush | 1951- | (Eghbali) | |
| Sayed Darwish | 1892-1923 | | |
| Joe Dassin | 1938-1980 | | |
| Craig David | 1981- | | |
| Davido | 1992- | (Adeleke) | |
| Arthur Davies | 1941-2018 | | |
| Miles Davis | 1926-1991 | | |
| Doris Day | 1922-2019 | (Kappelhoff) | |
| Howie Day | 1981- | | |
| John Deacon | 1951- | | |
| Wouter "Gotye" De Backer | 1980- | | |
| Jacquet de Berchem | c. 1505-15xx | (Berchem) | |
| John Debney | 1956- | | |
| Claude Debussy | 1862-1918 | | |
| Arsen Dedić | 1938-2015 | | |
| Emmelie de Forest | 1993- | | |
| Boudewijn de Groot | 1944- | | |
| Ilse DeLange | 1977- | | |
| Zack de la Rocha | 1970- | | |
| Orlande de Lassus | c. 1532-1594 | (di Lasso) | |
| Léo Delibes | 1836-1891 | | |
| Frederick Delius | 1862-1934 | | |
| Lana Del Rey | 1985- | (Grant) | |
| Brad Delson | 1977- | | |
| Paco de Lucía | 1947-2014 | (Sánchez, Gómez) | |
| Guillaume de Machaut | c. 1300-1377 | | |
| Mac DeMarco | 1990- | | |
| Ewa Demarczyk | 1941-2020 | | |
| Jamell "YNW Melly" Demons | 1999- | | |
| Sharon den Adel | 1974- | | |
| Rob de Nijs | 1942- | | |
| Esmée Denters | 1988- | | |
| John Denver | 1943-1997 | (Deutschendorf) | |
| Eumir Deodato | 1942- | | |
| Lynsey de Paul | 1948-2014 | (Rubin) | |
| Jason Derulo | 1989- | (Desrouleaux) | |
| Pablo de Sarasate | 1844-1908 | | |
| Claudin de Sermisy | c. 1490-1562 | | |
| Alexandre Desplat | 1961- | | |
| Josquin des Prez | c. 1450-1521 | (Desprez) | |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria | 1548-1611 | | |
| Marius de Vries | 1961- | | |
| Amr Diab | 1961- | | |
| Neil Diamond | 1941- | | |
| Charles Dibdin | 1745-1814 | | |
| Bruce Dickinson | 1958- | | |
| Barbara Dickson | 1947- | | |
| Bo Diddley | 1928-2008 | (Bates) | |
| Dido | 1971- | (O'Malley, Armstrong) | |
| Tramar "Flo Rida" Dillard | 1979- | | |
| Klaus Dinger | 1946-2008 | | |
| Ronnie James Dio | 1942-2010 | | |
| Céline Dion | 1968- | | |
| Natali Dizdar | 1984- | | |
| Ramin Djawadi | 1974- | | |
| Amala "Doja Cat" Dlamini | 1995- | | |
| Do | 1981- | (Rijpma van Hulst) | |
| Doda | 1984- | (Rabczewska) | |
| Kenan Doğulu | 1974- | | |
| Sanja Doležal | 1963- | | |
| Plácido Domingo | 1941- | | |
| Antoine "Fats" Domino | 1928-2017 | | |
| Howard Donald | 1968- | | |
| Dong "Taeyang" Young-bae | 1988- | | |
| Gaetano Donizetti | 1797-1848 | | |
| Donovan | 1946- | (Leitch) | |
| Jason Donovan | 1968- | | |
| Howie Dorough | 1973- | | |
| Anita Doth | 1971- | (Dels) | |
| Lila Downs | 1968- | (Sánchez) | |
| Maria Doyle Kennedy | 1964- | | |
| Patrick Doyle | 1953- | | |
| Oliver Dragojević | 1947-2018 | | |
| Doris Dragović | 1961- | | |
| Drake | 1986- | (Graham) | |
| Dr. Dre | 1965- | (Young) | |
| Pumpuang Duangjan | 1961-1992 | | |
| Eddy Duchin | 1909-1951 | | |
| Hilary Duff | 1987- | | |
| Duffy | 1984- | | |
| Keith Duffy | 1974- | | |
| Paul Dukas | 1865-1935 | | |
| Candy Dulfer | 1969- | | |
| Daniel "MF Doom" Dumile | 1971-2020 | | |
| Lucille Dumont | 1919-2016 | | |
| Fred Durst | 1970- | (Mayne) | |
| Jacques Dutronc | 1943- | | |
| Feridun Düzağaç | 1968- | | |
| Antonín Dvořák | 1841-1904 | | |
| Dino Dvornik | 1964-2008 | | |
| Bob Dylan | 1941- | (Zimmerman) | |
| Steve Earle | 1955- | | |
| Sheena Easton | 1959- | | |
| Sfera Ebbasta | 1992- | (Boschetti) | |
| Ebi | 1949- | (Hamedi) | |
| Duane Eddy | 1938- | | |
| Boy Edgar | 1915-1980 | | |
| Dennis Edwards | 1943-2018 | | |
| Kian Egan | 1980- | | |
| Billie Eilish | 2001- | (Baird, O'Connell) | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | 1955- | | |
| Danny Elfman | 1953- | | |
| Edward Elgar | 1857-1934 | | |
| Elis Regina | 1945-1982 | (Carvalho, Costa) | |
| Elisa | 1977- | (Toffoli) | |
| Edward "Duke" Ellington | 1899-1974 | | |
| Cass Elliot | 1941-1974 | (Cohen) | |
| Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | 1971- | | |
| John Ellis | 1952- | | |
| Sophie Ellis-Bextor | 1979- | | |
| Warren Ellis | 1965- | | |
| Zari Elmassian | 1906-1990 | (Vartian) | |
| DJ Paul Elstak | 1966- | | |
| Emilia | 1978- | (Rydberg, Mitiku) | |
| Dan Emmett | 1815-1904 | | |
| Atilla Engin | 1946-2019 | | |
| Brian Eno | 1948- | | |
| Enya | 1961- | (Brennan, Ní Bhraonáin) | |
| Sertab Erener | 1964- | | |
| Bülent Ersoy | 1952- | | |
| Dulce María Espinosa | 1985- | (Saviñón) | |
| Gloria Estefan | 1957- | (Fajardo, García) | |
| Elise Estrada | 1987- | | |
| Emmalyn Estrada | 1992- | | |
| David "The Edge" Evans | 1961- | | |
| Faith Evans | 1973- | (Jordan) | |
| Yonca Evcimik | 1963- | | |
| Betty Everett | 1939-2001 | | |
| Don Everly | 1937-2021 | | |
| Phil Everly | 1939-2014 | | |
| Cesária Évora | 1941-2011 | | |
| Lara Fabian | 1970- | | |
| Adila Fachiri | 1889-1962 | | |
| Fairuz | 1935- | (Haddad) | |
| Marianne Faithfull | 1946- | | |
| Tiken Jah Fakoly | 1968- | | |
| Agnetha Fältskog | 1950- | | |
| Farinelli | 1705-1782 | (Broschi) | |
| Mylène Farmer | 1961- | (Gautier) | |
| Ewa Farna | 1993- | | |
| Perry Farrell | 1959- | | |
| Farruko | 1991- | (Reyes, Rosado) | |
| Joey Fatone | 1977- | | |
| Gabriel Fauré | 1845-1924 | | |
| Fedez | 1989- | (Lucia) | |
| Mark Feehily | 1980- | | |
| Wilton Felder | 1940-2015 | | |
| José Feliciano | 1945- | (García) | |
| Şebnem Ferah | 1972- | | |
| Fergie | 1975- | (Duhamel, Ferguson) | |
| Paula Fernandes | 1984- | | |
| Alejandro Fernández | 1971- | (Abarca) | |
| Vicente Fernández | 1940-2021 | (Gómez) | |
| Fey | 1973- | (Blázquez, Gil) | |
| Shane Filan | 1979- | | |
| Sylvia Fine | 1913-1991 | (Kaye) | |
| Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | 1925-2012 | | |
| Eddie Fisher | 1928-2010 | | |
| Jordan Fisher | 1994- | | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 1917-1996 | | |
| Roberta Flack | 1937- | | |
| Mick Fleetwood | 1947- | | |
| Keith Flint | 1969-2019 | | |
| Antonio Flores | 1961-1995 | | |
| Lola Flores | 1923-1995 | (Ruiz) | |
| Wolfgang Flür | 1947- | | |
| John Fogerty | 1945- | | |
| Jessica Folcker | 1975- | (Folker) | |
| David Fonseca | 1973- | | |
| Luis Fonsi | 1978- | | |
| Wayne Fontana | 1945-2020 | (Ellis) | |
| China Forbes | 1970- | | |
| Eleni Foureira | 1987- | (Fureraj) | |
| Peter Frampton | 1950- | | |
| Connie Francis | 1937- | (Franconero) | |
| César Franck | 1822-1890 | | |
| Don Francks | 1932-2016 | | |
| Jackson C. Frank | 1943-1999 | | |
| Aretha Franklin | 1942-2018 | | |
| Marie Fredriksson | 1958-2019 | | |
| Mirella Freni | 1935-2020 | (Fregni) | |
| Afroditi Frida | 1964- | | |
| Gerry "DJ Ötzi" Friedle | 1971- | | |
| René Froger | 1960- | | |
| Nelly Furtado | 1978- | | |
| Peter Gabriel | 1950- | | |
| Giovanni Gabrieli | c. 1554-1612 | | |
| Gabrielle | 1969- | (Bobb) | |
| Polina Gagarina | 1987- | | |
| Serge Gainsbourg | 1928-1991 | | |
| France Gall | 1947-2018 | | |
| Bronagh Gallagher | 1972- | | |
| Liam Gallagher | 1972- | | |
| Noel Gallagher | 1967- | | |
| Jerry Garcia | 1942-1995 | | |
| Kany García | 1982- | (de Jesús) | |
| Carlos Gardel | 1890-1935 | | |
| Art Garfunkel | 1941- | | |
| Judy Garland | 1922-1969 | | |
| Garou | 1972- | (Garand) | |
| Leif Garrett | 1961- | (Nervik) | |
| Martin Garrix | 1996- | (Garritsen) | |
| Stephen Gately | 1976-2009 | | |
| Gareth Gates | 1984- | | |
| Marvin Gaye | 1939-1984 | | |
| Gloria Gaynor | 1943- | | |
| Aviv Geffen | 1973- | | |
| Leyla Gencer | 1928-2008 | | |
| Boy George | 1961- | (O'Dowd) | |
| Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta | 1986- | | |
| Lisa Gerrard | 1961- | | |
| George Gershwin | 1898-1937 | (Gershwine) | |
| Stan Getz | 1927-1991 | (Gayetski) | |
| Ghali | 1993- | (Amdouni) | |
| Alejandra "Arca" Ghersi | 1989- | | |
| Michael Giacchino | 1967- | | |
| Barry Gibb | 1946- | | |
| Maurice Gibb | 1949-2003 | | |
| Robin Gibb | 1949-2012 | | |
| Billy Gibbons | 1949- | | |
| Tyrese Gibson | 1978- | | |
| Gigi | 1974- | (Shibabaw) | |
| Gilberto Gil | 1942- | | |
| Brantley Gilbert | 1985- | | |
| Astrud Gilberto | 1940-2023 | | |
| Rex Gildo | 1936-1999 | (Hirtreiter) | |
| Eliza Gilkyson | 1950- | | |
| Vince Gill | 1957- | | |
| Ian Gillan | 1945- | | |
| John "Dizzy" Gillespie | 1917-1993 | | |
| David Gilmour | 1946- | | |
| Giorgia | 1971- | (Todrani) | |
| Philip Glass | 1937- | | |
| Mikhail Glinka | 1804-1857 | | |
| Donald Glover | 1983- | | |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | 1714-1787 | | |
| Rosi Golan | 1981- | | |
| Jean-Jacques Goldman | 1951- | | |
| Jerry Goldsmith | 1929-2004 | | |
| Becky G. | 1997- | (Gomez) | |
| Selena Gomez | 1992- | | |
| Benny Goodman | 1909-1986 | | |
| Delta Goodrem | 1984- | | |
| Googoosh | 1950- | (Atashin) | |
| Henryk Górecki | 1933-2010 | | |
| Kenny G. | 1956- | (Gorelick) | |
| Edyta Górniak | 1972- | | |
| Kyrre "Kygo" Gørvell-Dahll | 1991- | | |
| François-Joseph Gossec | 1734-1829 | | |
| Jakov Gotovac | 1895-1982 | | |
| Karel Gott | 1939-2019 | | |
| Glenn Gould | 1932-1982 | | |
| Ellie Goulding | 1986- | | |
| Charles Gounod | 1818-1893 | | |
| Niel Gow | 1727-1807 | | |
| Francis Goya | 1946- | (Weyer) | |
| Laura Jane Grace | 1980- | (Gabel) | |
| Kat Graham | 1989- | | |
| Michael Graham | 1972- | | |
| Percy Grainger | 1882-1961 | | |
| Andy Grammer | 1983- | | |
| Ariana Grande | 1993- | (Butera) | |
| Petar Grašo | 1976- | | |
| David Gray | 1968- | | |
| Macy Gray | 1967- | (McIntyre) | |
| Mladen Grdović | 1958- | | |
| Marek Grechuta | 1945-2006 | | |
| Juliette Gréco | 1927-2020 | | |
| Adolph Green | 1914-2002 | | |
| Al Green | 1946- | | |
| Dave Greenfield | 1949-2020 | | |
| Jonny Greenwood | 1971- | | |
| Harry Gregson-Williams | 1961- | | |
| Rupert Gregson-Williams | 1966- | | |
| Edvard Grieg | 1843-1907 | | |
| William "DJ Snake" Grigahcine | 1986- | | |
| Oksana Grigorieva | 1970- | | |
| Dave Grohl | 1969- | | |
| Herbert Grönemeyer | 1956- | | |
| Anneke Grönloh | 1942-2018 | | |
| Angela Groothuizen | 1959- | | |
| David Guetta | 1967- | | |
| Guido of Arezzo | c. 991-c. 1035 | | |
| Arlo Guthrie | 1947- | | |
| Woody Guthrie | 1912-1967 | | |
| Buddy Guy | 1936- | | |
| Üzeyir Hacıbəyov | 1885-1948 | (Hajibeyov) | |
| Hadise | 1985- | (Açıkgöz) | |
| Abdel Halim Hafez | 1929-1977 | (Shabana) | |
| Nina Hagen | 1955- | | |
| Merle Haggard | 1937-2016 | | |
| Benjamin "Macklemore" Haggerty | 1983- | | |
| Keiji Haino | 1952- | | |
| Fromental Halévy | 1799-1862 | | |
| Bill Haley | 1925-1981 | | |
| Adelaide Hall | 1901-1993 | | |
| Richard Melville "Moby" Hall | 1965- | | |
| Margareta Hallin | 1931-2020 | (Ekerot) | |
| Geri Halliwell | 1972- | | |
| Johnny Hallyday | 1943-2017 | (Smet) | |
| Halsey | 1994- | (Frangipane) | |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | 1978- | | |
| Tom Hamilton | 1951- | | |
| Marvin Hamlisch | 1944-2012 | | |
| Jan Hammer | 1948- | | |
| Kirk Hammett | 1962- | | |
| Herbie Hancock | 1940- | | |
| Georg Friedrich Händel | 1685-1759 | | |
| Isaac Hanson | 1980- | | |
| Taylor Hanson | 1983- | | |
| Zac Hanson | 1985- | | |
| Françoise Hardy | 1944- | | |
| Joy Harjo | 1951- | (Foster) | |
| Heather Harper | 1930-2019 | | |
| Calvin Harris | 1984- | (Wiles) | |
| Steve Harris | 1956- | | |
| Dominic "Yungblud" Harrison | 1998- | | |
| George Harrison | 1943-2001 | | |
| Debbie Harry | 1945- | (Tremble) | |
| Dan Hartman | 1950-1994 | | |
| Johann Adolph Hasse | 1699-1783 | | |
| Dismas Hataš | 1724-1777 | | |
| Stjepan Hauser | 1986- | | |
| Chesney Hawkes | 1971- | | |
| Edwin Hawkins | 1943-2018 | | |
| Barry Hay | 1948- | | |
| Joseph Haydn | 1732-1809 | | |
| Hayedeh | 1942-1990 | (Dadehbala) | |
| Darren Hayes | 1972- | | |
| Isaac Hayes | 1942-2008 | | |
| Ofra Haza | 1957-2000 | (Ashkenazi) | |
| André Hazes | 1951-2004 | | |
| Murray Head | 1946- | | |
| Jeff Healey | 1966-2008 | | |
| Imogen Heap | 1977- | | |
| Johannes Heesters | 1903-2011 | | |
| Lucille Hegamin | 1894-1970 | (Nelson) | |
| Taco Hemingway | 1990- | (Szcześniak) | |
| Fletcher "Smack" Henderson | 1897-1952 | | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 1942-1970 | | |
| Nona Hendryx | 1944- | | |
| Don Henley | 1947- | | |
| Keaton Henson | 1988- | | |
| Woody Herman | 1913-1987 | | |
| Toon Hermans | 1916-2000 | | |
| Hervé | 1825-1892 | (Ronger) | |
| James Hetfield | 1963- | | |
| Paul "Bono" Hewson | 1960- | | |
| Jarad "Juice Wrld" Higgins | 1998-2019 | | |
| Hildegard of Bingen | 1098-1179 | | |
| Faith Hill | 1967- | (Perry) | |
| Joseph "Dusty" Hill | 1949-2021 | | |
| Lauryn Hill | 1975- | | |
| Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir | 1989- | | |
| Fritz Hilpert | 1956- | | |
| Paul Hindemith | 1895-1963 | | |
| Rupert Hine | 1947-2020 | | |
| Earl Hines | 1903-1983 | | |
| Nurit Hirsh | 1942- | | |
| Joe Hisaishi | 1950- | (Fujisawa) | |
| Billie Holiday | 1915-1959 | (Harris) | |
| Buddy Holly | 1936-1959 | (Holley) | |
| Rupert Holmes | 1947- | (Goldstein) | |
| Gustav Holst | 1874-1934 | | |
| John Lee Hooker | 1917-2001 | | |
| Nicholas Hooper | c. 1952- | | |
| Telma Hopkins | 1948- | | |
| Niall Horan | 1993- | | |
| Natalie Horler | 1981- | | |
| James Horner | 1953-2015 | | |
| Bruce Hornsby | 1954- | | |
| Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz | 1966- | | |
| Vladimir Horowitz | 1903-1989 | | |
| Lidija Horvat-Dunjko | 1967- | | |
| Haruomi Hosono | 1947- | | |
| Whitney Houston | 1963-2012 | | |
| James Newton Howard | 1951- | | |
| Hua Chenyu | 1990- | | |
| Saul "Slash" Hudson | 1965- | | |
| Sam Hui | 1948- | | |
| Tonči Huljić | 1961- | | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | 1854-1921 | | |
| Zakir Hussain | 1951- | | |
| Ralf Hütter | 1946- | | |
| Idir | 1949-2020 | (Cheriet) | |
| Billy Idol | 1955- | (Broad) | |
| Enrique Iglesias | 1975- | | |
| Julio Iglesias | 1943- | | |
| Natalie Imbruglia | 1975- | | |
| Pedro Infante | 1917-1957 | (Cruz) | |
| James Ingram | 1952-2019 | | |
| Inna | 1986- | (Apostoleanu) | |
| Tony Iommi | 1948- | | |
| Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | 1859-1935 | | |
| Irene | 1991- | (Bae) | |
| Markéta Irglová | 1988- | | |
| Liana Isakadze | 1946- | | |
| Mark Isham | 1951- | | |
| Soile Isokoski | 1957- | | |
| Bera Ivanishvili | 1994- | | |
| Tomislav Ivčić | 1953-1993 | | |
| Artis "Coolio" Ivey | 1963-2022 | | |
| Henry Jackman | 1974- | | |
| Cheyenne Jackson | 1975- | | |
| Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | 1975- | | |
| Janet Jackson | 1966- | | |
| Michael Jackson | 1958-2009 | | |
| O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson | 1969- | | |
| Tom Jackson | 1948- | | |
| Ruth Jacott | 1960- | | |
| Jacquet of Mantua | 1483-1559 | (Colebault) | |
| Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet | 1665-1729 | | |
| Mick Jagger | 1943- | | |
| Emina Jahović | 1982- | (Sandal) | |
| Jakko Jakszyk | 1958- | (Curran) | |
| Jamala | 1983- | (Jamaladinova) | |
| Elmore James | 1918-1963 | (Brooks) | |
| Etta James | 1938-2012 | (Hawkins) | |
| Richard D. "Aphex Twin" James | 1971- | | |
| Leoš Janáček | 1854-1928 | | |
| Clément Janequin | c. 1485-1558 | | |
| Victor Jara | 1932-1973 | | |
| Jean-Michel Jarre | 1948- | | |
| Maurice Jarre | 1924-2009 | | |
| Al Jarreau | 1940-2017 | | |
| "Jam Master" Jay | 1965-2002 | (Mizell) | |
| Jay-Z | 1969- | (Carter) | |
| Wyclef Jean | 1969- | | |
| Garland Jeffreys | 1943- | | |
| Katherine Jenkins | 1980- | | |
| Jennie | 1996- | (Gim, Kim) | |
| Waylon Jennings | 1937-2002 | | |
| Will Jennings | 1944- | | |
| Adolf Jensen | 1837-1879 | | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | 1985- | | |
| Jessie J | 1988- | (Cornish) | |
| Joan Jett | 1958- | (Larkin) | |
| José Alfredo Jiménez | 1926-1973 | (Sandoval) | |
| Natalia Jiménez | 1981- | (Sarmento) | |
| João Gilberto | 1931-2019 | (Prado, Pereira, de Oliveira) | |
| Antônio Carlos Jobim | 1927-1994 | | |
| Billy Joel | 1949- | | |
| Johann Strauss I | 1804-1849 | | |
| Jóhann Jóhannsson | 1969-2018 | | |
| "Scatman" John | 1942-1999 | (Larkin) | |
| Elton John | 1947- | (Dwight) | |
| "Little" Willie John | 1937-1968 | | |
| Brian Johnson | 1947- | | |
| James P. Johnson | 1894-1955 | | |
| Robert Johnson | 1911-1938 | | |
| Gerard Joling | 1960- | | |
| Al Jolson | 1886-1950 | (Yoelson) | |
| Joe Jonas | 1989- | | |
| Kevin Jonas | 1987- | | |
| Nick Jonas | 1992- | | |
| Booker T. Jones | 1944- | | |
| Brian Jones | 1942-1969 | | |
| George Jones | 1931-2013 | | |
| Grace Jones | 1948- | | |
| Isham Jones | 1894-1956 | | |
| John Paul Jones | 1946- | | |
| Norah Jones | 1979- | | |
| Quincy Jones | 1933- | | |
| Russell "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones | 1968-2004 | | |
| Tom Jones | 1940- | (Woodward) | |
| Anna Maria Jopek | 1970- | | |
| Janis Joplin | 1943-1970 | | |
| Scott Joplin | c. 1867-1917 | | |
| Montell Jordan | 1968- | (Barnett) | |
| José José | 1948-2019 | (Sosa, Ortiz) | |
| Bhimsen Joshi | 1922-2011 | | |
| Juan Gabriel | 1950-2016 | (Aguilera, Valadez) | |
| Juanes | 1972- | (Aristizábal, Vásquez) | |
| Naomi Judd | 1946-2022 | | |
| Jung "J-Hope" Ho-seok | 1994- | | |
| Jungkook | 1997- | (Jeon) | |
| Lana Jurčević | 1984- | | |
| Udo Jürgens | 1934-2014 | | |
| Ibrica Jusić | 1944- | | |
| Jerney Kaagman | 1947- | | |
| Kaliopi | 1966- | (Bukle) | |
| Kitty Kallen | 1921-2016 | | |
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | 1959-1997 | | |
| Nick Kamen | 1962-2021 | | |
| Goran Karan | 1964- | | |
| Karol G | 1991- | (Giraldo, Navarro) | |
| Pierre Kartner | 1935-2022 | | |
| Olivera Katarina | 1940- | (Petrović) | |
| Lena Katina | 1984- | | |
| Kerry Katona | 1980- | | |
| Bill Kaulitz | 1989- | | |
| Ahmet Kaya | 1957-2000 | | |
| Danny Kaye | 1911-1987 | (Kaminsky) | |
| Dolores Keane | 1953- | | |
| Ronan Keating | 1977- | | |
| Maynard James Keenan | 1964- | | |
| Salif Keita | 1949- | | |
| Milko Kelemen | 1924-2018 | | |
| Kelis | 1979- | (Rogers) | |
| Angelo Kelly | 1981- | | |
| Maite Kelly | 1979- | | |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | 1977- | | |
| R. Kelly | 1967- | | |
| Dermot Kennedy | 1992- | | |
| Camilla Kerslake | 1988- | | |
| Kesha | 1987- | (Sebert) | |
| Tereza Kesovija | 1938- | | |
| Alicia Keys | 1981- | | |
| Sergey Khachatryan | 1985- | | |
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903-1978 | | |
| DJ Khaled | 1975- | | |
| Bismillah Khan | 1916-2006 | | |
| Chaka Khan | 1953- | (Stevens) | |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | 1948-1997 | | |
| Amir Khusrau | 1253-1325 | | |
| Angélique Kidjo | 1960- | | |
| Anthony Kiedis | 1962- | | |
| Lemmy Kilmister | 1945-2015 | | |
| Lil' Kim | 1974- | (Jones) | |
| Kim Hyun-ah | 1992- | | |
| Kim Hyun-joong | 1986- | | |
| Kim "RM" Nam-joon | 1994- | | |
| Sandra Kim | 1972- | (Caldarone) | |
| Kim Seok-jin | 1992- | | |
| Kim "V" Tae-hyung | 1995- | | |
| Ivana Kindl | 1978- | | |
| B.B. King | 1925-2015 | | |
| Ben E. King | 1938-2015 | | |
| Carole King | 1942- | | |
| Volker David Kirchner | 1942-2020 | | |
| Philipp Kirkorov | 1967- | | |
| Chris Kirkpatrick | 1971- | | |
| Eartha Kitt | 1927-2008 | | |
| Myleene Klass | 1978- | | |
| Simone Kleinsma | 1958- | | |
| Hildegard Knef | 1925-2002 | (Neff) | |
| Gladys Knight | 1944- | | |
| Mark Knopfler | 1949- | | |
| Beyoncé Knowles | 1981- | | |
| Emilija Kokić | 1968- | | |
| Kōji Kondō | 1961- | | |
| Zorica Kondža | 1960- | | |
| Natasha Korolyova | 1973- | | |
| Mišo Kovač | 1941- | | |
| Dalma Kovács | 1985- | | |
| Joey Kramer | 1950- | | |
| Alfredo Kraus | 1927-1999 | | |
| Alison Krauss | 1971- | | |
| Lenny Kravitz | 1964- | | |
| Krzysztof Krawczyk | 1946-2021 | | |
| Lenka Kripac | 1978- | | |
| Kris Kristofferson | 1936- | | |
| Chad Kroeger | 1974- | (Turton) | |
| Karel Kryl | 1944-1994 | | |
| Lenny Kuhr | 1950- | | |
| Sabahudin Kurt | 1935-2018 | | |
| Yaşar Kurt | 1968- | | |
| Fela Kuti | 1938-1997 | | |
| Kwon "BoA" Bo-ah | 1986- | | |
| Kwon "G-Dragon" Ji-yong | 1988- | | |
| Patti LaBelle | 1944- | (Holt) | |
| Tiff Lacey | 1965- | | |
| Drew Lachey | 1976- | | |
| Nick Lachey | 1973- | | |
| Natalia Lacunza | 1999- | | |
| Cleo Laine | 1927- | (Campbell) | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1987- | (Duckworth) | |
| Adam Lambert | 1982- | | |
| Miranda Lambert | 1983- | | |
| K. D. Lang | 1961- | | |
| Amel Larrieux | 1973- | | |
| Zara Larsson | 1997- | | |
| Katarzyna Łaska | 1979- | | |
| James Last | 1929-2015 | | |
| Queen Latifah | 1970- | (Owens) | |
| Andy Lau | 1961- | |