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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kaulitz | 1989- |  | |
| Niamh Kavanagh | 1968- | | |
| Ahmet Kaya | 1957-2000 | | |
| Danny Kaye | 1911-1987 | (Kaminsky) | |
| Dolores Keane | 1953- | | |
| Ronan Keating | 1977- | | |
| Maynard James Keenan | 1964- | | |
| Salif Keita | 1949- | | |
| Toby Keith | 1961-2024 | (Covel) | |
| Milko Kelemen | 1924-2018 | | |
| Kelis | 1979- | (Rogers) | |
| Angelo Kelly | 1981- | | |
| Maite Kelly | 1979- | | |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | 1977- | | |
| R. Kelly | 1967- | | |
| Dermot Kennedy | 1992- | | |
| 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- | | |
| Emily Kinney | 1984- | | |
| Volker David Kirchner | 1942-2020 | | |
| Philipp Kirkorov | 1967- | | |
| Chris Kirkpatrick | 1971- | | |
| Eartha Kitt | 1927-2008 | | |
| Myleene Klass | 1978- | | |
| Dani Klein | 1953- | (Schoovaerts) | |
| 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- | | |
| Ed Kowalczyk | 1971- | | |
| Joey Kramer | 1950- | | |
| Wayne Kramer | 1948-2024 | (Kambes) | |
| Alfredo Kraus | 1927-1999 | | |
| Alison Krauss | 1971- | | |
| Lenny Kravitz | 1964- | | |
| Krzysztof Krawczyk | 1946-2021 | | |
| Greg K. | 1965- | (Kriesel) | |
| Lenka Kripac | 1978- | | |
| Kris Kristofferson | 1936- | | |
| Chad Kroeger | 1974- | (Turton) | |
| Hanne Krogh | 1956- | | |
| Karel Kryl | 1944-1994 | | |
| Lenny Kuhr | 1950- | | |
| Bruce Kulick | 1953- | | |
| 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- | | |
| Cyndi Lauper | 1953- | | |
| Duncan Laurence | 1994- | (de Moor) | |
| Lauv | 1994- | (Leff) | |
| Nynke Laverman | 1980- | | |
| Avril Lavigne | 1984- | | |
| Steve Lawrence | 1935- | (Liebowitz) | |
| Sergey Lazarev | 1983- | | |
| Vicky Leandros | c. 1950- | (Papathanasiou) | |
| Amanda Lear | 1939- | | |
| Brenda Lee | 1944- | (Tarpley) | |
| Lee "IU" Ji-eun | 1993- | | |
| Kam Lee | 1966- | | |
| Peggy Lee | 1920-2002 | (Egstrom) | |
| Lee Sun-mi | 1992- | | |
| Swae Lee | 1995- | (Brown) | |
| John Legend | 1978- | (Stephens) | |
| Franz Lehár | 1870-1948 | | |
| Tom Lehrer | 1928- | | |
| Lena | 1991- | (Meyer, Landrut) | |
| John Lennon | 1940-1980 | | |
| Annie Lennox | 1954- | | |
| Gérard Lenormand | 1945- | | |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | 1857-1919 | | |
| Valery Leontiev | 1949- | | |
| Lepa Brena | 1960- | (Živojinović) | |
| Katrina Leskanich | 1960- | | |
| Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier | 1988- | | |
| Indira Levak | 1973- | (Vladić) | |
| Adam Levine | 1979- | | |
| Sivan Levy | 1987- | | |
| Dean Lewis | 1987- | | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1935-2022 | | |
| Leona Lewis | 1985- | | |
| Shaznay Lewis | 1975- | | |
| Li Yuchun | 1984- | (Lee) | |
| György Ligeti | 1923-2006 | | |
| Gary Lightbody | 1976- | | |
| Elmar Liitmaa | 1970- | | |
| Lim Young-woong | 1991- | | |
| Jenny Lind | 1820-1887 | | |
| Adolf Fredrik Lindblad | 1801-1878 | | |
| Till Lindemann | 1963- | | |
| Patrick Lindner | 1960- | (Raab) | |
| Dua Lipa | 1995- | | |
| Sead Lipovača | 1955- | | |
| Lisa | 1997- | (Manobal, Manoban) | |
| Josipa Lisac | 1950- | | |
| Liesbeth List | 1941-2020 | (Driessen) | |
| Franz Liszt | 1811-1886 | | |
| Brian Littrell | 1975- | | |
| Liu Huan | 1963- | | |
| Ferdo Livadić | 1799-1879 | (Wiesner) | |
| Lizzo | 1988- | (Jefferson) | |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber | 1948- | | |
| Cher Lloyd | 1993- | | |
| Didier Lockwood | 1956-2018 | | |
| Johnny Logan | 1954- | (Sherrard) | |
| Kenny Loggins | 1948- | | |
| Claudio Lolli | 1950-2018 | | |
| Paulo Londra | 1998- | | |
| Claudine Longet | 1942- | | |
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | 1971-2002 | | |
| Jennifer Lopez | 1969- | | |
| Trini Lopez | 1937-2020 | | |
| Ani Lorak | 1978- | (Kuiek) | |
| Jon Lord | 1941-2012 | | |
| Loreen | 1983- | (Talhaoui) | |
| Helmut Lotti | 1969- | (Lotigiers) | |
| Demi Lovato | 1992- | | |
| Courtney Love | 1964- | (Harrison) | |
| Lene Lovich | 1949- | (Premilovich) | |
| Rolf Løvland | 1955- | (Undsæt) | |
| Luis Miguel | 1970- | (Gallego, Basteri) | |
| Aca Lukas | 1968- | (Vuksanović) | |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | 1632-1687 | (Lulli) | |
| Lulu | 1948- | (Kennedy, Lawrie, Cairns) | |
| Jimmie Lunceford | 1902-1947 | | |
| Dónal Lunny | 1947- | | |
| Ray Luzier | 1970- | | |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi | c. 1545-1607 | | |
| John Lydon | 1956- | (Rotten) | |
| Shane Lynch | 1976- | | |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | 1945- | | |
| Lonnie "Common" Lynn | 1972- | | |
| Loretta Lynn | 1932-2022 | | |
| Vera Lynn | 1917-2020 | | |
| Jeff Lynne | 1947- | | |
| Mariqueen Maandig | 1981- | | |
| Mabel | 1996- | (McVey) | |
| Edward MacDowell | 1860-1908 | | |
| Shane MacGowan | 1957-2023 | | |
| Madonna | 1958- | (Ciccone) | |
| Gustav Mahler | 1860-1911 | | |
| Miriam "Mama Africa" Makeba | 1932-2008 | | |
| Daron Malakian | 1975- | | |
| Michael Malarkey | 1983- | | |
| Maria Malibran | 1808-1836 | | |
| Armaan Malik | 1995- | | |
| Zayn Malik | 1993- | | |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | 1963- | (Lannerbäck) | |
| Maluma | 1994- | (Londoño, Arias) | |
| Mark Mancina | 1957- | | |
| Henry Mancini | 1924-1994 | | |
| Johnny Mandel | 1925-2020 | | |
| Lata Mangeshkar | 1929-2022 | | |
| Barry Manilow | 1943- | (Pincus) | |
| Emanuil Manolov | 1860-1902 | | |
| Marilyn Manson | 1969- | (Warner) | |
| Ray Manzarek | 1939-2013 | | |
| Thomas Mapfumo | 1945- | | |
| Marie N | 1973- | (Naumova, Bullīta) | |
| Mariza | 1973- | (Nunes) | |
| Boban Marković | 1964- | | |
| Bob Marley | 1945-1981 | | |
| Laura Marling | 1990- | | |
| Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow | 1958- | | |
| Bruno Mars | 1985- | (Hernandez) | |
| Bernie Marsden | 1951-2023 | | |
| Kym Marsh | 1976- | | |
| Béatrice Martin | 1989- | | |
| Chris Martin | 1977- | | |
| Dani Martín | 1977- | (García) | |
| Dean Martin | 1917-1995 | | |
| George Martin | 1926-2016 | | |
| Linda Martin | 1952- | | |
| Ricky Martin | 1971- | (Morales) | |
| Benito "Bad Bunny" Martínez Ocasio | 1994- | | |
| Al Martino | 1927-2009 | (Cini) | |
| Danijela Martinović | 1971- | | |
| Richard Marx | 1963- | | |
| Pietro Mascagni | 1863-1945 | | |
| Jules Massenet | 1842-1912 | | |
| Massiel | 1947- | (Santamaría, Espinosa) | |
| Maysa Matarazzo | 1936-1977 | (Figueira, Monjardim) | |
| Abraham Mateo | 1998- | (Chamorro) | |
| Marshall "Eminem" Mathers | 1972- | | |
| Mireille Mathieu | 1946- | | |
| Johnny Mathis | 1935- | | |
| Seiko Matsuda | 1962- | (Kamachi) | |
| Yumi Matsutoya | 1954- | | |
| Alo Mattiisen | 1961-1996 | | |
| Maurane | 1960-2018 | (Luypaerts) | |
| Ava Max | 1994- | (Koci) | |
| Brian May | 1947- | | |
| John Mayer | 1977- | | |
| Rakim "ASAP Rocky" Mayers | 1988- | | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 1942-1999 | | |
| Franz Mazura | 1924-2020 | | |
| Martina McBride | 1966- | (Schiff) | |
| Dan McCafferty | 1946-2022 | | |
| Paul McCartney | 1942- | | |
| Van McCoy | 1940-1979 | | |
| George McCrae | 1944- | | |
| Mindy McCready | 1975-2013 | | |
| Bear McCreary | 1979- | | |
| Johnny McDaid | 1976- | | |
| Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels | 1964- | | |
| Reba McEntire | 1955- | | |
| Brian McFadden | 1980- | | |
| Bobby McFerrin | 1950- | | |
| Charlie McGettigan | 1950- | | |
| Tim McGraw | 1967- | | |
| Roger McGuinn | 1942- | | |
| Les McKeown | 1955-2021 | | |
| Sarah McLachlan | 1968- | | |
| A. J. McLean | 1978- | | |
| Don McLean | 1945- | | |
| Lutricia McNeal | 1973- | | |
| Clyde McPhatter | 1932-1972 | | |
| Christine McVie | 1943-2022 | (Perfect) | |
| Glenn Medeiros | 1970- | | |
| Guus Meeuwis | 1972- | | |
| Zubin Mehta | 1936- | | |
| Klaus Meine | 1948- | | |
| Melanie | 1947-2024 | (Safka, Schekeryk) | |
| John Mellencamp | 1951- | (Cougar) | |
| Katie Melua | 1984- | | |
| Fanny Mendelssohn | 1805-1847 | | |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809-1847 | | |
| Sérgio Mendes | 1941- | | |
| Shawn Mendes | 1998- | | |
| Marco Mengoni | 1988- | | |
| Alan Menken | 1949- | | |
| Yehudi Menuhin | 1916-1999 | | |
| Idina Menzel | 1971- | | |
| Natalie Merchant | 1963- | | |
| Freddie Mercury | 1946-1991 | (Bulsara) | |
| Dino Merlin | 1962- | (Dervišhalidović) | |
| Olivier Messiaen | 1908-1992 | | |
| Reinhard Mey | 1942- | (May, Yondraschek) | |
| George Michael | 1963-2016 | (Panayiotou) | |
| Davina Michelle | 1995- | (Hoogendoorn) | |
| Bette Midler | 1945- | | |
| Michiya Mihashi | 1930-1996 | | |
| Mika | 1983- | (Penniman) | |
| Mike D | 1965- | (Diamond) | |
| Zinka Milanov | 1906-1989 | (Kunc) | |
| John Miles | 1949-2021 | (Errington) | |
| Christina Milian | 1981- | (Flores) | |
| Glenn Miller | 1904-1944 | | |
| Mac Miller | 1992-2018 | (Fisherman, McCormick) | |
| Percy "Master P" Miller | 1967- | | |
| Stephanie Mills | 1957- | | |
| Min "Suga" Yoon-gi | 1993- | | |
| Mina | 1940- | (Mazzini) | |
| Nicki Minaj | 1982- | (Maraj) | |
| Charles Mingus | 1922-1979 | | |
| Dylan Minnette | 1996- | | |
| Dannii Minogue | 1971- | | |
| Kylie Minogue | 1968- | | |
| Carmen Miranda | 1909-1955 | (da Cunha) | |
| Edvard Mirzoyan | 1921-2012 | | |
| Hibari Misora | 1937-1989 | | |
| Joni Mitchell | 1943- | | |
| Liz Mitchell | 1952- | | |
| Lil' Mo | 1978- | (Loving) | |
| Domenico Modugno | 1928-1994 | | |
| Janelle Monáe | 1985- | (Robinson) | |
| Eddie Money | 1949-2019 | (Mahoney) | |
| Lúcia Moniz | 1976- | (Pereira) | |
| Thelonious Monk | 1917-1982 | | |
| Bill Monroe | 1911-1996 | | |
| Yves Montand | 1921-1991 | | |
| Romy Monteiro | 1992- | (Truggelaar) | |
| Kemal Monteno | 1948-2015 | | |
| Claudio Monteverdi | 1567-1643 | | |
| Sara Montiel | 1928-2013 | (Abad, Fernández) | |
| Keith Moon | 1946-1978 | | |
| Michael Moorcock | 1939- | | |
| Alecia "Pink" Moore | 1979- | | |
| Gary Moore | 1952-2011 | | |
| Mandy Moore | 1984- | | |
| R. Stevie Moore | 1952- | | |
| Sonny "Skrillex" Moore | 1988- | | |
| Darío Moreno | 1921-1968 | (Arugete) | |
| Alanis Morissette | 1974- | | |
| Angela Morley | 1924-2009 | (Stott) | |
| Giorgio Moroder | 1940- | | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1928-2020 | | |
| Stephen Morris | 1957- | | |
| Jim Morrison | 1943-1971 | | |
| Van Morrison | 1945- | | |
| Morrissey | 1959- | | |
| Fab Morvan | 1966- | | |
| Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley | 1972- | | |
| Shad "Bow Wow" Moss | 1987- | | |
| Ana Moura | 1979- | (Pereira) | |
| Nana Mouskouri | 1934- | | |
| Georges Moustaki | 1934-2013 | (Mustacchi) | |
| Alison Moyet | 1961- | | |
| Leopold Mozart | 1719-1787 | | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756-1791 | | |
| Maksim Mrvica | 1975- | | |
| Anita Mui | 1963-2003 | | |
| Marius Müller-Westernhagen | 1948- | | |
| Samantha Mumba | 1983- | | |
| John Murphy | 1965- | | |
| Anne Murray | 1945- | | |
| Neil Murray | 1950- | | |
| Olly Murs | 1984- | | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | 1839-1881 | | |
| Dave Mustaine | 1961- | | |
| Mýa | 1979- | (Harrison) | |
| Dwight "Heavy D" Myers | 1967-2011 | | |
| Marie Myriam | 1957- | (Lopes, Elmosnino) | |
| Xavier Naidoo | 1971- | | |
| Suzuka Nakamoto | 1997- | | |
| Anna Nalick | 1984- | | |
| Ram Narayan | 1927- | | |
| Lil Nas X | 1999- | (Hill) | |
| Nas | 1973- | (Jones) | |
| Graham Nash | 1942- | | |
| Johnny Nash | 1940-2020 | | |
| Natti Natasha | 1986- | (Gutiérrez, Batista) | |
| Dave Navarro | 1967- | | |
| O. P. Nayyar | 1926-2007 | | |
| Youssou N'Dour | 1959- | | |
| Guusje Nederhorst | 1969-2004 | (Woesthoff) | |
| Jorge Negrete | 1911-1953 | (Moreno) | |
| Vince Neil | 1961- | (Wharton) | |
| Nelly | 1974- | (Haynes) | |
| Ricky Nelson | 1940-1985 | | |
| Willie Nelson | 1933- | | |
| Nena | 1960- | (Kerner) | |
| Anna Netrebko | 1971- | | |
| Netta | 1993- | (Barzilai) | |
| Randy Newman | 1943- | | |
| Thomas Newman | 1955- | | |
| Olivia Newton-John | 1948-2022 | | |
| Stevie Nicks | 1948- | | |
| Nico | 1938-1988 | (Päffgen) | |
| Nicole | 1964- | (Hohloch, Seibert) | |
| Lennie Niehaus | 1929-2020 | | |
| Sanna Nielsen | 1984- | | |
| Czesław Niemen | 1939-2004 | | |
| Maxine Nightingale | 1952- | | |
| Ljiljana Nikolovska | 1964- | | |
| Birgit Nilsson | 1918-2005 | | |
| Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh | 1959- | | |
| Luka Nižetić | 1983- | | |
| Noemi | 1982- | (Scopelliti) | |
| Klaus Nomi | 1944-1983 | (Sperber) | |
| Normani | 1996- | (Hamilton) | |
| Claus Norreen | 1970- | | |
| Brandy Norwood | 1979- | | |
| Nikolai Noskov | 1956- | | |
| Gabi Novak | 1936- | | |
| Stojanka Novaković | 1972- | | |
| Boris Novković | 1967- | | |
| Đorđe Novković | 1943-2007 | | |
| Krist Novoselic | 1965- | | |
| Ted Nugent | 1948- | | |
| Clara Nunes | 1942-1983 | | |
| Siti Nurhaliza | 1979- | | |
| Paolo Nutini | 1987- | | |
| Michael Nyman | 1944- | | |
| Lene Nystrøm | 1973- | (Grawford) | |
| Nyusha | 1990- | (Shurochkina) | |
| Darrin "Snow" O'Brien | 1969- | | |
| Tamara Obrovac | 1962- | | |
| Turlough O'Carolan | 1670-1738 | | |
| Ric Ocasek | 1944-2019 | (Otcasek) | |
| Phil Ochs | 1940-1976 | | |
| Finneas O'Connell | 1997- | | |
| Sinéad O'Connor | 1966-2023 | (Davitt, Sadaqat) | |
| Jacques Offenbach | 1819-1880 | | |
| Liam O'Flynn | 1945-2018 | | |
| Michał Kleofas Ogiński | 1765-1833 | | |
| Damini Ebunoluwa "Burna Boy" Ogulu | 1991- | | |
| Birgit Õigemeel | 1988- | | |
| Zuhal Olcay | 1957- | | |
| Mike Oldfield | 1953- | | |
| Jørgen Olsen | 1950- | | |
| Niels "Noller" Olsen | 1954- | | |
| Jahseh "XXXTentacion" Onfroy | 1998-2018 | | |
| Yoko Ono | 1933- | | |
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | 1973- | | |
| Rita Ora | 1990- | (Sahatçiu) | |
| Jason Orange | 1970- | | |
| Roy Orbison | 1936-1988 | | |
| Natalia Oreiro | 1977- | | |
| Carl Orff | 1895-1982 | | |
| Ľuba Orgonášová | 1961- | | |
| Dolores O'Riordan | 1971-2018 | | |
| Tony Orlando | 1944- | (Cassavitis) | |
| Beth Orton | 1970- | | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | 1948- | | |
| K. T. Oslin | 1942-2020 | | |
| John Otto | 1977- | | |
| Mark Owen | 1972- | | |
| Randy Owen | 1949- | | |
| Ozuna | 1992- | (Rosado) | |
| Anderson .Paak | 1986- | | |
| Johann Pachelbel | 1653-1706 | | |
| Tanel Padar | 1980- | | |
| Niccolò Paganini | 1782-1840 | | |
| Jimmy Page | 1944- | | |
| Patti Page | 1927-2013 | (Fowler) | |
| Elaine Paige | 1948- | (Bickerstaff) | |
| Amanda Palmer | 1976- | | |
| Keke Palmer | 1993- | | |
| Robert Palmer | 1949-2003 | | |
| Orianthi Panagaris | 1985- | | |
| Helena Paparizou | 1982- | | |
| Pete Parada | 1973- | | |
| Vanessa Paradis | 1972- | | |
| Parisa | 1950- | (Vā'ezi) | |
| Park "Psy" Jae-sang | 1977- | | |
| Park Ji-min | 1995- | | |
| Charlie Parker | 1920-1955 | | |
| Hubert Parry | 1848-1918 | | |
| Alan Parsons | 1948- | | |
| Arvo Pärt | 1935- | | |
| Dolly Parton | 1946- | | |
| Jean-Claude Pascal | 1927-1992 | (Villeminot) | |
| Jaco Pastorius | 1951-1987 | | |
| Les Paul | 1915-2009 | | |
| Sean Paul | 1973- | (Henriques) | |
| Laura Pausini | 1974- | | |
| Luciano Pavarotti | 1935-2007 | | |
| Freda Payne | 1942- | | |
| Liam Payne | 1993- | | |
| Neil Peart | 1952-2020 | | |
| Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa | 1979- | | |
| Ajda Pekkan | 1946- | | |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | 1933-2020 | | |
| Thomas "Diplo" Pentz | 1978- | | |
| Tommy Peoples | 1948-2018 | | |
| Belle Pérez | 1976- | (Cerezo) | |
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 1710-1736 | | |
| Jacopo Peri | 1561-1633 | | |
| Carl Perkins | 1932-1998 | | |
| Itzhak Perlman | 1945- | | |
| Charlotte Perrelli | 1974- | (Nilsson) | |
| Christina Perri | 1986- | | |
| Joe Perry | 1950- | (Pereira) | |
| Katy Perry | 1984- | (Hudson) | |
| Megan "Thee Stallion" Pete | 1995- | | |
| Debbi Peterson | 1961- | | |
| Vicki Peterson | 1958- | | |
| Kim Petras | 1992- | | |
| Tom Petty | 1950-2017 | | |
| Phạm Duy | 1921-2013 | | |
| Barrington Pheloung | 1954-2019 | | |
| Yannis Philippakis | 1986- | | |
| Chynna Phillips | 1968- | | |
| Édith Piaf | 1915-1963 | | |
| Ástor Piazzolla | 1921-1992 | | |
| Wilson Pickett | 1941-2006 | | |
| Rob Pilatus | 1965-1998 | | |
| Billie Piper | 1982- | | |
| Vesna Pisarović | 1978- | | |
| Gene Pitney | 1940-2006 | | |
| Violante Placido | 1976- | | |
| Demetra Plakas | 1960- | | |
| Robert Plant | 1948- | | |
| Anita Pointer | 1948-2022 | | |
| Bonnie Pointer | 1950-2020 | | |
| June Pointer | 1953-2006 | | |
| Vlatka Pokos | 1970- | | |
| Basil Poledouris | 1945-2006 | | |
| Jintara Poonlarp | 1969- | | |
| Iggy Pop | 1947- | (Osterberg) | |
| Cole Porter | 1891-1964 | | |
| Johnathan "Blueface" Porter | 1997- | | |
| Mike Portnoy | 1967- | | |
| Ruža Pospiš-Baldani | 1942- | | |
| Austin "Post Malone" Post | 1995- | | |
| Cozy Powell | 1947-1998 | (Flooks) | |
| John Powell | 1963- | | |
| Pras | 1972- | (Michel) | |
| Patty Pravo | 1948- | (Strambelli) | |
| Elvis Presley | 1935-1977 | | |
| Lisa Marie Presley | 1968-2023 | | |
| Billy Preston | 1946-2006 | | |
| Lloyd Price | 1933-2021 | | |
| Prince | 1958-2016 | (Nelson) | |
| Toše Proeski | 1981-2007 | | |
| Miljenko Prohaska | 1925-2014 | | |
| Sergei Prokofiev | 1891-1953 | | |
| Giacomo Puccini | 1858-1924 | | |
| Alla Pugacheva | 1949- | | |
| Ema Pukšec | 1834-1889 | | |
| Henry Purcell | 1659-1695 | | |
| Tomi "Mr Lordi" Putaansuu | 1974- | | |
| Charlie Puth | 1991- | | |
| Suzi Quatro | 1950- | | |
| Eimear Quinn | 1972- | (Ní Chuinn) | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1873-1943 | | |
| Indira Radić | 1966- | | |
| Gerry Rafferty | 1947-2011 | | |
| Raffi | 1948- | (Cavoukian) | |
| Mohammed Rafi | 1924-1980 | | |
| A. R. Rahman | 1967- | | |
| Idris Rahman | 1976- | | |
| Bonnie Raitt | 1949- | | |
| Boban Rajović | 1971- | | |
| Eros Ramazzotti | 1963- | | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau | 1683-1764 | | |
| Joey Ramone | 1951-2001 | (Hyman) | |
| Søren Rasted | 1969- | | |
| Maurice Ravel | 1875-1937 | | |
| Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean | 1960- | | |
| Andy Razaf | 1895-1973 | (Razafinkarefo) | |
| Otis Redding | 1941-1967 | | |
| Esma Redžepova | 1943-2016 | | |
| Jimmy Reed | 1925-1976 | | |
| Lou Reed | 1942-2013 | | |
| Della Reese | 1931-2017 | | |
| Django Reinhardt | 1910-1953 | | |
| Haley Reinhart | 1990- | | |
| Rema | 2000- | (Ikubor) | |
| Antonis Remos | 1970- | | |
| Graeme Revell | 1955- | | |
| Bebe Rexha | 1989- | | |
| Debbie Reynolds | 1932-2016 | | |
| Trent Reznor | 1965- | | |
| Iwan Rheon | 1985- | | |
| Ishay Ribo | 1989- | | |
| Tim Rice | 1944- | | |
| Tim Rice-Oxley | 1976- | | |
| Charlie Rich | 1932-1995 | | |
| Tony Rich | 1971- | (Jeffries) | |
| Little Richard | 1932-2020 | (Penniman) | |
| Cliff Richard | 1940- | (Webb) | |
| Keith Richards | 1943- | | |
| Kevin Richardson | 1971- | | |
| Lionel Richie | 1949- | | |
| "Slick" Rick | 1965- | (Walters) | |
| Andrew Ridgeley | 1963- | | |
| Freya Ridings | 1994- | | |
| André Rieu | 1949- | | |
| Rihanna | 1988- | (Fenty) | |
| LeAnn Rimes | 1982- | | |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1844-1908 | (Korsakow) | |
| Minnie Riperton | 1947-1979 | | |
| Laza Ristovski | 1956-2007 | | |
| Naya Rivera | 1987-2020 | | |
| Sam Rivers | 1977- | | |
| Roberto Carlos | 1941- | (Braga) | |
| Luckey Roberts | 1887-1968 | | |
| Paul Roberts | 1959- | | |
| Robbie Robertson | 1943-2023 | | |
| William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. | 1940- | | |
| Klaus Röder | 1948- | | |
| Jim Rodford | 1941-2018 | | |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 1897-1933 | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz | 1945- | | |
| Olivia Rodrigo | 2003- | | |
| Amália Rodrigues | 1920-1999 | (Rebordão) | |
| Celeste Rodrigues | 1923-2018 | (Rebordão) | |
| Robert Rodriguez | 1968- | | |
| Kenny Rogers | 1938-2020 | | |
| Henry Rollins | 1961- | | |
| Edsilia Rombley | 1978- | | |
| Ludovico Roncalli | 1654-1713 | | |
| Mark Ronson | 1975- | | |
| Linda Ronstadt | 1946- | | |
| Jim Root | 1971- | | |
| Rosé | 1997- | (Park) | |
| Axl Rose | 1962- | | |
| Marianne Rosenberg | 1955- | | |
| Diana Ross | 1944- | | |
| Semino Rossi | 1962- | | |
| Vasco Rossi | 1952- | | |
| Gioachino Rossini | 1792-1868 | | |
| Emmy Rossum | 1986- | | |
| Mstislav Rostropovich | 1927-2007 | | |
| Nino Rota | 1911-1979 | (Rinaldi) | |
| Sofia Rotaru | 1947- | | |
| Michael Rother | 1950- | | |
| Marlon Roudette | 1983- | (Mcvey) | |
| Demis Roussos | 1946-2015 | (Ventouris) | |
| Sakis Rouvas | 1972- | | |
| Kelly Rowland | 1981- | | |
| Prince Royce | 1989- | (Rojas) | |
| Jelena Rozga | 1977- | | |
| Rick Rubin | 1963- | | |
| Anton Rubinstein | 1829-1894 | | |
| Arthur Rubinstein | 1887-1982 | | |
| Paulina Rubio | 1971- | (Dosamantes) | |
| Zdenko Runjić | 1942-2004 | | |
| Otis Rush | 1934-2018 | | |
| Ruslana | 1973- | (Lyzhychko) | |
| Roma Ryan | 1950- | (Shane) | |
| Alexander Rybak | 1986- | | |
| Joaquín Sabina | 1949- | (Martínez) | |
| Sade | 1959- | (Adu) | |
| Alessandro Safina | 1963- | | |
| Marlayne Sahupala | 1971- | (van den Broek) | |
| Tarsame Singh Saini | 1967-2022 | | |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1941- | | |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | 1835-1921 | | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | 1952-2023 | | |
| Antonio Salieri | 1750-1825 | | |
| Mark Salling | 1982-2018 | | |
| Salomé | 1939- | (Marco, Poquet) | |
| Henry Olusegun Adeola "Seal" Samuel | 1963- | | |
| Sanah | 1997- | (Grabowska) | |
| Marta Sánchez | 1966- | (López) | |
| Hope Sandoval | 1966- | | |
| Sandra | 1962- | (Lauer) | |
| Carlos Santana | 1947- | | |
| Nello Santi | 1931-2020 | | |
| Romeo Santos | 1981- | | |
| Alejandro Sanz | 1968- | (Sánchez, Pizarro) | |
| Erik Satie | 1866-1925 | | |
| Joe Satriani | 1956- | | |
| Gwenno Saunders | 1981- | | |
| Rina Sawayama | 1990- | | |
| Leo Sayer | 1948- | | |
| Boz Scaggs | 1944- | | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti | 1660-1725 | | |
| Domenico Scarlatti | 1685-1757 | | |
| Johann Adolf Scheibe | 1708-1776 | | |
| Nicole Scherzinger | 1978- | | |
| Florian Schneider | 1947-2020 | (Esleben) | |
| Arnold Schoenberg | 1874-1951 | (Schönberg) | |
| Bobbejaan Schoepen | 1925-2010 | | |
| Teddy Scholten | 1926-2010 | (van Zwieteren) | |
| Franz Schubert | 1797-1828 | | |
| Robin Schulz | 1987- | | |
| Clara Schumann | 1819-1896 | | |
| Robert Schumann | 1810-1856 | | |
| Heinrich Schütz | 1585-1672 | | |
| Diane "Deedles" Schuur | 1953- | | |
| Bon Scott | 1946-1980 | | |
| Calum Scott | 1988- | | |
| Travis Scott | 1991- | (Webster) | |
| Big Sean | 1988- | (Anderson) | |
| Jun "Nujabes" Seba | 1974-2010 | | |
| Guy Sebastian | 1981- | | |
| Jon Secada | 1961- | (Ramírez) | |
| Neil Sedaka | 1939- | | |
| Pete Seeger | 1919-2014 | | |
| Bob Seger | 1945- | | |
| Münir Nurettin Selçuk | 1900-1981 | | |
| Selena | 1971-1995 | (Quintanilla, Pérez) | |
| Danny Seraphine | 1948- | | |
| Ivica Šerfezi | 1935-2004 | | |
| Marija Šerifović | 1984- | | |
| Camilo Sesto | 1946-2019 | | |
| Keala Settle | 1975- | | |
| Seulgi | 1994- | (Kang) | |
| Séverine | 1948- | (Grizeau) | |
| James "Munky" Shaffer | 1970- | | |
| Ramses Shaffy | 1933-2009 | | |
| Mohammad-Reza Shajarian | 1940-2020 | | |
| Shakira | 1977- | (Mebarak, Ripoll) | |
| Tupac "2Pac" Shakur | 1971-1996 | (Crooks) | |
| Ravi Shankar | 1920-2012 | (Shaunkor, Chowdhury) | |
| Del Shannon | 1934-1990 | (Westover) | |
| Shivkumar Sharma | 1938-2022 | | |
| Sandie Shaw | 1947- | (Goodrich) | |
| Ringo Sheena | 1978- | (Shiina) | |
| Ed Sheeran | 1991- | | |
| Blake Shelton | 1976- | | |
| Noam Sheriff | 1935-2018 | | |
| Sherine | 1980- | (Abdel Wahab) | |
| Fionnuala Sherry | 1962- | | |
| Fatin Shidqia | 1996- | | |
| Shin Bora | 1987- | | |
| Mike Shinoda | 1977- | | |
| Howard Shore | 1946- | | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 1906-1975 | | |
| Sia | 1975- | (Furler) | |
| Jean Sibelius | 1865-1957 | | |
| Sieneke | 1992- | (Peeters) | |
| Carlo Siliotto | 1950- | | |
| David Silveria | 1972- | | |
| Alan Silvestri | 1950- | | |
| Tatjana Šimić | 1963- | | |
| Earl "DMX" Simmons | 1970-2021 | | |
| Gene Simmons | 1949- | (Witz) | |
| Joseph "Run" Simmons | 1964- | | |
| Carly Simon | 1945- | | |
| Paul Simon | 1941- | | |
| Nina Simone | 1933-2003 | (Waymon) | |
| Ashlee Simpson | 1984- | | |
| Jessica Simpson | 1980- | | |
| Sturgill Simpson | 1978- | | |
| Frank Sinatra | 1915-1998 | | |
| Noble Sissle | 1889-1975 | | |
| Troye Sivan | 1995- | (Mellet) | |
| Miroslav Škoro | 1962- | | |
| Aleksandr Skriabin | 1871-1915 | (Scriabin) | |
| Isaac Slade | 1981- | | |
| Percy Sledge | 1940-2015 | | |
| Ray Slijngaard | 1971- | | |
| Millie Small | 1947-2020 | | |
| Bedřich Smetana | 1824-1884 | | |
| Aistė Smilgevičiūtė | 1977- | | |
| Jan Smit | 1985- | | |
| Bessie Smith | 1894-1937 | | |
| James "LL Cool J" Smith | 1968- | | |
| Mark E. Smith | 1957-2018 | | |
| Patti Smith | 1946- | | |
| Robert Smith | 1959- | | |
| Sam Smith | 1992- | | |
| Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith | 1979- | | |
| Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith | 1972- | | |
| Will Smith | 1968- | | |
| Willie "The Lion" Smith | 1893-1973 | (Bertholf) | |
| Willie Smith | 1910-1967 | | |
| Salvador Sobral | 1989- | (Vilar, Braamcamp Sobral) | |
| Wibi Soerjadi | 1970- | | |
| Antonija Šola | 1979- | | |
| Álvaro Soler | 1991- | | |
| Anatoliy Solovianenko | 1932-1999 | | |
| Stephen Sondheim | 1930-2021 | | |
| Wim Sonneveld | 1917-1974 | | |
| Sophie | 1986-2021 | (Xeon) | |
| Mercedes Sosa | 1935-2009 | | |
| David Soul | 1943-2024 | (Solberg) | |
| John Philip Sousa | 1854-1932 | | |
| J. D. Souther | 1945- | | |
| Billie Jo Spears | 1938-2011 | (Moore) | |
| Britney Spears | 1981- | | |
| Phil Spector | 1939-2021 | | |
| Regina Spektor | 1980- | | |
| Sharleen Spiteri | 1967- | | |
| Dusty Springfield | 1939-1999 | (O'Brien) | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1949- | | |
| Layne Staley | 1967-2002 | (Elmer) | |
| Frank Stallone | 1950- | | |
| Paul Stanley | 1952- | (Eisen) | |
| Ryan Star | 1978- | (Kulchinsky) | |
| Edwin Starr | 1942-2003 | (Hatcher) | |
| Lucille Starr | 1938-2020 | (Savoie) | |
| Ringo Starr | 1940- | (Starkey) | |
| Kazik Staszewski | 1963- | | |
| Jasmin Stavros | 1954-2023 | (Vasić) | |
| Bonnie St. Claire | 1949- | (Swart) | |
| Michael Steele | 1955- | (Thomas) | |
| Gwen Stefani | 1969- | | |
| Margita Stefanović | 1959-2002 | | |
| Max Steiner | 1888-1971 | | |
| Lennon Stella | 1999- | | |
| Cat Stevens | 1948- | (Georgiou, Islam) | |
| Connie Stevens | 1938- | (Ingoglia) | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 1975- | | |
| Micheal "Tyga" Stevenson | 1989- | | |
| Amii Stewart | 1956- | | |
| Rod Stewart | 1945- | | |
| William Grant Still | 1895-1978 | | |
| Stephen Stills | 1945- | | |
| Michael Stipe | 1960- | | |
| Zlatan Stipišić | 1968- | | |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1928-2007 | | |
| Joss Stone | 1987- | (Stoker) | |
| Sly Stone | 1943- | (Stewart) | |
| Gale Storm | 1922-2009 | (Cottle) | |
| Crispian St. Peters | 1939-2010 | (Smith) | |
| Johann Strauss II | 1825-1899 | | |
| Richard Strauss | 1864-1949 | | |
| Igor Stravinsky | 1882-1971 | | |
| Barbra Streisand | 1942- | | |
| Marc Streitenfeld | 1974- | | |
| Joe Strummer | 1952-2002 | (Mellor) | |
| Harry Styles | 1994- | | |
| M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1916-2004 | | |
| L. Subramaniam | 1947- | | |
| Luka Šulić | 1987- | | |
| Arthur Sullivan | 1842-1900 | | |
| Yma Sumac | 1922-2008 | (Chávarri, del Castillo) | |
| Cree Summer | 1969- | (Francks) | |
| Donna Summer | 1948-2012 | | |
| Bernard Sumner | 1956- | | |
| Gordon "Sting" Sumner | 1951- | | |
| Andrea Šušnjara | 1987- | | |
| Joan Sutherland | 1926-2010 | | |
| Radojka Šverko | 1948- | | |
| Billy Swan | 1942- | | |
| Keith Sweat | 1961- | | |
| Taylor Swift | 1989- | | |
| Jussi "Amen" Sydänmaa | 1972- | | |
| Syreeta | 1946-2004 | (Wright) | |
| Michał Szpak | 1990- | | |
| Władysław Szpilman | 1911-2000 | | |
| Kōji Tamaki | 1958- | | |
| Tamer Hosny | 1977- | (Farghaly) | |
| Gloria "G.E.M." Tang Sze-wing | 1991- | | |
| Serj Tankian | 1967- | | |
| André "ATB" Tanneberger | 1973- | | |
| Tarkan | 1972- | (Tevetoğlu) | |
| Giuseppe Tartini | 1692-1770 | | |
| Anna Tatangelo | 1987- | | |
| İbrahim Tatlıses | 1952- | | |
| Bernie Taupin | 1950- | | |
| Tayanna | 1984- | (Reshetnyak) | |
| Ninet Tayeb | 1983- | | |
| Cecil Taylor | 1929-2018 | | |
| Corey Taylor | 1973- | | |
| James Taylor | 1948- | | |
| Jayceon "The Game" Taylor | 1979- | | |
| Roger Taylor | 1949- | | |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1840-1893 | | |
| Tchami | 1985- | (Léonard) | |
| Renata Tebaldi | 1922-2004 | | |
| Kiri Te Kanawa | 1944- | | |
| Jeroen "WAVE" Tel | 1972- | | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | 1681-1767 | | |
| Mieke Telkamp | 1934-2016 | (Telgenkamp) | |
| Sébastien Tellier | 1975- | | |
| Ellen ten Damme | 1967- | | |
| Teresa Teng | 1953-1995 | | |
| Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye | 1990- | | |
| Joe Tex | 1935-1982 | (Arrington, Hazziez) | |
| Thalía | 1971- | (Sodi, Miranda) | |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 1915-1973 | (Atkins, Nubin) | |
| Mikis Theodorakis | 1925-2021 | | |
| Evridiki Theokleous | 1968- | | |
| Robin Thicke | 1977- | | |
| B. J. Thomas | 1942-2021 | | |
| Dante Thomas | 1982- | | |
| Ray Thomas | 1941-2018 | | |
| Cameron "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz | 1987- | (Khalifa) | |
| Mick Thomson | 1973- | | |
| Virgil Thomson | 1896-1989 | | |
| Justin Timberlake | 1981- | | |
| Jeff Timmons | 1973- | | |
| Glenn Tipton | 1947- | | |
| Ashley Tisdale | 1985- | | |
| Noa Tishby | 1975- | | |
| Willi Tokarev | 1934-2019 | | |
| Jelena Tomašević | 1983- | | |
| Louis Tomlinson | 1991- | (Austin) | |
| Dado Topić | 1949- | | |
| Pat Torpey | 1953-2018 | | |
| Michèle Torr | 1947- | | |
| Emilíana Torrini | 1977- | | |
| Arturo Toscanini | 1867-1957 | | |
| Ali Farka Touré | 1939-2006 | | |
| Pete Townshend | 1945- | | |
| Umberto Tozzi | 1952- | | |
| Meghan Trainor | 1993- | | |
| Obie Trice | 1977- | | |
| Trịnh Công Sơn | 1939-2001 | | |
| Milka Trnina | 1863-1941 | (Ternina) | |
| Jolin Tsai | 1980- | | |
| Sulkhan Tsintsadze | 1925-1991 | | |
| Viktor Tsoi | 1962-1990 | | |
| 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) | |
| Ritchie Valens | 1941-1959 | (Valenzuela) | |
| Raimond Valgre | 1913-1949 | (Tiisel) | |
| Rajka Vali | 1924-2011 | (Raukar) | |
| 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- | | |
| 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 | |