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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaliyah | 1979-2001 | R&B | (Dana) |  |
| Aamir Zaki | 1968- | rock | | |
| Aaron Copland | 1900-1990 | | ||
| Aaron Zigman | 1963- | | ||
| Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye | 1990- | R&B | (Makkonen) | |
| Aca Lukas | 1968- | folk | (Aleksandar) | |
| Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz | 1966- | hip hop | | |
| Adam Levine | 1979- | pop | | |
| Adam "MCA" Yauch | 1964-2012 | hip hop | | |
| Adele | 1988- | soul | (Laurie, Blue) | |
| Adèle Anderson | 1952- | | ||
| Adila Fachiri | 1889-1962 | classical | | |
| Adriano Celentano | 1938- | | ||
| Afroditi Frida | 1964- | | ||
| Afroditi Laoutari | 1893-1975 | | ||
| Agnetha Fältskog | 1950- | (Åse, Agneta) | | |
| Aistė Smilgevičiūtė | 1977- | | ||
| Akon | 1973- | R&B | (Aliaune, Damala, Badara) | |
| Al Green | 1946- | soul | | |
| Al Jarreau | 1940-2017 | (Alwin, Lopez) | | |
| Al Martino | 1927-2009 | (Jasper) | | |
| "Weird" Al Yankovic | 1959- | (Alfred, Matthew) | | |
| Alan Menken | 1949- | | ||
| Alan Silvestri | 1950- | | ||
| Alanis Morissette | 1974- | rock | | |
| Alban Berg | 1885-1935 | | ||
| Alec Benjamin | 1994- | pop | | |
| Alecia "Pink" Moore | 1979- | pop rock | (Beth) | |
| Alejandra "Arca" Ghersi | 1989- | electronic | (Alejandro) | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti | 1660-1725 | Baroque | (Pietro, Gaspare) | |
| Alex Van Halen | 1953- | rock | (Alexander, Arthur) | |
| Alexander Borodin | 1833-1887 | | ||
| Alexandre Desplat | 1961- | | ||
| Alexey Vorobyov | 1988- | | ||
| Alice Cooper | 1948- | rock | | |
| Alicia Keys | 1981- | pop | | |
| Alide Maria Salvetta | 1941-1991 | opera | | |
| Alison Krauss | 1971- | bluegrass | | |
| Alka Vuica | 1961- | | ||
| Alo Mattiisen | 1961-1996 | | ||
| Altamiro Carrilho | 1924-2012 | choro | | |
| Amália Rodrigues | 1920-1999 | fado | | |
| Amel Bent | 1985- | | ||
| Amel Larrieux | 1973- | | ||
| Amy Beach | 1867-1944 | (Cheney) | | |
| Amy Winehouse | 1983-2011 | soul | | |
| André Hazes | 1951-2004 | | ||
| André Rieu | 1949- | | ||
| André van Duin | 1947- | | ||
| Andrea Menard | 1971- | | ||
| Andrea Šušnjara | 1987- | | ||
| Andreas Vollenweider | 1953- | new age | | |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber | 1948- | | ||
| Andria Balanchivadze | 1906-1992 | | ||
| Andy Grammer | 1983- | (Andrew, Charles) | | |
| Angela Morley | 1924-2009 | (Walter) | | |
| Angus Young | 1955- | rock | | |
| Anneke Grönloh | 1942- | (Johanna, Louise) | | |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | 1945- | (Synni) | | |
| Anohni | 1971- | pop | (Antony) | |
| Anouk Teeuwe | 1975- | | ||
| Anthony Kiedis | 1962- | rock | | |
| Antoine "Fats" Domino | 1928- | rock | | |
| Anton Bruckner | 1824-1896 | | ||
| Anton Rubinstein | 1829-1894 | classical | | |
| Anton Webern | 1883-1945 | classical | | |
| Anton "Zedd" Zaslavski | 1989- | house | | |
| Antonija Šola | 1979- | pop | | |
| Antonín Dvořák | 1841-1904 | classical | (Leopold) | |
| Antonio Salieri | 1750-1825 | classical | | |
| Antonio Vivaldi | 1678-1741 | classical | (Lucio) | |
| Antonis Remos | 1970- | | ||
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903-1978 | | ||
| Arcangelo Corelli | 1653-1713 | | ||
| Aretha Franklin | 1942-2018 | soul | (Louise) | |
| Ari "Lauv" Leff | 1994- | pop | (Staprans) | |
| Ariana Grande | 1993- | pop | | |
| Arijana Marić Gigliani | 1979- | opera | | |
| Arlo Guthrie | 1947- | folk | (Davy) | |
| Armin van Buuren | 1976- | | ||
| Arnold Schoenberg | 1874-1951 | | ||
| Arnon Erez | 1965- | classical | | |
| Arsen Dedić | 1938-2015 | (Arsenije) | | |
| Arthur Davies | 1941-2018 | opera | | |
| Arthur Rubinstein | 1887-1982 | | ||
| Arthur Sullivan | 1842-1900 | | ||
| Artis "Coolio" Ivey | 1963- | hip hop | (Leon) | |
| Arturo Toscanini | 1867-1957 | | ||
| Ashanti | 1980- | R&B | (Shequoiya) | |
| Ashlee Simpson | 1984- | | ||
| Ashley Tisdale | 1985- | | ||
| Asim Brkan | 1954- | | ||
| Ástor Piazzolla | 1921-1992 | | ||
| Atareta Maxwell | 1956-2007 | (Carol) | | |
| Atif Aslam | 19xx- | | ||
| Atilla Engin | 1946- | jazz | | |
| Attila Zoller | 1927-1998 | jazz | (Cornelius) | |
| Austin "Post Malone" Post | 1995- | hip hop, pop | (Richard) | |
| Ava Max | 1994- | pop | (Amanda) | |
| Aviv Geffen | 1973- | | ||
| Axl Rose | 1962- | rock | (William, Bruce) | |
| Axle Whitehead | 1980- | | ||
| Ayla Algan | 1937- | | ||
| Barbra Streisand | 1942- | (Barbara) | | |
| Barrington Pheloung | 1954- | | ||
| Barry Gibb | 1946- | pop | | |
| Barry Manilow | 1943- | (Alan) | | |
| Barry White | 1944-2003 | | ||
| Bart Peeters | 1959- | (August, Maria) | | |
| Basil Poledouris | 1945-2006 | (Konstantine) | | |
| Baz Warne | 1964- | (Barry) | | |
| Bear McCreary | 1979- | | ||
| Bebe Rexha | 1989- | pop | (Bleta) | |
| Beck | 1970- | rock | (Bek, David) | |
| Becky G | 1997- | pop | (Rebbeca, Marie) | |
| Bedřich Smetana | 1824-1884 | | ||
| Béla Bartók | 1881-1945 | | ||
| Benito "Bad Bunny" Martínez Ocasio | 1994- | Latin trap | (Antonio) | |
| Benny Andersson | 1946- | (Göran, Bror) | | |
| Benny Blanco | 1988- | pop | (Benjamin, Joseph) | |
| Bera Ivanishvili | 1994- | hip hop | | |
| Berislav Šipuš | 1958- | | ||
| Bernie Taupin | 1950- | pop | (Bernard, John) | |
| Bertram Wallis | 1874-1952 | | ||
| Bette Midler | 1945- | pop | | |
| Betty Wright | 1953-2020 | (Bessie, Regina) | | |
| Beyoncé Knowles | 1981- | pop | | |
| Bushwick Bill | 1966-2019 | hip hop | (Richard, Stephen) | |
| Bill Monroe | 1911-1996 | country | | |
| Billie Joe Armstrong | 1972- | rock | | |
| Billie Eilish | 2001- | pop | (Pirate) | |
| Billie Holiday | 1915-1959 | jazz | (Elinore) | |
| Billie Piper | 1982- | | ||
| Billy Corgan | 1967- | rock | | |
| Billy Gibbons | 1949- | (William, Frederick) | | |
| Billy Idol | 1955- | rock | (William, Michael, Albert) | |
| Billy Joel | 1949- | rock | | |
| Bisera Veletanlić | 1942- | jazz | | |
| Björk Guðmundsdóttir | 1965- | | ||
| Björn Ulvaeus | 1945- | (Kristian) | | |
| Blake Shelton | 1976- | | ||
| Bo Diddley | 1928-2008 | blues | (Ellas, Otha) | |
| Bob Dylan | 1941- | folk | (Robert, Allen) | |
| Bob Marley | 1945-1981 | (Robert) | | |
| Boban Marković | 1964- | | ||
| Boban Rajović | 1971- | | ||
| Bobbejaan Schoepen | 1925-2010 | (Modest, Hyppoliet, Joanna) | | |
| Bobby Capó | 1922-1989 | (Félix, Manuel) | | |
| Bobby Darin | 1936-1973 | (Walden, Robert) | | |
| Bon Scott | 1946-1980 | rock | | |
| Bonnie Raitt | 1949- | blues | | |
| Jin Bora | 1987- | | ||
| Shin Bora | 1987- | | ||
| Boris Novković | 1967- | pop | | |
| Brad Whitford | 1952- | rock | (Bradley, Ernest) | |
| Brandy Norwood | 1979- | | ||
| Brantley Gilbert | 1985- | country | (Keith) | |
| Brendon Urie | 1987- | rock | | |
| Brian Eno | 1948- | | ||
| Brian Wilson | 1942- | | ||
| Britney Spears | 1981- | pop | (Jean) | |
| Bronagh Gallagher | 1972- | | ||
| Bruce Hornsby | 1954- | (Randall) | | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1949- | rock | | |
| Bruno Mars | 1985- | pop | (Peter, Gene) | |
| Bryan Adams | 1959- | rock | | |
| Bryan "Birdman" Williams | 1969- | hip hop | (Christopher) | |
| Buddy Holly | 1936-1959 | rock | (Charles) | |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1941- | (Beverly) | | |
| Burton Cummings | 1947- | rock | | |
| Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr. | 1971- | hip hop | (Cordozar) | |
| Calvin Harris | 1984- | electronica | (Adam, Richard) | |
| Cameron "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz | 1987- | hip hop | (Jibril) | |
| Camilla Kerslake | 1988- | | ||
| Camille Saint-Saëns | 1835-1921 | | ||
| Canaan Smith | 1982- | Country | (Lee) | |
| Candy Dulfer | 1969- | | ||
| Cardi B | 1992- | hip hop | (Belcalis, Marlenis) | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 1714-1788 | | ||
| Carl Orff | 1895-1982 | | ||
| Carl Maria von Weber | 1786-1826 | | ||
| Carlo Siliotto | 1950- | | ||
| Carlos Santana | 1947- | | ||
| Carlos Vives | 1961- | Latin pop | (Alberto) | |
| Carly Simon | 1945- | folk, rock | (Elisabeth) | |
| Carmine Coppola | 1910-1991 | | ||
| Carrie Underwood | 1983- | country | | |
| Carter Burwell | 1955- | | ||
| Cassandra Wilson | 1955- | Jazz | | |
| Cat Stevens | 1948- | rock | (Steven, Yusuf, Demetre) | |
| CeCe Winans | 1964- | gospel | (Priscilla, Marie) | |
| Cecil Taylor | 1929-2018 | (Percival) | | |
| Cedar Walton | 1934-2013 | jazz | | |
| Cedric Bixler-Zavala | 1974- | | ||
| Celeste Rodrigues | 1923-2018 | fado | (Maria) | |
| Céline Dion | 1968- | pop | | |
| César Franck | 1822-1890 | | ||
| Cesária Évora | 1941-2011 | Morna, Coladeira | | |
| Chance the Rapper | 1993- | hip hop | (Chancelor, Jonathan) | |
| Charles Aznavour | 1924-2018 | chanson | (Shahnour, Vaghinag) | |
| Charles Dibdin | 1745-1814 | | ||
| Charles Gounod | 1818-1893 | (François) | | |
| Charles Mingus | 1922-1979 | jazz | | |
| Charlie Byrd | 1925-1999 | (Lee) | | |
| Charlie Parker | 1920-1955 | jazz | | |
| JC Chasez | 1976- | pop | (Joshua, Scott) | |
| Chava Alberstein | 1946- | (Ewa) | | |
| Cher | 1946- | pop | (Cherilyn) | |
| Chesney Hawkes | 1971- | | ||
| Chet Baker | 1929-1988 | | ||
| China Forbes | 1970- | | ||
| Chris Brown | 1989- | hip hop | (Christopher, Maurice) | |
| Chris Cornell | 1964-2017 | rock | (Christopher, John) | |
| Chris Kirkpatrick | 1971- | pop | (Christopher, Alan) | |
| Chris Martin | 1977- | rock | | |
| Christina Aguilera | 1980- | pop | | |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | 1714-1787 | | ||
| Christophe Beck | 1972- | | ||
| Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges | 1977- | hip hop | (Brian) | |
| Christopher "Marshmello" Comstock | 1992- | electronica | | |
| Christopher "Biggie" Wallace | 1972-1997 | hip hop | | |
| Chuck D | 1960- | hip hop | (Carlton, Douglas) | |
| Chuck Berry | 1926-2017 | rock | (Charles, Edward, Anderson) | |
| Chynna Phillips | 1968- | (Gilliam) | | |
| Ciarán Bourke | 1935-1988 | Irish folk | | |
| Cielito del Mundo | 1935-2016 | | ||
| Claire Born | 1898-1965 | opera | | |
| Clara Schumann | 1819-1896 | | ||
| Claude Debussy | 1862-1918 | (Achille) | | |
| Claudin de Sermisy | c. 1490-1562 | | ||
| Claudio Lolli | 1950-2018 | | ||
| Claudio Monteverdi | 1567-1643 | | ||
| Clément Janequin | c. 1485-1558 | | ||
| Clint Eastwood | 1930- | (Clinton) | | |
| Clyde McPhatter | 1932-1972 | pop, R&B, rock and roll, soul | (Lensley) | |
| Cock van der Palm | 1936-2004 | (Cornelis, Wilhelmus) | | |
| Cole Porter | 1891-1964 | | ||
| Connie Stevens | 1938- | (Concetta, Rosalie, Ann) | | |
| Cor Bakker | 1961- | | ||
| Corbin Bleu | 1989- | | ||
| Craig Armstrong | 1959- | | ||
| Craig David | 1981- | R&B | (Ashley) | |
| Cree Summer | 1969- | | ||
| Crispian St. Peters | 1939-2010 | (Robin, Peter) | | |
| Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | 1975- | hip hop | | |
| Cveta Majtanović | 1986- | | ||
| Cyndi Lauper | 1953- | pop | (Cynthia, Ann, Stephanie) | |
| Dado Topić | 1949- | (Adolf) | | |
| Dáithí Sproule | 1950- | Irish traditional | | |
| Dalida | 1933-1987 | (Yolanda, Cristina) | | |
| Dalma Kovács | 1985- | pop/jazz | | |
| Damon Albarn | 1968- | rock | | |
| Dan Emmett | 1815-1904 | (Daniel, Decatur) | | |
| Dan Sultan | 1983- | rock | (Daniel, Leo) | |
| Dana "Queen Latifah" Owens | 1970- | hip hop | (Elaine) | |
| Dania Khatib | 1973- | Lebanese, Arabic Music | | |
| Danijela Martinović | 1971- | pop | | |
| Dannii Minogue | 1971- | | ||
| Danny Doyle | 1940-2019 | | ||
| Danny Elfman | 1953- | | ||
| Danny Seraphine | 1948- | rock | (Daniel, Peter) | |
| Daron Norwood | 1965-2015 | country | | |
| Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels | 1964- | hip hop | | |
| Dave Greenfield | 1949-2020 | (David, Paul) | | |
| Dave Grohl | 1969- | rock | | |
| Dave Navarro | 1967- | rock | | |
| David Arnold | 1962- | | ||
| David Bowie | 1947-2016 | rock | | |
| David Byrne | 1952- | | ||
| David Crosby | 1941- | rock | | |
| David Gilmour | 1946- | rock | | |
| David Gray | 1968- | | ||
| David Guetta | 1967- | electronic dance music | (Pierre) | |
| Dean Lewis | 1987- | pop | | |
| Dean Martin | 1917-1995 | | ||
| DeAndre "Soulja Boy" Way | 1990- | hip hop | (Cortez) | |
| Debbie Harry | 1945- | (Angela, Deborah, Ann) | | |
| Debbie Reynolds | 1932-2016 | (Mary, Frances) | | |
| Declan Bennett | 1981- | | ||
| Deitrick Haddon | 1973- | gospel | (Vaughn) | |
| Della Reese | 1931- | | ||
| Demetra Plakas | 1960- | rock | (Dee) | |
| Demi Lovato | 1992- | (Demetria, Devonne) | | |
| Dennis "Def Rhymz" Bouman | 1970- | hip hop | | |
| Dennis Edwards | 1943-2018 | | ||
| Dermot Kennedy | 1992- | pop | (Joseph) | |
| Diana Ross | 1944- | | ||
| Dick Dale | 1937-2019 | rock | (Richard, Anthony) | |
| Didier Lockwood | 1956-2018 | | ||
| Dieterich Buxtehude | 1637-1707 | | ||
| Dina Golan | 1946-2011 | | ||
| Dino Dvornik | 1964-2008 | Pop, funk, techno, rock | | |
| Dino Merlin | 1962- | Pop rock | (Edin) | |
| Dismas Hataš | 1724-1777 | | ||
| Django Reinhardt | 1910-1953 | jazz | | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 1906-1975 | | ||
| Dolly Parton | 1946- | country | | |
| Dolores Keane | 1953- | | ||
| Dolores O'Riordan | 1971-2018 | (Mary, Eileen) | | |
| Domenico Scarlatti | 1685-1757 | (Giuseppe) | | |
| Dominic "Yungblud" Harrison | 1998- | rock | | |
| Don Everly | 1937- | | ||
| Don Francks | 1932-2016 | (Donald, Iron Buffalo, Harvey) | | |
| Don Henley | 1947- | rock | | |
| Dónal Lunny | 1947- | Irish traditional music | | |
| Donald Glover | 1983- | hip hop | | |
| Donna Summer | 1948-2012 | pop | | |
| Donovan Phillips Leitch | 1946- | folk | | |
| Đorđe Novković | 1943-2007 | | ||
| Doris Day | 1922-2019 | (Mary, Ann) | | |
| Doris Dragović | 1961- | pop | (Dorotea) | |
| Drake | 1986- | (Aubrey) | | |
| Drake | 1986- | hip hop | (Aubrey) | |
| Dražen Zečić | 1967- | | ||
| Dražen Žerić | 1964- | | ||
| Dr. Dre | 1965- | hip hop | (Andre, Romelle) | |
| Dua Lipa | 1995- | pop | | |
| Dubravka Zubović | 19xx- | opera | | |
| Ducu Bertzi | 1955- | folk | | |
| Dulce María Espinosa | 1985- | | ||
| Dunja Knebl | 1946- | folk | | |
| Dunja Vejzović | 1943- | opera | | |
| Dwight "Heavy D" Myers | 1967-2011 | hip hop | (Arrington) | |
| Eartha Kitt | 1927-2008 | jazz | | |
| Ed Sheeran | 1991- | pop | (Edward, Christopher) | |
| Eddie Clarke | 1950-2018 | (Edward, Allan) | | |
| Eddie Fisher | 1928-2010 | (Edwin, Jack) | | |
| Eddie Money | 1949-2019 | (Edward, Joseph) | | |
| Eddie Van Halen | 1955-2020 | rock | (Edward, Lodewijk) | |
| Eddie Vedder | 1964- | rock | | |
| Édith Piaf | 1915-1963 | | ||
| Edsilia Rombley | 1978- | | ||
| Edvard Grieg | 1843-1907 | classical | (Edward, Hagerup) | |
| Edward Eager | 1911-1964 | (McMaken) | | |
| Edward Elgar | 1857-1934 | classical | (William) | |
| Edward "Duke" Ellington | 1899-1974 | (Duke) | | |
| Edward MacDowell | 1860-1908 | (Alexander) | | |
| Edwin Hawkins | 1943-2018 | gospel | (Reuben) | |
| Eldin Huseinbegović | 1978- | Pop, Sevdah | | |
| Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet | 1665-1729 | | ||
| Elise Estrada | 1987- | | ||
| Eliza Gilkyson | 1950- | folk | | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 1917-1996 | jazz | (Jane) | |
| Ella Marija Lani "Lorde" Yelich-O'Connor | 1996- | pop | (Lorde) | |
| Elmar Liitmaa | 1970- | rock | | |
| Elmer Bernstein | 1922-2004 | | ||
| Elton John | 1947- | rock | (Reginald, Kenneth) | |
| Elvis Costello | 1954- | rock | (Declan, Patrick) | |
| Elvis Crespo | 1971- | merengue | | |
| Elvis Presley | 1935-1977 | rock | (Aaron) | |
| Ema Pukšec | 1834-1889 | opera | | |
| Emanuil Manolov | 1860-1902 | | ||
| Emanuil A. Vidinski | 1978- | | ||
| Emilija Kokić | 1968- | pop | | |
| Emina Jahović | 1982- | pop | | |
| Emmalyn Estrada | 1992- | | ||
| Emmanuel "Anuel AA" Gazmey Santiago | 1992- | Latin trap | | |
| Emmy Rossum | 1986- | (Emmanuelle, Grey) | | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | 1854-1921 | | ||
| Ennio Morricone | 1928- | | ||
| Enrique Iglesias | 1975- | pop | | |
| Epifanio Comis | 1968- | | ||
| Eric Clapton | 1945- | rock | | |
| Eric "Eazy-E" Wright | 1964-1995 | hip hop | (Lynn) | |
| Erik Satie | 1866-1925 | (Éric) | | |
| Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom | 1985-2019 | hip hop | (Davidson) | |
| Ernestine Anderson | 1928-2016 | Jazz, blues | | |
| Eros Ramazzotti | 1963- | pop | (Luciano, Walter) | |
| Esma Redžepova | 1943- | Romani music | | |
| Esmée Denters | 1988- | | ||
| Ester Rada | 1985- | | ||
| Etta James | 1938-2012 | blues | | |
| Etti Ankri | 1963- | (Esther) | | |
| Eumir Deodato | 1942- | | ||
| Eviatar Banai | 1973- | rock | | |
| Evridiki Theokleous | 1968- | Pop, techno, rock | | |
| Faith Evans | 1973- | R&B | (Renée) | |
| Falk Grieffenhagen | 1969- | | ||
| Fanny Mendelssohn | 1805-1847 | | ||
| Farinelli | 1705-1782 | (Carlo) | | |
| Farruko | 1991- | reggaeton | (Carlos, Efrén) | |
| Fatin Shidqia | 1996- | pop | | |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809-1847 | classical | | |
| Ferdo Livadić | 1799-1879 | (Ferdinand) | | |
| Fergie | 1975- | hip hop | (Stacy, Ann) | |
| Feridun Düzağaç | 1968- | | ||
| Fernando Abrantes | 1960- | | ||
| Finneas O'Connell | 1997- | (Baird) | | |
| Florian Schneider | 1947-2020 | | ||
| Florimond Van Duyse | 1843-1910 | | ||
| Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman | 1936-2007 | country | (Kanghi Duta) | |
| France Gall | 1947-2018 | (Isabelle, Geneviève, Marie, Anne) | | |
| Francesco Cavalli | 1602-1676 | | ||
| Francis Goya | 1946- | (François, Edouard) | | |
| François Couperin | 1668-1733 | | ||
| François-Joseph Gossec | 1734-1829 | | ||
| Frank Sinatra | 1915-1998 | (Francis) | | |
| Frank Zappa | 1940-1993 | | ||
| Franka Batelić | 1991- | Pop, rock, dance | | |
| Frans Bauer | 1973- | | ||
| Franz Liszt | 1811-1886 | classical | (Ferenc) | |
| Franz Mazura | 1924-2020 | opera | | |
| Franz Schubert | 1797-1828 | (Peter) | | |
| Freda Payne | 1942- | soul | (Charcilia) | |
| Freddie Mercury | 1946-1991 | rock | (Farrokh) | |
| Frédéric Chopin | 1810-1849 | classical | (Frederick, Fryderyk, Franciszek, François) | |
| Frederick Delius | 1862-1934 | (Theodore, Albert) | | |
| Freek de Jonge | 1944- | | ||
| Frencheska Farr | 1992- | | ||
| Fritz Hilpert | 1956- | (Friedrich) | | |
| Future | 1983- | (Nayvadius, DeMun) | | |
| Future | 1983- | hip hop | (Nayvadius, DeMun) | |
| Gabi Novak | 1936- | Pop, jazz | | |
| Gabriel Fauré | 1845-1924 | (Urbain) | | |
| Gaetano Donizetti | 1797-1848 | | ||
| Gale Storm | 1922-2009 | (Josephine, Owaissa) | | |
| Gali Atari | 1953- | | ||
| Gaqo Çako | 1935-2018 | opera | | |
| Garth Brooks | 1962- | country | | |
| Gene Simmons | 1949- | | ||
| Georg Friedrich Händel | 1685-1759 | classical | (George, Frideric) | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | 1681-1767 | | ||
| Boy George | 1961- | (Alan) | | |
| George Clinton | 1941- | funk | | |
| George Gershwin | 1898-1937 | classical | | |
| George Harrison | 1943-2001 | | ||
| George Jones | 1931-2013 | country | | |
| George Leach | 1975- | | ||
| George Michael | 1963-2016 | (Georgios, Kyriacos) | | |
| Georges Bizet | 1838-1875 | (George) | | |
| Georgine von Milinkovič | 1913-1986 | opera | | |
| Gerard Cox | 1940- | (Gerardus, Antonius) | | |
| Gerard Joling | 1960- | | ||
| Geva Alon | 1979- | | ||
| Giacomo Puccini | 1858-1924 | | ||
| Gioachino Rossini | 1792-1868 | classical | | |
| Giora Bernstein | 1933- | classical | | |
| Giora Schmidt | 1983- | classical | | |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | c. 1525-1594 | | ||
| Giovanni Gabrieli | c. 1554-1612 | | ||
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 1710-1736 | | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | 1813-1901 | | ||
| Gladstone Anderson | 1934-2015 | | ||
| Glen Campbell | 1936-2017 | country | | |
| Glen Meadmore | 19xx- | | ||
| Glenn Gould | 1932-1982 | | ||
| Gloria Estefan | 1957- | pop | (María, Milagrosa) | |
| Goran Bregović | 1950- | rock | | |
| Goran Karan | 1964- | | ||
| Gordon Matthew "Sting" Sumner | 1951- | (Sting) | | |
| Gosia Andrzejewicz | 1984- | Pop, dance | (Małgorzata) | |
| Grace Jones | 1948- | (Beverly) | | |
| Graeme Revell | 1955- | | ||
| Granger Smith | 1979- | country | (Earl, Kelly) | |
| Gregg Allman | 1947-2017 | (Gregory, LeNoir) | | |
| Guido of Arezzo | c. 991-c. 1035 | | ||
| Guillaume de Machaut | c. 1300-1377 | | ||
| Gülşen Bayraktar | 1976- | pop | | |
| Gustav Holst | 1874-1934 | classical | (Gustavus, Theodore) | |
| Gustav Mahler | 1860-1911 | | ||
| Gustave Charpentier | 1860-1956 | | ||
| Guusje Nederhorst | 1969-2004 | (Barbara, Augustine) | | |
| Guy Sebastian | 1981- | pop | (Theodore) | |
| Gwen Stefani | 1969- | pop | | |
| Gwenno Saunders | 1981- | pop | (Mererid) | |
| Hal Blaine | 1929-2019 | Pop, rock and roll | (Harold, Simon) | |
| Halsey | 1994- | pop | (Ashley, Nicolette) | |
| Hank Williams | 1923-1953 | country | (Hiram) | |
| Hanny Nahmias | 1959- | | ||
| Hans Dulfer | 1940- | | ||
| Hans Wärmling | 1943-1995 | (Axel) | | |
| Hans Zimmer | 1957- | | ||
| Hari Varešanović | 1961- | Pop rock | (Hajrudin) | |
| Harry Belafonte | 1927- | calypso | | |
| Harry Connick, Jr. | 1967- | | ||
| Harry "Bing" Crosby | 1903-1977 | (Bing) | | |
| Harry Gregson-Williams | 1961- | | ||
| Heather Harper | 1930-2019 | opera | (Mary) | |
| Hector Berlioz | 1803-1869 | | ||
| Heinrich Schütz | 1585-1672 | (Henry) | | |
| Henry Jackman | 1974- | | ||
| Henry Mancini | 1924-1994 | | ||
| Henry Purcell | 1659-1695 | classical | | |
| Henry Olusegun Adeola "Seal" Samuel | 1963- | pop | (Seal) | |
| Henry Clay Work | 1832-1884 | | ||
| Henryk Górecki | 1933-2010 | | ||
| Herbert von Karajan | 1908-1989 | | ||
| Herbie Hancock | 1940- | jazz | | |
| Herman Brood | 1946-2001 | | ||
| Herman van Veen | 1945- | | ||
| Hervé | 1825-1892 | operetta | (Louis, Auguste, Florimond) | |
| Hibari Misora | 1937-1989 | | ||
| Hilary Duff | 1987- | pop | | |
| Hildegard of Bingen | 1098-1179 | (Hildegardis) | | |
| Hoagy Carmichael | 1899-1981 | | ||
| Hossam Habib | 1980- | | ||
| Howard Shore | 1946- | | ||
| Hubert Parry | 1848-1918 | (Charles, Hastings) | | |
| Hugh Cornwell | 1949- | (Alan) | | |
| Hümeyra Akbay | 1947- | | ||
| Ibrica Jusić | 1944- | (Ibrahim) | | |
| Idalis DeLeón | 1969- | | ||
| Idina Menzel | 1971- | vocal | | |
| Idir | 1949-2020 | (Hamid, Yidir) | | |
| Idris Rahman | 1976- | Reggae, Afrobeat | | |
| Iggy Azalea | 1990- | (Amethyst, Amelia) | | |
| Iggy Pop | 1947- | rock | | |
| Igor Cukrov | 1984- | | ||
| Igor Kuljerić | 1938-2006 | | ||
| Igor Stravinsky | 1882-1971 | | ||
| Ilse DeLange | 1977- | | ||
| Imogen Heap | 1977- | (Jennifer) | | |
| Imperio Argentina | 1910-2003 | (María, Magdalena) | | |
| Indira Levak | 1973- | | ||
| Indira Radić | 1966- | | ||
| Inia Te Wiata | 1915-1971 | opera | (Morehu, Tauhia, Watene, Iarahi, Waihurihia) | |
| Irving Berlin | 1888-1989 | | ||
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860-1909 | (Manuel, Francisco) | | |
| Ishay Ribo | 1989- | | ||
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | 1959-1997 | (Ka'ano'i) | | |
| Ivana Banfić | 1969- | pop | | |
| Ivana Kindl | 1978- | | ||
| Ivana Radovniković | 1985- | pop | | |
| Ivica Šerfezi | 1935-2004 | pop | (Ivan) | |
| Izudin Čavrković | 1941-2007 | classical | | |
| Jack White | 1975- | rock | (John, Anthony) | |
| Jackie Wilson | 1934-1984 | soul | | |
| Jackson C. Frank | 1943-1999 | folk | (Carey) | |
| Jacques Arcadelt | c. 1507-1568 | | ||
| Jacques Brel | 1929-1978 | chanson | (Romain, Georges) | |
| Jacques Offenbach | 1819-1880 | | ||
| Jacquet of Mantua | 1483-1559 | (Jacques) | | |
| Jacquet de Berchem | c. 1505-? | (Giachet) | | |
| Jakov Gotovac | 1895-1982 | | ||
| Jamell "YNW Melly" Demons | 1999- | hip hop | (Maurice) | |
| James Arthur | 1988- | pop | (Andrew) | |
| James Brown | 1933-2006 | soul | (Joseph) | |
| James Hetfield | 1963- | rock | | |
| James Horner | 1953-2015 | (Roy) | | |
| James Newton Howard | 1951- | | ||
| James "LL Cool J" Smith | 1968- | hip hop | (Todd) | |
| Jan Smit | 1985- | | ||
| Jan Dismas Zelenka | 1679-1745 | baroque | | |
| Janet Jackson | 1966- | pop | | |
| Janis Joplin | 1943-1970 | rock | | |
| Jarad "Juice Wrld" Higgins | 1998-2019 | hip hop | (Anthony) | |
| Jasmin Stavros | 1954- | (Milo) | | |
| Jasna Zlokić | 1955- | pop | | |
| Jason Mizell | 1965-2002 | (Jay) | | |
| J. Álvarez | 1983- | reggaeton | (Javid, David) | |
| Jay-Z | 1969- | hip hop | (Shawn, Corey) | |
| Jayceon "The Game" Taylor | 1979- | hip hop | (Terrell) | |
| Jean-Jacques Burnel | 1952- | | ||
| Jean Michel Jarre | 1948- | | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | 1632-1687 | (Giovanni, Battista) | | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau | 1683-1764 | | ||
| Jean Sibelius | 1865-1957 | (Johan, John) | | |
| Jeff Beck | 1944- | (Geoffrey) | | |
| Jeff Cook | 1949- | country | | |
| Jeff Healey | 1966-2008 | blues rock, jazz | (Norman, Jeffrey) | |
| Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins | 1976- | hip hop | (Bruce) | |
| Jelena Rozga | 1977- | pop | | |
| Jelena Tomašević | 1983- | pop | | |
| Jello Biafra | 1958- | (Eric, Reed) | | |
| Jennifer Lopez | 1969- | pop | | |
| Jenny Arean | 1942- | (Joanna, Jenneke, Josepha) | | |
| Jeremiah Clarke | c. 1674-1707 | baroque | | |
| J. Cole | 1985- | hip hop | (Jermaine, Lamar) | |
| Jeroen "WAVE" Tel | 1972- | video game music | (Godfried) | |
| Jerry Garcia | 1942-1995 | rock | | |
| Jerry Goldsmith | 1929-2004 | | ||
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1935- | rock | | |
| Jet Black | 1938- | (Brian, John) | | |
| Jim Bakkum | 1987- | | ||
| Jim Morrison | 1943-1971 | (James) | | |
| Jim Rodford | 1941-2018 | (James, Walter) | | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 1942-1970 | rock | (James) | |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 1897-1933 | country | | |
| Jimmy Page | 1944- | rock | (James) | |
| Joan Baez | 1941- | | ||
| João Gilberto | 1931-2019 | bossa nova | | |
| Joe Jonas | 1989- | pop | | |
| Joe Longthorne | 1955-2019 | (Joseph, Patrick) | | |
| Joe Perry | 1950- | rock | (Joseph, Anthony) | |
| Joe Strummer | 1952-2002 | | ||
| Joel "Deadmau5" Zimmerman | 1981- | electronica | (Thomas) | |
| Joey Fatone | 1977- | (Joseph, Anthony) | | |
| Joey Kramer | 1950- | rock | (Joseph, Michael) | |
| Joey Ramone | 1951-2001 | rock | (Jeffrey, Ross) | |
| Johann Strauss I | 1804-1849 | | ||
| Johann Christian Bach | 1735-1782 | | ||
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750 | classical | (John) | |
| Jóhann Jóhannsson | 1969-2018 | (Gunnar) | | |
| Johann Pachelbel | 1653-1706 | | ||
| Johann Strauss II | 1825-1899 | classical | | |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833-1897 | (John) | | |
| John Barry | 1933-2011 | | ||
| John Cage | 1912-1992 | | ||
| John Carpenter | 1948- | | ||
| John Coltrane | 1926-1967 | jazz | (William) | |
| John Debney | 1956- | | ||
| John Ellis | 1952- | | ||
| John Fogerty | 1945- | rock | | |
| John "Dizzy" Gillespie | 1917-1993 | jazz | (Dizzy) | |
| John Lee Hooker | 1917-2001 | blues | | |
| John Legend | 1978- | (Roger) | | |
| John Lennon | 1940-1980 | rock | | |
| John Lydon | 1956- | rock | (Johnny) | |
| John Mayer | 1977- | pop | | |
| John Murphy | 1965- | | ||
| John Powell | 1963- | | ||
| John Philip Sousa | 1854-1932 | | ||
| John Williams | 1932- | | ||
| Johnathan "Blueface" Porter | 1997- | hip hop | | |
| Johnny Cash | 1932-2003 | country | (John) | |
| Johnny Hallyday | 1943- | (Jean) | | |
| Johnny Nash | 1940-2020 | pop, reggae | (John, Lester) | |
| Jon Bon Jovi | 1962- | rock | (John, Francis) | |
| Joni Mitchell | 1943- | | ||
| Jordan Fisher | 1994- | | ||
| Jos Brink | 1942-2007 | | ||
| José Feliciano | 1945- | Latin pop | (Montserrate) | |
| José "J Balvin" Osorio Balvín | 1985- | reggaeton | (Álvaro) | |
| Joseph Haydn | 1732-1809 | classical | | |
| Joseph "Run" Simmons | 1964- | hip hop | (Ward) | |
| Josipa Lisac | 1950- | Pop, rock, funk, jazz | | |
| Josquin des Prez | c. 1450-1521 | | ||
| Joy Harjo | 1951- | | ||
| Juan "Juanes" Aristizábal Vásquez | 1972- | Latin pop | (Esteban) | |
| Juan "Maluma" Londoño Arias | 1994- | reggaeton | (Luis) | |
| Judita Čeřovská | 1929-2001 | | ||
| Judita Leitaitė | 1959- | | ||
| Jules Massenet | 1842-1912 | | ||
| Julio Iglesias | 1943- | | ||
| Justin Bieber | 1994- | pop | (Drew) | |
| Justin Timberlake | 1981- | pop | | |
| Kam Lee | 1966- | (Barney, Kamalani) | | |
| Kamaal Khan | 1972- | | ||
| Kany García | 1982- | Latin pop | (Encarnita) | |
| Kanye West | 1977- | hip hop | | |
| Karel Gott | 1939-2019 | | ||
| Karl Bartos | 1952- | | ||
| Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1928-2007 | | ||
| Karol G | 1991- | reggaeton | (Carolina) | |
| Katarzyna Łaska | 1979- | (Kasia) | | |
| Katy Perry | 1984- | pop | (Katheryn, Elizabeth) | |
| K. T. Oslin | 1942-2020 | country | (Kay, Toinette) | |
| Kazik Staszewski | 1963- | (Kazimierz, Piotr) | | |
| Keala Settle | 1975- | (Joan) | | |
| Keaton Henson | 1988- | | ||
| Kees Tel | 1971- | (Arjan) | | |
| Kees Vlak | 1938-2014 | (Cornelis) | | |
| Keith Flint | 1969-2019 | (Charles) | | |
| Keith Moon | 1946-1978 | rock | (John) | |
| Keith Richards | 1943- | rock | | |
| Keith Urban | 1967- | country | (Lionel) | |
| Keke Palmer | 1993- | (Lauren, Keyana) | | |
| Kelis | 1979- | R&B | | |
| Kelly Clarkson | 1982- | (Brianne) | | |
| Kemal Monteno | 1948-2015 | | ||
| Kenan Doğulu | 1974- | pop | | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1987- | hip hop | | |
| Kenny Rogers | 1938-2020 | country | (Kenneth, Ray) | |
| Kevin Jonas | 1987- | pop | | |
| DJ Khaled | 1975- | hip hop | (Mohamed) | |
| Lil' Kim | 1974- | hip hop | (Kimberly, Denise) | |
| Kiri Te Kanawa | 1944- | opera | | |
| Kitty Kallen | 1921-2016 | jazz, swing, pop | | |
| Klaus Badelt | 1967- | | ||
| Klaus Dinger | 1946-2008 | | ||
| Klaus Röder | 1948- | | ||
| Kris Kristofferson | 1936- | | ||
| Kristin Chenoweth | 1968- | | ||
| Krzysztof Penderecki | 1933-2020 | (Eugeniusz) | | |
| Külli Tomingas | 1972- | opera | | |
| Kurt Cobain | 1967-1994 | rock | | |
| Kurt Weill | 1900-1950 | | ||
| Kylie Minogue | 1968- | pop | | |
| Kym Marsh | 1976- | pop | (Kimberley, Gail) | |
| Kyrre "Kygo" Gørvell-Dahll | 1991- | house | | |
| Lana Del Rey | 1985- | pop | (Elizabeth, Woolridge) | |
| Lana Jurčević | 1984- | pop | | |
| Lance Bass | 1979- | pop | (James) | |
| Lars Ulrich | 1963- | rock | | |
| Laura Jane Grace | 1980- | punk rock | (Thomas, James) | |
| Laura Pausini | 1974- | pop | | |
| Lauryn Hill | 1975- | R&B | (Noelle) | |
| Laza Ristovski | 1956-2007 | (Lazar) | | |
| LeAnn Rimes | 1982- | country | | |
| Swae Lee | 1995- | hip hop | (Khalif, Malik, Shaman) | |
| Lehua Sandbo | 1983- | pop | (Lehualani, Ehukai) | |
| Leif Garrett | 1961- | | ||
| Lenka Kripac | 1978- | | ||
| Lennie Niehaus | 1929- | | ||
| Lenny Kravitz | 1964- | | ||
| Léo Delibes | 1836-1891 | (Clément, Philibert) | | |
| Leonard Bernstein | 1918-1990 | (Louis) | | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1934-2016 | folk | | |
| Leopold Mozart | 1719-1787 | | ||
| Leoš Janáček | 1854-1928 | | ||
| Lepa Brena | 1960- | (Fahreta) | | |
| Leroy Hodges | 1943- | | ||
| Les Paul | 1915-2009 | (Lester) | | |
| Leslie West | 1945-2020 | hard rock | | |
| Lewis Capaldi | 1996- | | ||
| Liam Gallagher | 1972- | rock | | |
| Liam O'Flynn | 1945-2018 | | ||
| Lidija Bajuk | 1965- | | ||
| Lidija Horvat-Dunjko | 1967- | opera | | |
| Lionel Richie | 1949- | | ||
| Lisa Gerrard | 1961- | | ||
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | 1971-2002 | hip hop | (Nicole) | |
| Lizzo | 1988- | (Melissa, Viviane) | | |
| Ljiljana Nikolovska | 1964- | | ||
| Lonnie "Common" Lynn | 1972- | hip hop | (Corant, Jaman, Shuka, Rashid) | |
| Loretta Lynn | 1932- | country | | |
| Lorrie Collins | 1942-2018 | Country, rockabilly | (Lawrencine, May) | |
| Lou Reed | 1942-2013 | rock | (Lewis) | |
| Loudon Wainwright III | 1946- | (Snowden) | | |
| Louis Armstrong | 1901-1971 | (Daniel) | | |
| Louis-Claude Daquin | 1694-1772 | | ||
| Louis Thiry | 1935-2019 | | ||
| Ľuba Orgonášová | 1961- | opera | (Ľubica) | |
| Luciano Pavarotti | 1935-2007 | opera | | |
| Lucille Starr | 1938- | country | (Raymonde, Marie) | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770-1827 | classical | | |
| Luigi Boccherini | 1743-1805 | (Ridolfo) | | |
| Luka Nižetić | 1983- | | ||
| Luka Šulić | 1987- | | ||
| Luther Vandross | 1951-2005 | R&B | | |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi | c. 1545-1607 | | ||
| Lynsey de Paul | 1948-2014 | pop | (Lyndsey) | |
| Mabel | 1996- | R&B | (Alabama, Pearl) | |
| Mac DeMarco | 1990- | | ||
| Mac Miller | 1992-2018 | hip hop | (Larry, Malcolm, James) | |
| Macy Gray | 1967- | R&B | (Natalie, Renée) | |
| Madonna | 1958- | pop | (Louise) | |
| Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh | 1959- | Irish traditional | | |
| Maja Blagdan | 1968- | | ||
| Maksim Mrvica | 1975- | | ||
| Mal Pope | 1960- | (Maldwyn) | | |
| Mandy Moore | 1984- | pop | | |
| Manuel Turizo | 2000- | reggaeton | | |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier | 1643-1704 | | ||
| Marc Streitenfeld | c. 1976- | | ||
| Marco Borsato | 1966- | | ||
| Margareta Hallin | 1931-2020 | ; opera | (Gunhild) | |
| Margita Stefanović | 1959-2002 | | ||
| Mariah Carey | 1969- | pop | | |
| Marinka Gurewich | 1902-1990 | opera | | |
| Mariqueen Maandig | 1981- | | ||
| Mark "Sisqó" Andrews | 1978- | R&B | (Althavan) | |
| Mark Isham | 1951- | | ||
| Mark Mancina | 1957- | | ||
| Mark Ronson | 1975- | (Daniel) | | |
| Mark Salling | 1982-2018 | (Wayne) | | |
| Mark E. Smith | 1957-2018 | (Edward) | | |
| Marlon Roudette | 1983- | hip hop | (Rosegold) | |
| Marshall "Eminem" Mathers | 1972- | hip hop | | |
| Martin Garrix | 1996- | house | (Martijn, Gerard) | |
| Martine Bijl | 1948-2019 | (Catharina, Maria) | | |
| Marvin Gaye | 1939-1984 | soul | | |
| Marvin Hamlisch | 1944-2012 | | ||
| Mary J. Blige | 1971- | R&B, hip hop, soul | (Jane) | |
| Mate Bulić | 1958- | | ||
| Matko Jelavić | 1958- | | ||
| Matthew Bellamy | 1978- | rock | | |
| Maurice Chevalier | 1888-1972 | | ||
| Maurice Jarre | 1924-2009 | | ||
| Maurice Ravel | 1875-1937 | (Joseph) | | |
| Maxine Nightingale | 1952- | R&B, soul, disco | | |
| Maynard James Keenan | 1964- | rock | | |
| Maysa Matarazzo | 1936-1977 | | ||
| Meghan Trainor | 1993- | pop | | |
| Melike Tarhan | 1978- | | ||
| Meliton Balanchivadze | 1862-1937 | | ||
| Mentor Williams | 1946-2016 | (Ralph) | | |
| Mentor Xhemali | 1924-1992 | opera | | |
| Meri Cetinić | 1953- | | ||
| Merle Haggard | 1937- | country | | |
| Michael Lee "Meat Loaf" Aday | 1947- | rock | (Marvin, Meat Loaf) | |
| Michael Peter "Flea" Balzary | 1962- | rock | | |
| Michael Bublé | 1975- | pop | (Steven) | |
| Michael Cerveris | 1960- | | ||
| Michael Giacchino | 1967- | | ||
| Michael Jackson | 1958-2009 | pop | | |
| Michael Moorcock | 1939- | (John) | | |
| Michael Nyman | 1944- | | ||
| Michael Rother | 1950- | | ||
| Michael Stipe | 1960- | rock | | |
| Micheal "Tyga" Stevenson | 1989- | hip hop | (Ray) | |
| Michel Blavet | 1700-1768 | | ||
| Michiya Mihashi | 1930-1996 | | ||
| Mick Jagger | 1943- | rock | (Michael) | |
| Mieke Telkamp | 1934-2016 | (Maria, Berendina, Johanna) | | |
| Mike D | 1965- | hip hop | (Michael) | |
| Mikhail Glinka | 1804-1857 | | ||
| Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | 1859-1935 | | ||
| Milana Vlaović | 1971- | | ||
| Miles Davis | 1926-1991 | jazz | | |
| Miley Cyrus | 1992- | pop | (Destiny, Hope, Ray) | |
| Miljenko Prohaska | 1925-2014 | | ||
| Milka Trnina | 1863-1941 | opera | | |
| Milko Kelemen | 1924- | | ||
| Milko Kelemen | 1924-2018 | | ||
| Millie Small | 1947-2020 | (Millicent, Dolly, May) | | |
| Mina Caputo | 1973- | heavy metal | (Keith) | |
| Miranda Cosgrove | 1993- | | ||
| Miranda Lambert | 1983- | | ||
| Miri Aloni | 1949- | | ||
| Mirjana Bohanec | 1939- | opera | | |
| Miroslav Škoro | 1962- | | ||
| Mišo Kovač | 1941- | pop | (Mate) | |
| Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | 1971- | hip hop | (Melissa, Arnette) | |
| Mladen Grdović | 1958- | pop | | |
| Lil' Mo | 1978- | R&B | (Cynthia, Karen) | |
| Moana Maniapoto | 1961- | (Maree) | | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | 1839-1881 | classical | | |
| Montell Jordan | 1968- | R&B | (Du'Sean) | |
| Muddy Waters | 1913-1983 | blues | (McKinley) | |
| Munir Bashir | 1930-1997 | | ||
| Münir Nurettin Selçuk | 1900-1981 | classical | | |
| Murray Head | 1946- | rock | (Seafield, Saint-George) | |
| Myleene Klass | 1978- | pop | (Angela) | |
| Nada Tončić | 1909-1998 | opera | | |
| Nana Mouskouri | 1934- | (Ioanna) | | |
| Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir | 1989- | | ||
| Nas | 1973- | hip hop | (Nasir, Dara) | |
| Naseem Begum | 1936-1971 | | ||
| Nassim Maalouf | 1941- | | ||
| Nat King Cole | 1919-1965 | jazz | (Nathaniel) | |
| Natali Dizdar | 1984- | pop | | |
| Natalie Cole | 1950-2015 | (Maria) | | |
| Nathaniel Gow | 1763-1831 | | ||
| Natti Natasha | 1986- | Latin pop, reggaeton | (Natalia, Alexandra) | |
| Naya Rivera | 1987- | Pop, R&B | (Marie) | |
| Neda Ukraden | 1950- | | ||
| Neil Diamond | 1941- | rock | (Leslie) | |
| Neil Young | 1945- | rock | | |
| Nello Santi | 1931-2020 | conductor | | |
| Nelly | 1974- | hip hop | (Cornell, Iral) | |
| Nelly Furtado | 1978- | pop | (Kim) | |
| DJ Nelson | 1972- | reggaeton | | |
| Nezihe Kalkan | 1979- | | ||
| Niccolò Paganini | 1782-1840 | (Nicolò) | | |
| Nicholas Hooper | c. 1967- | | ||
| Nick Jonas | 1992- | pop | | |
| Nicki Minaj | 1982- | hip hop | (Onika, Tanya) | |
| Niel Gow | 1727-1807 | | ||
| Nielson | 1989- | pop | (Niels) | |
| Nika Turković | 1995- | pop | | |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1844-1908 | classical | (Nicholas) | |
| Nikša Bratoš | 1959- | | ||
| Nina Badrić | 1972- | R&B, pop, soul | | |
| Nina Simone | 1933-2003 | | ||
| Ninet Tayeb | 1983- | | ||
| Noa Tishby | 1975- | (Tohar) | | |
| Noam Sheriff | 1935-2018 | | ||
| Noël Coward | 1899-1973 | (Peirce) | | |
| Noel Gallagher | 1967- | rock | | |
| Nollaig Casey | 19xx- | | ||
| Nona Hendryx | 1944- | | ||
| Norah Jones | 1979- | pop | | |
| Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook | 1963- | big beat | (Leo, Quentin) | |
| Normani | 1996- | pop | (Kordei) | |
| Nurit Hirsh | 1942- | | ||
| Nynke Laverman | 1980- | Fado | | |
| Obdulio Morales | 1910-1981 | | ||
| Obie Trice | 1977- | hip hop | | |
| Odile Pierre | 1932-2020 | | ||
| Ofra Haza | 1957-2000 | (Bat-Sheva) | | |
| Ognjen Amidžić | 1975- | | ||
| Oliver Dragojević | 1947-2018 | pop | | |
| Olivera Katarina | 1940- | folk | | |
| Olivia Newton-John | 1948- | | ||
| Olja Karleuša | 1980- | (Olgica) | | |
| Olly Murs | 1984- | pop | (Oliver, Stanley) | |
| Orianthi Panagaris | 1985- | pop rock | | |
| Oritsé Williams | 1986- | R&B | (Jolomi, Matthew, Soloman) | |
| Orlande de Lassus | c. 1532-1594 | (Roland) | | |
| Orlin Goranov | 1957- | pop | | |
| Orville "Shaggy" Burrell | 1968- | reggae fusion | (Richard) | |
| O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson | 1969- | hip hop | | |
| Otis Redding Jr. | 1941-1967 | soul | (Ray) | |
| Özgür Çevik | 1981- | | ||
| Ozuna | 1992- | Latin trap, reggaeton | (Juan, Carlos) | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | 1948- | rock | | |
| Parisa | 1950- | Classical Persian Music | (Fātemeh) | |
| Pasquale Anfossi | 1727-1797 | opera | | |
| Pat Boone | 1934- | (Charles, Eugene) | | |
| Pat Torpey | 1953-2018 | | ||
| Patrick Bruel | 1959- | | ||
| Patrick Doyle | 1953- | | ||
| Patsy Cline | 1932-1963 | country | (Virginia) | |
| Patti Smith | 1946- | | ||
| Paul Anka | 1941- | (Albert) | | |
| Paul de Leeuw | 1962- | | ||
| Paul Dukas | 1865-1935 | (Abraham) | | |
| Paul "Bono" Hewson | 1960- | rock | (Bono) | |
| Paul Hindemith | 1895-1963 | | ||
| Paul McCartney | 1942- | rock | | |
| Paul Roberts | 1959- | | ||
| Paul Simon | 1941- | folk | | |
| Paula Abdul | 1962- | pop | | |
| Paula Cole | 1968- | | ||
| Paulo Londra | 1998- | hip hop | | |
| Pedro Capó | 1980- | Latin pop | (Francisco) | |
| Percy Grainger | 1882-1961 | | ||
| Percy "Master P" Miller | 1967- | hip hop | (Robert) | |
| Percy Sledge | 1940-2015 | soul | | |
| Perry Farrell | 1959- | rock | | |
| Petar Grašo | 1976- | | ||
| Pete Townshend | 1945- | rock | | |
| Peter Gabriel | 1950- | rock | | |
| Peter Warlock | 1894-1930 | (Philip, Arnold) | | |
| Pharez Whitted | 1960- | | ||
| Pharrell Williams | 1973- | (Lanscilo) | | |
| Phil Collins | 1951- | rock | | |
| Phil Everly | 1939- | rock | | |
| Phil Ochs | 1940-1976 | folk | (Philip, David) | |
| Phil Spector | 1939- | | ||
| Philip Glass | 1937- | | ||
| Pierre Kartner | 1935- | (Abraham, Petrus, Antonius, Laurentius) | | |
| Plácido Domingo | 1941- | opera | | |
| Polly Bergen | 1930-2014 | (Nellie, Paulina) | | |
| Prince Rogers Nelson | 1958-2016 | | ||
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1840-1893 | classical | (Peter) | |
| Quincy Jones | 1933- | R&B, funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, rock | (Delight, Jr.) | |
| Radojka Šverko | 1948- | | ||
| Raffi Cavoukian | 1948- | | ||
| Raimond Valgre | 1913-1949 | | ||
| Rajka Vali | 1924-2011 | Pop, Classical, Chanson | (Valerija) | |
| Rakim "ASAP Rocky" Mayers | 1988- | hip hop | (Athelaston) | |
| Ralf Hütter | 1946- | | ||
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872-1958 | | ||
| Ramiz Kovaçi | 1929-1994 | opera | | |
| Ramkanai Das | 1935-2014 | | ||
| Ramón "Daddy Yankee" Ayala Rodríguez | 1977- | reggaeton | (Luis) | |
| Randy Owen | 1949- | country | (Yeuell) | |
| Ray Charles | 1930-2004 | soul | | |
| Ray Thomas | 1941-2018 | (Raymond) | | |
| Reba McEntire | 1955- | (Nell) | | |
| Regis Philbin | 1931-2020 | (Francis, Xavier) | | |
| Renata Končić | 1977- | pop | (Minea) | |
| René Froger | 1960- | | ||
| Ric Ocasek | 1944-2019 | rock | (Richard, Theodore) | |
| Little Richard | 1932- | rock | (Wayne) | |
| Richard Strauss | 1864-1949 | classical | (Georg) | |
| Richard Wagner | 1813-1883 | classical | (Wilhelm) | |
| Slick Rick | 1965- | hip hop | (Richard, Martin, Lloyd) | |
| Riff Cohen | 1984- | | ||
| Rihanna | 1988- | pop | (Robyn) | |
| Riley "B.B." King | 1925-2015 | blues | | |
| Rima Te Wiata | 1963- | (Heather) | | |
| Rinat Malzagov | 1988- | | ||
| Ringo Starr | 1940- | rock | | |
| Rini Wulandari | 1990- | | ||
| Rita Ora | 1990- | pop | | |
| Rita Yahan-Farouz | 1962- | | ||
| Ritchie Blackmore | 1945- | | ||
| Ritchie Valens | 1941-1959 | (Richard, Steven) | | |
| Ritva Koistinen | 1956- | | ||
| Rivka Zohar | 1948- | | ||
| Riz Ahmed | 1982- | hip hop | (Rizwan) | |
| Rob de Nijs | 1942- | | ||
| Robbie Robertson | 1943- | | ||
| Robert Johnson | 1911-1938 | blues | | |
| Robert Long | 1943-2006 | (Jan, Gerrit, Bob, Arend) | | |
| R. Stevie Moore | 1952- | (Robert, Steven) | | |
| Robert Plant | 1948- | | ||
| Robert Rodriguez | 1968- | | ||
| Robert Schumann | 1810-1856 | (Alexander) | | |
| Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle | 1967- | hip hop | (Matthew) | |
| Robert "Meek Mill" Williams | 1987- | hip hop | (Rihmeek) | |
| Roberta Flack | 1937- | (Cleopatra) | | |
| Roberto Carlos | 1941- | (Robert) | | |
| Robin Schulz | 1987- | house | | |
| Robin Thicke | 1977- | R&B, soul | (Alan) | |
| Rod Stewart | 1945- | rock | (Roderick) | |
| Roel van Velzen | 1978- | (VanVelzen) | | |
| Roger Daltrey | 1944- | rock | (Harry) | |
| Roger McGuinn | 1942- | | ||
| Roger Taylor | 1949- | rock | | |
| Roger Waters | 1943- | rock | | |
| Romeo Santos | 1981- | Latin pop | (Anthony) | |
| Rosemary Clooney | 1928-2002 | | ||
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 1915-1973 | gospel | (Rosether) | |
| Roy Orbison | 1936-1988 | rock | (Kelton) | |
| Prince Royce | 1989- | Latin pop | (Geoffrey) | |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | 1857-1919 | (Ruggiero) | | |
| Rupert Gregson-Williams | 1966- | | ||
| Ruslana | 1973- | (Stepanivna) | | |
| Russell "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones | 1968-2004 | hip hop | (Tyrone) | |
| Russell Means | 1939-2012 | (Charles) | | |
| Ruth Jacott | 1960- | | ||
| Ruža Pospiš-Baldani | 1942- | opera | | |
| Sabahattin Kalender | 1919-2012 | classical | | |
| Sabahudin Kurt | 1935-2018 | | ||
| Sabrina Carpenter | 1999- | (Ann, Lynn) | | |
| Sam Cooke | 1931-1964 | soul | (Samuel) | |