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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Zigman | 1963- |  | ||
| Abdel Halim Hafez | 1929-1977 | (Ali) | | |
| Afroditi Frida | 1964- | | ||
| Aistė Smilgevičiūtė | 1977- | | ||
| Al Jarreau | 1940-2017 | (Alwin, Lopez) | | |
| Alan Silvestri | 1950- | | ||
| Alexandre Desplat | 1961- | | ||
| Alexey Vorobyov | 1988- | | ||
| Alka Vuica | 1961- | | ||
| Alo Mattiisen | 1961-1996 | | ||
| Amel Bent | 1985- | | ||
| Amir Khusrau | 1253-1325 | | ||
| André Claveau | 1911-2003 | (Marcel) | | |
| André Hazes | 1951-2004 | | ||
| Andrea Šušnjara | 1987- | | ||
| Andrew Ridgeley | 1963- | (John) | | |
| Andria Balanchivadze | 1906-1992 | | ||
| Andy Grammer | 1983- | (Andrew, Charles) | | |
| Andy Razaf | 1895-1973 | (Andriamanantena, Paul) | | |
| Angela Morley | 1924-2009 | (Walter) | | |
| Angélique Kidjo | 1960- | | ||
| Ann-Margret | 1941- | | ||
| Antonis Remos | 1970- | | ||
| Arion | ?-5xx BC | | ||
| Arsen Dedić | 1938-2015 | (Arsenije) | | |
| Ashlee Simpson | 1984- | | ||
| Ashley Tisdale | 1985- | (Michelle) | | |
| Aster Aweke | 1959- | | ||
| Astrud Gilberto | 1940-2023 | | ||
| Atif Aslam | 1983- | | ||
| Aviv Geffen | 1973- | | ||
| Ayla Algan | 1937- | | ||
| Barbara Dickson | 1947- | (Ruth) | | |
| Barrington Pheloung | 1954-2019 | | ||
| Barry Manilow | 1943- | (Alan) | | |
| Basil Poledouris | 1945-2006 | (Konstantine) | | |
| Belle Pérez | 1976- | (María, Isabel) | | |
| Billie Piper | 1982- | | ||
| Blake Shelton | 1976- | | ||
| Bleona | 1979- | | ||
| Boban Marković | 1964- | | ||
| Boban Rajović | 1971- | | ||
| Bobby Capó | 1922-1989 | (Félix, Manuel) | | |
| Bobby Darin | 1936-1973 | (Walden, Robert) | | |
| Bobby Womack | 1944-2014 | (Robert, Dwayne) | | |
| Shin Bora | 1987- | | ||
| Bronagh Gallagher | 1972- | | ||
| Bülent Ersoy | 1952- | | ||
| Candy Dulfer | 1969- | | ||
| Carlo Siliotto | 1950- | | ||
| Carter Burwell | 1955- | | ||
| Cedric Bixler-Zavala | 1974- | | ||
| Charles Dibdin | 1745-1814 | | ||
| Charlie McGettigan | 1950- | (Charles, Joseph) | | |
| Chava Alberstein | 1946- | (Ewa) | | |
| Chesney Hawkes | 1971- | | ||
| Cheyenne Jackson | 1975- | (David) | | |
| China Forbes | 1970- | | ||
| Christine McVie | 1943-2022 | (Anne) | | |
| Chuck E. Weiss | 1945-2021 | (Charles, Edward) | | |
| Chynna Phillips | 1968- | (Gilliam) | | |
| Claudio Lolli | 1950-2018 | | ||
| Trịnh Công Sơn | 1939-2001 | | ||
| Connie Stevens | 1938- | (Concetta, Rosalie, Ann) | | |
| Corbin Bleu | 1989- | | ||
| Corry Brokken | 1932-2016 | (Cornelia, Maria) | | |
| Cree Summer | 1969- | | ||
| Crispian St. Peters | 1939-2010 | (Robin, Peter) | | |
| Damini Ebunoluwa "Burna Boy" Ogulu | 1991- | | ||
| Dani Klein | 1953- | (Danielle) | | |
| Daniel Bedingfield | 1979- | (John) | | |
| Danny Kaye | 1911-1987 | (David, Daniel) | | |
| Darío Moreno | 1921-1968 | (David) | | |
| Dave Greenfield | 1949-2020 | (David, Paul) | | |
| David Arnold | 1962- | | ||
| David Bisbal | 1979- | | ||
| David Gray | 1968- | | ||
| Davido | 1992- | (David, Adedeji) | | |
| Dean Martin | 1917-1995 | | ||
| Debbie Reynolds | 1932-2016 | (Mary, Frances) | | |
| Dennis Edwards | 1943-2018 | | ||
| Didier Lockwood | 1956-2018 | | ||
| Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | 1925-2012 | | ||
| Don Everly | 1937-2021 | (Isaac, Donald) | | |
| Don Francks | 1932-2016 | (Donald, Iron Buffalo, Harvey) | | |
| Đorđe Novković | 1943-2007 | | ||
| Doris Day | 1922-2019 | (Mary, Ann) | | |
| Dražen Žerić | 1964- | | ||
| Drew Lachey | 1976- | (Andrew, John) | | |
| Dulce María Espinosa | 1985- | | ||
| Phạm Duy | 1921-2013 | (Cẩn) | | |
| Eddie Fisher | 1928-2010 | (Edwin, Jack) | | |
| Edsilia Rombley | 1978- | | ||
| Elaine Paige | 1948- | (Jill) | | |
| Elise Estrada | 1987- | | ||
| Ellen ten Damme | 1967- | | ||
| Emanuil Manolov | 1860-1902 | | ||
| Emmy Rossum | 1986- | (Emmanuelle, Grey) | | |
| Esmée Denters | 1988- | | ||
| Etti Ankri | 1963- | (Esther) | | |
| Eumir Deodato | 1942- | | ||
| Ewa Demarczyk | 1941-2020 | (Maria) | | |
| Fairuz | 1935- | (Nouhad, Wadie) | | |
| Feridun Düzağaç | 1968- | | ||
| Finneas O'Connell | 1997- | (Baird) | | |
| Francis Goya | 1946- | (François, Edouard) | | |
| Frank Sinatra | 1915-1998 | (Francis) | | |
| Frans Bauer | 1973- | | ||
| Fritz Hilpert | 1956- | (Friedrich) | | |
| Gale Storm | 1922-2009 | (Josephine, Owaissa) | | |
| Boy George | 1961- | (Alan) | | |
| George Harrison | 1943-2001 | | ||
| Georges Moustaki | 1934-2013 | (Giuseppe) | | |
| Gigi | 1974- | (Ejigayehu) | | |
| Gilbert Bécaud | 1927-2001 | | ||
| Gilberto Gil | 1942- | | ||
| Goran Karan | 1964- | | ||
| Grace Jones | 1948- | (Beverly) | | |
| Graeme Revell | 1955- | | ||
| Guusje Nederhorst | 1969-2004 | (Barbara, Augustine) | | |
| Hayedeh | 1942-1990 | (Ma'soumeh) | | |
| Henry Clay Work | 1832-1884 | | ||
| Herman Brood | 1946-2001 | (Hermanus) | | |
| Herman van Veen | 1945- | | ||
| Hibari Misora | 1937-1989 | | ||
| Hildegard Knef | 1925-2002 | (Hildegarde, Frieda, Albertine) | | |
| Hoagy Carmichael | 1899-1981 | (Hoagland) | | |
| Howard Donald | 1968- | (Paul) | | |
| Howie Dorough | 1973- | (Howard, Dwaine) | | |
| Hugh Cornwell | 1949- | (Alan) | | |
| Hümeyra Akbay | 1947- | | ||
| Ibrica Jusić | 1944- | (Ibrahim) | | |
| Idir | 1949-2020 | (Hamid, Yidir) | | |
| Igor Cukrov | 1984- | | ||
| Ilse DeLange | 1977- | | ||
| Imogen Heap | 1977- | (Jennifer) | | |
| Imperio Argentina | 1910-2003 | (María, Magdalena) | | |
| Indira Levak | 1973- | | ||
| Indira Radić | 1966- | | ||
| Irene Cara | 1959-2022 | | ||
| Ishay Ribo | 1989- | | ||
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | 1959-1997 | (Ka'ano'i) | | |
| Ivana Kindl | 1978- | | ||
| James Newton Howard | 1951- | | ||
| Jan Smit | 1985- | | ||
| Jason Orange | 1970- | (Thomas) | | |
| Jason Weaver | 1979- | (Michael) | | |
| Jean-Jacques Burnel | 1952- | | ||
| Jean-Claude Pascal | 1927-1992 | (Roger, Henri) | | |
| Jenny Arean | 1942- | (Joanna, Jenneke, Josepha) | | |
| Jet Black | 1938-2022 | (Brian, John) | | |
| Jim Rodford | 1941-2018 | (James, Walter) | | |
| Jintara Poonlarp | 1969- | | ||
| Jóhann Jóhannsson | 1969-2018 | (Gunnar) | | |
| John Carpenter | 1948- | | ||
| John Debney | 1956- | | ||
| John Ellis | 1952- | | ||
| John Murphy | 1965- | | ||
| Jools Holland | 1958- | (Julian, Miles) | | |
| Jordan Fisher | 1994- | | ||
| Josephine Baker | 1906-1975 | (Freda) | | |
| Joy Harjo | 1951- | | ||
| Judy Garland | 1922-1969 | | ||
| Julio Iglesias | 1943- | | ||
| Karl Bartos | 1952- | | ||
| Kat Graham | 1989- | (Katerina, Alexandre, Hartford) | | |
| Katarzyna Łaska | 1979- | (Kasia) | | |
| Kazik Staszewski | 1963- | (Kazimierz, Piotr) | | |
| Keala Settle | 1975- | (Joan) | | |
| Keaton Henson | 1988- | | ||
| Keke Palmer | 1993- | (Lauren, Keyana) | | |
| Kemal Monteno | 1948-2015 | | ||
| Kevin Richardson | 1971- | (Scott) | | |
| Klaus Badelt | 1967- | | ||
| Klaus Dinger | 1946-2008 | | ||
| Klaus Nomi | 1944-1983 | | ||
| Klaus Röder | 1948- | | ||
| Kristin Chenoweth | 1968- | (Kristi, Dawn) | | |
| Laza Ristovski | 1956-2007 | (Lazar) | | |
| Lenka Kripac | 1978- | | ||
| Lepa Brena | 1960- | (Fahreta) | | |
| Les McKeown | 1955-2021 | (Leslie, Richard) | | |
| Liam O'Flynn | 1945-2018 | | ||
| Lidija Bajuk | 1965- | | ||
| Lila Downs | 1968- | (Ana) | | |
| Lisa Gerrard | 1961- | | ||
| Lizzo | 1988- | (Melissa, Viviane) | | |
| Ljiljana Nikolovska | 1964- | | ||
| Lola Beltrán | 1932-1996 | (María, Lucila) | | |
| Loudon Wainwright III | 1946- | (Snowden) | | |
| Lucille Dumont | 1919-2016 | (Marie, Jacqueline, Lucelle) | | |
| Luka Nižetić | 1983- | | ||
| Luka Šulić | 1987- | | ||
| Maja Blagdan | 1968- | | ||
| Maksim Mrvica | 1975- | | ||
| Marco Borsato | 1966- | | ||
| Marek Grechuta | 1945-2006 | | ||
| Margita Stefanović | 1959-2002 | | ||
| Marie Myriam | 1957- | | ||
| Marius Bear | 1993- | | ||
| Marius Constant | 1925-2004 | | ||
| Marius de Vries | 1961- | | ||
| Mark Mancina | 1957- | | ||
| Mark Owen | 1972- | | ||
| Mark Ronson | 1975- | (Daniel) | | |
| Mark Salling | 1982-2018 | (Wayne) | | |
| Mark E. Smith | 1957-2018 | (Edward) | | |
| Marvin Hamlisch | 1944-2012 | | ||
| Maryla Rodowicz | 1945- | (Antonina) | | |
| Maurice Chevalier | 1888-1972 | | ||
| Maysa Matarazzo | 1936-1977 | | ||
| Mel B. | 1975- | (Melanie, Janine) | | |
| Melanie C. | 1974- | (Mel, Jayne) | | |
| Michael Cerveris | 1960- | | ||
| Michael Malarkey | 1983- | (Karim) | | |
| Michael Moorcock | 1939- | (John) | | |
| Michael Rother | 1950- | | ||
| Michiya Mihashi | 1930-1996 | | ||
| Mieke Telkamp | 1934-2016 | (Maria, Berendina, Johanna) | | |
| Miljenko Prohaska | 1925-2014 | | ||
| Milko Kelemen | 1924-2018 | | ||
| Mina | 1940- | (Anna, Maria) | | |
| Miranda Cosgrove | 1993- | (Taylor) | | |
| Miranda Lambert | 1983- | | ||
| Miriam "Mama Africa" Makeba | 1932-2008 | (Zenzile) | | |
| Miroslav Škoro | 1962- | | ||
| Mohammad-Reza Shajarian | 1940-2020 | | ||
| Mohammed Abdel Wahab | 1902-1991 | (Mohamed) | | |
| Munir Bashir | 1930-1997 | | ||
| Nana Mouskouri | 1934- | (Ioanna) | | |
| Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir | 1989- | | ||
| Naseem Begum | 1936-1971 | | ||
| Natalie Merchant | 1963- | (Anne) | | |
| Neda Ukraden | 1950- | | ||
| Neil Peart | 1952-2020 | (Ellwood) | | |
| Niel Gow | 1727-1807 | | ||
| Nikša Bratoš | 1959- | | ||
| Nina Simone | 1933-2003 | (Eunice, Kathleen) | | |
| Ninet Tayeb | 1983- | | ||
| Noa Tishby | 1975- | (Tohar) | | |
| Noah Cyrus | 2000- | (Lindsey) | | |
| Noam Sheriff | 1935-2018 | | ||
| Nona Hendryx | 1944- | | ||
| Nurit Hirsh | 1942- | | ||
| Özgür Çevik | 1981- | | ||
| Paolo Nutini | 1987- | (Giovanni) | | |
| Patrick Bruel | 1959- | | ||
| Patti Smith | 1946- | (Patricia) | | |
| Paul Anka | 1941- | (Albert) | | |
| Paul Roberts | 1959- | | ||
| Paula Cole | 1968- | | ||
| Petar Grašo | 1976- | | ||
| Pharrell Williams | 1973- | (Lanscilo) | | |
| Phil Harris | 1904-1995 | (Wonga, Philip) | | |
| Phil Spector | 1939-2021 | (Harvey, Phillip) | | |
| Pumpuang Duangjan | 1961-1992 | (Pueng) | | |
| Radojka Šverko | 1948- | | ||
| Raimond Valgre | 1913-1949 | | ||
| Ralf Hütter | 1946- | | ||
| Randy Newman | 1943- | (Randall) | | |
| Ray Thomas | 1941-2018 | (Raymond) | | |
| René Froger | 1960- | | ||
| Rick Rubin | 1963- | (Frederick) | | |
| Riff Cohen | 1984- | | ||
| Rini Wulandari | 1990- | | ||
| Rita Yahan-Farouz | 1962- | | ||
| Ritchie Valens | 1941-1959 | (Richard, Steven) | | |
| Rob de Nijs | 1942- | (Robert) | | |
| R. Stevie Moore | 1952- | (Robert, Steven) | | |
| Robert Rodriguez | 1968- | | ||
| Roberta Flack | 1937- | (Cleopatra) | | |
| Roberto Carlos | 1941- | | ||
| Roel van Velzen | 1978- | (VanVelzen) | | |
| Roger McGuinn | 1942- | (James, Jim, Joseph) | | |
| Rojda Aykoç | 1978- | | ||
| Romy Monteiro | 1992- | | ||
| Rosemary Clooney | 1928-2002 | | ||
| Rudi Carrell | 1934-2006 | (Rudolf, Wijbrand) | | |
| Rupert Gregson-Williams | 1966- | | ||
| Rupert Hine | 1947-2020 | (Neville) | | |
| Ruth Jacott | 1960- | | ||
| Sabrina Carpenter | 1999- | (Ann, Lynn) | | |
| Salif Keita | 1949- | | ||
| Salvatore Adamo | 1943- | | ||
| Sara Montiel | 1928-2013 | (María, Antonia) | | |
| Sayed Darwish | 1892-1923 | | ||
| Selena Gomez | 1992- | | ||
| Sheena Easton | 1959- | | ||
| Sherine | 1980- | | ||
| Shoshana Damari | 1923-2006 | | ||
| Sieneke | 1992- | (Ashley, Kristel) | | |
| Simone Kleinsma | 1958- | | ||
| Sivan Levy | 1987- | | ||
| Stef Bos | 1961- | (Steven) | | |
| Stjepan Hauser | 1986- | | ||
| King Sunny Adé | 1946- | (Sunday, Adeniyi) | | |
| Suthep Wongkamhaeng | 1934-2020 | | ||
| Sylvia Fine | 1913-1991 | | ||
| Tajči Cameron | 1970- | (Tatjana) | | |
| Tatjana Šimić | 1963- | | ||
| Teddy Afro | 1976- | (Tewodros, Kassahun) | | |
| Teddy Scholten | 1926-2010 | (Dorothea, Thea, Margaretha) | | |
| Telma Hopkins | 1948- | | ||
| Thomas Mapfumo | 1945- | | ||
| Thomas Newman | 1955- | | ||
| Tiff Lacey | 1965- | (Tiffany) | | |
| Tim Rice | 1944- | (Timothy, Miles, Bindon) | | |
| Tom Jackson | 1948- | (Thomas, Dale) | | |
| Tom Lehrer | 1928- | (Thomas, Andrew) | | |
| Tomislav Ivčić | 1953-1993 | | ||
| Tommy Peoples | 1948-2018 | | ||
| Tonči Huljić | 1961- | | ||
| Toni Basil | 1943- | (Antonia, Christina) | | |
| Tony Cetinski | 1969- | (Anthony) | | |
| Toše Proeski | 1981-2007 | (Todor) | | |
| Toyah Willcox | 1958- | | ||
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | 1973- | (Judith, Katrijntje) | | |
| Trini Lopez | 1937-2020 | (Trinidad) | | |
| Turlough O'Carolan | 1670-1738 | | ||
| Tyrese Gibson | 1978- | (Darnell) | | |
| Umm Kulthum | 1898-1975 | (Fatima) | | |
| Urbanus | 1949- | (Urbain, Joseph) | | |
| Văn Cao | 1923-1995 | | ||
| Van Morrison | 1945- | (George, Ivan) | | |
| Vanessa L. Williams | 1963- | (Lynn) | | |
| Vicky Leandros | c. 1950- | (Vasiliki) | | |
| Vikki Carr | 1941- | (Florencia, Vicenta) | | |
| Violante Placido | 1976- | (Maria) | | |
| Volker David Kirchner | 1942-2020 | | ||
| Warren Ellis | 1965- | | ||
| Waylon Jennings | 1937-2002 | (Arnold) | | |
| Wes | 1964-2021 | | ||
| Will Jennings | 1944- | (Wilbur) | | |
| Willeke Alberti | 1945- | | ||
| Willi Tokarev | 1934-2019 | (Vilen) | | |
| Willy Alberti | 1926-1985 | | ||
| Wolfgang Flür | 1947- | | ||
| Yanni | 1954- | (Yiannis) | | |
| Yma Sumac | 1922-2008 | (Zoila, Augusta, Emperatriz) | | |
| Yoko Ono | 1933- | | ||
| Yonca Evcimik | 1963- | | ||
| Yves Montand | 1921-1991 | | ||
| Zari Elmassian | 1906-1990 | (Zaruhi) | | |
| Zdenko Runjić | 1942-2004 | | ||
| Zorica Kondža | 1960- | | ||
| Zubin Mehta | 1936- | | ||
| Zuhal Olcay | 1957- | | ||
| Fela Kuti | 1938-1997 | Afrobeat | (Olufela) | |
| Brian Eno | 1948- | ambient | | |
| Tarsame Singh Saini | 1967-2022 | Asian fusion | | |
| Laurie Anderson | 1947- | avant-garde, pop | (Laura, Phillips) | |
| James Last | 1929-2015 | big band, jazz | (Hans, Hansi) | |
| Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook | 1963- | big beat | (Quentin, Leo) | |
| Alison Krauss | 1971- | bluegrass | | |
| Bo Diddley | 1928-2008 | blues | (Ellas, Otha) | |
| Bobby Bland | 1930-2013 | blues | (Robert, Calvin) | |
| Bonnie Raitt | 1949- | blues | (Lynn) | |
| Buddy Guy | 1936- | blues | (George) | |
| Elmore James | 1918-1963 | blues | | |
| Etta James | 1938-2012 | blues | (Jamesetta) | |
| Jimmy Reed | 1925-1976 | blues | (Mathis, James) | |
| "Big" Joe Turner | 1911-1985 | blues | (Joseph) | |
| John Lee Hooker | 1917-2001 | blues | | |
| Katie Melua | 1984- | blues | (Ketevan) | |
| B.B. King | 1925-2015 | blues | (Riley) | |
| Lucille Hegamin | 1894-1970 | blues | | |
| Muddy Waters | 1913-1983 | blues | (McKinley) | |
| Robert Johnson | 1911-1938 | blues | | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | 1954-1990 | blues | (Stephen) | |
| Eva Cassidy | 1963-1996 | blues, folk, jazz | (Marie) | |
| Foy Vance | 1974- | blues, folk, rock | (Best) | |
| Bessie Smith | 1894-1937 | blues, jazz | | |
| Elkie Brooks | 1945- | blues, jazz, rock | (Elaine) | |
| Otis Rush | 1934-2018 | blues, R&B | | |
| Bernie Marsden | 1951-2023 | blues, rock | (Bernard, John) | |
| Gary Moore | 1952-2011 | blues, rock | | |
| Jeff Healey | 1966-2008 | blues, rock, jazz | (Norman, Jeffrey) | |
| Eydie Gormé | 1928-2013 | bolero, Latin, pop | (Edith) | |
| Salomé | 1939- | bolero, pop | (Maria, Rosa) | |
| Antônio Carlos Jobim | 1927-1994 | bossa nova | | |
| João Gilberto | 1931-2019 | bossa nova | | |
| Sérgio Mendes | 1941- | bossa nova | | |
| Claudine Longet | 1942- | bossa nova, pop | (Georgette) | |
| Toon Hermans | 1916-2000 | cabaret | (Antoine, Gerard, Theodore) | |
| Wim Sonneveld | 1917-1974 | cabaret | (Willem) | |
| Harry Belafonte | 1927-2023 | calypso | (Harold, George) | |
| Eimear Quinn | 1972- | Celtic | (Mary, Rose) | |
| Dana | 1951- | Celtic, folk, pop | (Rosemary) | |
| Roma Ryan | 1950- | Celtic, new age | | |
| Enya | 1961- | Celtic, new-age, pop | (Eithne, Pádraigín, Patricia) | |
| Andrea Corr | 1974- | Celtic, pop, rock | (Jane) | |
| Caroline Corr | 1973- | Celtic, pop, rock | (Georgina) | |
| Jim Corr | 1964- | Celtic, pop, rock | (James, Steven, Ignatius) | |
| Sharon Corr | 1970- | Celtic, pop, rock | (Helga) | |
| Charles Aznavour | 1924-2018 | chanson | (Shahnour, Vaghinag) | |
| Gérard Lenormand | 1945- | chanson | (Christian, Éric) | |
| Isabelle Aubret | 1938- | chanson | (Thérèse) | |
| Jacqueline Boyer | 1941- | chanson | (Lucienne, Éliane) | |
| Jacques Brel | 1929-1978 | chanson | (Romain, Georges) | |
| Joe Dassin | 1938-1980 | chanson | (Joseph) | |
| Julien Clerc | 1947- | chanson | (Paul, Alain, Auguste) | |
| Mireille Mathieu | 1946- | chanson | | |
| Ramses Shaffy | 1933-2009 | chanson | | |
| Édith Piaf | 1915-1963 | chanson, cabaret | | |
| Juliette Gréco | 1927-2020 | chanson, cabaret | | |
| Georges Brassens | 1921-1981 | chanson, folk | | |
| Reinhard Mey | 1942- | chanson, folk | (Alfons, Frédérik, Rainer, Friedrich, Michael) | |
| Frida Boccara | 1940-1996 | chanson, folk, jazz | (Danielle, Hélène) | |
| Boudewijn de Groot | 1944- | chanson, folk, pop | (Frank) | |
| Lenny Kuhr | 1950- | chanson, folk, pop | (Helena, Hubertina, Johanna) | |
| Maurane | 1960-2018 | chanson, jazz, blues | (Claudine) | |
| Alain Barrière | 1935-2019 | chanson, pop | | |
| Corinne Hermès | 1961- | chanson, pop | | |
| Liesbeth List | 1941-2020 | chanson, pop | (Elisabeth, Elly, Dorathea) | |
| Sandra Kim | 1972- | chanson, pop | | |
| Will Tura | 1940- | chanson, pop | (Arthur, Achiel, Albert) | |
| Raffi | 1948- | children's music | | |
| Maria von Trapp | 1905-1987 | choir | | |
| Altamiro Carrilho | 1924-2012 | choro | | |
| Aaron Copland | 1900-1990 | classical | | |
| Adolf Busch | 1891-1952 | classical | (Georg, Wilhelm) | |
| Adolf Jensen | 1837-1879 | classical | | |
| Adolf Fredrik Lindblad | 1801-1878 | classical | | |
| Adolf von Henselt | 1814-1889 | classical | (Adolph, Georg, Martin) | |
| Adolf Wiklund | 1879-1950 | classical | | |
| Adolph Brodsky | 1851-1929 | classical | (Adolf) | |
| Alban Berg | 1885-1935 | classical | | |
| Aleksandr Skriabin | 1871-1915 | classical | (Alexander) | |
| Alexander Borodin | 1833-1887 | classical | | |
| Amy Beach | 1867-1944 | classical | (Cheney) | |
| André Rieu | 1949- | classical | | |
| Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean | 1960- | classical | | |
| Anton Bruckner | 1824-1896 | classical | (Josef) | |
| Anton Rubinstein | 1829-1894 | classical | | |
| Anton Webern | 1883-1945 | classical | | |
| Antonín Dvořák | 1841-1904 | classical | (Leopold) | |
| Antonio Salieri | 1750-1825 | classical | | |
| Antonio Vivaldi | 1678-1741 | classical | (Lucio) | |
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903-1978 | classical | | |
| Arcangelo Corelli | 1653-1713 | classical | | |
| Arnold Schoenberg | 1874-1951 | classical | | |
| Arthur Rubinstein | 1887-1982 | classical | (Artur) | |
| Arvo Pärt | 1935- | classical | | |
| Béla Bartók | 1881-1945 | classical | | |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | 1835-1921 | classical | (Charles) | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 1714-1788 | classical | | |
| Carl Czerny | 1791-1857 | classical | | |
| Carl Orff | 1895-1982 | classical | | |
| César Cui | 1835-1918 | classical | | |
| César Franck | 1822-1890 | classical | | |
| Clara Schumann | 1819-1896 | classical | | |
| Claude Debussy | 1862-1918 | classical | (Achille) | |
| Claudin de Sermisy | c. 1490-1562 | classical | | |
| Claudio Abbado | 1933-2014 | classical | | |
| Clément Janequin | c. 1485-1558 | classical | | |
| Craig Armstrong | 1959- | classical | | |
| Daniel Barenboim | 1942- | classical | | |
| Dieterich Buxtehude | 1637-1707 | classical | | |
| Dismas Hataš | 1724-1777 | classical | | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 1906-1975 | classical | | |
| Domenico Scarlatti | 1685-1757 | classical | (Giuseppe) | |
| Edvard Grieg | 1843-1907 | classical | (Hagerup) | |
| Edvard Mirzoyan | 1921-2012 | classical | | |
| Edward Elgar | 1857-1934 | classical | (William) | |
| Edward MacDowell | 1860-1908 | classical | (Alexander) | |
| Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet | 1665-1729 | classical | | |
| Erik Satie | 1866-1925 | classical | (Éric, Alfred, Leslie) | |
| Fanny Mendelssohn | 1805-1847 | classical | | |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809-1847 | classical | | |
| Ferdo Livadić | 1799-1879 | classical | (Ferdinand) | |
| François Couperin | 1668-1733 | classical | | |
| Franz Berwald | 1796-1868 | classical | (Adolf) | |
| Franz Lehár | 1870-1948 | classical | | |
| Franz Liszt | 1811-1886 | classical | (Ferenc) | |
| Franz Schubert | 1797-1828 | classical | (Peter) | |
| Frédéric Chopin | 1810-1849 | classical | (Fryderyk, Franciszek, François) | |
| Frederick Delius | 1862-1934 | classical | (Theodore, Albert) | |
| Gabriel Fauré | 1845-1924 | classical | (Urbain) | |
| Georg Friedrich Händel | 1685-1759 | classical | (George, Frideric) | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | 1681-1767 | classical | | |
| Gioachino Rossini | 1792-1868 | classical | | |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | c. 1525-1594 | classical | | |
| Giovanni Gabrieli | c. 1554-1612 | classical | | |
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 1710-1736 | classical | | |
| Giuseppe Tartini | 1692-1770 | classical | | |
| Glenn Gould | 1932-1982 | classical | | |
| Guido of Arezzo | c. 991-c. 1035 | classical | | |
| Guillaume de Machaut | c. 1300-1377 | classical | | |
| Gustav Holst | 1874-1934 | classical | (Gustavus, Theodore) | |
| Gustav Mahler | 1860-1911 | classical | | |
| György Ligeti | 1923-2006 | classical | | |
| Hector Berlioz | 1803-1869 | classical | | |
| Heinrich Schütz | 1585-1672 | classical | | |
| Henry Purcell | 1659-1695 | classical | | |
| Henryk Górecki | 1933-2010 | classical | | |
| Hildegard of Bingen | 1098-1179 | classical | (Hildegardis) | |
| Hubert Parry | 1848-1918 | classical | (Charles, Hastings) | |
| Igor Stravinsky | 1882-1971 | classical | | |
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860-1909 | classical | (Manuel, Francisco) | |
| Itzhak Perlman | 1945- | classical | | |
| Jacques Arcadelt | c. 1507-1568 | classical | | |
| Jacquet of Mantua | 1483-1559 | classical | (Jacques) | |
| Jacquet de Berchem | c. 1505-15xx | classical | (Giachet) | |
| Jakov Gotovac | 1895-1982 | classical | | |
| Jan Dismas Zelenka | 1679-1745 | classical | | |
| Jean Sibelius | 1865-1957 | classical | (Johan, Julius, Christian) | |
| Jeremiah Clarke | c. 1674-1707 | classical | | |
| Johann Strauss I | 1804-1849 | classical | | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750 | classical | | |
| Johann Christian Bach | 1735-1782 | classical | | |
| Johann Pachelbel | 1653-1706 | classical | | |
| Johann Adolf Scheibe | 1708-1776 | classical | (Adolph) | |
| Johann Strauss II | 1825-1899 | classical | | |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833-1897 | classical | | |
| Joseph Haydn | 1732-1809 | classical | | |
| Josquin des Prez | c. 1450-1521 | classical | | |
| Jules Massenet | 1842-1912 | classical | | |
| Katherine Jenkins | 1980- | classical | | |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | 1933-2020 | classical | (Eugeniusz) | |
| Kurt Weill | 1900-1950 | classical | | |
| Leopold Mozart | 1719-1787 | classical | (Johann, Georg) | |
| Liana Isakadze | 1946- | classical | | |
| Louis-Claude Daquin | 1694-1772 | classical | | |
| Ludovico Roncalli | 1654-1713 | classical | (Giuseppe, Antonio, Filippo) | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770-1827 | classical | | |
| Luigi Boccherini | 1743-1805 | classical | (Ridolfo) | |
| Luigi Cherubini | 1760-1842 | classical | | |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi | c. 1545-1607 | classical | | |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier | 1643-1704 | classical | | |
| Martha Argerich | 1941- | classical | | |
| Maurice Ravel | 1875-1937 | classical | (Joseph) | |
| Max Steiner | 1888-1971 | classical | (Maximilian, Raoul) | |
| Michał Kleofas Ogiński | 1765-1833 | classical | | |
| Michel Blavet | 1700-1768 | classical | | |
| Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | 1875-1911 | classical | | |
| Mikhail Glinka | 1804-1857 | classical | | |
| Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | 1859-1935 | classical | | |
| Mikis Theodorakis | 1925-2021 | classical | (Michail) | |
| Mily Balakirev | 1837-1910 | classical | | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | 1839-1881 | classical | | |
| Mstislav Rostropovich | 1927-2007 | classical | | |
| Münir Nurettin Selçuk | 1900-1981 | classical | | |
| Nadia Boulanger | 1887-1979 | classical | | |
| Niccolò Paganini | 1782-1840 | classical | (Nicolò) | |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1844-1908 | classical | (Nicolas) | |
| Olivier Messiaen | 1908-1992 | classical | | |
| Orlande de Lassus | c. 1532-1594 | classical | (Orlando, Roland) | |
| Pablo Casals | 1876-1973 | classical | (Pau) | |
| Pablo de Sarasate | 1844-1908 | classical | | |
| Paul Dukas | 1865-1935 | classical | (Abraham) | |
| Paul Hindemith | 1895-1963 | classical | | |
| Percy Grainger | 1882-1961 | classical | | |
| Peter Warlock | 1894-1930 | classical | (Philip, Arnold) | |
| Philip Glass | 1937- | classical | | |
| Pierre Boulez | 1925-2016 | classical | | |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1840-1893 | classical | (Peter) | |
| Richard Strauss | 1864-1949 | classical | (Georg) | |
| Robert Schumann | 1810-1856 | classical | (Alexander) | |
| Samuel Barber | 1910-1981 | classical | | |
| Sergei Prokofiev | 1891-1953 | classical | (Sergey) | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1873-1943 | classical | | |
| Sergey Khachatryan | 1985- | classical | | |
| Sulkhan Tsintsadze | 1925-1991 | classical | | |
| Thomas Arne | 1710-1778 | classical | (Augustine) | |
| Tomás Luis de Victoria | 1548-1611 | classical | | |
| Üzeyir Hacıbəyov | 1885-1948 | classical | | |
| Vadim Brodski | 1950- | classical | (Wadim) | |
| Vanessa-Mae | 1978- | classical | | |
| Virgil Thomson | 1896-1989 | classical | | |
| Vladimir Horowitz | 1903-1989 | classical | | |
| Wibi Soerjadi | 1970- | classical | (Wibisono, Augustinus) | |
| William Grant Still | 1895-1978 | classical | | |
| Władysław Szpilman | 1911-2000 | classical | | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756-1791 | classical | | |
| Yara Bernette | 1920-2002 | classical | | |
| Yehudi Menuhin | 1916-1999 | classical | | |
| John Cage | 1912-1992 | classical, avant-garde | | |
| Carmine Coppola | 1910-1991 | classical, film score | | |
| Joe Hisaishi | 1950- | classical, film score | (Mamoru) | |
| John Williams | 1932- | classical, film score | | |
| Ludovico Einaudi | 1955- | classical, film score | | |
| Patrick Doyle | 1953- | classical, film score | | |
| Iva Bittová | 1958- | classical, folk, rock | | |
| George Gershwin | 1898-1937 | classical, jazz | (Jacob) | |
| Adolphe Adam | 1803-1856 | classical, opera | (Charles) | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti | 1660-1725 | classical, opera | (Pietro, Gaspare) | |
| Arthur Sullivan | 1842-1900 | classical, opera | | |
| Arturo Toscanini | 1867-1957 | classical, opera | | |
| Bedřich Smetana | 1824-1884 | classical, opera | | |
| Benjamin Britten | 1913-1976 | classical, opera | | |
| Carl Maria von Weber | 1786-1826 | classical, opera | | |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | 1714-1787 | classical, opera | | |
| Claudio Monteverdi | 1567-1643 | classical, opera | | |
| Francesco Cavalli | 1602-1676 | classical, opera | | |
| François-Joseph Gossec | 1734-1829 | classical, opera | | |
| Herbert von Karajan | 1908-1989 | classical, opera | | |
| Hervé | 1825-1892 | classical, opera | (Louis, Auguste, Florimond) | |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | 1632-1687 | classical, opera | (Giovanni, Battista) | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau | 1683-1764 | classical, opera | | |
| Johann Adolph Hasse | 1699-1783 | classical, opera | | |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1928-2007 | classical, opera | | |
| Léo Delibes | 1836-1891 | classical, opera | (Clément, Philibert) | |
| Leoš Janáček | 1854-1928 | classical, opera | | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872-1958 | classical, opera | | |
| Richard Wagner | 1813-1883 | classical, opera | (Wilhelm) | |
| Tomaso Albinoni | 1671-1751 | classical, opera | | |
| Charlotte Church | 1986- | classical, pop | (Maria) | |
| Helmut Lotti | 1969- | classical, pop, rock | (Barthold, Johannes, Alma) | |
| Bill Monroe | 1911-1996 | country | (William) | |
| Billie Jo Spears | 1938-2011 | country | (Joe) | |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | 1961- | country | | |
| Carrie Underwood | 1983- | country | | |
| Charlie Rich | 1932-1995 | country | (Charles, Allan) | |
| Deana Carter | 1966- | country | (Kay) | |
| Dolly Parton | 1946- | country | | |
| Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman | 1936-2007 | country | (Kanghi Duta) | |
| Garth Brooks | 1962- | country | | |
| George Jones | 1931-2013 | country | | |
| Glen Campbell | 1936-2017 | country | | |
| Hank Williams | 1923-1953 | country | (Hiram) | |
| Jason Aldean | 1977- | country | (Aldine) | |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 1897-1933 | country | (James) | |
| Johnny Cash | 1932-2003 | country | (John) | |
| K. T. Oslin | 1942-2020 | country | (Kay, Toinette) | |
| Keith Urban | 1967- | country | (Lionel) | |
| Kenny Rogers | 1938-2020 | country | (Kenneth, Ray) | |
| Kris Kristofferson | 1936- | country | (Kristoffer) | |
| LeAnn Rimes | 1982- | country | | |
| Lee Ann Womack | 1966- | country | | |
| Loretta Lynn | 1932-2022 | country | | |
| Lucille Starr | 1938-2020 | country | (Raymonde, Marie) | |
| Martina McBride | 1966- | country | (Mariea) | |
| Merle Haggard | 1937-2016 | country | | |
| Mindy McCready | 1975-2013 | country | (Malinda, Gayle) | |
| Naomi Judd | 1946-2022 | country | (Diana, Ellen) | |
| Patsy Cline | 1932-1963 | country | (Virginia, Patterson) | |
| Randy Owen | 1949- | country | (Yeuell) | |
| Reba McEntire | 1955- | country | (Nell) | |
| Steve Earle | 1955- | country | (Stephen) | |
| Sturgill Simpson | 1978- | country | (John) | |
| Tim McGraw | 1967- | country | (Samuel, Timothy) | |
| Toby Keith | 1961-2024 | country | | |
| Tom Wopat | 1951- | country | (Thomas, Steven) | |
| Trisha Yearwood | 1964- | country | (Patricia, Lynn) | |
| Vince Gill | 1957- | country | (Vincent, Grant) | |
| Willie Nelson | 1933- | country | | |
| Yola | 1984- | country | (Yolanda) | |
| Melanie | 1947-2024 | country, folk, pop | (Anne) | |
| Anne Murray | 1945- | country, pop | (Morna) | |
| B. J. Thomas | 1942-2021 | country, pop | (Billy, Joe) | |
| Faith Hill | 1967- | country, pop | (Audrey) | |
| Jennifer Warnes | 1947- | country, pop | (Jean) | |
| K. D. Lang | 1961- | country, pop | (Kathryn, Dawn) | |
| Shania Twain | 1965- | country, pop | (Eilleen, Regina) | |
| Joe Dolan | 1939-2007 | country, pop, rock | (Joseph, Francis, Robert) | |
| Terry Jacks | 1944- | country, pop, rock | (Terrence, Ross) | |
| Elisabeth Andreassen | 1958- | country, pop, rock, schlager | (Bettan, Gunilla) | |
| Waylon | 1980- | country, pop, rock, soul | (Willem) | |
| Billy Swan | 1942- | country, rock | (William, Lance) | |
| Emmylou Harris | 1947- | country, rock | | |
| J. D. Souther | 1945- | country, rock | (John, David) | |
| Lorrie Collins | 1942-2018 | country, rockabilly | (Lawrencine, May) | |
| Sonia "Sonique" Clarke | 1965- | dance | (Marina) | |
| Isham Jones | 1894-1956 | dance band | (Edgar) | |
| Ray Slijngaard | 1971- | dance, hip hop, house | (Raymond, Lothar) | |
| Anita Doth | 1971- | dance, house | (Daniëlle) | |
| Claus Norreen | 1970- | dance, pop | | |
| Lene Nystrøm | 1973- | dance, pop | | |
| Olivia Holt | 1997- | dance, pop | (Hastings) | |
| René Dif | 1967- | dance, pop | | |
| Søren Rasted | 1969- | dance, pop | | |
| Ricky Martin | 1971- | dance, pop, reggaeton, salsa | (Enrique) | |
| Amanda Palmer | 1976- | dark cabaret, folk, rock | (MacKinnon) | |
| Gloria Gaynor | 1943- | disco | | |
| Charlotte Perrelli | 1974- | disco, pop, schlager | (Anna, Jenny) | |
| Van McCoy | 1940-1979 | disco, R&B, pop | (Allen, Clinton) | |
| Anita Ward | 1956- | disco, R&B, soul | | |
| Bonnie Pointer | 1950-2020 | disco, R&B, soul | (Patricia, Eva) | |
| Carl Douglas | 1942- | disco, reggae | (Carlton, George) | |
| Bobby Farrell | 1949-2010 | disco, reggae, R&B | (Roberto, Alfonso) | |
| Marcia Barrett | 1948- | disco, reggae, R&B | | |
| Liz Mitchell | 1952- | disco, reggae, soul | (Elizabeth, Rebecca) | |
| Amii Stewart | 1956- | disco, soul | (Amy, Paulette) | |
| George McCrae | 1944- | disco, soul | (Warren) | |
| Alan Walker | 1997- | electronic | | |
| Alejandra "Arca" Ghersi | 1989- | electronic | (Alejandro, Arca) | |
| Alison Goldfrapp | 1966- | electronic | (Elizabeth, Margaret) | |
| André "ATB" Tanneberger | 1973- | electronic | | |
| Armin van Buuren | 1976- | electronic | | |
| Calvin Harris | 1984- | electronic | (Adam, Richard) | |
| Christopher "Marshmello" Comstock | 1992- | electronic | | |
| David Guetta | 1967- | electronic | (Pierre) | |
| Florian Schneider | 1947-2020 | electronic | | |
| Giorgio Moroder | 1940- | electronic | | |
| Inna | 1986- | electronic | (Elena, Alexandra) | |
| Jean-Michel Jarre | 1948- | electronic | | |
| Joel "Deadmau5" Zimmerman | 1981- | electronic | (Thomas) | |
| Jonas "Basshunter" Altberg | 1984- | electronic | (Erik) | |
| Keith Flint | 1969-2019 | electronic | (Charles) | |
| DJ Paul Elstak | 1966- | electronic | (Roger) | |
| Richard Melville "Moby" Hall | 1965- | electronic | (Moby) | |
| Richard D. "Aphex Twin" James | 1971- | electronic | (David) | |
| Sonny "Skrillex" Moore | 1988- | electronic | (John) | |
| Sophie | 1986-2021 | electronic | | |
| Tchami | 1985- | electronic | (Martin, Joseph) | |
| Thomas "Diplo" Pentz | 1978- | electronic | (Wesley) | |
| Tijs "Tiësto" Verwest | 1969- | electronic | (Michiel) | |
| Tim "Avicii" Bergling | 1989-2018 | electronic | | |
| Tina Cousins | 1971- | electronic | (Patricia) | |
| Vangelis | 1943-2022 | electronic | (Evangelos, Odysseas) | |
| William "DJ Snake" Grigahcine | 1986- | electronic | (Sami, Étienne) | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | 1952-2023 | electronic, film score | | |
| Leor "DJ Lethal" Dimant | 1972- | electronic, hip hop, metal, rock | (Leors) | |
| Sébastien Tellier | 1975- | electronica, pop | | |
| Amália Rodrigues | 1920-1999 | fado | | |
| Ana Moura | 1979- | fado | (Cláudia) | |
| Celeste Rodrigues | 1923-2018 | fado | (Maria) | |
| Mariza | 1973- | fado | (Marisa dos Reis) | |
| Nynke Laverman | 1980- | fado | | |
| Alan Menken | 1949- | film score | | |
| A. R. Rahman | 1967- | film score | (Allah, Rakha) | |
| Bear McCreary | 1979- | film score | | |
| Christophe Beck | 1972- | film score | (Jean) | |
| Danny Elfman | 1953- | film score | (Daniel) | |
| Elmer Bernstein | 1922-2004 | film score | | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1928-2020 | film score | | |
| Hans Zimmer | 1957- | film score | | |
| Harry Gregson-Williams | 1961- | film score | | |
| Henry Jackman | 1974- | film score | | |
| Henry Mancini | 1924-1994 | film score | (Enrico, Nicola) | |
| James Horner | 1953-2015 | film score | (Roy) | |
| Jerry Goldsmith | 1929-2004 | film score | (Jerrald) | |
| John Barry | 1933-2011 | film score | | |
| John Powell | 1963- | film score | | |
| Lata Mangeshkar | 1929-2022 | film score | (Hema) | |
| Marc Streitenfeld | 1974- | film score | | |
| Mark Isham | 1951- | film score | | |
| Maurice Jarre | 1924-2009 | film score | (Alexis) | |
| Michael Giacchino | 1967- | film score | | |
| Michael Nyman | 1944- | film score | | |
| Mohammed Rafi | 1924-1980 | film score | | |
| Nicholas Hooper | c. 1952- | film score | | |
| O. P. Nayyar | 1926-2007 | film score | (Omkar, Prasad) | |
| R. D. Burman | 1939-1994 | film score | (Rahul, Dev) | |
| Ramin Djawadi | 1974- | film score | | |
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 1946-2020 | film score | (Sripathi, Panditaradhyula) | |
| Stephen Warbeck | 1953- | film score | | |
| Howard Shore | 1946- | film score, classical | | |
| Nino Rota | 1911-1979 | film score, classical | (Giovanni) | |
| Camarón de la Isla | 1950-1992 | flamenco | (José) | |
| Lola Flores | 1923-1995 | flamenco | (María, Dolores) | |
| Paco de Lucía | 1947-2014 | flamenco | (Francisco) | |
| Aca Lukas | 1968- | folk | (Aleksandar) | |
| Ahmet Kaya | 1957-2000 | folk | | |
| Arlo Guthrie | 1947- | folk | (Davy) | |
| Art Garfunkel | 1941- | folk | (Arthur) | |
| Beth Orton | 1970- | folk | (Elizabeth, Caroline) | |
| Bob Dylan | 1941- | folk | (Robert, Allen) | |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1941- | folk | (Beverly) | |
| Ciarán Bourke | 1935-1988 | folk | | |
| Dolores Keane | 1953- | folk | | |
| Dónal Lunny | 1947- | folk | | |
| Donovan | 1946- | folk | (Phillips) | |
| Eliza Gilkyson | 1950- | folk | | |
| Freddie Aguilar | 1953- | folk | (Ferdinand) | |
| Haris Alexiou | 1950- | folk | (Hariklia) | |
| İbrahim Tatlıses | 1952- | folk | | |
| Jackson C. Frank | 1943-1999 | folk | (Carey) | |
| Joan Baez | 1941- | folk | | |
| Joni Mitchell | 1943- | folk | (Roberta, Joan) | |
| José Afonso | 1929-1987 | folk | (Zeca) | |
| Karel Kryl | 1944-1994 | folk | | |
| Laura Marling | 1990- | folk | (Beatrice) | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1934-2016 | folk | | |
| Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh | 1959- | folk | | |
| Maria Doyle Kennedy | 1964- | folk | (Josephine) | |
| Markéta Irglová | 1988- | folk | | |
| Mercedes Sosa | 1935-2009 | folk | (Haydée) | |
| Olivera Katarina | 1940- | folk | | |
| Paul Simon | 1941- | folk | | |
| Pete Seeger | 1919-2014 | folk | (Peter) | |
| Phil Ochs | 1940-1976 | folk | (Philip, David) | |
| Rosi Golan | 1981- | folk | | |
| Stojanka Novaković | 1972- | folk | (Stoja) | |
| Tracy Chapman | 1964- | folk | | |
| Victor Jara | 1932-1973 | folk | | |
| Vladimir Vysotsky | 1938-1980 | folk | | |
| Woody Guthrie | 1912-1967 | folk | (Woodrow, Wilson) | |
| Yavuz Bingöl | 1964- | folk | | |
| Ali Farka Touré | 1939-2006 | folk, blues | (Ibrahim) | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 1975- | folk, electronic, rock | | |
| Moya Brennan | 1952- | folk, new-age | (Máire, Philomena) | |
| Miri Aloni | 1949- | folk, pop | | |
| Regina Spektor | 1980- | folk, pop | | |
| Sabahudin Kurt | 1935-2018 | folk, pop | | |
| Bobbejaan Schoepen | 1925-2010 | folk, pop, cabaret | (Modest, Hyppoliet, Joanna) | |
| Angelo Kelly | 1981- | folk, pop, rock | | |
| John Denver | 1943-1997 | folk, pop, rock | (Henry) | |
| Phoebe Bridgers | 1994- | folk, pop, rock | (Lucille) | |
| Demis Roussos | 1946-2015 | folk, pop, rock, schlager | (Artemios) | |
| Roger Whittaker | 1936-2023 | folk, pop, schlager | (Henry, Brough) | |
| Paul Harrington | 1960- | folk, pop, soul | | |
| Carly Simon | 1945- | folk, rock | (Elisabeth) | |
| Don McLean | 1945- | folk, rock | (Donald) | |
| Janis Ian | 1951- | folk, rock | (Eddy) | |
| George Clinton | 1941- | funk | | |
| Sly Stone | 1943- | funk | (Sylvester) | |
| William "Bootsy" Collins | 1951- | funk | (Bootsy, Earl) | |
| Edwin Starr | 1942-2003 | funk, R&B, soul | (Charles) | |
| Prince | 1958-2016 | funk, rock | (Rogers) | |
| CeCe Winans | 1964- | gospel | (Priscilla, Marie) | |
| Edwin Hawkins | 1943-2018 | gospel | (Reuben) | |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 1915-1973 | gospel | (Rosether) | |
| Chris Fehn | 1973- | heavy metal | (Christopher, Michael) | |
| Corey Taylor | 1973- | heavy metal | (Todd) | |
| Craig "133" Jones | 1972- | heavy metal | | |
| Glenn Tipton | 1947- | heavy metal | (Raymond) | |
| Jim Root | 1971- | heavy metal | (James, Donald) | |
| Joey Jordison | 1975-2021 | heavy metal | (Nathan, Jonas) | |
| Mick Thomson | 1973- | heavy metal | (Mickael, Gordon) | |
| Paul "The Pig" Gray | 1972-2010 | heavy metal | (Dedrick) | |
| Shawn "Clown" Crahan | 1969- | heavy metal | (Michael) | |
| Sid Wilson | 1977- | heavy metal | (Sidney, George) | |
| Bruce Kulick | 1953- | heavy metal, rock | (Howard) | |
| John Corabi | 1959- | heavy metal, rock | | |
| Jussi "Amen" Sydänmaa | 1972- | heavy metal, rock | | |
| Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa | 1979- | heavy metal, rock | | |
| Mike Portnoy | 1967- | heavy metal, rock | (Michael, Stephen) | |
| Samer "OX" el Nahhal | 1975- | heavy metal, rock | | |
| Sampsa "Kita" Astala | 1974- | heavy metal, rock | | |
| Tomi "Mr Lordi" Putaansuu | 1974- | heavy metal, rock | (Petteri) | |
| Vince Neil | 1961- | heavy metal, rock | (Vincent) | |
| Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz | 1966- | hip hop | | |
| Adam "MCA" Yauch | 1964-2012 | hip hop | | |
| Ali B. | 1981- | hip hop | | |
| Amala "Doja Cat" Dlamini | 1995- | hip hop | | |
| Artis "Coolio" Ivey | 1963-2022 | hip hop | (Leon) | |
| Awkwafina | 1988- | hip hop | (Nora) | |
| Benjamin "Macklemore" Haggerty | 1983- | hip hop | (Macklemore, Hammond) | |
| Bera Ivanishvili | 1994- | hip hop | | |
| "Bushwick" Bill | 1966-2019 | hip hop | (Richard, William, Stephen) | |
| Bryan "Birdman" Williams | 1969- | hip hop | (Christopher) | |
| Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr. | 1971- | hip hop | (Cordozar) | |
| Cameron "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz | 1987- | hip hop | (Wiz, Jibril) | |
| Cardi B | 1992- | hip hop | (Belcalis, Marlenis) | |
| Chance the Rapper | 1993- | hip hop | (Chancelor, Jonathan) | |
| Chris Brown | 1989- | hip hop | (Christopher, Maurice) | |
| Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges | 1977- | hip hop | (Brian) | |
| Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace | 1972-1997 | hip hop | (Biggie) | |
| Chuck D | 1960- | hip hop | (Carlton, Douglas) | |
| Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson | 1975- | hip hop | | |
| Daniel "MF Doom" Dumile | 1971-2020 | hip hop | | |
| Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels | 1964- | hip hop | | |
| DeAndre "Soulja Boy" Way | 1990- | hip hop | (Cortez) | |
| Donald Glover | 1983- | hip hop | | |
| Drake | 1986- | hip hop | (Aubrey) | |
| Dr. Dre | 1965- | hip hop | (Andre, Romelle) | |
| Dwight "Heavy D" Myers | 1967-2011 | hip hop | (Arrington) | |
| Earl "DMX" Simmons | 1970-2021 | hip hop | | |
| Eric "Eazy-E" Wright | 1964-1995 | hip hop | (Lynn) | |
| Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom | 1985-2019 | hip hop | (Joseph) | |
| Fedez | 1989- | hip hop | (Federico, Leonardo) | |
| Fergie | 1975- | hip hop | (Stacy, Ann) | |
| Ghali | 1993- | hip hop | | |
| Iggy Azalea | 1990- | hip hop | (Amethyst, Amelia) | |
| Jahseh "XXXTentacion" Onfroy | 1998-2018 | hip hop | (Dwayne, Ricardo) | |
| Jamell "YNW Melly" Demons | 1999- | hip hop | (Maurice) | |
| James "LL Cool J" Smith | 1968- | hip hop | (Todd) | |
| Jarad "Juice Wrld" Higgins | 1998-2019 | hip hop | (Anthony) | |
| "Jam Master" Jay | 1965-2002 | hip hop | (Jason) | |
| Jay-Z | 1969- | hip hop | (Shawn, Corey) | |
| Jayceon "The Game" Taylor | 1979- | hip hop | (Terrell) | |
| Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins | 1976- | hip hop | (Bruce) | |
| J. Cole | 1985- | hip hop | (Jermaine, Lamar) | |
| Johnathan "Blueface" Porter | 1997- | hip hop | | |
| Joseph "Run" Simmons | 1964- | hip hop | (Ward) | |
| Jun "Nujabes" Seba | 1974-2010 | hip hop | (Nujabes) | |
| Kanye West | 1977- | hip hop | | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1987- | hip hop | | |
| DJ Khaled | 1975- | hip hop | (Mohamed) | |
| Lil' Kim | 1974- | hip hop | (Kimberly, Denise) | |
| Queen Latifah | 1970- | hip hop | (Dana, Elaine) | |
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | 1971-2002 | hip hop | (Nicole) | |
| Lonnie "Common" Lynn | 1972- | hip hop | (Corant, Jaman, Shuka, Rashid) | |
| Mac Miller | 1992-2018 | hip hop | (Larry, Malcolm, James) | |
| Marlon Roudette | 1983- | hip hop | (Rosegold) | |
| Marshall "Eminem" Mathers | 1972- | hip hop | (Eminem) | |
| Megan "Thee Stallion" Pete | 1995- | hip hop | | |
| Micheal "Tyga" Stevenson | 1989- | hip hop | (Tyga, Ray) | |
| Mike D | 1965- | hip hop | (Michael) | |
| Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | 1971- | hip hop | (Melissa, Arnette) | |
| Nas | 1973- | hip hop | (Nasir) | |
| Lil Nas X | 1999- | hip hop | (Montero, Lamar) | |
| Nayvadius "Future" Cash | 1983- | hip hop | (Future, DeMun) | |
| Nelly | 1974- | hip hop | (Cornell, Iral) | |
| Neneh Cherry | 1964- | hip hop | (Marianne) | |
| Nicki Minaj | 1982- | hip hop | (Onika, Tanya) | |
| Obie Trice | 1977- | hip hop | | |
| O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson | 1969- | hip hop | | |
| Paul "Stromae" van Haver | 1985- | hip hop | (Stromae) | |
| Paulo Londra | 1998- | hip hop | | |
| Percy "Master P" Miller | 1967- | hip hop | (Robert) | |
| Pras | 1972- | hip hop | (Prakazrel, Samuel) | |
| Rakim "ASAP Rocky" Mayers | 1988- | hip hop | (Athelaston) | |
| Rema | 2000- | hip hop | (Divine) | |
| "Slick" Rick | 1965- | hip hop | (Richard, Martin, Lloyd) | |
| Riz Ahmed | 1982- | hip hop | (Rizwan) | |
| Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle | 1967- | hip hop | (Matthew) | |
| Robert "Meek Mill" Williams | 1987- | hip hop | (Rihmeek) | |
| Russell "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones | 1968-2004 | hip hop | (Tyrone) | |
| Big Sean | 1988- | hip hop | (Michael, Leonard) | |
| Sean Combs | 1969- | hip hop | (John) | |
| Sfera Ebbasta | 1992- | hip hop | (Gionata) | |
| Shad "Bow Wow" Moss | 1987- | hip hop | (Gregory) | |
| Swae Lee | 1995- | hip hop | (Khalif, Malik, Shaman) | |
| Taco Hemingway | 1990- | hip hop | (Filip, Tadeusz) | |
| Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley | 1972- | hip hop | (Zachary) | |
| Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow | 1958- | hip hop | (Lauren) | |
| Tramar "Flo Rida" Dillard | 1979- | hip hop | | |
| Travis Scott | 1991- | hip hop | (Jacques, Bermon) | |
| Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith | 1972- | hip hop | (George) | |
| Tupac "2Pac" Shakur | 1971-1996 | hip hop | (Lesane, Parish) | |
| Lil Wayne | 1982- | hip hop | (Dwayne, Michael) | |
| Will Smith | 1968- | hip hop | (Willard, Carroll) | |
| Will.i.am | 1975- | hip hop | (William, James) | |
| Yasiin "Mos Def" Bey | 1973- | hip hop | (Dante, Terrell) | |
| Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam | 1975- | hip hop, electronic | (Matangi, Mathangi) | |
| Austin "Post Malone" Post | 1995- | hip hop, pop | (Malone, Richard) | |
| Janelle Monáe | 1985- | hip hop, pop, R&B, soul | | |
| CeeLo Green | 1975- | hip hop, R&B | (Thomas, DeCarlo) | |
| Keith Sweat | 1961- | hip hop, R&B, soul | | |
| Wyclef Jean | 1969- | hip hop, R&B, soul | (Nel, Ust) | |
| Sean Paul | 1973- | hip hop, reggae | (Francis) | |
| Anuel AA | 1992- | hip hop, reggaeton | (Emmanuel) | |
| Ozuna | 1992- | hip hop, reggaeton | (Juan, Carlos) | |
| Tego Calderón | 1972- | hip hop, reggaeton | (Tegui, Carlos) | |
| Anton "Zedd" Zaslavski | 1989- | house | (Zedd) | |
| Kyrre "Kygo" Gørvell-Dahll | 1991- | house | | |
| Martin Garrix | 1996- | house | (Martijn, Gerard) | |
| Robin Schulz | 1987- | house | | |
| Ron Carroll | 1968- | house, electronic | (Ronald, Michael) | |
| Bhimsen Joshi | 1922-2011 | Indian classical | | |
| Bismillah Khan | 1916-2006 | Indian classical | | |
| Hariprasad Chaurasia | 1938- | Indian classical | | |
| L. Subramaniam | 1947- | Indian classical | (Lakshminarayana) | |
| Ram Narayan | 1927- | Indian classical | | |
| Ravi Shankar | 1920-2012 | Indian classical | (Ravindra, Robindro) | |
| Shivkumar Sharma | 1938-2022 | Indian classical | | |
| M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1916-2004 | Indian classical | | |
| T. H. Vinayakram | 1942- | Indian classical | | |
| Zakir Hussain | 1951- | Indian classical | | |
| Iwan Rheon | 1985- | indie | | |
| Richard Clayderman | 1953- | instrumental | (Philippe) | |
| Adelaide Hall | 1901-1993 | jazz | (Louise) | |
| Anna Maria Jopek | 1970- | jazz | | |
| Armando "Chick" Corea | 1941-2021 | jazz | (Chick) | |
| Atilla Engin | 1946-2019 | jazz | | |
| Attila Zoller | 1927-1998 | jazz | (Cornelius) | |
| Billie Holiday | 1915-1959 | jazz | (Elinore) | |
| Bisera Veletanlić | 1942- | jazz | | |
| Bobby McFerrin | 1950- | jazz | | |
| Boy Edgar | 1915-1980 | jazz | (George, Willem, Fred) | |
| Cab Calloway | 1907-1994 | jazz | (Cabell) | |
| Cassandra Wilson | 1955- | jazz | | |
| Cecil Taylor | 1929-2018 | jazz | (Percival) | |
| Cedar Walton | 1934-2013 | jazz | | |
| Charles Mingus | 1922-1979 | jazz | | |
| Charlie Byrd | 1925-1999 | jazz | (Lee) | |
| Charlie Parker | 1920-1955 | jazz | (Charles) | |
| Chet Baker | 1929-1988 | jazz | (Chesney) | |
| Dave Brubeck | 1920-2012 | jazz | (David) | |
| Diane "Deedles" Schuur | 1953- | jazz | (Joan) | |
| Django Reinhardt | 1910-1953 | jazz | | |
| Earl Hines | 1903-1983 | jazz | (Kenneth) | |
| Eartha Kitt | 1927-2008 | jazz | (Mae) | |
| Eddy Duchin | 1909-1951 | jazz | (Edwin) | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 1917-1996 | jazz | (Jane) | |
| George Benson | 1943- | jazz | | |
| Herbie Hancock | 1940- | jazz | (Herbert) | |
| Jaco Pastorius | 1951-1987 | jazz | (John, Francis, Anthony) | |
| James P. Johnson | 1894-1955 | jazz | (Price) | |
| Jimmie Lunceford | 1902-1947 | jazz | (James, Melvin) | |
| John Coltrane | 1926-1967 | jazz | (William) | |
| John "Dizzy" Gillespie | 1917-1993 | jazz | (Dizzy, Birks) | |
| Jon Batiste | 1986- | jazz | (Jonathan) | |
| Kenny G. | 1956- | jazz | (Kenneth, Bruce) | |
| Lennie Niehaus | 1929-2020 | jazz | (Leonard) | |
| Louis Armstrong | 1901-1971 | jazz | (Daniel) | |
| Miles Davis | 1926-1991 | jazz | | |
| Mulatu Astatke | 1943- | jazz | | |
| Nat "King" Cole | 1919-1965 | jazz | (King, Nathaniel) | |
| Noble Sissle | 1889-1975 | jazz | (Lee) | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 1924-1990 | jazz | | |
| Stan Getz | 1927-1991 | jazz | (Stanley) | |
| Tamara Obrovac | 1962- | jazz | | |
| Thelonious Monk | 1917-1982 | jazz | | |
| Thomas "Fats" Waller | 1904-1943 | jazz | (Wright) | |
| Willie Smith | 1910-1967 | jazz | (William, McLeish) | |
| Willie "The Lion" Smith | 1893-1973 | jazz | (William, Henry, Joseph, Bonaparte) | |
| Woody Herman | 1913-1987 | jazz | (Woodrow, Charles) | |