Entertainers

96 people, in date order

• Claudio Monteverdi 1567–1643, composer
• Henry Purcell 1659–1695, composer
• Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741, composer
• George Frideric Handel 1685–1759, composer
• Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750, composer
• Joseph Haydn 1732–1809, composer
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791, composer
• Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827, composer
• Franz Schubert 1797–1828, composer
• Frédéric Chopin 1810–1849, composer
• Franz Liszt 1811–1886, composer
• Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901, composer
• Richard Wagner 1813–1883, composer
• Johann Strauss II 1825–1899, composer
• Johannes Brahms 1833–1897, composer
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893, composer
• Sarah Bernhardt 1844–1923, actress
• Giacomo Puccini 1858–1924, composer
• Claude Debussy 1862–1918, composer
• Enrico Caruso 1873–1921, opera singer
• Harry Houdini 1874–1926, magician
• Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971, composer
• Charlie Chaplin 1889–1977, actor
• Groucho Marx 1890–1977, comedian
• Buster Keaton 1895–1966, actor
• Umm Kulthum c. 1898–1975, singer
• Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980, director
• Duke Ellington 1899–1974, musician
• Louis Armstrong 1901–1971, musician
• Bing Crosby 1903–1977, singer
• Greta Garbo 1905–1990, actress
• John Wayne 1907–1979, actor
• Katharine Hepburn 1907–2003, actress
• Akira Kurosawa 1910–1998, director
• Billie Holiday 1915–1959, singer
• Frank Sinatra 1915–1998, singer
• Ella Fitzgerald 1917–1996, singer
• Ingmar Bergman 1918–2007, director
• Federico Fellini 1920–1993, director
• Satyajit Ray 1921–1992, director
• Marlon Brando 1924–2004, actor
• Chuck Berry 1926–2017, musician
• Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962, actress
• Miles Davis 1926–1991, musician
• Stanley Kubrick 1928–1999, director
• Audrey Hepburn 1929–1993, actress
• Ray Charles 1930–2004, musician
• Elizabeth Taylor 1932–2011, actress
• Elvis Presley 1935–1977, musician
• Woody Allen 1935–, director
• George Carlin 1937–2008, comedian
• Jack Nicholson 1937–, actor
• Fela Kuti 1938–1997, musician
• Bruce Lee 1940–1973, actor
• John Lennon 1940–1980, musician
• Richard Pryor 1940–2005, comedian
• Ringo Starr 1940–, musician
• Bob Dylan 1941–, musician
• Hayao Miyazaki 1941–, animator
• Aretha Franklin 1942–2018, singer
• Jimi Hendrix 1942–1970, musician
• Martin Scorsese 1942–, director
• Paul McCartney 1942–, musician
• Barış Manço 1943–1999, musician
• George Harrison 1943–2001, musician
• Janis Joplin 1943–1970, singer
• Jim Morrison 1943–1971, singer
• Mick Jagger 1943–, musician
• Robert De Niro 1943–, actor
• Bob Marley 1945–1981, musician
• Dolly Parton 1946–2026, singer
• Freddie Mercury 1946–1991, singer
• Steven Spielberg 1946–, director
• David Bowie 1947–2016, musician
• Elton John 1947–, musician
• Meryl Streep 1949–, actress
• Stevie Wonder 1950–, musician
• Robin Williams 1951–2014, actor
• Jackie Chan 1954–, actor
• Tom Hanks 1956–, actor
• Madonna 1958–, musician
• Michael Jackson 1958–2009, musician
• Prince 1958–2016, musician
• Quentin Tarantino 1963–, director
• Whitney Houston 1963–2012, singer
• Shah Rukh Khan 1965–, actor
• Kurt Cobain 1967–1994, musician
• Jay-Z 1969–, rapper
• Tupac Shakur 1971–1996, rapper
• Eminem 1972–, rapper
• Tarkan 1972–, singer
• Beyoncé 1981–, musician
• Lady Gaga 1986–, musician
• Adele 1988–, singer
• Taylor Swift 1989–, musician
• RM 1994–, rapper