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Artists, musicians, and composers

Musicians and composers

"Weird Al" Yankovic

American comedy musician (born 1959)

American hip-hop group

South Korean girl group

American rapper and actor (born 1975)

Kazakhstan boys band

A Tribe Called Quest

American hip hop group

Indian composer and musician (born 1967)

American singer, actress, and model (1979–2001)

American composer and conductor (1900–1990)

Hong Kong singer and actor

American writer and cartoonist (born 1974)

Abanindranath Tagore

Indian painter and writer (1871–1951)

Swedish pop group

Indian artist (1500-1593)

Abdel Halim Hafez

Egyptian musician and actor

Abdel Karim Karouma

Sudanese singer and songwriter

Abdullah Ibrahim

South African pianist and composer (born 1934)

Pakistani singer

Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and singer-songwriter

Australian rock band

English-American singer (1873-1922)

English singer-songwriter (born 1988)

Opera singer (1843–1919)

Austrian and Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture

Swiss artist (1864–1930)

American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)

Belgian musical instrument designer and musician

Adrian Frutiger

Swiss typeface designer

Adrian Willaert

French-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School

American rock band

Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ, record producer and activist

Norwegian synth-pop band

Afghan musician

Pakistani playback singer

Turkish-American songwriter, record producer, music executive

Chinese conceptual artist and dissident

Japanese idol group

Japanese singer and actress (born 1965)

Japanese manga artist (1955–2024)

Akira Yoshizawa

Japanese origamist

Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist from New Jersey

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Finnish painter (1865-1931)

Mozambican-born South African-British vocalist and jazz guitarist

American singer

Lithuanian-American entertainer (1886–1950)

American country music band

American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker

Alan Martin (writer)

British comics writer (born 1966)

American composer

English audio engineer, musician, and record producer

Hong Kong singer

Alanis Morissette

Canadian-American musician (born 1974)

Austrian composer (1885–1935)

American jazz saxophonist (1936-1970)

Albert Namatjira

Australian painter (1902–1959)

German architect and Nazi planner (1905–1981)

French comic book artist, best known as illustrator of the Astérix series

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)

Albrecht Dürer

German painter, printmaker and theorist (1471–1528)

Ancient Greek sculptor

Italian architect (1931–1997)

Spanish singer-songwriter and musician

Alessandro Algardi

Italian sculptor (1598-1654)

Alexander Archipenko

Ukrainian and American avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist

Alexander Borodin

Russian composer, doctor and chemist

Alexander Calder

American sculptor (1898–1976)

Alexander Glazunov

Russian composer (1865–1936)

Alexander McQueen

British fashion designer (1969–2010)

Alexander Rodchenko

Russian artist and designer (1891–1956)

Alexander Scriabin

Russian pianist and composer

Alexander Vertinsky

Alexandre Cabanel

19th-century French painter

Alexey Pajitnov

Russian video game designer and computer engineer, creator of the video game "Tetris"

Alexey Shchusev

Russian architect (1873-1949)

Austrian composer and pianist (1931–2025)

French pianist (1877–1962

Countertenor singer

Alfred Eisenstaedt

American photojournalist

Alfred Mosher Butts

American architect who invented Scrabble

Alfred Schnittke

German Soviet composer

19th-century French painter

Alfred Stieglitz

American photographer

Hindustani musician

Ali Farka Touré

Malian musician

American musician and actor

Alice in Chains

American rock band

Alicia de Larrocha

Spanish pianist

American singer-songwriter

Aliquli Jabbadar

Iranian painter (1666–1694)

American bluegrass-country singer, fiddler and music producer (born 1971)

French singer (born 1984)

Indian playback singer

Russian singer (born 1949)

Indian tabla player

American artist (1927–2006)

Indian musician (1862–1972)

Czechoslovak photographer, painter and illustrator

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

Álvaro Siza Vieira

Portuguese architect (born 1933)

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin Langdon Coburn

American photographer

Amália Rodrigues

Portuguese fado singer; known as the Queen of Fado

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Italian painter (1290–1348)

Amedeo Modigliani

Italian painter and sculptor

Taiwanese singer and record producer (born 1972)

Amir Khan (singer)

Egyptian singer

Amrita Sher-Gil

Hungarian-Indian painter

American composer and pianist

American musician

English singer and songwriter

American musician

Hungarian-born British musician

French painter and engraver

Dutch singer and actor (1951–2004)

André Kertész

Hungarian photographer (1894 – 1985)

André Le Nôtre

French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France

German-American pianist, conductor and composer

Dutch violinist and conductor

Italian tenor (born 1958)

Andrea del Sarto

Italian painter (1486-1530)

Andrea del Verrocchio

15th century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter

Andrea della Robbia

Italian Renaissance sculptor, especially in ceramics (1435–1525)

Andrea Mantegna

Italian Renaissance painter (1431–1506)

Andrea Palladio

16th-century Italian Renaissance architect in the Republic of Venice

14th century Italian sculptor and architect

German artist and photographer

André-Charles Boulle

French cabinetmaker (1642-1732)

Medieval Russian artist

Andrés Segovia

Spanish guitarist

Andrew Lloyd Webber

English theatre composer (born 1948)

Hong Kong actor and singer

American artist, film director and producer

American singer (1927–2012)

Winnebago painter

Angelica Kauffman

18th/19th-century Swiss Neoclassical painter

Angélique Kidjo

Beninese-French musician and actress

Indonesian-French singer and actress (born 1974)

Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and former UN Goodwill Ambassador

British-Indian artist (born 1954)

Hong Kong singer and actress (1963–2003)

Anitta (singer)

Brazilian singer, songwriter, television host and actress

Anjolie Ela Menon

19th-century English botanist and photographer

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

Italian soprano (17th century)

Cypriot recording artist and actress

Annibale Carracci

Bolognese painter (1560–1609)

Annie Leibovitz

American photographer (born 1949)

Anthony Braxton

American musician, composer, and philosopher

Anthony van Dyck

17th-century Flemish Baroque artist

Antoine Bourdelle

French sculptor (1861-1929)

Antoine Watteau

Antoine-Jean Gros

19th-century Austrian composer

Anton Raphael Mengs

German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)

Austrian composer and conductor (1883–1945)

Antonello da Messina

15th-century Italian painter

Antonín Dvořák

Antonio Aguilar

Mexican singer, actor, equestrian, film producer, and screenwriter

Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Brazilian musician

Antonio da Correggio

Italian Renaissance painter (1489–1534)

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer (1750–1825)

Antonio Stradivari

Italian stringed instrument maker

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian baroque period composer, virtuoso violinist and teacher

4th century BC Greek painter

British electronic musician (born 1971)

Apo Hiking Society

Filipino musical group

Apollodorus of Damascus

2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer

Aquarium (band)

Russian musical group

Aram Khachaturian

Armenian composer (1903–1978)

Japanese idol group (1999–2020)

Japanese architect

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer (1653–1713)

Aretha Franklin

African American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

American singer and actress (born 1993)

Israeli musical artist

Aristide Maillol

Armin van Buuren

Norwegian singer, lyricist, composer and producer

Danish architect

German sculptor, a favorite of Adolf Hitler.

Arnold Böcklin

Swiss Symbolist painter (1827–1901)

Arnold Schoenberg

Austrian-American composer (1874–1951)

Arnolfo di Cambio

13th century Italian architect and sculptor

Armenian-American painter

American jazz drummer and bandleader

American jazz pianist (1909–1956)

Artemisia Gentileschi

Italian painter (1593–1650s)

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist

Arthur Sullivan

19th-century English composer

Arthur Wimperis

English dramatist and screenwriter (1874-1953)

American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader

Austrian pianist

Arturo Toscanini

19/20th-century Italian conductor

Estonian composer of classical and religious music

Indian playback singer (born 1933)

Astor Piazzolla

Argentine composer, bandoneon player and arranger (1921–1992)

Aubrey Beardsley

English illustrator and author

German painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter

American sculptor

French sculptor

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

American artist, sculptor and coin engraver

Aventura (band)

American musical group; bachata band

Swedish DJ and music producer (1989–2018)

Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1984)

Malaysian actor and singer

Ayinde Barrister

Nigerian musician (1948-2010)

Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Indian architect

Japanese kawaii metal band

Backstreet Boys

American boy band

Russian hip hop group

South Korean singer

Chinese actor and singer (1921-1999)

Chinese actress and singer

Balthasar Neumann

German architect (1687-1753)

English pop group

Pseudonymous English graffiti artist and painter

Persian musician

Barbara Hepworth

English artist and sculptor

Barbara Strozzi

Italian baroque singer and composer

Barbra Streisand

American singer, actress, and filmmaker

American singer and songwriter (born 1943)

American singer-songwriter

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Spanish Baroque painter (1617-1682)

Bartolomeo Cristofori

Italian maker of musical instruments

Bay City Rollers

Scottish pop rock band

American hip hop group (1979–2012)

Bedřich Smetana

19th-century Czech composer

Music group formed in 1958

Hungarian composer (1881–1945)

Nigerian painter and sculptor (1917-1994)

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1973)

Beniamino Gigli

Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

English architect

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader

American jazz musician

Benvenuto Cellini

Florentine sculptor and goldsmith

Bernard Herrmann

American composer

British studio potter and art teacher

Bernardo De Pace

Vaudeville performer

American music executive and record producer (born 1929)

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Danish sculptor (1770–1844)

19th-century French artist

American blues singer

Jazz singer, songwriter

American librettist, songwriter, actress (1917-2006)

American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1981)

Big Bill Broonzy

American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist

BigBang (South Korean band)

South Korean boyband

American punk rock band

American jazz pianist

American graphic designer

Rock and roll music pioneer

Bill Mitchell (automobile designer)

Automobile designer (1912-1988)

American bluegrass musician, songwriter

American audio engineer, producer, and studio designer

American cartoonist

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1949)

American R&B musician

Billy Strayhorn

American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

Swedish dramatic soprano (1918–2005)

Bix Beiderbecke

American jazz musician

Icelandic musician

Black Eyed Peas

American hip hop group from California

Black Flag (band)

American hardcore punk band

English rock band

South Korean girl group

Blind Lemon Jefferson

American blues singer and guitarist

American rock band

American rock band

Blue Öyster Cult

American hard rock band

English rock band

American R&B musician

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

American comic book artist, the creator of Batman

American businessman and knife-maker

Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist (1945–1981)

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Jamaican reggae band

American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader

Bobbejaan Schoepen

Belgian musician

American singer, songwriter and actor

Bohuslav Martinů

American rock band

Euro-Caribbean vocal group

American musician

Irish musician and activist (born 1960)

Boogie Down Productions

American hip-hop group

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

American rock band

Boudewijn de Groot

Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1944)

American vocal group

South African pop singer (1964–2004)

American singer (born 1944)

Australian artist (1939-1992)

British musician (born 1948)

British personal manager and impresario

Brian Ferneyhough

British composer

American musician (1942–2025)

British painter

Bring Me the Horizon

British rock band

American singer (born 1981)

Italian Mannerist painter (1503-1572)

Bruce Onobrakpeya

Nigerian painter and sculptor

Bruce Springsteen

American rock musician (born 1949)

American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Hawaii

German architect

Canadian guitarist

South Korean boy band

Buckminster Fuller

American philosopher, architect and inventor (1895–1983)

Buckwheat Zydeco

American accordionist

American pianist and composer

American cornetist and jazz pioneer

American rock and roll singer (1936–1959)

Jazz drummer and bandleader

Buffy Sainte-Marie

American musician (born 1941)

Buhurizade Mustafa Itri

Ottoman composer

Jamaican musician

Bulat Okudzhava

Soviet writer and singer (1924-1997)

American photographer and model

Jamaican roots reggae musician

American pianist, composer and music producer

Japanese musical group; rock duo

Cuban double bassist and composer

Brazilian composer, singer

Chinese singer, dancer, rapper, and songwriter

Calle 13 (band)

Puerto Rican band

Ancient Greek architect

Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer

American fashion designer

Camarón de la Isla

Spanish flamenco singer

Camille Claudel

French sculptor and graphic artist

Camille Pissarro

Camille Saint-Saëns

French composer, organist, conductor and pianist

Italian painter of landscapes (1697-1768)

Captain Beefheart

American musician (1941–2010)

Italian painter (1571–1610)

American rapper (born 1992)

American artist

American cartoonist

Austrian composer, teacher and pianist (1791–1857)

Swedish painter (1853-1919)

Carl Maria von Weber

German Romantic composer (1786–1826)

Carl Michael Bellman

18th-century Swedish poet, songwriter, composer and performer

Danish composer (1865–1931)

German composer

American rockabilly musician

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

German composer (1714–1788)

Carleton Watkins

American photographer (1829–1916)

Italian prince, 1566–1613, known for his compositions and for killing his wife and her lover

Italian architect (1556–1629)

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor

Carlos do Carmo

Portuguese singer

Argentinian singer, songwriter, actor and tango artist

German-born Austrian conductor

Carlos Raúl Villanueva

Venezuelan architect

Carly Rae Jepsen

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1985)

American singer-songwriter, musician and author

Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star

American singer-songwriter

Carrie Underwood

American country music singer

Traditional American folk music group

Brazilian composer

Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)

British singer-songwriter

British photographer, designer, socialite, writer

American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018)

Cecilia Bartoli

Italian opera singer

Canadian singer (born 1968)

Turkish rock singer and songwriter (1945–2004)

Russian composer and army officer

Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)

Argentine architect

Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean musician

American singer and songwriter

Chalermchai Kositpipat

French caricaturist and journalist (1967-2015)

American cartoonist

Charles and Ray Eames

American designers and architects

Charles Aznavour

French-Armenian singer and songwriter

Charles Dana Gibson

American artist and illustrator

American board game designer

American painter

Charles Frederick Worth

19th-century English fashion designer

Charles Garnier (architect)

French architect

French composer (1818-1893)

American composer

Charles Le Brun

17th-century French painter and art theorist

Charles Lewis Tiffany

Jewelry businessman (1812-1902)

Charles M. Schulz

American cartoonist

American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Scottish designer and artist (1868–1962)

Charles Santley

English opera singer

French singer-songwriter

American Delta blues musician

American musician

Charlie Christian

American swing and jazz guitarist

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Argentinian musician

Algerian musician

Congolese painter

American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer

Chevalier de Saint-Georges

French classical musician, conductor and composer

American rock band from Chicago

Chiquinha Gonzaga

Brazilian musician and composer (1847-1935)

American singer, songwriter, and dancer from Virginia

American artist

German mezzo-soprano

French fashion designer

Christian Louboutin

French fashion designer; specializes in shoes

Christina Aguilar

Christina Aguilera

American singer and songwriter (born 1980)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Opera composer (1714–1787)

Christopher Wren

English architect

Christy Essien-Igbokwe

Nigerian actress and singer

Indonesian singer and songwriter

Chinese chancellor

American singer and dancer (born 1941)

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

American painter

American animator and filmmaker (1912–2002)

Italian artist (1240–1302)

American photographer

Claes Oldenburg

Swedish-born American sculptor

Irish folk band

German musician and composer

Clarence Hudson White

American photographer

Clarence Wijewardena

Sri Lankan singer and musician (1943–1996)

French classical composer (1862–1918)

Claude François

French singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978)

French painter, draughtsman and etcher

French painter (1840–1926)

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

French Neoclassical architect

Italian conductor (1933–2014)

Chilean pianist

Claudio Monteverdi

Italian composer, string player, choirmaster and priest (1567-1643)

British pop singer, musician, and actor

American jazz musician

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

Australian Aboriginal artist (1932-2002)

Clifton Chenier

American Zydeco accordion player and singer

American record producer and music executive (born 1932)

Clyde McPhatter

American singer (1932–1972)

French fashion designer (1883–1971)

Australian rock band

British rock band

American composer and songwriter (1891–1964)

Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

Colonel Tom Parker

Dutch musical entrepreneur and manager of Elvis Presley

Comedian Harmonists

German close harmony ensemble

Constantin Brâncuși

French-Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter

Cosmas of Maiuma

Bishop and hymnographer

American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer

1960s British rock supergroup

Creedence Clearwater Revival

American rock band (1959-1972)

Cristóbal Balenciaga

Spanish fashion designer

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

American and British folk rock supergroup

South Korean musical group; punk band

Chinese singer-songwriter (born 1961)

Curtis Mayfield

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

American painter

American singer, songwriter, actress and activist

Thai musical group

Puerto Rican singer

French electronic music duo

Daihachi Oguchi

Japanese musician

Italian-French singer and actress (1933–1987)

Palestinian hip-hop group

American recording artist

American musician (born 1974)

Daniel Barenboim

Argentine-born pianist and conductor (born 1942)

American architect and urban designer

Swedish businessman (born 1983)

Daniel Libeskind

American architect

Daniel O'Donnell

Daniel Owino Misiani

Tanzanian musician

Daniela Mercury

Brazilian singer-songwriter

American composer (born 1953)

Lebanese painter

French composer, conductor and teacher (1892-1974)

Washoe basket weaver

Russian musician

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)

American klezmer musician

British architect (born 1966)

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

American actor and musician (1950–2017)

French sculptor and medallist (1788-1856)

Canadian record producer and songwriter (born 1949)

French DJ and record producer

British artist (born 1937)

Soviet violinist (1908–1974)

American Christian rap band

American hardcore punk band

Canadian music producer and DJ (born 1981)

American singer, actor (1917–1995)

Death (metal band)

American death metal band

Debbie Friedman

Jewish American musician

English rock band

British rock band

American country musician (1899–1982)

Delia Derbyshire

English musician and composer of electronic music

Australian singer-songwriter

American singer (born 1992)

Virtuoso horn player

English electronic band

Destiny's Child

American musical group

Indonesian rock band

American jazz tenor saxophonist

Diamond Platnumz

Tanzanian singer, dancer, philanthropist and businessman

American singer and actress (born 1944)

American photographer (1923–1971)

Diane von Fürstenberg

Belgian fashion designer

American songwriter, musician, and record producer

Indonesian singer/songwriter

Mexican muralist

Diego Velázquez

17th-century Spanish painter

Dieterich Buxtehude

Danish-German organist and composer (1637–1707)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor (1925–2012)

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

Dimash Qudaibergen

American singer and actress (1916–1994)

Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist

Romanian pianist and composer (1917–1950)

American singer, actress and TV show host

British rock band (1977–1995)

Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz trumpeter

Ivorian musician, singer and record producer

Django Reinhardt

Romani-French jazz musician (1910–1953)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Soviet composer and pianist (1906–1975)

American country musician (born 1946)

Domenico Fontana

Italian architect born in today's Ticino (1543–1607)

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Italian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448-1494)

Domenico Modugno

Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer (1685–1757)

American animator (born 1937)

American comic book writer and illustrator (born 1951)

American artist

Donatella Versace

Italian fashion designer

Italian Renaissance sculptor

Donato Bramante

Italian architect and painter (1444–1514)

Dondi (graffiti artist)

American graffiti artist

Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist (1555-1636)

Chinese painter

American singer (1948–2012)

Scottish musician (born 1946)

American photojournalist

American interior designer (1889-1969)

American beatboxer, rapper and producer

American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur from California

Drake (musician)

Canadian rapper (born 1986)

South Korean hip hop group

American sculptor (1925 - 1996)

13th and 14th-century Italian painter

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

English pop rock band

Dusty Springfield

English singer and record producer

American cartoonist, 1894-1938

Ghanaian musicians

Eadweard Muybridge

English photographer (1830–1904)

American rock band (formed 1971)

American jazz pianist

American musician

Earth, Wind & Fire

American rapper (1964–1995)

English singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor

American rock and roll pioneer (1938–1960)

French composer

Hong Kong singer, actor, and fashion designer (born 1980)

American film and television costumer

African American sculptor

19th-century French painter

Eduardo Chillida

Spanish Basque sculptor

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

Norwegian painter and printmaker

English composer

20th-century American painter

Edward S. Curtis

American photographer

Edward Steichen

American photographer, artist, and curator

American photographer (1886-1958)

English painter

Finnish-American architect

Austrian painter

Japanese manga artist

Irish architect and furniture designer

Ghanaian artist (born 1944)

Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance (1541–1614)

Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect

Electric Light Orchestra

English rock band

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German opera soprano

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

French portrait painter (1755–1842)

Elizabeth Zimmermann

Knitting designer and author

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

American composer

American singer-songwriter

Elsa Schiaparelli

Italian fashion designer and couturier

American actress and interior decorator (1865-1950)

British musician and songwriter (born 1947)

American jazz drummer

Elvira de Hidalgo

Spanish operatic soprano and pedagogue

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

Brazilian musician

German artist (1867–1956)

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Aboriginal Australian artist from Utopia, Northern Territory (1910-1996)

American rapper (born 1972)

American singer, songwriter and musician

Ennio Morricone

Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)

Italian opera tenor (1873–1921)

Enrique Granados

Spanish pianist and composer

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer (born 1975)

Irish singer (born 1961)

Philippine rock band

Eric B. & Rakim

American hip hop duo

English musician (born 1945)

English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker (1882–1940)

Erich Mendelsohn

Jewish German architect

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth

French composer and pianist (1866–1925)

Ernest Tomlinson

English composer

Hungarian inventor

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

German expressionist painter (1880–1938)

Eros Ramazzotti

Italian musician and singer-songwriter

American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress from Texas

Esther Mahlangu

South African artist

English composer and suffragette

American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress

American singer

French photographer (1857-1927)

Eugène Delacroix

19th-century French painter

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

French architect and author

Eusèbe Jaojoby

Composer and singer from Madagascar

German-born American sculptor and textile artist (1936-1970)

American rock band

Scottish percussionist

Swedish author, artist, composer and singer

Polish singer, actress

Scottish singer

Exile (Japanese band)

Japanese boy band

South Korean–Chinese boy group

South Korean girl group

Fabrizio De André

Italian singer-songwriter

Fairport Convention

British folk rock group

Lebanese singer

Falco (musician)

Austrian musician (1958–1998)

American pop punk rock band

Chinese painter (990-1020)

American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer

Faramarz Payvar

Iranian composer and santurist

Pakistani classical and ghazal singer

Bangladeshi singer

Italian castrato singer (1705–1782)

American R&B musician

American jazz pianist and composer

Faustina Bordoni

Opera singer (1697-1781)

Thai girl group

Nigerian musician and activist

Nigerian classical musician and composer

Felipe Pinglo Alva

Félix González-Torres

American conceptual artist

Felix Mendelssohn

19th-century German composer, pianist, organist and conductor

Félix Resurrección Hidalgo

Filipino painter (1855-1913)

Feodor Chaliapin

Russian opera singer

Fernando Amorsolo

Filipino painter

Fernando Botero

Colombian painter and sculptor

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian architect

15th-century Italian Renaissance painter

Japanese rock band (1987-)

British-American rock band

Fletcher Henderson

American jazz pianist and bandleader

American rock band

Foreigner (band)

American/British rock band

15th-century early Italian Renaissance painter

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli

Italian architect (1700-1771)

Francesco Borromini

Italian architect and leading figure in Roman Baroque architecture

Francesco Hayez

Italian painter

Francesco Landini

Late medieval Italian composer

Francis Bacon (artist)

Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

Francis Greenway

British-Australian architect (1777–1837)

Francis Magalona

Filipino rapper

Francis Poulenc

French composer and pianist (1899-1963)

Francisco de Zurbarán

Spanish painter (1598–1664)

18th and 19th-century Spanish painter and printmaker

Francisco Tárrega

Spanish composer and classical guitarist (1852-1909)

Italian operatic tenor (1921-2003)

Congolese lingala musician (1938-1989)

François Boucher

18th-century French painter

François Couperin

French composer (1688–1733)

François Mansart

French architect (1598-1666)

French sculptor (1784–1855)

Françoise Hardy

French singer-songwriter

François-Joseph Naderman

French composer (1781-1835)

Canadian–American architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect (1867–1959)

American singer (born 1987)

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

American musician

Frankie Knuckles

American DJ, record producer and remixerDJ, record producer & remixer

17th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands

Austro-Hungarian composer

Hungarian composer and pianist (1811–1886)

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

German film composer (1906–1967)

British record producer

Freddie Aguilar

Filipino musician (1953–2025)

Freddie Mercury

British rock musician (1946–1991)

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

French sculptor

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

Frederic Leighton

English painter and sculptor

Frederic Remington

19th and 20th-century American artist

Frederick Law Olmsted

American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator

German architect (1925-2015)

Mexican painter (1907–1954)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Austrian-born visual artist

Friedrich Kalkbrenner

German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849)

Austrian violinist, composer

Fritz Wunderlich

German opera singer

American punk band

American businessman

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and actor

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer

American country singer (born 1962)

American game designer and writer

Danish rock band (1969-1978)

Spanish guitarist and composer

Indian actress and singer

American actor and singer

American musician

English rock band

Gentile Bellini

Italian painter

Gentile da Fabriano

Italian painter

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Indigenous Australian musician

German sculptor

Georg Philipp Telemann

German Baroque composer (1681–1767)

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

George Balabushka

Russian-born billiards cue maker

George Frideric Handel

18th-century German, later British, Baroque composer

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

German artist known for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s

George Harrison

English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)

George Herriman

American cartoonist (1880–1944)

American country musician (1931–2013)

Contemporary artist from Tanzania

English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician

English singer-songwriter (1963–2016)

American country music singer (born 1952)

Classical conductor and composer (1897–1970)

George W. Johnson (singer)

American singer

French composer

French painter and sculptor

Georges de La Tour

17th-century French painter

Georges Delerue

French composer (1925–1992)

19th-century French artist

Georges-Eugène Haussmann

French noble and urban planner

Georgia O'Keeffe

American artist

Geraldine Farrar

American opera singer and actress

South African artist and musician (1913-1993)

Gerard van Honthorst

Dutch Golden Age painter

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist

Gerrit Rietveld

Dutch furniture designer and architect

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

Gheorghe Zamfir

Romanian pan flute musician

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Italian architect

Giacomo della Porta

Italian architect and sculptor (1532-1602)

Giacomo Meyerbeer

German-born opera composer (1791–1864)

Giacomo Puccini

Italian opera composer (1858–1924)

16th-17th century Flemish-born sculptor in Italy

Gian Carlo Menotti

Italian-American composer and librettist

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian sculptor and architect

Italian fashion designer (1946–1997)

Gil Scott-Heron

American musician, poet and author

Gilbert and Sullivan

Victorian-era theatrical partnership

American painter

Brazilian recording artist (born 1942)

Gilda (Argentine singer)

Argentine singer and songwriter (1961–1996)

Gilles Binchois

Franco-Flemish composer

Gioachino Rossini

19th-century Italian opera composer

Giorgetto Giugiaro

Italian automobile designer

Italian fashion designer (born 1934)

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio Moroder

Italian record producer (born 1940)

Italian painter

Italian painter and architect

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

Italian luthier

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Italian composer

Giovanni Battista Rubini

Italian opera singer

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

18th-century Italian painter

Giovanni Bellini

15th and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter

Giovanni Bottesini

Italian composer, conductor, and double bass player

Giovanni Gabrieli

Italian composer (c1554/1557-1612)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Italian Renaissance composer

Giovanni Pisano

Italian sculptor and architect

Girls' Generation

South Korean girl group

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Italian composer (1583–1643)

Italian opera singer 1811-69

Giuliano da Sangallo

Italian artist (1445-1516)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

16th-century Italian painter of the late Renaissance

Giuseppe Guarneri

Italian luthier

Giuseppe Tartini

Italian composer and violinist (1692–1770)

Italian opera composer (1813–1901)

Gladys Knight & the Pips

American R&B/soul band

American guitarist

Canadian pianist (1932–1982)

American band leader, arranger and composer (1904–1944)

Cuban singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

Japanese manga artist (born 1945)

British DJ and producer (born 1965)

Gonçalo Mabunda

Artist from Mozambique

Chinese actress and singer

Iranian singer and actress

Goran Bregović

Bosnian musician and composer

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian singer-songwriter (1938–2023)

African American artist

British virtual band

Gorky Park (band)

Gottfried Semper

German architect (1803-1879)

Jamaican singer, actress and model

American singer-songwriter

American painter

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

American hip-hop group

American painter

American rock band

American rock band

Gregor Piatigorsky

Russian-born American cellist

Jamaican reggae musician

Grigory Sokolov

Russian pianist

Serbian hip hop artist

Chinese painter and politician (c. 344–406)

Chinese artist and poet (1262-1319)

Italian businessman and fashion designer

17th-century Bolognese painter

Guillaume de Machaut

Medieval French poet and composer

Guillaume Du Fay

Composer of the Renaissance (1397–1474)

Indian film producer

Japanese video game designer (1941–1997)

American hard rock band

Song Dynasty painter (1020–1090)

English composer (1874–1934)

Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)

Austrian composer (1860–1911)

Gustav Vigeland

Norwegian sculptor

Gustave Caillebotte

Gustave Courbet

19th-century French painter

French illustrator best known for wood-engraving

Gustave Le Gray

French photographer

19th century French Symbolist painter

American sculptor (1867–1941)

György Cziffra

Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer (1921-1994)

Hungarian composer (1923–2006)

American newspaper illustrator and cartoonist

Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, set designer

South Korean boy band

Ottoman calligrapher

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and music producer

Slovak singer and actress

American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer

German artist (1889–1979)

Hans Holbein the Younger

German artist and printmaker

Austrian architect and designer (1934-2014)

German opera singer

Austrian academic history painter, designer, and decorator (1840-1884)

15th century German / Flemish painter

Hans von Bülow

German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)

German film composer (born 1957)

Happy End (band)

Japanese folk rock band (1969-1972)

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Indian flautist

American composer of popular music

Harrison Birtwistle

British composer (born 1934)

Harry Belafonte

American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor

American composer

American jeweller

Harvey Kurtzman

American cartoonist

Hasegawa Tōhaku

Japanese painter (1539-1610)

American-Canadian rock band

French composer

French architect and designer (1867–1942)

Puerto Rican salsa singer

American poet and performance artist

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist (1644–1704)

Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Brazilian composer

American singer

Helen Frankenthaler

American painter

German-Australian photographer

Hereditary Prince

Henri Cartier-Bresson

French photographer

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)

20th-century French artist

French painter (1844–1910)

Henry E. Steinway

German-American piano maker

Henry Hobson Richardson

American architect

American film composer

English artist known for sculpture (1898–1986)

English composer

Henry van de Velde

Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist

Henryk Górecki

Polish composer (1933–2010)

Henryk Wieniawski

Polish violinist and composer

Herbert Grönemeyer

German singer, musician and actor

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

Belgian cartoonist

Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality

Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau

German nobleman, landscape artist and travel writer (1785-1871)

Japanese singer and actress

Japanese animator, filmmaker, producer, and seiyū (born 1960)

Japanese video game designer (born 1963)

Hieronymus Bosch

Japanese-American singer-songwriter and producer

American violinist

Hildegard of Bingen

Medieval saint, prophet, mystic and Doctor of the Church

Australian hip-hop group

Swedish painter and mystic

Hippodamus of Miletus

Greek architect, urban planner and philosopher (498 – 408 BC)

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Japanese video game designer

Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artist

Japanese artist

Alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California

Hon'ami Kōetsu

Japanese painter and calligrapher; (1558-1637)

Honoré Daumier

French artist (1808–1879)

American jazz pianist and composer

Japanese tattoo artist

Iranian painter (1894–1968)

American blues artist

Hubert de Givenchy

French fashion designer

South African musician and composer (1939–2018)

Hugo Boss (businessman)

German fashion designer and businessman

Italian comic book creator (1927-1995)

Austrian composer (1860–1903)

Tanzanian traditional African musician (1940-2003)

Chinese-American architect

French hip hop band

Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001)

Frozen water in a cubic shape

American musician and actor

Ichirō Fujiyama

Japanese singer and composer

Japanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022)

Ancient Athenian architect

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Polish pianist and former prime minister

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer and pianist (1882–1971)

Ike & Tina Turner

American musical duo

American musician (1931–2007)

Russian realist painter (1844–1930)

Egyptian polymath, later deified

English musician and producer (born 1977)

Indochine (band)

French rock and new wave band

16th/17th-century English architect

Australian rock band (1977–2012)

American lyricist (1896–1983)

Irakli Charkviani

Georgian musician

American interior designer and fashion icon

English heavy metal band

American songwriter (1888–1989)

American photographer (1917-2009)

Spanish composer (1860–1909)

American violinist

English hymnwriter, theologian and logician

Japanese-American artist

Korean-born German composer (1917-1995)

Isidore of Miletus

Byzantine Greek architect

Indonesian composer of patriotic songs

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Hawaiian musician and singer (1959–1997)

Israeli-American violinist

IU (entertainer)

South Korean singer and actress (born 1993)

Ivan Aivazovsky

Russian marine painter

Russian painter (1837–1887)

Ivan Meštrović

Croatian sculptor and architect

Russian landscape painter

Welsh composer and actor (1893–1951)

Puerto Rican singer

Colombian reggaeton singer

J. M. W. Turner

British painter (1775–1851)

British band leader and impresario

American comic book artist, writer and editor

African-American soul singer-songwriter and performer

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

Hong Kong singer and actor (born 1961)

American painter

19th and 20th-century American photographer, journalist and activist

Jacob van Ruisdael

Dutch landscape painter and engraver ( c. 1629 – 1682)

Jacopo della Quercia

Italian artist (1374-1438)

Italian composer and singer

Jacopo Sansovino

Italian artist, 1486-1570

Jacqueline du Pré

British cellist (1945-1987)

Belgian singer-songwriter

Jacques Offenbach

German-French composer, cellist and impresario

Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

French composer and flautist (1673-1763)

Indian Ghazal singer

American musician

American composer and conductor

English DJ and record producer (born 1989)

American bassist

James McNeill Whistler

American painter (1834-1903)

James Montgomery Flagg

American artist

James P. Johnson

American pianist and composer (1894-1955)

James Reese Europe

American jazz musician and US Army officer (1881–1919)

James Scott (composer)

American ragtime composer

James Stirling (architect)

English architect

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Flemish painter (1568–1625)

Polish painter (1838–1893)

Graphic designer (1902–1974)

Flemish painter (died 1441)

American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress

Korean painter of the late Choson dynasty (1843-1897)

American singer-songwriter

Russian-American violinist (1901–1987)

American painter

Mexican singer (1931–1966)

Taiwanese singer, songwriter and musician (born 1979)

American rapper, songwriter, record executive, and businessman from New York

German-French sculptor and poet (1886–1966)

French artist (1901–1985)

French painter (c. 1420–1481)

French comics author

French architect

Finnish composer (1865–1957)

Jean Siméon Chardin

18th-century French painter

Jean-Antoine Houdon

18th and 19th-century French artist

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

19th-century French Neoclassical painter

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

19th-century French landscape painter and printmaker

Jean-François Millet

19th-century French painter

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

18th and 19th-century French Rococo painter

Jean-Léon Gérôme

French painter and sculptor (1824–1904)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

American artist (1960–1988)

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer

Jean-Philippe Rameau

18th century French composer

Jean-Pierre Rampal

French flutist (1922–2000)

English rock guitarist

American musician (1966–1997)

American sculptor and painter

Jefferson Airplane

American rock band

Jelly Roll Morton

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer

American singer, songwriter and actress

American singer and actress (born 1969)

American conceptual artist

19th-century Swedish classical singer

British painter (born 1970)

Painter (1676-1759)

American composer

American composer

Jerry Goldsmith

American composer and lyricist

Jerry Lee Lewis

American singer and pianist

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

American songwriting and record producing duo

Jim Davis (cartoonist)

American cartoonist and creator of Garfield

American singer-songwriter, poet, actor and director

American guitarist (1942–1970)

American country singer

Jamaican musician, singer and actor

American jazz musician and band leader (February 1904–1957)

English guitarist (born 1944)

Jimmy Smith (musician)

American jazz organist

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

Singaporean singer

American musician

American singer and guitarist (born 1958)

Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist

Joan Sutherland

Australian soprano

New Zealand artist, born 1958

Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist, pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova

English musician

Irish entertainer and singer

Japanese composer and musician

American guitarist

Artist, co-creator of Superman

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Sculptor and architect from Austria (1656-1723)

Johann Christian Fischer

German composer and oboist

Johann Jakob Froberger

German composer and keyboardist

Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt

Austrian architect

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1837)

Johann Pachelbel

German composer and organist (1653–1706)

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

Czech composer and violinist

Johann Strauss I

Austrian composer

Johann Strauss II

Austrian composer

Johannes Brahms

German composer and pianist (1833–1897)

Johannes Ockeghem

Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer

Johannes Vermeer

17th-century Dutch painter

John Adams (composer)

American composer

John Barry (composer)

British composer and conductor (1933–2011)

English rock musician

American avant-garde composer

American computer programmer, engineer, and businessman

American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)

English painter 1776–1837

John D. Burgess

Eminent Scottish bagpipe player

American singer (1943–1997)

English composer (1563–1626)

English composer (1390–1453)

John Eliot Gardiner

English conductor

John Everett Millais

British painter and illustrator (1829-1896)

Australian singer (born 1949)

John Koukouzeles

Byzantine composer; saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church

American filmmaker (born 1957)

John Lee Hooker

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

English musician and member of the Beatles (1940–1980)

American bonsai artist

John Philip Sousa

American conductor and composer (1854–1932)

Niuean artist and writer (born 1962)

John Singer Sargent

American painter (1856–1925)

John Singleton Copley

Anglo-American painter (1738–1815)

John Steuart Curry

American painter

American DJ and music producer (born 1994)

British illustrator and political cartoonist

John Thomson (photographer)

Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller

John William Waterhouse

19th and 20th-century English painter

American composer and conductor (born 1932)

John Williamson (singer)

Australian singer-songwriter (born 1945)

American country singer (1932–2003)

Johnny Hallyday

American alto saxophonist (1907–1970)

Johnny Kitagawa

Japanese talent manager (1931–2019)

Retired American Jazz and Pop singer (born 1935)

Australian singer (1935-1978)

Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress

German opera singer

Jonathan Larson

American composer, lyricist and playwright (1960–1996)

Canadian and American singer-songwriter (born 1943)

English designer (born 1967)

Mexican actor and singer

Danish architect

Portuguese poet, composer and singer

José Alfredo Jiménez

Mexican singer and songwriter (1926–1973)

Mexican singer and actor

German-American designer, painter, educator and typographer (1888–1976)

Belarusian musician

Austrian architect and product designer (1870-1956)

American animator and cartoonist

German visual artist

Austrian composer (1732-1809)

Soviet and Russian singer

American conceptual artist

Joseph Lamb (composer)

American composer of ragtime music

Joseph the Hymnographer

Eastern Orthodox hymnographer

Joshua Reynolds

18th-century English painter, specialising in portraits

Josquin des Prez

Composer of the Renaissance (c. 1450–1521)

American rock band

English rock band

Slovenian architect

Józef Gosławski (sculptor)

Polish sculptor and medallic artist

Kenyan gengetone artist

Mexican recording artist; singer and songwriter

Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899)

Gay heavy metal band

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1609-1660)

American artist

Jules Hardouin-Mansart

French architect and builder (1646–1708)

French composer (1842–1912)

Julia Margaret Cameron

19th century British photographer

English classical guitarist and lutenist

Spanish singer-songwriter (born 1943)

American-Pakistani rock band

Jusepe de Ribera

Spanish painter

Jussi Björling

Canadian singer (born 1994)

Justin Timberlake

American singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1981)

K. P. H. Notoprojo

Indonesian musician

Finnish composer (1952–2023)

Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād

Persian artist (1450-1535)

Iranian artist (1847–1940)

American songwriting team

16th-century Japanese artist

Japanese painter (1434–1530)

American rapper and producer (born 1977)

American contemporary artist

Austrian conductor (1894–1981)

Russian painter (1799-1852)

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Prussian architect, city planner and painter

German fashion designer (1933–2019)

Karlheinz Stockhausen

German composer

Karol Lipiński

Polish musician

Karol Szymanowski

Polish composer

Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer

American tattoo artist, television personality and entrepreneur

English singer-songwriter

American singer

American fashion designer

American singer (born 1984)

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Japanese artist

Kaya (Mauritian musician)

Mauritian musician (1960-1999)

Kazimir Malevich

Russian artist and painter (1879–1935)

Japanese architect

American artist (born 1977)

Japanese composer and marimba player

American contemporary Christian musician and songwriter

American artist and social activist

American pianist and composer (born 1945)

British songwriter, guitarist of the Rolling Stones

Japanese engineering technologist and businessman

American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from California

American saxophonist from Washington

American country singer and songwriter (1938–2020)

Japanese architect (1913–2005)

Irish-born American architect

Khaled (musician)

Algerian singer-songwriter and raï musician

Korean scholar, calligrapher (1786-1856)

South Korean singer-songwriter (born 1968)

South Korean musician

English progressive rock band

American jazz cornet player and bandleader

King Sunny Adé

Musician and first African Pop Musician to gain International success, and has been called one of the Most Influential Musicians of all time. He is from Ondo State

Jamaican electronics and sound engineer

Soviet rock band

New Zealand opera singer

Kirsten Flagstad

Norwegian operatic singer

Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)

American rock band (1973–2023)

Japanese musician and composer

American country music singer

Indonesian musical group

Japanese composer (born 1961)

Brazilian YouTuber

American nu metal band

German electronic music band

Kris Kristofferson

American country music singer, songwriter, musician, Rhodes scholar, and film actor

Malaysian musical group

Krystian Zimerman

Polish classical pianist

Krzysztof Penderecki

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

American alternative rock musician

German composer

American rapper

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

Japanese singer and actor (1941–1985)

American avant-garde composer

La Niña de los Peines

Spanish flamenco singer (cantaora)

American all female singing group

Nigerian potter

American singer and songwriter (born 1986)

Tanzanian musician and songwriter

American graffiti artist

Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1969)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

South African male a capella ensemble

Fijian singer known as the Queen of Vude (born 1960)

Lala Deen Dayal

Indian photographer

Bengali poet, composer and Baul saint

American singer-songwriter (born 1985)

Chinese pianist

Belgian-Canadian singer

Japanese rock band

American musician

László Moholy-Nagy

Hungarian painter and photographer

Lata Mangeshkar

Azerbaijani artist

Italian singer (born 1974)

Laurent Garnier

French DJ and record producer

Lauritz Melchior

Danish opera singer

American singer

Lavinia Fontana

Italian painter (1552–1614)

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)

Swiss-French architect (1887–1965)

Le Grand Kallé

Was a Congolese singer and bandleader, considered the father of modern Congolese music.

American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)

English rock band (1968–1980)

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Jamaican reggae producer

American abstract expressionist painter (1908-1984)

South Korean singer (born 1941)

American photographer and photojournalist (1907-1977)

South Korean business executive and record producer

Lela Tsurtsumia

Georgian pop singer and actress (born 1969)

American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer

American rock musician (born 1964)

French composer (1836–1891)

American inventor and founder of the Fender company

Ancient Greek sculptor

Leon Battista Alberti

Italian architect (1404-1472)

Hong Kong singer and actor

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452–1519)

Soviet singer (1895–1982)

French 12th-century composer associated with polyphony in Notre Dame

American soprano (born 1927)

German composer

Leopold Stokowski

British conductor and orchestra director

Leoš Janáček

Czech composer (1854–1928)

Lerner and Loewe

20th-century American songwriting team

American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor

American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1946-2015)

Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)

American sociologist and photographer

Chinese musician (1891-1967)

Li Tang (painter)

Chinese painter (1050–1130)

Li Zhensheng (photojournalist)

Chinese photographer

American pianist, singer, actor (1919–1987)

Lidia Ruslanova

Russian and Soviet singer (1900-1973)

American rapper, actress and model from New York

American rapper from Louisiana

Mexican American singer-songwriter

Bulgarian singer

American singer (born 1946)

American rock band

Lin-Manuel Miranda

American songwriter, actor, and librettist (born 1980)

American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor

American singer, songwriter, musician and television personality.

British musician

American singer, pianist, and songwriter (1932–2020)

Chinese musician

American board game designer (1866–1948)

American rapper and actor (born 1968)

Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Catalan architect (1850–1923)

Lois Mailou Jones

American artist (1905-1998)

Spanish actress, dancer and singer (1923–1995)

British skiffle singer (1931–2002)

Lonnie Johnson (inventor)

American inventor

Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)

Trinbagonian calypsonian (1922–2000)

New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Italian Early Renaissance artist (1378-1455)

American singer-songwriter

American photographer and multimedia artist

German silhouette animator and film director

American musician

Louis Armstrong

American jazz trumpeter and singer

Louis Comfort Tiffany

American stained glass and jewelry designer

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader

Estonian-American architect

French architect (1612–1670)

American architect

Louis Vuitton (designer)

French fashion designer and businessman

Louise Bourgeois

French American artist

Lourdes Van-Dúnem

Angolan musician

American composer; leading figure in American church music

Luca della Robbia

Italian sculptor (1399–1482)

Luca Signorelli

Italian Renaissance painter

Lucas Cranach the Elder

16th-century German Renaissance painter and printmaker

Lucas van Leyden

Artist, painter (1494-1533)

Italian composer (1925–2003)

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

British textile designer (1917–2010)

Brazilian architect

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

British fashion designer (1863-1935)

Ludovico Einaudi

Italian pianist and composer

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

German-American modernist architect

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer (1770–1827)

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer and cellist

Luigi Cherubini

Italian composer

Luis Alberto Spinetta

Argentine musician, singer, composer artist and poet

Mexican architect (1902-1988)

Puerto Rican singer (born 1978)

Brazilian recording artist, songwriter, singer

Luther Vandross

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

American guitarist and singer

American rock band

Swiss singer (1924-2018)

Greek sculptor of 4th century BC

Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)

Indian artist (1915–2011)

M.I.A. (rapper)

English rapper, singer, record producer and activist

African-American singer

Ma Yuan (painter)

Chinese painter from Song Dynasty (1160-1225)

Latin jazz musician

Madeleine Vionnet

French fashion designer

American singer and actress (born 1958)

Mahalia Jackson

American gospel singer

South African mbaqanga singer

Moroccan Gnawa musician

Mahotella Queens

South African female band

Majrooh Sultanpuri

Indian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist

Malcolm McLaren

English fashion designer and music manager (1946–2010)

Malian photographer

Master djembefola

American artist and photographer

Italian singer-songwriter (1954–2014)

Manitas de Plata

Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)

Manos Hatzidakis

Greek composer, pianist and conductor (1925-1994)

Anglo-Italian conductor, composer, and entertainer (1905–1980)

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Mexican photographer

Manuel Chrysaphes

Byzantine composer

Manuel de Falla

Spanish composer (1876–1946)

American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer from New York

Russian and French artist (1887–1985)

American fashion designer (born 1963)

Hungarian-American architect and designer

French painter and sculptor

Margaret Bourke-White

American photographer

American-born Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)

Spanish opera singer (1808–1836)

Native American potter (ca. 1887–1980)

Romanian singer and actress

María Teresa Vera

American singer (born 1969)

Marian Anderson

African-American contralto

Marilyn Manson (band)

American rock band

Marina Abramović

Serbian performance artist

American tenor and actor

American Singer and Actress

Marisol Escobar

Venezuelan-American sculptor

Abstract painter (1903–1970)

Swedish video game programmer

American pop rock band

Martha Argerich

Argentine/Swiss pianist

American R&B and soul singer (1939–1984)

Marvin Hamlisch

American composer and conductor (1944–2012)

American artist, animator, and designer

American painter and printmaker (1844–1926)

American singer-songwriter from New York, Queen of Hip-Hop Soul

Mary Lou Williams

American pianist

British fashion designer

15th-century Italian Renaissance painter

Masashi Kishimoto

Japanese manga artist, primarily known for his work Naruto

Massimo Vignelli

Italian designer (1931-2014)

English trip hop group

American photographer (1820s–1896)

Mathilde Marchesi

German mezzo-soprano

American cartoonist

American actor, animator, and filmmaker

Matthias Grünewald

German Renaissance painter (c.1470-1528)

Mattia Battistini

Italian opera singer

Maurice de Vlaminck

French painter (1876–1958)

French composer (1875–1937)

Mauricio de Sousa

Brazilian cartoonist

Swedish record producer and songwriter

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films, as well as a conductor

May Aufderheide

American composer of ragtime music (1888–1972)

Norwegian black metal band

American hip hop artist

Hip hop artist, actor, author, activist

Dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape

American thrash metal band

Pakistani artist

Peking opera artist

20th-century Peking opera artist

Puerto Rican boy band

Argentine singer (1935-2009)

American singer-songwriter (1937–2016)

Japanese noise project

American heavy metal band

Italian singer (1947–1995)

American singer-songwriter

Michael Jackson

American singer (1958–2009)

Michael Kelly (tenor)

Irish tenor and composer

German-Austrian cabinet maker, 1796-1871

Michael W. Smith

American musician and songwriter

Italian artist and architect (1475–1564)

Italian architect of the renaissance

Japanese musician

Michiya Mihashi

Japanese singer (1930-1996)

English musician (born 1943)

Australian alternative rock band

American animator, actor, voice artist, writer, filmmaker and musician

Russian composer

Mikis Theodorakis

Greek composer (1925–2021)

Hungarian-American composer (1907–1995)

American jazz musician

American singer and actress (born 1992)

American composer

American graphic designer (1929–2020)

19th and 20th-century Russian composer, pianist, and conductor

Ottoman architect

Chinese erhu player

Mina (Italian singer)

Mir Emad Hassani

Iranian calligrapher

Persian illustrator and painter

Mireille Mathieu

South African singer and civil rights activist

American violinist

American horror punk band

American rapper (born 1971)

Japanese-British pianist, conductor (1948-)

Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur

American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and animal rights activist

German pop music duo

Modest Mussorgsky

Russian composer (1839–1881)

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

Iranian musician; tar and setar player

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

Iranian singer and musician 1940–2020

Mohammed Abdel Wahab

Egyptian singer, actor and composer (1902–1991)

Indian playback singer (1924–1980)

Momoe Yamaguchi

Japanese singer and actress (1959-)

Momoiro Clover Z

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)

All-female music group in North Korea

Japanese girl group

Morogoro Jazz Band

Morris (cartoonist)

Belgian comics artist

British singer (born 1959)

American composer (1926–1987)

American heavy metal band

English rock band (1975–2015)

Japanese rock band (1989 - )

Mstislav Rostropovich

Russian-American cellist and conductor (1927–2007)

Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev

Tajikistani musician

American blues singer and guitarist (1913-1983)

Mukesh (singer)

Indian playback singer

American pianist and conductor

Muslim Magomayev (musician)

Soviet-Azerbaijani singer

Muthiah Bhagavatar

Indian musician

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Composer of Carnatic Music

Müzeyyen Senar

Turkish musician

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

My Bloody Valentine (band)

Irish alternative rock band

My Chemical Romance

American rock band

Canadian-born French recording artist;

Athenian sculptor, 5th century BC

Belarusian rock band

American hip hop group

Korean feminist (1896–1948)

French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist (1820-1910)

Nadia Boulanger

French musician and teacher

Naftule Brandwein

American klezmer musician

16th century Ottoman artist

Japanese singer (born 1977)

American photographer

Lebanese singer (born 1983)

Indian artist and a pioneer of modern Indian art (1882-1966)

Japanese manga artist, known for her work Sailor Moon

Nepalese singer

American rapper, record executive, and entrepreneur from New York

American singer and jazz pianist

Nathan Milstein

American musician (1902–1992)

Japanese artist

Soviet sculptor (1890–1977)

Indian composer

Nazia and Zoheb

Pakistani pop duo

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

American musician

Canadian and American musician (born 1945)

Australian opera singer

American rapper from Missouri

German singer (born 1960)

Neutral Milk Hotel

American indie rock band

New Kids on the Block

American boy band

American rock band

Nexhmije Pagarusha

Niccolò Paganini

Italian violinist and composer

Nicholas Roerich

Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, enlightener, philosopher

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Australian rock band

British singer-songwriter (1948–1974)

British animator and filmmaker

Canadian rock band

Trinidadian rapper (born 1982)

Italian luthier from Cremona

Italian sculptor and architect

Nicolas Chédeville

French composer and musette maker (1705–1782)

Nicolas Poussin

17th-century French Baroque painter

Finnish symphonic metal band

Indonesian singer, actress and model (1975-1995)

Nikhil Banerjee

Niki de Saint Phalle

French plastician, painter and sculptor

Georgian artist (1862-1918)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer (1844–1908)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Austrian conductor (1929-2016)

American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist

Nine Inch Nails

American industrial rock band

Spanish flamenco guitarist (1904 - 1972)

American rock band

Indonesian band

Japanese music composer

Nobuyoshi Araki

Japanese photographer

French rock band

American businessman and engineer (born 1943)

Pakistani singer and actress

Norman Bel Geddes

American theatrical and industrial designer (1893–1958)

English architect

Australian artist (1879-1969)

Norman Rockwell

20th-century American painter and illustrator

American boy band

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali

Turkish painter, architect and miniaturist (1952-2008)

Indian film music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician

English rock band

American singer (1930–2008)

French painter (1840–1916)

Israeli singer (1957–2000)

Japanese artist (1663-1743)

Japanese painter, craftsman (1658-1716)

Olafur Eliasson

Danish-Icelandic artist

Ole Kirk Christiansen

Danish businessman and founder of The Lego Group

British composer and conductor

Oliver Mtukudzi

Zimbabwean musician

Olivia Newton-John

British and Australian singer and actress (1948–2022)

Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist

English-Irish boy band

Japanese girl band

Original Dixieland Jass Band

American jazz band

Orlando di Lasso

Franco-Flemish composer (1532–1594)

Orlando Gibbons

English composer, virginalist and organist (1583—1625)

Ornette Coleman

American jazz musician and composer (1930–2015)

Australian-American Hollywood costume designer

Founder of the Gibson Guitar Company (1856–1918)

Japanese cartoonist and animator

Oscar de la Renta

Dominican-American fashion designer

Brazilian architect (1907–2012)

Canadian jazz pianist, bandleader, composer

Sudanese painter and graphic artist

French sculptor and painter of Russian origin

American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)

German painter and printmaker (1891–1969)

German conductor and composer

Austrian architect (1841-1918)

Ottorino Respighi

Italian composer, musicologist and conductor

American hip hop duo

Confucian scholar and calligrapher (557-641)

Moldovan pop music trio

English musician and TV personality (born 1948)

Catalan cellist and conductor (1876–1973)

Pablo de Sarasate

Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908)

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

Ivatan and Philippine-American painter

Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician

French-Spanish fashion designer (born 1949)

Pancho Vladigerov

Bulgarian musician (1899-1978)

American heavy metal band

Italian painter and mathematician (1397–1475)

Italian Renaissance painter (1528–1588)

American rock band

South Korean singer and producer

Parliament-Funkadelic

American funk music collective

Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker (1503–1540)

Parrhasius (painter)

Late 5th/early 4th-century BC Greek painter

American jazz guitarist and composer

Patnam Subramania Iyer

Indian composer (1845–1902)

British scientist and town planner (1854-1932)

American country music singer

American country-pop singer (1927–2013)

American musician and artist (born 1946)

Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor

French painter (1839–1906)

French artist (1848–1903)

German composer (1895–1963)

Swiss-German painter (1879–1940)

French sculptor (1875–1961)

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

British record producer and trance music DJ

French painter (1863–1935)

American photographer

French musician

American jazz musician and radio personality

Paula Modersohn-Becker

German expressionist painter (1876–1907)

Paulina Álvarez

Mexican singer, actress (1971–)

American rock band

Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards (1908-1976)

Perfume (Japanese band)

Japanese music group

Pērkons (band)

Latvian rock band

12th century French composer

American singer, actor, television personality

English synth-pop duo

American singer and social activist

English musician

German architect and designer (1868-1940)

Peter Carl Fabergé

Russian jeweller

English musician

Peter Maxwell Davies

English composer and conductor (1934-2016)

German-Czech architect

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish artist and diplomat (1577-1640)

Peter Sculthorpe

Australian composer (1929–2014)

Swiss architect

Peter, Paul and Mary

American folk music group popular in the 1960s

British actress and singer

Belgian comics cartoonist and scriptwriter (1928–1992)

Greek sculptor, painter and architect

English musician (born 1951)

American singer and songwriter (1940–1976)

American record producer, songwriter and convicted murderer

American musician (1914-1992)

American composer (born 1937)

American architect (1906–2005)

Philipp Kirkorov

Russian pop singer

Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein

Burmese pop singer (born 1981)

Piero della Francesca

Italian painter

Italian avant-garde artist

French fashion designer

French composer, conductor, writer and pianist

Italian-French fashion designer (1922–2020)

French music conductor (1875–1964)

Pierre Schaeffer

French musicologist

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French painter and sculptor

Dutch painter (1872–1944)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Flemish Renaissance painter

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Flemish painter

Pietro Perugino

Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school (1448-1523)

American singer and songwriter (born 1979)

English rock band

Pink Lady (duo)

Japanese pop duo (1976–)

American alternative rock band

Brazilian composer

Plácido Domingo

Spanish opera singer and conductor

Plautilla Nelli

Painter from Italy (1524-1588)

American glam metal band

5th-century BC Greek painter

Fifth century BCE Greek sculptor

4th-century BC Athenian sculptor

Prince (musician)

American musician (1958–2016)

Protein-glutamate O-methyltransferase

Class of enzymes

South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer

American hip hop group

Pumpuang Duangjan

Thai female singer

Music composer, Hindu saint

Russian punk-rock collective based in Moscow

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1840–1893)

Chinese painter

Ming Dynasty 16th-century Chinese professional painter

Ming dynasty 16th-century Chinese woman painter

Bangladeshi artist (1921-1988)

British rock band

American musician and actress

Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition (1466-1530)

American record producer (1933–2024)

Navajo painter and printmaker (1931–2005)

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

American rock band

Brazilian hip hop group

English rock band

Romanian pianist

Indian composer (1903-1981)

Malaysian music group

Rain (entertainer)

South Korean singer and actor

Raja Ravi Varma

Indian painter from Kerala (1848–1906)

American animator and filmmaker (born 1938)

German-American inventor and engineer

American fashion designer and executive (born 1939)

Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer (1892-1960)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

20th-century English composer

Indian sculptor and painter (1906–1980)

German metal band

American punk rock band (1974–1996)

16th-century Italian painter and architect

Raphael (singer)

Spanish recording artist; singer and actor

Indian musician and sitar player

American singer, songwriter and pianist (1930–2004)

American artist (1927-1995)

French-born American industrial designer

Red Hot Chili Peppers

American rock band

Red Velvet (group)

South Korean girl group

Régine Crespin

Regine Velasquez

Filipino singer and actor

Dutch architect (born 1944)

17th-century Dutch painter and printmaker

Italian opera singer

Belgian painter (1898–1967)

American soprano

Italian architect

Persian painter (1565–1635)

Indonesian Singer

Guatemalan singer (born 1964)

American photographer

Richard F. Outcault

American cartoonist

Richard Garfield

American game designer

American architect

Austrian-American architect

American painter and photographer (born 1949)

Richard Rodgers

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals

British architect (born 1933)

Richard Strauss

Romantic and modern German composer and conductor

German composer (1813–1883)

British singer and songwriter

American musician (1948–2004)

American music producer

Puerto Rican singer

American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor

Barbadian singer (born 1988)

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

20th-century American singer, songwriter, and guitarist

American comic book creator

Robbie Williams

British singer and entertainer

British neoclassical architect (1728–1792)

Belgian painter

Hungarian American photographer

American illustrator and cartoonist (b. 1943)

Robert Delaunay

Robert Doisneau

French photographer

Swiss-American photographer (1924–2019)

American blues musician (1911–1938)

American songwriter of musicals

Robert Mapplethorpe

American photographer (1946–1989)

American urban planner and public official

Robert of Luzarches

French architect

American cartoonist

Robert Schumann

19th-century German composer

Robert Trent Jones

English-American golf course architect

American architect

Roberta Williams

American video game designer (born 1953)

Roberto Carlos (singer)

Brazilian singer-songwriter

Spanish singer and actress

British singer-songwriter (born 1945)

Rodgers and Hammerstein

20th-century American songwriting team

Rodolphe Töpffer

Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist

Rodrigo (musician)

Argentine singer (1973–2000)

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

Rogier van der Weyden

15th-century Early Netherlandish painter

Romanos the Melodist

Greek hymnographer

American photographer and paparazzo

Ronnie James Dio

American singer-songwriter and composer (1942-2010)

Ros Serey Sothea

Cambodian singer

French painter and sculptor (1822-1899)

American operatic soprano

French milliner

English art rock band formed in 1970

American country music singer and fiddler

American multi-instrumentalist musician

Roy Lichtenstein

American pop artist (1923–1997)

American singer-songwriter (1936–1988)

Panamanian singer, actor, politician and activist

Bohemian-born American pianist (1903–1991)

American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer

Rufus Porter (painter)

American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine (1792-1884)

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer (1857–1919)

Rumiko Takahashi

Japanese manga artist

American hip-hop group

Canadian rock band

Russell Drysdale

Australian artist

Highlife and palm wine guitarist and singer

South Korean girl group

Taiwanese girl group

Pakistani musical band

American tattoo artist (1911-1973)

American photographer

Sally Morgan (artist)

Indigenous Australian artist and writer

American hip hop trio

Spanish surrealist artist

American soul and R&B duo

American singer-songwriter, civil-rights activist and entrepreneur

Hong Kong musician and actor

American businessman

Iranian-British musician (born 1980)

American composer (1910–1981)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

English composer and conductor

Sandro Botticelli

Italian Renaissance painter (1445–1510)

Sandro de América

Argentine singer and actor

American band led by Carlos Santana

Santiago Calatrava

Spanish engineer and architect

Spanish actress and singer (1928–2013)

Filipino singer and actress (born 1988)

American jazz singer and pianist (1924–1990)

Mongolian singer

Japanese video game designer

American graphic designer

Egyptian musician

4th century BCE Greek sculptor

Scorpions (band)

German rock band

American composer and pianist (1868–1917)

American rapper and producer (born 1969)

Jamaican dancehall musician (born 1973)

Sebastiano Serlio

Italian architect and painter (1475-1554)

Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian photographer (1944–2025)

American graffiti artist

American singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (1971–1995)

American actress and singer (born 1992)

Egyptian architect (1600-1463)

Seo Taiji and Boys

South Korean boy band

Brazilian heavy metal band

Serge Gainsbourg

French musician and actor

Serge Koussevitzky

Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1874-1951)

Sergei Lemeshev

Soviet opera singer and director (1902-1977)

Sergei Prokofiev

Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1891–1953)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor

Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

Russian chemist and photographer

Sergiu Celibidache

Romanian conductor (1912–1996)

Japanese artist (1420–1506)

Seth MacFarlane

American actor, writer, and singer

Severina (singer)

Croatian singer

English punk rock band

Turkish music phenomenon, pop singer, songwriter, and producer

Iranian singer, musician and tenor

Uzbekistani actor-singer

Colombian singer-songwriter (born 1977)

Canadian musician

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy

Indian musical trio

Japanese artist (1770-1825)

Sheikh Hamdullah

Ottoman calligrapher

Chinese painter (1427-1509)

American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator (born 1970)

Japanese painter and lacquerer

Japanese architect

Shigeru Miyamoto

Japanese video game designer

Shin Joong-hyun

South Korean rock guitarist and singer-songwriter

South Korean boy band

Japanese artist (1898-1972)

Welsh singer from Cardiff

Chinese painter (1642–1707)

Shlomo Carlebach

American rabbi and musician (1925–1994)

Japanese Mashiko ware Potter (1894-1978)

Indian singer (born 1983)

Canadian-American game programmer and designer

American jazz musician

Australian artist (1917-1992) –

Silvana Armenulić

Bosnia and Herzegovina singer

American painter

Simon & Garfunkel

American folk music duo

English reality television judge, television producer and music executive (born 1959)

British conductor (born 1955)

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira

Brazilian singer

Italian painter from the 14th century (1284–1344)

Korean painter (1758–1813)

Cambodian musician (1932–c. 1976)

Siouxsie and the Banshees

British rock band

Armenian singer

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician

Siti binti Saad

Tanzanian singer (1880-1950)

Malaysian singer-songwriter (born 1979)

British rapper and record producer (born 1982)

American record producer, DJ, musician, singer and songwriter

American thrash metal band

English-American rapper and record producer (born 1965)

Australian country music singer

Sly and the Family Stone

American funk and soul band

Japanese idol group (1988-2016)

Greek musical trio

American rapper (born 1971)

Argentine rock band

Soviet and Ukrainian musician, singer, songwriter, actress, author of Moldovan origin

Sofonisba Anguissola

Italian painter (c.1532-1625)

American artist

Sơn Tùng M-TP

Vietnamese singer

Alternative rock band formed in New York, New York, United States

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Indian playback singer (born 1973)

Bangladeshi rock band

Southern All Stars

Japanese rock band

English girl group formed in 1994

American rock band

Singaporean singer-songwriter (born 1978)

Stéphane Grappelli

French jazz violinist

American composer and songwriter (1826–1864)

Stephen Hillenburg

American animator, voice actor, and educator (1961–2018)

Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer (b1948)

Stephen Sondheim

American composer and lyricist (1930–2021)

Steppenwolf (band)

Canadian-American rock group

American comic-book artist

American composer (born 1936)

Steve Ritchie (pinball designer)

American pinball designer

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Steven Curtis Chapman

American Christian music singer-songwriter

American singer and songwriter

Stevie Ray Vaughan

American blues guitarist (1954–1990)

American musician and record producer

Sting (musician)

English musician (born 1951)

Belgian singer-songwriter, rapper and producer

Sua Sulu'ape Paulo II

Samoan chief and tattoo artist

Sudirman (singer)

Malaysian singer and songwriter

American music executive and convicted felon

French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)

American jazz composer and bandleader

South Korean boy band

Indian actress and playback singer (1929–2004)

Suraphol Sombatcharoen

Suzanne Valadon

French painter (1865—1938)

Norwegian architect

Sviatoslav Richter

Soviet pianist (1915–1997)

Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma

Maharajah of Travancore

Indian musician

Sylvia Robinson

American singer and record producer

English rock band

Russian music duo

Tabu Ley Rochereau

Congolese singer and songwriter

Japanese architect (born 1941)

Takashi Murakami

Japanese artist

British pop group

American rock band

Tamara de Lempicka

Polish painter (1894–1980)

American country music singer

Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey

Turkish musician

Chinese painter and poet (1470–1524)

Tangerine Dream

German electronic music group

16th century Hindustani classical musician and composer

Tapio Rautavaara

Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor

Tarkan (singer)

Turkish singer-songwriter

Tarsila do Amaral

Brazilian painter, draftswoman and translator

Tatsuro Yamashita

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Japanese artist

American singer-songwriter (born 1989)

American jazz pianist

French pop rock band

Taiwanese Hakka musician

Czech opera singer

Taiwanese singer (1953–1995)

American composer and performing musician

American animator and director (1908–1980)

Mexican singer and actress (born 1971)

Vietnamese singer

Thawan Duchanee

Thai painter (1939-2014)

The Allman Brothers Band

American rock band

The Andrews Sisters

American close harmony singing group

Canadian-American rock band

American rock band

English rock band (1960–1970)

The Boswell Sisters

Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age

American rock band

American vocal duo (1965–1983)

Irish folk band

American female singing quartet

English punk rock band

English rock band

American rock band

Irish folk band

Australian rock band

The Everly Brothers

American rock and roll band

The Four Seasons (band)

American rock band formed in 1978

American pop music family group

American rock band

American rock band

English rock band

The Mamas & the Papas

Canadian-American folk rock vocal group

American rhythm and blues or soul vocal group

American rock and pop band

The Notorious B.I.G.

American rapper from New York

Irish punk band founded in London in 1982

English rock band

British rock band

English electronic dance music group

The Righteous Brothers

American singing duo

The Rolling Stones

English rock band

American singing group

The Smashing Pumpkins

American alternative rock band

English rock band (1982–1987)

Japanese punk rock band (1980-1993)

American punk rock band

The Sugarhill Gang

American hip hop group

American Motown female singing group

American doo wop group

The Temptations

American rhythm and blues group

The Tragically Hip

Canadian rock band

The Velvet Underground

American rock band

Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1990)

The White Stripes

American rock duo (1997–2011)

English rock band

Australian children's music group

English blues and psychedelic rock band

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)

Theo van Doesburg

Dutch architect, painter, draughtsman and writer (1883–1931)

Théodore Géricault

19th-century French painter

Irish hard rock band

British businessman and shipbuilder

British conductor and impresario (1879–1961)

Thomas Chippendale

English furniture designer (1718–1779)

19th-century American painter

Late 19th-early 20th century American artist

Thomas Gainsborough

18th-century English portrait and landscape painter

Thomas Hart Benton (painter)

American painter and muralist

American painter of popular realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects

Zimbabwean musician

English composer, organist and editor

American cartoonist (1840–1902)

English Renaissance composer

British clockmaker; (1638-1713)

English poet and sculptor

Thongchai McIntyre

Thai singer (born 1958)

American hip-hop group

Throbbing Gristle

Tilahun Gessesse

Ethiopian singer

English lyricist and author (born 1944)

American computer game designer

American record producer (born 1972)

Italian-born photographer and actress, active in the USA and Mexico

American-born Swiss singer (1939–2023)

16th-century Italian painter of the Renaissance

Tiny Tim (musician)

American singer and ukulele player

Japanese manga artist

Italian painter (c. 1477/88/90–1576)

Italian opera singer

American Latin jazz and mambo musician (1923–2000)

Operatic baritone

American girl group

Tô Ngọc Vân

Vietnamese painter and art critic

American fashion designer and filmmaker

Tom Jones (singer)

Finnish artist (1920–1991)

American musician

Australian artist (1856-1931)

American singer-songwriter and actor

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Spanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)

Tomaso Albinoni

Italian composer (1671–1751)

American musician

Tomohiro Nishikado

Japanese video game developer

Tony Allen (musician)

Nigerian drummer

American singer

American metal band

Toots and the Maytals

Jamaican ska/rocksteady band

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician and harmonica player

Japanese video game designer, creator of Pac-Man

Tōru Takemitsu

Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory

Macedonian singer-songwriter

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master

Japanese manga artist

Townes Van Zandt

American singer-songwriter

Japanese architect

Toyohara Chikanobu

Japanese artist (1838-1912)

American actor, animator and filmmaker

Trịnh Công Sơn

American businessman

Nigerian musician

American rapper (1971–1996)

Turgun Alimatov

Uzbek classic music and shashmaqam virtuoso and composer

Turlough O'Carolan

Irish composer and musician (1670–1738)

South Korean pop group

South Korean girl group

Composer in Carnatic classical music

Irish rock band

American animator and special effects pioneer

Nigerian artist

Japanese artist (1875-1949)

Umberto Boccioni

Italian painter and sculptor (1882–1916)

Egyptian singer-songwriter, actress (1899–1975)

Uncle Dave Macon

American musician

South Korean composer of classical music

Usher (musician)

American singer, songwriter, dancer, businessman, and actor from Georgia

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese artist (1769-1825)

Japanese artist

Russian painter (1865–1911)

Valentino (fashion designer)

Italian fashion designer

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

Hungarian actress, singer

American pianist (1934–2013)

American hard rock/heavy metal band

Northern Irish musician (born 1945)

Vanessa Beecroft

Italian-born performance artist and painter

Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music

American rapper

Cambodian writer and sculptor (1946-2011)

Vargas de Tecalitlán

Mexican folk ensemble of mariachi music created in 1897 by Gaspar Vargas

Vasily Vereshchagin

19th-century Russian painter

Vassilis Tsitsanis

Greek songwriter and bouzouki player

Velvel Pasternak

Canadian musicologist

English singer and actress

Soviet sculptor (1889-1953)

Danish furniture designer

Vicente Fernández

Mexican actor and singer of Ranchera music

Belgian architect and designer

Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist

Victor Vasarely

French-Hungarian painter and printmaker (1906–1997)

Victoria de los Ángeles

Catalan/Spanish opera singer

Iranian singer (1929-2003)

Vikingarna (band)

Swedish musical group; dansband

Viktor Vasnetsov

Russian artist (1848-1926)

American disco group

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

Vincenzo Bellini

Italian opera composer (1801–1835)

Vincenzo Galilei

Italian lutenist, composer and music theorist

Vincenzo Scamozzi

16th century Italian architect

Chilean musician and folklorist (1917-1967)

American composer and critic (1896–1989)

Vital Signs (band)

Vitas (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

American performance artist (1940–2017)

Roman writer, architect and engineer

Vivienne Westwood

English fashion designer

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia

Vladimir Horowitz

Russian-American classical pianist and composer (1903-1989)

Vladimir Tatlin

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer, songwriter, poet and actor

Jamaican dancehall deejay (born 1976)

Vytautas Kernagis

Lithuanian musician

American blues composer and musician

W. D. Amaradeva

Sri Lankan vocalist

W. Eugene Smith

American photojournalist (1918–1978)

American photographer and photojournalist (1903-1975)

Walter Burley Griffin

American architect and landscape architect

German-American architect (1883–1969)

American singer, songwriter, and musician

Wanda Landowska

Polish harpsichordist and pianist (1879–1959)

Chinese architect (b.1963)

Chinese politician and calligrapher (303-361)

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter and art theorist

Waylon Jennings

20th-century American country music singer, songwriter, and musician

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Mozambican singer

American photographer and photojournalist

Painter (1470-1559)

American jazz guitarist (1923–1968)

Filipino tattoo artist (born 1917)

Whitney Houston

American singer and actress (1963–2012)

Wiley (musician)

Wilhelm Backhaus

German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter (1832-1908)

Wilhelm Furtwängler

German conductor and composer

German pianist and composer

American cartoonist (1917–2005)

Will Wright (game designer)

American video game designer and entrepreneur (born 1960)

Willem de Kooning

Dutch-American painter

William Adam (architect)

Scottish architect, mason, and businessman

William Billings

American choral composer

English Renaissance composer

English typographer and gunsmith

William Eggleston

American photographer

English painter (1787–1849)

American animator and cartoonist

William Hogarth

English artist and social critic

William Holman Hunt

Pre-Raphaelite English artist (1827–1910)

William Le Baron Jenney

American architect (1832-1907)

Textile designer, novelist, and socialist activist (1834–1896)

William Primrose

Scottish violist (1904-1982)

William Utermohlen

American artist with Alzheimer's disease who drew self-portraits

English composer (1902–1983)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French academic painter (1825–1905)

American country singer (born 1933)

Willis H. O'Brien

American special effects technician and animator

American landscape painter

American cartoonist and animator

Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor (1913–1994)

Nigerian singer (born 1990)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composer (1756–1791)

South Korean girl group

American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)

Chinese artist (c.689–c.759)

Chinese singer (1922–2009)

American rap group

Wynton Marsalis

American jazz musician and educator

Japanese rock band

Tanzanian hip hop musical group

Chinese chancellor (649-713)

American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)

Chinese calligrapher (709-785)

South Korean music producer and singer

Yanka Dyagileva

Greek musician, keyboardist, and composer

Chinese singer (1922-2019)

Yasushi Akimoto

Japanese producer, lyricist

Yatsuhashi Kengyo

Japanese musician and composer

Japanese artist and writer (born 1929)

American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)

English progressive rock band

Yevgeny Mravinsky

Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue (1903–1988)

American lyricist (1896–1981)

Peruvian-American soprano

Yo Yo Honey Singh

Indian musician (born 1983)

Japanese fashion designer

Japanese composer, arranger, music producer

Japanese artist and activist (born 1933)

Yossele Rosenblatt

Ukrainian-born chazzan (cantor)

Australian musical group

Senegalese politician and singer-songwriter

Armenian-Canadian photographer

Chinese-American cellist

Chinese official and calligrapher (558-638)

Japanese video game developer

French artist (1928–1962)

Yves Saint Laurent (designer)

French fashion designer

Iraqi-British architect

Bangladeshi painter and pioneer of the modern art movement

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Indian tabla player and composer (1951–2024)

Zero Degree Atoll

Maldivian musical group

5th-century BCE Greek painter

Chinese cartoonist (1910-1992)

Zhang Zhi (calligrapher)

Chinese calligrapher

Chinese painter (1254-1322)

Chinese actress and singer (1920-1957)

Ming dynasty calligrapher, poet, and scholar-official

Zucchero Fornaciari

Italian singer and songwriter