Musicians & Composers
The makers of humanity's soundtrack.
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Contemporary era
Vlad Zamfir
b. March 1, 1974
Romanian actor
Modern era
Joseph Poon
b. 1935
Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer
Contemporary era
Jesse Powell
February 24, 1971 – September 13, 2022
American singer (1970–2022)
Modern era
Roger Ver
February 27, 1944 – January 12, 2020
English conservative philosopher and writer (1944–2020)
Contemporary era
Tim Draper
1954 – 2003
American ballet dancer and choreographer
Contemporary era
Jean Chalopin
b. May 31, 1950
French film producer and director
Contemporary era
Brock Pierce
b. November 14, 1980
Entrepreneur, former child actor
Contemporary era
Mark Cuban
b. July 31, 1958
American investor and entrepreneur (born 1958)
Rune Christensen
Historical figure
Contemporary era
Logan Paul
b. April 1, 1995
American YouTuber and Internet personality (born 1995)
Modern era
Peter Schiff
June 27, 1923 – April 17, 2014
German actor and voice actor (1923–2014)
Heather Morgan
American actor and comedian
Contemporary era
Aleksandr Lukashenko
b. August 30, 1954
President of the Republic of Belarus
Contemporary era
Norodom Sihamoni
b. May 14, 1953
King of Cambodia
Contemporary era
Alen Simonyan
b. January 5, 1980
Armenian television presenter, actor, producer and politician (born 1980)
Modern era
Norodom Suramarit
March 6, 1896 – April 3, 1960
Cambodian king (1896-1960)
Contemporary era
Stephen Harper
b. April 30, 1959
22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015
Contemporary era
Ivo Josipović
b. August 28, 1957
Croatian politician, third President of Croatia
Contemporary era
Kersti Kaljulaid
b. December 30, 1969
Estonian politician and president of Estonia (born 1969)
Modern era
Lennart Meri
March 29, 1929 – March 14, 2006
Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)
Contemporary era
Jimmy Morales
b. March 18, 1969
Comedian and former President of Guatemala
Contemporary era
Joseph Michel Martelly
b. February 12, 1961
Musician and former President of Haiti
Contemporary era
Yair Lapid
b. November 5, 1963
Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Former Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 and Chairman of the Yesh Atid Party
Modern era
Frederik IX of Denmark
March 11, 1899 – January 14, 1972
King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972
Modern era
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
December 5, 1927 – October 13, 2016
Former King of Thailand (1927–2016)
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Contemporary era
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
October 13, 1948 – August 16, 1997
Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali (1948-1997)
Contemporary era
Nefertiti
1370 BCE – 1330 BCE
Nefertiti, b. c.1973, Chicago; Islamic rapper
Ancient era
Nero
December 15, 1937 CE – June 9, 1968 CE
Fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
Medieval era
Empress Theodora
500 CE – June 28, 548 CE
Byzantine empress from 527 to 548
Medieval era
Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
Modern era
William Wallace
July 3, 1860 – December 16, 1940
Scottish composer and writer (1860-1940)
Medieval era
Henry VIII
June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547
King of England from 1509 to 1547 (1491–1547)
Early Modern era
Anne Boleyn
1501 – May 19, 1536
Second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
Early Modern era
Louis XIV
September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715
King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
Modern era
Ronald Reagan
February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004
President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
Modern era
Prince Albert
August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
Modern era
Eva Peron
May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952
Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
Early Modern era
William Herschel
November 15, 1738 – August 15, 1822
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
Early Modern era
Caroline Herschel
March 16, 1750 – January 9, 1848
German-British astronomer (1750-1848)
Modern era
Hedy Lamarr
November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
Ancient era
Sappho
c. 650 BCE – c. 550 BCE
Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)
Early Modern era
William Shakespeare
1564 – April 23, 1616
English playwright and poet, the most performed dramatist in history
Early Modern era
John Donne
1572 – March 31, 1631
English poet and cleric (1572–1631)
Early Modern era
Moliere
January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
Early Modern era
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
Modern era
Friedrich Nietzsche
October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900
German philosopher (1844-1900)
Early Modern era
Robert Burns
January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796
Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)
Modern era
Rabindranath Tagore
May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
Modern era
Bertolt Brecht
February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
Modern era
Samuel Beckett
April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989
Irish writer (1906–1989)
Modern era
Harper Lee
April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016
American novelist (1926–2016)
Modern era
Isabel Allende
b. August 2, 1942
Chilean writer (born 1942)
Contemporary era
Paulo Coelho
b. August 24, 1947
Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)
Contemporary era
Stephen King
b. September 21, 1947
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
Modern era
Raphael
b. May 5, 1943
Spanish recording artist; singer and actor
Modern era
Salvador Dali
May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
Modern era
Marcel Duchamp
July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
Modern era
Andy Warhol
August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
Contemporary era
Banksy
b. 1973
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter