Famous Musicians: Ranked by Popularity (Page 21 of 21) | Who Shares My BirthdayThe most famous musicians in history, ranked by historical popularity: composers, singers and performers with their birthdays, nationality and what they are…A musician becomes notable when their work outlives the moment it was made. It might be a symphony still performed centuries later, a record that changed what popular music sounded like, or a voice that defined a decade. Fame in music also travels: the musicians at the top of this list are known in dozens of languages, far beyond the country where they started.This list brings together the composers, singers, songwriters, instrumentalists and conductors in our database, from Baroque organists to modern pop stars. We rank them by historical popularity, not by sales or personal taste, so the order shows who the world still reads about most.Who is included: everyone in our database whose primary occupation matches this list. Each person must have an English Wikipedia article and a full date of birth recorded on Wikidata. A growing share of people also have an original profile, written to our editorial rules and marked with a Last reviewed date.Most famous musician: Ludwig van Beethoven. Highest historical popularity score (HPI 96.9).Most common birth month: September. 106 of 1,018 were born in September.Living vs deceased: 662 / 356. 65% are still living.Most common nationality: American. 344 people, 34% of the list.Editor-written profiles: 419. 41% have a full original profile so far.1001. Cai Xukun (1998), Chinese: Chinese singer-songwriter who won the talent show Idol Producer in 2018 and became one of China's biggest pop idols.1002. Cavetown (1998), British: English bedroom pop singer-songwriter who found fame on YouTube.1003. Cheng Xiao (1998), Chinese: Chinese singer and actress from WJSN who starred in the esports drama Falling into Your Smile.1004. Einár (2002–2021), Swedish: Swedish rapper whose albums topped the charts before his death in Stockholm.1005. Jaehyun (1997), South Korean: South Korean singer and actor in the K-pop group NCT 127.1006. Karolina Protsenko (2008), Ukrainian: Ukrainian violinist whose street performances in Santa Monica went viral.1007. Kathleen York (1975), American: American actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter recording artist1008. Kim Yu-gyeom (1997), South Korean: South Korean singer and main dancer of Got7 who went on to a solo R&B career.1009. Maléna (2007), Armenian: Armenian singer who won Junior Eurovision with the song Qami Qami.1010. Natty (2002), Thai: Thai singer in South Korea and member of the girl group Kiss of Life.1011. Niki (1999), Indonesian: Indonesian singer-songwriter signed to the Asian-focused label 88rising.1012. Ruel (2002), Australian: Australian singer-songwriter who won the ARIA Breakthrough Artist award at sixteen and released his debut album 4th Wall in 2023.1013. Shin Yu-na (2003), South Korean: South Korean singer and dancer in the girl group Itzy.1014. Suzuka Nakamoto (1997), Japanese: Japanese singer known as Su-metal, the powerful lead voice of the globally successful kawaii metal band Babymetal.1015. Yellowman (1959), Jamaican: Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay1016. Bang Ye-dam (2002), South Korean: South Korean singer-producer and former member of the boy band Treasure.1017. Emma Kok (2008), Dutch: Dutch singer who went viral performing Voilà with André Rieu's orchestra.1018. Zhong Chenle (2001), Chinese: Chinese singer and member of the best-selling K-pop group NCT Dream.How we rank and selectRanking: people are ordered by their Historical Popularity Index (HPI) from Pantheon. HPI combines how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about a person, how many page views those articles get, how evenly the views are spread across languages and how long ago the person lived. People Pantheon does not yet cover are listed after them, ordered by our own popularity score (the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about them).Membership: each person appears in one occupation list only, based on their primary occupation as classified by Pantheon (for example, a queen who wrote poetry is listed as royalty, not as a writer). Kings, queens, emperors, sultans and royal consorts are not listed as politicians or writers: anyone who held a monarch's office on Wikidata, and never served as a president or head of government, counts as royalty. For the few people Pantheon does not cover, we use the primary field recorded in our database.One-line summaries: each summary is an original line written for this site with AI assistance under our editorial rules, then checked against the Wikipedia introduction so no wording is copied.Statistics: every figure on this page is calculated live from our database each time the page loads, so it changes as we add people.Last reviewed: October 2026Sources: Pantheon: Historical Popularity Index (HPI) rankings, Wikidata: birth dates, death dates and occupations, Wikipedia: biographies behind our summaries and popularity scores. Who Shares My Birthday.

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The most famous singers, composers and performers in our archive, ranked by historical popularity.

1,018 musicians in our database, ranked by historical popularity. Page 21 of 21.

Most famous musician

Ludwig van Beethoven

Highest historical popularity score (HPI 96.9)

Most common birth month

September

106 of 1,018 were born in September

Living vs deceased

662 / 356

65% are still living

Most common nationality

American

344 people, 34% of the list

Editor-written profiles

419

41% have a full original profile so far

The ranked list (from #1001)

How we rank and select

Ranking: people are ordered by their Historical Popularity Index (HPI) from Pantheon. HPI combines how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about a person, how many page views those articles get, how evenly the views are spread across languages and how long ago the person lived. People Pantheon does not yet cover are listed after them, ordered by our own popularity score (the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about them).
Membership: each person appears in one occupation list only, based on their primary occupation as classified by Pantheon (for example, a queen who wrote poetry is listed as royalty, not as a writer). Kings, queens, emperors, sultans and royal consorts are not listed as politicians or writers: anyone who held a monarch's office on Wikidata, and never served as a president or head of government, counts as royalty. For the few people Pantheon does not cover, we use the primary field recorded in our database.
One-line summaries: each summary is an original line written for this site with AI assistance under our editorial rules, then checked against the Wikipedia introduction so no wording is copied.
Statistics: every figure on this page is calculated live from our database each time the page loads, so it changes as we add people.

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Last reviewed: October 2026

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