Celebrity Full Names: Musicians

1. Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, and entertained audiences nearly his entire life. His father, Joe Jackson (no relation to Joe Jackson, also a musician), had been a guitarist, but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Michael's ...

Michael Joseph Jackson MJJ

2. Stewart Copeland

Composer | Rumble Fish

Stewart Copeland was born on July 16, 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Rumble Fish (1983), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) and Highlander II: The Quickening (1991). He has been married to Fiona Dent since 1993. They have three children. He was ...

Stewart Armstrong Copeland SAC

3. Mick Jagger

Soundtrack | Alfie

Michael Philip Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent on 26th July 1943. When he was 4 he met Keith Richards until they went into secondary schools and lost touch. But one day in 1960 they accidentally met on the Dartford train line and both realized that they had an interest in rock n roll combined ...

Sir Michael Philip Jagger MPJ

4. Charlie Watts

Music_department | Blue Ice

Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 - 24 August 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.

Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an interest in jazz at a young age and joined the band Blues ...

Charles Robert Watts CRW

5. Ronnie Wood

Soundtrack | Almost Famous

Ronald David Wood is an English rock musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, artist, author, and radio personality best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Wood began his career in 1964, when he joined the Birds on guitar.He...

Ronald David Wood RDW

6. Brian Jones

Soundtrack | Mord und Totschlag

Jones was born on 28 February, 1942, to Lewis and Louise Jones. He had two sisters, Pamela and Barbara. Pamela died when Brian was still a child. He fathered his first of several children in high school and was subsequently made to leave. In the early 1960s, Brian formed the legendary group, The ...

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones LBHJ

7. Ian Stewart

Music_department | Cilla at the Savoy

Ian Stewart was born on July 18, 1938 in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Cilla at the Savoy (1966), Banda sonora (2007) and Garnock Way (1976). He died on December 12, 1985 in London, England, UK.

Ian Andrew Robert Stewart IARS

8. Bill Wyman

Soundtrack | Phenomena

Wyman was born in Lewisham, Kent, on 24th October 1936. When he was a child he started to play the organ with his father. His first real job was when he did his national service in the RAF Regiment. When he came back to England he got married and had a kid called Steven. Bill then took up a job as ...

William George Perks WGP

9. Mick Taylor

Soundtrack | The Man Who Fell to Earth

Mick Taylor was born on January 17, 1948 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Freight (2010) and The Last of the Finest (1990).

Michael Kevin Taylor MKT

10. Tina Turner

Soundtrack | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

With almost fifty years in the music business, Tina Turner became one of the most commercially successful international female rock stars. Her sultry, powerful voice, her incredible legs, her time-tested beauty and her unforgettable story all contributed to her legendary status.

Born to a ...

Anna Mae Bullock AMB

11. Jay-Z

Soundtrack | The Harder They Fall

Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Carter was a school friend of The Notorious B.I.G.. He first started releasing records in the late 1980s. In 1990, he appeared on records by his close friend, Jas ("The Originators") and Original Flavor ("...

Shawn Corey Carter SCC

12. Chuck Berry

Soundtrack | Men in Black

Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll ...

Charles Edward Anderson Berry CEAB

13. James Brown

Actor | The Blues Brothers

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and ...

James Joseph Brown JJB

14. Ray Charles

Actor | The Blues Brothers

A tragic fate may have given this visionary a heightened sensitivity, perception, awareness, even expansion to his obvious musical gifts that he may have never touched upon had he not suffered from his physical affliction. Whatever it was, Ray Charles revolutionized American music and was ...

Ray Charles Robinson RCR

15. Fats Domino

Soundtrack | The Blues Brothers

Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 - October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial ...

Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. ADD Jr.

16. Hank Williams Jr.

Soundtrack | Gravity

Randall Hank Williams was born the son of the legendary Hank Williams and Audrey Williams. After the death of his father in 1953, Hank Jr. began his career in country music. The early years of his career were spent trying to overcome the legacy of his father and come into his own. This did not ...

Randall Hank Williams Jr. RHW Jr.

17. Don Everly

Soundtrack | Tequila Sunrise

Don Everly was born on February 1, 1937 in Brownie, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Tequila Sunrise (1988), Cairo Time (2009) and Get on the Bus (1996). He was married to Adela Garza, Karen Prettyman, Venetia Stevenson and Mary Sue Ingraham. He died on August 21, 2021 in Nashville, ...

Isaac Donald Everly IDE

18. Phil Everly

Soundtrack | Tequila Sunrise

Phil Everly was born on January 19, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Tequila Sunrise (1988), Flipped (2010) and Bull Durham (1988). He was married to Patrice Yvonne Arnold, Patricia Mickey and Jacqueline Alice Ertel. He died on January 3, 2014 in Burbank, ...

19. Buddy Holly

Soundtrack | Big Fish

Charles Hardin Holley, known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. His ...

Charles Hardin Holley CHH

20. Little Richard

Actor | Last Action Hero

Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "Architect of Rock 'n' Roll", traveled in his early days with the legendary vaudeville star Spencer "Snake" Anthony. One of Richard's early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a ...

Richard Wayne Penniman RWP

21. Elvis Presley

Soundtrack | Girls! Girls! Girls!

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. ...

Elvis Aaron Presley EAP

22. Aretha Franklin

Actress | The Blues Brothers

Grammy-winning Queen of Soul and the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Vernice (Siggers) and C. L. Franklin, a Baptist minister, who preached at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit for over thirty ...

Aretha Louise Franklin ALF

23. Bob Dylan

Soundtrack | Renaldo and Clara

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil Co. Six years later the family moved to Hibbing, often the coldest place in the US, where he taught himself piano and guitar and formed several high school rock bands. In 1959 he entered the...

Robert Allen Zimmerman RAZ

24. Sting

Soundtrack | The Emperor's New Groove

Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee...

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner GMTS

25. Bruce Springsteen

Soundtrack | Blinded by the Light

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian descent. He has an...

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen BFJS

26. Stevie Wonder

Soundtrack | Wild Wild West

Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan, United States, to Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway. Due to being born six weeks premature, Stevie Wonder was born with a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, which made him blind. Stevie Wonder, even with this disability, made his ...

Stevland Hardaway Judkins SHJ

27. Elton John

Soundtrack | Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Sir Elton John is one of pop music's great survivors. Born 25 March, 1947, as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the early age of four. At the age of 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. His first band was called Bluesology. He later auditioned (...

Reginald Kenneth Dwight RKD

28. Bernie Taupin

Soundtrack | Rocketman

Bernie Taupin was born on May 22, 1950 in Lincolnshire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Rocketman (2019), Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011). He has been married to Heather Lynn Hodgins Kidd since March 27, 2004. They have two children. He was previously ...

Bernard John Taupin BJT

29. Tom Petty

Actor | The Postman

Thomas Earl Petty was an American musician and actor who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s super-group the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist.

Petty had many ...

Thomas Earl Petty TEP

30. John Lennon

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman. He was raised by his mother's older sister Mimi Smith. In the mid-1950s, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, ...

John Winston Ono Lennon JWOL

31. Jimmie Rodgers

Soundtrack | The Devil All the Time

With over 40 top ten hits in the late '50s and '60s, smooth, folksy, honey-voiced singer Jimmie Rodgers was one of the early superstars of Rock & Roll. His biggest #1 hits include "Honeycomb", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "It's Over", "Child of Clay", Oh Oh I'm Falling In Love Again" and "The Long ...

James Charles Rodgers JCR

32. Louis Armstrong

Actor | High Society

Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. He was 13 when he celebrated the New Year by running out on the street and firing a pistol that belonged to the current man in his mother's life. At the Colored Waifs Home for Boys, he learned to play the bugle and the clarinet and joined ...

Louis Daniel Armstrong LDA

33. Whitney Houston

Soundtrack | The Bodyguard

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.

She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...

Whitney Elizabeth Houston WEH

34. Snoop Dogg

Actor | Training Day

Snoop Dogg is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, media personality, entrepreneur, and actor.

His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre and featured on Dre's solo debut, "Deep Cover", and then on Dre's solo debut album, The Chronic. He has since sold over 23 ...

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. CCB Jr.

35. Mary J. Blige

Soundtrack | Mudbound

Mary J. Blige was born on January 11, 1971 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Mudbound (2017), Rock of Ages (2012) and The Help (2011). She was previously married to Kendu Isaacs.

Mary Jane Blige MJB

36. Billy Joel

Soundtrack | Oliver & Company

William Martin Joel is an American singer, pianist, composer and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his single and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 12 pop and rock studio albums from 1971...

William Martin Joel WMJ

37. Eddie Cochran

Soundtrack | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Eddie Cochran was born as Ray Edward Cochran on October 3, 1938 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. When Eddie was 14, his parents moved to Bell Gardens, California where he began playing the guitar. In 1954, Eddie joined a local band with songwriter Hank Cochran where Eddie performed as the second vocalist....

Ray Edward Cochran REC

38. Quincy Jones

Producer | The Color Purple

Considered to be one of the greatest minds in music and television history, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Sarah Frances (Wells), a bank executive, and Quincy Delight Jones, Sr., a carpenter.

Jones found his love for music while he was ...

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. QDJ Jr.

39. John Fogerty

Soundtrack | Battleship

John Fogerty was born on May 28, 1945 in Berkeley, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Battleship (2012), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Blade (1998). He has been married to Julie Lynne Kramer since April 20, 1991. They have three children. He was previously married to ...

John Cameron Fogerty JCF

40. Bob Marley

Soundtrack | I Am Legend

Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a Jamaican of English descent. His mother was a black teenager. The couple were married in 1944 but Norval left for Kingston immediately after. Norval died in 1957, seeing...

Robert Nesta Marley RNM

41. Rod Stewart

Soundtrack | Innerspace

Rod Stewart was born on January 10, 1945 in Highgate, London, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for Innerspace (1987), The Three Musketeers (1993) and No Way Out (1987). He has been married to Penny Lancaster since June 16, 2007. They have two children. He was previously married to ...

Sir Roderick David Stewart RDS

42. Neil Diamond

Soundtrack | The Jazz Singer

Neil Leslie Diamond was born in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City, on January 24, 1941. His father, Akeeba "Kieve" Diamond, was a dry-goods merchant. Both he and wife Rose were Jewish immigrants from Poland. The Diamond family temporarily relocated to Cheyenne, Wyoming, because of...

Neil Leslie Diamond NLD

43. Paul McCartney

Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sir Paul McCartney is a key figure in contemporary culture as a singer, composer, poet, writer, artist, humanitarian, entrepreneur, and holder of more than 3 thousand copyrights. He is in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for most records sold, most #1s (shared), most covered song, "Yesterday," ...

Sir James Paul McCartney JPC

44. LL Cool J

Actor | Deep Blue Sea

L.L. Cool J was born James Todd Smith in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, the son of Ondrea Griffith and James Louis Smith, Jr.

Todd, as he was called, did not have a very happy childhood. At the age of four, he saw his mother and grandfather shot by his own father. After they recovered from their ...

James Todd Smith JTS

45. Janis Joplin

Soundtrack | Watchmen

Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...

Janis Lyn Joplin JLJ

46. Trace Adkins

Actor | The Lincoln Lawyer

Trace Adkins' trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and turned albums into Platinum plaques, selling over 10 million albums, cumulatively. The Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry is a television personality, actor, author, spokesman for the Wounded Warrior...

Tracy Darrell Adkins TDA

47. Jason Aldean

Soundtrack | Patriots Day

Jason Aldean was born on February 28, 1977 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Patriots Day (2016), Jason Aldean: Amarillo Sky (2006) and Jason Aldean - Tattoos on This Town (2011). He has been married to Brittany Kerr Aldean since March 21, 2015. They have two ...

Jason Aldine Williams JAW

48. Rodney Atkins

Soundtrack | The Bourne Legacy

Rodney Atkins was born on March 28, 1969 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Bourne Legacy (2012), Camille (2008) and Rodney Atkins: Watching You (2006). He has been married to Rose Falcon since November 10, 2013. They have two children. He was previously ...

Rodney Allan Atkins RAA

49. Gene Autry

Soundtrack | The Gene Autry Show

After high school Gene Autry worked as a laborer for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in Oklahoma. Next he was a telegrapher. In 1928 he began singing on a local radio station, and three years later he had his own show and was making his first recordings. Three years after that he made his ...

Orvon Grover Autry OGA

50. Clint Black

Actor | Maverick

Clint Black was born on February 4, 1962 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is a music artist and producer, known for Maverick (1994), Anger Management (2003) and Nowhere to Run (1993). He has been married to Lisa Hartman since October 20, 1991. They have one child.

Clint Patrick Black CPB

51. Dierks Bentley

Soundtrack | Only the Brave

Dierks Bentley was born on November 20, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Only the Brave (2017), Dierks Bentley: Drunk on a Plane (2014) and The Wire (2002). He has been married to Cassidy Black since December 17, 2005. They have three children.

Frederick Dierks Bentley FDB

52. Zac Brown

Soundtrack | I Am Number Four

Zac Brown is known for I Am Number Four (2011), 12 Strong (2018) and Patriots Day (2016). He has been married to Kelly Yazdi since August 31, 2023. He was previously married to Shelly.

Zachry Alexander Brown ZAB

53. Trisha Yearwood

Soundtrack | Con Air

Trisha Yearwood was born on September 19, 1964 in Monticello, Georgia, USA. She is a music artist and producer, known for Con Air (1997), For Love of the Game (1999) and Hope Floats (1998). She has been married to Garth Brooks since December 10, 2005. She was previously married to Robert Reynolds ...

Patricia Lynn Yearwood PLY

54. Garth Brooks

Soundtrack | Frequency

Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and ...

Troyal Garth Brooks TGB

55. George Strait

Soundtrack | Pure Country

George Harvey Strait Sr. is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait's success began when his first single "Unwound" was a hit in 1981, signaling the arrival of the Neotraditional movement. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the ...

George Harvey Strait Sr. GHS Sr.

56. Roy Acuff

Soundtrack | Night Train to Memphis

Roy Acuff was born on September 15, 1903 in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Night Train to Memphis (1946), Home in San Antone (1949) and Smoky Mountain Melody (1948). He was married to Mildred Louise Douglas. He died on November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Roy Claxton Acuff RCA

57. Big Kenny

Soundtrack | Magic Mike

Big Kenny was born on November 1, 1963 in Culpeper, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Magic Mike (2012), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) and The Frontier Boys (2012). He has been married to Christiev Carothers since January 23, 2005. They have two children. He was ...

William Kenneth Alphin WKA

58. Kenny Chesney

Soundtrack | The Do-Over

Kenny Chesney was born on March 26, 1968 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Do-Over (2016), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) and Kenny Chesney: You and Tequila ft. Grace Potter (2011). He was previously married to Renée Zellweger.

Kenneth Arnold Chesney KAC

59. John Denver

Soundtrack | Armageddon

His birth occurred on Friday, December 31st, 1943, as the son of an Air Force officer, Denver was constantly moved from state to state and country to country. It was in Tucson, Arizona, that his grandmother gave him his first acoustic guitar, a gift that would prove an icebreaker when meeting other...

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. HJD Jr.

60. Patsy Cline

Soundtrack | Assassin's Creed

Patsy Cline was born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932 in Winchester, Virginia. Her brush with show business came at age four when she won a prize in an amateur tap dancing contest. By the time she entered grade school, her family was fully aware of her musical talent. On her eighth ...

Virginia Patterson Hensley VPH

61. Faith Hill

Actress | The Stepford Wives

Audrey Faith McGraw known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American singer, actress and record producer. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Hill's first two albums, Take Me as I Am (1993) and It Matters to Me (...

Audrey Faith Perry AFP

62. Chris Young

Soundtrack | Country Strong

Grammy-nominated Country singer/songwriter Chris Young was born Christopher Alan Young in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. With music in his family (his grandfather Richard Yates was a performer in the Louisiana Hayride), young Chris showed interest in it by performing in different children's theater ...

Christopher Alan Young CAY

63. Dwight Yoakam

Actor | Sling Blade

Since the start of his music career, Dwight Yoakam has proven he's more than just another guy with a guitar and a hat. He has risen from hot country star to being one of country music's biggest influences. While doing that, he has also become a critically acclaimed actor.

Dwight David Yoakam was ...

Dwight David Yoakam DDY

64. Wynonna Judd

Soundtrack | Lilo & Stitch

Wynonna Judd was raised in various places across the country, beginning in her birth state of Kentucky. As her mother Naomi Judd continued pursuing her nursing career, the Judd family settled twice in California and later full-time in Kentucky. In 1979, Wynonna, Naomi and younger half-sister Ashley...

Christina Claire Ciminella CCC

65. Naomi Judd

Actress | Someone Like You...

Naomi Judd was born on January 11, 1946 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Someone Like You (2001), An Evergreen Christmas (2014) and Route 65 Nashville. She was married to Larry Strickland and Michael Charles Ciminella. She died on April 30, 2022 in Nashville, ...

Diana Ellen Judd DEJ

66. Gretchen Wilson

Soundtrack | Footloose

Gretchen Wilson was born on June 26, 1973 in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Footloose (2011), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016).

Gretchen Frances Wilson GFW

67. Taylor Swift

Soundtrack | Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Taylor Alison Swift is a multi-Grammy award-winning American singer/songwriter who, in 2010 at the age of 20, became the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2011 Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. She also has been named the American Music Awards...

Taylor Alison Swift TAS

68. Eric Church

Soundtrack | The Do-Over

Eric Church was born on May 3, 1977 in Granite Falls, North Carolina, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Do-Over (2016), Eric Church: Record Year (2016) and Eric Church - Mr. Misunderstood (2015). He has been married to Katherine Blasingame since January 8, 2008. They have two ...

Kenneth Eric Church KEC

69. Ryan Adams

Soundtrack | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Ryan Adams was born on November 5, 1974 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA. He is a director and actor, known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and The Condemned (2007). He was previously married to Mandy Moore.

David Ryan Adams DRA

70. John Williams

Composer | Jurassic Park

As one of the best known, awarded, and financially successful composers in US history, John Williams is as easy to recall as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland or Leonard Bernstein, illustrating why he is "America's composer" time and again. With a massive list of awards that includes over 52 Oscar ...

John Towner Williams JTW

71. Hans Zimmer

Composer | Gladiator

German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents. He featured in the music video for The Buggles' single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to ...

Hans Florian Zimmer HFZ

72. Rhett Akins

Soundtrack | Something to Talk About

Rhett Akins was born on October 13, 1969 in Valdosta, Georgia, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Something to Talk About (1995), Black Dog (1998) and Country Strong (2010).

Thomas Rhett Akins TRA

73. Randy Owen

Soundtrack | Fire Down Below

Randy Owen was born on December 13, 1949 in Fort Payne, Alabama, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Fire Down Below (1997), Diggstown (1992) and Dolly (1987).

Randall Yeuell Owen RYO

74. Jessi Alexander

Soundtrack | The Ice Road

Jessi Alexander is known for The Ice Road (2021), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) and An Unfinished Life (2005).

Jessica Leigh Alexander JLA

75. Rex Allen

Soundtrack | Tomorrowland

Rex Allen started out as a singer in vaudeville, and sang on numerous radio shows before hooking up with a traveling rodeo show. He signed with Republic Pictures and became a popular singing cowboy, and was often paired with sidekick Slim Pickens. He starred in his own western TV series, Frontier ...

Rex Elvie Allen REA

76. Duane Allman

Self | Untitled Allman Brothers/Nick Cassavetes Project

Duane Allman was born in Nashville, Tennessee in November 1946. On Christmas Day in 1960, Duane was given a motorcycle as a gift while his younger brother, Gregg Allman, got a guitar. A few months later, Duane wrecked his motorcycle in an accident, but traded in the spare parts for a guitar of his ...

Howard Duane Allman HDA

77. Gregg Allman

Soundtrack | Jack Reacher

Gregg LeNoir Allman was NOT primarily known for being an actor, he was a musician, songwriter and singer that formed the Allman Brothers Band with his brother Duane in 1969. His music appeared in the movie soundtracks of films such as Walking Tall (2004) and Jack Reacher (2012) and in the ...

Gregory LeNoir Allman GLA

78. Dickey Betts

Soundtrack | Big Fish

Dickey Betts, born in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1943, was the oldest member of the Allman Brothers Band when they formed in 1969. He shared lead guitar duties with band founder and leader Duane Allman, also playing alongside bassist Berry Oakley, drummers Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, and Allman's ...

Forrest Richard Betts FRB

79. Jaimoe

Actor | The Allman Brothers Band: 40th Anniversary Live at the Beacon Theatre

Jaimoe is known for The Allman Brothers Band: 40th Anniversary Live at the Beacon Theatre (2014), Independent Lens (1999) and Muscle Shoals (2013).

John Lee Johnson JLJ

80. Butch Trucks

Actor | The Allman Brothers Band: 40th Anniversary Live at the Beacon Theatre

Butch Trucks was born on May 11, 1947 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for The Allman Brothers Band: 40th Anniversary Live at the Beacon Theatre (2014), Unplugged (1989) and The Allman Brothers Band: Live at the Beacon Theatre (2003). He was married to Melinda Trucks. He died ...

Claude Hudson Trucks CHT

81. Allen Woody

Soundtrack | The Perfect Storm

Allen Woody was born on October 2, 1956 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He died on August 26, 2000 in New York City, New York, USA.

Douglas Allen Woody DAW

82. Russell Smith

Producer | Juno

Russell Smith was born on April 21, 1954 in Springfield, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Juno (2007), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and Labor Day (2013).

Howard Russell Smith HRS

83. Bill Anderson

Soundtrack | Missing

Bill Anderson was born on November 1, 1937 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Missing (1982), Almost Blue (1996) and The Year My Voice Broke (1987).

James William Anderson III JWA III

84. Lynn Anderson

Soundtrack | Zodiac

Lynn Rene Anderson was a multi-award-winning American country music singer known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most notably her country-pop, worldwide mega-hit "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden". She charted 12 No. 1, 18 Top-10, and more than 50 Top-40 hits. Anderson's ...

Lynn Rene Anderson LRA

85. Elisabeth Andreassen

Actress | Klippet

Elisabeth Andreassen was born on March 28, 1958 in Göteborg, Sweden. She is an actress, known for Klippet (1982), Nöjesmassakern (1985) and Retro (2002). She has been married to Tor Andreassen since July 2, 1994. They have two children.

Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen EGA

86. Jessica Andrews

Actress | Precognition

Jessica Andrews is known for Precognition (2018), Playground Logic (2004) and Silent Witness (1996).

Jessica Danielle Andrews JDA

87. Eddy Arnold

Soundtrack | Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Eddy Arnold was born on May 15, 1918 in Henderson, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Groundhog Day (1993) and The Brave One (2007). He was married to Sally Gayhart. He died on May 8, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Richard Edward Arnold REA

88. Susan A. Ashton

Actress | Rescue Me

Susan A. Ashton is known for Rescue Me (2004).

Susan Rae Hill SRA

89. Ray Benson

Soundtrack | Universal Soldier: The Return

Ray Benson was born on March 16, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Universal Soldier: The Return (1999), The Vanishing (1993) and Assassination Tango (2002).

Raymond Benson Seifert RBS

90. Chet Atkins

Soundtrack | Michael

Chet Atkins was an A&R (artist and repertoire) executive for RCA Victor Records from 1958 until 1974, producing recordings for such artists as Elvis Presley, Bobby Bare, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Duane Eddy, The Browns, Charley Pride, Hank Snow and The Everly Brothers...

Chester Burton Atkins CBA

91. Hoyt Axton

Actor | Gremlins

Hoyt Axton was born on March 25, 1938 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Gremlins (1984), Forrest Gump (1994) and The Big Chill (1983). He was married to Deborah Hawkins, Donna "Bambi" Roberts, Kathryn Roberts and Mary Sanino. He died on October 26, 1999 in Victor, ...

Hoyt Wayne Axton HWA

92. Kevin Bacon

Actor | Footloose

Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.

Kevin's early training as an actor came from The Manning Street. ...

Kevin Norwood Bacon KNB

93. Frankie Ballard

Soundtrack | Hot Pursuit

Frankie Ballard is known for Hot Pursuit (2015), GCB (2012) and Frankie Ballard: Cigarette (2016). He has been married to Christina Murphy since March 12, 2017.

Frank Robert Ballard IV FRB IV

94. Kelsea Ballerini

Actress | Kelsea Ballerini: Dibs

Kelsea Ballerini has consistently made history. With the release of her debut album The First Time (Black River), she became the "only female country artist to hit #1 with the first three consecutive singles from a debut album." This history-making feat helped earn the honeyed alto a Best New ...

Kelsea Nicole Ballerini KNB

95. Levon Helm

Actor | Shooter

Levon Helm was in the right place at the right time. He saw the birth of rock and roll and, though he was too much of a gentleman to say it, his role in helping to keep that rebellious child healthy was more than just instrumental.

On May 26, 1940, Mark Lavon Helm was the second of four children born...

Mark Lavon Helm MLH

96. Rick Danko

Soundtrack | Station Eleven

Rick Danko was born on December 29, 1943 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. He was a music artist and actor, known for Station Eleven (2021), Howl (2010) and The Last Waltz (1978). He was married to Elizabeth Grafton and Grace Seldner. He died on December 10, 1999 in Marbletown, New York, USA.

Richard Clare Danko RCD

97. Garth Hudson

Soundtrack | Raging Bull

Garth Hudson was born on August 2, 1937 in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a music artist and actor, known for Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983) and Man Outside (1987).

Eric Garth Hudson EGH

98. Richard Manuel

Soundtrack | The Brothers Bloom

Richard Manuel was one of the leaders of the rock group The Band. Known as the "funny" one, Manuel was also very frail and was prone to drug use. He sang some of the group's most prominent songs, "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)", "Tears of Rage", "Whispering Pines" and "I Shall Be Released". After ...

Richard George Manuel RGM

99. Robbie Robertson

Music_department | Killers of the Flower Moon

Robbie Robertson was born on July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a music artist and actor, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Ladder 49 (2004). He was married to Janet Zuccarini and Dominique Robertson. He died on August 9, 2023 in Los ...

Jaime Royal Robertson JRR

100. Moe Bandy

Writer | Lucky Me: The Moe Bandy Story

Moe Bandy was born on February 12, 1944. He is an actor and writer, known for Lucky Me: The Moe Bandy Story, Gambit (2012) and Gordy (1994).

Marion Franklin Bandy Jr. MFB Jr.