Entertainers
- heavy
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- Franz Liszt
- Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
- Israel Strassberg
- United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)
- Dame Joan Sutherland
- Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)
- Ethel Merman
- United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
- Emmett Kelly
- United States circus clown (1898-1979)
- Meryl Streep
- United States film actress (born in 1949)
- Sir Alec Guinness
- English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000)
- Peter Alexander Ustinov
- British actor and playwright (1921-2004)
- Gloria May Josephine Svensson
- United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
- Mary Leontyne Price
- United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
- Robert De Niro
- United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943)
- strongman
- a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus
- Steve Martin
- United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)
- E. G. Marshall
- United States actor (1914-1998)
- actress
- a female actor
- recorder player
- someone who plays the recorder
- artiste
- a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)