Entertainers
- Georgiana Emma Barrymore
- United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893)
- torch singer
- a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
- Marta Brigit Nilsson
- Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)
- John Hemminge
- English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
- Lillian Russell
- United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922)
- prima donna
- a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
- Harry Lillis Crosby
- United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
- Peter Seeger
- United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
- caroller
- a singer of carols
- Franz Liszt
- Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
- Charles Hardin Holley
- United States rock star (1936-1959)
- vaudevillian
- a performer who works in vaudeville
- violoncellist
- someone who plays a violoncello
- Elizabeth Taylor
- United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932)
- Maria Tallchief
- United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)
- Asa Yoelson
- United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950)
- Rudolf Serkin
- United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991)
- headliner
- a performer who receives prominent billing
- Karl Czerny
- Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)
- soloist
- a musician who performs a solo
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