Most Famous British Musicians
United Kingdom has produced 531 notable musicians throughout history, led by Paul McCartney. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
PM
Paul McCartney British Guitar Born 1942
#
52
EJ
Elton John British Singer Born 1947
#
150
A
Adele British Singer Born 1988
#
160
FM
Freddie Mercury British Singer 1946 – 1991
#
177
GM
George Michael British Singer 1963 – 2016
#
314
EC
Eric Clapton British Guitar Born 1945
#
360
OO
Ozzy Osbourne British Singer Born 1948
#
460
RW
Robbie Williams British Singer Born 1974
#
533
BM
Brian May British Guitar Born 1947
#
578
RW
Roger Waters British Composer Born 1943
#
668
PG
Peter Gabriel British Singer Born 1950
#
776
L
Lemmy British Singer 1945 – 2015
#
913
JC
Joe Cocker British Singer 1944 – 2014
#
945
BD
Bruce Dickinson British Singer Born 1958
#
1,090
BE
Brian Eno British Composer Born 1948
#
1,265
KB
Kate Bush British Singer Born 1958
#
1,285
MK
Mark Knopfler British Singer Born 1949
#
1,374
TJ
Tom Jones (singer) British Singer Born 1940
#
1,380
VB
Victoria Beckham British Singer Born 1974
#
1,397
JP
Jimmy Page British Guitar Born 1944
#
1,442