List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians/singers, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.
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| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Abadie | 1920–2020 | 100 | French jazz clarinetist and bandleader[1][2] | 
| Lee Adams | 1924– | 101 | American musical theatre lyricist[3][4] | 
| Frances Adaskin | 1900–2001 | 100 | Canadian pianist[5] | 
| Licia Albanese | 1909–2014 | 105 | Italian-born American operatic soprano[6] | 
| Pol Albrecht | 1874–1975 | 100 | Luxembourgish composer[7][8] | 
| Fedora Alemán | 1912–2018 | 105 | Venezuelan singer[9] | 
| Van Alexander | 1915–2015 | 100 | American bandleader, arranger and composer[10] | 
| Marshall Allen | 1924– | 101 | American saxophonist and bandleader[11] | 
| Bartolo Alvarez | 1914–2017 | 102 | Puerto Rican musician[12] | 
| Robert Alexander Anderson | 1894–1995 | 100 | American composer[13] | 
| Katja Andy | 1907–2013 | 106 | German-American classical pianist and piano professor[14] | 
| Ray Anthony | 1922– | 103 | American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor[15] | 
| Walter Arlen | 1920–2023 | 103 | American composer[16] | 
| Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist[17] | 
| Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader and composer[18] | 
| Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | 101 | Russian-American composer and lyricist[19][20] | 
| Ralph Berkowitz | 1910–2011 | 100 | American composer and classical pianist[21] | 
| Bernard Bierman | 1908–2012 | 104 | American composer[22] | 
| Esther Borja | 1913–2013 | 100 | Cuban singer[23] | 
| David Botwinik | 1920–2022 | 101 | Lithuanian-born Canadian composer[24] | 
| José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist[25] | 
| Slim Bryant | 1908–2010 | 101 | American country music singer-songwriter[26] | 
| Charles Burrell | 1920–2025 | 104 | American jazz bassist[27] | 
| Henri Büsser | 1872–1973 | 101 | French classical composer, conductor and organist[28] | 
| Emil Cadkin | 1920–2020 | 100 | American TV and film composer[29] | 
| Irving Caesar | 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theatre composer[30] | 
| Matilde Capuis | 1913–2017 | 104 | Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer[31] | 
| Elliott Carter | 1908–2012 | 103 | American classical composer[32] | 
| Alice Chalifoux | 1908–2008 | 100 | American harpist[33] | 
| Gina Cigna | 1900–2001 | 101 | Italian soprano[34] | 
| Helen Clare | 1916–2018 | 101 | British singer[35] | 
| Orlando Cole | 1908–2010 | 101 | American cellist[36] | 
| Christopher Columbus | 1902–2002 | 100 | American jazz drummer[37] | 
| Anton Coppola | 1917–2020 | 102 | American opera conductor and composer[38] | 
| Hugues Cuénod | 1902–2010 | 108 | Swiss tenor[39] | 
| Jean Cussac | 1922– | 103 | French baritone and music director[40] | 
| Thanga Darlong | 1920–2023 | 103 | Indian folk musician[41] | 
| Deva Dassy | 1911–2016 | 104 | French mezzo-soprano[42] | 
| Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer-songwriter[43] | 
| Vincent DeRosa | 1920–2022 | 101 | American hornist[44] | 
| Alfredo Diez Nieto | 1918–2021 | 102 | Cuban composer and conductor.[45] | 
| Annette Richardson Dinwoodey | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Latter Day Saint vocalist[46] | 
| Renée Doria | 1921–2021 | 100 | French operatic soprano[47] | 
| Roy Douglas | 1907–2015 | 107 | British composer and pianist[48] | 
| Helena Dunicz-Niwińska | 1915–2018 | 102 | Polish violinist, translator and author.[49] | 
| Jan Ekier | 1913–2014 | 100 | Polish pianist and composer[50] | 
| Hellmut Federhofer | 1911–2014 | 102 | Austrian musicologist[51] | 
| Lionel Ferbos | 1911–2014 | 103 | American jazz trumpeter[52] | 
| Irving Fields | 1915–2016 | 101 | American pianist[53] | 
| Anthony Galla-Rini | 1904–2006 | 102 | American accordionist[54] | 
| Manuel García | 1805–1906 | 101 | Spanish baritone and singing teacher[55] | 
| John Gerrish | 1910–2010 | 100 | American composer[56] | 
| Terry Gibbs | 1924– | 100 | American jazz vibraphonist and band leader[57] | 
| Peggy Gilbert | 1905–2007 | 102 | American jazz saxophonist[58] | 
| Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist[59] | 
| Sidonie Goossens | 1899–2004 | 105 | British harpist[60] | 
| Stella Greka | 1922–2025 | 102 | Greek singer and actress[61] | 
| Kaiti Grey | 1924–2025 | 100 | Greek singer and actress[62] | 
| Roy Henderson | 1899–2000 | 100 | Scottish baritone[63] | 
| Alice Herz-Sommer | 1903–2014 | 110 | Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors[64] | 
| Randolph Hokanson | 1915–2018 | 103 | American pianist[65] | 
| Dolores Hope | 1909–2011 | 102 | American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope[66] | 
| Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish pianist[67] | 
| Francis Jackson | 1917–2022 | 104 | British organist, choral director and composer[68] | 
| Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor[69] | 
| Judy Johnson (singer) | 1924–2025 | 100 | American pop singer[70] | 
| Maurice Journeau | 1898–1999 | 100 | French composer[71] | 
| George Katsaros | 1888–1997 | 108 | Greek-American musician[72] | 
| Abdul Rashid Khan | 1908–2016 | 107 | Indian musician[73] | 
| Phyllis Kinney | 1922– | 103 | American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music[74] | 
| Mykola Kolessa | 1903–2006 | 102 | Ukrainian composer[75] | 
| Pierre Labric | 1921– | 104 | French organist and composer[76] | 
| Marcelle de Lacour | 1896–1997 | 100 | French harpsichordist[77] | 
| Marjorie Lane | 1912–2012 | 100 | American singer[78] | 
| Margaret Ruthven Lang | 1867–1972 | 104 | American composer[79] | 
| Johnny Lange | 1905–2006 | 100 | American Academy Award-nominated songwriter[80] | 
| Anita Lasker-Wallfisch | 1925- | 100 | German-Bristish cellist[81] | 
| André Lavagne | 1913–2014 | 100 | French composer[82] | 
| Paul Le Flem | 1881–1984 | 103 | French composer[83] | 
| Leo Leandros | 1923– | 101 | Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter, lyricist and record producer[84] | 
| Everett Lee | 1916–2022 | 105 | American conductor and violinist[85] | 
| Mary Lee | 1921–2022 | 100 | Scottish singer[86] | 
| Matti Lehtinen | 1922–2022 | 100 | Finnish baritone singer[87] | 
| Conrad Leonard | 1898–2003 | 104 | British pianist and composer[88] | 
| María Teresa Linares Savio | 1920–2021 | 100 | Cuban musicologist[89][90] | 
| Gisela Litz | 1922–2023 | 100 | German contralto opera singer[91] | 
| Huey Long | 1904–2009 | 105 | American jazz singer[92] | 
| Lawrence Lucie | 1907–2009 | 101 | American jazz musician[93] | 
| Alice Ludes | 1912–2017 | 104 | American singer[94] | 
| Nonie Lynch | 1910–2011 | 101 | Irish singer[95] | 
| Dame Vera Lynn | 1917–2020 | 103 | British actress, singer and songwriter[96] | 
| Wade Mainer | 1907–2011 | 104 | American country music singer and banjoist[97] | 
| Léo Marjane | 1912–2016 | 104 | French singer[98] | 
| Draga Matković | 1907–2013 | 105 | German classical pianist[99] | 
| Sir Robert Mayer | 1879–1985 | 105 | German-born British music patron and philanthropist[100] | 
| Albert J. McNeil | 1920–2022 | 102 | American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author[101] | 
| Buddy Moreno | 1912–2015 | 103 | American singer, bandleader and radio personality[102] | 
| Jane Morgan | 1924–2025 | 101 | American singer and recording artist[103] | 
| Blanche Honegger Moyse | 1909–2011 | 101 | Swiss-born American conductor[104] | 
| Marcel Mule | 1901–2001 | 100 | French classical saxophonist[105] | 
| Phil Nimmons | 1923–2024 | 100 | Canadian jazz musician and composer[106] | 
| Magda Olivero | 1910–2014 | 104 | Italian soprano[107] | 
| Lia Origoni | 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian singer[108][109] | 
| Leo Ornstein | 1895–2002 | 106 | Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer[110] | 
| Uncle Charlie Osborne | 1890–1992 | 101 | American Appalachian Mountains musician[111] | 
| Aldo Parisot | 1918–2018 | 100 | Brazilian-born American cellist[112] | 
| Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 1907–2007 | 100 | American brass band leader[113] | 
| Alf Pearson | 1910–2012 | 102 | British variety singer[114] | 
| Bill Pitman | 1920–2022 | 102 | American guitarist and session musician (The Wrecking Crew)[115] | 
| Andreja Preger | 1912–2015 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist[116] | 
| Harry Rabinowitz | 1916–2016 | 100 | British film and television composer[117] | 
| H. Owen Reed | 1910–2014 | 103 | American composer, conductor and author[118] | 
| Elsa Respighi | 1894–1996 | 101 | Italian composer and singer; wife of fellow composer Ottorino Respighi[119] | 
| Lívia Rév | 1916–2018 | 101 | Hungarian classical concert pianist[120] | 
| Rosa Rio | 1902–2010 | 107 | American organist[121] | 
| Diamantina Rodríguez | 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish singer[122] | 
| Edmundo Ros | 1910–2011 | 100 | Trinidadian musician, vocalist and bandleader[123] | 
| Thomas Round | 1915–2016 | 100 | British opera singer[124] | 
| Olga Rudge | 1895–1996 | 100 | American violinist[125] | 
| Art Rupe | 1917–2022 | 104 | American record producer and founder of Specialty Records[126] | 
| Joseph Salemi | 1902–2003 | 100 | American jazz trombonist[127] | 
| Horacio Salgán | 1916–2016 | 100 | Argentine composer and pianist[128] | 
| Teresa Saporiti | 1763–1869 | 106 | Italian soprano[129] | 
| Luther Saxon | 1916–2017 | 101 | American singer[130] | 
| Cecilia Seghizzi | 1908–2019 | 111 | Italian composer[131][132] | 
| George Beverly Shea | 1909–2013 | 104 | Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[133] | 
| Shep Shepherd | 1917–2018 | 101 | American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer[134] | 
| Mervin Shiner | 1921–2023 | 102 | American country singer, songwriter and guitarist[135] | 
| Ed Simons | 1917–2018 | 101 | American conductor[136] | 
| Hal Singer | 1919–2020 | 100 | American bandleader and saxophonist[137] | 
| Ruth Slenczynska | 1925– | 100 | American pianist[138] | 
| Nicolas Slonimsky | 1894–1995 | 101 | Russian-American composer and conductor[139] | 
| Viola Smith | 1912–2020 | 107 | American musician[140][141] | 
| Eleanor Sokoloff | 1914–2020 | 106 | American pianist[142] | 
| Leif Solberg | 1914–2016 | 101 | Norwegian classical composer and organist[143] | 
| Ljerko Spiller | 1908–2008 | 100 | Croatian and Argentine violinist[144] | 
| Laila Storch | 1921–2022 | 101 | American oboist[145] | 
| Sally Sweetland | 1911–2015 | 103 | American soprano[146] | 
| Jenő Takács | 1902–2005 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian composer and pianist[147] | 
| Bill Tapia | 1908–2011 | 103 | American musician[148] | 
| Tillit Sidney Teddlie | 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymn composer[149] | 
| Louise Tobin | 1918–2022 | 104 | American singer[150] | 
| Roman Toi | 1916–2018 | 101 | Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist[151][152] | 
| Juan Vicente Torrealba | 1917–2019 | 102 | Venezuelan harpist and composer[153] | 
| Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-born American violinist and educator[154] | 
| Orrin Tucker | 1911–2011 | 100 | American bandleader and composer[155] | 
| İlhan Usmanbaş | 1921–2025 | 103 | Turkish classical composer[156] | 
| Stanley Vann | 1910–2010 | 100 | British composer[157] | 
| Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American vocalist and big band singer[158] | 
| Elisabeth Waldo | 1918– | 107 | American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist[159] | 
| Stephen Wilkinson | 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer[160][161] | 
| Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer[162] | 
| Elder Roma Wilson | 1910–2018 | 107 | American gospel harmonicist[163] | 
| Helmut Winschermann | 1920–2021 | 100 | German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher[164] | 
| Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer[165] | 
| Hilde Zadek | 1917–2019 | 101 | German operatic soprano[166][167] | 
| Renato Zanettovich | 1921–2021 | 100 | Italian violinist and teacher[168] | 
| Julien-François Zbinden | 1917–2021 | 103 | Swiss composer and jazz pianist[169] | 
| Maria Zhorella Fedorova | 1915–2017 | 101 | Austrian-born American soprano[170] | 
| Izabella Zielińska | 1910–2017 | 106 | Polish pianist[171] | 
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