Famous Jazzmen

This list currently contains 29 personalities

Louis Armstrong

† at 69 years

Louis Armstrong

1901 • 1971

† at 62 years

1897 • 1959

Died 30 years ago in 2024

† at 86 years

1907 • 1994

† at 40 years

1926 • 1967

† at 79 years

1941 • 2021

† at 65 years

1926 • 1991

Died 50 years ago in 2024

† at 75 years

1899 • 1974

Ella Fitzgerald

† at 79 years

Ella Fitzgerald

1917 • 1996

† at 64 years

1927 • 1991

Dizzy Gillespie

† at 75 years

Dizzy Gillespie

1917 • 1993

Coleman Hawkins

† at 64 years

Coleman Hawkins

1904 • 1969

† at 44 years

1915 • 1959

† at 92 years

1930 • 2023

† at 83 years

1923 • 2006

Ibrahim Maalouf

Ibrahim Maalouf

† at 40 years

1904 • 1944

† at 56 years

1922 • 1979

Thelonious Monk

† at 64 years

Thelonious Monk

1917 • 1982

Died 25 years ago in 2024

† at 76 years

1923 • 1999

† at 34 years

1920 • 1955

† at 82 years

1925 • 2007

Oscar Pettiford

† at 37 years

Oscar Pettiford

1922 • 1960

Django Reinhardt

† at 43 years

Django Reinhardt

1910 • 1953

† at 69 years

1917 • 1987

† at 70 years

1933 • 2003