Famous Pianists

This list currently contains 81 personalities which there are for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jean-Sébastien Bach, Michel Legrand, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Michel Petrucciani, Véronique Sanson, Aretha Franklin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, William Sheller, Elton John, Franz Schubert, Nat King Cole, Fats Domino, ...

† at 48 years

1860 • 1909

Classic composers

Jean-Sébastien Bach

† at 65 years

Jean-Sébastien Bach

1685 • 1750

Classic composers

† at 94 years

1928 • 2023

Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim

† at 64 years

1881 • 1945

Classic composers

† at 52 years

1969 • 2022

† at 90 years

1930 • 2020

Film music composers

Johannes Brahms

† at 63 years

Johannes Brahms

1833 • 1897

Classic composers

Benjamin Britten

† at 63 years

Benjamin Britten

1913 • 1976

Classic composers

Richard Carpenter

Richard Carpenter

† at 73 years

1930 • 2004

Frédéric Chopin

† at 39 years

Frédéric Chopin

1810 • 1849

Classic composers

Richard Clayderman

Richard Clayderman

† at 79 years

1941 • 2021

Film music composers

† at 102 years

1904 • 2007

† at 55 years

1862 • 1918

Classic composers

† at 89 years

1928 • 2017

† at 75 years

1899 • 1974

Died 100 years ago in 2024

† at 79 years

1845 • 1924

Classic composers

Died 30 years ago in 2025

† at 80 years

1914 • 1995

Aretha Franklin

† at 76 years

Aretha Franklin

1942 • 2018

George Gershwin

† at 38 years

George Gershwin

1898 • 1937

† at 50 years

1932 • 1982

Enrique Granados

† at 48 years

Enrique Granados

1867 • 1916

Classic composers

† at 64 years

1843 • 1907

Classic composers

Hélène Grimaud

Film music composers

Vladimir Horowitz

† at 86 years

Vladimir Horowitz

1903 • 1989

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski

† at 53 years

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski

1840 • 1893

Classic composers

† at 92 years

1930 • 2023

† at 48 years

1868 • 1917

† at 45 years

1919 • 1965

Jerry Lee Lewis

† at 87 years

Jerry Lee Lewis

1935 • 2022

Raymond Lefebvre

† at 78 years

Raymond Lefebvre

1929 • 2008

Film music composers

† at 86 years

1932 • 2019

Film music composers

† at 67 years

1919 • 1987

† at 74 years

1811 • 1886

Classic composers

† at 87 years

1932 • 2020

Lord Vinheteiro

Lord Vinheteiro

Jacques Loussier

† at 84 years

Jacques Loussier

1934 • 2019

† at 70 years

1842 • 1912

Classic composers

† at 109 years

1914 • 2023

Felix Mendelssohn

† at 38 years

Felix Mendelssohn

1809 • 1847

Classic composers

† at 83 years

1941 • 2024

Olivier Messiaen

† at 83 years

Olivier Messiaen

1908 • 1992

† at 56 years

1922 • 1979

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

† at 35 years

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756 • 1791

Classic composers

Film music composers

Pierre Papadiamandis

† at 85 years

Pierre Papadiamandis

1937 • 2022

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at 82 years

1925 • 2007

Jean-Claude Petit

Jean-Claude Petit

Film music composers

Michel Petrucciani

† at 36 years

Michel Petrucciani

1962 • 1999

Francis Poulenc

† at 64 years

Francis Poulenc

1899 • 1963

Sergueï Prokofiev

† at 61 years

Sergueï Prokofiev

1891 • 1953

Classic composers

Sergueï Rachmaninov

† at 69 years

Sergueï Rachmaninov

1873 • 1943

Classic composers

Born 150 years ago in 2025

† at 62 years

1875 • 1937

Classic composers

† at 89 years

1910 • 2000

Arthur Rubinstein

† at 95 years

Arthur Rubinstein

1887 • 1982

Anton Rubinstein

† at 64 years

Anton Rubinstein

1829 • 1894

Classic composers

Camille Saint-Saëns

† at 86 years

Camille Saint-Saëns

1835 • 1921

Classic composers

Véronique Sanson

Véronique Sanson

Died 100 years ago in 2025

† at 59 years

1866 • 1925

Classic composers

Film music composers

† at 31 years

1797 • 1828

Classic composers

Robert Schumann

† at 46 years

Robert Schumann

1810 • 1856

Classic composers

William Sheller

William Sheller

† at 70 years

1933 • 2003

Ludwig van Beethoven

† at 56 years

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 • 1827

Classic composers

Film music composers