William Wallace

William Wallace

male, deceased (1305)
Sir William Wallace (c. 1270-August 23, 1305) was a knight and Scottish patriot, who led a resistance against the English occupation of Scotland...
Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas

male, 135 years old
Henry Thomas (1874-1950s?). Henry (Ragtime Texas) Thomas was a major pre-war country blues singer and musician. Thomas, born in Big Sandy, Texas,...

Bob Carlin

male, 56 years old
Bob Carlin (b. 1953 in New York City) is an American old-time banjo player and singer. Carlin performs primarily in the clawhammer style of banjo....
Frank Stokes

Frank Stokes

male, deceased (1955)
Frank Stokes (December 1887 or January 1888 - September 12, 1955) was a blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel who is considered by many...
Byron G. Harlan

Byron G. Harlan

male, deceased (1936)
Byron G. Harlan was an American singer from Kansas (1861–1936), a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who often recorded with Arthur Collins. The tw...
Joseph Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson

male, deceased (1905)
Joseph Jefferson was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous of all...
Papa Charlie Jackson

Papa Charlie Jackson

male, deceased (1938)
Papa Charlie Jackson (c.1890-1938) was an early American bluesman. He played a hybrid banjo-guitar and ukulele, recording beginning in 1924. Much...
Robert Wilkins

Robert Wilkins

male, deceased (1987)
Robert Timothy Wilkins was a seminal blues guitarist and vocalist. Of African American and Cherokee descent, he was born January 16, 1896, in...
Joel Sweeney

Joel Sweeney

male, deceased (1860)
Joel Walker Sweeney, also known as Joe Sweeney, was a musician and early blackface minstrel performer. Born to farming family in Buckingham County,...

Rory McLeod

male
Rory McLeod is a British folk singer-songwriter born in London. As well as singing, his performances include storytelling in the tradition of the...