Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

male, deceased (1917)
Scott Joplin was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and is regarded as one of the three...
E. L. Doctorow

E. L. Doctorow

male, 78 years old
Edgar Laurence Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, New York, New York) is the author of several critically acclaimed novels that blend history and...
Eubie Blake

Eubie Blake

male, deceased (1983)
James Hubert Blake (February 7 1887], - February 12 1983), composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. With long time...
Randy Newman

Randy Newman

male, 65 years old
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an Academy Award- winning American songwriter, arranger, singer and pianist who is...
Blind Blake

Blind Blake

male, deceased (1933)
"Blind" Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. He is often...
Stephen Flaherty

Stephen Flaherty

male, 49 years old
Stephen Flaherty (born September 18, 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA) is an American composer of musical theatre in collaboration with Lynn Ahrens. They are...
Lynn Ahrens

Lynn Ahrens

61 years old
Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist who most-frequently works with Stephen Flaherty. They are best known for...

James Scott

male, deceased (1938)
James Sylvester Scott (February 12, 1886 - August 30, 1938) was an African-American ragtime composer. Scott is regarded as one of the three most...
Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

female, 39 years old
Audra McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is a four-time Tony Award-winning American actress and singer.
Sun Ra

Sun Ra

male, deceased (1993)
Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sony'r Ra; born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was...