List of people with absolute pitch

This is a list of notable people with absolute pitch, or "perfect pitch".

Note for pre-19th century composers Owing to uncertainty in the historical record, it is often impossible to determine whether composers and musicians of the past had absolute pitch. Since absolute pitch is rare in European musical culture, claims that any particular musician possessed it are difficult to evaluate. Among composers of the Baroque and Classical eras, evidence is available only for Mozart, who is documented to have demonstrated the ability at age 7. Experts have only surmised that Beethoven had it, as indicated from some excerpts from his letters. By the 19th century, it became more common for the presence of absolute pitch to be recorded, such as in the case of Camille Saint-Saëns and John Philip Sousa.

List

+Persons with absolute pitch Name Year of birth Year of death DescriptionBill Bailey1965British comedian, musician and actorLudwig van Beethoven17701827German composer and pianistJoshua Bell1967 American violinist and conductorNikolai Bernstein18961966 Russian scientistMariah Carey1969 American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producerRay Charles19302004 American musicianFrédéric Chopin18101849Polish composer and pianistJacob Collier1994English singer, composer and producerDahyun1998 South Korean singer and actressCeline Dion1968Canadian singerElla Fitzgerald19171996American jazz singerNicolas Slonimsky18941995Russian- American musicologist and composerKirsten Flagstad18951962 Norwegian opera singerDavid Foster1949Canadian musician, producerCharly García1951 Argentine singer-songwriter, musician and record producerSidney Gish1997 American singer-songwriterGlenn Gould19321982 Canadian classical pianistJascha Heifetz19011987 Russian-American violinistWhitney Houston19632012 American singer and actressMichael Jackson19582009 American singer, songwriter and dancerJames P. Johnson18941955 American pianist and composerScott Joplin18681917 American composer and pianistDanny Kaye19111987American actor, comedian, and singerCarole King1942 American singer, songwriter, and musicianDimash Kudaibergen1994 Kazakh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalistYngwie Malmsteen1963Swedish-American guitaristGeorge Martin19262016 English producer, composer, conductor, and musicianGary Moore19522011Northern Irish musicianW. A. Mozart17561791Austrian composerBirgit Nilsson1918 2005Swedish SopranoFrederick Ouseley18251889 English musician, professorDerek Paravicini1979 British pianist, musical savantMike Patton1968 American singer-songwriterItzhak Perlman1945 Israeli-American violinistLucky Peterson19642020 American musicianOscar Peterson19252007 Canadian jazz pianistCharlie Puth1991 American singer, songwriter, and record producerSviatoslav Richter19151997 Russian classical pianistArthur Rubinstein18871982 Polish-American pianistJordan Rudess1956 American keyboardist for Dream TheaterLea Salonga1971 Filipino actress, singer, producer, and columnistSheryn Regis1979 Filipina singer, actress, hostCamille Saint-Saëns18351921 French composer, organist, conductor and pianistArtur Schnabel18821951 Austrian-American classical pianistJames Scott18851938 American ragtime composerJohn Philip Sousa18541932American composer and conductorMargita Stefanović19592002Yugoslavian/Serbian classical pianist and rock keyboardistArt Tatum19091956 American jazz pianistArturo Toscanini18671957 Italian conductorBrian Wilson19422025 American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the Beach BoysStevie Wonder1950 American musicianYo-Yo Ma1955 American cellistJosef Zawinul19322007Austrian musician and composerJimi Hendrix19421970American guitarist, singer, and songwriter

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