Famous bandleaders
leader of a group of musicians
135 people
Louis Armstrong
1901
– 1971
· Age 69
Deceased
Gustav Mahler
1860
– 1911
· Age 50
Deceased
David Bowie
1947
– 2016
· Age 69
Deceased
Ella Fitzgerald
1917
– 1996
· Age 79
Deceased
Miles Davis
1926
– 1991
· Age 65
Deceased
Phil Collins
1951
· Age 75
Alive
Duke Ellington
1899
– 1974
· Age 75
Deceased
Quincy Jones
1933
– 2024
· Age 91
Deceased
John Coltrane
1926
– 1967
· Age 40
Deceased
Dizzy Gillespie
1917
– 1993
· Age 75
Deceased
Benny Goodman
1909
– 1986
· Age 77
Deceased
Glenn Miller
1904
– 1944
· Age 40
Deceased
Dave Brubeck
1920
– 2012
· Age 91
Deceased
Herbie Hancock
1940
· Age 85
Alive
Oscar Peterson
1925
– 2007
· Age 82
Deceased
Brian Jones
1942
– 1969
· Age 27
Deceased
Count Basie
1904
– 1984
· Age 79
Deceased
Fela Kuti
1938
– 1997
· Age 58
Deceased
Barry White
1944
– 2003
· Age 58
Deceased
Bill Haley
1925
– 1981
· Age 55
Deceased
Bill Evans
1929
– 1980
· Age 51
Deceased
Ike Turner
1931
– 2007
· Age 76
Deceased
Charles Mingus
1922
– 1979
· Age 56
Deceased
John Philip Sousa
1854
– 1932
· Age 77
Deceased
Wynton Marsalis
1961
· Age 64
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q806349