name
image
description
country of citizenship
date of birth
date of death
place of birth
place of death
item
John Hilton the elder
English countertenor, organist and composer
Kingdom of England
1560
1608
Q6239329
John Abell
Scottish countertenor, composer and lutenist
Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Great Britain
1653
1724
Aberdeen
Cambridge
Q705196
William Savage
English composer, organist, and singer
Kingdom of Great Britain
1720
1789-07-27
Q8018143
Gaetano Guadagni
Italian opera singer (1728-1792)
1728-02-16
1792-11-11
Lodi
Padua
Q3094278
Will Oakland
American countertenor famed for his exceptionally high vocal range (1880-1956)
United States of America
1880-01-15
1956-05-15
Q8002992
Lee Hoi-chuen
father of Bruce Lee (1901-1965)
Qing dynasty Hongkongers
1901-02-04
1965-02-07
Jun'an
British Hong Kong
Q712093
Alfred Deller
Countertenor singer
United Kingdom
1912-05-31
1979-07-16
Margate
Bologna
Q981299
Russell Oberlin
American countertenor
United States of America
1928-10-11
2016-11-25 2016-11-26
Akron
New York City
Q2176946
Michael Aspinall
British singer and opera singer
United Kingdom
1937
Stockport
Q16739371
James Bowman
British countertenor
United Kingdom
1941-11-06
2023-03-27
Oxford
Redhill
Q595108
Paul Esswood
English countertenor and conductor
United Kingdom
1942-06-06
West Bridgford
Q1351901
Tom Sutcliffe
British opera critic
United Kingdom
1943-06-04
Norwich
Q7817732
Henri Ledroit
Contre tenor (1946-1988)
France
1946-03-11
1988-05-10
Villacourt
Nancy
Q685540
René Jacobs
Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor
Belgium
1946-10-30
Ghent
Q433939
Jochen Kowalski
German opera singer
Germany German Democratic Republic
1954-01-30
Wachow
Q76393
Dominique Visse
French opera singer
France
1955-08-30
Lisieux
Q356985
Nicholas Clapton
British singer
United Kingdom
1955-09-16
Q7025214
Gérard Lesne
French opera singer
France
1956-07-15
Montmorency
Q176713
Derek Lee Ragin
American counter-tenor.
United States of America
1958-06-17
Q3023749
Erik Kurmangaliev
Russian actor and opera singer
Russia Kazakhstan Soviet Union
1959-01-02
2007-11-13
Kulsary
Moscow
Q4248569
David Cordier
British opera singer and singer
United Kingdom
1959-05-01
Rochester
Q1174070
Axel Köhler
German opera singer
Germany
1960
Schwarzenberg
Q98372
Aris Christofellis
Greek countertenor
Greece
1960-02-05
Athens
Q1858047
Marco Lazzara
Italian opera singer
Italy
1962
Livorno
Q3290108
Ralf Popken
German opera singer
Germany
1962
Q16194753
Vyatcheslav "Slava" Kagan-Paley
Belarusian musician
Belarus
1964
Q7943893
Sytse Buwalda
Dutch countertenor
Kingdom of the Netherlands
1965
Zuiderwoude
Q7663921
Pascal Bertin
French singer
France
1965-09
Q15057233
David Daniels
American opera singer
United States of America
1966-03-12
Spartanburg
Q127764
Brian Asawa
American opera singer (1966-2016)
United States of America
1966-10-01
2016-04-18
Fullerton
Mission Hills
Q4963000
Andrew Watts
English opera singer (counter-tenor)
1967-12-29
Q27838024
Patrick Van Goethem
Belgian countertenor
Belgium
1969
Aalst
Q2058003
Daniel Taylor
Canadian opera singer
Canada
1969-11-21
Ottawa
Q3014731
Matthias Rexroth
German singer
Germany
1970-01-07
Nuremberg
Q16213414
Bernhard Landauer
Austrian opera singer
Austria
1970-07-20
Innsbruck
Q90528
Glenn Kesby
Australian opera singer
Australia
1970-09-26
Q5568923
Lawrence Zazzo
American countertenor
United States of America
1970-12-15
Philadelphia
Q4715707
Angelo Manzotti
Italian opera singer
Italy
1971
Marmirolo
Q4762911
Robin Blaze
British opera singer
United Kingdom
1971
Manchester
Q23638834
Carlos Mena
Spanish opera singer
Spain
1971-04-07
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Q5042363
Yoshikazu Mera
Japanese countertenor singer
Japan
1971-05-21
Saito
Q129468
Tobias Cole
Australian singer
Australia
1971-08-07
Leiden
Q7811618
Franz Vitzthum
German countertenor
Germany
1973
Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Q17151614
Matthew White
countertenor
Canada
1973
Ottawa
Q6791415
Alfie Boe
English actor and singer
United Kingdom
1973-09-29
Blackpool
Q2057829
José Lemos
Brazilian opera singer
Brazil
1974-11-22
Bagé
Q6292676
Yaniv D'Or
Israeli opera singer
Israel
1975-03-11
Holon
Q16131484
Fernando Lima
Argentinian-born Spanish singer
Argentina
1975-05-07
Buenos Aires
Q5444783
Ivo Posti
Estonian opera singer and historian
Estonia
1975-10-26
Vana-Kuuste
Q6099153
Xavier Sabata
Catalan opera singer (countertenor) and actor
Spain
1976
Avià
Q9383216
Max Emanuel Cenčić
Croatian singer
Austria
1976-09-21
Zagreb
Q1912478
Reginald Mobley
American countertenor
United States of America
1977-10-21
Gainesville
Q118105374
Philippe Jaroussky
French countertenor
France
1978-02-13
Maisons-Laffitte
Q441502
Christophe Dumaux
French opera singer
France
1979
No/unknown value
Q1086322
Sergejs Jēgers
Latvian opera singer and singer
Latvia
1979-01-28
Jelgava
Q2272972
Iestyn Davies
British opera singer
United Kingdom
1979-09-16
Cambridge
Q4172008
Cezar
Romanian opera countertenor, singer and pianist
Romania
1980-02-18
Ploiești
Q6659747
Risto Joost
Estonian conductor and opera singer
Estonia
1980-06-22
Tallinn
Q12374107
David Hansen
Australian singer
Australia
1981
Sydney
Q15143710
Damien Guillon
French singer
France
1981
Rennes
Q15430815
Franco Fagioli
Argentinian countertenor
Argentina
1981-05-04
San Miguel de Tucumán
Q8761283
Tim Mead
English countertenor
United Kingdom
1981-05-28
Chelmsford
Q7803965
Anthony Roth Costanzo
American countertenor, actor, and producer
United States of America
1982-05-08
Durham
Q27995898
Christopher Lowrey
American countertenor
United States of America
1984-04-28
Q52556547
Kacper Filip Szelążek
Polish countertenor.
1984-04-28
Ełk
Q55713622
Raphaël Pichon
singer and founder of the Pygmalion ensemble
France
1984-10-17
Savigny-en-Terre-Plaine
Q16672172
Terry Wey
Swiss opera singer
Switzerland
1985-09-15
Bern
Q14911970
Ilham Nazarov
Azeri countertenor
Azerbaijan
1985-10-05
Shirvan
Q55200064
Valer Barna-Sabadus
German singer
Germany
1986-01-15
Arad
Q13534586
Jakub Józef Orliński
Polish countertenor
Poland
1990-12-08
Warsaw
Q47004046
Joe McElderry
English recording artist; singer, television personality
United Kingdom
1991-06-16
South Shields
Q350368
Max Riebl
Australian countertenor
Australia
1991-06-26
2022-04-30
Melbourne
Q111812114
Dimash Qudaibergen
Kazakh singer
Kazakhstan
1994-05-24
Aktobe
Q25501424
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
American countertenor
United States of America
1995
Brooklyn
Q101247304
Benjamín Marcantoni
Puerto Rican opera singer
United States of America
Q4889487
Terry Barber
American opera singer
United States of America
Q7704085
William Towers
English countertenor
United Kingdom
Q8019478
Robin Tyson
English countertenor
England
Q21064249
Daniel Sullivan
Irish countertenor
Q60795168
Randall Scotting
American Countertenor
United States of America
Marshall
Q113679772