# 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 | Description |
| Bill Bailey | 1965 | (living) | British comedian, musician and actor |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770 | 1827 | German composer and pianist |
| Joshua Bell | 1967 | (living) | American violinist and conductor |
| Nikolai Bernstein | 1896 | 1966 | Russian scientist |
| Mariah Carey | 1969 | (living) | American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer |
| Ray Charles | 1930 | 2004 | American musician |
| Frédéric Chopin | 1810 | 1849 | Polish composer and pianist |
| Jacob Collier | 1994 | (living) | English singer, composer and producer |
| Celine Dion | 1968 | (living) | Canadian singer |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 1917 | 1996 | American jazz singer |
| Kirsten Flagstad | 1895 | 1962 | Norwegian opera singer |
| David Foster | 1949 | (living) | Canadian musician, producer |
| Charly García | 1951 | (living) | Argentine singer-songwriter, musician and record producer |
| Glenn Gould | 1932 | 1982 | Canadian classical pianist |
| Jascha Heifetz | 1901 | 1987 | Russian-American violinist |
| Whitney Houston | 1963 | 2012 | American singer and actress |
| Michael Jackson | 1958 | 2009 | American singer, songwriter and dancer |
| James P. Johnson | 1894 | 1955 | American pianist and composer |
| Scott Joplin | 1868 | 1917 | American composer and pianist |
| Carole King | 1942 | (living) | American singer, songwriter, and musician |
| Dimash Kudaibergen | 1994 | (living) | Kazakh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist |
| Gary Moore | 1952 | 2011 | Northern Irish musician |
| W. A. Mozart | 1756 | 1791 | Austrian composer |
| Frederick Ouseley | 1825 | 1889 | English musician, professor |
| Derek Paravicini | 1979 | (living) | British pianist, musical savant |
| Itzhak Perlman | 1945 | (living) | Israeli-American violinist |
| Lucky Peterson | 1964 | 2020 | American musician |
| Oscar Peterson | 1925 | 2007 | Canadian jazz pianist |
| Charlie Puth | 1991 | (living) | American singer, songwriter, and record producer |
| Sviatoslav Richter | 1915 | 1997 | Russian classical pianist |
| Arthur Rubinstein | 1887 | 1982 | Polish-American pianist |
| Jordan Rudess | 1956 | (living) | American keyboardist for Dream Theater |
| Lea Salonga | 1971 | (living) | Filipina singer, actress, producer, and columnist |
| Sheryn Regis | 1979 | (living) | Filipina singer, actress, host |
| Artur Schnabel | 1882 | 1951 | Austrian-American classical pianist |
| James Scott | 1885 | 1938 | American ragtime composer |
| Art Tatum | 1909 | 1956 | American jazz pianist |
| Arturo Toscanini | 1867 | 1957 | Italian conductor |
| Brian Wilson | 1942 | (living) | American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the Beach Boys |
| Stevie Wonder | 1950 | (living) | American musician |
| Yo-Yo Ma | 1955 | (living) | American cellist |