Famous tenors
Classical music
Many of the most famous opera singers have been tenors, such as:
- Roberto Alagna
- Luigi Alva
- Marcelo Alvarez
- Giacomo Aragall
- Fabio Armiliato
- Vladimir Atlantov
- Edgar Bastidas
- Tito Beltran
- Carlo Bergonzi
- Andrea Bocelli
- Jussi Björling
- Charles Bressler
- Joseph Calleja
- Giuseppe Campora
- José Carreras
- Enrico Caruso
- Franco Corelli
- José Cura
- Mario del Monaco
- Anton Dermota
- Alexander Dodonov
- Hans Dornbusch
- Giuseppe di Stefano
- Plácido Domingo
- Jean Louis Duprez
- Miguel Fleta
- Juan Diego Florez
- Gerard Garino
- Nicolai Gedda
- Beniamino Gigli
- Ignacio Gomez
- Ernst Haefliger
- Hermann Jadlowker
- Siegfried Jerusalem
- Raoul Jobim
- Solomon Khromchenko
- Jan Kiepura
- James King
- René Kollo
- Ivan Kozlovsky
- Alfredo Kraus
- Gregory Kunde
- Philip Langridge
- Mario Lanza
- Vincenzo La Scola
- Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
- Richard Leech
- Sergei Lemeshev
- Salvatore Licitra
- Max Lorenz
- Giovanni Martinelli
- John McCormack
- James McCracken
- Lauritz Melchior
- Gualtiero Negrini
- Luis Oyarzun
- Antonio Paolí
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Peter Pears
- Jan Peerce
- Gianni Raimondi
- Helge Rosvaenge
- Giovanni Battista Rubini
- Rudolph Schock
- Tito Schipa
- Peter Schreier
- Joseph Schmidt
- Neil Shicoff
- Léopold Simoneau
- Leonid Sobinov
- Zurab Sotkilava
- Ludwig Suthaus
- Ferruccio Tagliavini
- Francesco Tamagno
- Enrico Tamberlik
- Richard Tauber
- Georges Thill
- Jess Thomas
- Damien Top
- Richard Tucker
- Jon Vickers
- Rolando Villazón
- Ramón Vinay
- Klaus Florian Vogt
- Wolfgang Windgassen
- Fritz Wunderlich
- Giovanni Zenatello
There have also been some tenors who have been well known for other types of music, who have concentrated on concert performances either with orchestras, or in chamber music, such as lieder or song recitals. These performers may be better known for this kind of work than for opera. Famous tenors of this repertory include:
- John Mark Ainsley
- Ian Bostridge
- Heddle Nash
- Richard Lewis
- Christoph Prégardien
- Sir Harry Secombe
- Peter Schreier
- Richard Tauber
- Robert Tear
- Ronan Tynan
- Alexander Young
Popular and crossover music
- Avant
- Adam Levine
- Michael Bolton
- Davey Havok (of AFI)
- Daron Malakian
- Daniel Powter
- Russell Hitchcock (from Air Supply)
- Clay Aiken
- Chester Benningtion
- Peter Allen
- Christian Andréason
- Antonio Banderas
- Andrea Bocelli
- Graham Bonnett
- Jack Bruce
- Jeff Buckley
- Urs Bühler
- Chris de Burgh
- Norbert Leo Butz
- Kenny Chesney
- Ken Hirai
- Phil Collins
- Sam Cooke
- Michael Crawford
- Big Will Rathbone
- Ed "the man" Green
- Jamie Cullum
- Rivers Cuomo
- Roger Daltrey
- Andi Deris
- Dennis DeYoung
- King Diamond
- Bruce Dickinson
- Ronnie James Dio
- Don Dokken
- Micky Dolenz
- Adam Duritz
- Dante DuVall
- Anthony Fedorov
- Fher
- Fish
- Dan Fogelberg
- Tom Fox
- Mario Frangoulis
- Juan Gabriel
- Peter Gabriel
- Art Garfunkel
- Marvin Gaye
- Vince Gill
- Ian Gillan
- David Gilmour
- Lou Gramm
- Herbert Grönemeyer
- David Habbin
- Haddaway
- Sammy Hagar
- Rob Halford
- Kai Hansen
- Saul Hernandez
- Howard Hewett
- Glenn Hughes
- Tom Hulce
- Sebastien Izambard
- Michael Jackson
- Montell Jordan
- Tony Kakko
- Michael Kiske
- James LaBrie
- Mario Lanza
- Limahl
- Brian May
- Meat Loaf
- Constantine Maroulis
- Chris Martin
- Don McLean
- Freddie Mercury (His recorded vocal range spanned nearly four octaves, with his lowest recorded note being the F1 and his highest recorded note being the D6.[1]) Audio file "qfm.ogg" not found
- George Michael
- Luis Miguel
- David Miller
- Bill Monroe
- Stuart Murdoch
- Donny Osmond
- Alan Parsons
- Adam Pascal
- Mandy Patinkin
- Steve Perry
- Robert Plant(Plant was very capable of singing in the alto range, more so in the early days of Led Zeppelin)
- Daniel Powter
- Rayvon
- Otis Redding
- Cliff Richard (With some baritonal quality in his youth, later moved to tenor)
- Smokey Robinson
- John Rzeznik
- Alessandro Safina
- Claudio Sanchez (A High Tenor who often sings alto)
- Alejandro Sanz
- Bon Scott
- Tommy Scott
- Joan Sebastian
- Geoff Sewell
- Tommy Shaw
- Layne Staley (Classically trained as a tenor by voice teacher David Kyle, and therefore most likely is a tenor.)
- Rod Stewart
- Geoff Tate
- Neil Tennant
- The Beatles (all except Ringo, who has a baritenor range)
- Pete Townshend
- John Travolta
- Joe Lynn Turner
- Steven Tyler
- Usher
- Roger Waters (also occasionally sang in a baritone range)
- Russell Watson
- Gerard Way
- Tilo Wolff
- Timo Kotipelto
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Ace Young
- James Young
- Neil Young
- Cook, Dixon, & Young (Formerly Three Mo' Tenors)
- Tyree Cooper(usually known as just Tyree)
- Donell Jones