GOATvs

GOATvs › People › Music & Screen

Top 100 musicians & actors of all time

The top 100 musicians & actors of all time, ranked by everyone, one head-to-head pick at a time.

  1. Michael Jackson 1958–2009
  2. Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827
  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750
  5. Charlie Chaplin 1889–1977
  6. Steven Spielberg 1946–
  7. Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962
  8. Frédéric Chopin 1810–1849
  9. Al Pacino 1940–
  10. Bob Dylan 1941–
  11. Elvis Presley 1935–1977
  12. Shakira 1977–
  13. Bruce Lee 1940–1973
  14. Freddie Mercury 1946–1991
  15. Clint Eastwood 1930–
  16. Angelina Jolie 1975–
  17. Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971
  18. Gary Oldman 1958–
  19. Madonna 1958–
  20. Richard Wagner 1813–1883
  21. Gene Hackman 1930–2025
  22. John Lennon 1940–1980
  23. Céline Dion 1968–
  24. Kanye West 1977–
  25. Sylvester Stallone 1946–
  26. Brad Pitt 1963–
  27. Nicolas Cage 1964–
  28. Jack Nicholson 1937–
  29. Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947–
  30. Bob Marley 1945–1981
  31. Marlene Dietrich 1901–1992
  32. Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741
  33. Tom Cruise 1962–
  34. Brigitte Bardot 1934–2025
  35. Robert De Niro 1943–
  36. Rowan Atkinson 1955–
  37. Audrey Hepburn 1929–1993
  38. Morgan Freeman 1937–
  39. Leonardo DiCaprio 1974–
  40. Andrea Bocelli 1958–
  41. Keanu Reeves 1964–
  42. Rihanna 1988–
  43. Cher 1946–
  44. Akira Kurosawa 1910–1998
  45. Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901
  46. Ennio Morricone 1928–2020
  47. Frank Sinatra 1915–1998
  48. Denzel Washington 1954–
  49. Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980
  50. James Dean 1931–1955
  51. Alain Delon 1935–2024
  52. Roman Polanski 1933–
  53. Ben Affleck 1972–
  54. Claudia Cardinale 1938–2025
  55. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893
  56. Will Smith 1968–
  57. Mariah Carey 1969–
  58. Jimi Hendrix 1942–1970
  59. Johnny Depp 1963–
  60. Jackie Chan 1954–
  61. Harrison Ford 1942–
  62. Grace Kelly 1929–1982
  63. Robin Williams 1951–2014
  64. Stanley Kubrick 1928–1999
  65. Meryl Streep 1949–
  66. Whitney Houston 1963–2012
  67. Ozzy Osbourne 1948–2025
  68. David Bowie 1947–2016
  69. Franz Schubert 1797–1828
  70. Aretha Franklin 1942–2018
  71. Joan Baez 1941–
  72. Mick Jagger 1943–
  73. Dua Lipa 1995–
  74. Elizabeth Taylor 1932–2011
  75. Phil Collins 1951–
  76. Kevin Costner 1955–
  77. Johannes Brahms 1833–1897
  78. Dolly Parton 1946–2026
  79. David Lynch 1946–2025
  80. Jared Leto 1971–
  81. Chuck Norris 1940–2026
  82. Mata Hari 1876–1917
  83. Marlon Brando 1924–2004
  84. Janis Joplin 1943–1970
  85. Bruce Willis 1955–
  86. Vin Diesel 1967–
  87. Johnny Cash 1932–2003
  88. Tom Hanks 1956–
  89. Liam Neeson 1952–
  90. Russell Crowe 1964–
  91. Penélope Cruz 1974–
  92. Shah Rukh Khan 1965–
  93. Jason Statham 1967–
  94. Christopher Plummer 1929–2021
  95. Jim Morrison 1943–1971
  96. Bruce Springsteen 1949–
  97. Lana Del Rey 1985–
  98. Martin Scorsese 1942–
  99. George Michael 1963–2016
  100. Heath Ledger 1979–2008

Famous face-offs

More lists

Vote in People