Entertainers
- Ethel Merman
- United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
- Otis Skinner
- United States actor (1858-1942)
- harlequin
- a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
- Greta Louisa Gustafsson
- United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
- Henry Wheeler Shaw
- United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
- executant
- a performer (usually of musical works)
- sightreader
- a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)
- Miles Dewey Davis Jr.
- United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)
- Sophie Tucker
- United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
- Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky
- Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)
- Judith Jamison
- United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944)
- puppeteer
- one who operates puppets or marionettes
- Georgiana Emma Barrymore
- United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893)
- Dame Sybil Thorndike
- English actress (1882-1976)
- Leslie Howard Stainer
- English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
- prima ballerina
- a leading female ballet dancer
- Dame Margot Fonteyn
- English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)
- TV star
- a star in a television show
- Harry Lillis Crosby
- United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
- Barbra Joan Streisand
- United States singer and actress (born in 1942)