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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	File:Gaetano Guadagni.JPG	Italian opera singer (1728-1792)		1728-02-16	1792-11-11	Lodi	Padua	Q3094278
Will Oakland	File:Will Oakland.jpg	American countertenor famed for his exceptionally high vocal range (1880-1956)	United States	1880-01-15	1956-05-15			Q8002992
Lee Hoi-chuen	File:Bruce Lee with his father 1940s.jpg	father of Bruce Lee (1901–1965)	Qing dynasty British Hong Kong	1901-02-04	1965-02-07	Jun'an Town	British Hong Kong	Q712093
Alfred Deller		Countertenor singer (1912–1979)	United Kingdom	1912-05-31	1979-07-16	Margate	Bologna	Q981299
Russell Oberlin		American countertenor (1928–2016)	United States	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 (1941–2023)	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	File:Rene Jacobs 2011 (cropped).jpg	Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor	Belgium	1946-10-30		Ghent		Q433939
Christopher Robson		British singer	United Kingdom	1953-12-09		Falkirk		Q1086926
Jochen Kowalski	File:Kowalski Portrait ©-Felix-Feistel.jpg	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	File:Nicholas Clapton in Kotor 2001.jpg	British singer	United Kingdom	1955-09-16				Q7025214
Gérard Lesne		French opera singer	France	1956-07-15		Montmorency		Q176713
Derek Lee Ragin	File:Derek Lee Ragin and Tracey Mitchell, 1991.JPG	American counter-tenor.	United States	1958-06-17				Q3023749
Erik Kurmangaliev		Russian actor and opera singer (1959–2007)	Russia Kazakhstan Soviet Union	1959-01-02	2007-11-13	Kulsary	Moscow	Q4248569
David Cordier		English operatic countertenor (1959–2025)	United Kingdom	1959-05-01	2025-05-19	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	File:Pascal Bertin@Ferrante FERRANTI CNSMDP2022.jpg	French singer	France	1965-09 1970				Q15057233
David Daniels	File:David Daniels.jpg	American opera singer	United States	1966-03-12		Spartanburg		Q127764
Brian Asawa		American opera singer (1966-2016)	United States	1966-10-01	2016-04-18	Fullerton	Mission Hills	Q4963000
Andrew Watts	File:Andrew-Watts.jpg	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	File:Matthias Rexroth.jpg	German singer	Germany	1970-01-07		Nuremberg		Q16213414
Bernhard Landauer	File:Bernhard Landauer.jpg	Austrian opera singer	Austria	1970-07-20		Innsbruck		Q90528
Glenn Kesby		Australian opera singer	Australia	1970-09-26				Q5568923
Lawrence Zazzo	File:Lzazzo04.jpg	American countertenor	United States	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	File:Alfie Boe (The Queen's Birthday Party) (cropped).jpg	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	File:Yaniv d'Or.JPG	Israeli opera singer	Israel	1975-03-11		Holon		Q16131484
Fernando Lima		Argentinian-born Spanish singer	Argentina	1975-05-07		Buenos Aires		Q5444783
Ivo Posti	File:Ivo Posti Narva arvamusfestivalil 2016.jpg	Estonian opera singer and historian (born 1975)	Estonia	1975-10-26		Vana-Kuuste		Q6099153
Xavier Sabata	File:Xavier Sabata, XII Premis Gaudí (2020).jpg	Catalan opera singer (countertenor) and actor	Spain	1976		Avià		Q9383216
Max Emanuel Cenčić	File:Cencic 13.jpg	Croatian singer	Austria	1976-09-21		Zagreb		Q1912478
Reginald Mobley		American countertenor	United States	1977-10-21		Gainesville		Q118105374
Philippe Jaroussky	File:Philippe Jaroussky - Misteria Paschalia 2011 (1).JPG	French countertenor (born 1978)	France	1978-02-13		Maisons-Laffitte		Q441502
Christophe Dumaux	File:Dumaux2.jpg	French opera singer	France	1979		No/unknown value		Q1086322
Sergejs Jēgers	File:Sergejs Jēgers in the White Hall of Rundāle Palace.jpg	Latvian opera singer and singer	Latvia	1979-01-28		Jelgava		Q2272972
Iestyn Davies		British opera singer	United Kingdom	1979-09-16		Cambridge		Q4172008
Cezar	File:Cezar, ESC2013 press conference 05.jpg	Romanian opera countertenor, singer and pianist	Romania	1980-02-18		Ploiești		Q6659747
Risto Joost	File:Risto Joost 2016 (cropped).jpg	Estonian conductor and opera singer (born 1980)	Estonia	1980-06-22		Tallinn		Q12374107
David Hansen		Australian singer	Australia	1981		Sydney		Q15143710
Damien Guillon		French singer	France	1981		Rennes		Q15430815
Franco Fagioli	File:Франко Фаджоли на фестивале Earlymusic. Санкт-Петербург, 17.09.2014. Академическая капелла..jpg	Argentinian countertenor	Argentina	1981-05-04		San Miguel de Tucumán		Q8761283
Tim Mead	File:Tim Mead sitting.jpg	English countertenor	United Kingdom	1981-05-28		Chelmsford		Q7803965
Anthony Roth Costanzo	File:Anthony Roth Costanzo Cincinnati Opera.jpg	American countertenor, actor, and producer	United States	1982-05-08		Durham		Q27995898
Christopher Lowrey		American countertenor	United States	1984-04-28				Q52556547
Kacper Filip Szelążek		Polish countertenor.		1984-04-28		Ełk		Q55713622
Raphaël Pichon	File:Raphaël Pichon.jpg	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	File:Ильхам Назаров.jpg	Azeri countertenor	Azerbaijan	1985-10-05		Shirvan		Q55200064
Valer Barna-Sabadus	File:Валер Барна-Сабадус.png	German singer	Germany	1986-01-15		Arad		Q13534586
Jakub Józef Orliński		Polish countertenor	Poland	1990-12-08		Warsaw		Q47004046
Max Riebl		Australian countertenor	Australia	1991-06-26	2022-04-30	Melbourne		Q111812114
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen		American countertenor	United States	1995		Brooklyn		Q101247304
Benjamín Marcantoni		Puerto Rican opera singer	United States					Q4889487
Terry Barber		American opera singer	United States					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			Marshall		Q113679772

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