List of atheists in music
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This is a list of atheists in music. It documents atheists who have composed and/or performed music. Living persons in this list include those whose non-religiosity is relevant to their notable activities and public life, and who have publicly identified themselves as atheists.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Javed_Akhtar_1.jpg/640px-Javed_Akhtar_1.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Georges_bizet.jpg/640px-Georges_bizet.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Bj%C3%B6rk_by_deep_schismic_at_Big_Day_Out_2008%2C_Melbourne_Flemington_Racecourse.jpg/640px-Bj%C3%B6rk_by_deep_schismic_at_Big_Day_Out_2008%2C_Melbourne_Flemington_Racecourse.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/KimDeal~ATP.jpg/640px-KimDeal~ATP.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Brian_Eno_2015.png/640px-Brian_Eno_2015.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/David_Gilmour_Argentina_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-David_Gilmour_Argentina_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Bad_Religion_-_2018154161924_2018-06-03_Rock_am_Ring_-_1D_X_MK_II_-_0367_-_B70I2886_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-Bad_Religion_-_2018154161924_2018-06-03_Rock_am_Ring_-_1D_X_MK_II_-_0367_-_B70I2886_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Seun_kuti.jpg/640px-Seun_kuti.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Tom_Lehrer_-_Southern_Campus_1960.jpg/640px-Tom_Lehrer_-_Southern_Campus_1960.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/John_Lydon_at_the_Hammersmith_Odeon%2C_2008-09-02_%284%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-John_Lydon_at_the_Hammersmith_Odeon%2C_2008-09-02_%284%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Aram_Khachaturian_1971.jpg/640px-Aram_Khachaturian_1971.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Billy_Joel_-_Perth_7_November_2006.jpg/640px-Billy_Joel_-_Perth_7_November_2006.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Randy_Newman%2C_Rotterdam_1979.jpeg/320px-Randy_Newman%2C_Rotterdam_1979.jpeg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Gary_Numan_2011.jpg/640px-Gary_Numan_2011.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Charlie_Parker%2C_Tommy_Potter%2C_Miles_Davis%2C_Max_Roach_%28Gottlieb_06941%29.jpg/640px-Charlie_Parker%2C_Tommy_Potter%2C_Miles_Davis%2C_Max_Roach_%28Gottlieb_06941%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Andy_Partridge.jpg/320px-Andy_Partridge.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Sergei_Prokofiev_circa_1918_over_Chair_Bain.jpg/640px-Sergei_Prokofiev_circa_1918_over_Chair_Bain.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Postcard-1910_Ravel_darkened%26cropped2.jpg/320px-Postcard-1910_Ravel_darkened%26cropped2.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Richard_Rodgers_1948.jpg/640px-Richard_Rodgers_1948.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Anton_Grigorjevitsj_Rubinstein_portrait_%2810134576066%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-Anton_Grigorjevitsj_Rubinstein_portrait_%2810134576066%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Saintsaens.jpg/640px-Saintsaens.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Dmitri_Shostakovich_credit_Deutsche_Fotothek_adjusted.jpg/640px-Dmitri_Shostakovich_credit_Deutsche_Fotothek_adjusted.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Robert_Smith_%28musician%29_crop.jpg/640px-Robert_Smith_%28musician%29_crop.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lennie_Tristano_1947_%28Gottlieb%29.jpg/320px-Lennie_Tristano_1947_%28Gottlieb%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Edgard_Varese.gif/320px-Edgard_Varese.gif)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Primo_ritratto_boldiniano_di_Verdi.jpg/640px-Primo_ritratto_boldiniano_di_Verdi.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Arch_Enemy_-_Wacken_Open_Air_2018-5516.jpg/640px-Arch_Enemy_-_Wacken_Open_Air_2018-5516.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/XenakisMDaniel.jpg/640px-XenakisMDaniel.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg/640px-Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg)
For broader coverage of this topic, see Lists of atheists.
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