List of songs named after people
This is a list of songs named after people, either deceased or living. The list does not include songs named after mythical or entirely fictional people. It can contain songs named after both famous and non-famous people (e.g. a song about one's partner, relative or friend), and cannot contain songs in which there are no verifiable facts to prove its subject actually existed (e.g. "Angela" by the Bee Gees).
A
- "Alan Freeman Days" by Robin Gibb
- "Alex Chilton" by the Replacements
- "Alexander Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- "Amelia" by Joni Mitchell
- "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" by "Red River Dave" McEnery
- "Amy, Wonderful Amy" by Joseph G. Gilbert and Lawrence Wright
- "Andy Warhol" by David Bowie
- "Angela" by the Lumineers
- "Angie" by the Rolling Stones
- "Anna Wintour" by Azealia Banks
- ” Arabella” by Arctic Monkeys
- "Arminio (Biber)" by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
- "Arminius (Bruch)" by Max Bruch
B
- "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" by Billy Joel
- "The Ballad of Chasey Lain" by the Bloodhound Gang
- "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by the Beatles
- "The Ballad of Tom Jones" by Space and Cerys Matthews
- "Bandy the Rodeo Clown" by Moe Bandy
- "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce
- "Be My Yoko Ono" by Barenaked Ladies
- "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" by the Beatles
- "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus
- "Bette Davis Eyes" by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon
- "Biko" by Peter Gabriel
- "Bin Laden" by Immortal Technique, Mos Def and DJ Green Lantern
- "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd
- "Blind Willie McTell" by Bob Dylan
- "Bo Diddley" by Arvingarna
- "Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
- "Bob Dylan" by Fall Out Boy from Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two
- "Bob Marley" by Dean Brody
- "Bob Marley" by Grizfolk from Waking Up the Giants
- "Bonaparte's Retreat" by Pee Wee King
- "Boney was a Warrior", a mid-18th century sea shanty
- "Bravo Eddy!" by Jean Narcy
- "Brian Eno" by MGMT from Congratulations
- "Brian Wilson" by Barenaked Ladies
- "Buddy Holly" by Weezer
- "By Strauss" by George and Ira Gershwin
C
- "Captain Kidd", an 18th–century English folk ballad
- "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead
- "Charlie Chaplin" by Tania Tsanaklidou
- "Charlie Chaplin went to France", a skipping-rope rhyme
- "Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song" by Hwang Yau-tai
- "Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song" by Hwang Yau-tai
- "Chris Benoit" by Insane Clown Posse
- "Christopher Columbus" by A1
- "Clark Gable" by the Postal Service from Give Up
- "Cleopatra" by the Lumineers
- "Cleopatra" by Weezer
- "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz
- "The Collected Broadcasts of Idi Amin" by John Bird
- "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young
- "Crawford's Defeat by the Indians" by Dr. John Knight
- "Cupid Shuffle" by Cupid
- "The Curly Shuffle" by Jump 'n the Saddle Band
D
- "Da Vinci" by Weezer
- "David Duchovny" by Bree Sharp
- "David Watts" by the Kinks
- "Dear Yoko" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from Double Fantasy
- "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child" by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
- "Dedicated to Peter Kürten" by Whitehouse
- "Dennis Rodman" by mansionz
- "Donald Trump" by Mac Miller
- "Doris Day" by Doe Maar
- "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" by the Moody Blues
- "Drew Barrymore" by Bryce Vine
- "Drew Barrymore" by SZA from Ctrl
- "Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan
- "Dylan Thomas" by Better Oblivion Community Center from Better Oblivion Community Center
E
- "Eddy Est Imbattable!" by Pierre-André Gil
- "Eddy Prend Le Maillot Jaune" by Pierre-André Gil
- "Edie (Ciao Baby)" by the Cult
- "Einstein" by Kelly Clarkson
- "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" by Counting Crows
- "Elizabeth" by Ghost
- "Ella, elle l'a" by France Gall
- "Elvis and Andy" by Confederate Railroad
- "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" by Elton John
- "Errol" by Australian Crawl
- "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" by Boney M
- "Exhuming McCarthy" by R.E.M.
F
- "Fela Kuti" by Wyclef Jean
- "Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång" by Gyllene Tider
- "Forest Whitaker" by Bad Books from II
- "Frank Sinatra" by Miss Kittin & the Hacker
- "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" by Rachel Bloom
- "Funkahdafi" by Front 242
G
- "Galileo" by Indigo Girls
- "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by the Adverts
- "General Grant's March", a World War I era march song composed by E. Mack
- "General Pershing: One Step", a World War I era march song composed by Carl D. Vandersloot
- "Genghis Khan" by Miike Snow
- "Genghis Khan" by Jedi Mind Tricks
- "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" by the Legendary K.O.
- "George Jackson" by Bob Dylan
- "Geronimo's Cadillac" by Michael Martin Murphey
- "Geronimo's Cadillac" by Modern Talking
- "Gillian McKeith" by Brett Domino
- "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" by Bob Dylan from Rough and Rowdy Ways
- "Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Baby Blue)" by Gene Summers
- "Grace Kelly" by Mika
- "Grace Kelly Blues" by Eels
- "Charles Guiteau", a 19th century American traditional folk song
H
- "Harmony Korine" by Steven Wilson
- "Helena" by My Chemical Romance
- "Harry Houdini" by Kon Kan
- "Harry Truman" by Chicago
- "Henry Kissinger Song" by Monty Python
- "Hermann Loves Pauline" by Super Furry Animals
- "High Water (For Charley Patton)" by Bob Dylan
- "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball", a World War II British song
- "Huey Newton" by St. Vincent from St. Vincent
- "Hurricane" by Bob Dylan
I
- "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" by Elton John
- "I Just Shot John Lennon" by the Cranberries
- "I Need Your Help Barry Manilow" by Ray Stevens
- "I Remember Clifford" by Benny Golson
- "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
- "(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum" by Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum
- "I Want to Kiss Ringo Goodbye" by Penny Valentine
- "If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)" by Counting Crows
- "If Madonna Calls" by Junior Vasquez
- "Introducing Randy Newman" by the Blood Arm from Turn and Face Me
- "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls
J
- "Jack Hall", a traditional British folksong
- "Jack the Ripper" by Clarence Stacy, and by Screaming Lord Sutch
- "Jackie Chan" by Preme and Post Malone
- "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" by Van Morrison, and by Dexys Midnight Runners
- "James Brown" by Big Audio Dynamite
- "James Brown Is Dead" by L.A. Style
- "James Dean" by Eagles
- "James Dean (I Wanna Know)" by Daniel Bedingfield
- "James K. Polk" by They Might Be Giants
- "Jenny" by Nothing More
- "Jenny" by Studio Killers
- "Jenny from the Block" by Jennifer Lopez
- "Jerry Sprunger" by Tory Lanez and T-Pain
- "Jesse James" by Clay Walker
- "Jesse James", a 19th-century American folk song
- "Jimi Thing" by Dave Matthews Band
- "Jimmy Dean" by Troll
- "Joan Crawford" by Blue Öyster Cult
- "Joan of Arc" by Henry Burr
- "Joan of Arc" by Leonard Cohen
- "Joan of Arc" by Little Mix
- "Joan of Arc" by Madonna
- "Joan of Arc" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- "Joan of Arc, They Are Calling You" by Jack Wells, Al Bryan and Willie Weston, from the musical This Way Out
- "Joan of Arc's Answer Song", a World War I song by J.L. Lavoy
- "Joey" by Bob Dylan
- "John & Yoko" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from Wedding Album
- "John and Elvis Are Dead" by George Michael
- "John Brown's Body", a 19th-century American march song
- "John Hardy", a 19th-century American folk song
- "John Kettley Is a Weatherman" by A Tribe of Toffs
- "John the Revelator", a traditional gospel blues call and response song
- "John Wayne" by Lady Gaga
- "John Wayne Gacy Jr." by Sufjan Stevens
- "John Wayne Is Big Leggy" by Haysi Fantayzee
- "John Wilkes Booth" by Tony Rice from Native American
- "Johnny Cash" by Tracy Byrd
- "Jordan" by Buckethead
- "Judas", 13th–century English ballad
- "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" by Brand New
- "Just Like Washington Crossed the Delaware, General Pershing Will Cross the Rhine", a song composed by George W. Meyer and Howard Johnson
K
- "Kevin Carter" by Manic Street Preachers
- "King Tut" by Steve Martin
- "Krupa" by Apollo 440
L
- "Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)", a World War I song written by Mary Earl (Robert A. King)
- "Lafayette Blues" by the White Stripes
- "Last Letter to Cadet" by Krept and Konan (tribute to Krept's cousin, the late rapper Cadet)
- "The Late Great Johnny Ace" by Paul Simon
- "Lee Remick" by the Go-Betweens
- "Lee Van Cleef" by Primus from Green Naugahyde
- "Leif Erikson" by Interpol from Turn On the Bright Lights
- "Lenny Bruce" by Bob Dylan
- "Letter to Nipsey" by Meek Mill
- "Levi Stubbs' Tears" by Billy Bragg
- "The Life of Riley" by the Lightning Seeds
- "Lil Wayne" by Trippie Redd
- "Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)", written by Howard Johnson and Al Sherman
- "Lloyd George Knew My Father", a 20th-century English schoolboy folk song
- "Lloyd George's Beer Song", a World War I song written by R.P. Weston and Bert Lee
- "Lobachevsky" by Tom Lehrer
- "Long Live Comrade Mao for Ten Thousand Years", a Chinese patriotic song
- "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" by the Mountain Goats
- "Loyal Like Sid & Nancy" by Foster the People
M
- "Ma Baker" by Boney M.
- "Madonna" by Drake
- "Magic Johnson" by Red Hot Chili Peppers from Mother's Milk
- "Maradona (kesä '86)" by Teflon Brothers
- "Marie Laveau" by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- "Marilyn Monroe" by Nicki Minaj
- "Marilyn Monroe" by Pharrell Williams
- "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre", an 18th–century French folk song
- "Marlene on the Wall" by Suzanne Vega
- "Martin Scorsese" by King Missile
- "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth
- "Mary Pickford (Used to Eat Roses)" by Katie Melua
- "Mata Hari" by Anne-Karine Strøm
- "Matthew Modine" by Pony Up
- "Meet James Ensor" by They Might Be Giants
- "Mia Khalifa" by iLoveFriday
- "Michael Caine" by Madness
- "Michael Collins" by Cruachan
- "Michael Collins" by the Wolfe Tones
- "Michael Jackson" by Cash Cash from The Beat Goes On
- "Michael Jackson" by Das Racist from Relax
- "Michael Jackson" by Fatboy Slim, B-side of Going Out of My Head
- "Michael Jackson" by Negativland from Escape from Noise
- "Michael Jackson" by the Mitchell Brothers from Dressed for the Occasion
- "Michael Jordan" by Five for Fighting from America Town
- "Michael Jordan" by Kendrick Lamar
- "Michelangelo" by Björn Skifs
- "Mike Post Theme" by the Who
- "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean", written by Al Shean and Brian Foy
- "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes
- "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5
- "Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne
- "Mrs. Lennon" by Yoko Ono
- "Muhammad Ali" by Faithless
N
- "My Name Is Not Merv Griffin" by Gary Muller
- "Nice One Cyril" by Cockerel Chorus
- "Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (The Autotune Remix)" by Alex Ross
- "No Bed for Beatle John" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
O
- "O du lieber Augustin", a c. 1679 – c. 1800 Viennese song presumably composed by Marx Augustin
- "Oh Yoko!" by John Lennon
- "Oliver Cromwell" by Monty Python
- "Oprah's Bank Account" by Lil Yachty and DaBaby
- "Otis" by Jay-Z and Kanye West
- "Our Don Bradman" by Jack O'Hagan
P
- "Pablo Picasso" by the Modern Lovers
- "Pamela" by Toto
- "Patrick Swayze" by Sigrid Bernson
- "Pepys' Diary" by Benny Hill
- "Pete Davidson" by Ariana Grande
- "Post Malone" by Sam Feldt
- "Prinz Eugen, der edle Ritter", an 18th–century Austrian-German folksong
- "Raoul Wallenberg" by Andy Irvine
- "Rappin' Duke" by Shawn Brown
- "Rappin' Rodney" (also the tracks "Rodney Rappin'" and "Rodney Continues Rappin'") by Rodney Dangerfield from Rappin' Rodney
- "Rasputin" by Boney M.
- "Ray Charles" by Chiddy Bang
- "Re-Ron" by Gil Scott-Heron
- "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War" by Paul Simon
- "Rihanna" by Orezi
- "Ringo Beat" by Ella Fitzgerald
- "Ringo for President" by the Young World Singers
- "Ringo, I Love You" by Cher (under the name Bonnie Jo Mason)
- "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." by Bananarama
- "Robert Johnson" by Alexis Korner
- "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
- "Roll On John" by Bob Dylan from Tempest
- "Roll Over Beethoven" by Chuck Berry
- "Rollin' with Saget" by Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone
- "Ronnie, Talk to Russia" by Prince
- "Rosa Parks" by Outkast
- "Rosanna" by Toto
S
- "Sacré Charlemagne" by France Gall
- "Salvador Dalí" by Marracash and Guè Pequeno
- "Sammy" by Gwar
- "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea", an English folk song and nursery rhyme
- "She's Madonna" by Robbie Williams
- "Sherry Fraser" by Marcy Playground
- "Shia LaBeouf" by Rob Cantor
- "Sinclairvisan", an 18th–century Swedish propaganda song written by Anders Odel
- "Sir Don" by John Williamson
- "Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell" by the Offspring
- "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" by Simon & Garfunkel
- "Sonderzug nach Pankow" by Udo Lindenberg
- "Song for Bob Dylan" by David Bowie
- "Song for John" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
- "Song for John" by Yoko Ono from Approximately Infinite Universe
- "Song for Ronnie James" by Jorn
- "Song for Sharon" by Joni Mitchell from Hejira
- "Song to Woody" by Bob Dylan
- "Stagger Lee", an American folk song first recorded by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
- "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'" by the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
- "Steve McQueen" by Sheryl Crow
- "Steve McQueen" by the Automatic
- "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen
- "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor
- "Sylvester Stallone" by Angus & Julia Stone
T
- "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)" by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill for the musical Lady in the Dark.
- "Tim McGraw" by Taylor Swift
- "Tom Dooley", an American folk song popularized by the Kingston Trio
- "Tom Ford" by Jay-Z
- "Tonya Harding" by Sufjan Stevens
- "Touched by the Hand of Cicciolina" by Pop Will Eat Itself
- "Tune of Li Zhongtang", a 19th–century Chinese national song and Qing dynasty royal anthem
- "Ty Cobb" by Soundgarden
U
- "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy
- "Up Like Trump" by Rae Sremmurd from SremmLife
- "Uz Maršala Tita", a Yugoslav partisan anthem written by Vladimir Nazor and Oskar Danon
V
- "Valerie" by the Zutons, and by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse
- "Valerie" by Steve Winwood
- "Vas-Y Eddy" by Jean Saint-Paul
- "Vera" by Pink Floyd
- "Veronica" by Elvis Costello
- "Vincent" by Don McLean
- "Vincent Price" by Deep Purple
W
- "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman for the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- "When I Dream of Michelangelo" by Counting Crows
- "When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ" by Glenn Miller for Clark Randall and His Orchestra
- "When Smokey Sings" by ABC
- "White Iverson" by Post Malone
- "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?" by Tonedef All Stars
- "Who Killed Davey Moore" by Bob Dylan
- "Who Killed Marilyn?" by Glenn Danzig
- "Wilhelmus", the national anthem of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Y
- "Yoko Ono" by Die Ärzte
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