List of songs about famous people

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This is a list of songs about famous people, where a famous person has either been featured in the lyrics, or the song's creators have later said that the song was about them.

Contents 1 Actors/Actresses 2 Artists 3 Athletes 4 Authors 5 Comedians 6 Criminals 7 Historical figures 8 Musicians 9 Politicians 10 Religious figures 11 Other 12 See also

[edit] Actors/Actresses

• Michael Caine: "Michael Caine" by Madness
• Johnny Carson: "Johnny Carson" by The Beach Boys
• David Cassidy: "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos
• Jackie Chan: "Jackie Chan" by Frank Chickens
• Jackie Chan: "Jackie Chan" by The Dollyrots
• Julie Christie: "Julie Christie" by Lorraine Bowen
• Montgomery Clift:
  • "Monty Got A Raw Deal" by R.E.M.
  • "The Right Profile" by The Clash
• Coluche: "Putain de camion" by Renaud
• Tom Courtenay: "Tom Courtenay" by Yo La Tengo
• Claire Danes: "My So Called Life" by The Ataris
• Tony Danza: "Old School Hollywood" by System of a Down
• Bette Davis: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
• James Dean:
  • "A Young Man is Gone" by The Beach Boys
  • "James Dean (I Wanna Know)" by Daniel Bedingfield
  • "James Dean" by The Eagles
  • "Jimmy, Jimmy" by Madonna
  • "Mr. James Dean" by Hilary Duff
  • "Picture Show" by John Prine
  • "Young James Dean" by Girlyman
  • "Rock On" by David Essex
• Patrick Dewaere: "Chanson pour Patrick Dewaere" by Raphaël
• Marlene Dietrich: "Marlene On The Wall" by Suzanne Vega
• David Duchovny: "David Duchovny" by Bree Sharp
• Clint Eastwood: "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz
• Frances Farmer:
  • "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle." by Nirvana
  • "Lobotomy Gets 'em Home" by The Men They Couldn't Hang
  • "The Medal Song" by Culture Club
  • "Ugly Little Dreams" by Everything but the Girl
• Tom Felton: "Tom Felton's Kinda Hot" by Draco and the Malfoys
• Harrison Ford: "Harrison Ford" by The Naked Puritans
• Michael J. Fox: "Hello McFly" by Relient K
• Dwight Frye: "The Ballad of Dwight Fry" by Alice Cooper
• Clark Gable:
  • "Dear Mr Gable: You Made Me Love You" by Judy Garland
  • "Clark Gable" by The Postal Service
• Cary Grant: "Cary Grant's Wedding" by The Fall
• Gene Hackman: "Gene Hackman" by Robyn Hitchcock
• David Hasselhoff : "David Hasselhoff" by Hank Pine and Lily Fawn
  • "Shoot the Sherbet" by Slazenger 7
• Jill Hennessy: "The Ballad of Jill Hennessy" by Mollycuddle
• Nerys Hughes: "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From the Bottom of My Heart)" by Half Man Half Biscuit
• Samuel L. Jackson: "Sammy L. Jackson" by Hot Action Cop
• Andy Kaufman:
  • "Man on the Moon" by R.E.M.
  • "The Great Beyond" by R.E.M.
• Chasey Lain: "The Ballad of Chasey Lain" by The Bloodhound Gang
• Jude Law: "Jude Law And A Semester Abroad" by Brand New
• Jennifer Lopez: "Jennifer Lopez" by Xiu Xiu
• Bela Lugosi: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus
• Natasha Lyonne: "Natasha" by Rufus Wainwright
• Shirley MacLaine: "Ballad of Me and Shirley Maclaine" by Danny Wilson
• Jayne Mansfield:
  • "Hey Jayne Mansfield Superstar" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
  • "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield" by The 5.6.7.8's
  • "Kiss Them For Me" by Siouxsie & the Banshees
• Steve McQueen: "Steve McQueen", by Sheryl Crow
• Marilyn Manson: "My Girlfriend" by Relient K
• Marilyn Monroe:
  • "Goddess of Love" by Bryan Ferry
  • "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John
  • "Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot
  • "Who Killed Marilyn?" by Glenn Danzig (Misfits)
  • "Photograph" by Def Leppard
• Mary Tyler Moore: "Buddy Holly" by Weezer
• Maila Nurmi: "Vampira" by the Misfits
• Al Pacino: "Gone" by Switchfoot
• Bernadette Peters: "Bernadette Peters" by Randy Kaplan
• Kenneth Branagh: "Shoot the Sherbet" by Slazenger 7
• River Phoenix:
  • "Matinee Idol" by Rufus Wainwright
  • "RP (forget the metaphors)" by Roommate
  • "River" by Natalie Merchant
  • "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River" by TISM
• Natalie Portman: "Natalie Portman" by Ozma
• Elvis Presley: "Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams
• Vincent Price "Vincent's Theme" by Mourning Noise
  • "Return Of The Fly" by The Misfits (mostly about the movie Return of the fly
• Lee Remick: "Lee Remick" by Go-Betweens
• Julia Roberts: "Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot
  • "My Affair With Julia Roberts" by The Desoto Reds
  • "Julia Roberts" by Amy Jo Johnson
• Winona Ryder:
  • "Rollerskate Skinny" by Old '97s
  • "Winona" by Matthew Sweet
  • "Winona Ryder" by Unrest
• Charlie Sheen: "Charlie Sheen" by King's X
• Martin Sheen:
  • "Noting really ends" by dEUS
  • "Martin Sheen or JFK" by Yellowcard
• Anna Nicole Smith: "A.N.I.C." (Anna Nicole Smith Is A Cunt) by Sum 41
• Kathleen Turner: "Kiss of Kathleen Turner" by Falco
• John Wayne: "John Wayne Was a Nazi" by MDC
• Dennis Wilson (of the Beach Boys): "Dennis Wilson" by Charles Douglas
• Paris Hilton: "Meeting Paris Hilton" by Cansei de Ser Sexy
  • "Miss Hilton" by What Went Wrong
  • "The Paris Hilton Song" by Dry Krackus Kranus
  • "Hey Miss Hilton" by The Penfifteen Club
  • "I Wrote This Song For The Girl Paris Hilton" by Vincent Gallo
• Renée Zellweger: "You Had Me At Hello" by Kenny Chesney

[edit] Artists

• Salvador Dalí:
  • "Salvador Dalí's Garden Party" by The Television Personalities
  • "Eugenio Salvador Dalí" by Mecano, from Descanso Dominical, 1988
• Henry Darger: "Henry Darger" by Natalie Merchant
• Giorgio de Chirico: "Poor de Chirico" 10,000 Maniacs
• Willem de Kooning:
  • "Interiors (Song for Williem de Kooning)" by Manic Street Preachers
  • "His Last Painting" by Manic Street Preachers
• James Ensor: "Meet James Ensor" by They Might Be Giants
• Max Ernst: "Max Ernst" by Mission Of Burma, from Signals, Calls and Marches, 1981
• Vincent van Gogh:
  • "Vincent" by Don McLean (covered by Josh Groban)
  • "Positively van Gogh" by Bob Dylan, from 7 Years Bad Luck, 1966
• Sarah Lucas: "Death of Sarah Lucas" by Luke Haines, from The Oliver Twist Manifesto, 2001
• Piet Mondrian: "Mondrian" by Bing Selfish
• Mark Rothko: "Mark Rothko Song" by Dar Williams
• Pablo Picasso:
  • "Pablo Picasso" by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
  • "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" by Paul McCartney and Wings
  • "Gone to Pablo" by Luka Bloom
  • "Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios" by Adam & the Ants from Prince Charming (album)
• "Remington, Russell, and All" by John George Campbell http://cdbaby.com/cd/jgcampbell
• Renoir:
  • "Mark Rothko Song" by Dar Williams
• Andy Warhol:
  • "Andy" by Maureen Tucker
  • "Andy Warhol" by David Bowie
  • "Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot
  • "I Shot Andy Warhol" by Yo La Tengo
  • "Andy Warhol's Dead" by Transvision Vamp
  • "Songs for Drella", an album by John Cale and Lou Reed
• Rene Magritte: "Rene and Georgette Magritte" by Paul Simon

[edit] Athletes

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "Sweet Lew" by Pearl Jam
• Kriss Akabusi: "Kriss Akabusi" by Les Incompetents
• Muhammad Ali:
  • "Boxing" by Ben Folds Five
  • "Just Like Ali" by Tom Cochrane
  • "Muhammed Ali" by Faithless
  • "Monster C.C" by The Pillows (Note: The C.C stands for Cassius Clay)
  • "Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo (instant show)" by The Pillows
• Roberto Baggio
  • "Marmellata 25" by Cesare Cremonini
• Bill Barilko: "50 Mission Cap" by The Tragically Hip
• Rubin "Hurricane" Carter:
  • "Hurricane" by Bob Dylan
  • "Hurricane" by Mos Def
• Ty Cobb: "Ty Cobb" by Soundgarden
• Joe Dimaggio: "Mrs. Robinson" by Paul Simon
  • "Joe DiMaggio Done It Again" by Billy Bragg
• Cathy Freeman
  • "How To Put On A Body Suit" by Green Day
• Walter Johnson: "Walter Johnson" by Jonathan Richman
• Davey Moore: "Who Killed Davey Moore?" by Bob Dylan
• Shaquille O'Neal: "That's How I Beat Shaq" by Aaron Carter
• Tazio Nuvolari:
  • "Nuvolari" by Lucio Dalla
• Ayrton Senna
  • "Marmellata 25" by Cesare Cremonini
  • "Ayrton" by Lucio Dalla
• Mike Tyson :
  • "I Can Beat Mike Tyson" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
  • "Mike Tyson" by Ludwig von 88
• Diego Maradona
  • "Maradó" by Los Piojos
  • "Santa Maradona" by Mano Negra
  • "Maradona" by Andrés Calamaro
  • "Maradona Blues" by Charly García
  • "Al fondo de la red" by Bersuit Vergarabat
  • "La mano de Dios" by Rodrigo
• Yankee Sullivan: "Fisticuffs" by Primus (band)

[edit] Authors

• Antonin Artaud: "Antonin Artaud" by Bauhaus
• Charles Bukowski: "Bukowski" by Modest Mouse
• Quentin Crisp: "Englishman in New York" by Sting
• Jean Genet: "Jean Genie" by David Bowie
• Allen Ginsberg:
  • "Hey jack Kerouac" by 10,000 Maniacs "Allen baby, why so jaded?"
  • "King of May" by Natalie Merchant
• Myla Goldberg: "Song for Myla Goldberg" by the Decemberists
• Jack Kerouac:
  • "Hey Jack Kerouac" by 10,000 Maniacs
  • "(I Want to Be Jack) Kerouac" by Subincision
  • "Jack Kerouac" by Gang 90
  • "Kerouac" by Morphine
  • "Kerouac's Dream" by Allan Taylor
  • "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" by The Go-Betweens
• Timothy Leary:
  • "Legend of a Mind" by The Moody Blues
  • "Mister Manson" by Klaatu
• JT LeRoy: "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" by Garbage
• Chuck Palahniuk: "Palahniuk's Laughter" by Fightstar
• Sylvia Plath:
  • "Sylvia Plath" by Peter Laughner
  • "Sylvia Plath" by Ryan Adams
• Max Stirner: "Max Stirner" by Vennaskond
• Dylan Thomas: "For Mr Thomas" by Van Morrison
• Terry Waite: "Terry Waite Sez" by The Fall
• Virginia Woolf: "Virginia Woolf" by Indigo Girls

[edit] Comedians

• Lenny Bruce:
  • "Lenny Bruce" by Bob Dylan
  • "Eulogy to Lenny Bruce" by Tim Hardin; performed by Nico
  • referenced in "A Simple Desultory Phillipic" by Simon and Garfunkel

"Father Bruce" by The Great Society (Grace Slick's band before Jefferson Airplane) John Belushi: Efilnikufesin (NFL) by Anthrax

• "It's Margaret Cho" by Skankin' Pickle

[edit] Criminals

• Elizabeth Báthory:
  • "Cruelty and the Beast", an album by Cradle of Filth
  • "Woman of Dark Desires" by Bathory
  • "Countess Bathory" by Venom
• Ed Gein:
  • "Nothing to Gein" by Mudvayne
  • "Dead Skin Mask" by Slayer
• Pretty Boy Floyd: "The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd" by Woody Guthrie
• John Wayne Gacy:
  • "To Catch a Killer (Serial Sing-a-long)." by Gorerotted
  • "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." by Sufjan Stevens
  • "Pogo The Clown" by Dog Fashion Disco
• John Wesley Hardin: "John Wesley Harding" by Bob Dylan
• Myra Hindley: "Suffer Little Children" by The Smiths
• Jesse James:
  • "Jesse James" by The Pogues
  • "Just Like Jesse James" by Cher
• Kray twins: "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" by Morrissey
• Marc Lépine: "Montréal Massacre" by Macabre
• Charles Manson: "Mister Manson" by Klaatu, "Charlie M." by Space
• Sacco and Vanzetti: "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" by John Baez
• Harold Shipman: "What About Us?" by The Fall
• Belle Starr: "Belle Starr" by Woody Guthrie
• Karla Faye Tucker: "Faye Tucker" by Indigo Girls
• Billy the Kid: "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" by Billy Joel
• Bonnie and Clyde:
  • "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" by Georgie Fame
  • "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" by Travis Tritt
  • "03 Bonnie and Clyde" by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé
  • "Bonnie and Clyde" by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot
  • "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" by Eminem (covered by Tori Amos)
• Ma Baker: "Ma Baker" by Boney M
• "Jack Ruby" by Camper Van Beethoven

[edit] Historical figures

• Alexander The Great: "Alexander The Great" by Iron Maiden
• Steve Biko: "Biko" by Peter Gabriel
• Hernán Cortés: "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young
• Oliver Cromwell:
  • "Oliver Cromwell" by Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • "Irish Blood, English Heart" by Morrissey
• Leif Erikson: "Leif Erikson" by Interpol
• Anne Frank: "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" album by Neutral Milk Hotel "Dear Anne" by Ryan Adams
• Janie Jones:
  • "Janie Jones" by The Clash
  • "Janie Jones" by Babyshambles
• Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy: "Rose K." by Rasputina
• Martin Luther King, Jr: "Happy Birthday (1980 song)" by Stevie Wonder
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos
• Queen Victoria: "Victoria" by The Kinks
• Harold Washington: "Chicago" by Slazenger 7
• Jane Byrne: "Chicago" by Slazenger 7
• "Jack Ruby" by Camper Van Beethoven

[edit] Musicians

See : List of songs containing covert reference to real musicians, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians

• Enrico Caruso: "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla
• Levi Stubbs: "Levi Stubbs' Tears" by Billy Bragg
• Sleater-Kinney: "Hot Topic" by Le Tigre
• Darrell Abbot: "Betrayed" by Avenged Sevenfold
• Frankie Avalon: "Old School Hollywood" by System of a Down
• Syd Barrett:
  • "Bob Dylan Blues" by Syd Barrett (autobiographical)
  • "Dark Globe (Wouldn't You Miss Me?" by Syd Barrett (autobiographical)
  • "Fearless" by Pink Floyd
  • "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd
  • "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" by The Television Personalities
  • "Jugband Blues" by Pink Floyd (autobiographical)
  • "Poles Apart" by Pink Floyd (also about Roger Waters)
  • "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd
  • "Vegetable Man" by Pink Floyd (autobiographical)
  • "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd
  • "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
• Blink 182: "Jackass" by Green Day (unsure)
• Johnny Borrell (Razorlight): "The Frog Prince" by Keane
• Rob Buck (10,000 Maniacs):
  • "Downhill" by The Mighty Wallop!
  • "Gold" by The Mighty Wallop!
  • "My Shattered Illusions" by John & Mary
• Jeff Buckley:
  • "Just Like Anyone" by Aimee Mann
  • "Memphis" by PJ Harvey
  • "Memphis Skyline" by Rufus Wainwright
  • "Song For A Dead Singer" by Zita Swoon
• Johnny Cash:
  • "Johnny Cash" by The Sons And Daughters
  • "Johnny Cash" by The String Cheese Incident
• Nick Cave: "Nick Cave" by Jan Mayen
• Kurt Cobain:
  • "About a Boy" by Patti Smith
  • "Kurt Kobain" by Proof
  • "Fire, Water, Burn" by Bloodhound Gang
  • "Friend Of A Friend" by the Foo Fighters
  • "Let Me In" by R.E.M.
  • "Put Down the Gun" by James Kochalka Superstar
  • "Sleeps with Angels" album by Neil Young
  • "Tearjerker" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • "The Mighty KC" by For Squirrels
• Eddie Cochran: "Just Like Eddie" by Heinz
• Elliott Smith: "Late" by Ben Folds
• Eminem:
  • "Written in Flames" by Katastrophe
  • "The Night I Fell in Love" by the Pet Shop Boys
• Judy Collins: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash
• Ian Stuart Donaldson: "Nazis Shouldn't Drive" by MDC
• Woody Guthrie: "Song for Woody" by Bob Dylan
• Bob Dylan: "Song for Bob Dylan" by David Bowie
  • Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez
• Nick Drake: "I Saw Nick Drake" by Robyn Hitchcock
• Five Iron Frenzy:
  • "Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead or Dying" by Relient K
  • "Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead or Dying (Wannabe Ska Version)" by Relient K
• George Harrison: "The Mystery of George Harrison's Beard" by Hartley Goldstein
• Billie Holiday:
  • "Angel of Harlem" by U2
  • "Lady" by Regina Spektor
• Buddy Holly:
  • "American Pie" by Don McLean
  • "Buddy Holly" by Weezer
• Cisco Houston: "Fare Thee Well Cisco" by Tom Paxton
• Janis Joplin: "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" by Leonard Cohen
• John Lennon:
  • "All Those Years Ago" by George Harrison
  • "Dakota" by O.A.R.
  • "Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot
  • "Here Today" by Paul McCartney
  • "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" by Elton John
  • "The Late Great Johnny Ace" by Simon and Garfunkel
  • "I Just Shot John Lennon" by the Cranberries
  • "Life Is Real" by Queen
  • "God Part II" by U2
  • "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles
  • "One Down Three to Go" by The Meatmen
  • "Who The Fuck Killed John Lennon?" by Eighteen Visions
  • "Me and McCartney Killed Lennon" by Bukkake Theme Park
• Julian Lennon: "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
• Paul McCartney:
  • "Paul McCartney" by Scissor Sisters
  • "How Do You Sleep?" by John Lennon
• Madonna
  • "She's Madonna" by Robbie Williams
  • "Do It with Madonna" by The Androids
• Mike Love: "Mike's Love Xexagon" by The Fall
• Ian MacKaye: "Who's the Small Man Now?" by Red Martian
• Natalie Merchant:
  • "Hope For You" (unreleased) by 10,000 Maniacs
  • "A Room For Everything" by 10,000 Maniacs
• Thurston Moore:
  • "I Want To Be Yr Joey Ramone" by Sleater-Kinney
  • "Thurston Hearts the Who" by Bikini Kill
• Vince Neil: "Shotgun Blues" by Guns N' Roses
• Ted Nugent: "Fuck Ted Nugent" by Goldfinger
• Phil Ochs: "Radio Fragile" by Nanci Griffith
• Yoko Ono:
  • "20 Years In The Dakota" by Hole
  • "Hot Topic" by Le Tigre
  • "Be My Yoko Ono" by Barenaked Ladies
  • "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles
  • "I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono" by Dar Williams
  • "Yoko Ono" by Die Ärzte
  • "Dandelion" by Antje Duvekot
• Édith Piaf: "Piaf Chanterait Du Rock" by Celine Dion
• Elvis Presley:
  • "Advertising Space" by Robbie Williams
  • "Elvis and Andy" by Confederate Railroad
  • "Tell the King the Killer's Here" by Loco Siempre (also about Jerry Lee Lewis)
  • "Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon
  • "The King Is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell
  • "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop (Swears He's Elvis)," by Kirsty MacColl
  • "Gone" by Switchfoot
  • "Elvis Has Just Left the Building" by Frank Zappa
• Joey Ramone: "I Want To Be Yr Joey Ramone" by Sleater-Kinney
• Otis Redding: "Runnin' Blue" by The Doors
• John Reuben: "Gotta Go" by TobyMac
• Trent Reznor: "Captain Bligh" by Filter
• Smokey Robinson: "When Smokey Sings" by ABC
• Jessica Simpson: "Jessica" by Adam Green
• Frank Sinatra: "Gone" by Switchfoot
  • "Frank Sinatra" by Cake from Fashion Nugget
• Amy Lee: "Nobody's Home" by Avril Lavigne
• Britney Spears: 'Britney' by Busted
  • "I'm Afraid of Britney Spears" by Live on Release
• Tears for Fears: "In Love With the 80s (Pink Tux to the Prom)" by Relient K
• Rufus Wainwright:
  • "Laurel & Hardy" by Martha Wainwright
  • "Rufus Is A Tit Man" by Loudon Wainwright III
  • "Take Good Care of the Poor Boy" by Sloan
• Brian Wilson:
  • "Brian Wilson" by Barenaked Ladies
  • "Brian Wilson Said" by Tears for Fears
  • "Mr Wilson" by John Cale
• Stevie Wonder: "I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder" by Million Dead
• Kim Deal:
  • "Kim deal" by The Pillows
  • "Cool as Kim Deal" by The Dandy Warhols
• Rachel Trachtenburg
  • "May I Have Your Hand, Rachel Trachtenburg?" by Liquid Tapedeck/Touching You
• Tim McGraw:
  • "Tim McGraw" by Taylor Swift
• David Bowie: "(David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six)" by Brian Jonestown Massacre
• Jack White: "Thank You Jack White (For the Fiberoptic Jesus That You Gave Me)" by the Flaming Lips
• Morrissey:
  • "Argument With David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey" by Neko Case
  • "Moving to L.A." by Art Brut

Karen Carpenter, song Title Angel (Like a Virgin Album sung by Madonna) Madonna (song title She's Madonna) sung by Robbie Williams

• Eddie Vedder: My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder by Weird Al Yankovic

[edit] Politicians

See list of songs about politicians

• John Howard
  • How To Shave Your Bushes (Eye-Brows) The Living End

[edit] Religious figures

• Pope John Paul I: "Hey! Luciani" by The Fall
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: "Sexy Sadie" by The Beatles

[edit] Other

• Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (Apollo 11 astronauts): "Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins" by The Byrds
• Rodney Bingenheimer: "Get Off the Air" by Angry Samoans
• Kevin Carter (photojournalist): "Kevin Carter" by Manic Street Preachers
• Neal Cassady (icon of the Beat Generation):
  • "Neal Cassady" by The Washington Squares
  • "That's It For the Other One" by Grateful Dead
• Cindy Crawford (supermodel): "Cindy C." by Prince
• Aleister Crowley: Mr. Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne
• Sara Dylan (Bob Dylan's love):
  • "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" by Bob Dylan
  • "Sara" by Bob Dylan
• Jaan Ehlvest (chess player): "Malemaja staar" by Vennaskond
• R. Buckminster Fuller (architect): "What One Man Can Do" by John Denver
• Federico Fellini (director): "Cabaret" by 10,000 Maniacs
• Bill Gates (owner of Microsoft): "Bill Gates" by Komputer
• Howard Hughes (aviator and playboy):
  • "Closet Chronicles" by Kansas
  • "Howard Hughes" by Leadbelly
  • "Howard Hughes" by Rasputina
  • "Howard Hughes" by Ride
  • "Me And Howard Hughes" by The Boomtown Rats
• Jesse Jackson: "Rhymin' Man" by Frank Zappa
• John Kettley (English Weather Forecaster): "John Kettley is a Weatherman" by A Tribe of Toffs
• Gladd Patterson: "Gladd" by Nellie McKay
• John Peel (disc jockey):
  • "A Minute's Noise for John" by Mitch Benn
  • "John Peel (Not Enough)" by CLSM
• Diana, Princess of Wales:
  • "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
  • "New Dress" by Depeche Mode
• Martin Scorsese
  • "Martin Scorsese" by King Missile
• Mary Werbelo (Jim Morrison's love): "The Crystal Ship" by The Doors
• Frank Lloyd Wright (architecht): "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright" by Simon and Garfunkel
• Rocky Dennis (basis of the film Mask:
  • "Rocky Dennis's Farewell Song" by Jens Lekman
  • "Rocky Dennis in Heaven" by Jens Lekman
  • "Jens Lekman's Farewell Song to Rocky Dennis" by Jens Lekman
  • "Rocky Dennis's Farewell Song to the Blind Girl" by Jens Lekman

• Mona Lisa (Gioconda):
  • "Mona Lisa" by Grant Lee Phillips
  • "Mona Lisa" by nat King Cole

• "Waterloo" by ABBA about Napoleon

[edit] See also

• List of diss songs - songs that insult another musician

This is an incomplete list of songs, which can or may never satisfy any objective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.