Music Hall Performers
- Arthur Askey (1900–1982)
- Fred Barnes (1885–1938)
- Bessie Bellwood (1856–1896)
- Herbert Campbell (1844–1904)
- Kate Carney (1869–1950)
- Harry Champion (1866–1942)
- Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) - more famous as a Hollywood film star
- Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965)
- Albert Chevalier (1861–1923)
- George H. Chirgwin (1854–1922)
- Charles Coborn (1852–1945)
- Daisy Dormer (1883–1947)
- Leo Dryden (1864–1939)
- Gus Elen (1862–1940)
- G H Elliott (1882–1962)
- Gracie Fields (1898–1979)
- Florrie Forde (1875–1940)
- George Formby Senior (1876–1921)
- George Formby (1904–1961)
- Harry Fragson (1869–1913)
- Will Fyffe (1885–1947)
- Will Hay (1888–1949)
- Will Hammer (1887–1957) - more famous as the founder of Hammer Films
- Jenny Hill (1848–1896)
- Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) - more famous as an English film actor.
- Fred Karno (1866–1941)
- Marie Kendall (1873–1964)
- Hetty King (1883–1972)
- Lillie Langtry (1853–1929)
- Harry Lauder (1870–1950)
- Stan Laurel (1890–1965) - more famous as a Hollywood star
- Gertrude Lawrence (1898–1952)
- Katie Lawrence d. 1913
- Dan Leno (1860–1904)
- Jules Léotard (1839–1870)
- George Leybourne (1842–1884)
- Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989)
- Cecilia Loftus (1876–1943)
- Little Tich (1867–1928)
- Arthur Lloyd (1839–1904)
- Marie Lloyd (1870–1922)
- Tom Major-Ball (1879–1962), part of "Drum and Major" and "Drum and Ball" acts, (father of former British Prime Minister John Major)
- Jessie Matthews (1907–1981)
- Denise Orme (1885–1960)
- Edmund Payne (1864–1914)
- Nelly Power (1854–1887)
- Peggy Pryde (1869–1943)
- Arthur Roberts (1852–1933)
- George Robey (1869–1954)
- Truly Shattuck (1875–1954)
- Ella Shields (1879–1952)
- Mark Sheridan (1864–1918)
- Eugene Stratton (1861–1918)
- Harry Tate (1872–1940)
- Vesta Tilley (1864–1952)
- Tommy Trinder (1909–1989)
- Alfred Vance (1839–1888)
- Vesta Victoria (1873–1951)
- Vulcana (1875–1946) - main attraction of the Atlas and Vulcana Group of Society Athletes
- H. Vernon Watson (performing under the sobriquet Nosmo King)
- Daisy Wood (and the Sisters Lloyd)
- Billy Williams (1878–1915)
- Wilson, Keppel and Betty
The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America a London based theatre charity, strives to care for and restore the final resting places of Music Hall artistes.
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