Musicians
- Azis - (1978-) Bulgarian chalga (pop-folk) singer.
- Sinan Sakić - Serbian Folk singer of Romani descent.
- Django Reinhardt - (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) Belgian-born pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within French Manouche culture.
- Mariska Veres – (1947–2006) Lead singer of the Dutch rock group Shocking Blue. Daughter of Hungarian Romani violinist Lajos Veres and Franco-Russian mother.
- Carmen Amaya – (1913–1963) Spanish flamenco dancer
- Vicente Escudero – Spanish flamenco singer, dancer and choreographer; occasionally painter, writer and actor.
- Pyotr Leshchenko – Russian (born 1858–1903))
- Grigoraş Dinicu – Romanian composer and violinst
- Anjeza Shahini – Albanian
- Pista Dankó – (born 1858–1903) Hungarian-born bandleader and composer
- Sandro de América – (1945–2010) Argentinian singer and actor
- Adam Ant – (born 1954) British punk/New Wave musician; maternal grandmother is Romanichal.
- Elek Bacsik – (1926–1993) Hungarian-born American jazz violinist and guitarist
- Robi Botos – Canadian musician and composer from Hungary
- Joe Zawinul – Austrian musician. His grandmother was a Hungarian Romani, and his grandfather was from southern Moravia.
- Eugene Hütz – Ukrainian singer, guitarist, writer and actor
- Saban Bajramovic – (1936–2008) Serbian singer
- János Bihari – (1764–1824) Hungarian violinist
- Věra Bílá – (born 1954) Czech folk and pop singer
- Iva Bittová – (born 1958) Czech singer, violinist and composer
- Diego "El Cigala" – (born 1968, Madrid) Spanish flamenco singer
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish flamenco dancer
- "Rayito" Antonio Rayo – Spanish Guitarist, singer and composer. Father Gitano (Iberian Kalo) and mother Japanese
- Panna Cinka – (1711–1772) Hungarian Violinist, born in Kingdom of Hungary in modern Slovakia
- Georges Cziffra – (1921–1994) Hungarian virtuoso pianist
- Drafi Deutscher – (1946–2006) German Sinto songwriter, singer and composer
- Damian Draghici – Romanian, composer and panflute player
- Fanfare Ciocărlia – (formed 1996) Romanian brass band
- "Falete" Rafael Ojeda Rojas – Spanish singer
- Lolita Flores – (1958) Spanish singer and actress.
- Antonio Flores – (1961–1995) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor.
- Rosario Flores – (born 1963) Spanish singer and actress, Latin Grammy award winner
- Camarón de la Isla – (1950–1992) Spanish flamenco singer
- Kal – Romani world music Band from Serbia
- Nicolas Reyes – Franco-Spanish singer, guitar player
- Tonino Baliardo – Franco-Spanish guitar player
- Los Niños de Sara – French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players
- Ketama – Spanish new-flamenco band
- Sasha Kolpakov – (born 1943) Russian guitarist
- Biréli Lagrène – (born 1966) French jazz guitarist, violinist and bassist
- Denny Laine – British musician (The Moody Blues, Wings)
- Félix Lajkó – (born 1974) Hungarian-Serbian violinist and composer (part Romani)
- Albert Lee - (born 1943) London born and raised country rock guitar legend. His father is Romanichal.
- Joe Longthorne – (born 1955) English singer and impressionist
- Irini Merkouri – (born 1981) Greek pop singer
- Aggelopoulos Manolis – (1939–1989) Greek singer and actor
- Sofi Marinova – Bulgarian singer
- Boban Marković – Serbian brass bandleader and trumpet player
- Jerry Mason – American Singer, Guitarist
- Carlos Montoya – (1903–1993) Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ramón Montoya – (1889–1949) Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ivo Papazov – (born 1952) Bulgarian jazz clarinetist
- Manitas de Plata – (born 1921) Spanish guitarist
- Valentina Ponomaryova – (born 1939) Russian singer
- Dzej Ramadanovski – born 1964 in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), modern Serbian folk singer
- Johnny Răducanu – (born 1931) Romanian jazz musician
- Esma Redzepova – (born 1943) Macedonian singer and songwriter
- Jimmy Rosenberg – (born 1980) Dutch swing guitarist
- Marianne Rosenberg – (born 1955) German singer and songwriter. Daughter of German Gypsy who survived Auschwitz.
- Tchavolo Schmitt – (born 1954) French jazz guitarist
- Taraful Haiducilor – (Taraf de Haïdouks) Romanian band, formed 1989
- Nicolae Neacşu ("Culai") – Lăutar, was the leader of Taraf de Haïdouks
- Wally Tax – Dutch rock singer, of The Outsiders. Son of a Dutch father and a Russian Romani mother.
- Manuel Torre – (1878–1933) Spanish flamenco singer
- Isabel Pantoja – Spanish singer
- Mihaela Ursuleasa - Romanian pianist
- Encarnación Salazar and Antonia Salazar, better known as "Azúcar Moreno". Spanish singers
- Ion Voicu – (1923–1997) Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
- Sotis Volanis – Greek pop folk singer
- Harri Stojka – Austrian jazz guitarist
- Radoslav Banga – of Czech group Gypsy.cz
- Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin – Ayọ (stage name), German singer
- Didem – Turkish Bellydancer
- Romica Puceanu – (1928–1996) Romanian singer (Urban Lăutarească Music)
- Gabi Luncă – (born 1938) Romanian singer (Urban Lăutarească Music)
- Cher Lloyd – Popular singer. Her mother is of Romani ancestry.
- Esma Redžepova – Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian. Born in Skopje
- Pere Pubill Calaf "Peret" – (born 1935) Catalan Spanish singer, guitar player and composer
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