List of oldest living Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees

This article contains a list of the oldest living Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Of those living, the oldest living actually is Berry Gordy.

Oldest living inductees

Rank	Name	Date of birth	Category	Year(s)	Age (years, days)
1	Berry Gordy	November 28, 1929	Non-performers	1988	95 years, 352 days
2	Jac Holzman	September 15, 1931	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2011	94 years, 61 days
3	Clive Davis	April 4, 1932	Non-performers	2000	93 years, 225 days
4	Michael Stoller	March 13, 1933	Non-performers	1987	92 years, 247 days
5	Willie Nelson	April 29, 1933	Performers	2023	92 years, 200 days
6	Lou Adler	December 13, 1933	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2013	91 years, 337 days
7	Bobby Jones	January 4, 1934	Performers	2012	91 years, 315 days
8	Frankie Valli	May 3, 1934	Performers	1990	91 years, 196 days
9	Carol Kaye	March 24, 1935	Award for Musical Excellence	2025	90 years, 236 days
10	Herb Alpert	March 31, 1935	Non-performers	2006	90 years, 229 days
11	Verne Allison	June 22, 1936	Performers	2004	89 years, 146 days
12	Buddy Guy	July 30, 1936	Performers	2005	89 years, 108 days
13	Bill Wyman	October 24, 1936	Performers	1989	89 years, 22 days
14	Jerome Arnold	November 12, 1936	Performers	2015	89 years, 3 days
15	Michael McGill	February 17, 1937	Performers	2004	88 years, 271 days
16	Chris Blackwell	June 22, 1937	Non-performers	2001	88 years, 146 days
17	Wanda Jackson	October 20, 1937	Early influences	2009	88 years, 26 days
18	Jeff Barry	April 3, 1938	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2010	87 years, 226 days
19	Billy Davis	April 29, 1938	Performers	2012	87 years, 200 days
20	Barry Mann	February 9, 1939	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2010	86 years, 279 days
21	Mavis Staples	July 10, 1939	Performers	1999	86 years, 128 days
22	Dion DiMucci	July 18, 1939	Performers	1989	86 years, 120 days
23	James Burton	August 21, 1939	Sidemen	2001	86 years, 86 days
24	Eddie Holland	October 30, 1939	Non-performers	1990	86 years, 16 days
	Grace Slick		Performers	1996
26	Sammy Strain	December 9, 1939	Performers	2005, 2009	85 years, 341 days
27	Dave Clark	December 15, 1939	Performers	2008	85 years, 335 days
28	Nate Rogers	1940	Performers	2009	84 years, 319 days to 85 years, 318 days
29	Anthony Gourdine	January 8, 1940	Performers	2009	85 years, 311 days
30	Jimmy Merchant	February 10, 1940	Performers	1993	85 years, 278 days
31	Smokey Robinson	February 19, 1940	Performers	1987	85 years, 269 days
32	Ringo Starr	July 7, 1940	Performers Award for Musical Excellence	1988 2015	85 years, 131 days
33	Bill Medley	September 19, 1940	Performers	2003	85 years, 57 days
34	Fred Cash	October 8, 1940	Performers	1991	85 years, 38 days
35	Dionne Warwick	December 12, 1940	Award for Musical Excellence	2024	84 years, 338 days
36	Jorma Kaukonen	December 23, 1940	Performers	1996	84 years, 327 days
37	Grady Thomas	January 5, 1941	Performers	1997	84 years, 314 days
38	Joan Baez	January 9, 1941	Performers	2017	84 years, 310 days
39	Neil Diamond	January 24, 1941	Performers	2011	84 years, 295 days
40	John Steel	February 4, 1941	Performers	1994	84 years, 284 days
41	Brian Holland	February 15, 1941	Non-performers	1990	84 years, 273 days
42	Herman Santiago	February 18, 1941	Performers	1993	84 years, 270 days
43	Mike Love	March 15, 1941	Performers	1988	84 years, 245 days
44	Clarence Collins	March 17, 1941	Performers	2009	84 years, 243 days
45	Eric Burdon	May 11, 1941	Performers	1994	84 years, 188 days
46	Ronald Isley	May 21, 1941	Performers	1992	84 years, 178 days
47	Bob Dylan	May 24, 1941	Performers	1988	84 years, 175 days
48	Shirley Owens	June 10, 1941	Performers	1996	84 years, 158 days
49	Martha Reeves	July 18, 1941	Performers	1995	84 years, 120 days
50	George Clinton	July 22, 1941	Performers	1997	84 years, 116 days
51	Darlene Love	July 26, 1941	Performers	2011	84 years, 112 days
52	Beverly Lee	August 3, 1941	Performers	1996	84 years, 104 days
53	Ernest Wright Jr.	August 24, 1941	Performers	2009	84 years, 83 days
54	Joe Butler	September 16, 1941	Performers	2000	84 years, 60 days
55	Chubby Checker	October 3, 1941	Performers	2025	84 years, 43 days
	Lenny Waronker		Ahmet Ertegun Award	2025
57	Paul Simon	October 13, 1941	Performers	1990, 2001	84 years, 33 days
58	Steve Cropper	October 21, 1941	Performers	1992	84 years, 25 days
59	Otis Williams	October 30, 1941	Performers	1989	84 years, 16 days
60	Art Garfunkel	November 5, 1941	Performers	1990	84 years, 10 days
61	Bobby Elliott	December 8, 1941	Performers	2010	83 years, 342 days
62	Graham Nash	February 2, 1942	Performers	1997, 2010	83 years, 286 days
63	Carole King	February 9, 1942	Non-performers Performers	1990 2021	83 years, 279 days
64	Glyn Johns	February 15, 1942	Award for Musical Excellence	2012	83 years, 273 days
65	John Cale	March 9, 1942	Performers	1996	83 years, 251 days
	Bobby Massey		Performers	2005
67	Allan Clarke	April 5, 1942	Performers	2010	83 years, 224 days
68	Leon Huff	April 8, 1942	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2008	83 years, 221 days
69	Alan Price	April 19, 1942	Performers	1994	83 years, 210 days
70	Eddie Levert	June 16, 1942	Performers	2005	83 years, 152 days
71	Paul McCartney	June 18, 1942	Performers	1988, 1999	83 years, 150 days
72	Claudette Rogers Robinson	June 20, 1942	Performers	2012	83 years, 148 days
73	Roger McGuinn	July 13, 1942	Performers	1991	83 years, 125 days
74	Al Jardine	September 3, 1942	Performers	1988	83 years, 73 days
75	Merald "Bubba" Knight	September 4, 1942	Performers	1996	83 years, 72 days
76	Bernie Calvert	September 16, 1942	Performers	2010	83 years, 60 days
77	Jerry Martini	October 1, 1942	Performers	1993	83 years, 45 days
78	Elvin Bishop	October 21, 1942	Performers	2015	83 years, 25 days
79	Bob Gaudio	November 17, 1942	Performers	1990	82 years, 363 days
80	Felix Cavaliere	November 29, 1942	Performers	1997	82 years, 351 days
81	Allen Grubman	December 17, 1942	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2022	82 years, 333 days
82	Andy Summers	December 31, 1942	Performers	2003	82 years, 319 days
83	David Geffen	February 21, 1943	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2010	82 years, 267 days
84	Chris White	March 7, 1943	Performers	2019	82 years, 253 days
85	Paul Samwell-Smith	May 8, 1943	Performers	1992	82 years, 191 days
86	Spooner Oldham	June 14, 1943	Sidemen	2009	82 years, 154 days
87	Carly Simon	June 25, 1943	Performers	2022	82 years, 143 days
88	Annette Beard	July 4, 1943	Performers	1995	82 years, 134 days
89	Jim McCarty	July 25, 1943	Performers	1992	82 years, 113 days
90	Mick Jagger	July 26, 1943	Performers	1989	82 years, 112 days
91	Kenneth Gamble	August 11, 1943	Ahmet Ertegun Award	2008	82 years, 96 days
92	Walter Williams	August 25, 1943	Performers	2005	82 years, 82 days
93	Rosalind Ashford	September 2, 1943	Performers	1995	82 years, 74 days
94	Roger Waters	September 6, 1943	Performers	1996	82 years, 70 days
95	Mickey Hart	September 11, 1943	Performers	1994	82 years, 65 days
96	Steve Boone	September 23, 1943	Performers	2000	82 years, 53 days
97	Steve Miller	October 5, 1943	Performers	2016	82 years, 41 days
98	Joni Mitchell	November 7, 1943	Performers	1997	82 years, 8 days
99	Randy Newman	November 28, 1943	Performers	2013	81 years, 352 days
100	Keith Richards	December 18, 1943	Performers	1989	81 years, 332 days