Yonten Gyatso ( 1589 – 1616 ), the 4th Dalai Lama, and a non-Tibetan, was the grandson of Altan Khan.

* 1962 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish singer and fiddler ( Altan, T with the Maggies, and String Sisters )

* 1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute player ( Altan ) ( d. 1994 )

* Altan Öymen ( 23 May 1999 – 30 September 2000 )

They were settled in Dalan Uul – Altan.

Sonam Gyatso publicly announced that he was a reincarnation of the Tibetan Sakya monk Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ( 1235 – 1280 ) who converted Kublai Khan, while Altan Khan was a reincarnation of Kublai Khan ( 1215 – 1294 ), the famous ruler of the Mongols and Emperor of China, and that they had come together again to cooperate in propagating the Buddhist religion.

Yonten Gyatso ( 1589 – 1616 ), the fourth Dalai Lama and a non-Tibetan, was the grandson of Altan Khan.

Altan Khan ( 1507 – 1582 ; ), whose given name was Anda ( ᠠᠨᠳᠠ in Mongolian language ), was the ruler of the Tümet Mongols and de facto ruler of the Right Wing, or western tribes, of the Mongols.

Sonam Gyatso publicly announced that he was a reincarnation of the Tibetan Sakya monk Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ( 1235 – 1280 ) who converted Kublai Khan, while Altan Khan was a reincarnation of Kublai Khan ( 1215 – 1294 ), the famous ruler of the Mongol Empire and Emperor of China, and that they had come together again to cooperate in propagating the Buddhist religion.

* XIV Viljandi Folk Music Festival July 20 – 23, 2006. Headlined by Altan ( Ireland ), Filska ( Shetland islands ), Evgenij Genev & Balkan Folk Acoustic ( Bulgaria ), Csik Band ( Hungary ), Tummel ( Sweden )

Güshi ( or Gushri ) Khan ( 1582 – 1655 ), a Khoshut prince and leader of the Khoshut Khanate, who had supplanted the Tumed descendants of Altan Khan.

* Altan Sayın ( 1971 – 72 )

* Altan Sayın and Yüksel Aşkun ( 1972 – 73 )

* Candemir Berkman, Yüksel Aşkun and Altan Santepe ( 1974 – 75 )

* Altan Santepe and Hikmet Galin ( 1975 – 76 )

The pop scene includes boy bands like Camerton, Nomin Talst and Motive, girl groups like Kiwi, Emotion, 3 ohin and Lipstick and solo artists like Sarantuya, Serchmaa, Delgermörön, Bold, BX and the renowned Ariunaa, the alternative scene bands like Nisvanis, Night train and Lemons, the rock scene rock-n-roll like the Pilots and Soyol Erdene, folk rock like Altan Urag and hard rock bands like Kharanga, Hurd and Niciton, and there are also some techno bands like Khar Sarnai.

Altan are an Irish folk music group.

Many of the top groups and solo performers played in the Rainbow from both Ireland and abroad including The Dubliners, Foster and Allen, Dublin City Ramblers, Wolfe Tones, Anna McGoldrick, Joe Lynch, Ruby Murray, Bridie Gallagher, Daniel O ' Donnell, Eileen Donaghy, Altan ( Irish group ) Gallowglass Ceili Band and many, many more.

Traces of Clannad's legacy can be heard in the music of many artists, including Enya, Donna Taggart, Altan, Capercaillie, The Corrs, Loreena McKennitt, Anúna, Riverdance and U2.

In 1542 the Mongol leader Altan Khan began to harass China along the northern border.

In 1578 the Mongol ruler Altan Khan bestowed the title Dalai Lama on Sonam Gyatso.

However, the 14th Dalai Lama asserts that Altan Khan did not intend to bestow a title as such and that he intended only to translate the name " Sonam Gyatso " into Mongolian.

During that same year, Enya was also a member of Ragairne, the band of Altan front-woman Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh.

* Altan Khan besieges Peking.

Donegal musical artists such as the bands Clannad and Altan and solo artist Enya, all from Gaoth Dobhair, have had international success with traditional or traditional flavoured music.

It has been commonly claimed that the title " Dalai Lama " was first bestowed by the Mongolian ruler Altan Khan upon Sonam Gyatso in 1578.

Altan khan was the most destructive of these usurpers.

Sonam Gyatsho proclaimed Altan Khan to be the reincarnation of Khublai Khan, and in return, Altan Khan gave the title Dalai Lama to Sonam Gyatsho.

Altan Khan posthumously awarded the title to his two predecessors, making Sonam Gyatsho the 3rd Dalai Lama.

He found this patron in the Altan Khan.

Altan Khan first invited the 3rd Dalai Lama to Mongolia in 1569, but apparently the Dalai Lama refused to go and sent a disciple again, who reported back to the Dalai Lama about the great opportunity to spread Buddhist teachings throughout Mongolia.

In 1573 Altan Khan took some Tibetan Buddhist monks prisoner.

Altan Khan invited the 3rd Dalai Lama to Mongolia again in 1571 and embraced Tibetan Buddhism.

Thousands of animals were given to him as offerings and five hundred horsemen had been sent to escort him to Altan Khan's court.

When they arrived there, they were greeted by over ten thousand people including Altan Khan dressed in a white robe to symbolize his devotion to the Dharma.

Some sources say this first meeting between Sonam Gyatso and Altan Khan took place in Amdo or near ( lake ) Kokonor, rather than in Mongolia itself.

Further, some claim that Altan Khan bestowed the title Dalai on Sonam Gyatso, while the latter gave the title of Brahma, the king of religion, to Altan Khan.

Altan Khan had Thegchen Chonkhor, Mongolia's first monastery, built, and a massive program of translating Tibetan texts into Mongolian was commenced.

* Daniel Boone ( November 2, 1734 October 22 – September 26, 1820 ) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.

*" Davy " Crockett ( August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 ) was a 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician.

* Gregorio Cortez ( 1875 – 1916 ), Mexican folk hero

A centaur-like half-human half-equine creature called Polkan appeared in Russian folk art, and lubok prints of the 17th – 19th centuries.

* 1922 – Jean Ritchie, American folk singer

* 1937 – Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer ( Peter, Paul & Mary )

* 1938 – Heino, German folk singer

The post – World War II folk revival in America and in Britain started a new genre, contemporary folk music and brought an additional meaning to the term folk music.

Sharp also worked in America, recording the traditional songs of the Appalachian Mountains in 1916 – 1918 in collaboration with Maud Karpeles and Olive Dame Campbell and is considered the first major scholar covering American folk music.

* 1920 – Oscar Brand, Canadian folk musicologist

Kelly himself refused to categorize his style: " I don't have a name for my style of dancing ... It's certainly hybrid ... I've borrowed from the modern dance, from the classical, and certainly from the American folk dance – tap-dancing, jitterbugging ... But I have tried to develop a style which is indigenous to the environment in which I was reared.

It has served as the foundation for most music in South India, including folk music, festival music and has also extended its influence to film music in the past 100 – 150 years or so.

Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual () ( 29 May 1860, Camprodon – 18 May 1909, Cambo-les-Bains ) was a Spanish pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms.

Chase describes music from this period, “ Taking the guitar as his instrumental model, and drawing his inspiration largely from the peculiar traits of Andalusian folk music – but without using actual folk themes – Albéniz achieves a stylization of Spanish traditional idioms that while thoroughly artistic, gives a captivating impression of spontaneous improvisation ... Cordoba is the piece that best represents the style of Albéniz in this period, with its hauntingly beautiful melody, set against the acrid dissonances of the plucked accompaniment imitating the notes of the Moorish guslas.

* 699 – En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.

* 1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.

* 1942 – Kate Wolf, American folk singer and songwriter ( d. 1986 )

* 1968 – Deb Talan, American folk singer and songwriter ( The Weepies )

* 1966 – Ipče Ahmedovski, Serbo-Macedonian folk singer

* 1942 – Valya Balkanska, Bulgarian folk singer