| [unknown] | Other | Not applicable | [Worldwide] | 4.2 | instrument |
| Gunnar Aas | Person | Male | Norway | | instrument |
| Randy “Wymo” Abbott | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Amjed A. Abdallah | Person | Male | | | instrument, member of band |
| Shakur M. Abdulla | Person | | | | instrument |
| Ahkmed Abdullah | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Khalil Abdullah | Person | | United States | | instrument, member of band |
| Muhammad Abdullah | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Abeke | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Shina Abiodun | Person | | | | instrument |
| Lee Abrams | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Ernesto Abreau | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Yaroldy Abreu Robles | Person | Male | Cuba | | instrument |
| George Acevedo | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Memo Acevedo | Person | Male | Toronto | | instrument |
| Kofi Ackah | Person | Male | Canada | | instrument |
| Ignacio Guerra Acosta | Person | | | | instrument |
| Neemoi Acquaye | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Alex Acuña | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Pilo Adami | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Gordie Adamson | Person | | | | instrument |
| Nicholas Addo | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Chata Addy | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Mustapha Tettey Addy | Person | Male | Ghana | | instrument (as “conga, tumbadora”), instrument (as “conga, Tumbadora”), instrument |
| King Sunny Adé | Person | Male | Nigeria | 5 | instrument |
| Kunle Ade | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument |
| Israel Adio | | | | | instrument |
| Sam Adou | Person | Male | Denmark | | instrument |
| Abraham Kobena Adzenyah | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “conga”), instrument |
| Éric Aerts | Person | Male | France | | instrument |
| Λευτέρης Αγγουριδάκης | Person | Male | Greece | | instrument |
| Francisco Aguabella | Person | Male | Cuba | | instrument, member of band |
| Salvatore Agüeros | Person | | | | instrument (as “conga”), instrument |
| Alejandro Aguiar Rodríguez | Person | Male | | | member of band |
| Mustafa Ahmed | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Steve Aho | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| 赤間慎 | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| Sola Akingbola | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Pheeroan akLaff | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Sonny Akpan | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | member of band |
| Al Keith | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Raúl Alapón Moreno | Person | Male | Cuba | | instrument |
| Juan Alarcon | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Celestino Albizu | Person | Male | Spain | | instrument |
| Julio Alcocer | Person | | | | instrument |
| Harold “Ricardo” Alexander | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| John Alfonse | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Félix "Chocolate" Alfonso | Person | Male | | | member of band |
| Mesut Ali | Person | Male | Türkiye | | instrument |
| Don Alias | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “Conga drums”), instrument, member of band |
| Elvis Aljus | Person | | | | instrument |
| Allen Redd | | | | | instrument |
| Papa Dee Allen | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Angel Allende | Person | | | | instrument (as “conga shell”), instrument |
| Bobby Allende | Person | | | | instrument (as “conga”), instrument, member of band |
| Roberto Allende | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Victor Allende | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Wilfred “Junie Bomba” Allick | Person | Male | U.S. Virgin Islands | | member of band |
| J.I. Allison | Person | | | | instrument |
| Bendji Allonce | Person | | | | instrument |
| Per Arne Almeflo | Person | Male | Sweden | | instrument |
| Johnny Almendra | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Oscar Alonso | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Pablo Álvarez | Person | Male | Venezuela | | instrument |
| Ruben Alvarez | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Victor Sagarra Alvarez | Person | Male | | | member of band |
| Thiam Amadou | Person | | | | instrument |
| Juan Amalbert | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “conga drum”), instrument |
| Loughty Amao | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Robby Ameen | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Marcos Amma | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Willie Amoaku | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “percussion”) |
| Jerry Amoroso | | | | | instrument |
| Adam Amram | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Leah Ananda | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Valtinho Anastacio | Person | | | | instrument |
| Jacob Andersen | Person | Male | Denmark | | instrument |
| Marc Anderson | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Ray Anderson | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Reinol Andino | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Hector Andrade | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Charlie Andrew | Person | Male | Kent | | instrument |
| Keith Angel | Person | Male | United Kingdom | 5 | instrument |
| Añil | Person | | | | instrument |
| Jesus Juan Antonio | Person | Male | Dominican Republic | | instrument |
| Ramy Antoun | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Jess Anzaldúa | Person | | United States | | instrument |
| Ronald Anžur | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Alejandro Aparicio | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Norberto Apellaniz | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Fiona Apple | Person | Female | United States | 4.5 | instrument |
| Carlos Araiza | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Joseba Aramayo | Person | Male | Spain | | instrument |
| Kingsley Iguma Arase | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument |
| Mingo Araújo | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “conga”), instrument |
| José “Chepito” Áreas | Person | Male | Nicaragua | | instrument (as “conga”), instrument |
| Vicente Arencibia | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Steve Argüelles | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Ray Armando | Person | | | | instrument |
| Vieux Armando | Person | Male | | | instrument |