List of French harpsichordists

This article lists French composers who wrote for the harpsichord during the 17th and 18th centuries.

1640–1710: Beginnings of harpsichord music in France

 * Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
 * Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601–1672)
 * Louis Couperin (c.1626–1661)
 * Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
 * Charles Dieupart (1667–1740)
 * Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694)
 * Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729)
 * Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702)
 * Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707)
 * Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
 * Nicolas Siret (1663–1754)

1710–1789: Second period

 * Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1724–1799)
 * Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
 * François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
 * Jean-Odéo Demars (1695–1756)
 * Josse Boutmy (1697–1779; Flemish)
 * Bernard de Bury (1720–1785)
 * Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
 * Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
 * Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789)
 * François Couperin (1668–1733)
 * Jean-François Dandrieu (1681–1738)
 * Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
 * Louis-Antoine Dornel (1680–1756)
 * Jacques Duphly (1715–1789)
 * Pierre Février (1696–1760)
 * Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)
 * Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772)
 * Jean-Adam Guilain (1680–1739; German)
 * Célestin Harst (1698–1778)
 * Christophe Moyreau (1690–1772)
 * Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
 * Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)
 * Simon Simon (1720?–1788)
 * Philippe-François Véras (fl. 1740)