List of bassoonists

A list of notable bassoonists.

Algeria

 * Abdon Laus (1888–1945)

Australia

 * George Dreyfus (born 1928)
 * Lyndon Watts (born 1976)
 * Matthew Wilkie

Austria

 * Milan Turković (born 1939)

Belgium

 * Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911)

Bulgaria

 * Marin Valtchanov (1949–2017)

Canada

 * Bill Douglas (born 1944)
 * Pierre Mercure (1927–1966)
 * George Zukerman (1927–2023)

Czechia

 * Antoine Bullant (1751–1821)
 * Ludwig Milde (1849–1913)
 * Václav Vonášek (born 1980)

Denmark

 * Peter Bastian (1943–2017)
 * Kjell Roikjer (1901–1999)
 * Asger Svendsen

Estonia

 * Martin Kuuskmann (born 1971)

France

 * Maurice Allard (1922–1988)
 * Adolphe Blaise (1737–1772)
 * François Devienne (1759–1803)
 * Désiré Dihau (1833–1909)
 * François-René Gebauer (1773–1845)
 * Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt (1815–1901)
 * Fernand Oubradous (1903–1986)
 * Étienne Ozi (1754–1813)

Germany

 * Carl Almenräder (1786–1846)
 * Marc Engelhardt (born 1961)
 * Albrecht Holder (born 1958)
 * Klaus Thunemann (born 1937)
 * Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888)

Hungary

 * Tamás Benkócs (born 1971)

Iran

 * Alireza Motevaseli (born 1992)

Israel

 * Mordechai Rechtman (1926–2023)
 * Uzi Shalev (born 1961)

Italy

 * Enzo Muccetti (1912–1977)
 * Sergio Azzolini (born 1967)
 * Rino Vernizzi (1946–2022)

Japan

 * Hideo Kachi (born 1953)

Netherlands

 * Thom de Klerk (1912–1966)
 * Bram van Sambeek (born 1980)

New Zealand

 * Peter Musson (born 1940)

Norway

 * Per Hannevold (born 1953)

Switzerland

 * Willy Hess (1906–1977)

Ukraine

 * Volodymyr Apatsky (1928–2018)

Uruguay

 * Gustavo Núñez (born 1965)

United Kingdom

 * Meyrick Alexander (born 1952)
 * Roger Birnstingl
 * Gwydion Brooke (1912–2005)
 * Archie Camden (1888–1979)
 * Michael Chapman (1934–2005)
 * Karen Clark Geoghegan (born 1989)
 * Margaret Cookhorn
 * Lindsay Cooper (1951–2013)
 * Charles Cracknell (1915–1997)
 * Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
 * Vernon Elliott (1912–1996)
 * Martin Gatt (born 1936)
 * Rachel Gough
 * John Hebden (1712–1765)
 * Cecil James (1913–1999)
 * Ursula Leveaux
 * Gordon Laing (born 1964)
 * David Munrow (1942–1976)
 * John Orford
 * Laurence Perkins (born 1954)
 * Julie Price (born 1963)
 * Hannah Rankin (born 1990)
 * Graham Sheen (born 1952)
 * Philip Turbett (born 1961)
 * Jeremy Ward
 * William Waterhouse (1931–2007)

United States

 * Karen Borca (born 1948)
 * Garvin Bushell (1902–1991)
 * Lewis Hugh Cooper (1920–2007)
 * Willard Somers Elliot (1926–2000)
 * Marvin P. Feinsmith (1932/33–2020)
 * Dall Fields (1889–1956)
 * Hugo Fox (1897–1969)
 * Bernard Garfield (born 1924)
 * Arthur Grossman
 * Paul Hanson (born 1957)
 * K. David van Hoesen (1926–2016)
 * Benjamin Kamins (born 1952)
 * Ron Klimko (1936–2012)
 * Peter Kolkay
 * Simon Kovar (1890–1970)
 * Judith LeClair (born 1958)
 * Tariq Masri (born 1973)
 * Stephen Maxym (1915–2002)
 * John Miller Jr. (born 1942)
 * Anthony Parnther (born 1981)
 * Ray Pizzi (1943–2021)
 * Johnny Reinhard (born 1956)
 * Peter Schickele (born 1935)
 * Sol Schoenbach (1915–1999)
 * Leonard Sharrow (1915–2004)
 * Wilbur Simpson (1917–1997)
 * Kim Walker
 * Sherman Walt (1923–1989)
 * Arthur Weisberg (1931–2009)
 * Dan Welcher (born 1948)
 * Robert S. Williams (born 1949)
 * Bryan Young (born 1974)

Venezuela

 * Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel (1911–1986)