List of classical violinists

This is a list of notable classical violinists from the baroque era to the 21st century.

For a more comprehensive list of contemporary classical violinists, see List of contemporary classical violinists.

Baroque era

 * Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
 * Thomas Baltzar (c. 1630–1663)
 * Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)
 * Pasquale Bini (1716–1770)
 * Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
 * Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742)
 * Matthew Dubourg (1707–1767)
 * André-Joseph Exaudet (1710–1762)
 * Carlo Farina (1600–1640)
 * Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
 * Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
 * Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
 * Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
 * Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
 * Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762)
 * Nicola Matteis (1670–1714)
 * Davis Mell (1604–1662)
 * Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
 * Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
 * Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
 * Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680)
 * Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763)
 * Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
 * Carlo Tessarini (1690–1765)
 * Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
 * Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
 * Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
 * Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
 * Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Classical era

 * Leopold August Abel (1717–1794)
 * Jean Ancot Jnr (1799–1829)
 * Pierre Baillot (1771–1842)
 * Charles Frederick Baumgarten (1739–1840)
 * Franz Benda (1709–1786)
 * Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
 * Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni (1757–1821)
 * Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
 * Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)
 * Franz Clement (1780–1842)
 * Richard Cudmore (1787–1840)
 * Ernst Christoph Dressler (1734–1779)
 * Franz Eck (1776–1810)
 * Domenico Ferrari (1722–1780)
 * Ferdinand Fränzl (1767–1833)
 * Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811)
 * Pierre Gaviniès (1728–1800)
 * Eugène Godecharle (1742–1798)
 * Jean-Jacques Grasset (c. 1769–1839)
 * Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
 * François Habeneck (1781–1849)
 * Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
 * Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798)
 * Ivan Mane Jarnović (1747–1804)
 * Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)
 * Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778)
 * Antonio Lolli (1730–1802)
 * Heinrich August Matthaei (1781–1835)
 * Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
 * Franz Anton Morgenroth (1780–1847)
 * Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
 * Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
 * Thomas Pinto (1728–1773)
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Pixis (1786–1842)
 * Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
 * Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
 * Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
 * Antonio Rolla (1798–1837)
 * Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776–1830)
 * Anton Stamitz (1754–1796)
 * Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
 * Johann Stamitz (1717–1757)
 * Regina Strinasacchi (c. 1761–1839)
 * Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808)
 * Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)

Romantic era

 * Jean-Delphin Alard (1815–1888)
 * Leopold Auer (1845–1930)
 * Stanisław Barcewicz (1858–1929)
 * Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
 * Dora Valesca Becker (1870–1958)
 * Antonín Bennewitz (1833–1926)
 * Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870)
 * Franz Berwald (1796–1868)
 * Casimir von Blumenthal (1787–1849)
 * Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856)
 * Alexandre Boucher (1770–1861)
 * George Bridgetower (1778–1860)
 * Adolph Brodsky (1851–1929)
 * Ole Bull (1810–1880)
 * Kate Chaplin (1865–1948)
 * Fanny Claus (1846–1877)
 * Julius Conus (1869–1942)
 * Mathieu Crickboom (1871–1947)
 * Alfredo D'Ambrosio (1871–1914)
 * Charles Dancla (1817–1907)
 * Joseph Dando (1806–1894)
 * Ferdinand David (1810–1873)
 * Adolphe Deloffre (1817–1876)
 * Alfred De Sève (1858–1927)
 * Jakob Dont (1815–1888)
 * František Drdla (1868–1944)
 * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865)
 * Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789–1826)
 * Nahan Franko (1861–1930)
 * Sam Franko (1857–1937)
 * Jules Garcin (1830–1896)
 * Samuel Dean Grimson (1841–1922)
 * François Habeneck (1781–1849)
 * Karel Halíř (1859–1909)
 * Carl Heissler (1823–1878)
 * Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855–1907)
 * Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828–1893)
 * Philip A. Herfort (1851–1921)
 * Willy Hess (1859–1939)
 * Karl Holz ( 1798–1858)
 * Jenő Hubay (1858–1937)
 * Frantz Jehin-Prume (1839–1899)
 * Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
 * Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
 * Franz Kneisel (1865–1926)
 * Jan Koert (1853–1911)
 * Apollinaire de Kontski (1825–1879)
 * Iosif Kotek (1855–1885)
 * Franjo Krežma (1862–1881)
 * Charles Philippe Lafont (1781–1839)
 * Walborg Lagerwall (1851–1940)
 * Hubert Léonard (1819–1890)
 * Karol Lipiński (1790–1862)
 * John David Loder (1788–1846)
 * David Mannes (1866–1959)
 * Martin Pierre Marsick (1847–1924)
 * Oscar Martel (1848–1924)
 * Lambert Massart (1811–1892)
 * Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789–1878)
 * Joseph Mayseder (1789–1863)
 * Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
 * Maria Milanollo (1832–1848)
 * Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
 * Jesús de Monasterio (1836–1903)
 * Ovide Musin (1854–1929)
 * Tivadar Nachéz (1859–1930)
 * Wilma Neruda (1839–1911)
 * Ottokar Nováček (1866–1900)
 * Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
 * Heinrich Panofka (1807–1887)
 * Guido Papini (1847–1912)
 * Giovanni Battista Polledro (1781–1853)
 * Maud Powell (1867–1920)
 * François Prume (1816–1849)
 * Marietta Sherman Raymond (1862-1949)
 * Léon Reynier (1833–1895)
 * Oskar Rieding (1840–1918)
 * Franz Ries (1846–1932)
 * Achille Rivarde (1865–1940)
 * Engelbert Röntgen (1829–1897)
 * Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894)
 * Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
 * Émile Sauret (1852–1920)
 * Eugène Sauzay (1809–1901)
 * Marianne Stresow Scharwenka (1856–1918)
 * Henry Schradieck (1846–1918)
 * François Schubert (1808–1878)
 * Fritz (Friedrich) Seitz (1848–1918)
 * Arma Senkrah (1864–1900)
 * Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934)
 * Emily Shinner (1862–1901)
 * Ödön (Edmund) Singer (1830–1912)
 * Camillo Sivori (1818–1894)
 * Theodore Spiering (1871–1925)
 * Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
 * Ludwig Straus (1835–1899)
 * Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
 * Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
 * Josef Suk (1874–1935)
 * César Thomson (1857–1931)
 * Agnes Tschetschulin (1859–1942)
 * Camilla Urso (1840–1902)
 * Thomas Henry Weist-Hill (1828–1891)
 * Carl Venth (1860–1938)
 * Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
 * José White (1835–1918)
 * Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
 * Gabriele Wietrowetz (1866–1937)
 * August Wilhelmj (1845–1908)
 * Emanuel Wirth (1842–1923)
 * Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)

20th–21st centuries
Note: This does not include living violinists, who are listed at List of contemporary classical violinists.


 * Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
 * Murray Adaskin (1906–2002)
 * Anahid Ajemian (1924–2016)
 * Samuel Antek (1909–1958)
 * Jelly d'Arányi (1893–1966)
 * Helen Armstrong (1943–2006)
 * Michèle Auclair (1924–2005)
 * Florence Austin (1884–1927)
 * Felix Ayo (1933–2023)
 * Sol Babitz (1911–1982)
 * Oskar Back (1879–1963)
 * Ik-Hwan Bae (1956–2014)
 * Israel Baker (1919–2011)
 * Vera Barstow (1891–1975)
 * Walter Barylli (1921–2022)
 * Hugh Bean (1929–2003)
 * Louise Behrend (1916–2011)
 * Nina Beilina (1937–2018)
 * Leon Belasco (1902–1988)
 * Franz Benteler (1925–2010)
 * Luigi Alberto Bianchi (1945–2018)
 * Petrowitsch Bissing (1871–1961)
 * Serge Blanc (1929–2013)
 * Harry Blech (1909–1999)
 * Naoum Blinder (1889–1965)
 * Harry Bluestone (1907–1992)
 * Lola Bobesco (1921–2003)
 * Emanuel Borok (1944–2020)
 * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991)
 * Jules Boucherit (1877–1962)
 * Norbert Brainin (1923–2005)
 * Maggy Breittmayer (1888–1961)
 * Robert Brink (1924–2014)
 * Jascha Brodsky (1907–1997)
 * Antonio Brosa (1894–1979)
 * Alexander Brott (1915–2005)
 * Iona Brown (1941–2004)
 * Anshel Brusilow (1928–2018)
 * Anker Buch (1940–2014)
 * Gerda von Bülow (1904–1990)
 * Richard Burgin (1892–1981)
 * Grace Burrows (1893–1980)
 * Adolf Busch (1891–1952)
 * Guila Bustabo (1916–2002)
 * Alfredo Campoli (1906–1991)
 * Mary Canberg (1918–2004)
 * Lucien Capet (1873–1928)
 * Norman Carol (1928–2024)
 * Marius Casadesus (1892–1981)
 * Arthur Catterall (1883–1943)
 * Suzanne Chaigneau (1875–1946)
 * Albert Chamberland (1886–1975)
 * Eugène Chartier (1893–1963)
 * Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951)
 * Nicolas Chumachenco (1944–2020)
 * Stephen Clapp (1939–2014)
 * Isidore Cohen (1922–2005)
 * Raymond Cohen (1919–2011)
 * Alexander Cores (1901–1994)
 * Joey Corpus (1958–2017)
 * Peter Cropper (1945–2015)
 * Marcel Darrieux (1891–1989)
 * Lukas David (1934–2021)
 * Andrew Dawes (1940–2022)
 * Dorothy DeLay (1917–2002)
 * Édouard Dethier (1885–1962)
 * Gioconda de Vito (1907–1994)
 * Grigoraș Dinicu (1889–1949)
 * Joseph Douglass (1871–1935)
 * Rafael Druian (1923–2002)
 * Samuel Dushkin (1891–1976)
 * Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1898–1974)
 * Renate Eggebrecht (1944–2023)
 * Arnold Eidus (1922–2013)
 * Mischa Elman (1891–1967)
 * George Enescu (1881–1955)
 * Broadus Erle (1918–1977)
 * Devy Erlih (1928–2012)
 * Toshiya Eto (1927–2008)
 * Adila Fachiri (1886–1962)
 * Ilona Fehér (1901–1988)
 * Lorand Fenyves (1918–2004)
 * Aldo Ferraresi (1902–1978)
 * Christian Ferras (1933–1982)
 * Mikhail Fichtenholz (1920–1985)
 * Joan Field (1915–1988)
 * António Fortunato de Figueiredo (1903–1981)
 * Jorja Fleezanis (1952–2022)
 * Eugene Fodor (1950–2011)
 * Vera Fonaroff (1883–1962)
 * Zino Francescatti (1902–1991)
 * Stefan Frenkel (1902–1979)
 * Walter Fried (1877–1925)
 * Erick Friedman (1939–2004)
 * Joseph Fuchs (1899–1997)
 * Marjorie Fulton (1909–1962)
 * Ivan Galamian (1903–1981)
 * Felix Galimir (1910–1999)
 * Samuel Gardner (1891–1984)
 * John Georgiadis (1939–2021)
 * Robert Gerle (1924–2005)
 * André Gertler (1907–1998)
 * Stefi Geyer (1888–1956)
 * Elizabeth Gilels (1919–2008)
 * Zinaida Gilels (1924–2000)
 * Bronislav Gimpel (1911–1979)
 * Josef Gingold (1909–1995)
 * Ivry Gitlis (1922–2020)
 * Thelma Given (1896–1977)
 * Carroll Glenn (1918–1983)
 * Raymond Gniewek (1931–2021)
 * Paul Godwin (1902–1982)
 * Szymon Goldberg (1909–1993)
 * Boris Goldstein (1922–1987)
 * Jascha Gopinko (1891–1980)
 * Alexei Gorokhov (1927–1999)
 * Barry Griffiths (1939–2020)
 * Sidney Griller (1911–1993)
 * Harold Grimson (1882–1917)
 * Jessie Grimson (1873–1954)
 * Samuel Bonarius Grimson (1879–1955)
 * Frederick Grinke (1911–1987)
 * Erich Gruenberg (1924–2020)
 * Arthur Grumiaux (1921–1986)
 * Daniel Guilet (1899–1990)
 * Boris Gutnikov (1931–1986)
 * Ida Haendel (1928–2020)
 * Betty-Jean Hagen (1930–2016)
 * Heimo Haitto (1925–1999)
 * Marie Hall (1884–1956)
 * Sandor Harmati (1892–1936)
 * Cecilia Hansen (1897–1989)
 * Alice Harnoncourt (1930–2022)
 * Margaret Harrison (1899–1995)
 * May Harrison (1890–1959)
 * Sidney Harth (1925–2011)
 * Josef Hassid (1923–1950)
 * Kató Havas (1920–2018)
 * Yaëla Hertz (1930–2014)
 * Julius Hegyi (1923–2007)
 * Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)
 * Philippe Hirschhorn (1946–1996)
 * Rosa Hochmann (1875–1955)
 * Henry Holst (1899–1991)
 * Bronisław Huberman (1882–1947)
 * Emanuel Hurwitz (1919–2006)
 * Jacques Israelievitch (1948–2015)
 * Sascha Jacobsen (1895–1972)
 * Piotr Janowski (1951–2008)
 * Philip S. Johnson (1953–2011)
 * Oleg Kagan (1946–1990)
 * Carmel Kaine (1937–2013)
 * Kaoru Kakudo (1947–2004)
 * Suna Kan (1936–2023)
 * Louis Kaufman (1905–1994)
 * Daisy Kennedy (1893–1981)
 * Eda Kersey (1904–1944)
 * Felix Khuner (1906–1991)
 * Valery Klimov (1931–2022)
 * Daniel Kobialka (1943–2021)
 * Paul Kochanski (1887–1934)
 * Dmitri Kogan (1978–2017)
 * Leonid Kogan (1924–1982)
 * Felix Kok (1924–2010)
 * Adolph Koldofsky (1905–1951)
 * Rudolf Kolisch (1896–1978)
 * Péter Komlós (1935–2017)
 * Anton Kontra (1932–2020)
 * Hugo Kortschak (1884–1957)
 * Takehisa Kosugi (1938–2018)
 * Boris Koutzen (1901–1966)
 * Dénes Kovács (1930–2005)
 * Tosca Kramer (1903–1976)
 * Herman Krebbers (1923–2018)
 * Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
 * Jan Kubelík (1880–1940)
 * Georg Kulenkampff (1898–1948)
 * Jaakko Kuusisto (1974–2022)
 * Helen Kwalwasser (1927–2017)
 * Fredell Lack (1922–2017)
 * Jeanne Lamon (1949–2021)
 * Isidor Lateiner (1930–2005)
 * Remo Lauricella (1912–2003)
 * Arthur Leavins (1917–1995)
 * Everett Lee (1916–2022)
 * Sylvia Lent (1903–1972)
 * Ida Levin (1963–2016)
 * Walter Levin (1924–2017)
 * Nona Liddell (1927–2017)
 * Maria Lidka (1914–2013)
 * Ernest Llewellyn (1915–1982)
 * Lea Luboshutz (1885–1965)
 * Sergiu Luca (1943–2010)
 * Alberto Lysy (1935–2009)
 * Francis MacMillen (1885–1973)
 * Klaus Maetzl (1941–2016)
 * Hugh Maguire (1926–2013)
 * Paul Makanowitzky (1920–1998)
 * Juan Manén (1883–1971)
 * Robert Mann (1920–2018)
 * Kevork Mardirossian (1954–2024)
 * Henri Marteau (1874–1934)
 * Lucien Martin (1908–1950)
 * Johanna Martzy (1924–1979)
 * Leonora Jackson McKim (1879–1969)
 * Ivor McMahon (1924–1972)
 * Alfred Eugene Megerlin (1880–1941)
 * Wilhelm Melcher (1940–2005)
 * Isolde Menges (1893–1976)
 * Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
 * Geoffrey Michaels (1944–2024)
 * Roberto Michelucci (1922–2010)
 * Martin Milner (1928–2000)
 * Nathan Milstein (1903–1992)
 * Mischa Mischakoff (1895–1981)
 * Emil Młynarski (1870–1935)
 * Cyril Monk (1882–1970)
 * Alma Moodie (1898–1943)
 * Lydia Mordkovitch (1944–2014)
 * Erika Morini (1904–1995)
 * Alfonso Mosesti (1924–2018)
 * Konstantin Mostras (1886–1965)
 * Peter Mountain (1923–2013)
 * David Nadien (1926–2014)
 * Yfrah Neaman (1923–2003)
 * Sheila Nelson (1936–2020)
 * Ginette Neveu (1919–1949)
 * Siegmund Nissel (1922–2008)
 * Ricardo Odnoposoff (1914–2004)
 * David Oistrakh (1908–1974)
 * Igor Oistrakh (1931–2021)
 * Edgar Ortenberg (1900–1996)
 * Trond Øyen (1929–1999)
 * Igor Ozim (1931–2024)
 * Michaela Paetsch (1961–2023)
 * Priscilla Paetsch (1931–2017)
 * Margaret Pardee (1920–2016)
 * Manoug Parikian (1920–1987)
 * Kathleen Parlow (1890–1963)
 * Edith Peinemann (1937–2023)
 * Barbara Penny (1929–2007)
 * Louis Persinger (1887–1966)
 * Maximilian Pilzer (1890–1958)
 * Alfred Pochon (1878–1959)
 * Max Pollikoff (1904–1984)
 * Enrico Polo (1868–1953)
 * Miron Polyakin (1895–1941)
 * Katia Popov (1965–2018)
 * Ruth Posselt (1914–2007)
 * Jean Pougnet (1907–1968)
 * Gaston Poulet (1892–1974)
 * Albert Pratz (1914–1995)
 * Mikhail Press (1871–1938)
 * Váša Příhoda (1900–1960)
 * Simon Pullman (1890–1942)
 * Manuel Quiroga (1892–1961)
 * Michael Rabin (1936–1972)
 * Rosemary Rapaport (1918–2011)
 * Ossy Renardy (1920–1953)
 * Florizel von Reuter (1890–1985)
 * Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012)
 * Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
 * Aaron Rosand (1927–2019)
 * Alma Rosé (1906–1944)
 * Arnold Rosé (1863–1946)
 * Eric Rosenblith (1920–2010)
 * Max Rostal (1905–1991)
 * Olga Rudge (1895–1996)
 * Albert Sammons (1886–1957)
 * David Sarser (1921–2013)
 * Egon Sassmannshaus (1928–2010)
 * Hansheinz Schneeberger (1926–2019)
 * Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915–2002)
 * Dina Schneidermann (1931–2016)
 * Jaap Schröder (1925–2020)
 * Michel Schwalbé (1919–2012)
 * Toscha Seidel (1899–1962)
 * Berl Senofsky (1926–2002)
 * Samuel Sherman (1871–1948)
 * Nelli Shkolnikova (1928–2010)
 * Sadah Shuchari (1906–2001)
 * Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000)
 * Joseph Silverstein (1932–2015)
 * Jacques Singer (1910–1980)
 * Julian Sitkovetsky (1925–1958)
 * Semyon Snitkovsky (1933–1981)
 * Marie Soldat-Roeger (1863–1955)
 * Denise Soriano-Boucherit (1916–2006)
 * Leonard Sorkin (1916–1985)
 * Eduard Sõrmus (1878–1940)
 * Albert Spalding (1883–1953)
 * Tossy Spivakovsky (1906–1998)
 * Christian Stadelmann (1959–2019)
 * Ethel Stark (1910–2012)
 * Benjamin Steinberg (1915–1974)
 * Hellmut Stern (1928–2020)
 * Isaac Stern (1920–2001)
 * Pyotr Stolyarsky (1871–1944)
 * Josef Suk (1929–2011)
 * Harold Sumberg (1905–1994)
 * Suwa Nejiko (1920–2012)
 * Zoltán Székely (1903–2001)
 * Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988)
 * Joseph Szigeti (1892–1973)
 * Gerhard Taschner (1922–1976)
 * Henri Temianka (1906–1992)
 * Jean Ter-Merguerian (1935–2015)
 * Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953)
 * Roman Totenberg (1911–2012)
 * Andor Toth (1925–2006)
 * Charles Treger (1935–2023)
 * Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999)
 * Masuko Ushioda (1942–2013)
 * Tibor Varga (1921–2003)
 * Franz von Vecsey (1893–1935)
 * Sándor Végh (1912–1997)
 * Ion Voicu (1923–1997)
 * Winifred Merrill Warren (1898–1990)
 * John Waterhouse (1877–1970)
 * William Waterhouse (1917–2003)
 * Clarence Cameron White (1880–1960)
 * Elise Fellows White (1873–1953)
 * Camilla Wicks (1928–2020)
 * Margaret Jones Wiles (1911–2000)
 * Maurice Wilk (1922–1963)
 * Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929–2018)
 * Harold Wippler (1928–2022)
 * Endre Wolf (1913–2011)
 * Josef Wolfsthal (1899–1931)
 * Rowsby Woof (1883–1943)
 * Cedric Wright (1889–1959)
 * Arthur Wynne (1871–1945)
 * Yuri Yankelevich (1909–1973)
 * Florian ZaBach (1918–2006)
 * Zvi Zeitlin (1922–2012)
 * Grigori Zhislin (1945–2017)
 * Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)
 * Olive Zorian (1916–1965)
 * Paul Zukofsky (1943–2017)

Comedic
As a supplement to the lists above, the following is a list of violinists who were known for playing the instrument badly in support of comedy routines.


 * Jack Benny (1894–1974)
 * Larry Fine (1902–1975)
 * Henny Youngman (1906–1998)

Contemporary

 * See List of contemporary classical violinists

Female

 * See List of female violinists