List of organists

The following is a list of notable organists from the past and present who perform organ literature.

Australia

 * David Drury (born 1961)
 * Douglas Lawrence (born 1943)
 * Graeme Morton
 * Christopher Wrench (born 1958)

Austria

 * Martin Haselböck (born 1954)
 * Brett Leighton (born 1955)
 * Matthias Maierhofer (born 1979)
 * Peter Planyavsky (born 1947)

Belgium

 * Jan Van Landeghem (born 1954)
 * Ignace Michiels (born 1963)
 * Luc Ponet (born 1959)

Bulgaria

 * Alexandra Fol (born 1981)
 * Neva Krysteva (born 1946)

Canada

 * Denis Bédard (born 1950)
 * Desmond Gaspar (born 1970)
 * Paul Halley (born 1952)
 * Rachel Mahon (born 1989)
 * John Tuttle (born 1946)

Croatia

 * Ivan Božičević (born 1961)
 * Pavao Mašić (born 1980)

Czech Republic

 * Pavel Kohout (born 1976)

Denmark

 * Frederik Magle (born 1977)

Finland

 * Kalevi Kiviniemi (1958–2024)

France

 * Michel Bouvard (born 1958)
 * Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (born 1959)
 * Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
 * Jérôme Faucheur (born 1953)
 * Naji Hakim (born 1955)
 * Olivier Latry (born 1962)
 * Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 1939)
 * Michael Matthes (born 1966)
 * Thierry Mechler (born 1962)
 * Daniel Roth (born 1942)
 * Nariné Simonian (born 1966)
 * Marina Tchebourkina (born 1965)
 * Johann Vexo (born 1978)

Germany

 * Daniel Beckmann (born 1980)
 * Andreas Boltz (born 1964)
 * Winfried Bönig (born 1959)
 * Gabriel Dessauer (born 1955)
 * Matthias Eisenberg (born 1956)
 * Stefan Engels (born 1967)
 * Clemens Ganz (born 1935)
 * Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
 * Felix Hell (born 1985)
 * Hans Uwe Hielscher (born 1945)
 * Rudolf Kelber (born 1948)
 * Helmut Kickton (born 1956)
 * Otto Maria Krämer (born 1964)
 * Edgar Krapp (born 1947)
 * Ludger Lohmann (born 1954)
 * Petra Morath-Pusinelli (born 1967)
 * Mathias Rehfeldt (born 1986)
 * Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
 * Wolfgang Seifen (born 1956)
 * Ludger Stühlmeyer (born 1961)
 * Zsigmond Szathmáry (born 1939)
 * Elke Voelker (born 1968)
 * Harald Vogel (born 1941)
 * Martin Welzel (born 1972)

Hungary

 * Laszlo Fassang (born 1973)
 * Bálint Karosi (born 1979)
 * Balázs Szabó (born 1985)
 * Xavér Varnus (born 1964)
 * Zsolt Kiss (born 1979)

Italy

 * Domenico Morgante (born 1956)
 * Arturo Sacchetti (born 1941)

Ireland

 * Gerard Gillen
 * Ronan Murray (born 1977)

Latvia

 * Iveta Apkalna (born 1976)
 * Aivars Kalējs (born 1951)
 * Jevgenija Lisicina (born 1942)
 * Linze Reine (born 1970)

Monaco (Principality)

 * Marc Giacone (born 1954)

Netherlands

 * Arjan Breukhoven (born 1962)
 * Christine Kamp (born 1966)
 * Ton Koopman (born 1944)
 * Ben van Oosten (born 1955)
 * Willem van Twillert (born 1952)
 * Jan Verschuren (born 1962)
 * Sietze de Vries (born 1973)

New Zealand

 * Douglas Mews (born 1956)

Norway

 * Jon Laukvik (born 1952)
 * Kåre Nordstoga (born 1954)
 * Iver Kleive (born 1949)

Philippines

 * Armando Salarza (born 1966)

Poland

 * Krzysztof Czerwiński (born 1980)

Russia

 * Marina Tchebourkina (born 1965)

Singapore

 * Evelyn Lim

South Africa

 * Barry Smith (born 1939)

Spain

 * Montserrat Torrent i Serra (born 1926)

Sweden

 * Hans Davidsson (born 1958)
 * Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958)
 * Hans Fagius (born 1951)

Switzerland

 * Guy Bovet (born 1942)
 * Daniel Chorzempa (born 1944)
 * Lionel Rogg (born 1936)
 * Bernhard Ruchti (born 1974)

United Kingdom

 * Charles Andrews (born 1989)
 * Malcolm Archer (born 1952)
 * Martin Baker (born 1967)
 * Sarah Baldock (born 1975)
 * Harry Bramma (born 1936)
 * Kerry Beaumont (born 1957)
 * Jonathan Bielby (born 1944)
 * Graham Blyth (born 1948)
 * Kevin Bowyer (born 1961)
 * David Briggs (born 1962)
 * John Butt (born 1960)
 * Andrew Cantrill
 * Ralph Cupper (born 1954)
 * Stephen Darlington (born 1952)
 * Katherine Dienes (born 1970)
 * Clive Driskill-Smith (born 1978)
 * Henry Fairs (born 1976)
 * Stephen Farr (born 1967)
 * Jeremy Filsell (born 1964)
 * David Goode (born 1971)
 * Charles Harrison (born 1974)
 * Christopher Herrick (born 1942)
 * David Hill (born 1957)
 * Daniel Hyde (born 1980)
 * Rupert Jeffcoat (born 1970)
 * John Kitchen (born 1950)
 * James Lancelot (born 1952)
 * Anna Lapwood (born 1995)
 * Simon Lindley (born 1948)
 * Adrian Lucas (born 1962)
 * Sarah MacDonald (born 1968)
 * Wayne Marshall (born 1961)
 * Roy Massey (born 1934)
 * Andrew Millington (born 1952)
 * Philip Moore (born 1943)
 * Greg Morris (born 1976)
 * Daniel Moult (born 1973)
 * Peter Nardone (born 1965)
 * Martin Neary (born 1940)
 * Andrew Nethsingha (born 1968)
 * Michael Nicholas (born 1938)
 * James O'Donnell (born 1961)
 * Nigel Ogden (born 1954)
 * Adrian Partington (born 1958)
 * David Price (born 1969)
 * Tim Rishton
 * Barry Rose (born 1934)
 * Roger Sayer (born 1961)
 * Gordon Stewart (born 1952)
 * Jeremy Suter
 * Anne Marsden Thomas (born 1948)
 * Alan Thurlow (born 1947)
 * Ian Tracey (born 1955)
 * Alan Thurlow (born 1947)
 * Thomas Trotter (born 1957)
 * Colin Walsh (born 1955)
 * Mark Wardell (born 1968)
 * Gillian Weir (born 1941)
 * John Scott Whiteley (born 1950)
 * Marcus Wibberley (born 1981)
 * Carol Williams (born 1962)
 * Alan Wilson (born 1947)

United States

 * George C. Baker (born 1951)
 * Robert Bardwell
 * Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960)
 * James Biery (born 1956)
 * Diane Bish (born 1941)
 * Cameron Carpenter (born 1981)
 * Chelsea Chen (born 1983)
 * Alcée Chriss III (born 1983)
 * Clay Christiansen (born 1949)
 * James David Christie (born 1952)
 * Ken Cowan (born 1974)
 * David Dahl (born 1937)
 * Richard Elliott (born 1957)
 * Martin Ellis (born 1968)
 * Jeremy Filsell (born 1964)
 * Virgil Fox (born 1912)
 * Alexander Frey
 * Charles Henry Galloway
 * Barbara Harbach (born 1946)
 * David Hegarty (born 1945)
 * Cory Henry (born 1987)
 * David Higgs
 * Christopher Houlihan (born 1987)
 * Paul Jacobs (born 1977)
 * Dennis James (born 1950)
 * Martin Jean (born 1960)
 * Bálint Karosi (born 1979)
 * James Kibbie (born 1949)
 * Nathan Laube (born 1988)
 * Joan Lippincott (born 1935)
 * John Longhurst (born 1940)
 * Douglas Major (born 1953)
 * Haig Mardirosian (born 1947)
 * Alan Morrison (born 1968)
 * Michael Murray (born 1943)
 * Thomas Murray (born 1943)
 * Anthony Newman (born 1941)
 * Karel Paukert (born 1935)
 * William Porter (born 1946)
 * James Thomas Quarles
 * George Ritchie
 * Catherine Rodland
 * Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
 * Geoffrey Simon (born 1946)
 * Frank Speller (1938–2017)
 * Carole Terry (born 1948)
 * Kent Tritle (born 1960)
 * Andrew E. Unsworth (active from 2001)
 * Guy Whatley (born 1975)
 * Carol Williams (born 1962)
 * Todd Wilson (born 1971)

Austria

 * Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
 * Hans Haselböck (1928–1954)
 * Susi Jeans (1911–1993)

Belgium

 * Jacques-Nicolas (Jaak-Nicolaas) Lemmens (1823–1881)

Canada

 * Gerald Bales (1919–2002)
 * H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988)
 * Gérard Caron (1916–1986)
 * Douglas Clarke (1893–1962)
 * Antoine Dessane (1826–1873)
 * Christopher Jackson (1948–2015)
 * Rachel Laurin (1961–2023)
 * Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973)
 * Theodore Frederic Molt (1795–1856)
 * Charles Peaker (1899–1978)
 * Healey Willan (1880–1968)

Czech republic (Bohemia)

 * František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771)
 * Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky (1684–1742)
 * Petr Eben (1929–2007)
 * Josef Seger (1716–1782)

Denmark

 * Grethe Krogh (1928–2018)
 * Mogens Wöldike (1897–1988)

France

 * Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
 * Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013)
 * Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
 * Augustin Barié (1883–1915)
 * Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897)
 * Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
 * Michel Chapuis (1930–2017)
 * Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)
 * Edouard Commette (1883–1967)
 * Marie-Anne Couperin (born 1677)
 * Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
 * Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
 * Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
 * Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
 * Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
 * André Fleury (1903–1995)
 * César Franck (1822–1890), from Belgium
 * Eugène Gigout (1844–1925)
 * Jean Guillou (1930–2019)
 * Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
 * André Isoir (1935–2016)
 * Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
 * Marcel Lanquetuit (1894–1985)
 * Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
 * Paul de Maleingreau (1887–1956)
 * Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
 * Henri Mulet (1878–1967)
 * Pierre Pincemaille (1956–2018)
 * René Saorgin (1928–2015)
 * Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
 * Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965)
 * Louis Thiry (1935–2019)
 * Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
 * Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
 * Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

Germany

 * Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
 * Joseph Siegmund Bachmann (1754–1825)
 * Melchior Hoffmann (1679–1715)
 * Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
 * Franz Lehrndorfer (1928–2013)
 * Theodor Pröpper (1896–1979)
 * Karl Richter (1926–1981)
 * Karl Straube (1873–1956)
 * Käte van Tricht (1909–1996)
 * Helmut Walcha (1907–1991)
 * Gerd Zacher (1929–2014)

Hungary

 * Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
 * János Sebestyén (1931–2012)

Italy

 * Costanzo Antegnati (1549–1624)
 * Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
 * Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
 * Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
 * Fernando Germani (1906–1998)
 * Michelangelo Rossi (1601–1656)
 * Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini (1929–2017)

Netherlands

 * Willem Bartholomeus (1825–1892)
 * Klaas Bolt (1927–1990)
 * Piet Kee (1927–2018)
 * Ewald Kooiman (1938–2009)
 * Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012)
 * Liuwe Tamminga (1953–2021)

Nigeria

 * Fela Sowande (1905–1987)

Spain

 * Joan Aulí (1796–1869)

Sweden

 * Harald Fryklöf (1882–1918)
 * Ferdinand Zellbell the Younger (1719–1780)

Switzerland

 * Alfred Baum (1904–1993)
 * Fridolin Sicher (1490–1546)

United Kingdom

 * Walter Alcock (1861–1947)
 * Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
 * Jennifer Bate (1944–2020)
 * E. Power Biggs (1906–1977)
 * John Birch (1929–2012)
 * Hugh Blair (1864–1932)
 * Jonathan Blewitt (1782–1853)
 * Herbert Brewer (1865–1928)
 * William Hutchins Callcott (1807–1882)
 * William Carnaby (1772–1839)
 * Stephen Cleobury (1948–2019)
 * Norman Cocker (1889–1953)
 * Marmaduke Conway (1885–1961)
 * Melville Cook (1912–1993)
 * Robert Cooke (1768–1814)
 * Arthur Thomas Corfe (1773–1863)
 * Joseph Corfe (1740–1820)
 * G. D. Cunningham (1878–1948)
 * Lionel Dakers (1924–2003)
 * Nicholas Danby (1935–1997)
 * Harold Darke (1888–1976)
 * Christopher Dearnley (1930–2000)
 * Ralph Downes (1904–1993)
 * John Dykes Bower (1905–1981)
 * Catherine Ennis (1955–2020)
 * Roger Fisher (1936–2021)
 * Alfred Robert Gaul (1837–1913)
 * Harvey Grace (1874–1944)
 * Douglas Guest (1916–1996)
 * Joseph John Harris (1799–1869)
 * William Henry Harris (1883–1973)
 * Joseph Binns Hart (1794–1844)
 * Philip Hart (died 1749)
 * Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
 * James Hawkins (1662–1729)
 * Edward Heath (1916–2005)
 * James Heseltine (1690–1763)
 * John Larkin Hopkins (1819–1873)
 * Martin How (1931–2022)
 * Michael Howard (1922–2002)
 * Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
 * Peter Hurford (1930–2019)
 * Donald Hunt (1930–2018)
 * Randolph Jewett (1602–1675)
 * John Keeble (1711–1786)
 * Joseph Kelway (1702–1782)
 * Thomas Kelway (c. 1695 – 1744)
 * Philip Knapton (1788–1833)
 * Gerald Knight (1908–1979)
 * George Jackson Lambert (1794–1880)
 * Richard Langdon (1729–1803)
 * Philip Ledger (1937–2012)
 * Henry Ley (1904–1993)
 * Richard Hey Lloyd (1933–2021)
 * William Henry Longhurst (1819–1904)
 * Albert Mallinson (1870–1946)
 * Colin Mawby (1936–2019)
 * William Henry Monk (1823–1889)
 * Lucian Nethsingha (1936–2021)
 * Boris Ord (1897–1961)
 * Jane Parker-Smith (1950–2020)
 * John Parsons (1563–1623)
 * Martin Peerson (c. 1572 – c. 1650)
 * Josiah Pittman (1816–1886)
 * Simon Preston (1938–2022)
 * Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
 * James Kendrick Pyne (1852–1938)
 * Noel Rawsthorne (1929–2019)
 * Vaughan Richardson (died 1729)
 * John Robinson (1682–1762)
 * Brian Runnett (1935–1970)
 * John Sanders (1933–2003)
 * David Sanger (1947–2010)
 * John Scott (1956–2015)
 * Bruce Steane (1866–1938)
 * Haldane Campbell Stewart (1868–1942)
 * Herbert Sumsion (1899–1995)
 * Christopher Tambling (1964–2015)
 * George Thalben-Ball (1896–1987)
 * John Tomkins (1586–1638)
 * Stanley Vann (1910–2010)
 * William Litton Viner (1790–1867)
 * Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941)
 * Thomas Forbes Walmisley (1783–1866)
 * Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
 * Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)
 * John Webster (died 1974)
 * Henry Westrop (1812–1879)
 * Frederick Wilson Whitehead (1863–1926)
 * David Willcocks (1919–2015)
 * Arthur Wills (1926–2020)

United States

 * Frank W. Asper (1892–1973)
 * Herman Berlinski (1910–2010)
 * Leon Berry (1914–1996)
 * E. Power Biggs (1906–1977)
 * David Boe (1936–2020)
 * Del Castillo (1893–1992)
 * Twinkie Clark (born 1954)
 * Catharine Crozier (1914–2003)
 * Carlo Curley (1952–2012)
 * Garth Edmundson (1892–1971)
 * Richard Ellsasser (1926–1972)
 * Dan Federici (1950–2008)
 * Charles B. Fisk (1925–1983)
 * Virgil Fox (1912–1980)
 * Harvey Bartlett Gaul (1881–1945)
 * Robert Glasgow (1925–2008)
 * Gerre Hancock (1934–2012)
 * Eddie Layton (1925–2004)
 * Leonard MacClain (1899–1967)
 * Byron Melcher (1929–2012)
 * T. Tertius Noble (1867–1953)
 * Richard Purvis (1913–1994)
 * Alexander Schreiner (1901–1987)
 * John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
 * Leo Sowerby (1895–1968)
 * Frederick Swann (1931–2022)
 * Carl Weinrich (1904–1991)
 * Berj Zamkochian (1929–2004)