List of people related to Cajun music

This is a list of notable Cajun musicians, Cajun music instrument makers, Cajun music folklorists, Cajun music historians, and Cajun music activists.

List of Cajun musicians
This is a list of musicians who perform or performed Cajun music. The musicians are not necessarily Cajuns, nor necessarily limited to Louisiana musicians.

Traditional Cajun

 * Amédé Ardoin, accordion
 * Bois Sec Ardoin
 * Breaux Brothers, accordion, fiddle, guitar trio
 * Cléoma Breaux, guitar
 * Sady Courville, fiddle
 * Joe Falcon, accordion
 * Canray Fontenot, fiddle
 * Wade Fruge, fiddle
 * Blind Uncle Gaspard
 * Mayeus Lafleur
 * Dennis McGee, fiddle
 * Segura Brothers
 * Leo Soileau

Country/Texas swing Cajun

 * Hadley J. Castille, fiddle
 * Harry Choates, fiddle
 * Varise Conner
 * Luderin Darbone
 * Edwin Duhon
 * J. B. Fuselier
 * Doc Guidry
 * Hackberry Ramblers
 * Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez
 * Leroy "Happy Fats" Leblanc

Dancehall Cajun

 * Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys
 * Sidney Brown and the Traveler Playboys
 * Cleveland Crochet
 * Camey Doucet
 * Iry LeJeune
 * Phil Menard
 * Austin Pitre
 * Belton Richard, accordion
 * Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys
 * Lawrence Walker and the Wandering Aces

Cajun "renaissance"

 * Balfa Brothers, fiddlers and guitarists
 * Dewey Balfa, fiddle
 * BeauSoleil
 * Charivari
 * Octa Clark
 * Michael Doucet, fiddle
 * Harrison Fontenot
 * Alan LaFleur, upright bass
 * D.L. Menard
 * Zachary Richard, accordion
 * Ann Savoy, guitarist, singer, author
 * Marc Savoy, accordion
 * Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
 * Feufollet

Contemporary Cajun music

 * Christine Balfa
 * Lee Benoit
 * Joe Hall
 * Hunter Hayes
 * The Lost Bayou Ramblers
 * Kevin Naquin
 * Pine Leaf Boys
 * The Red Stick Ramblers
 * The Revelers
 * Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
 * Joel Savoy, fiddler, music producer
 * Wilson Savoy, accordion
 * Wayne Toups and his legendary roadie Johnny Opelousas

Solo artists

 * Al Berard
 * Octa Clark
 * Camey Doucet
 * L. J. Foret
 * J. B. Fuselier
 * Blind Uncle Gaspard
 * David Greely
 * Hunter Hayes
 * Doc Guidry
 * Doug Kershaw
 * Rusty Kershaw
 * Mayeus Lafleur
 * Sonny Landreth
 * Iry LeJeune
 * D.L. Menard
 * Jimmy C. Newman
 * Austin Pitre
 * Crystal Plamondon
 * Belton Richard, accordion
 * Zachary Richard, accordion
 * Ann Savoy
 * Joel Savoy
 * Wilson Savoy
 * Amanda Shaw
 * Leo Soileau
 * Jo-El Sonnier, vocals
 * Lawrence Walker
 * Kevin Wimmer

Bands

 * Nathan Abshire and the Pinegrove Boys
 * Balfa Brothers
 * Breaux Brothers
 * Captain Gumbo (Netherlands band)
 * Hackberry Ramblers
 * Red Stick Ramblers
 * Belton Richard and the Musical Aces
 * The Sundown Playboys
 * Lisa Haley and the Zydekats

Other Cajun musicians playing non-Cajun music

 * Johnnie Allan, swamp pop musician
 * Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician
 * John Fred, swamp pop & rock and roll musician
 * Sammy Kershaw, country music artist
 * Warren Storm, swamp pop musician
 * Rufus Thibodeaux, Cajun and country music artist (fiddler)

Other related Cajun music producers, authors, folklorists, historians, and activists

 * Barry Ancelet, folklorist, cultural activist
 * Ryan Brasseaux, cultural historian
 * Carl A. Brasseaux, historian
 * Kevin Fontenot, historian
 * Richard Guidry, cultural activist
 * Harry Oster, LSU folklorist, recorded in the 1950s
 * Ann Savoy, guitarist, singer, author, and record producer

List of Cajun instrument makers

 * Sidney Brown, accordion builder and player
 * Andre Michot, accordion builder
 * Larry Miller, accordion builder
 * Marc Savoy, accordion builder and player, cultural activist