List of popular music violinists

This is a list of notable popular music violinists including fiddlers.

A

 * Shadmehr Aghili (hip hop, Persian classic, western classic)
 * Armen Anassian (Armenian)
 * Laurie Anderson (experimental)
 * Darol Anger (jazz, "psychograss")
 * Gilles Apap (gypsy, swing, classical, bluegrass, Irish)
 * Emilie Autumn (rock, gothic, industrial)
 * Abhijith P. S. Nair (fusion violin, Indian, Western)

B

 * Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)
 * Alexander Bălănescu (founder of Balanescu String Quartet)
 * Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)
 * Byron Berline (bluegrass)
 * Andrew Bird (alternative, folk, jazz)
 * Charlie Bisharat (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
 * Bitch (aka Capital B) of Bitch and Animal
 * Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
 * Karen Briggs (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
 * Linda Brava (classical, pop, folk)

C

 * Eddy Chen (classical)
 * Ann Marie Calhoun (bluegrass, pop)
 * Chris Carmichael (classical, pop. country, folk, jazz, rock)
 * Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)
 * Sharon Corr (The Corrs, pop, rock, folk)
 * Papa John Creach (blues, rock)
 * David Cross (King Crimson)
 * Regina Carter (jazz, classical)
 * Ray Chen (classical)
 * Chloe Chua (classical)

D

 * Daniel D. (contemporary, hip hop, R&B)
 * Jerald Daemyon (urban, contemporary jazz, R&B)
 * Charlie Daniels (country, country rock)
 * Rick Danko (The Band)
 * Saul Davies (James)
 * Taylor Davis (anime, classical, pop)
 * Ryan Delahoussaye (Blue October)
 * Tymon Dogg (The Mescaleros, rock, folk)
 * DSharp (electronic dance music, classical, hip hop)

E

 * Warren Ellis (of Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman)

F

 * Dave Favis-Mortlock (FiddleBop, jazz, folk)
 * Fayiz Muhammed (Classical,Indian,World music)
 * Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
 * Alasdair Fraser (Scottish)

G

 * David Garrett (classical, pop)
 * Seth Gilliard (pop)
 * Johnny Gimble (bluegrass, Nashville session player)
 * Jerry Goodman (progressive rock, jazz)
 * Richard Greene (bluegrass, country, rock)

H

 * Petra Haden (alternative rock)
 * Anne Harris (Celtic music, folk rock, afrobeat, soul, blues, chamber music)
 * Don "Sugarcane" Harris (blues, rock)
 * Edward W. Hardy (classical, pop, musical theatre)
 * Lili Haydn (alternative rock)
 * Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)
 * Hilary Hahn (classical)

I

 * Eileen Ivers (Irish fiddle)

J

 * Jana Jae (of The Buckaroos and Hee Haw) (bluegrass, country)
 * Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music, U.K.)
 * Jinxx from Black Veil Brides

K

 * Mik Kaminski, member of the Electric Light Orchestra
 * Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
 * Judy Kang (classical, pop, hip hop, rock)
 * Doug Kershaw (Cajun)
 * Anna Katharina Kränzlein (folk rock, folk metal)
 * Olga Kholodnaya
 * Gundula Krause (bluegrass, cajun, folk, folk-rock)
 * Alison Krauss (bluegrass)

L

 * David LaFlamme (classical and rock)
 * Jim Lea (rock, pop)
 * Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle, Zwan, Entrance)
 * Laurie Lewis (bluegrass, American old-time)

M

 * Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
 * Manoj George (World fusion, Indian classical)
 * Sean Mackin (Yellowcard, rock, pop punk)
 * Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
 * Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
 * Hugh Marsh (jazz, popular)
 * Mia Matsumiya (avant-garde, experimental)
 * Lucia Micarelli (classical, pop, most notably toured with Jethro Tull and Josh Groban)
 * Rob Moose
 * Bijan Mortazavi
 * Armen Movsessian (touring orchestra with Yanni)

N

 * Máiréad Nesbitt (fiddler for Celtic Woman ensemble)
 * Nash the Slash (classical, rock, experimental)
 * Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire, indie rock)
 * Nigel Kennedy (Beatles to heavy rock)

O

 * Mark O'Connor (bluegrass, folk, classical)
 * Helen O'Hara (Dexys Midnight Runners)

P

 * Owen Pallett (a.k.a. Final Fantasy, also plays with The Arcade Fire)
 * Una Palliser (classical, pop, folk, most notable toured with Shakira)
 * Itzhak Perlman (classical, most noted for violin solo in Schindler's List)
 * Anna Phoebe (rock, pop, metal, classical, etc.)
 * Lorenza Ponce (new age, pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk, folk rock, bluegrass, country)
 * Antonio Pontarelli (rock)
 * Jean-Luc Ponty (jazz, jazz-rock)
 * Kalan Porter (pop, rock)

R

 * David Ragsdale (rock, progressive rock)
 * Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary, rock, folk)
 * Bridget Regan (rock, folk)
 * Davide Rossi (pop, rock, classical)
 * Lettice Rowbotham (dubstep, pop, rock, classical)
 * Sergey Ryabtsev (Gogol Bordello, rock, folk)
 * Alexander Rybak (classical, folk, pop)
 * Roopa Revathi (classical, western)

S

 * Jonathan Sevink (The Levellers)
 * Gingger Shankar (10-string double violin, of The Smashing Pumpkins)
 * John Sheahan (The Dubliners, folk)
 * Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
 * Rosemary Siemens (gospel, classical, pop, bluegrass)
 * Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz)
 * Kyla-Rose Smith (Afropop, hip hop)
 * Sophie Solomon (Oi Va Voi, klezmer, folk, rock)
 * Eric Stanley (hip hop, pop, classical)
 * Robby Steinhardt (rock)
 * Lindsey Stirling (violin pop, electro, dance-pop)
 * Dinesh Subasinghe (pop, Music of Sri Lanka, Baila, Celtic, Chinese, Buddhist music, rock, folk)
 * Dave Swarbrick (British/Celtic folk and folk/rock)
 * Sam Sweeney (British/Celtic folk and folk/rock – Kerfuffle, Bellowhead, Leveret, Made in the Great War )

T

 * Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band)

V

 * Vanessa-Mae (British, violin techno-acoustic fusion)
 * Maxim Vengerov (Israeli)
 * April Verch (Canadian)
 * Sarana VerLin (Dark Carnival) (electric 5-string) (rock, folk)
 * Susan Voelz acoustic electric 5 string, Poi Dog Pondering, Alejandro Escovedo, rock, electronica
 * Josh Vietti (hip hop, pop)

W

 * Noel Webb
 * Joan Wasser (The Dambuilders, indie rock)
 * Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)
 * Jenny Wilhelms (folk)
 * J. Loren Wince (Hurt)
 * Patrick Wolf (experimental, alternative, folk, electronic)
 * D'arcy Wretzky (of The Smashing Pumpkins)
 * Gavyn Wright (classical, pop, soundtrack)

Y

 * Brett Yang (classical)


 * Samvel Yervinyan (touring orchestra with Yanni)
 * Diana Yukawa (contemporary, modern, classical, pop)
 * Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (Indian classical, Carnatic)

Z

 * Joel Zifkin (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Richard Thompson etc)