# 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)
* Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863–1939)
* 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)
* Jakob Grün (1837–1916)
* François Habeneck (1781–1849)
* Karel Halíř (1859–1909)
* Miska Hauser (1822–1878)
* 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)
* Dragomir Krančević (1847–1929)
* 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)
* Maud MacCarthy (1882–1967)
* 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)
* Joseph Mosenthal (1834–1896)
* 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)
* Theodore Thomas (1835–1905)
* 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)
* Yehonatan Berick (1968–2020)
* Klara Berkovich (1928–2024)
* 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)
* Corinne Chapelle (1976–2021)
* 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)
* Helena Dunicz-Niwińska (1915–2018)
* 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)
* Ayla Erduran (1934–2025)
* 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)
* Donald Hazelwood (1930–2025)
* 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)
* Liana Isakadze (1946–2024)
* 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)
* 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)
* Susanne Lautenbacher (1932–2020)
* 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)
* Stoika Milanova (1945–2024)
* 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)
* György Pauk (1936–2024)
* Edith Peinemann (1937–2023)
* Barbara Penny (1929–2007)
* Louis Persinger (1887–1966)
* Victor Pikayzen (1933–2023)
* 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)
* Adolf Rebner (1876–1967)
* Ossy Renardy (1920–1953)
* Florizel von Reuter (1890–1985)
* Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012)
* Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
* Paul Rolland (1911–1978)
* 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)
* Eugene Sârbu (1950–2024)
* David Sarser (1921–2013)
* Egon Sassmannshaus (1928–2010)
* Hansheinz Schneeberger (1926–2019)
* Alexander Schneider (1908–1993)
* 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)
* William Starr (1923–2020)
* Benjamin Steinberg (1915–1974)
* Albert Stern (1937–2024)
* 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)
* Vilmos Tátrai (1912–1999)
* Henri Temianka (1906–1992)
* Jean Ter-Merguerian (1935–2015)
* Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953)
* Felice Togni (1871–1929)
* 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)
* Imre Waldbauer (1892–1952)
* 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)
* Renato Zanettovich (1921–2021)
* Ede Zathureczky (1903–1959)
* Zvi Zeitlin (1922–2012)
* Grigori Zhislin (1945–2017)
* Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)
* Olive Zorian (1916–1965)
* Dénes Zsigmondy (1922–2014)
* 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