# List of organists

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

## Living organists
### 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)

### 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)
* 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 (born 1942)
* Ronan Murray (born 1977)

### Latvia

* Iveta Apkalna (born 1976)
* Aivars Kalējs (born 1951)
* Jevgenija Lisicina (born 1942)
* Ilze 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 [nl] (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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* Grace Brummel (born 1930)
* 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)
* Alexander Frey
* 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)
* Peter Krasinski (born 1957)
* Nathan Laube (born 1988)
* Joan Lippincott (born 1935)
* John Longhurst (born 1940)
* Douglas Major (born 1953)
* Haig Mardirosian (born 1947)
* Alan Morrison (born 1968)
* Thomas Murray (born 1943)
* Anthony Newman (born 1941)
* Karel Paukert (born 1935)
* William Porter (born 1946)
* George Ritchie
* Catherine Rodland
* Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
* Geoffrey Simon (born 1946)
* 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)

## Deceased organists
### 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)

### Finland

* Kalevi Kiviniemi (1958–2024)

### 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)
* Clemens Ganz (1935–2023)
* 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)
* Daniel Chorzempa (1944–2023)
* 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)
* Graham Blyth (1948–2024)
* 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)
* Simon Lindley (1948–2025)
* 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)
* Allan Wicks (1923–2010)
* 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)
* Charles Henry Galloway (1871–1931)
* Harvey Bartlett Gaul (1881–1945)
* Robert Glasgow (1925–2008)
* Gladys Goodding (1893–1963)
* Gerre Hancock (1934–2012)
* Eddie Layton (1925–2004)
* Leonard MacClain (1899–1967)
* Byron Melcher (1929–2012)
* Michael Murray (1943–2024)
* T. Tertius Noble (1867–1953)
* Barbara Owen (1933–2024)
* Richard Purvis (1913–1994)
* James Thomas Quarles (1877–1954)
* Alexander Schreiner (1901–1987)
* John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
* Leo Sowerby (1895–1968)
* Frank Speller (1938–2017)
* Frederick Swann (1931–2022)
* Carl Weinrich (1904–1991)
* Berj Zamkochian (1929–2004)