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
Christian Heinrich Aschenbrenner (1654–1732) 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) William Herschel (1738–1822)A PRACTICAL EDITION OF THE TWENTY-FOUR CAPRICES FOR SOLO VIOLIN BY SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL by Chuong Viet Vu. Doctoral dissertation for the University of North Texas, Denton TX, 2015, p. 5. 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) Bram Eldering (1865–1943) 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) Ferdinand Laub (1832–1875) 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) M. J. Niedzielski (1851–1925) 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) Frederik Thorkildsen Wexschall (1798–1845) José White (1835–1918) Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880) Gabriele Wietrowetz (1866–1937) Franz Wilczek (1869–1916) 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.
Rochelle Abramson (1953–2025) 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) Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) Oskar Back (1879–1963) Ik-Hwan Bae (1956–2014) Israel Baker (1919–2011) Tofig Bakikhanov (1930–2026) 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) Howard Boatwright (1918–1999) Lola Bobesco (1921–2003) Emanuel Borok (1944–2020) Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991) Jules Boucherit (1877–1962) Natalya Boyarskaya (1946–2025) Norbert Brainin (1923–2005) Shony Alex Braun (1924–2002) 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) Roberto Cani (1967–2025) 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) Valentina Crespi (1892–19??) 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) Pierre Doukan (1927–1995) Demetrius Constantine Dounis (1893–1954) 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) Irwin Eisenberg (1919–2014) Mischa Elman (1891–1967) George Enescu (1881–1955) Mary Davenport Engberg (1880–1951) 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) Rudolf Fitzner (1868–1934) 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) Olivebelle Hamon (1909–1987) 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) Marjorie Hayward (1885–1953) 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) Max Jaffa (1911–1991) Charles Jaffe (1917–2011) Piotr Janowski (1951–2008) Philip S. Johnson (1953–2011) Oleg Kagan (1946–1990) Carmel Kaine (1937–2013) Suna Kan (1936–2023) Bela Katona (1920–2018) Louis Kaufman (1905–1994) Franciszek Kempa (1903–1953) Daisy Kennedy (1893–1981) Eda Kersey (1904–1944) Felix Khuner (1906–1991) Valery Klimov (1931–2022) Paul Kling (1929–2005) Daniel Kobialka (1943–2021) Paul Kochanski (1887–1934) Roman Kofman (1936–2026) Dmitri Kogan (1978–2017)