List of accordionists
Main article: Accordion
This is an alphabetized list of notable accordionists who have their own main articles or belong to a notable band.
A
- Benny Andersson – Swedish songwriter, member of best-selling pop group ABBA
- Ramon Ayala – Mexican accordionist, composer
B
- Alan Bern of the Klezmer band Brave Old World
- Bratko Bibič – Slovene accordionist
- Renato Borghetti – Brazilian musician
- Franko Božac – Croatian classical and concert accordionist
C
- "Careless" of Random Encounter - who often plays accordion behind his head
- Carmen Carrozza – classical & concert accordionist
- Boozoo Chavis – Zydeco musician
- Clifton Chenier – Zydeco musician
- Dick Contino – he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show a record 48 times
- Gianni Coscia – jazz accordionist
- Phil Cunningham – Scottish folk accordionist
- Andy Cutting – English folk accordionist
D
- Jackie Daly
- Pietro Deiro – pioneer of the accordion
- Vladimir Denissenkov – Russian Bayan
- Orlando DiGirolamo
- Wolfgang Dimetrik
- Dominguinhos – Brazilian music
- Henry Doktorski – classical & concert accordionist
- Finbarr Dwyer – Irish traditional musician
E
- Mogens Ellegaard – father of the avant-garde accordion movement
- Keith Emerson
- John Evan of Jethro Tull
- Tim van Eyken
- Emir Vildić – Bosnian accordionist and accordion teacher
F
G
- Benny Gallagher – Scottish singer-songwriter; member of Gallagher and Lyle, McGuinness Flint and Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance
- Anthony Galla-Rini
- Richard Galliano
- Luiz Gonzaga – The King of Baião
H
- Frode Haltli – Norwegian accordionist
- Daniel Handler aka. Lemony Snicket
- Rolf Harris
- Kevin Hearn – Zydeco musician of Barenaked Ladies
- Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly
- Harry Hibbs – Canadian musician
- David Hidalgo of Los Lobos
- Bruce Hornsby
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic
- Garth Hudson of The Band
- Rob Hyman of The Hooters
I
J
- Ryan Jarman of The Cribs
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Flaco Jimenez
- Beau Jocques – Zydeco musician
- Billy Joel
- Pete Jolly – American jazz pianist and accordionist
- Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
- Esteban "Steve" Jordan
- Kepa Junkera – Basque musician and composer
K
- Boris Karlov
- Mirai Kawashima of Japanese band Sigh
- James Keane – Irish traditional musician
- John Kirkpatrick
- Yasuhiro Kobayashi
L
- Gabby La La
- Yuri Lemeshev of Gogol Bordello
- John Linnell of They Might Be Giants
- Nils Lofgren
- Marco Lo Russo
M
- Charles Magnante- pioneer of the accordion
- Frank Marocco
- Loreena Mckennitt
- Johnny Meijer, Dutch – jazz accordionist
N
- Franz Nicolay of The World/Inferno Friendship Society
- Krist Novoselic – bassist in Nirvana
O
- Pauline Oliveros – avantgarde performer
- Walter Ostanek
P
- Willard A. "Bill" Palmer (1917–1996) – inventor of the quint system which was later patented by Titano as used in their line of converter (or "quint") bass accordions
- Van Dyke Parks – Composer/arranger and noted accordionist
- Cory Pesaturo – eclectic accordionist
- Kimmo Pohjonen – experimental Finnish accordionist
- Don Peachey – American musician and recording artist
R
- Matti Rantanen – classical accordionist
- Israel Romero – Colombian Vallenato Musician
- Saul Rose – English melodeon player
- Ryan Ross of Panic At The Disco
- Roberto Ruscitti – Venezuelan accordionist
S
- John Serry, Sr. – classical & concert accordionist, free-bass accordionist
- Jimmy Shand – Scottish accordionist
- Sharon Shannon – Irish accordionist
- Sivuca, Brazilian musician
- John Spiers – English melodeon player
- Chango Spasiuk – Argentine folk musician of Ukrainian descent
- Paul Stein
- William Schimmel – accordionist, composer and philosopher
T
- Matt Thiessen of Relient K
- Yann Tiersen – French composer and multi-instrumentalist
- Aslan Tlebzu – Adyghe folk musician
- Lee Tomboulian
- Pete Townshend of The Who
- Karen Tweed
U
- Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco
- Steve Urkel on Family Matters
V
- Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
- Art Van Damme
- Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
- Gus Viseur – French accordionist
- Julieta Venegas
- Mika Väyrynen (accordionist)
W
- Jason Webley – American musician
- Lawrence Welk
- Martin White – British cover artist
- Wix Wickens
- Dave Willey
- Patrick Wolf
- Richard Wright of Pink Floyd
Y
- Frankie Yankovic – polka musician
- "Weird Al" Yankovic – song parodist, comedian