This is an alphabetized list of notable accordionists who have their own main articles or belong to a notable band.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Veikko Ahvenainen Finnish classical accordionist
• Ramon Ayala, accordionist, composer
• Father Vladmir Angelblazer, Canadian accordionist and composer
• Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician and composer

[edit] B

• Jeremy Barnes of Neutral Milk Hotel
• Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates of The Divine Comedy
• Alan Bern, of the Klezmer band Brave Old World
• Geoff Berner
• Bratko Bibič, Slovene accordionist
• Roy Bittan
• Renato Borghetti, Brazilian musician
• Dimitri Bouclier, French classical and concert accordionist
• Sandy Brechin
• Michael Bridge, Canadian Bayan player
• Gary Brooker of Procol Harum
• Joseph Byrd

[edit] C

• Drew Carey
• Carmen Carrozza, classical & concert accordionist
• John Catfish of Super Daughter and What Capitalism Was
• Roland Cedermark, Swedish accordionist and schlager artist
• Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire
• Boozoo Chavis, Zydeco musician
• Clifton Chenier, Zydeco musician
• Neil Cicierega of Lemon Demon
• Jared Claxon
• Zach Condon of Beirut
• Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists
• Dick Contino, who appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show a record 48 times
• Gianni Coscia, jazz accordionist
• Sheryl Crow
• Phil Cunningham
• Andy Cutting
• Will Creed

[edit] D

• Pietro Deiro, pioneer of the accordion
• Orlando DiGirolamo
• Wolfgang Dimetrik
• Henry Doktorski, classical & concert accordionist
• Steve Dminko, youngest ever World Champion, from the USA
• Dr. Busker
• Yury and his son Peter Dranga, Russian accordionists
• Nick Duvall The Dirty Mugs

[edit] E

• Mogens Ellegaard, father of the avant-garde accordion movement
• Keith Emerson
• John Evan of Jethro Tull
• Roberto Enzo [1]

[edit] F

• James Fearnley of The Pogues
• Myron Floren
• Connie Francis
• Pietro Frosini

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[edit] G

• Anthony Galla-Rini
• Richard Galliano
• Tommy Gumina, jazz accordionist, invented Polytone Amps
• Alfredo Gutiérrez, Colombian Vallenato Musician

[edit] H

• Frode Haltli, Norwegian accordionist
• Daniel Handler, aka. Lemony Snicket
• Rolf Harris
• Kevin Hearn, Zydeco musician, of Barenaked Ladies
• Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly
• PJ Hernon of Fíghnis
• Harry Hibbs, Canadian musician
• David Hidalgo of Los Lobos
• Bruce Hornsby
• Rocky Howard
• Nihad Hrustanbegovic
• Garth Hudson of The Band
• Rob Hyman of The Hooters

[edit] I

• Gary Innes

[edit] J

• Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies
• Ryan Jarman of The Cribs
• Jean Michel Jarre
• Flaco Jimenez
• Beau Jocques, Zydeco musician
• Billy Joel
• Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
• Esteban "Steve" Jordan
• Kepa Junkera, Basque musician and composer

[edit] K

• Daniel Kahn, American Klezmer punk accordionist of Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird
• Maria Kalaniemi
• Boris Karlov
• Mirai Kawashima of Japanese band Sigh
• Guy Klucevsek
• Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel
• Valery Kovtun, Russian accordionist

[edit] L

• Gabby La La
• Yuri Lemeshev of Gogol Bordello
• John Lennon of The Beatles
• Markku Lepistö
• John Linnell of They Might Be Giants
• Nils Lofgren
• Kenneth Larsen
• Sasha Luminsky www.luminsky.com Classical, World music, Toronto
• John Leslie,British, Life long recording artist and composer (Piano Accordion)
• Lisa-Lee Leslie, British, theater and solo artist.(C system Chromatic)
• Johnny-Lee Leslie, Euro Jazz/impro Master. Uk champion Roland V 2009(Bayan Chromatic)

[edit] M

• Joseph Macerollo Canadian classical accordionist
• Charles Magnante, pioneer of the accordion
• Frank Marocco
• Michel Martin, host of NPR show Rough Cuts
• Loreena Mckennitt
• Johnny Meijer, Dutch jazz accordionist
• Pedro Miguel, Portuguese accordionist that mixes House music with portuguese popular music
• Rade Mijatovic, classical & concert accordionist
• Ionica Minune, Romanian, balkan gypsy music, jazz.
• Corn Mo of .357 Lover
• Eddie Montiero, jazz accordionist
• Alain Musicini
• Marian Mexicanu, Romanian

[edit] N

• Franz Nicolay of The World/Inferno Friendship Society
• Krist Novoselic, bassist in Nirvana
• Charles Nunzio, pioneer of the accordion

[edit] O

• Pauline Oliveros, avantgarde performer
• Zoltan Orosz
• Walter Ostanek

[edit] 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
• Joseph Petric Canadian classical accordionist
• Kimmo Pohjonen, experimental Finnish accordionist

[edit] R

• Matti Rantanen, classical accordionist
• Peter Ralchev, Bulgarian
• Israel Romero, Colombian Vallenato Musician
• Maury Rosenberg of Hypnotic Clambake
• Ryan Ross of Panic At The Disco
• Steve Roxton, British accordionist, vocalist
• Roberto Ruscitti, Venezuelan accordionist

[edit] S

• Dr. William Schimmel, accordionist, composer and philosopher
• John Serry, Sr., classical & concert accordionist, free-bass accordionist
• Sivuca, Brazilian musician
• Lojze Slak, Slovenian musician and composer
• John Spiers, English musician
• Irshad Stephens, accordionist, philosopher, gangsta
• Paul Stein
• Peter Soave, eclectic accordionist
• Story (accordionist), Canadian singer/songwriter

[edit] T

• Matt Thiessen of Relient K
• Yann Tiersen, French composer and multi-instrumentalist
• Josh Todd (Bark Cat Bark) French multi-instrumentalist
• Pete Townshend of The Who
• Karen Tweed

[edit] U

• Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco
• Steve Urkel on Family Matters

[edit] V

• Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
• Art Van Damme
• Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
• Gus Viseur, French accordionist

[edit] W

• Jason Webley, Pop Gypsy musician
• Lawrence Welk
• Martin White, British cover artist
• Jake Waters, Comedian
• Scott Wazney of Blue Steel
• Wix Wickens
• Patrick Wolf
• Richard Wright of Pink Floyd

[edit] Y

• Frankie Yankovic, polka musician
• "Weird Al" Yankovic, song parodist

[edit] Z

• Joe Zawinul
• Vladislav Zolotaryov