List of clarinetists

This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet.

Classical clarinetists

• Ernest Ačkun
• Luís Afonso
• Cristiano Alves
• Chen Halevi
• Michel Arrignon
• Alexander Bader
• Kinan Azmeh
• József Balogh
• Luigi Bassi (clarinetist)
• Simeon Bellison
• Kálmán Berkes
• Julian Bliss
• David Blumberg
• Walter Boeykens
• Henri Bok
• Daniel Bonade
• Tara Bouman
• Naftule Brandwein
• Bruno Brun
• Jack Brymer
• Lars Kristian Holm Brynildsen
• Nicola Bulfone
• Ovanir Buosi
• Sérgio Burgani
• Louis Cahuzac
• David Campbell
• James Campbell
• Alessandro Carbonare
• Ernesto Cavallini
• Florent Charpentier
• Larry Combs
• Louis Cottrell, Jr.
• Jean-Noël Crocq
• Philippe Cuper
• Hans Deinzer
• Guy Deplus
• Charles Draper
• Stanley Drucker
• Eli Eban
• Anton Eberst
• Julian Egerton
• Fredrik Fors
• Rupert Fankhauser
• Thomas Friedli
• Mariano Frogioni
• Martin Fröst
• Wenzel Fuchs
• Peter Geisler
• Anthony Gigliotti
• Bruno di Girolamo
• Johannes Gmeinder
• Jose Gonzalez Granero
• Ante Grgin
• Burt Hara
• Russell Harlow
• Johann Hindler
• Helmut Hödl
• Emma Johnson
• Sharon Kam
• Reginald Kell
• Thea King
• Dieter Klöcker
• Howard Klug
• Bil Jackson
• Béla Kovács
• Wolfgang Kornberger
• Kari Kriikku
• Alison Lambert
• Andrey Laukhin
• Colin Lawson
• Andreas Lehnert
• Karl Leister
• Michel Lethiec
• Lorin Levee
• Todd Levy
• Robert Lindemann
• Jon Manasse
• Sebastian Manz
• Robert Marcellus
• Andrew Marriner
• Lawrence Maxey
• Marco Antonio Mazzini
• Anthony McGill
• Ralph McLane
• Jacques Meertens
• Paul Meyer
• Sabine Meyer
• Wolfgang Meyer
• Lev Mikhailov
• Pascal Moragues
• Ricardo Morales
• Charles Neidich
• Tale Ognenovski
• Sean Osborn
• Andreas Ottensamer
• Ernst Ottensamer
• Edward Palanker
• Antony Pay
• Gervase de Peyer
• Thomas Piercy
• George Pieterson
• Robert Plane
• Manfred Preis
• Alfred Prinz
• Luis Rossi
• Sergey Rozanov
• Hubert Salmhofer
• Louis Sclavis
• Peter Schmidl
• David Shifrin
• Mark Simpson
• Vladimir Sokolov
• Nikola Srdić
• Anton Stadler
• Milenko Stefanović
• Karl-Heinz Steffens
• / Suzanne Stephens
• Richard Stoltzman
• Peter Sunman
• Frederick Thurston
• Alison Turriff
• Joaquin Valdepeñas
• Jean-François Verdier
• Bernard Walton
• David Weber
• Harold Wright
• John Bruce Yeh
• Michele Zukovsky

Jazz and pop clarinetists

• Muhal Richard Abrams
• George Adams
• Pete Allen
• Woody Allen
• Lloyd Arntzen
• Georgie Auld
• Nailor Azevedo (also known as Proveta)
• Paulo Moura
• Buster Bailey (1902–1967)
• Craig Ball
• Eddie Barefield
• Alan Barnes (born 1959)
• Emile Barnes
• John Barnes
• Gary Bartz
• Alvin Batiste (1932–2007)
• Heinie Beau
• Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
• Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman (1883–1974)
• Sidney Beckerman (1919–2007)
• Han Bennink
• Derek Bermel
• Barney Bigard (1906–1980)
• Acker Bilk (born 1929)
• Chris Biscoe
• Andy Biskin
• Dan Block
• Hamiet Bluiett
• Anthony Braxton
• Peter Brotzmann
• Pud Brown
• Sandy Brown
• Albert Burbank
• Don Byron (born 1958)
• Ernie Caceres
• Happy Caldwell
• Harry Carney
• Benny Carter
• Daniel Carter
• James Carter
• John Carter
• John Casimir (clarinetist)
• Evan Christopher
• Rod Cless
• Tony Coe
• Anat Cohen
• Randolph Colville
• Hank D'Amico
• Eddie Daniels (born 1941)
• John Dankworth
• Joe Darensbourg
• Kenny Davern
• Nathan Davis (saxophonist) - bass clarinet, multi-instrumentalist
• Paul Dean (clarinetist)
• Buddy DeFranco
• Tobias Delius
• Big Eye Louis Nelson Deslile
• Johnny Dodds (1892–1940)
• Klaus Doldinger
• Eric Dolphy (1928–1964)
• Arne Domnerus
• Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957)
• Tommy Douglas (clarinetist)
• Paquito D'Rivera
• Gerd Dudek
• Paul Dunmall
• Kai Fagaschinski
• Wally Fawkes
• Irving Fazola
• Buddy Featherstonhaugh
• Giora Feidman
• Pete Fountain
• Bud Freeman
• Chico Freeman
• Victor Goines
• Jimmy Giuffre
• / German Goldenshtayn (Klezmer)
• Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
• Edmond Hall (1901–1967)
• Jimmy Hamilton
• Alfred Harth
• Bob Helm
• Woody Herman
• Peanuts Hucko
• Dink Johnson (1892–1954)
• Theo Jörgensmann (born 1948)
• David Krakauer
• Mustafa Kandirali (born 1930)
• Kyuhyun (born 1988)
• John LaPorta
• Prince Lasha
• Margot Leverett
• Walt Levinsky (1929–1999)
• George Lewis (1900–1969)
• Ted Lewis (1891–1971)
• Matt Lavelle (bass clarinet)
• Joe Maneri
• Joe Marsala
• Stan McDonald
• Hal McKusick
• Mezz Mezzrow
• Jean-Christian Michel
• Marcus Miller (born 1959)
• Gabriele Mirabassi
• Gussie Mueller
• David Murray
• Don Murray (1904–1929)
• Phil Nimmons
• Jimmy Noone (1895–1944)
• Alcide Nunez (1884–1934)
• Sean O'Boyle (composer) (born 1963)
• Tale Ognenovski
• Ken Peplowski
• Sid Phillips (1907–1973)
• Michel Portal (born 1935)
• Perry Robinson
• Leon Roppolo (1902-1943)
• Ned Rothenberg
• Harold Rubin (born 1932)
• Pee Wee Russell (1906–1969)
• Dan St. Marseille (born 1962)
• Louis Sclavis
• Tony Scott (1921–2007)
• Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
• Harry Shields (1899–1971)
• Larry Shields (1893–1953)
• Omer Simeon (1902–1959)
• Bill Smith
• Chris Speed
• S. Frederick Starr (born 1940)
• Milenko Stefanović (born 1930)
• Richard Stoltzman
• Wilber Sweatman (1882–1961)
• Antti Sarpila
• Monty Sunshine (born 1928)
• Dave Tarras (1897–1989)
• Shankar Tucker
• Ken Vandermark
• Oliver Weindling (born 1955)
• Michael White
• Hans Olof (Putte) Wickman
• Bob Wilber
• Lester Young
• Evan Ziporyn