List of accordionists
This is an alphabetized list of notable accordionists who have their own main articles or belong to a notable band.
A
- Veikko Ahvenainen Finnish classical accordionist
- Ramon Ayala
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
- Sandy Brechin
- Gary Brooker of Procol Harum
- Joseph Byrd
C
- Drew Carey
- Carmen Carrozza, classical & concert accordionist
- 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
D
- Pietro Deiro, pioneer of the accordion
- Orlando DiGirolamo
- Wolfgang Dimetrik
- Henry Doktorski, classical & concert accordionist
- Dr. Busker
- Yury and his son Peter Dranga, Russian accordionists
- Nick Duvall The Dirty Mugs
E
- Mogens Ellegaard, father of the avant-garde accordion movement
- Keith Emerson
- John Evan of Jethro Tull
- Roberto Enzo [1]
F
G
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
I
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
K
- Maria Kalaniemi
- Boris Karlov
- Guy Klucevsek
- Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel
- Valery Kovtun, Russian accordionist
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
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
- Rade Mijatovic, classical & concert accordionist
- Corn Mo of .357 Lover
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
- Cory Pesaturo
- Van Dyke Parks Composer/arranger and noted accordianist
- Joseph Petric Canadian classical accordionist
- Kimmo Pohjonen, experimental Finnish accordionist
R
- Matti Rantanen, classical accordionist
- Maury Rosenberg of Hypnotic Clambake
- Ryan Ross of Panic At The Disco
- Steve Roxton, British accordionist, vocalist
- Roberto Ruscitti, Venezuelan accordionist
S
- Dr. William Schimmel, accordionist, composer and philosopher
- John Serry, Sr., classical & concert accordionist, free-bass accordionist
- Sivuca, Brazilian musician
- Irshad Stephens, accordionist, philosopher, gangsta
- Paul Stein
- Ramon Ayala, accordionist, composer
T
- Matt Thiessen of Relient K
- Yann Tiersen, French composer and multi-instrumentalist
- Pete Townshend of The Who
- Karen Tweed
U
V
- Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
- Art Van Damme
- Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
- Gus Viseur, French accordionist
W
- Jason Webley, Pop Gypsy musician
- Lawrence Welk
- Martin White, British cover artist
- Jake Waters, Comedian
- Wix Wickens
- Patrick Wolf
- Richard Wright of Pink Floyd
Y
- Frankie Yankovic, polka musician
- "Weird Al" Yankovic, song parodist