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The following is a list of famous and notable organists from the past and present. It excludes jazz organists; for those, see List of jazz organists.

See also Category:Organists

Active concert and church organists

Australia

David Drury (born 1961)
Thomas Heywood (born 1974)
David Kinsela (born 1941)
Douglas Lawrence
Graeme Morton
Christopher Wrench (born 1958)

Austria

Brett Leighton (born 1955)

Belgium

Ignace Michiels (born 1963)

Bulgaria

Neva Krysteva (born 1946)
Alexandra Fol (born 1981)

Canada

Alexandra Fol (born 1981)

Croatia

Ivan Božičević (born 1961)

Czech Republic

Pavel Kohout (Organist) (born 1976)

Denmark

Frederik Magle (born 1977)

Finland

Kalevi Kiviniemi (born 1958)

France

Michel Alabau (born 1957)
Marie-Claire Alain (born 1926)
Michel Bouvard (born 1958)
Yves Castagnet (born 1964)
Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin (born 1947)
Michel Chapuis (born 1930)
Maurice Clerc (born 1946)
Philippe Delacour
Vincent Dubois (born 1980)
Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
François Espinasse (born 1961)
Jean Guillou (born 1930)
Naji Hakim (born 1955)
Jean-Paul Imbert (born 1942)
André Isoir (born 1935)
Olivier Latry (born 1962)
Eric Lebrun (born 1967)
Philippe Lefebvre (born 1949)
Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 1939)
Loic Mallie (born 1947)
Bruno Mathieu (born 1958)
Michael Matthes
Didier Matry (born 1958)
Pierre Pincemaille (born 1956)
Jean-Baptiste Robin (born 1976)
Daniel Roth (born 1942)
René Saorgin (born 1928)
Louis Thiry (born 1935)
Pierre Vidal (born 1947)
Olivier Vernet (born 1974)

Germany

Winfried Bönig (born 1959)
Gabriel Dessauer (born 1955)
Stefan Engels
Clemens Ganz (born 1935)
Felix Hell (born 1985)
Hans Uwe Hielscher (born 1945)
Rudolf Kelber (born 1948)
Otto Maria Krämer (born 1964)
Ludger Lohmann (born 1954)
Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
Wolfgang Seifen (born 1956)
Zsigmond Szathmáry (born 1939)
Elke Voelker (born 1968)
Harald Vogel (born 1941)
Gerd Zacher (born 1929)

Hungary

János Sebestyén (born 1931)
Laszlo Fassang (born 1973)

Italy

Graziella Concas (born 1970)
Arturo Sacchetti (born 1941)

Ireland

Gerard Gillen
Ronan Murray (born 1977)

Latvia

Iveta Apkalna (born 1976)
Jevgenija Lisicina (born 1942)

Monaco (Principality)

Marc Giacone (born 1954)

Netherlands

Bob van Asperen (born 1947)
Piet Kee (born 1927)
Ton Koopman (born 1944)
Gustav Leonhardt (born 1928)
Ben van Oosten (born 1955)
Jan Verschuren (born 1962)
Christine Kamp (born 1966)

New Zealand

Norway

Jon Laukvik (born 1952)
Kåre Nordstoga (born 1954)

Philippines

Armando Salarza (born 1966)

Poland

Krzysztof Czerwinski (born 1980)

Singapore

Evelyn Lim

South Africa

Barry Smith (born 1939)

Sweden

Hans Davidsson (born 1958)
Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958)

Switzerland

Guy Bovet (born 1942)
Daniel Chorzempa (born 1944)
Lionel Rogg (born 1936)

United Kingdom

Charles Andrews (born 1989)
Sarah Baldock (born 1975)
Jennifer Bate (born 1944)
Kerry Beaumont (born 1957)
Graham Blyth (born 1948)
David Briggs (born 1962)
Kevin Bowyer (born 1961)
Martin Baker, Westminster Cathedral (born 1967)
Andrew Cantrill
Clive Driskill-Smith (born 1978)
Henry Fairs (born 1976)
Stephen Farr
Jeremy Filsell (born 1964)
Roger Fisher, Chester Cathedral (c. 1970)
David Goode (born 1971)
Christopher Herrick (born 1942)
Peter Hurford (born 1930)
James Lancelot (born 1952)
Greg Morris (born 1976)
Martin Neary (born 1940)
James O'Donnell (born 1961)
Simon Preston (born 1938)
David Price, Portsmouth Cathedral (born 1969)
Tim Rishton
Barry Rose (born 1934)
John Scott (born 1956)
John Scott Whiteley (born 1950)
Ian Tracey, Liverpool Cathedral
D'Arcy Trinkwon (born 1965)
Thomas Trotter
Mark Wardell
Gillian Weir (born 1941)

United States

Past organists

Austria

Susi Jeans (1911–1993)

Canada

Gerald Bales (1919-2002)
H. Hugh Bancroft (1904-1988)
Ernest MacMillan (1893-1973)
Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Czech republic (Bohemia)

František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771)
Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky (1684-1742)
Josef Seger (1716-1782)
Petr Eben (1929-2007)

Denmark

Mogens Wöldike (1897-1988)

France

Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
Augustin Barié (1883–1915)
Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897)
Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)
Edouard Commette (1883–1967)
Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
André Fleury (1903–1995)
César Franck (1822–1890), from Belgium
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
Paul de Maleingreau (1887-1956)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Henri Mulet (1878-1967)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965)
Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)

Germany

Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
Theodor Pröpper (1896-1979)
Karl Straube (1873–1956)
Karl Richter (1926–1981)
Käte van Tricht (1909–1996)
Helmut Walcha (1907–1991)

Italy

Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)

Netherlands

Klaas Bolt (1927–1990)
Ewald Kooiman(1938-2009)

Spain

Joan Aulí (1796–1869)

Switzerland

Alfred Baum (1904-1993)
Fridolin Sicher (1490–1546)

North Korea

Kim Il-sung (1912-1994)^[1]^[2]^[3]

United Kingdom

Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
E. Power Biggs (1906–1977), born and trained in UK, immigrated to US in 1930
Ralph Downes (1904–1993)
Alfred Robert Gaul (1837–1913)
William Henry Harris (1883–1973)
Michael Howard (1922-2002)
Martin Peerson (c. 1572 – c. 1650)
Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
James Kendrick Pyne (1852-1938)
George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)
David Sanger (1947-2010)

United States

Herman Berlinski (1910–2010), born in Leipzig, Germany, immigrated to US in 1941
E. Power Biggs (1906–1977), born in Britain, immigrated to US in 1930
Virgil Fox (1912–1980)
Booker T. Jones (1944 born)
Leonard MacClain
Byron Melcher
Michael Murray
T. Tertius Noble (1867–1953)
Richard Purvis (1913-1994)
Alexander Schreiner (1901–1987)
John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
Jimmy Smith (musician)(1928-2005)
Leo Sowerby (1895–1968)
Carl Weinrich (1904–1991)
Anton Szandor LaVey (1930-1997)
Eddie Layton (1925-2004)
Berj Zamkochian (1929-2004)
Dan Federici (1950-2008)

See also

References

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