List of accordionists

A

Benny Andersson – Swedish songwriter, member of best-selling pop group ABBA

Lydie Auvray – French/German accordionist, composer

Ramon Ayala – Mexican accordionist, composer

B

Alan Bern – member of the Klezmer band Brave Old World

Bratko Bibič – Slovene accordionist

Renato Borghetti – Brazilian musician

Franko Božac – Croatian classical and concert accordionist

C

Carmen Carrozza – classical and concert accordionist

Boozoo Chavis – zydeco musician

Clifton Chenier – zydeco musician

Dick Contino – 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 – Irish traditional musician

Pietro Deiro – pioneer of the accordion

Vladimir Denissenkov – Russian Bayan

Dennis DeYoung – member of Styx on his playing Boat on the River

Orlando DiGirolamo

Wolfgang Dimetrik

Henry Doktorski – classical and concert accordionist

Dominguinhos – Brazilian music

Wilf Doyle - traditional musician from Newfoundland

Finbarr Dwyer – Irish traditional musician

E

Mogens Ellegaard – father of the avant-garde accordion movement

Keith Emerson

John Evan of Jethro Tull

F

James Fearnley – member of The Pogues

Myron Floren

Connie Francis

Dominic Frontiere

Pietro Frosini

G

Benny Gallagher – Scottish singer-songwriter; member of Gallagher and Lyle, McGuinness Flint and Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance

Anthony Galla-Rini

Richard Galliano – French jazz accordionist

Luiz Gonzaga – the King of Baião

Michael Guerra – member of The Mavericks

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 – member of Los Lobos

Lars Hollmer – Swedish accordionist

Bruce Hornsby

Nihad Hrustanbegovic

Garth Hudson – member of The Band

Rob Hyman – member of The Hooters

I

Gary Innes

J

Ryan Jarman – member of The Cribs

Jean Michel Jarre

Flaco Jimenez

Beau Jocques – zydeco musician

Billy Joel

Pete Jolly – American jazz pianist and accordionist

Brian Jones – member of The Rolling Stones

Esteban "Steve" Jordan

Kepa Junkera – Basque musician and composer

K

Boris Karlov

James Keane – Irish traditional musician

John Kirkpatrick

Guy Klucevsek – American musician and composer

Yasuhiro Kobayashi

L

Gabby La La

Yuri Lemeshev – member of Gogol Bordello

John Linnell – member of They Might Be Giants

Nils Lofgren

Radoslav Lorković – Croatian pianist and accordionist

M

Charles Magnante – pioneer of the accordion

Frank Marocco

Loreena Mckennitt

Johnny Meijer, Dutch – jazz accordionist

Brian Mitchell – member of Fatboy Kanootch, Levon Helm Band

N

Franz Nicolay – member of The World/Inferno Friendship Society

Krist Novoselic – bassist in Nirvana

O

Pauline Oliveros – avant garde performer

Walter Ostanek

P

Nejc Pačnik, Slovenian– musician accordionist, twice accordion world-champion and accordion teacher

Willard A. "Bill" Palmer – inventor of the quint system which was later patented by Titano as used in their line of "converter" (or "quint") bass accordions

Zeena Parkins – American accordionist

Van Dyke Parks – composer, arranger, accordionist

Don Peachey – American musician and recording artist

Cory Pesaturo – eclectic accordionist

Celso Piña – cumbia musician

Kimmo Pohjonen – experimental Finnish accordionist

R

Matti Rantanen – classical accordionist

Israel Romero – Colombian Vallenato musician

Saul Rose – English melodeon player

Roberto Ruscitti – Venezuelan accordionist

Juancho Rois – Colombian Vallenato musician

S

Johnny Sansone

William Schimmel – accordionist, composer and philosopher

John Serry, Sr. – classical and concert accordionist, free-bass accordionist

Jimmy Shand – Scottish accordionist

Sharon Shannon – Irish accordionist

Sivuca – Brazilian musician

Chango Spasiuk – Argentine folk musician of Ukrainian descent

John Spiers – English melodeon player

Paul Stein

T

Tyler Joseph – lead singer of Twenty One Pilots

Matt Thiessen – member of Relient K

Yann Tiersen – French composer and multi-instrumentalist

Aslan Tlebzu – Adyghe folk musician

Lee Tomboulian

Pete Townshend – member of The Who

Karen Tweed

U

Brendon Urie – member of Panic! at the Disco

V

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

Art Van Damme

Tim van Eyken

Mika Väyrynen

Eddie Vedder – member of Pearl Jam

Julieta Venegas

Emir Vildić – Bosnian accordionist and accordion teacher

Gus Viseur – French accordionist

W

Jason Webley – American musician

Lawrence Welk

Martin White – British cover artist

Wix Wickens

Dave Willey

Patrick Wolf

Richard Wright – member of Pink Floyd

Y

Frankie Yankovic – polka musician

"Weird Al" Yankovic – song parodist, comedian

Z

Joe Zawinul

Vladislav Zolotaryov