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
* Steve Albini

=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

=D=
* Pietro Deiro, pioneer of the accordion
* Orlando DiGirolamo
* Wolfgang Dimetrik
* Henry Doktorski, classical & concert accordionist
* Dr. Busker

=E=
* Mogens Ellegaard, father of the avant-garde accordion movement
* Keith Emerson
* John Evan of Jethro Tull
* Roberto Enzo [http://www.robertoenzo.com]

=F=

=G=
* Anthony Galla-Rini
* Richard Galliano

=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 of Los Lobos
* Bruce Hornsby
* Rocky Howard
* Nihad Hrustanbegovic
* Garth Hudson of The Band
* Rob Hyman of The Hooters

=I=
* Gary Innes

=J=
* Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies
* Ryan Jarman of The Cribs
* 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

=L=
* Gabby La La
* Yuri Lemeshev of Gogol Bordello
* John Lennon of The Beatles
* John Linnell of They Might Be Giants
* Nils Lofgren
* Kenneth Larsen

=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
* Joseph Petric Canadian classical accordionist
* Kimmo Pohjonen, experimental Finnish accordionist

=R=
* Matti Rantanen, classical accordionist
* Ryan Ross of Panic At The Disco
* Steve Roxton, British accordionist, vocalist
* Roberto Ruscitti, Venezuelan accordionist
* Nikolai Ryskov, Russian accordionist

=S=
* Dr. William Schimmel, accordionist, composer and philosopher
* John Serry, Sr., classical & concert accordionist, free-bass accordionist
* Sivuca, Brazilian musician
* Paul Stein

=T=
* Matt Thiessen of Relient K
* Yann Tiersen, French composer and multi-instrumentalist
* Pete Townshend of The Who
* Karen Tweed

=U=
* Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco
* Steve Urkel on Family Matters

=V=
* Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
* Art Van Damme
* Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
* Gus Viseur, French accordionist
* Courtney Von Drehle, accordionist in 3 Leg Torso

=W=
* Jason Webley, Zydeco musician
* Lawrence Welk
* Martin White, British cover artist
* Wix Wickens
* Patrick Wolf
* Richard Wright of Pink Floyd

=Y=
* Frankie Yankovic, polka musician
* "Weird Al" Yankovic, song parodist

=Z=
* Joe Zawinul