List of fiddlers

This list of notable fiddlers shows some overlap with the list of violinists since the instrument used by fiddlers is the fiddle.

Alphabetical by last name

Name of fiddler	Nationality	Genre(s)
Joseph Allard	Canadian	French-Canadian
Ruby Allmond	American	Country
Darol Anger	American	Jazz
Jason Anick	American	Jazz
Gilles Apap	French	Irish, Gypsy, bluegrass
John Arcand	Canadian	Métis
Svend Asmussen	Danish	Jazz
Aly Bain	Shetland	Scottish, Shetland
Dewey Balfa	American	Cajun
Kenny Baker	American	Bluegrass
Andrew Baxter	American	Blues
Randal Bays	American	Irish
Donald Angus Beaton	Canadian	Cape Breton
Kinnon Beaton	Canadian	Scottish Celtic
Miri Ben-Ari	Israeli	Hip-hop
Émile Benoît	Canadian	Newfoundland
Byron Berline	American	Bluegrass
Norman Blake	American	Old time, bluegrass
Sedra Bistodeau	American	Old time
Tracy Bonham	American	Alternative rock
Robert Bowlin	American	Bluegrass
Charlie Bowman	American	Old-time
Bus Boyk	American	Old-time, country
Polly Bradfield	American	Jazz
Cecil Brower	American	Western swing
Kevin Burke	American	Irish
Sam Bush	American	Bluegrass
Hanneke Cassel	American	Scottish, Texas style
Paddy Canny	Irish	Irish
Jean Carignan	Canadian	French-Canadian
Andy Carlson	American	Bluegrass
Gaither Carlton	American	Appalachian, Old time
Ernie Carpenter	American	Appalachian, old time
French Carpenter	American	Appalachian, old time
Shelt Carpenter	American	Appalachian, old time
Liz Carroll	American	Irish
Fiddlin' John Carson	American	Appalachian, old time
Eliza Carthy	English	English
Hanneke Cassel	American	Bluegrass, Scottish, other
Angus Chisholm	Canadian	Cape Breton
Harry Choates	American	Cajun
Vassar Clements	American	Bluegrass, country, jazz
Michael Cleveland	American	Bluegrass
Julia Clifford	Irish	Irish traditional
Charlie Cline	American	Bluegrass
Michael Coleman	Irish	Irish
Brian Conway	American	Irish
Sharon Corr	Irish	Irish
J. P. Cormier	Canadian	Bluegrass
Papa John Creach	American	Rock, blues
Randy Crouch	American	Blues, country, rock
Chris Daring	American	Texas
Charlie Daniels	American	Southern US rock
Junior Daugherty	American	Western swing, country, traditional
Andy de Jarlis	Canadian	Métis
Vernon Derrick	American	Bluegrass, Country
Michael Doucet	American	Cajun
Tommy Doucet	Canadian	Acadian
Barry Dransfield	English	English, folk
Casey Driessen	American	Bluegrass, Scottish
DSharp	American	Classical, electronic dance music, hip hop
Stuart Duncan	American	Bluegrass
Mark Evitts	American	Pop Country, Bluegrass
Mark Feldman	American	Jazz
Winston Fitzgerald	Canadian	Cape Breton
Henry Flynt	American	Classical hillbilly
Canray Fontenot	American	Creole
Curly Fox	American	Country
Howdy Forrester	American	Texas show-style
Alasdair Fraser	Scottish	Scottish
D'Jalma Garnier	American	Creole
Frankie Gavin	Irish	Irish
Rayna Gellert	American	Old time
Manoj George	Indian	Indian classical music, World fusion, Indian blues
Johnny Gimble	American	Texas swing, bluegrass
Matt Glaser	American	Jazz, bluegrass
Michael Gorman	Irish	Irish
Niel Gow	Scottish	Scottish
G. B. Grayson	American	Old time
Richard Greene	American	Bluegrass
Clinton Gregory	American	Bluegrass, country
Bryony Griffith	English	English Folk
Petra Haden	American	Alternative rock
Merle Haggard	American	Country
Theron Hale	American	Old time
Ed Haley	American	Old time
Bella Hardy	English	English folk
John Hartford	American	Old time, bluegrass, country
Martin Hayes	Irish	Irish
Sid Harkreader	American	Old time
Aubrey Haynie	American	Bluegrass
Bobby Hicks	American	Bluegrass
Daniel Hoffman	American-Israeli	Klezmer
Jerry Holland	Canadian	Cape Breton
Bob Holt	American	Old time
Tommy Hunter	American	Appalachian
Eileen Ivers	American	Irish
Jana Jae	American	Country, Bluegrass
Tommy Jarrell	American	Appalachian
Ramona Jones	Country	Old time
Michael Kang	Korean	Bluegrass
Patrick Kelly	Irish	Irish
Doug Kershaw	American	Cajun
Clark Kessinger	American	Old time
Carla Kihlstedt	American	Jazz
Paddy Killoran	Irish	Irish
Tim Kliphuis	Dutch	Jazz
Peter Knight	English	Folk and jazz
Kenny Kosek	American	Bluegrass
Gundula Krause	German	Bluegrass, cajun, folk, folk-rock
Alison Krauss	American	Bluegrass
Michelle Lambert	American	Pop
Donnell Leahy	Canadian	Cape Breton
Andy Leftwich	American	Bluegrass
Brad Leftwich	American	Old time
Ray Legere	Canadian	Bluegrass
Chris Leslie	English	Electric folk
Laurie Lewis	American	Bluegrass, old-time
Annbjørg Lien	Norwegian	Norwegian
Didier Lockwood	French	Jazz
Benjamin F. Logan	American	Bluegrass
Julie Lyonn Lieberman	American	Blues, jazz, American and world roots styles
Sandy MacIntyre	Canadian	Cape Breton
Ashley MacIsaac	Canadian	Cape Breton
Buddy MacMaster	Canadian	Cape Breton
Natalie MacMaster	Canadian	Canadian
Mack Magaha	American	Bluegrass
Martie Maguire	American	Country/Bluegrass
J. E. Mainer	American	Appalachian, old time
Benny Martin	American	Bluegrass
Oisin McAuley	Irish	Irish traditional
Andy McGann	Irish	Irish-American
Dennis McGee	American	Cajun
Sean McGuire	Irish	Irish
Clayton McMichen	American	Appalachian, old time
French Mitchell	American	Appalachian, old time
Don Messer	Canadian	Maritime, folk, old time
Bruce Molsky	American	Appalachian
Patrick Moran	Canadian	Sliabh Luachra
Denis Murphy	Irish	Irish traditional
Sierra Noble	Canadian	Métis, Celtic, old time, folk, jazz
Máiréad Nesbitt	Irish	Celtic
Mark O'Connor	America	Bluegrass, folk, classical
Padraig O'Keeffe	Irish	Irish
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh	Irish	Irish
Uncle Charlie Osborne	American	Old time, Appalachian
Peter Ostroushko	American	Americana, folk
Sixto Palavecino	Argentinian	Argentinian folk
Una Palliser	Irish	Irish
Donny Parenteau	Canadian	Country, western swing
Tommy Peoples	Irish	Irish
Jean-Luc Ponty	French	Jazz
Tommy Potts	Irish	Irish
Ed Reavy	Irish	Irish-American
Bridget Regan	American	Irish punk
Juan Reynoso	Mexican	Tierra Caliente
Bonnie Rideout	American	Scottish
Laura Risk	American	Scottish, French-Canadian
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts	American	Old time
Eck Robertson	American	Old time
Posey Rorer	American	Old time
Jonathan "Jazz" Russell	American	Jazz
Ric Sanders	English	English folk
Joel Savoy	American	Cajun
Oliver Schroer	Canadian	Composer, various genres
Ricky Skaggs	American	Country, bluegrass
Nicky Sanders	American	Bluegrass
Dinesh Subasinghe	SriLankan	Pop classical, Celtic, folk
Ruby Jane Smith	American	Bluegrass
Buddy Spicher	American	Bluegrass
Uncle Bunt Stephens	American	Old time
Lee Stripling	American	Old time
Uncle Am Stuart	American	Old time
Brenda Stubbert	Canadian	Cape Breton
Alicia Svigals	American	Klezmer
Dave Swarbrick	English	English folk
Gid Tanner	American	Appalachian, old time
Gordon Terry	American	Bluegrass
Benny Thomasson	American	Texas, old time
Uncle Jimmy Thompson	American	Old time
Kathryn Tickell	English	Northumbrian
Graham Townsend	Canadian	Ottawa Valley
Jay Ungar	American	Waltzes, swing
Jim Van Cleve	American	Bluegrass
Joe Venuti	American	Jazz
Calvin Vollrath	Canadian	Métis
Sara Watkins	American	Bluegrass
Jenny Wilhelms	Finnish	Folk
Benny Williams	American	Bluegrass
Claude Williams	American	Jazz
Bob Wills	American	Texas swing
Melvin Wine	American	Appalachian
Chubby Wise	American	Bluegrass
Joel Zifkin	Canadian	Folk, rock, blues, abstract

By style

North American

Canadian styles

Down East	Don Messer Brian Barron
Canadian folk	Oliver Schroer Tim Chaisson Daniel Lapp
French Canadian/Acadian	Joseph Allard Jean Carignan Tommy Doucet Dominique Dupuis
Ottawa Valley	Graham Townsend April Verch
Cape Breton	Donald Angus Beaton Angus Chisholm Jerry Holland Winston Fitzgerald Sandy MacIntyre Cynthia MacLeod Buddy MacMaster Natalie MacMaster Ashley MacIsaac John Morris Rankin Brenda Stubbert Dan R. MacDonald Lee Cremo
Métis	Andy de Jarlis John Arcand Sierra Noble
Newfoundland	Patrick Moran Émile Benoît

Mexican styles

Tierra Caliente	Juan Reynoso

US styles

Blues	Andrew Baxter Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Papa John Creach (also rock) Julie Lyonn Lieberman (also jazz, American and world roots styles) Randy Crouch (also country, rock) Heather Hardy
Bluegrass	Darol Anger (also jazz) Kenny Baker Byron Berline Sam Bush Jason Carter Vassar Clements (also country, jazz) Michael Cleveland Charlie Cline Curly Ray Cline J. P. Cormier Vernon Derrick Casey Driessen Stuart Duncan Johnny Gimble Richard Greene Clinton Gregory John Hartford Aubrey Haynie Bobby Hicks Jana Jae (also country) Michael Kang Kenny Kosek Gundula Krause (also Cajun, folk, folk-rock) Benjamin F. Logan Mack Magaha Martie Maguire Alison Krauss Ray Legere Laurie Lewis Benny Martin Mark O'Connor (also classical, folk) Nicky Sanders Ricky Skaggs Ruby Jane Smith Gordon Terry Jim Van Cleve Sara Watkins (also alternative) Benny Williams Chubby Wise
Cajun	Dewey Balfa Harry Choates Michael Doucet Doug Kershaw Gundula Krause (also bluegrass, folk, folk-rock) Dennis McGee Joel Savoy
Country	Clayton McMichen Ruby Allmond Vassar Clements (also bluegrass, jazz) Randy Crouch (also blues, rock) Vernon Derrick Curly Fox Clinton Gregory John Hartford Jana Jae (also bluegrass) Emily Poe Ricky Skaggs Mark Evitts
Country rock	Charlie Daniels
Creole	Calvin Carrière Canray Fontenot D'Jalma Garnier
Hip-hop	Miri Ben-Ari Kev Marcus Damien Escobar Tourie Escobar
Old time	Charlie Bowman Gaither Carlton Fiddlin' John Carson G. B. Grayson Theron Hale Ed Haley Bob Holt Sid Harkreader Clark Kessinger J. E. Mainer Clayton McMichen French Mitchell Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Eck Robertson Posey Rorer Uncle Bunt Stephens Lee Stripling (also Western swing) Uncle Am Stuart Gid Tanner Benny Thomasson Uncle Jimmy Thompson Pendleton Vandiver Melvin Wine
Pop	Michelle Lambert
Western swing	Cecil Brower Junior Daugherty Johnny Gimble Lee Stripling (also old time) Bob Wills

European fiddling styles

Romani (Gypsy)	Gilles Apap (also Irish) Panna Cinka Ion Petre Stoican

Irish styles

Irish Celtic	Gilles Apap (also Gypsy, experimental) Kevin Burke Liz Carroll Julia Clifford Michael Coleman Brian Conway Sharon Corr Michael Gorman Frankie Gavin Martin Hayes Eileen Ivers Patrick Kelly Paddy Killoran Sean McGuire Manus McGuire James Morrison Máiréad Nesbitt Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Una Palliser Tommy Peoples Tommy Potts John Sheahan John Carty
Sliabh Luachra	Denis Murphy Padraig O'Keeffe Patrick Moran
Irish punk	Bridget Regan

Jewish styles

Klezmer

Alicia Svigals Daniel Hoffman (violinist)

Norwegian styles

Hardanger

Annbjørg Lien

UK styles

English	Eliza Carthy Barry Dransfield Bryony Griffith Bella Hardy Peter Knight Chris Leslie Vanessa Mae Dave Swarbrick Ric Sanders Bryony Griffith
Scottish Celtic	Aly Bain (also Shetland) Hanneke Cassel Alasdair Fraser John McCusker Angus Chisholm(also Cape Breton) Kinnon Beaton
Shetland	Tom Anderson Aly Bain (also Scottish)

Sri Lankan fiddle style

• Dinesh Subasinghe

Trans-regional styles

Folk

Traditional folk	Mark O'Connor (also bluegrass, Cajun, folk-rock) Sixto Palavecino Alexander Rybak Jenny Wilhelms
Folk-rock	Gundula Krause Dinesh Subasinghe Manoj George

Jazz

Darol Anger Svend Asmussen Polly Bradfield Vassar Clements (also country, bluegrass) Dave Favis-Mortlock Mark Feldman Matt Glaser Jerry Goodman Stéphane Grappelli Carla Kihlstedt Tim Kliphuis Didier Lockwood Ray Nance Jean-Luc Ponty Zbigniew Seifert Stuff Smith Eddie South Boyd Tinsley (also rock) Michal Urbaniak Joe Venuti Claude Williams

Rock

Rock	Papa John Creach (also blues) Randy Crouch (also country, blues) Nicky Sanders (also bluegrass) Boyd Tinsley (also jazz) Manoj George (also World fusion & Indian blues)