| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Tomaso Albinoni |
Composer |
8-Jun-1671 |
17-Jan-1751 |
Adagio in G minor |
| Leopold Auer |
Violinist |
7-Jun-1845 |
15-Jul-1930 |
Hungarian violinist, teacher |
| Joshua Bell |
Violinist |
9-Dec-1967 |
|
Violin virtuoso |
| Andrew Bird |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Jul-1973 |
|
The Mysterious Production of Eggs |
| Tony Conrad |
Violinist |
1940 |
|
Violin, Theater of Eternal Music |
| Arcangelo Corelli |
Violinist |
17-Feb-1653 |
8-Jan-1713 |
Concerti Grossi |
| Mischa Elman |
Violinist |
20-Jan-1891 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Ukrainian-American violin prodigy |
| Georges Enesco |
Composer |
19-Aug-1881 |
4-May-1955 |
Oedipe |
| Zino Francescatti |
Violinist |
9-Aug-1902 |
17-Sep-1991 |
French violin virtuoso |
| Lisa Germano |
Singer/Songwriter |
27-Jun-1958 |
|
Geek the Girl |
| Petra Haden |
Violinist |
11-Oct-1971 |
|
Indie rock violinist |
| Jascha Heifetz |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1901 |
10-Dec-1987 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Bronislaw Huberman |
Violinist |
19-Dec-1882 |
16-Jun-1947 |
Polish violin prodigy, Pan-Europeanist |
| Joseph Joachim |
Violinist |
28-Jun-1831 |
15-Aug-1907 |
Virtuoso violinist, Joachim Quartet |
| Nigel Kennedy |
Violinist |
28-Dec-1956 |
|
British 'punk' violinist |
| Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
| Yehudi Menuhin |
Violinist |
22-Apr-1916 |
12-Mar-1999 |
Child prodigy violinist, conductor |
| Nathan Milstein |
Violinist |
31-Dec-1904 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach |
| Niccolo Paganini |
Violinist |
27-Oct-1782 |
27-May-1840 |
Italian violinist and composer |
| Itzhak Perlman |
Violinist |
31-Aug-1945 |
|
Israeli violinist |
| André Rieu |
Violinist |
1-Oct-1949 |
|
Waltz King of Europe |
| Nikolai Sokoloff |
Conductor |
28-May-1886 |
25-Sep-1965 |
Founding Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra |
| Albert Spalding |
Violinist |
15-Aug-1888 |
26-May-1953 |
American violin virtuoso |
| Isaac Stern |
Violinist |
21-Jul-1920 |
22-Sep-2001 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Giuseppe Tartini |
Violinist |
8-Apr-1692 |
26-Feb-1770 |
Trillo del Diavolo |
| Henri Vieuxtemps |
Violinist |
17-Feb-1820 |
6-Jun-1881 |
Belgian violinist and composer |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Composer |
4-Mar-1678 |
28-Jul-1741 |
The Four Seasons |
| Henryk Wieniawski |
Violinist |
10-Jul-1835 |
31-Mar-1880 |
Polish violinist and composer |
| Efrem Zimbalist |
Violinist |
9-Apr-1889 |
22-Feb-1985 |
Russian-American violinist |
