A edit

• Jamal Aliyev (born 1993, Azerbaijan)
• Nicolas Altstaedt (born 1982, Germany)
• Tanya Anisimova (born 1966, Russian, also a composer)
• Julian Armour (born 1960, Canadian)

B edit

• Michael Bach (born 1958, Germany, also composer and visual artist)
• Soo Bae (born 1977, Korean-Canadian, living in United States)
• Zuill Bailey (born 1972, United States)
• Alexander Baillie (born 1956, England)
• Matthew Barley (born 1965, England)
• Maya Beiser (born 1963, Israel, moved to the United States, new classical music)
• Emmanuelle Bertrand (born 1973, France)
• Coenraad Bloemendal (born 1946, Netherlands, moved to Canada)
• Mike Block (born 1982, United States)
• Becca Bradley (born 1991, United States)
• Andreas Brantelid (born 1987, Denmark)
• Carter Brey (born 1954, United States)
• František Brikcius (living, Czech Republic)
• Denis Brott (born 1950, Canada)
• Mario Brunello (born 1960, Italy)
• Max Beitan (born 1986, Russia)

C edit

• Gautier Capuçon (born 1981, France)
• Colin Carr (born 1957, England)
• Phoebe Carrai (born 1955, United States, baroque and other historical styles)
• Jesús Castro-Balbi (living, of Peruvian descent, moved from France to the United States)
• Rosa Cedrón (born 1972, Spain, also a singer)
• Han-na Chang (born 1982, South Korea, also a conductor)
• Young-Chang Cho (born 1958, South Korea)
• Chu Yibing (born 1966, China)
• Myung-wha Chung (born 1944, Korean)
• Lluís Claret (born 1951, Andorra)
• Natalie Clein (living, England)
• Bruno Cocset (born 1963, France)
• Robert Cohen (born 1959, England)
• Christophe Coin (born 1958, France)
• Emilio Colón (born in Puerto Rico, also a composer and conductor)
• Kristina Reiko Cooper (living, United States)
• Marc Coppey (born 1969, France)

D edit

• Caroline Dale (born 1965, England, classical and popular music)
• Nadine Deleury (France)
• Robert deMaine (born 1969, United States)
• William De Rosa (living, United States)
• Rohan de Saram (born 1939, England, also contemporary music)
• Roel Dieltiens (born 1957, Belgium, baroque and modern cello)
• Denise Djokic (born 1980, Canada)

E edit

• Angela East (born 1949, UK), continuo player and member of Red Priest
• Timothy Eddy (living, United States), a founding member of the Orion String Quartet

F edit

• Yosif Feigelson (born 1955, Latvia)
• Emmanuel Feldman (born 1965, United States)
• Pablo Ferrández (born 1991, Spain)
• David Finckel (born 1951, United States, founding former member of the Emerson String Quartet)
• C. Myron Flippin (United States)
• Amanda Forsyth (born 1966, Canada)
• Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States)
• Michaela Fukačová (living, Czech Republic)

G edit

• Sol Gabetta (born 1981, Argentina)
• Ophélie Gaillard (born 1974, France)
• Alban Gerhardt (born 1969, Germany)
• Kristin von der Goltz (born 1966, Germany, period instrument)
• David Geringas (born 1946, Lithuania)
• Igor Gavrish (born 1945, Russian)
• Rudolf Gleißner (born 1942, Germany)
• Tina Guo (born 1985 in China, raised and living in the United States, also an electric cellist and erhuist)
• Natalia Gutman (born 1942, Russian)

H edit

• Matt Haimovitz (born 1970, Israel)
• Narek Hakhnazaryan (born 1988, Armenia)
• Yehuda Hanani (born Jerusalem, Israel)
• Richard Harwood (born 1979, England)
• Ofra Harnoy (born 1965, Israel)
• Stjepan Hauser (born 1986, Croatia)
• Frans Helmerson (born 1945, Sweden)
• Catherine Hewgill (born 1963, Australia) - Principal Cello Sydney Symphony Orchestra
• Desmond Hoebig (born 1961, Canada)
• Louise Hopkins (born 1968, England)
• Dale Henderson (cellist) (New York) - Founder of Bach in the Subways
• Sébastien Hurtaud (living, France)

I edit

• Steven Isserlis (born 1958, England)
• Sergei Istomin (Russian, resides in Belgium), period instruments, also plays viola da gamba
• Yuki Ito (born 1990, Japan)

J edit

• Guy Johnston (born 1981, England)

K edit

• Sheku Kanneh-Mason (born 1999, United Kingdom)
• Ivan Karizna (born 1992, Belarus)
• Anssi Karttunen (born 1960, Finland)
• Paul Katz (living, United States), founding member of the Cleveland Quartet
• Jonah Kim (born 1988, South Korea)
• Ralph Kirshbaum (born 1946, United States)
• Maria Kliegel (born 1952, Germany)
• Jacob Koranyi (born 1983, Sweden)
• Nina Kotova (born 1969 in Soviet Union, lives in the United States)
• Anatoli Krastev (born 1947, Bulgaria)
• Josef Krecmer (born 1958, Czech Republic)
• Joel Krosnick (born 1941, United States), was member of Juilliard String Quartet
• Wieland Kuijken (born 1938), Belgium, baroque cello and viola da gamba, also a conductor
• Friedemann Kupsa (born 1943, Austria)
• Aage Kvalbein (born 1947, Norway)

L edit

• David Lale (Australian cellist) (born 1962, England)
• David Lale (British cellist) (born 1981, England)
• Gerard Le Feuvre (born 1962, Channel Islands)
• Trey Lee Chui-yee (born 1973, Hong Kong)
• Mats Lidström (born 1959, Sweden)
• Jaap ter Linden (born 1947, Netherlands), baroque cello
• Gavriel Lipkind (born 1977, Israel)
• Hugh Livingston (born 1969)
• Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951, England)

M edit

• Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955 in France, raised and living in the United States)
• Mischa Maisky (born 1948, Latvia)
• Brian Manker (living, Canada)
• Jonathan Manson (living, born in Scotland), period instruments, also plays viola da gamba
• Alain Meunier (born 1942, France)
• Antônio Meneses (born 1957, Brazil)
• Ailbhe McDonagh (born 1982, Ireland)
• Ivan Monighetti (born 1948, Poland)
• John Moran (born 1963, United States), baroque cello
• Truls Mørk (born 1961, Norway)
• Johannes Moser (born 1979, Germany, lives in Canada)
• Philippe Muller (born 1946, France)
• Daniel Müller-Schott (born 1976, Germany)

N edit

• Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977, United States), member Of The Piano Guys
• Clancy Newman (born 1977, United States)
• Şerban Nichifor (born 1954, Romania), also a composer
• Arto Noras (born 1942, Finland)
• Nancy Lenehan (born 1953, United States), learning to play^[1]

O edit

• Kevin Olusola (born 1988, United States)
• Ouyang Nana (born 2000, China)

P edit

• Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born 1964, United States)
• Paolo Pandolfo (born 1964, Italy, viola da gamba)
• Angela Park (born 1987, United States)
• Saerom Park (born 1981, South Korea)
• Vito Paternoster (born circa 1963 [estimated from other dates], Italy, also a conductor and composer)
• Amit Peled (born 1973, Israel)
• Samuli Peltonen (born 1981, Finland)
• David Pereira (born 1953, Australia)
• Miklós Perényi (born 1948, Hungary)
• Vladimir Perlin (born 1942 in Soviet Union, lives in Belarus, also a conductor and pedagogue)
• Luigi Piovano (living, Italy, baroque and modern cellos, also a conductor)
• Anthony Pleeth (born 1948, England, baroque cello, son and student of William Pleeth)
• Carlos Prieto (born 1937, Mexico)
• Mark Prihodko (born 1997, Belarus, lives in United States)

Q edit

• Jean-Guihen Queyras (born 1967 in Canada, lives in France, plays baroque and modern cellos)
• Misha Quint (born 1960 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)

R edit

• Giovanni Ricciardi (born 1968, Italy)
• Sharon Robinson (born 1949, United States)
• (Kyril) Kirill Rodin (born 1963, Russian)
• Sergei Roldugin (born 1951, Russia)
• Shauna Rolston (born 1967, Canada)
• Joshua Roman (born 1983, United States)
• Alexei Romanenko (born 1974 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)
• Nathaniel Rosen (born 1948, United States)
• Martti Rousi (born 1960, Finland)
• Alexander Rudin (born 1960, Russian)
• Martin Rummel (born 1974, Austria)

S edit

• John Sant’Ambrogio (born 1932, United States)
• Sara Sant'Ambrogio (born 1962, United States)
• Niklas Schmidt (born 1958, Germany)
• Julian Schwarz (born 1991, United States)
• Inbal Segev (born in Israel, lives in the United States)
• Tessa Seymour (born 1993, United States)
• Fred Sherry (born 1948, United States)
• Andrew Shulman (born 1960, England, also a conductor and composer)
• Vedran Smailović (born 1956, Bosnia and Herzogovina, lives in Northern Ireland)
• Brinton Averil Smith (born 1969, in Royal Oak Michigan)
• Giovanni Sollima (born 1962, Italy, also a composer)
• Jeffrey Solow (born 1949, Los Angeles)
• Kian Soltani (born 1992, Austria)
• Julian Steckel (born 1982, Germany)
• Pierre Strauch (born 1958, France)
• Peter Stumpf (United States)
• Luka Šulić (born 1987, Slovenia)
• Hidemi Suzuki (born 1957, Japan, period instruments, also a conductor)

T edit

• Stéphane Tétreault (born 1993, Canada)
• Camille Thomas (born 1988, France)
• Ronald Thomas (born 1952, United States)
• Doron Toister (born 1957, Israel)
• Fiona Thompson (born in England, lives in the United States)
• Bion Tsang (born 1967, United States)

U edit

• Frances-Marie Uitti (born 1946, United States, also a composer)

V edit

• Laura van der Heijden (born 1997, England)
• Jan Vogler (born 1964 in Germany, lives in the United States)

W edit

• Nathan Waks (born 1951, Australia)
• Christine Walevska (born 1943, Los Angeles, California)
• Raphael Wallfisch (born 1953, England)
• Jian Wang (born 1968, China)
• Wendy Warner (living, United States)
• Graham Waterhouse (born 1962, England, also a composer)
• Paul Watkins (born 1970, Wales)
• Alisa Weilerstein (born 1982, United States)
• Paul Wiancko (born 1983, United States, also a composer)
• Peter Wiley (born 1955, United States)
• Dominique de Williencourt (born 1959, France, also a composer)
• Pieter Wispelwey (born 1962, Netherlands)

XYZ edit

• Sung-Won Yang (living, South Korea)
• Daniel Yeadon (born 1967, England, lives in Australia)

B edit

• Thomas Batuello (born 1994, TV work, rock music)
• Matt Brubeck (born 1961, United States, jazz music)

C edit

• Isobel Campbell (born 1976, Scotland, indie rock)
• Grace Chatto (living, born 10 December 1985, multi-instrumentalist, key member of band, Clean Bandit.)
• Gretta Cohn (living, United States, rock musician and radio producer)
• Melora Creager (born 1966, United States, rock music)

D edit

• Caroline Dale (born 1965, England, classical and popular music)

E edit

• Rushad Eggleston (born 1979, United States, cello rock)

F edit

• Gideon Freudmann (living, eclectic composer, cello rock)
• Erik Friedlander (born 1960, United States, jazz)
• Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States, jazz/improvisational cellist)

G edit

• Károly Garam (born 1941 in Hungary, moved to Finland, popular musics)
• Lani Groves (born 1980, South Africa, world musics)
• Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982, Iceland, lives in Germany, solo and in electronica bands)
• Tina Guo (born 1985, China)

H edit

• Natalie Haas (living, United States, Celtic folk music)
• Melissa Hasin (born 1954, United States, popular music)
• Stjepan Hauser (born 1986, Croatia, part of 2Cellos)
• Svante Henryson (born 1963, Sweden, jazz, rock, also a composer)
• Ivan Hussey (living, leader of Celloman, fusion music)

J edit

• Jorane (born 1975, Canada, alternative singer-songwriter)

K edit

• Zoë Keating (born 1972, Canada, cello rock and classical, also a soundtrack composer)
• Julia Kent (living, born in Canada, cello rock)
• Perttu Kivilaakso (born 1978, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)
• Brent Kutzle (born 1987, United States, in band OneRepublic)

L edit

• Caroline Lavelle (living, British singer-songwriter and cellist)
• Alexandra Lawn (from indie rock band Ra Ra Riot)
• Ana Lenchantin (living, United States, from progressive rock band Into the Presence)
• Max Lilja (born 1975, Finland, from thrash metal band Hevein)
• Fred Lonberg-Holm (born 1962, United States, jazz)
• Paavo Lötjönen (born 1968, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)

M edit

• Antero Manninen (born 1973, Finland, cello metal)
• Martin McCarrick (born 1962, England, rock)
• Kerry Minnear (born 1948, England, multi-instrumentalist, progressive rock with 70s band Gentle Giant)

N edit

• Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977, member of "The Piano Guys")

P edit

• Neyla Pekarek (born 1986, United States, also a vocalist, from folk rock band The Lumineers)

R edit

• Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971, Netherlands, primarily known for Hindustani classical music, also a composer)
• Ernst Reijseger (born 1954, Netherlands, improvisation)
• Hank Roberts (born 1954, United States, jazz)

S edit

• Jane Scarpantoni (living, United States, alternative rock)
• Philip Sheppard (living, England, also a composer)
• Ben Sollee (born 1983, United States, singer-songwriter, eclectic genres)
• Luka Šulić (born 1987, Croatia, part of 2Cellos)
• Mark Summer (born 1958, United States, original cellist of Turtle Island String Quartet)

T edit

• Martin Tillman (born 1964, Switzerland, also a composer)
• Eicca Toppinen (born 1975, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)
• Matt Turner (living, United States)

W edit

• Kanon Wakeshima (born 1988, Japan, also a vocalist)
• Aubrey Webber (living, United States, nerd-folk with The Doubleclicks)
• Gay-Yee Westerhoff (born 1973, England, of crossover band Bond)

XYZ edit

• Alexander Zhiroff (born 1951, Russian, world music)

A edit

• Claus Adam (1917–1983, United States, also a composer)
• Joseph Alexander (c.1770–1822, Germany)
• Diran Alexanian (1881–1954, Armenia)
• Francesco Aliani (1762–1812, Italy)
• Karl Andersen (1903–1970, Norway, also a composer)
• Johann Gottfried Arnold (1773–1806, Germany, also a composer)
• Olivier Aubert (1763–c.1830, France, also a composer)

B edit

• Felix Battanchon (1814–1893, France)
• Paul Bazelaire (1886–1958, France)
• Hugo Becker (1863–1941, Germany)
• Auguste van Biene (1849–1913, Netherlands, moved to England)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italy, primarily a composer)
• Karl Leopold Böhm (1806–1859, Austria)
• Gaetano Braga (1829–1907, Italy, also a composer)
• Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823, France)
• Christopher Bunting (1924–2005, England)
• Friedrich Buxbaum (1869–1948, Austria)
• Anner Bylsma (1934–2019, Netherlands, baroque cello)

C edit

• Pau Casals (1876–1973, Spain, also a composer and conductor)
• Juan Ruiz Casaux (1889–1972, Spain)
• Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966, Spain, also a composer)
• Giacobbe Cervetto (died 1783, Italy, moved to England)
• James Cervetto (1748–1837, UK)
• Mabel Chaplin (1870–1960, UK, member of the Chaplin Trio; also played viola ga gamba)
• Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808, Italy, also a composer)
• Jennifer Ward Clarke (1935–2015, UK)
• Orlando Cole (1908–2010, United States)
• Nelson Cooke (1919–2018, Australia, career partly in UK)
• Bernhard Cossmann (1822–1910, Germany)
• John Crosdill (1751–1825, UK)
• Douglas Cummings (1944–2014, UK)

D edit

• Karl Davydov (1838–1889, Russia)
• Jules Delsart (1844–1900, France)
• Jean Deplace (1944–2015, France)
• Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860, Germany)
• Karl Drechsler (1800–1873, Germany)
• Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819, France, brother of Jean-Pierre Duport)
• Jean-Pierre Duport (1741–1818, France, brother of Jean-Louis Duport)
• Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987, England)

E edit

• Maurice Eisenberg (1900–1972, United States)

F edit

• Emanuel Feuermann (1902–1942, born in Ukraine, died in the United States)
• Rocco Filippini (1943–2021, Switzerland)
• Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848–1890, Germany)
• Pierre Fournier (1906–1986, France)
• Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884, France)
• Ricardo Roberto Francia (1932–2021, Argentina)
• Jacques Franco-Mendès (1816–1889, Netherlands)

G edit

• Domenico Gabrielli (d.1690, Italy)
• Raya Garbousova (1909–1997, born in Georgia, Russian Empire)
• Maurice Gendron (1920–1990, France)
• Gwyneth George (1920–2016, UK)
• Georg Goltermann (1825–1876, Germany, also a composer)
• Bernard Greenhouse (1916–2011, United States, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio)
• Friedrich Grützmacher (1832–1903, Germany)

H edit

• Lynn Harrell (1944–2020, United States)
• Beatrice Harrison (1892–1965, England)
• Robert Hausmann (1852–1909, Germany)
• Victor Herbert (1859–1924, Ireland, primarily remembered as a composer, also a conductor)
• Florence Hooton (1912-1988, England)
• Kato van der Hoeven (1877 –1959, Netherlands)

I edit

• Alexander Ivashkin (1948–2014, Russian)

J edit

• Antonio Janigro (1918–1989, Italy)
• Ivor James (1882–1963, British)
• Nicasio Jiménez (1849–1891, Cuba)
• Vivian Joseph (1916-2005, British)

K edit

• John Kennedy (1922–1980, born in England, moved to Australia)
• Lauri Kennedy (1896–1985, born in Australia)
• Julius Klengel (1859–1933, Germany)
• Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (1907–1963, Russia)
• Antonín Kohout (1919–2013, Czech)
• Otto van Koppenhagen (1897–1978, Netherlands)
• Antonín Kraft (1752–1820, Czech)

L edit

• Salvatore Lanzetti (1710–1780, Italian)
• Robert Lindley (1776–1855, British)
• Joseph Linke (1783–1837, Austria)
• Martin Lovett (1927–2020, England)

M edit

• Fritz Magg (1914–1997, born in Vienna, moved to the United States)
• Enrico Mainardi (1897-1976, Italy)
• Rudolf Matz (1901–1988, Croatia)
• Joseph Merk (1795–1852, Austria)
• Frank Miller (1912–1986, United States)
• Georges Miquelle (1894–1977, born in France, moved to the United States)
• Víctor Mirecki Larramat (1947–1921, born in France, lived in Spain)
• Lorne Munroe (1924–2020, United States)
• Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991, United States, performance art)
• May Mukle (1880–1963, British)

N edit

• André Navarra (1911–1988, France)
• Zara Nelsova (1918–2002, Canada)

O edit

• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880, born in Germany, lived in France)

P edit

• Siegfried Palm (1927–2005, Germany)
• Aldo Parisot (1918–2018, Brazil, United States)
• Leslie Parnas (1931–2022, United States)
• Boris Pergamenschikow (1948–2004, born in Soviet Union, moved to Germany)^[2]
• Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976, born in Russia, moved to United States)
• Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901, Italy)
• William Pleeth (1916–1999, England, teacher of Jacqueline du Pré)
• Dominik Połoński (1977–2018, Poland)
• David Popper (1843–1913, Bohemian born, active in Hungary)

R edit

• Jean-Marie Raoul (1766–1837, France, also a composer)
• Gábor Rejtő (1916–1987, Hungary)
• Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841, Germany, also a composer)
• Leonard Rose (1918–1984, United States)
• Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007, Russia, also a conductor)

S edit

• Karel Pravoslav Sádlo (1898–1971, Czech)
• Miloš Sádlo (1912–2003, Czech)
• Felix Salmond (1880–1952, England)
• Heinrich Schiff (1951–2016, Austria)
• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939, Austria, also a pianist and a composer)
• Georg Schnéevoigt (1872–1947, Finnish, also a conductor)
• Eleonore Schoenfeld (1925–2007, born in Slovenia, died in the United States)
• Joseph Schuster (1903–1969, born in Turkey, died in the United States)
• Adrien François Servais (1807–1866, Belgium)
• Daniil Shafran (1923–1997, Russian)
• Natalia Shakhovskaya (1935–2017, Russian)
• Harvey Shapiro (1911–2007, American)
• Anna Shuttleworth (1927–2021, England)
• František Sláma (1923–2004, Czech)
• Benyamin Sönmez (1983–2011, Turkey)
• George Sopkin (1914–2008, United States)
• David Soyer (1923–2010, United States)
• William Henry Squire (1871–1963, England)
• János Starker (1924–2013, born in Hungary, died in the United States)
• Leo Stern (1862–1904, England)
• Guilhermina Suggia (1885–1950, Portugal)

T edit

• Paul Tortelier (1914–1990, France)
• Anton Träg (1819–1860, Austria)

V edit

• Laszlo Varga (1924–2014, Hungary)
• Aleksandr Verzhbilovich (1850–1911, Russia)
• J. Louis von der Mehden (1873–1954, United States)

W edit

• Terence Weil (1921–1995, England)
• August Wenzinger (1905–1996, Switzerland)
• Donald Whitton (1923–2018, Canada)
• Maximilian Willmann (1767–1813, Germany)

A edit

• Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017), United States, jazz, also a composer and multi-instrumentalist)

B edit

• David Baker (1931–2016, United States, jazz composer and performer)

C edit

• Tom Cora (1953–1998, United States, experimental jazz and rock)

E edit

• Mike Edwards (1948–2010, England, member of the Electric Light Orchestra)

H edit

• Tristan Honsinger (born 1949, United States, free jazz and free improvisation)

K edit

• Fred Katz (1919–2013, United States, described as "the first real jazz cellist")^[3]

M edit

• Hugh McDowell (1953–2018, England, cellist with rock bands Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II)

P edit

• Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960, United States, bebop)
• Kristen Pfaff (1967–1994, United States, alternative rock)

R edit

• Arthur Russell (1951–1992, United States, eclectic genres)

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