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People Introduction
There are hundreds of people who have been involved in the production of hymns over the centuries as Lyricists, Composers and Translators this listing shows a link to all those included on Hymns Without Words and the number of works they are associated with.
Alphabetical List By First Name
- Aaron Williams (1731 – 1776)
- Adam Drese (1620 – 1701)
- Adoh Mac Cathmhaoil (1571 – 1626)
- Ahasverus Fritsch (1629-1701)
- Alan Gaunt (b. 1935)
- Albert Frederick Bayly (1901-1984)
- Albert Lister Peace (1844 – 1912)
- Alex Robinson
- Alexander Robert Reinagle (1799 – 1877)
- Alfred James Eyre (1853 – 1919)
- Allen William Chatfield (1808-1896)
- Andrea Allan Steele (b. 1945)
- Andrew J. Scobie (b. 1935)
- Andrew Millinchip
- Andy P. Bland (1877-?)
- Andy Silver
- Anna Laetitia Waring (1820-1910)
- Annie Garry
- Anonymous
- Anthony Oliver Robertson (1932-2017)
- Arthur Campbell Ainger (1841 – 1919)
- Arthur Cyril Barham-Gould (1891-1953)
- Arthur Henry Brown (1830 – 1926)
- Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900)
- Arthur Somervell (1863 – 1937)
- August Mahlmann (1771-1826)
- Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778)
- Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348 – c.413)
- Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
- Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795)
- Benjamin Mansell Ramsey
- Benjamin Webb (1819-1885)
- Bernard Hill (b. 1947)
- Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918)
- Bessie Porter Head (1850 – 1936)
- Bianco da Siena (c. 1350-1399)
- Bishop Synesius (375 – 430)
- Bob GIllman (b. 1946)
- Brian L Penney
- Brian M. Howard
- Bryn Austin Rees (1911-1983)
- Carey Bonner (1859 – 1938)
- Carol Owens (b. 1931)
- Caroline Maria Noel (1817-1877)
- Carrie Elizabeth Ellis Breck (1855-1934)
- Catharina Amalia Dorothea Von Schelgal (1697 – 1768)
- Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)
- Cecil Arthur Spring Rice (1859 – 1918)
- Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895)
- Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946)
- Charles Coffin (1676-1749)
- Charles Collingnon (1725 – 1885)
- Charles Cotterill Scholefield (1839-1904)
- Charles Crozat Converse (1832 – 1918)
- Charles Dieupart (d. 1740)
- Charles Edward Oakley (1832 – 1865)
- Charles Henry Purday (1799-1885)
- Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
- Charles Hutcheson (1792-1860)
- Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932)
- Charles James Dale (1842-1910)
- Charles John Dickinson (1822-1883)
- Charles Lockhart (1745-1815)
- Charles Marie Widor (1844 – 1937)
- Charles Venn Pilcher (1879-1961)
- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
- Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Charles William Everest (1814 – 1877)
- Charles William Fry (1838 – 1882)
- Charles Wood (1866-1926)
- Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871)
- Chester G Allen (1838-1878)
- Christian Friedrich Witt (c.1660-1716)
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
- Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)
- Christopher Martin Idle (b. 1938)
- Christopher Tye (c.1505-1573)
- Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885)
- Claudia Frances Hernaman (1838 – 1898)
- Colin Gordon-Farleigh (b. 1943)
- Colin Hand (b.1929)
- Conrad Irwin (b. 1989)
- Conrad Kocher (1786-1872)
- Constance Headlam Coote (1844-1936)
- Cordie Bridgewater (1873-?)
- Courtenay Merchant
- Cyril Argentine Alington (1872-1955)
- Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)
- Dallán Forgaill (c. 530 – 598)
- Damian Lundy (1944-1996)
- Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919)
- Daniel Laurent Schutte (b. 1947)
- Dave Bilbrough (b. 1965)
- Dave Richards (b. 1947)
- David Denham (1791-1848)
- David Evans (1874-1948)
- David Iliff (b. 1939)
- David J. Evans (b. 1957)
- David Jenkins (1848-1915)
- David John Mansell (b. 1936)
- David Patrick Gedge (1939-2016)
- David Simkins
- Dmytro Stepanovych Bortniansky (1751-1825)
- Donald Emry Fishel (b. 1950)
- Donald Wynn Hughes (1911-1967)
- Dorothy Blomfield Gurney (1867 – 1936)
- E M Barret
- Edith Margaret Gellibrand Redd (1885-1933)
- Edmond Louis Budry (1685 – 1732)
- Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876)
- Edmund Prys (1544-1623)
- Edmund Simon Lorenz (1854-1942)
- Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
- Edward Hayes Plumptre (1821-1891)
- Edward Henry Thorne (1834-1916)
- Edward John Hopkins (1818-1901)
- Edward Joseph Burns (b. 1938)
- Edward Miller (1735 – 1807)
- Edward Osler (1798-1863)
- Edward Perronet (1726-1792)
- Edward William Elgar (1857-1934)
- Edward Woodall Naylor (1869-1934)
- Edwin George Monk (1819-1900)
- Edwin Hatch (1835-1889)
- Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921)
- Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965)
- Eleanor Henrietta Hull (1860-1935)
- Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839 – 1929)
- Elizabeth Cecilia Douglas Clephane (1829-1839)
- Elizabeth Cotton
- Elizabeth Lee Smith (1817-1898)
- Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliot (1836-1897)
- Eric Boswell (1921-2009)
- Ernest Edward Dugmore (1843-1925)
- Ernest Hawkins (1802-1868)
- Estelle White (1925-2011)
- Eudoxia Ypsilanti (b. 1980)
- Everissa Ludena Lettsome Wheatley (1914-1993)
- Fanny Jane Crosby (1820-1915)
- Felice de Giardini (1716 – 1796)
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
- Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus (c. 735-804)
- Folliot Sandford Pierpoint (1835 – 1917)
- Frances Whitmarsh Wile (1878-1939)
- Francis Bland Tucker (1895 – 1974)
- Francis Elizabeth Cox (1812-1897)
- Francis Harold Rawley (1854-1952)
- Francis Pott (1832-1909)
- Francis Ridley Havergal (1836 – 1879)
- Francis Stanfield
- François de La Feilée in 'Méthode' (1808)
- François-Hippolyte Barthélémon (1741-1808)
- Franklin L. Sheppard (1852-1930)
- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- Franz Xaver Grüber (1787 – 1863)
- Frater Conradus
- Fred Kaan (1929-2009)
- Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)
- Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (1825-1889)
- Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927)
- Frederick Edwin Le Grice (1911-1992)
- Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840 – 1929)
- Frederick Luke Wiseman (1858 – 1944)
- Frederick Oakeley (1802 – 1880)
- Frederick William Faber (1814-1863)
- Friederich Filitz (1804-1876)
- Friedrich Filitz (1804 – 1876)
- Friedrich Silcher (1789 – 1860)
- Gary Cordice
- Geoffrey Beaumont (1903 – 1970)
- Geoffrey Jackson Ainger (1925-2013)
- Geoffrey Turton Shaw (1879 – 1943)
- Georg Friderich Händel (1695-1759)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
- George Bennard (1873-1958)
- George Bourne Timms (1910 – 1997)
- George Clement Martin (1844-1916)
- George Duffield (1818-1888)
- George Herbert (1593-1633)
- George Hugh Bourne (1840-1925)
- George Hunt Smyttan (1822-1870)
- George James Webb (1803-1887)
- George Job Elvey (1816 – 1893)
- George Kennedy Allen Bell (1883-1958)
- George Matheson (1842 – 1906)
- George Otto Simms (1910 – 1991)
- George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934)
- George Thomas Smart (1776 – 1867)
- George Wallace Briggs (1875-1959)
- George William Kitchin (1827 – 1912)
- Gerard Moultrie (1829-1885)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525 – 1594)
- Gordon Archbold Slater (1896-1979)
- Gottfried Grünewald (1673 – 1739)
- Gottlieb Heinrich Stölzel (1690 – 1749)
- Gottlieb Muffat (1690 – 1770)
- Graham Alexander Maule (1958-2019)
- Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)
- Greg Bate (b. 1943)
- Greg Scheer
- Gregory The Great (540-604)
- Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934)
- H W Rattle
- Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
- Harrison Robb
- Hazel Hudson (b. 1932)
- Heinrich Theobald Schenck (1656-1727)
- Henry Alford (1810 – 1871)
- Henry Carey (1687 – 1743)
- Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)
- Henry Hart Milman (1791 – 1868)
- Henry John Betts (1825-1898)
- Henry John Gauntlett (1805 – 1876)
- Henry Kirke White (1785 – 1806)
- Henry Lahee (1826-1912)
- Henry Lascelles Jenner (1820-1898)
- Henry Lawes (1596-1662)
- Henry Montague Butler (1833 – 1919)
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
- Henry Shapcott Bunce (1854 – 1917)
- Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879)
- Henry Van Dyke (1852 – 1933)
- Henry VIII of England (1491 – 1547)
- Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
- Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877)
- Herbert Howells (1892 – 1983)
- Herbert Stanley Oakeley (1830-1903)
- Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1888)
- Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
- Hugh George Wetmore (b. 1937)
- Hugh Wilson (1766 – 1824)
- Iain D. Cunningham (b.1954)
- Ian D Lawrie (b. 1951)
- Isaac Baker Woodbury (1819-1858)
- Isaac Smith (1734 – 1805)
- Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- Isaac Williams (1802 – 1865)
- J. Rosamund Johnson (1873-1954)
- Jack Copley Winslow (1882-1974)
- Jack W Hayford (b. 1934)
- Jacob Hintze (1622-1702)
- Jacopone da Todi (c1230-1306)
- James E Archer (1860-1936)
- James Edmeston (1791 – 1867)
- James Edward Seddon (1915 – 1983)
- James Ellor (1819-1899)
- James J Quinn (1919-2010)
- James Langran (1835-1909)
- James Leith Macbeth Bain (1860 – 1925)
- James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- James Turle (1802 -1882)
- James Ward
- James Watson (1816 – 1880)
- James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
- James William Elliott (1833-1915)
- Jan Struther (1901-1953)
- Jane Elizabeth Leeson (1809 – 1881)
- Jane L. Borthwick (1813 – 1897)
- Jane M. Joseph (1894-1929)
- Jane Montgomery Campbell (1817-1878)
- Jean Holloway (b. 1939)
- Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957)
- Jean-Baptiste de Santeul (1630 – 1697)
- Jeffery William Rowthorn (b. 1934)
- Jenny Hewer (b. 1945)
- Jeremiah Clarke (1670-1707)
- Jessie Seymour Irvine (1836 – 1887)
- Jez Larder
- Jill Jenkins (b. 1937)
- Joachim Neander (1640 – 1680)
- Joachim Neander (1650 – 1680)
- Job Hupton (1762 – 1849)
- Johann Abraham Schulz (1747-1800)
- Johann Crüger (1598-1662)
- Johann Franck (1618-1677)
- Johann Gottlob Werners (1777 – 1822)
- Johann Heermann (1585 – 1647)
- Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)
- Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)
- Johann Ludwig Steiner (1688 – 1761)
- Johann Michael Haydn (1737 – 1806)
- Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
- Johann Rodolph Ahle (1625-1673)
- Johann Schop (c.1590-1667)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Johannes Plenio
- John Ambrose Lloyd (1815-1874)
- John Antes (1740 – 1811)
- John Arlott (1914 – 1991)
- John Athelstan Laurie Riley (1858 – 1945)
- John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
- John Bakewell (1721 – 1819)
- John Bernard Wilkes (1785-1869)
- John Brownlow Geyer (b. 1932)
- John Bunyan (1628-1688)
- John Byrom (1692 – 1763)
- John Calvin (1509-1564)
- John Cennick (1718-1755)
- John Chandler (1806-1876)
- John Cosin (1594 – 1672)
- John Daniels (b. 1951)
- John Darwall (1731-1789)
- John Edward Masefield (1879-1967)
- John Ellerton (1826 -1893)
- John Ernest Bode (1816 – 1874)
- John Francis Wade (1711 – 1786)
- John Freeman Young (1820 – 1885)
- John Goss (1800-1880)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
- John Hampden Gurney (1802-1862)
- John Henry Hopkins (1820-1891)
- John Henry Maunder (1858 – 1920)
- John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
- John Henry Summis (1846-1919)
- John Hughes (1873 – 1932)
- John Keble (1792-1866)
- John Lamberton Bell (b. 1949)
- John Logan (1748 – 1788)
- John MacLeod Campbell Crum (1872-1958)
- John Marriott (1780 – 1825)
- John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- John Michael Brierley (b.1932)
- John Milton (1608 – 1674)
- John Morrison (1750 – 1798)
- John Newton (1725-1807)
- John Nicholson Ireland (1879 – 1962)
- John Oxenham (1852-1941)
- John Paculabo (b.1946)
- John Playford (1623 -1686/7)
- John Raphael Peacey (1896-1971)
- John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811-1875)
- John Sheeles (1688-1761)
- John Stainer (1840-1901)
- John Stanhope Arkwright (1872-1954)
- John Wainwright (1723 -1769)
- John Warrington Hatton (1710-1793)
- John Wesley (1703-1791)
- John White Chadwick (1840 – 1904)
- John Wyeth (1770-1858)
- John Zundel (1815-1882)
- Jonathan Franklin (1760-1833)
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- Joseph Augustus Seiss (1823-1904)
- Joseph Barnby (1838-1899)
- Joseph Brackett (1797 – 1882)
- Joseph David Jones (1827 – 1870)
- Joseph Francis Mohr (1792 – 1848)
- Joseph Francis Thrupp (1827-1867)
- Joseph Medlicott Scriven (1819-1886)
- Joseph Parry (1841 – 1903)
- Joshua Leavitt (1794 – 1873)
- Josiah Conder (1789-1855)
- Judson W. Van De Venter (1855–1939)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
- June Boyce-Tillman (b. 1943)
- Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)
- Karen Lafferty (b. 1948)
- Kate Barclay Wilkinson (1859-1928)
- Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892 – 1980)
- Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892 – 1980)
- Keith Ryecroft (b.1949)
- Kristin Frazer
- Lachlan Macbean (1853-1931)
- Landore John Hughes (1872-1914)
- Leighton George Hayne (1836 – 1883)
- Leona von Brethorst (1923-2010)
- Lewis Edson (1748-1820)
- Lewis Hensley (1824 – 1905)
- Louis Bourgeois (c.1510-1561)
- Louis Lambillotte (1796-1855)
- Louis Marchand (1669 – 1732)
- Love Maria Whitcomb WIllis (1824-1908)
- Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
- Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
- Luther Orlando Emerson (1820 – 1915)
- Lydia Torrington
- Maltie Davenport Babcock (1858-1901)
- Mark Andrews (1875-1939)
- Martin Herbst (1654-1681)
- Martin J. Nystrom (b. 1956)
- Martin Janus (c1620-c1682)
- Martin Luther (1483-1546)
- Martin Madan (1726 – 1790)
- Martin Rinkart (1586 – 1694)
- Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
- Mary Elizabeth Byrne (1880 – 1931)
- Mary Fawler Maude (1819 – 1913)
- Mary Jane Hammond (1878 – 1964)
- Mary M Macdonald (1789-1872)
- Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern (1594-1648)
- Matthew Bridges (1800 – 1894)
- Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)
- Melchior Teschner (1584-1635)
- Melchior Vulpius (1570-1615)
- Michael Alfred Baughen (b. 1930)
- Michael Arnold Perry (1942 – 1996)
- Michael Burgess
- Michael Lindsay Forster (b.1946)
- Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621)
- Millicent D Kingham (1866-1927)
- Morris H. Chapman (b. 1940)
- Mr Richards
- Nahum Tate (1652-1715)
- Naida Hearn (1944 – 2001)
- Neil Dougall (1776-1862)
- Omer Westendorf (1916 – 1997)
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Patrick Appleford (1925-2018)
- Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
- Percy Carter Buck (1871-1947)
- Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)
- Peter Abelard (1079 – 1142)
- Peter Philip Bilhorn (1865-1936)
- Peter Williams (1727 – 1796)
- Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)
- Philip Heyman
- Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876)
- Philip Pusey (1799 -1855)
- Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)
- Phillips Brooks (1835 – 1893)
- Phineas Fletcher (1582 – 1650)
- Phoebe Palmer Knapp (1839-1909)
- Priscilla Jane Owens (1829-1899)
- Rabanus Maurus Magnetius (c.780 – 856)
- Ralph Harrison (1748-1810)
- Ralph McTell (b. 1944)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Ray Palmer (1808 – 1887)
- Ray Palmer (1880 – 1887)
- Rebecca Coleman
- Reginald Heber (1783-1826)
- Rev. C. Harris (Unknown)
- Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
- Richard Birch Hoyle (1875 – 1939)
- Richard Frederick Littledale (1833-1890)
- Richard Gillard (b. 1953)
- Richard Godfrey Parsons (1882 – 1948)
- Richard Ho Lung
- Richard M S Irwin (b. 1955)
- Richard Redhead (1820-1901)
- Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938)
- Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900)
- Richard Whately (1787 – 1863)
- Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
- Robert Edwin Roberts (1878-1940)
- Robert Grant (1779 – 1838)
- Robert Jackson (1840-1914)
- Robert Lowry (1826 – 1899)
- Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930)
- Robert Wainwright (1748-1782)
- Robert Walmsley (1831-1905)
- Robert Williams (1781-1821)
- Rowland Huw Pritchard (1811 – 1887)
- Rufus Henry Cornelius (1872-1933)
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 – 1924)
- Samuel Crossman (c.1624 – 1684)
- Samuel John Stone (1839-1900)
- Samuel Johnson (1822-1882)
- Samuel Medley (1738-1799)
- Samuel Robbins Brown (1810-1880)
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
- Samuel Webbe (1740-1816)
- Samuel Webbe the Younger (1770-1843)
- Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)
- Samuel William Beazley (1873–1944)
- Sarah Betts Rhodes (1824-1904)
- Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805-1848)
- Sebastian Temple (1928 – 1997)
- Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931)
- Sidney Pearce Waddington (1869 – 1953)
- Somerset Corry Lowry (1855 – 1932)
- Sophie Pentecost
- St Bede The Venerable (673-735)
- St Bernard of Clairvaux (1091 – 1153)
- St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
- St Fulbert of Chartres (952-1028)
- St Germanus (c. 634 – 733 or 740)
- St James The Just
- St John of Damascus (c. 675 – 749)
- St Joseph the Hymnographer (c. 816-c. 886)
- St Patrick (373-463)
- St Theodulf of Orléans (750 – 821)
- St Thomas Aquinus (1227 – 1274)
- Steffi Geiser Rubin
- Stephen DeCesare (b. 1969)
- Stephen G Brown (b. 1965)
- Stopford Augustus Brooke (1832-1916)
- Stuart Dauermann (b. 1944)
- Stuart K Hine (1899-1989)
- Sue McClellan (b. 1951)
- Sue McClellan (b.1951)
- Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885)
- Susan Sayers (b. 1946)
- Sybil Farish Partidge (1856-1917)
- Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004)
- Sydney Hugo Nicholson (1875 – 1947)
- Terrye Coelho (b 1952)
- Theodoricus Petrus
- Thomas à Kempis (c. 1379-1471)
- Thomas Benson Pollock (1836 – 1896)
- Thomas Campbell (1800-1876)
- Thomas Campian (1567-1620)
- Thomas Clark (1775-1859)
- Thomas Hastings (1784 – 1872)
- Thomas Haweis (1734-1820)
- Thomas Helmore (1811 – 1890)
- Thomas Jarman (1776 – 1861)
- Thomas Kelly (1769-1855)
- Thomas Ken (1637-1711)
- Thomas Obediah Chisholm (1866 – 1960)
- Thomas Oliver
- Thomas Pestel (1585-1659)
- Thomas Ravenscroft (c.1588-1635)
- Thomas Tallis (c.1505 – 1585)
- Thomas Williams (c1700-c1800)
- Thomas Wright (1763 – 1829)
- Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926)
- Timothy Rees (1874-1939)
- Timothy Richard Matthews (1826-1910)
- Tobias Clausnitzer (1619-1684)
- Turlough O'Carolan (1670 – 1738)
- Uzziah Christopher Burnap (1834 -1900)
- Valerie Collinson (b.1933)
- Venantius Fortunatus (530-609)
- Verna Penn Moll
- Victoria Paterson
- Ville Du Harve
- Vincent Novello (1781-1861)
- Vincent Stuckey Stratton Coles (1845-1929)
- Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908)
- Walter Greatorex (1877 – 1949)
- William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868)
- William Billings (1746-1800)
- William Blake (1757 – 1827)
- William Boyce (1711-1779)
- William Bright (1824 – 1901)
- William Buel Stevens (1862-1943)
- William Bullock (1798-1874)
- William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898)
- William Cowper (1731-1800)
- William Croft (1678-1727)
- William Dalrymple Maclagan (1826-1910)
- William E Hickson (1817 – 1877)
- William Gardiner (1770-1853)
- William George Tarrant (1853 – 1928)
- William Harold Ferguson (1874-1950)
- William Harry Turton (1856-1938)
- William Hayman Cummings (1831 – 1915)
- William Henry Draper (1855-1933)
- William Henry Havergal (1793 – 1870)
- William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
- William Henry Ralph Reader (1903-1982)
- William Horsley (1774-1858)
- William Howard Doane (1832 – 1916)
- William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)
- William John Sparrow-Simpson (1859-1952)
- William Kethe (d. 1594)
- William Marion Runyan (1870 – 1957)
- William Mercer (1811-1873)
- William Penfro Rowlands (1860 – 1937)
- William Romanis (1824 – 1899)
- William Sandy (1792 – 1874)
- William Shakespeare Hays (1837 – 1907)
- William Shrubsole (1760 – 1806)
- William Steffe (1830 – 1890)
- William Tans'ur (1706 – 1783)
- William Walsham How (1823-1897)
- William Whiting (1825 – 1878)
- William Williams Pantycelyn (1717 – 1791)
- William Young Fullerton (1857 -1932)
- Winfield Scott Weeden (1847-1908)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)