List of women composers by name

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This article provides a list of women composers, sorted alphabetically by surname. For a list of women composers sorted by year of birth, see List of women composers by birth date.

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A[]

  • Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863)
  • Keiko Abe (born 1937)
  • Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
  • Lora Aborn (1907–2005)
  • Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
  • Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
  • Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
  • Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
  • Graciela Agudela (1945–2018)
  • Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
  • Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936)
  • Doris Akers (1923–1995)
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
  • Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
  • Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
  • Luna Alcalay (1928–2012)
  • Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
  • Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
  • Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
  • Liana Alexandra (1947–2011)
  • Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
  • Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
  • Esther Allan (1914–1985)
  • Kristi Allik (born 1952)
  • Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)
  • Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
  • Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
  • Martha Alter (1904–1976)
  • Lettie Alston (born 1953)
  • Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
  • Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997)
  • Maryanne Amacher (1943–2009)
  • Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
  • Josephine Amann-Weinlich (1848–1887)
  • Solange Ancona (born 1943)
  • Laura Andel (born 1968)
  • Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
  • Avril Anderson (born 1953)
  • Beth Anderson (born 1950)
  • Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
  • Ruth Anderson (1928–2019)
  • Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
  • Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
  • Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
  • Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
  • Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
  • Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
  • Yoshino Aoki (born 1971)
  • Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
  • Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
  • Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
  • Violet Archer (1913–2000)
  • Isabel Aretz (1913–2005)
  • Anneli Arho (born 1951)
  • Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
  • Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
  • Elinor Armer (born 1939)
  • Claude Arrieu (1903–1990)
  • Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
  • Caterina Assandra (1580–1632)
  • Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
  • Marianna von Auenbrugger (1759–1782)
  • Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
  • Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
  • May Aufderheide (1888–1972)
  • Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
  • Dorothea Austin (1921–2011)
  • Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938)
  • Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)
  • Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
  • Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
  • Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
  • Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)

B[]

  • Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
  • Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
  • Maria Bach (1896–1978)
  • Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
  • Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
  • Maya Badian (born 1945)
  • Vera Baeva (born 1930)
  • Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
  • Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
  • Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
  • Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
  • Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
  • Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
  • Bára Gísladóttir (born 1989)
  • Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
  • Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
  • Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010)
  • Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
  • Carol E. Barnett (born 1949)
  • Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
  • Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
  • Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
  • Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
  • Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
  • Françoise Barrière (1944–2019)
  • Bebe Barron (1927–2008)
  • Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
  • Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
  • Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965)
  • Adriana Basile (c.1580–c.1640)
  • Carola Bauckholt (born 1959)
  • Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
  • Alison Bauld (born 1944)
  • Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
  • Christabel Baxendale (1886–?)
  • Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
  • Amy Beach (1867–1944)
  • Sally Beamish (born 1956)
  • Janet Beat (born 1937)
  • Betty Beath (born 1932)
  • Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries)
  • Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
  • Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
  • Sonja Beets (born 1953)
  • Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
  • Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
  • Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
  • Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
  • Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
  • Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
  • Barbara Benary (1946–2019)
  • Chiara Benati (born 1956)
  • Josefina Benedetti (born 1953)
  • Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893)
  • Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
  • Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
  • Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
  • Christine Berl (born 1943)
  • Catalina Berroa (1849–1911)
  • Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
  • Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
  • Lycia de Biase Bidart (1910–1990)
  • Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
  • Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
  • Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)
  • Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
  • Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968)
  • Judith Bingham (born 1952)
  • Renate Birnstein (born 1946)
  • Roberta Bitgood (1908–2007)
  • Annesley Black (born 1979)
  • Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
  • Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
  • Blanche of Castile (1188–1252)
  • Olga De Blanck Martín (1916–1998)
  • Maria Theresa Bland (c.1769–1838)
  • Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003)
  • Sonia Bo (born 1960)
  • Berta Bock (1857–1945)
  • Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660)
  • Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
  • Josina Anna Petronella van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
  • Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)
  • Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836)
  • Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
  • Jeanne Renee de Bombelles (1753–1828)
  • Anna Bon di Venezia (born 1738/1739)
  • Carrie Bond (1862–1946)
  • Victoria Bond (born 1945)
  • Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972)
  • Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)
  • Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
  • Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)
  • Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
  • Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
  • Teresa Borràs i Fornell (1923–2010)
  • Edith Borroff (1925–2019)
  • Maura Bosch (born 1958)
  • Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
  • Marianna Bottini (1802–1858)
  • Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
  • Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
  • Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
  • Joséphine Boulay (1869–1925)
  • Helen Bowater (born 1952)
  • Anne Boyd (born 1946)
  • Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
  • Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
  • May Brahe (1884–1956)
  • Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
  • Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
  • Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910)
  • Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
  • Bettina Brentano (1785–1859)
  • Dora Bright (1862–1951)
  • Radie Britain (1899–1994)
  • Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
  • Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)
  • Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913)
  • Augusta Browne (1820–1882)
  • Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
  • Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
  • Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
  • Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
  • Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
  • Olivia Buckley (mid-1790s–after 1845)
  • Margaret Buechner (1922–1998)
  • Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
  • Diana Burrell (born 1948)
  • Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)

C[]

  • Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
  • Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
  • Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
  • Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale (1875-1958)
  • Ann Callaway (born 1949)
  • Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
  • Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
  • Francesca Campana (died 1665)
  • Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
  • Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
  • Marta Canales (1893–1986)
  • Édith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
  • Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
  • Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
  • Matilde Capuis (1913–2017)
  • Nicole Carignan (born 1952)
  • Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
  • Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
  • Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
  • Teresa Carreño (1853–1917)
  • Dinorá de Carvalho (1905–1980)
  • Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
  • Ernestina Lecuona y Casado (1882–1951)
  • Luisa Casagemas (1863–after 1894)
  • Felicita Casella (c.1820–after 1865)
  • Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)
  • Castelloza (fl. early 13th century)
  • Graciela Castillo (born 1940)
  • Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
  • Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590)
  • Amalia Catharina (1640–1697)
  • Eunice Catunda (1915–1991)
  • Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
  • Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
  • Julia Cenova (1948–2010)
  • Sulpitia Cesis (fl. 1619)
  • Grace Chadbourne (1870–1919)
  • Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
  • Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
  • Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
  • Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
  • Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805)
  • Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)
  • Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932)
  • Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
  • Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
  • Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
  • Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
  • Pearle Christian (born 1955)
  • Tatyana Chudova (born 1944)
  • Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
  • Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
  • Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
  • Dolores Claman (1927–2021)
  • Rhona Clarke (born 1958)
  • Zana Clarke (born 1965)
  • Laura Clayton (born 1943)
  • Ann Cleare (born 1983)
  • Siobhán Cleary (born 1970)
  • Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
  • Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
  • Adrienne Clostre (1921–2006)
  • Gloria Coates (born 1938)
  • Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
  • Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
  • Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
  • Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
  • Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
  • Valerie Coleman (born 1970)
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998)
  • Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
  • Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922)
  • Graziella Concas (born 1970)
  • Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)
  • Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913–1981)
  • Eleanor Cory (born 1943)
  • Monica Cosachov (born 1946)
  • Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
  • Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
  • Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
  • Cecil Cowles (c.1893–1968)
  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
  • Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
  • Zulema de la Cruz (born 1958)
  • Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

D[]

  • Melanie Ruth Daiken (1945–2016)
  • Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
  • Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
  • Dame Margot (fl. 13th century)
  • Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century)
  • Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
  • Tina Davidson (born 1952)
  • Tansy Davies (born 1973)
  • Katherine K. Davis (1892–1980)
  • Miss Davis (c.1726–after 1755)
  • Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802)
  • Claire Delbos (1906–1959)
  • Carmelina Delfin (c.1900–after 1948)
  • Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)
  • Sophia Dellaporta (fl. second half of the 19th century)
  • Hélène-Louise Demars (born c.1736)
  • Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
  • Beth Denisch (born 1958)
  • Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
  • Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)
  • Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
  • Alma Deutscher (born 2005)
  • Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765-?1834)
  • Jody Diamond (born 1953)
  • Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
  • Ellen Dickson (1819–1878)
  • Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
  • Consuelo Díez (born 1958)
  • Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)
  • Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
  • Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
  • Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
  • Dora Draganova (born 1946)
  • Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
  • Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
  • Du Yun (born 1977)
  • Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
  • María Enma Botet Dubois (1903–?)
  • Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
  • Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
  • Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
  • Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
  • Anne Dudley (born 1956)
  • Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
  • Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
  • Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775)
  • Judith Dvorkin (born c.1927)
  • Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
  • Maria Dziewulska (1909–2006)

E[]

  • Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
  • Lotten Edholm (1839–1930)
  • Clara Edwards (1880–1974)
  • Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861)
  • Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
  • Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
  • Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
  • Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
  • Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
  • Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977)
  • Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
  • Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)
  • Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
  • Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (1918–2012)
  • Kateřina Emingerová (1856–1934)
  • Marti Epstein (born 1959)
  • Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
  • Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
  • Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
  • María Escribano (1954–2002)
  • Reena Esmail (born 1983)
  • Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
  • Eleonora d'Este (1515–1575)
  • Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

F[]

  • Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948)
  • Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
  • Evelyn Faltis (1887–1937)
  • Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
  • Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
  • Zanetta Farussi (1707–1776)
  • Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879–1960)
  • Hélène-Frédérique de Faye-Jozin (1871–1942)
  • Sarah Feigin (1928–2011)
  • Johanne Amalie Fenger (1836–1913)
  • Amber Ferenz (born 1972)
  • Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
  • Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907)
  • Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
  • Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
  • Sylvia Fine (1913–1991)
  • Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
  • Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
  • Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
  • Elena Firsova (born 1950)
  • Helen Fisher (born 1942)
  • Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)
  • Hélène Fleury-Roy (1876–1957)
  • Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
  • Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
  • Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
  • Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
  • Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
  • Erika Fox (born 1936)
  • Kalitha Dorothy Fox (1894–1934)
  • Ludmila Frajt (1919–1999)
  • Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
  • Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
  • Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
  • Shena Fraser (1910–1993)
  • Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
  • Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
  • Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)
  • Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
  • Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
  • Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
  • Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
  • Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
  • Ashley Fure (born 1982)
  • Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
  • Jessie Furze (1903–1984)

G[]

  • Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877)
  • Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
  • Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
  • Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912)
  • Rachel Galinne (born 1949)
  • Caterina Galli (c.1723–1804)
  • Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
  • Kay Gardner (1941–2002)
  • Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century)
  • Lucija Garuta (1902–1977)
  • Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (1903–1992)
  • Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)
  • Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930)
  • Gerda Geertens (born 1955)
  • Gertrude of Dagsburg (1205–1225)
  • Ada Gentile (born 1947)
  • Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929)
  • Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
  • Helen Gifford (born 1935)
  • Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
  • Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
  • Julie Giroux (born 1961)
  • Janice Giteck (born 1946)
  • Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
  • Helen Glatz (1908–1996)
  • Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)
  • Julia Gomelskaya (1964–2016)
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
  • Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915)
  • Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
  • Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
  • Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)
  • Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762)
  • Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)
  • Janet Graham (born 1948)
  • Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
  • Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907)
  • Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
  • Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
  • Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
  • María Grever (1885–1951)
  • Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967)
  • Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
  • Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
  • Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
  • Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
  • Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
  • Mlle Guerin (c.1739, fl. 1755)
  • Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
  • Lynn Gumert (born 1961)
  • Rosa Guraieb (1931–2014)
  • Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
  • Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)

H[]

  • Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c.1876)
  • Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (born 1977)
  • Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
  • Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
  • Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
  • Emily Hall (born 1978)
  • Juliana Hall (born 1958)
  • Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
  • Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
  • Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
  • Olga Hans (born 1971)
  • Kazuko Hara (1935–2014)
  • Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
  • Halina Harelava (born 1951)
  • Miina Härma (1864–1941)
  • Ethel R. Harraden (1857–1917)
  • Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
  • Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
  • Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
  • Emma Hartmann (1807–1851)
  • Irina Hasnas (born 1954)
  • Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895)
  • Elisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
  • Birgit Havenstein (born 1954)
  • Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
  • Elizabeth Hayden Pizer (born 1954)
  • Sorrel Hays (1941–2020)
  • Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
  • Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
  • Barbara Heller (born 1936)
  • Mara Margaret Helmuth (born 1957)
  • Moya Henderson (born 1941)
  • Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918)
  • Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
  • Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946)
  • Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
  • Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
  • Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
  • Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
  • Margaret Hoberg (1890–1948)
  • Margriet Hoenderdos (1952–2010)
  • Dulcie Holland (1913–2000)
  • Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
  • Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
  • Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
  • Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
  • Nora Holt (1884–1974)
  • Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
  • Katherine Hoover (1937–2018)
  • Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
  • Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
  • Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian
  • Eleanor Hovda (1940–2009)
  • Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
  • Mary Howe (1882–1964)
  • Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
  • Zhun Huang (born 1926)
  • Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
  • Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854)
  • Sarah Hutchings (born 1984)
  • Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)
  • Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

I[]

  • Regina Irman (born 1957)
  • Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
  • Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010)
  • Adina Izarra (born 1959)

J[]

  • Najla Jabor (1915–2001)
  • Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)
  • Dorothy James (1901–1982)
  • Viera Janárceková (born 1941)
  • Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)
  • Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)
  • Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)
  • Ludmila Jeske-Choinska-Mikorska (1849–1898)
  • Eva Jessye (1885–1992)
  • Marta Jiráčková (born 1932)
  • Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
  • Victoria Jordanova (born 1952)
  • Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
  • Patricia Jünger (born 1951)

K[]

  • Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
  • Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
  • Lydia Kakabadse (born 1955)
  • Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)
  • Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
  • Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
  • (born 19**)
  • Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
  • Sirvart Karamanuk (1912–2008)
  • Helene Karastoyanova (born 1933)
  • Verdi Karns (1882–1925)
  • Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
  • Laura Karpman (born 1959)
  • Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918–2008)
  • Kassia (c.810–before 867)
  • Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
  • Eunice Katunda (1915–1991)
  • Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
  • Minna Keal (1909–1999)
  • Denise Kelly (born 1954)
  • Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c.1786–after 1805)
  • Frida Kern (1891–1988)
  • Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002)
  • Eunice Lea Kettering (1906–2000)
  • Khosrovidukht (fl. early 8th century)
  • Joelle Khoury (born 1963)
  • Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
  • Betty Jackson King (1928–1994)
  • Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
  • Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
  • Antoinette Kirkwood (1930–2014)
  • Melinda Kistétényi (1926–1999)
  • Yayoi Kitazume (born 1945)
  • Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
  • Judy Klein (born 1943)
  • Meri von KleinSmid (born 1974)
  • Zhivka Klinkova (1924–2002)
  • Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
  • Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924)
  • Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
  • Nagako Konishi (born 1945)
  • Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950)
  • Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
  • Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941)
  • Dina Koston (1940–2009)
  • Georgia Koumará (born 1991)
  • Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944)
  • Neva Krasteva (born 1946)
  • Astrid Kruisselbrink (born 1972)
  • Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
  • Grazyna Krzanowska (born 1952)
  • Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937)
  • Christina Kubisch (born 1948)
  • Mayako Kubo (born 1947)
  • Felicitas Kukuck (1914–2001)
  • Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
  • Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945)
  • Renata Kunkel (born 1954)
  • Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
  • Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955)

L[]

  • Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
  • Zulema de La Cruz (born 1958)
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
  • Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
  • Susan Cohn Lackman (born 1948)
  • Anne Terrier Laffaille (1904–1971)
  • Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
  • Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954)
  • Marta Lambertini (1937–2019)
  • Eleni Lambiri (c.1889–1960)
  • Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
  • Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
  • Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
  • Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
  • Ana Lara (born 1959)
  • Libby Larsen (born 1950)
  • Hannah Lash (born 1981)
  • Joan Mary Last (born 1908)
  • Anne Lauber (born 1943)
  • Elodie Lauten (born 1950)
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
  • Louise Geneviève de La Hye (1810–1838)
  • Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
  • Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
  • Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
  • Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
  • Cynthia Cozette Lee (born 1953)
  • Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
  • Young-ja Lee (composer) (born 1931/36)
  • Nicola LeFanu (born 1947)
  • Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
  • Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
  • Clarisse Leite (1917–2003)
  • Vânia Dantas Leite (1945–2018)
  • Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
  • Edith Lejet (born 1941)
  • Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979)
  • Laura Lemon (1866–1924)
  • Tania León (born 1943)
  • Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
  • Marina Leonardi (born 1970)
  • Zara Levina (1906–1976)
  • Sofia Levkovskaya (1965-2011)
  • Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
  • Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935)
  • Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
  • Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
  • Liza Lim (born 1966)
  • Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
  • Anne Linnet (born 1953)
  • Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
  • Liu Zhuang (1932–2011)
  • Beatriz Lockhart (1944–2015)
  • Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
  • Kate Loder (1825–1904)
  • Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
  • Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
  • Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
  • Lorete (c.1300)
  • Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
  • Ivana Loudová (1941–2017)
  • Alexina Louie (born 1949)
  • Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
  • Katharine Lucke (1875–1962)
  • Nada Ludvig-Pecar (1929–2008)
  • Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
  • Enid Luff (born 1935)
  • Gudrun Lund (born 1930)
  • Signe Lund (1868–1950)
  • Deborah Lurie (born 1972)
  • Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
  • Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925)
  • Monica Lynn (born 1964)

M[]

  • Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895)
  • Marianella Machado (born 1959)
  • Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1895)
  • Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962)
  • Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
  • Adela Maddison (1862/63–1929)
  • Mary Mageau (born 1934)
  • Ester Mägi (1922–2021)
  • Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
  • Katerina Maier (fl. c.1800)
  • Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875)
  • Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
  • Florentina Mallá (1891–1973)
  • Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (1916–2005)
  • Maria Dolores Malumbres (1931–2019)
  • Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016)
  • Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
  • Lam Manyee (born 1950)
  • Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989)
  • Soe Tjen Marching (born 1971)
  • Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)
  • Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (fl. 1723–1742)
  • Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
  • Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
  • Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703)
  • Maria de Ventadorn (fl. late 12th century)
  • Ljubica Maric (1909–2003)
  • Marie de France (c.1160–1215)
  • Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century)
  • Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890)
  • Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–after 1911)
  • Pamela J. Marshall (born 1954)
  • Roberta Martin (1907–1969)
  • Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)
  • Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949)
  • Maria de Lourdes Martins (1926–2009)
  • Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
  • Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
  • Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
  • Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Faria (1873–1938)
  • Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937)
  • Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
  • Marilyn Mazur (born 1955)
  • Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
  • Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
  • Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918)
  • Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
  • Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972)
  • Priscilla McLean (born 1942)
  • Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941)
  • Lena McLin (born 1928)
  • Cindy McTee (born 1953)
  • Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997)
  • Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
  • Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
  • María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
  • Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (1934–2019)
  • Elisabeth Meyer (1859–1927)
  • Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
  • Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
  • Zarrina Mirshakar (born 1947)
  • Haruna Miyake (born 1942)
  • Ida Georgina Moberg (1859–1947)
  • Benna Moe (1897–1983)
  • Meredith Monk (born 1942)
  • Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
  • Jessie Montgomery (born 1982)
  • Dorothy Rudd Moore (born 1940)
  • Kate Moore (born 1979)
  • Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
  • Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
  • Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
  • Joyce Solomon Moorman (born 1946)
  • Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
  • Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869)
  • Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
  • Junko Mori (born 1948)
  • Angela Morley (1924–2009)
  • Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
  • Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928)
  • Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
  • Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (1924–2009)
  • Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
  • Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944)
  • Geraldine Mucha (1917–2012)
  • Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878–1941)
  • Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
  • Isabel Mundry (born 1963)
  • Helena Munktell (1852–1919)
  • Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942)
  • Thea Musgrave (born 1928)

N[]

  • Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680)
  • Alicia Adélaide Needham (1863–1945)
  • Sheila Nelson (born 1936)
  • Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
  • Vojna Nešic (born 1947)
  • Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
  • Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
  • Dika Newlin (1923–2006)
  • Ailís Ní Ríain (born 1974)
  • Alberta Nichols (1898–1957)
  • Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
  • Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
  • Eva Noer Kondrup (born 1964)
  • Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
  • Gladys Nordenstrom (1924–2016)
  • Isabel Stewart North (1860–1929)
  • Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
  • Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
  • Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)
  • Farangis Nurulla-Khoja (born 1972)

O[]

  • Karola Obermueller (born 1977)
  • Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
  • Irina Odagescu (born 1937)
  • Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
  • Nkeiru Okoye (born 1972)
  • Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
  • Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
  • Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
  • Vivienne Olive (born 1950)
  • Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
  • Betty Olivero (born 1954)
  • Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)
  • Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
  • Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
  • Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996)
  • Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
  • Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
  • Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964)
  • Michiru Oshima (born 1961)
  • Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
  • Linda Woodaman Ostrander (born 1937)
  • Ai Otsuka (born 1982)
  • Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
  • Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963)
  • Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918)
  • Janet Owen Thomas (1961–2002)
  • Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007)
  • María Luisa Ozaita (1939–2017)

P[]

  • Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
  • Else Marie Pade (1924–2016)
  • Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
  • Priti Paintal (born 1960)
  • Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
  • Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer (1900-1987)
  • Juliet Palmer (born 1969)
  • Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
  • Mme Papavoine (born c.1735, fl. 1755–61)
  • Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
  • Graciela Paraskevaidis (1940–2017)
  • Hilda Paredes (born 1959)
  • Maria Hester Park (1760–1813)
  • Dorothy Parke (1904–1990)
  • Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
  • Alice Parker (born 1925)
  • Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
  • Marcela Pavia (born 1957)
  • Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
  • Maggi Payne (born 1945)
  • Sarah Peebles (born 1964)
  • Sylvia Pengilly (born 1935)
  • Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004)
  • Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923)
  • Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907–1995)
  • Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
  • Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
  • Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (1916–1998)
  • Lourdes Perez (born 1961)
  • Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
  • Janice Kapp Perry (born 1938)
  • Julia Perry (1924–1979)
  • Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
  • Rosica Petkova (born 1947)
  • Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926)
  • Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
  • Elena Petrová (1929–2002)
  • Irena Pfeiffer (1912–1996)
  • Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715)
  • Liz Phillips (born 1951)
  • Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885)
  • Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926)
  • Agata Della Pietà (fl. c.1800)
  • Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
  • Santa Della Pietà (fl. c.1725–1750 – after 1774)
  • Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
  • Lina Pires de Campos (1918–2003)
  • Piera Pistono (born 1938)
  • Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
  • Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949)
  • Poldowski (1879–1932)
  • Victoria Poleva (born 1962)
  • Armande de Polignac (1876–1962)
  • Claire Polin (1926–1995)
  • Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
  • Jeannie G. Pool (born 1951)
  • Rachel Portman (born 1960)
  • Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
  • Rosephanye Powell (born 20th century)
  • Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
  • Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919)
  • Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
  • María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982)
  • Deborah Pritchard (born 1977)
  • Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
  • Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
  • Marie Proksch (1836–1900)
  • Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947)
  • Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943)
  • Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)

Q[]

  • Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
  • Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)

R[]

  • Erika Radermacher (born 1936)
  • Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
  • Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)
  • Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001)
  • Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
  • (born 1993)
  • Eda Rapoport (1890–1968)
  • Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
  • Irma Ravinale (1937–2013)
  • Mme Ravissa (fl. late 18th century)
  • Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
  • Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
  • Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
  • Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
  • Sally Johnston Reid (1948–2019)
  • Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
  • Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976)
  • Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
  • Claire Renard (born 1944)
  • Anna Renfer (1896-1984)
  • Henriette Renié (1875–1956)
  • Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
  • Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
  • Michèle Reverdy (born 1943)
  • Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961)
  • Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
  • Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c.1573, fl. 1597)
  • Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
  • Marga Richter (born 1926)
  • Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
  • Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
  • Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
  • Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
  • Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
  • Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
  • Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
  • Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
  • Betty Roe (born 1930)
  • Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
  • Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
  • Caro Roma (1869–1937)
  • Elena Romero (1923–1996)
  • Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894)
  • Teresa de Rogatis (1893 – 1979)
  • Clotilde Rosa (1930–2017)
  • Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
  • Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
  • Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild (1832–1924)
  • Anna Rubin (born 1946)
  • Hermine Rudersdorff (1822-1882)
  • Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936)
  • Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
  • Magaly Ruiz (born 1941)
  • Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
  • Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)

S[]

T[]

U[]

  • Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
  • Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009)
  • Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846–1896)
  • Anne Upton (1892–1970)
  • Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
  • Irma Urteaga (born 1929)
  • Julia Usher (born 1945)
  • Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
  • Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)

V[]

  • Tamara Vakhvakhishvili (1893–1976)
  • Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
  • Grace Vamos (1898–1992)
  • Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (1927–2014)
  • Madelene Van Aardt (1896–1982)
  • Alicia Van Buren (1860–1922)
  • Viola Van Katwijk (1894–1980)
  • Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930)
  • Annelies Van Parys (born 1975)
  • Kate Vanderpoel (born 1851)
  • Janika Vandervelde (born 1955)
  • J. Lilian Vandevere (1885–1957)
  • Jeannine Vanier (born 1929)
  • Cecile Vashaw (1909–1985)
  • Alida Vázquez (born 1931)
  • Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
  • Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994)
  • Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005)
  • Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (1640–after 1685)
  • Lucie Vellère (1896–1966)
  • Lydia Kunz Venth (1858–1931)
  • Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941)
  • Lydia Kunz Venth (1930–2020)
  • Pamela Motley Verrall (1915–1996)
  • Louise Brown Verrill (1870–1948)
  • Maria Vespermann (1823–1882)
  • Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942)
  • Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
  • Jórunn Viðar (1918–2017)
  • Lois V Vierk (born 1951)
  • Jane Vieu (1871–1955)
  • Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (1914–2002)
  • Jane Vignery (1913–1974)
  • Mariana Villanueva (born 1964)
  • Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
  • Awilda Villarini (born 1940)
  • Alice Vinette (1894–1989)
  • Vera Vinogradova (1895–1982)
  • Marcelle Villin (born 1927)
  • Antha Minerva Virgil (c. 1852–1939)
  • Constance Cochnower Virtue (1905–1992)
  • Giuseppina Vitali (1845–1915)
  • Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (1915–2005)
  • Ida Vivado (1908–1989)
  • Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
  • Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949)
  • Geertruida van Vladeracken (1880–1947)
  • Pauline Volkstein (1849–1925)
  • Hanna Vollenhoven (1889–1972)
  • Valerie Vonpechy (born 1947)
  • Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973)
  • Marion Vree (1920–2012)
  • Rossini Vrionides (1826–1943)
  • Anne van Schothorst (born 1974)

W[]

  • Mimi Wagensonner (1897–1970)
  • Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
  • Harriet Wainwright (c. 1766–1843)
  • Mary Augusta Wakefield (1853–1910)
  • Josephine-Rosalie de Walckiers (1756–1836)
  • Julie Waldburg-Wurzach (1841–1914)
  • Caroline Holme Walker (1863–1955)
  • Ella May Walker (1892–1960)
  • Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
  • Shirley Walker (1945–2006)
  • Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
  • Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
  • Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
  • Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
  • Constance Walton (1919–2017)
  • Tekla Griebel-Wandall (1866–1940)
  • Dorothy Wanderman (1897–1988)
  • An-Ming Wang (born 1926)
  • Qiang Wang (born 1935)
  • Ying Wang (born 1976)
  • Kate Lucy Ward (1833–1915)
  • Hermene Warlick Eichhorn (1906–2001)
  • Katharine Mulky Warne (1923–2015)
  • Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
  • Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
  • Satella Waterstone (1875–1938)
  • Mabel Madison Watson (1872–1952)
  • Regina Watson (1845–1913)
  • Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
  • Carol Ann Weaver (born 1948)
  • Mary Watson Weaver (1903–1990)
  • Alliene Brandon Webb (1910–1965)
  • Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabo (1813–1874)
  • Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953)
  • Bertha Weber (1887–1961)
  • Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
  • Emmy Wegener (1901–1973)
  • Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
  • Judith Weir (born 1954)
  • Helen L. Weiss (1920–1948)
  • Edith Weiss-Mann (1885–1951)
  • Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985)
  • Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
  • Jane Sinclair Wells (born 1952)
  • Norma Wendelburg (1918–2016)
  • Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
  • Elisabet Wentz-Janacek (1923–2014)
  • Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
  • Helen Searles Westbrook (1889–1967)
  • Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
  • Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
  • Mildred Weston (1892–1975)
  • Adelheid Wette (1858–1916)
  • June Weybright (1903–1996)
  • Janet Wheeler (born 1957)
  • Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
  • Claude Porter White (1907–1975)
  • Elise Fellows White (1873–1953)
  • Estelle White (1925–2011)
  • Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
  • Ruth White (1925–2013)
  • Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
  • Bessie Marshall Whitely (1871–1944)
  • E. Florence Whitlock (1889–1978)
  • Dorothy Whitson Freed (1919–2000)
  • Chris Mary Francine Whittle (born 1927)
  • Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
  • Florence Wickham (1880–1962)
  • Aimee Wiele (1907–1991)
  • Lili Wieruszowski (1899–1971)
  • Frances Turgeon Wiggin (1891–1985)
  • Mary Wiggins (1904–1974)
  • Margaret Wigham (1904–1972)
  • Inger Wikström (born 1939)
  • Clara Wildschut (1906–1950)
  • Margaret Jones Wiles (1911–2000)
  • Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
  • Maria Wilhelmj (1850s–1930)
  • Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
  • Grace Williams (1906–1977)
  • Jean E. Williams (1876–1965)
  • Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
  • Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
  • Regina Hansen Willman (1914–1965)
  • Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002)
  • Addie Anderson Wilson (1876–1966)
  • Gertrude Hoag Wilson (1888–1968)
  • Hilda Wilson (1860–1918)
  • Joan Dolores Wilson (born 1933)
  • Helen Wing (1892–1981)
  • Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel (1784–1867)
  • Elisabeth Wintzer (1863–1933)
  • Edith Wire (1889–1973)
  • Debbie Wiseman (born 1963)
  • Caroline Wiseneder (1807–1868)
  • Betty Rose Wishart (born 1947)
  • Beatrice Witkin (1916–1990)
  • Monica Witni (born 1930)
  • Therese Wittman (1869–1942)
  • Diane Wittry (born 1964)
  • Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
  • Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
  • Sophie Wolff-Fritz (1858–1938)
  • Erna Woll (1917–2005)
  • Gertrude Price Wollner (1900–1985)
  • Elsa Laura Wolzogen (1876–1945)
  • Betty Ann Wong (born 1938)
  • Hsiung-Zee Wong (born 1947)
  • Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
  • Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
  • Eliza Woods (1872–1961)
  • Barbara Woof (born 1958)
  • Emma Wooge (1857–1935)
  • Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
  • Lola Carrier Worrell (1870–1929)
  • Amy Aldrich Worth (1888–1967)
  • Ellen Riley Wright (1859–1904)
  • Nannie Louise Wright (1879–1958)
  • Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
  • Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
  • Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
  • Ilse Gerda Wunsch (1911–2003)
  • Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
  • Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)
  • Ann Wyeth McCoy (1915–2005)
  • Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)

X[]

  • Margareta Xenopol (1892–1979)
  • Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
  • Huguang Xin (1933–2011)
  • Qu Xixian (1919–2008)

Y[]

Z[]

  • Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
  • Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
  • Barbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk (born 1946)
  • Arlene Zallman (1934–2006)
  • Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek (1904–1972)
  • Maria Semyonovna Zavalishina (born 1903)
  • Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007)
  • Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
  • Dafina Zeqiri (composer) (born 1984)
  • Gaziza Zhubanova (1927–1993)
  • Valentine Yanovna Zhubinskaya (1926–2013)
  • Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia (born 1937)
  • Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova (born 1909)
  • Lidia Zielinska (born 1953)
  • Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
  • Frances Ziffer (1917–1996)
  • Marilyn J. Ziffrin (1926–2018)
  • Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
  • Margrit Zimmermann (1927–2020)
  • Phyllis Zimmerman (1934–2012)
  • Mirjana Živkovic (born 1935)
  • Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
  • Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
  • Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
  • Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
  • Esther Zweig (1906–1981)
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

See also[]

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