Nationality
United Kingdom
1,096 composers from United Kingdom, dated and grouped.
- A. J. Potter1918–1980
- Aaron Williams (composer)1731–1776
- Achille Simonetti1857–1928
- Adam Pounds1954–
- Adela Maddison1862–1929
- Adelina de Lara1872–1961
- Adiescar Chase
- Adrian Batten1591–1637
- Adrian Jack1943–2026
- Adrian Johnston (musician)1961–
- Adrian Sutton1967–2025
- Alan Bush1900–1995
- Alan Rawsthorne1905–1971
- Alan Richardson (composer)1904–1978
- Alan Ridout1934–1996
- Alan Shacklock1950–
- Alan Wilson (composer)1947–2026
- Alastair King (composer)1967–
- Albert Ketèlbey1875–1959
- Albertus Bryne1621–1668
- Alec Roth1948–
- Aleksander Kolkowski1959–
- Alex Prior1992–
- Alexander Goehr1932–2024
- Alexander Goldscheider1950–
- Alexander Mackenzie (composer)1847–1935
- Alfonso Ferrabosco III
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger1575–1628
- Alfred Gaul1837–1913
- Alfred Novello1810–1896
- Alfred Whitehead1887–1974
- Algernon Ashton1859–1937
- Alice Mary Smith1839–1884
- Alice Verne-Bredt1864–1958
- Alicia Adélaide Needham1863–1945
- Alissa Firsova1986–
- Alistair Hinton1950–
- Allardyce Mallon1965–
- Alma Deutscher2005–
- Alun Davies (guitarist)1943–
- Alun Hoddinott1929–2008
- Alwynne Pritchard1968–
- Amanda Aldridge1866–1956
- Ambrose Lupo
- Amelia Lehmann1838–1903
- Amy Woodforde-Finden1860–1919
- Andi Spicer1959–2020
- Andrew Carter (composer)1939–2026
- Andrew Downes (composer)1950–2023
- Andrew Gant1963–
- Andrew Hugill1957–
- Andrew Poppy1954–
- Andrew Wilson-Dickson1946–
- Andrzej Panufnik1914–1991
- Andy Hunter (DJ)1974–
- Angela Morley1924–2009
- Angharad Davies
- Angy Palumbo1923–1960
- Ann Mounsey1811–1891
- Ann Valentine1762–1842
- Anne Dudley1956–
- Anne Lovett (musician)
- Annie Patterson1868–1934
- Anthony Bernard1891–1963
- Anthony Burgess1917–1993
- Anthony Gilbert (composer)1934–2023
- Anthony Hedges1931–2019
- Anthony Holborne1545–1602
- Anthony Moore1948–
- Anthony Payne1936–2021
- Anthony Powers1953–
- Anthony Whittaker1968–
- Anthony Young (musician)1683–1747
- Antoinette Kirkwood1930–2014
- Antony le Fleming1941–
- Armstrong Gibbs1889–1960
- Arnold Bax1883–1953
- Arnold Cooke1906–2005
- Arthur Bliss1891–1975
- Arthur Butterworth1923–2014
- Arthur Elwell Fisher1848–
- Arthur Phillips (musician)1605–1695
- Arthur Somervell1863–1937
- Arthur Sullivan1842–1900
- Arthur Wills (musician)1926–2020
- Arthur Wood (composer)1875–1953
- Augusta Holmès1847–1903
- Avril Anderson1953–
- Avril Coleridge-Taylor1903–1998
- Barry Guy1947–
- Basil Harwood1859–1949
- Bayan Northcott1940–2022
- Benedict Mason1954–
- Benjamin Britten1913–1976
- Benjamin Burrows1891–1966
- Benjamin Dale1885–1943
- Benjamin Frankel1906–1973
- Benson Taylor1983–
- Bernard Barrell1919–2005
- Bernard Gates1686–1773
- Bernard Naylor1907–1986
- Bernard Rands1934–2026
- Bernard Rose (musician)1916–1996
- Bernard Stevens1916–1983
- Berthold Goldschmidt1903–1996
- Bertram Luard-Selby1853–1918
- Bettina Walker1860–1893
- Betty Roe1930–2026
- Big George1957–2011
- Bill Hopkins (composer)1943–1981
- Bill Whelan1950–
- Billy Mayerl1902–1959
- Bishop Simms1767–1829
- Bob Chilcott1955–
- Bramwell Tovey1953–2022
- Brian Easdale1909–1995
- Brian Elias1948–
- Brian Ferneyhough1943–
- Brian Jackson (conductor)1943–
- Brian Newbould1936–
- Bushra El-Turk1982–
- Byttering
- C Duncan1989–
- C. W. Orr1893–1976
- Caleb Simper1856–1942
- Cameron Sinclair (composer)
- Capel Bond1730–1790
- Carl Hardebeck1869–1945
- Cecil Coles1888–1918
- Cecil Forsyth1870–1941
- Cecil Gray (composer)1895–1951
- Cécile Hartog1857–1940
- Cecilia Maria Barthélemon1767–1859
- Cecilia McDowall1951–
- Cedric Thorpe Davie1913–1983
- Charles Ambrose1791–1856
- Charles Ancliffe1880–1952
- Charles Avison1709–1770
- Charles Godfrey (bandmaster)1790–1863
- Charles Harford Lloyd1849–1919
- Charles Hylton Stewart1884–1932
- Charles John Frederick Lampe1739–1767
- Charles Kensington Salaman1814–1901
- Charles Legh Naylor1869–1945
- Charles Nicholson (flautist)1795–1837
- Charles Turner (English composer)1907–1977
- Charles Villiers Stanford1852–1924
- Charles Williams (composer)1893–1978
- Charles Wood (composer)1866–1926
- Charles Young (musician)1686–1758
- Charlie Chaplin1889–1977
- Charlotte Bray1982–
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad1980–
- Chris de Souza1943–
- Chris Newman (artist)1958–
- Christian Darnton1905–1981
- Christian Henson1971–
- Christopher Bochmann1950–
- Christopher Bowers-Broadbent1945–
- Christopher Brown (British composer)1943–
- Christopher Edmunds1899–1990
- Christopher Fox (composer)1955–
- Christopher Gibbons1615–1676
- Christopher Gordon (composer)1956–
- Christopher Gunning1944–2023
- Christopher Hobbs1950–
- Christopher Shaw (composer)1924–1995
- Christopher Simpson (musician)1602–1669
- Christopher Slaski1974–
- Christopher Tambling1964–2015
- Christopher Tye1505–1573
- Christopher Whelen1927–1993
- Claire Liddell
- Clara Angela Macirone1821–1895
- Clarence Barlow1945–2023
- Claudia Molitor1974–
- Clement Harris1871–1897
- Colin Gibson (musician)1949–
- Colin Matthews1946–
- Colin Mawby1936–2019
- Colin McAlpin1870–1942
- Colin Ross (composer)1911–1993
- Colin Touchin1953–2022
- Colin Towns1948–
- Colin Wark1896–1939
- Constant Lambert1905–1951
- Cornelius Cardew1936–1981
- Craig Armstrong (composer)1959–
- Cuthbert Hely
- Cyril Ornadel1924–2011
- Cyril Scott1879–1970
- Dafydd Llywelyn (composer)1939–2013
- Daniel Bacheler1572–1619
- Daniel Jones (composer)1912–1993
- Daniel Kidane1986–
- Daniel Pemberton1977–
- Daniel Purcell1664–1717
- Daniel Roseingrave
- Danny L Harle1989–
- Dave Hewson (composer)1953–
- Dave Smith (composer)1949–
- David Arnold1962–
- David Bedford1937–2011
- David Blake (composer)1936–
- David Briggs (English musician)1962–
- David Bruce (composer)1970–
- David Dubery1948–
- David Ellis (composer)1933–2023
- David Fanshawe1942–2010
- David Horne (composer)1970–
- David Jennings (composer)1972–
- David Johnson (Scottish composer)1942–2009
- David Lord (producer)1944–
- David Lowe (video game composer)
- David Matthews (composer)1943–
- David Moule-Evans1905–1988
- David Nicholls (musicologist)1955–
- David Sawer1961–
- David Stoll (composer)1948–
- David Willcocks1919–2015
- David Wynne (composer)1900–1983
- Deborah Mollison1958–
- Deirdre Gribbin1967–
- Dénes von Buday1890–1963
- Denis ApIvor1916–2004
- Denis King1939–
- Dennis Berry1921–1994
- Derek Bell (musician)1935–2002
- Derek Bourgeois1941–2017
- Dick Higgins1938–1998
- Diego Masson1935–
- Dilys Elwyn-Edwards1918–2011
- Dmitri Smirnov (composer)1948–2020
- Dmytro Morykit1956–
- Dobrinka Tabakova1980–
- Dominic Lewis1985–
- Dominic Muldowney1952–
- Donald Swann1923–1994
- Donald Tovey1875–1940
- Dora Bright1862–1951
- Doreen Carwithen1922–2003
- Dorothy Howell (composer)1898–1982
- Dorothy Parke1904–1990
- Dougie MacLean1954–
- Douglas Guest1916–1996
- Dru Masters1965–
- Duncan Druce1939–2015
- E. T. Cook1880–1953
- Eaton Faning1850–1927
- Edgar Bainton1880–1956
- Edith Swepstone1885–1930
- Edmund Chipp1823–1886
- Edmund Finnis1984–
- Edmund Jolliffe1976–
- Edmund Rubbra1901–1986
- Edric Cundell1893–1961
- Edward Cowie1943–
- Edward Elgar1857–1934
- Edward German1862–1936
- Edward Gibbons1568–1650
- Edward Harwood (of Darwen)1707–1787
- Edward Higginbottom1946–
- Edward Jakobowski1856–1929
- Edward John Hopkins1818–1901
- Edward McGuire (composer)1948–
- Edward Miller (musician)1735–1807
- Edward Naylor1867–1934
- Edward Purcell (musician)1689–1740
- Edward Salim Michael1921–2006
- Edward White (composer)1910–1994
- Edwin Lemare1866–1934
- Edwin Roxburgh1937–
- Egon Wellesz1885–1974
- Eibhlis Farrell1953–
- Elaine Hugh-Jones1927–2021
- Elena Langer1974–
- Elias Parish Alvars1808–1849
- Elisabeth Lutyens1906–1983
- Elisabetta de Gambarini1730–1765
- Elizabeth Maconchy1907–1994
- Elizabeth Parker (composer)1950–
- Elizabeth Philp1827–1885
- Elizabeth Poston1905–1987
- Elizabeth Stirling1819–1895
- Ella Spira
- Ellen Dickson1819–1878
- Elliot Davis (composer)
- Ellis Gibbons1573–1603
- Emánuel Moór1863–1931
- Emma Lomax1873–1963
- Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee1979–
- Enderby Jackson1827–1903
- Enid Luff1935–2022
- Eric Coates1886–1957
- Eric Fenby1906–1997
- Eric Fogg1903–1939
- Eric Robertson (composer)1948–
- Erik Chisholm1904–1965
- Erika Fox1936–
- Ernest Austin1874–1947
- Ernest Farrar1885–1918
- Ernest John Moeran1894–1950
- Ernest Shand1868–1924
- Ernest Tomlinson1924–2015
- Ernest Walker (composer)1870–1949
- Estelle White1925–2011
- Ethel Barns1874–1948
- Ethel Leginska1886–1970
- Ethel Mary Boyce1863–1936
- Ethel R. Harraden1857–1917
- Ethel Scarborough1880–1956
- Ethel Smyth1858–1944
- Fanny Arthur Robinson1831–1879
- Florence Ashton Marshall1843–1922
- Florence Aylward1862–1950
- Florence Everilda Goodeve1848–1916
- Frances Allitsen1848–1912
- Francesco Barsanti1690–1775
- Francesco Berger1834–1933
- Francesco Geminiani
- Francis Burt (composer)1926–2012
- Francis Cutting1550–1595
- Francis Edward Bache1833–1858
- Francis Forcer the Elder1650–1705
- Francis Grier1955–
- Francis Pigott (composer)1665–1704
- Francis Tregian the Younger1574–1619
- Frank Bridge1879–1941
- Frank Denyer1943–
- Frank Tapp1883–1953
- Franz Reizenstein1911–1968
- Fred Frith1949–
- Fred Hartley1905–1980
- Freda Swain1902–1985
- Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger1868–1943
- Frederic Archer1838–1901
- Frederic Bayco1913–1970
- Frederic Cliffe1857–1931
- Frederic Curzon1899–1973
- Frederic Hymen Cowen1852–1935
- Frederic Lamond (pianist)1868–1948
- Frederick Corder1852–1932
- Frederick Delius1862–1934
- Frederick Keel1871–1954
- Frederick Nicholls Crouch1808–1896
- Frederick Ouseley1825–1889
- Frederick Septimus Kelly1881–1916
- Frederick William Wadely1882–1970
- Freya Waley-Cohen1989–
- Gabriel Prokofiev1975–
- Gareth Wood (composer)1950–2023
- Gary Carpenter (composer)1951–
- Gavin Bryars1943–
- Geoff Hannan1972–
- Geoff Smith (music composer)1966–
- Geoffrey Burgon1941–2010
- Geoffrey Bush1920–1998
- Geoffrey Grey1934–2023
- Geoffrey Poole1949–
- Geoffrey Turton Shaw1879–1943
- George Alexander Macfarren1813–1887
- George Alexander Osborne1806–1893
- George Augustus Löhr1821–1897
- George Benjamin (composer)1960–
- George Butterworth1885–1916
- George Dyson (composer)1883–1964
- George French Flowers1811–1872
- George Frideric Handel1685–1759
- George H. Hucke1868–1903
- George Hudson (composer)1615–1672
- George Kirbye1565–1634
- George Lloyd (composer)1913–1998
- George Martin1926–2016
- George Posford1906–1976
- George Rodwell1800–1852
- George Whyte1933–2012
- Gerald Cockshott1915–1979
- Gerald Finzi1901–1956
- Gerald Hendrie1935–
- Geraldine Connor1952–2011
- Geraldine Mucha1917–2012
- Gerard Francis Cobb1838–1904
- Gilbert Vinter1909–1969
- Giles Farnaby1563–1640
- Giles Swayne1946–
- Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli1691–1772
- Godric of Finchale1065–1170
- Goff Richards1944–2011
- Goran Vejvoda1956–
- Gordon Jacob1895–1984
- Gordon Langford1930–2017
- Gordon McPherson1965–
- Gordon Saunders1837–1912
- Grace Williams1906–1977
- Grace-Evangeline Mason1994–
- Graham Fitkin1963–
- Graham Peel1878–1937
- Graham Reilly1972–
- Graham Waterhouse1962–
- Grant Kirkhope1962–
- Granville Bantock1868–1946
- Grayston Ives1948–
- Gregory Rose (musician)1948–
- Guirne Creith1907–1996
- Gustav Holst1874–1934
- Guto Puw1971–
- Guy Michelmore1957–
- Guy Warrack1900–1986
- Guy Woolfenden1937–2016
- Gwilym Simcock1981–
- Gwyneth Herbert1981–
- Gyp Mills1946–2019
- Hamilton Harty1879–1941
- Hamish MacCunn1868–1916
- Hannah Kendall1984–
- Hans Redlich1903–1968
- Harold Craxton1885–1971
- Harrison Birtwistle1934–2022
- Harry Escott1976–
- Harry Farjeon1878–1948
- Havergal Brian1876–1972
- Haydn Wood1882–1959
- Heathcote Dicken Statham1889–1973
- Helen Chadwick (musician)
- Helen Glatz1908–1996
- Helen Hopekirk1856–1945
- Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor1981–
- Henry Bishop (composer)1787–1855
- Henry Carey (writer)1687–1743
- Henry Erskine Allon1864–1897
- Henry Farmer1819–1891
- Henry Hiles1826–1904
- Henry Holmes (composer)1839–1905
- Henry Hugh Pierson1815–1873
- Henry Jackman1974–
- Henry Lawes1595–1662
- Henry Ley (organist)1887–1962
- Henry Litolff1818–1891
- Henry Marcellus Higgs1855–1929
- Henry Purcell1659–1695
- Henry Ramsden Bramley1833–1917
- Henry Thomas Pringuer1852–1930
- Henry Twiselton Elliston1801–1864
- Herbert Bunning1863–1937
- Herbert Howells1892–1983
- Herbert Hughes (composer)1882–1937
- Herbert J. Ellis1865–1903
- Herbert Menges1902–1972
- Herbert Sumsion1899–1995
- Hermann Löhr1871–1943
- Hilda Dederich1901–1969
- Hilda Wilson1860–1918
- Howard Blake1938–
- Howard Goodall1958–
- Howard Skempton1947–
- Hubert Bath1883–1945
- Hubert Parry1848–1918
- Hugh Aston1485–1558
- Hugh Davies (composer)1943–2005
- Hugh Shrapnel1947–
- Humphrey Procter-Gregg1895–1980
- Humphrey Searle1915–1982
- Huw Watkins1976–
- Iain Bell1980–
- Iain Burnside1950–
- Iain Chambers (musician)
- Iain Hamilton (composer)1922–2000
- Ian Kellam1933–2014
- Ian Livingstone (composer)1969–
- Ian Vine1974–
- Ian Whyte (conductor)1901–1961
- Ian Wilson (composer)1964–
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski1860–1941
- Ignatius de Orellana1860–1931
- Ignatius Sancho1729–1780
- Ilan Eshkeri1977–
- Imogen Holst1907–1984
- Inglis Gundry1905–2000
- Isobel Waller-Bridge1984–
- Ivan Hewett
- Ivan Moody (composer)1964–2024
- Ivor Gurney1890–1937
- Jack Beaver1900–1963
- Jack Westrup1904–1975
- James Chater1951–
- James Clarke (composer)1957–
- James Dillon (composer)1950–
- James Douglas (composer)1932–2022
- James Holland (percussionist)1933–2022
- James MacMillan1959–
- James Nares (composer)1715–1783
- James Oswald (composer)1710–1769
- James Saunders (composer)1972–
- James Stevens (composer)1923–2012
- James W. Tate1875–1922
- James Wilson (composer)1922–2005
- James Wood (musician)1953–
- Jan Faulkner1953–2013
- Jane Bianchi1776–1858
- Jane Joseph1894–1929
- Jane Mary Guest1762–1846
- Jane Savage1752–1824
- Jane Sloman1824–1906
- Jane Stirling1804–1859
- Jane Wang (composer and musician)1957–
- Janet Beat1937–
- Janet Graham1948–
- Janet Owen Thomas1961–2002
- Jasdeep Singh Degun
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London1680–1730
- Jean-Paul Maunick1957–
- Jeffrey Ching1965–
- Jennifer Margaret Barker1965–
- Jeremiah Clarke1674–1707
- Jeremy Filsell1964–
- Jessie Seymour Irvine1836–1887
- Jim Parker (composer)1934–2023
- Jimmy Dale (musician)1935–2017
- Joan Mary Last1908–2002
- Joan Trimble1915–2000
- Joby Talbot1971–
- Joe Cutler1968–
- Johann Baptist Cramer1771–1858
- Johann Christian Bach1735–1782
- Johannes Alanus
- John Abell1653–1724
- John Abram1959–
- John Alcock (organist, born 1740)1740–1791
- John Amner1579–1641
- John Banister (composer)1630–1679
- John Barnett (composer)1802–1890
- John Barry (composer)1933–2011
- John Bennet (composer)1575–1615
- John Bennett (composer)1735–1784
- John Bevan Baker1926–1994
- John Blackwood McEwen1868–1948
- John Blow1649–1708
- John Browne (composer)
- John Bull (composer)1562–1628
- John Buller (composer)1927–2004
- John Caldwell (musicologist)1938–
- John Casken1949–
- John Christmas Beckwith1759–1809
- John Christopher Smith1712–1795
- John Collett (composer)1735–1775
- John Coprario1570–1626
- John Dowland1563–1626
- John Dunstaple1390–1453
- John Eacott1961–
- John Eccles (composer)1668–1735
- John Farmer (composer)1570–1601
- John Foster (composer)1762–1822
- John Foulds1880–1939
- John Francis Barnett1837–1916
- John Gardner (composer)1917–2011
- John Goss (composer)1800–1880
- John Greaves (musician)1950–
- John Hanboys
- John Hardy (composer)1957–
- John Hebden1705–1765
- John Hilton the younger1599–1657
- John Hopkins (composer)1949–
- John Ireland (composer)1879–1962
- John Jenkins (composer)1592–1678
- John Kenny (trombonist)1957–
- John Lely1976–
- John Lodge Ellerton1801–1873
- John Lugge1580–1647
- John Lunn1956–
- John Mahon (composer)1749–1834
- John Marsh (composer)1752–1828
- John McCabe (composer)1939–2015
- John Merbecke1505–1585
- John Metcalf (composer)1946–
- John Milton (composer)1562–1646
- John Mundy (composer)1555–1630
- John Palmer (composer)1959–
- John Pickard (composer)1963–
- John Pitts (composer)
- John Powell (film composer)1963–
- John Purser (musician)1942–
- John Pyke Hullah1812–1884
- John Rae (musician)1966–
- John Ravenscroft (composer)1665–1697
- John Reading (copyist)1685–1764
- John Redford1486–1547
- John Rippiner Heath1887–1950
- John Rogers Thomas1830–1896
- John Rutter1945–
- John Sanders (musician)1933–2003
- John Sheppard (composer)1515–1558
- John Stafford Smith1750–1836
- John Stainer1840–1901
- John Stanley (composer)1712–1786
- John Tavener1944–2013
- John Taverner1490–1545
- John Taylor (Unitarian hymn writer)1750–1826
- John Thomas (harpist)1826–1913
- John Thomson (composer)1805–1841
- John Valentine (composer)1730–1791
- John Vallier1920–1991
- John Veale1922–2006
- John W. Duarte1919–2004
- John Ward (composer)1571–1638
- John Webb (composer)1969–
- John Weldon (musician)1676–1736
- John White (composer)1936–2024
- John Wilbye1574–1638
- John Woolrich1954–
- Johnny Douglas (conductor)1920–2003
- Jolyon Brettingham Smith1949–2008
- Jon Opstad1983–
- Jonathan Battishill1738–1801
- Jonathan Blewitt1782–1853
- Jonathan Dove1959–
- Jonathan Goldstein (composer)1969–2019
- Jonathan Harvey (composer)1939–2012
- Joseph Barnby1838–1896
- Joseph Gibbs (composer)1698–1788
- Joseph Horovitz1926–2022
- Joseph Kemp (organist)1778–1824
- Joseph Phibbs1974–
- Josephine Troup1853–1912
- Joyce Howard Barrell1917–1989
- Judith Bailey (composer)1941–2025
- Judith Bingham1952–
- Judith Weir1954–
- Jules Buckley1980–
- Julia Usher1945–
- Julian Anderson1967–
- Julian Clifford1877–1921
- Julian Philips1969–
- Julian Wagstaff1970–
- Julius Benedict1804–1885
- Julius Harrison1885–1963
- Justin Connolly1933–2020
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji1892–1988
- Kalitha Dorothy Fox1894–1934
- Karl Jenkins1944–
- Kate Loder1825–1904
- Kate Whitley1989–
- Kate Williams (pianist)
- Katharine Emily Eggar1874–1961
- Katherine Dienes1970–
- Kathleen Richards1895–1984
- Keff McCulloch
- Keith Burstein1957–
- Keith Tippett1947–2020
- Ken Howard (composer)1939–2024
- Kenneth Hesketh1968–
- Kenneth J. Alford1881–1945
- Kenneth Leighton1929–1988
- Kerensa Briggs1991–
- Kevin MacNeil1972–
- Keyna Wilkins1981–
- Lady Arthur Hill1848–1944
- Lady Mary Dering1629–1704
- Landon Ronald1873–1938
- Larry Goves1980–
- Laura Rossi1975–
- Laurence Crane1961–
- Laurie Johnson1927–2024
- Lennox Berkeley1903–1989
- Leo Smith (composer)1881–1952
- Leon Parris1981–
- Leonard N. Fowles1870–1939
- Leonel Power
- Leopold Spinner1906–1980
- Leopold Wenzel1847–1923
- Leslie Stewart (writer)1949–
- Lilian Elkington1900–1969
- Lindsay Cooper1951–2013
- Lindsay Sloper1826–1887
- Liza Lehmann1862–1918
- Lola Rae1991–
- Lord Berners1883–1950
- Loré Lixenberg
- Loren Gold
- Lorne Balfe1976–
- Louis Levy1894–1957
- Louis N. Parker1852–1944
- Lucy Ward (musician)1989–
- Luigi Cherubini1760–1842
- Luke Bedford1978–
- Luke Flintoft1680–1727
- Lydia Kakabadse1955–
- Lyell Cresswell1944–2022
- Madeleine Dring1923–1977
- Malcolm Arnold1921–2006
- Malcolm Lipkin1932–2017
- Malcolm Riley1960–
- Maleek Berry1987–
- Marc Canham (composer)1977–
- Margaret Lucy Wilkins1939–
- Margaret Rizza1929–
- Maria Frances Parke1772–1822
- Maria Hester Park1760–1813
- Maria Lamburn1960–
- Maria Linnemann1947–
- Marian Arkwright1863–1922
- Marjory Kennedy-Fraser1857–1930
- Mark Bowden (composer)1979–
- Mark Edgley Smith1955–2008
- Mark London1940–
- Mark Slater (composer)1969–
- Mark Thomas (composer)1956–2023
- Mark-Anthony Turnage1960–
- Marmaduke Barton1865–1938
- Martha Llwyd1766–1845
- Martin Peerson1572–1651
- Martin Shaw (composer)1875–1958
- Martindale Sidwell1916–1998
- Mary Ann Wrighten1751–1796
- Mary Anne à Beckett1815–1863
- Mary Augusta Wakefield1853–1910
- Mary Dickenson-Auner1880–1965
- Mary Louisa White
- Mary Lucas1882–1952
- Mary Wurm1860–1938
- Matthew Jones (musician)1974–
- Matthew King (composer, born 1967)1967–
- Matthew Locke (composer)1621–1677
- Matthew Taylor (composer)1964–
- Mátyás Seiber1905–1960
- Maude Valérie White1855–1937
- Maurice Besly1888–1945
- Maurice Greene (composer)1696–1755
- Max Richter1966–
- Melanie Ruth Daiken1945–2016
- Melville Cook1912–1993
- Michael Alcorn1962–
- Michael Arne1740–1786
- Michael Berkeley1948–
- Michael Christian Festing1705–1752
- Michael Costa (conductor)1808–1884
- Michael East (composer)1580–1648
- Michael F. Robinson1933–2026
- Michael Finnissy1946–
- Michael Garrett (composer)1944–2023
- Michael Head (composer)1900–1976
- Michael Hurd (composer)1928–2006
- Michael J. Lewis (composer)1939–
- Michael Nyman1944–
- Michael Parsons (composer)1938–
- Michael Rosenzweig (composer)1951–
- Michael Tippett1905–1998
- Michael William Balfe1808–1870
- Michael Wise (musician)1648–1687
- Milton Mermikides1971–
- Mme Delaval1763–1804
- Monty Norman1928–2022
- Morfydd Llwyn Owen1891–1918
- Muriel Herbert1897–1984
- Muzio Clementi1752–1832
- Natasha Barrett (composer)1972–
- Nathaniel Giles1558–1633
- Naughty Boy1981–
- Neil Brand1958–
- Neil Richardson (composer)1930–2010
- Nicholas Hooper1952–
- Nicholas Lanier1588–1666
- Nicholas Ludford1490–1557
- Nicholas Maw1935–2009
- Nicholas O'Neill (composer)1970–
- Nicholas Staggins1650–1700
- Nick Glennie-Smith1951–
- Nick Roth (composer)1982–
- Nicola LeFanu1947–
- Nicola Matteis1650–1713
- Niel Gow1727–1807
- Nigel Godrich1971–
- Nigel Hess1953–
- Nigel Osborne1948–
- Nikki Iles1963–
- Nikolai Medtner1879–1951
- Nimrod Borenstein1969–
- Norman Demuth1898–1968
- Norman Fulton1909–1980
- Norman Hallam (composer)1945–2025
- Norman Kay (composer)1929–2001
- Norman O'Neill (composer)1875–1934
- Norman Peterkin1886–1982
- Obadiah Shuttleworth
- Oliphant Chuckerbutty1884–1960
- Oliver Kentish1954–
- Oliver Knussen1952–2018
- Oliver Wallace1887–1963
- Oliveria Prescott1842–1917
- Orlando Gibbons1583–1625
- Oscar Beringer1844–1922
- Pamela Harrison (composer)1915–1990
- Paolo Tosti1846–1916
- Patric Standford1939–2014
- Patrick Doyle1953–
- Patrick Hadley1899–1973
- Patrick Hawes1958–
- Patrick Larley1951–
- Paul Buchanan1956–
- Paul Carr (composer)1961–
- Paul Corder1879–1942
- Paul Fincham1959–
- Paul Keenan (composer)1956–2001
- Paul Mealor1975–
- Paul Mounsey1959–
- Paul Newland1966–
- Paul Patterson (composer)1947–
- Paul Reade1943–1997
- Paul Spicer (musician)1952–
- Paul Thomson (composer)1972–
- Paul Whitty1970–
- Paul Williams (composer)1940–
- Pauline Duchambge1776–1858
- Peggy Hubicki1915–2006
- Pelham Humfrey1647–1674
- Percy Buck1871–1947
- Percy Kahn1880–1966
- Percy Sherwood1866–1939
- Pete Moore (composer)1924–2013
- Peter Andry1927–2010
- Peter Brewis1955–
- Peter Crossley-Holland1916–2001
- Peter Gregson (cellist)1987–
- Peter Hope (composer)1930–
- Peter Maxwell Davies1934–2016
- Peter Meechan (composer)1980–
- Peter Philips1561–1628
- Peter Pope (composer)1917–1991
- Peter Racine Fricker1920–1990
- Peter Reynolds (composer)1958–2016
- Peter Warlock1894–1930
- Phil Miller1949–2017
- Philip Cannon (composer)1929–2016
- Philip Cashian1963–
- Philip Grange1956–
- Philip Hart (organist)1674–1749
- Philip Hayes (composer)1738–1797
- Philip Knapton1788–1833
- Philip Martell1907–1993
- Philip Pope
- Philip Rosseter1568–1623
- Philip Sparke1951–
- Philip Venables1979–
- Philip Wilby1949–
- Phyllis Tate1911–1987
- Poldowski1879–1932
- Priaulx Rainier1903–1986
- R. J. S. Stevens1757–1837
- R. O. Morris1886–1948
- Rachel Portman1960–
- Raffaello de Banfield1922–2008
- Ralph Vaughan Williams1872–1958
- Ray Martin (orchestra leader)1918–1988
- Raymond Rôze1875–1920
- Raymond Warren1928–2025
- Raymond Wilding-White1922–2001
- Rebecca Clarke (composer)1886–1979
- Rebecca Saunders1967–
- Reginald King (composer)1904–1991
- Reginald Smith Brindle1917–2003
- Rhian Samuel1944–
- Richard Addinsell1904–1977
- Richard Allison (composer)
- Richard Arnell1917–2009
- Richard Barrett (composer)1959–
- Richard Charke1709–1737
- Richard Dering1580–1630
- Richard Edwardes1525–1566
- Richard Emsley1951–
- Richard Farrant1525–1580
- Richard Harris (composer)1968–
- Richard Harvey (composer)1953–
- Richard Henry Walthew1872–1951
- Richard Hey Lloyd1933–2021
- Richard Hill (composer)1942–2026
- Richard Hygons1435–1509
- Richard Jones (composer)1680–1744
- Richard Leveridge1670–1758
- Richard Rodney Bennett1936–2012
- Richard Sampson1485–1554
- Richard Shephard1949–2021
- Richard Stoker1938–2021
- Robert Brydges Addison1854–1920
- Robert Docker1918–1992
- Robert Fayrfax1464–1521
- Robert Johnson (English composer)1583–1633
- Robert Lucas Pearsall1795–1856
- Robert Mackintosh1745–1807
- Robert Morton (composer)1430–1479
- Robert O'Dwyer1862–1949
- Robert Parsons (composer)1535–1572
- Robert Saxton1953–
- Robert Simpson (composer)1921–1997
- Robert Steadman1965–
- Robert Still1910–1971
- Robert Valentine (composer)1671–1747
- Robert Walker (composer)1946–
- Robert Whinham1814–1893
- Robert White (composer)1538–1574
- Robert William Keith1787–1846
- Robert Woodcock1690–1728
- Roberto Gerhard1896–1970
- Robin Holloway1943–
- Roderick Watkins1964–
- Roger Jones (composer)1948–
- Roger Quilter1877–1953
- Roger Sacheverell Coke1912–1972
- Roger Steptoe1953–
- Ron Goodwin1925–2003
- Ronald Binge1910–1979
- Ronald Center1913–1973
- Ronald Senator1926–2015
- Ronald Stevenson1928–2015
- Ronnie Hazlehurst1928–2007
- Rory Boyle1951–
- Rosalind Ellicott1857–1924
- Ross Cullum1957–
- Roxanna Panufnik1968–
- Roy Douglas1907–2015
- Roy Henry
- Rupert Gregson-Williams1966–
- Ruth Barrett1976–
- Ruth Gipps1921–1999
- Ryan Wigglesworth1979–
- S. Drummond Wolff1916–2004
- Sally Beamish1956–
- Samuel Arnold (composer)1740–1802
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor1875–1912
- Samuel Lover1797–1868
- Samuel Reay1822–1905
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley1810–1876
- Samuel Wesley (composer, born 1766)1766–1837
- Sandy Nuttgens1964–
- Sarah Class1968–
- Sarah Whatmore1981–
- Sasha Siem1984–
- Sebastian Westcott1524–1583
- Sheila Nelson1936–2020
- Shena Fraser1910–1993
- Shirley Thompson (composer)1958–
- Shona Mooney
- Sidney Nelson1800–1862
- Sidney Torch1908–1990
- Simon Bainbridge1952–2021
- Simon Emmerson (composer)1950–
- Simon Holt1958–
- Simon Power (composer)1958–
- Simon Preston1938–2022
- Simon Russell (composer)
- Simon Waley1827–1875
- Simon Wallace1957–
- Sinan Savaskan1954–
- Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet1676–1755
- Solomon Eccles1618–1683
- Sophia Dussek1775–
- Stanley Bate1911–1959
- Stanley Black1913–2002
- Stephen Caudel
- Stephen Dodgson1924–2013
- Stephen Endelman1962–
- Stephen Ferguson1955–
- Stephen McNeff1951–
- Stephen Oliver (composer)1950–1992
- Steve Burke (composer)1974–
- Steve Martland1959–2013
- Steve Race (musician)1921–2009
- Steven Price (composer)1977–
- Stuart MacRae (composer)1976–
- Stuart Mitchell1965–2018
- Susan Spain-Dunk1880–1962
- Syd Dale1924–1994
- Sylvia Hallett1953–
- Tali Esen Morgan1858–1941
- Tansy Davies1973–
- Tarik O'Regan1978–
- Teresa del Riego1876–1968
- Theo Marzials1850–1920
- Theodore Holland1878–1947
- Thomas Adès1971–
- Thomas Arne1710–1778
- Thomas Ashwell1478–
- Thomas Attwood (composer)1765–1838
- Thomas Bidgood1858–1925
- Thomas Busby (composer)1754–1838
- Thomas Campion1567–1620
- Thomas Carter (composer)1769–1800
- Thomas Causton1520–1570
- Thomas Chilcot1700–1766
- Thomas Clark (composer)1775–1859
- Thomas Clayton (composer)1673–1725
- Thomas Dunhill1877–1946
- Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie1732–1781
- Thomas Forbes Walmisley1783–1866
- Thomas Ford (composer)1580–1648
- Thomas Haynes Bayly1797–1839
- Thomas Lupo the elder1571–1627
- Thomas Mace1613–1709
- Thomas Mervyn Horder, 2nd Baron Horder1910–1997
- Thomas Morley1559–1602
- Thomas Pitfield1903–1999
- Thomas Ravenscroft1592–1635
- Thomas Robinson (composer)1560–
- Thomas Roseingrave1688–1766
- Thomas Shaw (composer)1752–1830
- Thomas Tallis1505–1585
- Thomas Tomkins1572–1656
- Thomas Weelkes1576–1623
- Thomas Welsh (composer)1780–1848
- Thomas Whythorne1528–1595
- Thomas Wilson (composer)1927–2001
- Tim Benjamin (composer)1975–
- Tim Follin1970–
- Tim Hodgkinson1949–
- Tim Souster1943–1994
- Timothy Williams (composer)1966–
- Tobias Hume1569–1645
- Tobias Matthay1858–1945
- Tom Gray (activist)
- Tony Britten
- Tony Haynes (English composer)1941–2024
- Tony Russell (musician)1929–1970
- Tre Jean-Marie1993–
- Trevor Duncan1924–2005
- Tristin Norwell
- Tristram Cary1925–2008
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson1901–1947
- Victor Herbert1859–1924
- Vincent Novello1781–1861
- Virginia Gabriel1825–1877
- Vivienne Olive1950–
- Vladislav Shoot1941–2022
- W. de Wycombe
- W. Franke Harling1887–1958
- W. H. Jude1851–1922
- Walford Davies1869–1941
- Walter Beckett (composer)1914–1996
- Walter Frye
- Walter Leigh1905–1942
- Wilfred Heaton1918–2000
- Wilfred Josephs1927–1997
- Wilfrid Mellers1914–2008
- Wilfrid Sanderson1878–1935
- William Alwyn1905–1985
- William Babell1690–1723
- William Blezard1921–2003
- William Boyce (composer)1711–1779
- William Brade1560–1630
- William Busch1901–1945
- William Byrd1543–1623
- William Christian Sellé1813–1898
- William Corbett (composer)1680–1748
- William Cornysh1465–1523
- William Croft1678–1727
- William Crotch1775–1847
- William Denis Browne1888–1915
- William Duncombe (composer)
- William Erskine, Lord Kinneder1768–1822
- William Felton (composer)1715–1769
- William Flackton1709–1798
- William G. Whittaker1876–1944
- William Gardiner (English composer)1769–1853
- William Hawte1430–1497
- William Hayes (composer)1708–1777
- William Henry Bell1873–1946
- William Henry Harris1883–1973
- William Henry Longhurst1819–1904
- William Herschel1738–1822
- William Hine1687–1730
- William Horsley1774–1858
- William Horwood (composer)1430–1484
- William Hunnis
- William Hurlstone1876–1906
- William Inglott1554–1621
- William J. Marsh1880–1971
- William Jackson (Scottish composer)1955–
- William Lawes1602–1645
- William Leighton1565–1622
- William Lloyd Webber1914–1982
- William Mineard Bennett1778–1858
- William Mundy (composer)
- William Oliver (songwriter)1800–1848
- William Owen (composer)1813–1893
- William Parsons (composer and musician)1745–1817
- William Ralph Driffill1870–1922
- William Reed (English composer)1910–2002
- William Rimmer (music)1862–1936
- William Russell (organist)1777–1813
- William Savage1720–1789
- William Shield1748–1829
- William Sterndale Bennett1816–1875
- William Sweeney (composer)1950–
- William Turner (composer)1651–1740
- William Walton1902–1983
- William Wolstenholme1865–1931
- William Wordsworth (composer)1908–1988
- William Young (composer)1610–1662
- York Bowen1884–1961