Hymn writers and composers
Everyone credited with the words or the music of at least two hymns or hymn tunes on NoteFusion, A–Z by surname, with their dates as the hymn pages give them.
B
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 2 hymn tunes
- Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830–1907)Translator · 2 hymns
- Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877)Translator and composer · 2 hymns and 2 hymn tunes
- Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)Composer · 1 hymn and 3 hymn tunes
- Francois Hippolytus Barthelemon (fl. 1785)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)Composer · 2 hymns and 1 hymn tune
- Philip P. Bliss (1838–1876)Hymn writer and composer · 2 hymns and 4 hymn tunes
- Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813–1897)Translator · 3 hymns
- Louis Bourgeois (1510–1560)Composer · 3 hymns
- William Batchelder Bradbury (1816–1868)Hymn writer and composer · 4 hymns and 5 hymn tunes
C
- John Baptiste Calkin (1827–1905)Composer · 2 hymns
- John Cennick (1718–1755)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- John Chandler (1806–1876)Translator · 2 hymns
- Charles (or Carolo or Carolus) Coffin (1676–1749)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Frances Elizabeth Cox (1812–1897)Translator · 3 hymns
- William Croft (1678–1727)Composer · 2 hymns
- Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)Hymn writer · 4 hymns
- Johann Cruger (1598–1662)Composer · 3 hymn tunes
- Johann Crüger (1598–1662)Composer · 3 hymns
- August Crull (1845–1923)Translator · 3 hymns
D
- William Chatterton Dix (1837–1865)Hymn writer · 3 hymns
- William H. Doane (1832–1915)Composer · 4 hymns and 5 hymn tunes
- Carl Døving (1867–1937)Translator · 2 hymns
- John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876)Composer · 6 hymns and 8 hymn tunes
E
- Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676)Composer · 3 hymns
- George Job Elvey (1816–1893)Composer · 3 hymns and 1 hymn tune
- Asa Brooks Everett (1828–1875)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
- Edwin O. Excell (1851–1921)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 2 hymn tunes
F
- Frederick William Faber (1814–1863)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- John Fawcett (1740–1817)Hymn writer · 3 hymns
- James H. Fillmore (1849–1936)Composer · 3 hymn tunes
- Charles William Fry (1838–1882)Hymn writer and composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
G
- Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856–1932)Hymn writer and composer · 1 hymn and 11 hymn tunes
- William Gardiner (1770–1853)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 2 hymn tunes
- Henry John Gauntlett (1805–1876)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 2 hymn tunes
- Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676)Hymn writer · 8 hymns
- John Goss (1800–1880)Composer · 2 hymns and 1 hymn tune
H
- George Frederick Handel (1685–1759)Composer · 2 hymns
- Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)Composer · 2 hymns
- Thomas Hastings (1784–1872)Hymn writer and composer · 1 hymn and 3 hymn tunes
- John Hatton (1710–1793)Composer · 3 hymns
- Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- William Henry Havergal (1793–1870)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 2 hymn tunes
- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)Composer · 2 hymns and 1 hymn tune
- Johann Michael Haydn (1732–1809)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
- Reginald Heber (1783–1826)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Nikolaus Hermann (1500–1561)Composer · 2 hymns
- Edward Hodges (1796–1867)Composer and arranger · 2 hymns
- Edward John Hopkins (1818–1901)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- Ralph E. Hudson (1843–1901)Composer and arranger · 2 hymn tunes
I
- Jeremiah Ingalls (1764–1828)Composer · 2 hymns and 1 hymn tune
K
- John Kelly (1833–1890)Translator · 2 hymns
- Thomas Kelly (1769–1855)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Thomas Ken (1637–1711)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703)Hymn writer · 7 hymns
- William James Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 10 hymn tunes
- William Knapp (fl. 1738)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
- Conrad Kocher (1786–1872)Composer · 2 hymns
- Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758)Composer · 3 hymns
L
- Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887)Composer · 3 hymns
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Edmund S. Lorenz (1854–1942)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
- Robert Lowry (1826–1899)Hymn writer and composer · 3 hymns and 6 hymn tunes
- Matthias Loy (1828–1915)Hymn writer and translator · 3 hymns
- Martin Luther (1483–1546)Hymn writer, translator and composer · 21 hymns
- Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
M
- Frederick C. Maker (1844–1927)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- Lowell Mason (1792–1872)Composer and arranger · 4 hymns and 4 hymn tunes
- Richard Massie (1800–1887)Translator · 17 hymns
- James McGranahan (1840–1907)Composer · 1 hymn and 3 hymn tunes
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 3 hymn tunes
- C. Austin Miles (1868–1946)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
- William Henry Monk (1823–1889)Composer and arranger · 7 hymns and 2 hymn tunes
- James Montgomery (1771–1854)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Lelia Naylor (Mrs. Charles H.) Morris (1862–1929)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
N
- John Mason Neale (1818–1866)Hymn writer and translator · 9 hymns
- Joachim Neander (1650–1680)Hymn writer and composer · 3 hymns
- John Newton (1725–1807)Hymn writer · 3 hymns
O
- William Owen (1813–1893)Composer · 2 hymns
P
- Paul Christian Paulsen (1881–1948)Translator · 2 hymns
- Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)Composer and arranger · 3 hymns and 1 hymn tune
- Rowland H. Prichard (1811–1887)Composer · 3 hymns
- Henry Purcell (1659–1695)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
R
- Richard Redhead (1820–1901)Composer · 2 hymns
- John Rippon (1751–1836)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860–1942)Translator · 2 hymns
S
- Ira David Sankey (1840–1908)Composer · 1 hymn and 2 hymn tunes
- Benjamin Schmolck (1672–1737)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Johann Schop (1590–1664)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- Coelius Sedulius (5th century)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Henry Thomas Smart (1813–1879)Composer · 5 hymns and 2 hymn tunes
- John Stainer (1840–1901)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- George C. Stebbins (1846–1945)Composer · 4 hymn tunes
- John H. Stockton (1813–1877)Composer · 3 hymn tunes
- Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900)Composer and arranger · 1 hymn and 3 hymn tunes
- John Robson Sweney (1837–1899)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
T
- Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909)Hymn writer and composer · 2 hymns and 1 hymn tune
- Godfrey Thring (1823–1903)Hymn writer · 2 hymns
- Daniel Brink Towner (1850–1919)Composer · 4 hymn tunes
V
- Melchior Vulpius (1560–1615)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
W
- John Francis Wade (died 1786)Hymn writer and composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- James Walch (1837–1901)Composer · 2 hymn tunes
- Johann Walther (1496–1570)Hymn writer and composer · 2 hymns
- Isaac Watts (1674–1748)Hymn writer · 10 hymns
- Benjamin Webb (1819–1885)Translator · 2 hymns
- Samuel Webbe (1740–1816)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (1786–1826)Composer · 1 hymn and 1 hymn tune
- Charles Wesley (1707–1788)Hymn writer · 6 hymns
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)Composer · 2 hymns and 1 hymn tune
- John Bernard Wilkes (19th century)Composer and arranger · 2 hymn tunes
- Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878)Hymn writer and translator · 14 hymns
- David Wolder (died 1604)Composer · 2 hymns
- Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885)Hymn writer · 14 hymns
- Frederick J. Work (died 1942)Composer and arranger · 4 hymn tunes
- John W. Work, Jr. (1871–1925)Composer and arranger · 4 hymn tunes
- John Wyeth (1770–1858)Composer · 2 hymns