List of French harpsichordists explained

This article lists French composers who wrote for the harpsichord during the 17th and 18th centuries.

1640 - 1710: Beginnings of harpsichord music in France

Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629 - 1691)
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601 - 1672)
Louis Couperin (c.1626 - 1661)
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749)
Charles Dieupart (1667 - 1740)
Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633 - 1694)
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665 - 1729)
Nicolas Lebègue (1631 - 1702)
Gaspard Le Roux (1660 - 1707)
Louis Marchand (1669 - 1732)
Nicolas Siret (1663 - 1754)

1710 - 1789: Second period

Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1724 - 1799)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689 - 1755)
François d'Agincourt (1684 - 1758)
Jean-Odéo Demars (1695 - 1756)
Josse Boutmy (1697 - 1779; Flemish)
Bernard de Bury (1720 - 1785)
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711 - 1772)
Michel Corrette (1707 - 1795)
Armand-Louis Couperin (1727 - 1789)
François Couperin (1668 - 1733)
Jean-François Dandrieu (1681 - 1738)
Louis-Claude Daquin (1694 - 1772)
Louis-Antoine Dornel (1680 - 1756)
Jacques Duphly (1715 - 1789)
Pierre Février (1696 - 1760)
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699 - 1782)
Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694 - 1772)
Jean-Adam Guilain (1680 - 1739; German)
Célestin Harst (1698 - 1778)
Christophe Moyreau (1690 - 1772)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705 - 1755)
Simon Simon (1720? - 1788)
Philippe-François Véras (fl. 1740)