List of oboists
An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the cor anglais, oboe d'amore, shawm and oboe musette.
The following is a list of notable past and present professional oboists, with indications when they were/are known better for other professions in their own time. Oboists with an asterisk (*) have biographies in the online version of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Historical oboists
Baroque period 1600-1760
Johann Jacob Bach (1682–1722), German (Bach’s brother)
Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772), Italian * (composer)
Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1773), Italian
Antonio Besozzi (1714–1781), Italian
Cristoforo Besozzi (1661–1725), Italian
Giuseppe Besozzi (1686–1760), Italian
Paolo Girolamo Besozzi (1713–1778), Italian
Mateo Bissoli (Bisioli) (c.1711-1780), Italian
Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1696–1762), French *
Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782), French *
Pierre Chédeville (1694–1725), French *
Michel Danican dit Philidor (1580–1651), French fr:Michel I Danican Philidor
