This is a list of popular composers in Carnatic Music whose compositions are published, and rendered by musicians.

• Abraham Pandhithar
• Ambi Dikshitar
• Ambujam Krishna
• Annai Ayya
• Annamacharya
• Arunachala Kavirayar
• Arunagirinathar
• Balamuralikrishna
• G.N.Balasubramanian
• Baluswami Dikshitar
• Bangalore Nagarathnammal
• Bhadrachala Ramadasa
• Bidaram Krishnappa
• D.Pattammal
• Dharmapuri Subbarayar
• Garbhapuri Vasa
• Ghanam Krishna Iyer
• Gopalakrishna Bharathi
• Irayimman Thampi
• Jayadeva
• Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
• Kadaloor M. Subramaniam
• Kanakadasar
• Kavikunjara Bharathi
• Koteeswara Iyer
• Kshetragna
• Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
• Lalithadasar
• Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
• Marimuthu Pillai
• Muthaiah Bhagavathar
• Muthuswamy Dikshitar
• Muthutandavar
• Mysore V. Ramarathnam
• Narayana Thirtha
• Neelakanta Sivan
• Ogirala Veeraraghava Sarma
• Oottukadu Venkitasubbaiyer
• Purandaradasa
• Pachimiriyam Adiappayya
• Pallavi Sesha Iyer
• Panchapakesa Sastri
• Papavinasa Mudaliar
• Papanasam Sivan
• Patnam Subramania Iyer
• Periyasami Thooran
• Ponnayya Pillai
• Ramanad "Poochi" Srinivasa Iyengar
• Ramaswamy Dikshithar
• Ramaswami Sivan
• M.D.Ramanathan
• Sadasiva Brahmendra
• Sattur Karpagam
• Srivatsa, Dr VV
• Subbarama Dikshithar
• Subbaraya Sastri
• Subramania Bharathiyar
• Swathi Tirunal
• Syama Sastri
• Mysore Sadasiva Rao
• Tiruvottiyur Tyagayya
• Thanjore Sankara Iyer
• Thyagaraja
• Srimad Venkataramana Bhagavathar
• Vina kuppayyar
• Vina Seshanna
• Mysore Vasudevachar
• Group Compositions