- Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
- Vera Baeva (born 1930)
- Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
- Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
- Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930)
- Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
- Gudrun Lund (born 1930)
- Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
- Betty Roe (born 1930)
- Clotilde Rosa (born 1930)
- Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
- Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930)
- Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
- Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
- Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
- Rosa Guraieb (1931–2014)
- Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
- Young-ja Lee (born 1931)
- Maria Dolores Malumbres (born 1931)
- Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)
- Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997)
- Phillipa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
- Alida Vázquez (born 1931)
- Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
- Betty Beath (born 1932)
- Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
- Marta Jiráčková (born 1932)
- Liu Zhuang (1932–2011)
- Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
- Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016)
- Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
- Dorothy Ashby (1932–1986)
- Kilza Setti (born 1932)
- Gitta Steiner (1932–1990)
- Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
- Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
- Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)
- Elena Karastoyanova (born 1933)
- Yoko Ono (born 1933)
- Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
- Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
- Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
- Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
- Tatyana Voronina (born 1933)
- Huguang Xin (1933–2011)
- Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
- Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
- Mary Mageau (born 1934)
- Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (born 1934)
- Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
- Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
- Arlene Zallman (1934–2006)
- Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
- Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
- Helen Gifford (born 1935)
- Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
- Enid Luff (born 1935)
- Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
- Shirley Walker (1935–2006)
- Qiang Wang (born 1935)
- Mirjana Živković (born 1935)
- Sieglinda Ahrens (born 1936)
- Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
- Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
- Erika Radermacher (born 1936)
- Erika Fox (born 1936)
- Barbara Heller (born 1936)
- Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)
- Sheila Mary Nelson (born 1936)
- Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
- Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936)
- Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002)
- Keiko Abe (born 1937)
- Janet Beat (born 1937)
- Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
- Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001)
- Irina Odăgescu (born 1937)
- Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
- Katherine Hoover (born 1937)
- Marta Lambertini (born 1937)
- Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
- Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
- Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937)
- Irma Ravinale (1937–2013)
- Ann Southam (1937–2010)
- Isabelle Aboulker (born 1938)
- Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009)
- Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938)
- Carla Bley (born 1938)
- Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
- Gloria Coates (born 1938)
- Piera Pistono (born 1938)
- Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
- Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
- Mieko Shiomi (born 1938)
- Cornelia Tăutu (born 1938)
- Joan Tower (born 1938)
- Elinor Armer (born 1939)
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
- Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)
- Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
- Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
- Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
- Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
- Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
- María Luisa Ozaita (1939–2017)
- Inger Wikström (born 1939)
- Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)