林秋錦（1909-2000），聲樂家、音樂教育家。出生於臺南。在傳教士父親林毓奇薰陶下，小學時便已展現對歌唱的濃厚興趣。1922-1928年間就讀臺南長榮女中，奠定音樂專業基礎，並且開啟聲樂演唱之路。1929赴日，於中野的私立日本音樂學校修習聲樂，並在1933年獲選參加《讀賣新聞》第四屆「樂壇新秀演唱會」，名震東瀛。歷任臺南長榮女中音樂科主任、私立淡江中學校教師、國立臺灣師範大學音樂學系專任教授，並於政工幹校（今國防大學政治作戰學院）、私立文化大學等校兼任教職，作育桃李無數，著名聲樂家孫少茹、申學庸、劉塞雲、金慶雲、陳明律、任蓉、李靜美、范宇文等皆為其門下弟子。曾創辦長榮女中合唱團、成立臺北聲樂研究會，透過演唱會推廣音樂風氣，為臺灣第一代聲樂家，貢獻卓著。

LIN Qiu-Jin was born in Tainan in 1909. Her father, Lin Yu-Qi, got his daughter interested in music from a very early age and taught her a lot about music. Lin had natural musical talent. In elementary school, she dreamed of becoming a great vocalist. She received great reviews when she attended New Vocalists Concert of “Yomiuri Shimbun” at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo. She was an avid supporter of rural things, promoted music and devoted her life to music education. Lin founded the Chang Jung Girls’ Junior High School Choir and Taipei Vocal Music Study Society, popularizing Taiwanese music by holding concerts. She died in Kaohsiung in 2000.