List of guitarists

A guitarist is a person who plays the guitar. A guitar is a type of musical instrument.

Noted guitarists

Classical

Baroque (XVII & XVIII century)

Antoine Carré
Francesco Corbetta (ca 1615-1681)
Giovanni Battista Granata
Francisco Guerau
Girolamo Montesardo
Alonso Mudarra (1510-1580)
Santiago de Murcia (Around 1682 or 1685-1732) (Spain)
Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) (Spain)
Robert de Visée (ca 1658-1725) (France)

XIX century

Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849) (Spain)
Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853) (Italy)
Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) (Italy)
Napoléon Coste (1806-1883) (France)
Adam Darr (1811-1866) (Germany)
José Ferrer (1835-1916)
Francois de Fossa (1775-1849) (Spain-France)
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) (Italy)
Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) (Austrian-based, born in Slovakia.)
Francesco Molino (1775–1847)
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) (Italian)
Giulio Regondi (Italian)
Luis T. Romero(1854-1893)(American)
Fernando Sor (1778-1839) (Spanish)
Andrei Osipovich Sychra (1773 or 1776 - 1850) (Russia)
Francisco Tárrega (1852—1909) (Spanish)

XX century

Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995)(Brasil)
María Luisa Anido (1907-1996) (Argentina, Spain)
Agustín Pío Barrios (1885-1944) (Paraguay)
Abel Carlevaro (1916-2001) (Uruguay)
Leif Christensen 1950-1988
Alirio Diaz (born 1923)
Dimitri Fampas (1921-1996)
Sila Godoy (born 1919)
Alexandre Lagoya (1929-1999)
Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)
Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)
Gustavo Lopez 1920-1979
Sergei Orekhov (1935–1998)
Emilio Pujol (1886-1980)
Ida Presti (1924-1967)
Celedonio Romero (1913-1996)
Regino Sainz de la Maza (1896-1981, Spain)
Andrés Segovia (1893-1987, Spain)
José Tomás (1934-2001)
Narciso Yepes (1927-1997)

Contemporary

Lily Afshar (born 19--) (Iran / U.S.)
Adnan Ahmedic (born 1975) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Cesar Amaro (born 1948) (Uruguay)
Magnus Andersson (born 1955) (Sweden)
Sergio Assad (born 1952) (Brazil)
Denis Azabagić (born 1972) (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Manuel Barrueco (born 1952) (Cuba)
Gilbert Biberian (born 1944)
Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955) (Yugoslavia now Serbia / U.S.)
Liona Boyd (born 1949)
Julian Bream (born 1933) (United Kingdom)
Leo Brouwer (born 1939) (Cuba)
Charo (born 1951) (Spain)ffz
Máximo Diego Pujol
Carlo Domeniconi (born 1947) (Italy)
Juanjo Domínguez (born 1951) (Argentina)
Zoran Dukic (born 1969) (Croatia)
Roland Dyens (born 1955) (France)
Gabriel Estarellas (Spain)
Roberto Fabbri (born 1964) (Italy)
Eva Fampas (born 1964) (Greece)
Oliver Fartach-Naini (born 1964) (Germany)
Eliot Fisk (born 1958) (U.S. / Austria)
Yorgos Foudoulis (Greece)
José González (Sweden)
Kostas Grigoreas (born 1957) (Greece)
Robin Hill (born 1953) (United Kingdom)
Adam Holzman (born 1960)
Tilman Hoppstock (born 1961) (Germany)
Simone Iannarelli (born 1970) (Italy)
Sharon Isbin (born 1956) (U.S.)
Ólavur Jakobsen (born 1964) Faroe Islands
Maria Kämmerling (born 1946)
William Kanengiser (U.S.)
Nikita Koshkin (born 1956) (Russia)
Goran Krivokapić (born 1979) (Serbia)
David Leisner (born 1953) (U.S.
Stephen Marchionda 1967 (U.S. / Spain)
Carlo Marchione (born 1964) (Italy)
Martha Masters (born 1972) (U.S.)
Pablo Márquez (born 1967) (Argentina)
Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon
Gentil Montaña (born 1942) (Colombia)
Jorge Morel (born 1931)
Erling Møldrup (born 1943)
Thomas Müller-Pering (born 1958)
Gordon O'Brien (born 1966)
Erkan Ogur (born 1954) (Turkey)
Christopher Parkening (born 1947)
Marco Pereira
Robert Phillips (born 1953) (U.S.)
Álvaro Pierri (Uruguay)
Alberto Ponce (born 1935), (Spain / France)
Stanko Prek
Štěpán Rak (born 1945) (Czech Republic)
Angel Romero (born 1946) (Spain)
Pepe Romero (born 1944) (Spain)
David Russell (born 1953) (United Kingdom (Scotland))
Stephan Schmidt (Germany / Switzerland based)
John Schneider
María Isabel Siewers
Göran Söllscher
David Starobin (born 1951) (U.S.)
Pavel Steidl (born 1961), (Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic)/Netherlands)
David Tanenbaum (born 1956) (U.S.)
Scott Tennant (born 1962) (U.S.)
Ana Vidović (born 1980) (Croatia)
Jerry Willard
John Williams (born 1941) (Australia)
Alan Banks (Australia)
Kazuhito Yamashita (born 1961) (Japan)
Andrew York (U.S.)
Laura Young (Canada)
Yang Xuefei (born 1977) (People's Republic of China)
Simon Cheong (born 1959) (Malaysia)

Flamenco

Paco de Lucía

Blues

Rock/pop

Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World)
Duane Allman (Derek and the Dominos, Allman Brothers Band)
Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Trey Anastasio (Phish)
Michael Angelo Batio
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
Nick Thompson (Retravox)
Chet Atkins
Perry Bamonte
David Bates
Jeff Beck
Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson, The Bears)
Chuck Berry
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
Charlie Christian
Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Blind Faith)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Warren Cuccurullo (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, and Duran Duran)
Dick Dale
Bo Diddley
Duane Eddy
Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen)
David Evans aka The Edge (U2)
Ace Frehley (Kiss)
Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
Jerry Garcia (the Grateful Dead)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big)
George Harrison (The Beatles)
Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Buddy Holly
Steve Howe (Yes)
Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
Phil Keaggy
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits and Notting HillBillies)
Robby Krieger (The Doors)
Goktan Kural (Hazerfan)
Shawn Lane
Tweke Lewis (Man Wild Turkey Tyla Gang)
Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World)
Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows)
Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
Brian May (Queen)
John Mayer
Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish, The Dinosaurs)
Midoru
Kim Mitchell
Vinnie Moore
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine)
Steve Morse
Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Ted Nugent
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds
Les Paul
Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
Tom Petty (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Elvis Presley
Prince
Johnny Ramone (Ramones)
Chris Rea
Sheldon Reynolds (Earth, Wind & Fire, solo artist)
Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
Michael Roe
Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf)
Mick Ronson (played with David Bowie)
Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
Carlos Santana
Joe Satriani
Neal Schon (Journey )
James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders)
Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
Slash (Slash's Snakepit, Guns N' Roses, and Velvet Revolver)
Robert Smith
Billy Squier
John Squire
Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses)
Andy Summers (The Police)
Porl Thompson
Pete Townshend (The Who)
Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Tom Verlaine (Television)
Jack White (The White Stripes)
Jason White (Pinhead Gunpowder)
Nancy Wilson (Heart)
Angus Young (AC/DC)
Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, CSN&Y, The Esquires, The Stray Gators)
Frank Zappa (among other things, played with The Mothers of Invention)
Blues Saraceno
Chad Kroeger (NickelBack)
Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold)
Ryan Ross (Panic! at the Disco)

Heavy metal

Kiko Loureiro (solo artist, Angra, Megadeth)
Jeff Loomis (Nevermore)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth
Michael Amott (Arch Enemy)
Jason Becker (solo artist, Cacophony, David Lee Roth)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
Buckethead (solo artist, Guns N' Roses, Primus)
Bumblefoot (Ron Thal)
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Rebel Meets Rebel, Damageplan)
Chris DeGarmo (Queensrÿche)
K. K. Downing (Judas Priest)
Todd Duane (solo artist)
Marty Friedman (solo artist, Cacophony, Megadeth)
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
James Hetfield (Metallica)
Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative)
Scott Ian (Anthrax)
Chris Impellitteri (solo artist)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
Matthias Jabs (Scorpions)
Adam Jones (Tool)
Kerry King (Slayer)
Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
Herman Li (DragonForce)
George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob)
Yngwie Malmsteen (solo artist, Alcatrazz, Steeler)
Jim Martin (Faith No More)
Borislav Mitic (solo artist)
Tom Morello (Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine)
James Murphy (solo artist, Death, Disincarnate, Testament)
Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
Dave Mustaine (Metallica)(Megadeth)
John Petrucci (Megadeth)(Dream Theater)
Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Michael Schenker (solo artist, UFO)
Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions)
Chuck Schuldiner (Death, Control Denied)
Slash (Guns N' Roses), (Slash's Snakepit), (Velvet Revolver)
Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
Bill Steer (Carcass)
Joe Stump
Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses), (Velvet Revolver)
Katherine "The Great Kat" Thomas
Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Tony S Velasquez(solo artist)
Rich Ward (Stuck Mojo, Sick Speed, Fozzy, The Duke)
Michael Wilton (Queensrÿche)
Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), Black Sabbath, Pride and Glory, Solo Artist)
Dweezil Zappa
Benjamin Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
Mai Kanbe (solo artist, Jack's Big Music Show, Sera Myu)

References

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