Scott Joplin (miyos Juni 1868, tilar donya 1 April 1917) dumugi sapunika minangka musikus lan komponis ragtime ingkang paling kondhang. Piyambakipun ingkang netepaken standar ingkang samangke dipundhèrèki déning kathah tiyang.

Joplin miyos wonten ing Linden, Texas. Ibunipun inggih punika Florence Givins lan bapakipun Giles (kadang kala kaserat "Jiles") Joplin. Piyambakipun minangka putra angka kalih saking enem sadhérék. Sampun dangu, kathah tiyang ingkang mangertosi piyambakipun miyos rikala 24 November 1868, nanging panalitèn ingkang langkung déning sajarahwan ragtime Ed Berlin maringi bukti bilih punika lepat.

Warisan 
Musik Joplin tetap populer sadangunipun taun-taun salajengipun. Adaptasi Marvin Hamlisch kanggé lagu ragtime Joplin "The Entertainer" dumugi angka kaping 3 saking tangga 100 lagu paling top kalawarta Billboard  taun 1974, lajeng tuwuh minat ingkang langkung wiyar lan jero tumrap ragtime limrahipun lan Joplin mliginipun.

Ingkang ironis, minat punika tuwuh saking aransemen Hamlisch lan pertunjukan musik ragtime Joplin wonten ing filem ingkang populer lan pamenang Bebungah Oscar, The Sting, kanthi latar belakang taun 1930-an, tebih sasampunipun puncak masa ragtime.

Nalika taun 1974 Kenneth MacMillan nyiptakaken sawijining balet kanggé Royal Ballet, Elite Syncopations, dhedhasar lagu-lagu déning Joplin, Max Morath lan sanèsipun. Balet-balet punika taksih dipuntingalaken sawatawis wekdal.

Scott Joplin gadhah bintang ing St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Musik Joplin 
 Antoinette (1906)
 Augustan Club Waltz (1901)
 Bethena (1905)
 Binks' Waltz (1905)
 A Breeze From Alabama (1902)
 Cascades (1904)
 The Chrysanthemum (1904) katujokaken dhumateng Freddie Alexander, istri kedua Joplin.
 Cleopha (1902)
 Combination March (1896) 
 Country Club (1909)
 The Great Crush Collision March (1896)
 The Easy Winners (1901) 
 Elite Syncopations (1902)
 The Entertainer (1902) 
 Eugenia (1906)
 Euphonic Sounds (1909)
 The Favorite (1904) 
 Felicity Rag (1911) sareng Scott Hayden
 Fig Leaf Rag (1908)
 Gladiolus Rag (1907)
 Harmony Club Waltz (1896)
 Heliotrope Bouquet (1907) sareng Louis Chauvin
 I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days (1902) tembung-tembung déning Henry Jackson
 Kismet Rag (1913) sareng Scott Hayden
 Leola (1905)
 Lily Queen (1907) sareng Arthur Marshall
 Little Black Baby (1903) tembung-temung déning Louis Armstrong Bristol 
 Magnetic Rag (1914)
 Maple Leaf Rag (1899)
 March Majestic (1902)
 The Nonpareil (1907)
 Original Rags (1899) aransemen déning Chas. N. Daniels
 Palm Leaf Rag (1903)
 Paragon Rag (1909)
 Peacherine Rag (1901)
 A Picture of Her Face (1895)
 Pine Apple Rag (1908)
 Pleasant Moments (1909)
 Please Say You Will (1895)
 The Ragtime Dance (1902)
 The Ragtime Dance (1906) versi punika dipunsingid dipunterbitaken kanggé nutup kerugian saking versi 1902.
 Reflection Rag (1917) penerbitan anumerta 
 The Rose-bud March (1905)
 Rose Leaf Rag (1907)
 Sarah Dear (1905) tembung-tembung déning Henry Jackson
 School of ragtime (1908)
 Searchlight Rag (1907)
 Silver Swan Rag (1971) penerbitan anumerta 
 Solace (1909)
 Something Doing (1903) sareng Scott Hayden
 Stoptime Rag (1910)
 The Strenuous Life (1902)
 Sugar Cane (1908)
 Sunflower Slow Drag (1901) sareng Scott Hayden
 Swipesy (1900) sareng Arthur Marshall
 The Sycamore (1904) 
 Treemonisha (1911)
 Wall Street Rag (1909)
 Weeping Willow (1903) 
 When Your Hair Is Like the Snow (1907) tembung-tembung déning "Owen Spendthrift"

Waosan 
Edward A. Berlin, King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era (ISBN 0-19-510108-1) — buku ingkang paling berwibawa babagan pagesangan Joplin.

Cathetan suku 

 Tinjauan umum yang baik tentang hidup dan karya Joplin 
 Biografi singkat Scott Joplin
 St. Louis Walk of Fame 
 The Mutopia project mempunyai catatan musik piano dari beberapa karya Joplin yang dapat diunggah gratis 
 The Werner Icking Music Archive memberikan catatan musik gratis untuk sejumlah ragtime piano *Scott Joplin di Find-A-Grave

Lair 1867
Pati 1917
Komponis Amérikah Sarékat
Tokoh Donya