# List of banjo players

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* Y
* See also
* References
This article comprises two separate lists. The first consists of primary banjo players and the second of celebrities that also play the banjo.

## Primary banjo players

A listing of notable musicians who play the banjo as a major part of their output include:

### A

* Derroll Adams
* Eddie Adcock
* David "Stringbean" Akeman
* Howard Alden
* Peter R. Arnott
* Clarence Ashley
* Scott Avett

### B

* Etta Baker
* Danny Barker
* Danny Barnes
* Terry Baucom
* Riley Baugus
* Andru Bemis
* Carroll Best
* Louis 'Lou' Black
* Ron Block
* Dock Boggs
* Maurice Bolyer
* Isaac Brock
* Ruby Brooks
* Alison Brown
* Peter Buck
* Lindsey Buckingham
* John Butler
* Picayune Butler

### C

* Howard Caine
* Elizabeth (Bessie) Campbell
* Gus Cannon
* Bob Carlin
* Gaither Carlton
* June Carter
* Eugene Chadbourne
* Jack Chernos
* James Chirillo
* Bobby Clancy
* Roy Clark
* Fred Cockerham
* Eddie Condon
* J. D. Crowe

### D

* Erik Darling
* Jeff DaRosa
* Reverend Gary Davis
* Michael DeTemple
* Douglas Dillard
* Dwight Diller
* Lonnie Donegan
* John Dowling
* Jimmy Driftwood

### E

* David Eugene Edwards
* Ben Eldridge
* Curtis Eller
* Bill Emerson
* Dan Emmett
* Clifford Essex

### F

* Billy Faier
* Raymond Fairchild
* Anthony Field
* Jem Finer
* Bradley Fish
* Béla Fleck
* George Formby
* Tony Furtado

### G

* Rhiannon Giddens
* Harper Goff
* Shakey Graves
* Bee Ho Gray
* Dave Guard

### H

* Tom Hanway
* JP Harris
* John Hartford
* Alex Hassilev
* Warren Hellman
* Ed Helms
* John Hickman
* Brent Hinds
* Roscoe Holcomb
* David Holt
* Matt Hoopes

### I

* Gregory Alan Isakov
* Burl Ives

### J

* Carl Jackson
* Papa Charlie Jackson
* Tommy Jarrell
* Cosmo Jarvis
* Snuffy Jenkins
* Courtney Johnson
* Mark Johnson
* Dave Johnston
* Grandpa Jones

### K

* Buell Kazee
* Bill Keith
* Luke Kelly
* Narvin Kimball
* Elle King
* Julian Koster
* Jens Kruger

### L

* Nappy Lamare
* Frank Lawes
* Jack Lawrence
* Bernie Leadon
* Lily May Ledford
* John H. Lee
* Neil Levang
* Dan Levenson
* "Father" Al Lewis
* Bascom Lamar Lunsford
* Rudy Lyle

### M

* Uncle Dave Macon
* Wade Mainer
* Tommy Makem
* Lawrence Marrero
* Winston Marshall
* Steve Martin
* Jimmy Mazzy
* Del McCoury
* Rob McCoury
* John McEuen
* Barney McKenna
* Larry McNeely
* Joe Medford
* Jim Mills
* Jonny Mizzone
* Mick Moloney
* Bruce Molsky
* Joe Morley
* Alan Munde
* Jay Munly
* Kacey Musgraves

### O

* Fergus O'Byrne
* Gerry O'Connor
* Molly O'Day
* Sonny Osborne
* Vess Ossman

### P

* Tom Paley
* Clive Palmer
* Jad Paul
* Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton
* Eddie Peabody
* Herb Pedersen
* Francisco Pereira
* Noam Pikelny
* Mike Pingitore
* Joe Pisapia
* Scotty Plummer
* Charlie Poole
* Dirk Powell
* Teddy Powell

### Q

* Howard 'Howdy' Quicksell

### R

* Larry Ramos
* Ola Belle Reed
* Don Reno
* Don Wayne Reno
* Harry Reser
* Larry Richardson
* Dick Roberts
* Dink Roberts
* Butch Robins
* Ikey Robinson
* Emily Robison
* Art Rosenbaum
* Ryan Ross

### S

* Johnny St. Cyr
* Cynthia Sayer
* Emanuel Sayles
* Enda Scahill
* Mark Schatz
* Robert Schmidt
* Jon Schneck
* Earl Scruggs
* Mike Seeger
* Peggy Seeger
* Pete Seeger
* George Segal
* Lee Sexton
* Bob Shane
* Sammy Shelor
* Allen Shelton
* B. F. Shelton
* Rick Shubb
* Matokie Slaughter
* Langhorne Slim
* Roy Smeck
* Arthur Smith
* Chloe Smith
* Hobart Smith
* Jim Smoak
* Leah Song
* Roger Sprung
* Ralph Stanley
* Sufjan Stevens
* Chris Stephens
* John Stewart
* Jayme Stone
* Roni Stoneman
* Joel Walker Sweeney
* Taylor Swift

### T

* Charlie Tagawa
* Otis Taylor
* Todd Taylor
* Bobby Thompson
* Pete Townshend
* Buck Trent
* Tony Trischka
* Leroy Troy
* James Tyler

### V

* Fred Van Eps
* Scott Vestal

### W

* Loudon Wainwright III
* Uncle Homer Walker
* Dock Walsh
* Wade Ward
* Abigail Washburn
* Patsy Watchorn
* Doc Watson
* Tim Weed
* Eric Weissberg
* Gillian Welch
* Pete Wernick
* Hedy West
* Thomas Joseph White
* Billy Whitlock
* JD Wilkes

### Y

* Bob Yellin

## Celebrity banjo players

A listing of celebrities who play the banjo include:

### B

* Syd Barrett
* Lindsey Buckingham

### C

* Howard Caine
* Billy Connolly
* David Crowder

### D

* Kirk Douglas

### G

* Jerry Garcia
* Charlie Grimm

### H

* Ed Helms

### I

* Burl Ives

### J

* Rian Johnson

### L

* Larry Lalonde
* John Lennon

### M

* Taj Mahal
* Barbara Mandrell
* Winston Marshall
* Steve Martin
* Bill Mumy

### O

* Martin O'Malley
* Donny Osmond

### S

* George Segal
* Taylor Swift

### T

* Peter Tork

### V

* Jerry Van Dyke

### W

* Stephen Welch
* Hank Williams III
* Maury Wills

### Y

* Neil Young