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 (b. 1923)
Dimitri Fampas (1921-1996)
Sila Godoy (b. 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 (b. 19--) (Iran / U.S.)
Adnan Ahmedic (b.1975) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Cesar Amaro (b. 1948) (Uruguay)
Magnus Andersson (b. 1955) (Sweden)
Sergio Assad (b. 1952) (Brazil)
Denis Azabagić (b. 1972) (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Manuel Barrueco (b. 1952) (Cuba)
Gilbert Biberian (b. 1944)
Dušan Bogdanović (b. 1955) (Yugoslavia now Serbia / U.S.)
Liona Boyd (b. 1949)
Julian Bream (b. 1933) (United Kingdom)
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) (Cuba)
Charo (b. 1951) (Spain)ffz
Máximo Diego Pujol
Carlo Domeniconi (b. 1947) (Italy)
Juanjo Domínguez (b. 1951) (Argentina)
Zoran Dukic (b. 1969) (Croatia)
Roland Dyens (b. 1955) (France)
Gabriel Estarellas (Spain)
Roberto Fabbri (b.1964) (Italy)
Eva Fampas (b. 1964) (Greece)
Oliver Fartach-Naini (b. 1964) (Germany)
Eliot Fisk (b. 1958) (U.S. / Austria)
Yorgos Foudoulis (Greece)
José González (Sweden)
Kostas Grigoreas (b. 1957) (Greece)
Robin Hill (b. 1953) (United Kingdom)
Adam Holzman (b. 1960)
Tilman Hoppstock (b. 1961) (Germany)
Simone Iannarelli (b. 1970) (Italy)
Sharon Isbin (b. 1956) (U.S.)
Ólavur Jakobsen  (b. 1964) Faroe Islands
Maria Kämmerling (b. 1946)
William Kanengiser (U.S.)
Nikita Koshkin (b. 1956) (Russia)
Goran Krivokapić (b. 1979) (Serbia)
David Leisner (b. 1953) (U.S.
Stephen Marchionda 1967 (U.S. / Spain)
Carlo Marchione (b. 1964) (Italy)
Martha Masters (b. 1972) (U.S.)
Pablo Márquez (b. 1967) (Argentina)
Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon
Gentil Montaña (b. 1942) (Colombia)
Jorge Morel (b. 1931)
Erling Møldrup (b. 1943)
Thomas Müller-Pering (b. 1958)
Gordon O'Brien (b. 1966)
Erkan Ogur (b. 1954) (Turkey)
Christopher Parkening (b. 1947)
Marco Pereira
Robert Phillips (b. 1953) (U.S.)
Álvaro Pierri (Uruguay)
Alberto Ponce (b. 1935), (Spain / France)
Stanko Prek
Štěpán Rak (b. 1945) (Czech Republic)
Angel Romero (b. 1946) (Spain)
Pepe Romero (b. 1944) (Spain)
David Russell (b. 1953) (United Kingdom (Scotland))
Stephan Schmidt (Germany / Switzerland based)
John Schneider
María Isabel Siewers
Göran Söllscher
David Starobin (b. 1951) (U.S.)
Pavel Steidl (b. 1961), (Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic)/Netherlands)
David Tanenbaum (b. 1956) (U.S.)
Scott Tennant (b. 1962) (U.S.)
Ana Vidović (b. 1980) (Croatia)
Jerry Willard
John Williams (b. 1941) (Australia)
Alan Banks (Australia)
Kazuhito Yamashita (b. 1961) (Japan)
Andrew York (U.S.)
Laura Young (Canada)
Yang Xuefei (b. 1977) (People's Republic of China)
Simon Cheong (b. 1959) (Malaysia)

Country music 
 Chet Atkins
 Albert Lee
 Jerry Douglas
 B.J. Cole
 Bonnie Raitt
 Leo Kottke
 Arlen Roth 
 Danny Gatton
 Jerry Donahue
 Will Ray
 John Jorgenson
 Steve Wariner
 Brent Mason
 James Burton
 Scotty Anderson
 Roy Buchanan
 Jerry Reed
 Carl Perkins
 Buddy Holly
 Scotty Moore
 Ry Cooder
 Merle Travis
 Roy Clark
 Tony Rice
 Doc Watson
 Norman Blake
 Clarence White
 Vince Gill
 Keith Urban
 Dan Crary
 Joe Maphis
 Mark O'Connor
 Hank Snow
 Les Paul
 Luther Perkins
 Pete Drake
 Don Reno
 Speedy West
 Bob Wootton
 Buddy Emmons
 Jerry Byrd
 Leon McAuliffe
 Glen Campbell

Flamenco 
Paco de Lucía

Jazz 
Danny Barker
Charlie Christian
Franco Cerri
Eddie Condon

Al Di Meola
Bill Frisell
Frank Gambale
Jim Hall
Scott Henderson
Allan Holdsworth
Charlie Hunter
Stanley Jordan
Enver Izmailov
Barney Kessel
Eddie Lang
Tony Macalpine
Pat Martino
John McLaughlin
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Randy Napoleon 
Joe Pass
Andreas Paolo Perger
Snoozer Quinn
Django Reinhardt
Marc Ribot
John Scofield
Mike Stern
Andy Summers
Martin Taylor
Szabó Gábor
Herb Ellis

Folk and acoustic 
William Ackerman
Dan Ar Braz
Chet Atkins
Joan Baez
Martin Carthy
Ry Cooder
Jim Croce
John Denver
Ani DiFranco
Nick Drake
Doyle Dykes
Bob Dylan
Dave Ellis
John Fahey
Gordon Giltrap
Davey Graham
Michael Hedges
Bert Jansch
Nic Jones
Leo Kottke
Adrian Legg
John Martyn
Ellen McIlwaine
Tony McManus
Joni Mitchell
Tom Paxton
Al Perkins
John Renbourn
Stochelo Rosenberg
Art Paul Schlosser
Patrick Beverley
Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
James Taylor
Richard Thompson
Doc Watson
Hank Williams
Francois Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
Pierre Bensusan

Blues 
Luther Allison
Duane Allman
Blind Blake
Michael Bloomfield
Doyle Bramhall
Big Bill Broonzy
Roy Buchanan
Chris Cain
Eric Clapton
Albert Collins
Ry Cooder
Robert Cray
Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
Robben Ford
Jesse Fuller
Lowell Fulson
Rory Gallagher
Guitar Shorty
Guitar Slim
Buddy Guy
John Hammond, Jr.
Jimi Hendrix
John Lee Hooker
Son House
Mississippi John Hurt
Elmore James
Skip James
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lonnie Johnson
Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
Robert Johnson
Albert King
B.B. King
Freddie King
Little Jimmy King
Sonny Landreth
Leadbelly
J.B. Lenoir
Mance Lipscomb
Lonnie Mack
Taj Mahal
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Brownie McGhee
Blind Willie McTell
Little Milton
Memphis Minnie
Coco Montoya
Gary Moore
Keb' Mo'
Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
Charlie Patton
Bonnie Raitt
Tampa Red
Jimmy Reed
Robert Ross
Otis Rush
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Hubert Sumlin
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Jimmy Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Joe Louis Walker
T-Bone Walker
Muddy Waters
Bukka White
Josh White
Johnny Winter
Howlin' Wolf
Pat Megroin
Tommy O'Brien
Peter(The Beard) Longjohn

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 

 
Lists of musicians
https://guitartrap.blogspot.com/