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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilman_Hoppstock(born 1961) (Germany)
*Simone Iannarelli (born 1970) (Italy)
*Sharon Isbin (born 1956) (U.S.)
*Ólavur Jakobsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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)

### 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)

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