List of banjo players

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

• 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

• 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

• Ryan Ross

S
• Johnny St. Cyr

• Cynthia Sayer

• Emanuel Sayles

• Enda Scahill

• 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

• 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

• 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