List of guitarists by genre

This is a list of notable guitarists, organized by genre.

American primitive

 * Robbie Basho
 * John Fahey
 * Leo Kottke
 * Peter Lang

Early 20th century blues (pre WWII - 1950s)

 * Arthur "Blind" Blake
 * Big Bill Broonzy
 * Blind Boy Fuller
 * Son House
 * Skip James
 * Blind Lemon Jefferson
 * Robert Johnson
 * Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim)
 * Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly)
 * Charley Patton
 * Tampa Red
 * Bukka White

Blues from the 1960s to present

 * Luther Allison
 * Duane Allman
 * Etta Baker
 * Jeff Beck
 * Mike Bloomfield
 * Joe Bonamassa
 * David Bromberg
 * Roy Buchanan
 * Eric Clapton
 * Albert Collins
 * Ry Cooder
 * Robert Cray
 * Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
 * Bo Diddley
 * Ronnie Earl
 * Robben Ford
 * Jesse Fuller
 * Lowell Fulson
 * Rory Gallagher
 * Eelco Gelling
 * Peter Green
 * Buddy Guy
 * GP Hall
 * Chuck Hammer
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Warren Haynes
 * John Lee Hooker
 * Mississippi John Hurt
 * Tony Iommi
 * Elmore James
 * Skip James
 * Blind Lemon Jefferson
 * Lonnie Johnson
 * Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
 * Jorma Kaukonen
 * Albert King
 * B. B. King
 * Freddie King
 * Sonny Landreth
 * J. B. Lenoir
 * Mance Lipscomb
 * Lonnie Mack
 * Taj Mahal
 * John Mayer
 * Mississippi Fred McDowell
 * Brownie McGhee
 * Blind Willie McTell
 * Little Milton
 * Memphis Minnie
 * Gary Moore
 * Keb' Mo'
 * Big Bill Morganfield
 * Matt "Guitar" Murphy
 * Jimmy Page
 * Pappo
 * Charlie Patton
 * Bonnie Raitt
 * Tampa Red
 * Jimmy Reed
 * Kelly Richey
 * Duke Robillard
 * Robert Ross
 * Otis Rush
 * Todd Sharpville
 * Kenny Wayne Shepherd
 * Jimmy Thackery
 * Jimmy Scott
 * Hubert Sumlin
 * Sister Rosetta Tharpe
 * Walter Trout
 * Derek Trucks
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan
 * Yavuz Çetin
 * Jimmie Vaughan
 * Joe Louis Walker
 * T-Bone Walker
 * Muddy Waters
 * Gerry Joe Weise
 * Bukka White
 * Jack White
 * Josh White
 * Johnny Winter
 * Howlin' Wolf

Country and gospel

 * Chet Atkins
 * Junior Brown
 * Glen Campbell
 * Maybelle Carter
 * Roy Clark
 * Buddy Emmons
 * Lester Flatt
 * Danny Gatton
 * John Hartford
 * Joe Maphis
 * Grady Martin
 * Roger Miller
 * Buck Owens
 * Les Paul
 * Jerry Reed
 * Roy Rogers
 * Mel Tillis
 * Merle Travis
 * Doc Watson
 * Speedy West
 * Hank Williams

Experimental

 * Derek Bailey
 * Blixa Bargeld
 * Syd Barret
 * Jeff Beck
 * Glenn Branca
 * Peter Buck
 * Rhys Chatham
 * Nels Cline
 * Loren Mazzacane Connors
 * Robert Fripp
 * Bill Frisell
 * Fred Frith
 * Roopam Garg
 * Kim Gordon
 * Keiji Haino
 * GP Hall
 * Chuck Hammer
 * Christian Hejnal
 * Scott Henderson
 * Josh Homme
 * Henry Kaiser
 * Yuri Landman
 * Thurston Moore
 * KK Null
 * Mike Oldfield
 * Paul Panhuysen
 * Lee Ranaldo
 * Lou Reed
 * Marc Ribot
 * Omar Rodríguez-López
 * Keith Rowe
 * Jim O'Rourke
 * Elliott Sharp
 * Gary Smith

Flamenco

 * Vicente Amigo
 * Charo
 * Moraíto Chico
 * Miguel de la Bastide
 * Oscar Herrero: composer, teacher and musician
 * Paco de Lucía (1947-2014)
 * Luis Maravilla
 * Juan Martín
 * Carlos Montoya
 * Ramón Montoya (1880-1949)
 * Gerardo Núñez (1961-)
 * Paco Peña (1942-)
 * Manitas de Plata
 * Niño Ricardo
 * Sabicas (1912-1990)
 * Juan Serrano (born 1934)
 * Paco Serrano (born 1964)
 * Manolo Sanlúcar
 * Tomatito (born 1958)

Fingerstyle (contemporary)

 * William Ackerman
 * Michael Hedges
 * Bert Jansch
 * Adrian Legg
 * John Renbourn
 * Sungha Jung
 * Tommy Emmanuel
 * James Blackshaw

Folk (pop)

 * Joan Baez
 * David Bromberg
 * Ry Cooder
 * Jim Croce
 * John Denver
 * Ani DiFranco
 * Nick Drake
 * Bob Dylan
 * Arlo Guthrie
 * Jewel
 * Jorma Kaukonen
 * Ellen McIlwaine
 * Joni Mitchell
 * Tom Paxton
 * Shawn Phillips
 * Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
 * Paul Stookey
 * James Taylor
 * Happy Traum
 * Mason Williams
 * Peter Yarrow

Folk (traditional)

 * Joan Baez
 * Norman Blake
 * Creed Bratton
 * Dan Ar Braz
 * Peter Buck
 * Martin Carthy
 * Allen Collins
 * Elizabeth Cotten
 * Rev. Gary Davis
 * Tommy Emmanuel
 * Leslie Fish
 * Gordon Giltrap
 * Davey Graham
 * Dallas Green
 * David Grier
 * Stefan Grossman
 * Woody Guthrie
 * GP Hall
 * Nick Harper
 * Roy Harper
 * Nic Jones
 * François Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
 * John Martyn
 * Tony McManus
 * Paul McSherry
 * Al Perkins
 * Stochelo Rosenberg
 * Tony Rice
 * Pete Seeger
 * Dick Siegel
 * Elliott Smith
 * Ivan Smirnov
 * Richard Thompson
 * Leon Wesley Walls
 * Don Ross
 * Happy Traum
 * Jason Wilber
 * Peter Yarrow

Latin-American music

 * Manuel Barrueco (Cuban)
 * Leo Brouwer (Cuban)
 * Luiz Bonfá (Brazilian)
 * Abel Carlevaro (Uruguayan)
 * Oscar Castro-Neves (Brazilian)
 * Alirio Díaz (Venezuelan)
 * Egberto Gismonti (Brazilian)
 * Guinga (Brazilian)
 * João Gilberto (Brazilian)
 * Antonio Carlos Jobim (bossa nova)
 * Antonio Lauro (Venezuelan)
 * Gentil Montaña (Colombian)
 * Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian)
 * Rodrigo Riera (Venezuelan)
 * Antony Santos (Dominican)
 * Super Uba (Dominican)
 * Toquinho (Brazilian)
 * Luis Vargas (Dominican)
 * Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentine)
 * Rafael Rabello (Brazilian)
 * Paulinho Nogueira (Brazilian)
 * Sebastião Tapajós (Brazilian)
 * Yamandu Costa (Brazilian)
 * Agustin Barrios (Paraguayan)
 * Astor Piazzolla (Argentine)

Ragtime

 * Duck Baker
 * Arthur "Blind" Blake
 * Rev. Gary Davis
 * Peter Finger
 * Stefan Grossman
 * Jorma Kaukonen
 * David Laibman
 * Woody Mann
 * Blind Willie McTell
 * Dale Miller
 * Eric Schoenberg
 * Happy Traum
 * Blind Willie Walker
 * Sylvester Weaver