List of mandolinists

This is a list of mandolinists, people who don't just play the mandolin but who are known because of their affiliation to the instrument.


 * Dave Apollon
 * Pietro Armanini
 * Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band
 * Avi Avital
 * Butch Baldassari
 * Jacob do Bandolim
 * Edgar Bara
 * Giuseppe Bellenghi
 * Wayne Benson
 * Bartolomeo Bortolazzi
 * C. A. Bracco
 * Giuseppe Branzoli
 * Joseph Brent
 * Jesse Brock
 * Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns
 * Sam Bush
 * Raffaele Calace
 * Luigi Castellacci
 * Giovanni Cifolelli
 * Mike Compton
 * Ry Cooder
 * Ritchie Blackmore of Blackmore's Night
 * Jules Cottin
 * Ferdinando de Cristofaro
 * Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts
 * Pietro Denis
 * John Duffey of The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene
 * Herbert J. Ellis
 * Matt Flinner
 * Giovanni Fouchetti
 * Dorina Frati
 * Carlo Antonio Gambara
 * Jimmy Gaudreau of The Country Gentlemen
 * Vince Gill
 * David Gilmour
 * David Grisman
 * David Harvey
 * Levon Helm
 * Hamilton de Holanda
 * Paul Hooper
 * George H. Hucke
 * Sierra Hull
 * Andy Irvine of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street and Mozaik
 * Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne, who played mandolin on Maggie May
 * Sarah Jarosz
 * Cosmo Jarvis
 * Kurt Jensen
 * Paul Kelly
 * Kevin Jonas
 * John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin
 * Michael Kang of The String Cheese Incident
 * Cheyenne Kimball formerly of Gloriana
 * Wenzel Krumpholz
 * Doyle Lawson of Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver
 * Salvator Léonardi
 * Ira Louvin
 * Fabio Machado
 * Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds
 * Evan Marshall
 * Mike Marshall
 * Simon Mayor
 * Ronnie McCoury of The Del McCoury Band
 * Jesse McReynolds
 * Eduardo Mezzacapo
 * Barry Mitterhoff
 * Bill Monroe
 * Tiny Moore
 * Johnny Moynihan
 * Carlo Munier
 * Tim O'Brien
 * Mike Oldfield
 * Ugo Orlandi
 * Bobby Osborne
 * Peter Ostroushko
 * Bernardo de Pace
 * W. Eugene Page
 * Giuseppe Pettine
 * Jean Pietrapertosa
 * Yank Rachell
 * U. Rajesh
 * Silvio Ranieri
 * Déo Rian
 * Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks and the Court Yard Hounds
 * Sandy Rothman, with the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
 * Samuel Siegel
 * Giuseppe Silvestri
 * Sinn Sisamouth
 * Herschel Sizemore of the Dixie Gentlemen, Jimmy Martin, and Bluegrass Cardinals
 * Ricky Skaggs
 * U. Srinivas (1969 – 2014) of Shakti
 * Johnny Staats of Johnny Staats & The Delivery Boys
 * Andy Statman
 * Adam Steffey
 * Alison Stephens
 * Dinesh Subasinghe
 * Marty Stuart
 * Chris Thile of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek
 * Niall Toner
 * Graham Townsend
 * Joe Val
 * Rhonda Vincent


 * Seth Weeks
 * Frank Wakefield
 * Roland White
 * Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention
 * Dave Swarbrick of Fairport Convention