This is a list of notable guitarists, organized by genre.
Arthur "Blind" Blake
Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim)
Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly)
Eric Clapton
Bo Diddley
Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
John Mayer
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Gerry Joe Weise
See main article: List of classical guitarists.
Kim Gordon
Josh Homme
Thurston Moore
Mike Oldfield
Lou Reed
composer, teacher and musician
Paco de Lucía (1947-2014)
Ramón Montoya (1880-1949)
Gerardo Núñez (1961-)
Paco Peña (1942-)
Sabicas (1912-1990)
Juan Serrano (born 1934)
Paco Serrano (born 1964)
Tomatito (born 1958)
Ani DiFranco
Jewel
Joni Mitchell
Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
François Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
Elliott Smith
Leon Wesley Walls
See main article: List of jazz guitarists.
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)
See main article: List of heavy metal guitarists.
Arthur "Blind" Blake