guitarists
148 notable guitarists on file — 53 still here, 95 not.
still with us (30 of 53)
Paul McCartney
aliveEnglish musician and member of the Beatles
born 1942
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Eric Clapton
aliveBritish musician
born 1945
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Mick Jagger
aliveBritish singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
born 1943
Bono
aliveIrish singer
born 1960
Hans Zimmer
aliveGerman film composer
born 1957
Jared Leto
aliveAmerican actor, singer, musician and songwriter
born 1971
Keith Richards
aliveBritish musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones
born 1943
Courtney Love
aliveAmerican rock musician
born 1964
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Rod Stewart
aliveEnglish singer and songwriter
born 1945
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Dave Grohl
aliveAmerican rock musician
born 1969
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Lenny Kravitz
aliveAmerican guitarist and singer
born 1964
Billie Joe Armstrong
aliveAmerican rock musician
born 1972
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Mike Shinoda
aliveAmerican musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
born 1977
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Slash
aliveBritish musician
born 1965
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Noel Gallagher
aliveBritish singer and guitarist
born 1967
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Niall Horan
aliveIrish singer-songwriter
born 1993
Billy Ray Cyrus
aliveAmerican country singer and actor
born 1961
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Melanie Martinez
aliveAmerican singer-songwriter
born 1995
Tony Iommi
aliveBritish rock guitarist
born 1948
Alex Turner
aliveBritish musician
born 1986
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Robert Smith
aliveEnglish singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
born 1959
Jack White
aliveAmerican musician
born 1975
Hozier
aliveIrish musician and singer
born 1990
Jesse Plemons
aliveAmerican actor
born 1988
Finneas O'Connell
aliveAmerican musician and actor
born 1997
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Phoebe Bridgers
aliveAmerican musician
born 1994
Buddy Guy
aliveAmerican blues guitarist and singer
born 1936
Kacey Musgraves
aliveAmerican singer
born 1988
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Jermaine Jackson
aliveAmerican musician
born 1954
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Paul Stanley
aliveAmerican rock musician
born 1952
gone (30 of 95)
Freddie Mercury
deadBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen
1946 – 1991
Bob Marley
deadJamaican reggae musician
1945 – 1981
David Bowie
deadEnglish musician and actor
1947 – 2016
Amy Winehouse
deadEnglish singer-songwriter
1983 – 2011
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Kurt Cobain
deadAmerican rock musician, singer and songwriter
1967 – 1994
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George Harrison
deadEnglish musician and member of the Beatles
1943 – 2001
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Johnny Cash
deadAmerican country singer
1932 – 2003
Frank Zappa
deadAmerican musician
1940 – 1993
Woody Guthrie
deadAmerican singer-songwriter
1912 – 1967
Chris Cornell
deadAmerican musician
1964 – 2017
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Asha Bhosle
deadIndian playback singer
1933 – 2026
Jeff Buckley
deadAmerican musician
1966 – 1997
Ike Turner
deadAmerican musician
1931 – 2007
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Taylor Hawkins
deadAmerican drummer
1972 – 2022
Peter Tosh
deadJamaican reggae singer and musician
1944 – 1987
Eric Carmen
deadAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist
1949 – 2024
Randy Rhoads
deadAmerican guitarist
1956 – 1982
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Tito Jackson
deadAmerican musician
1953 – 2024
John Mayall
deadEnglish blues musician
1933 – 2024
Sly Stone
deadAmerican musician, singer, guitarist, and record producer
1943 – 2025
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Caterina Valente
deadItalian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress
1931 – 2024
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Ace Frehley
deadAmerican guitarist
1951 – 2025
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Hillel Slovak
deadIsraeli-American musician
1962 – 1988
John Phillips
deadAmerican musician
1935 – 2001
Phil Campbell
deadWelsh guitarist
1961 – 2026
Steve Cropper
deadAmerican guitarist, songwriter, and record producer
1941 – 2025
Andy Rourke
deadBritish musician
1964 – 2023
Peter Sinfield
deadBritish poet, musician and record producer
1943 – 2024
Carl Wilson
deadAmerican musician
1946 – 1998
John Sykes
deadBritish guitarist
1959 – 2024