Find out more about the greatest 20th Century Guitarists, including David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Keith Richards and Ringo Starr.
David Bowie08 January 1947, British
Singer
Kurt Cobain20 February 1967, American
Singer, Songwriter
Jimi Hendrix27 November 1942, American
Singer & Musician
Ringo Starr07 July 1940, British
Musician
Linda Ronstadt15 July 1946, American
Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Merle Haggard06 April 1937, American
B.B. King16 September 1925, American
Singer-songwriter
Waylon Jennings15 June 1937, American
Singers
Paul Simon13 October 1941, American
Singer, Songwriter
James Hetfield03 August 1963, American
Musician, Songwriter
Keith Urban26 October 1967, Australian, New Zealander, American
Musician
Nikki Sixx11 December 1958, American
Musician, Songwriter
Iggy Pop21 April 1947, American
Singer
Sheryl Crow11 February 1962, American
Musician, Singer-songwriter
Cat Stevens21 July 1948, British
Singer-songwriter
Stevie Ray Vaughan03 October 1954, American
Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Keith Richards18 December 1943, British
Benji Madden11 March 1979, American
Guitarist
Jack White09 July 1975, American
Singer, Guitarist
Syd Barrett06 January 1946, British
Singer-songwriter
Lindsey Buckingham03 October 1949, American
Singer, Musician
Jeff Buckley17 November 1966, American
Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist
Ritchie Valens13 May 1941, American
Singer, Songwriter
Nick Cave22 September 1957, Australian
Singer-songwriter
Billie Joe Armstrong17 February 1972, American
Singer, Musician, Guitarist
Jimmy Page09 January 1944, British
Musician
Glenn Frey06 November 1948, American
Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Johnny McDaid24 July 1976, Northern Irish
Singer
Carlos Santana20 July 1947, American
Jerry Garcia01 August 1942, American
Musician
Eddie Vedder23 December 1964, American
Musician
Bob Seger06 May 1945, American
American singer-songwriter
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Mick Mars04 May 1951, American
Musician
Chuck Berry18 October 1926, American
Guitarist
Brian Jones28 February 1942, British
Founder of the Rolling Stones
Peter Frampton22 April 1950, American
Guitarist
Niall Horan13 September 1993, Irish
Singer
Glen Campbell22 April 1936, American
Singer
Steve Winwood12 May 1948, British
Musician
Pete Townshend19 May 1945, British
Musician, Singer-songwriter, Composer
Rick Rubin10 March 1963, American
Record Producer
Robert Johnson08 May 1911, American
Musician, Songwriter
Darius Rucker13 May 1966, American
Singer, Guitarist
Jimmy Buffett25 December 1946, American
Musician
Angus Young31 March 1955, Australian, Scottish
Co-founder & Lead Guitarist of the Hard Rock Band,
Trace Adkins13 January 1962, American
Singer, Actor
Gregg Allman08 December 1947, American
Singer, Guitarist
Cliff Burton10 February 1962, American
Bass Guitarist for the American heavy metal band
Ronnie Wood01 June 1947, British
Musician & Songwriter
Billy Corgan17 March 1967, American
Musician
Calvin Harris17 January 1984, Scottish
Disc Jockey, Record Producer, Singer, Songwriter
Euronymous22 March 1968, Norwegian
Guitarist
Joe Strummer21 August 1952, British
Singer, Guitarist
Dave Matthews09 January 1967, American, South African
Lead vocalist and guitarist for the Dave Matthews
Kirk Hammett18 November 1962, American
American musician
Robbie Robertson05 July 1943, Canadian
Guitarist
Paul Stanley20 January 1952, American
Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Painter
Bradley Nowell22 February 1968, American
Musician
Sarah McLachlan28 January 1968, Canadian
Singer-songwriter
Ross Lynch29 December 1995, American
Singer
Sturgill Simpson08 June 1978, American
Musician
Michael Stipe04 January 1960, American
Singer-lyricist
Mike Shinoda11 February 1977, American
Musician, Record Producer & Artist
Chrissie Hynde07 September 1951, American
Musician
Serj Tankian21 August 1967, Lebanese, American
Singer-songwriter
Jonathan Davis18 January 1971, American
Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Producer, Actor
Warren Zevon24 January 1947, American
Rock Singer-songwriter
Muddy Waters04 April 1913, American
Musician
Malcolm Young06 January 1953, Australian
Musician
Steve Vai06 June 1960, American
Guitarist, Songwriter
Joey Ramone19 May 1951, American
Lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones
Bill Withers04 July 1938, American
American singer-songwriter
Steve Clark23 April 1960, British
Musician
Adam Granduciel15 February 1979, American
Guitarist
Bonnie Raitt08 November 1949, American
Singer
Ace Frehley27 April 1951, American
Musician, Songwriter
Lita Ford19 September 1958, American
Singer, Musician, Guitarist
Steve Earle17 January 1955, American
Musician, Singer-songwriter
Keith Whitley01 July 1955, American
Singer
Aimee Mann08 September 1960, American
Alternative Artist
John Oates07 April 1948, American
Guitarist
Dexter Holland29 December 1965, American
Musician
Giorgio Moroder26 April 1940, Italian
Singer
Neil Finn27 May 1958, New Zealander
Musician
Django Reinhardt23 January 1910, French
Musician
Curtis Mayfield03 June 1942, American
Singer, Guitarist
Patti Scialfa29 July 1953, American
Singer, Songwriter, Musician
John Sebastian17 March 1944, American
Singer-songwriter
Dee Dee Ramone18 September 1951, American
Musician
Buddy Guy30 July 1936, American
Melissa Etheridge29 May 1961, American
Singer-songwriter
Mick Taylor17 January 1949, British
Musician
Chris Daughtry26 December 1979, American
Vocalist, Guitarist
Paul Weller25 May 1958, British
Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Shawnee Smith03 July 1969, American
Actress
Peter Tosh19 October 1944, Jamaican
Reggae Musician