Famous British Guitarists

List of famous British guitarists with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

Strings of nylon or steel bound together on a wooden device when strummed with fingers or a pick create music that is food for the soul! Confused? Well, it’s the music by a guitar that we are talking about! Guitarists are people who are well versed with the technique of playing a guitar. Broadly divided into the category of classical, acoustic, electric and bass guitar, the genre of guitar music has greatly evolved since its emergence. Guitarists have seized quite a sizeable popularity when it comes to music fan following, with their rock, metal, jazz, folk, classical and acoustic forms. While Americans are credited with popularizing guitar music, it were the Brits’ who refashioned the music style to make it edgier, harder, inventive and melodic! Spearheaded by Sir Paul McCartney of The Beatles fame, British guitar players pushed the art form to celestial heights with their inventive technique and powerful play. Laced with soulful renditions, dazzling technique and quality content, British guitarists helped the instrument rise up to monumental standards. Some of Britain’s ace guitar legends include Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, George Harrison, Steve Howe, Angus Young and so on. Check this section and find out more about the life and works of greatest British guitarists. Find out what they have to offer from their musical arsenal!

David Bowie

08 January 1947

10 January 2016

Brixton

Capricorn

Ringo Starr

07 July 1940

Dingle, Liverpool, England

Cancer

Keith Richards

18 December 1943

Sagittarius

Jimmy Page

09 January 1944

Heston

Capricorn

Cat Stevens

21 July 1948

Marylebone

Cancer

Brian Jones

28 February 1942

03 July 1969

Cheltenham

Pisces

Steve Winwood

12 May 1948

Handsworth, West Midlands

Taurus

Ronnie Wood

01 June 1947

Hillingdon, Middlesex, England

Gemini

Jamie Campbell Bower

22 November 1988

London

Scorpio

Pete Townshend

19 May 1945

Chiswick

Taurus

Joe Strummer

21 August 1952

22 December 2002

Ankara, Turkey

Leo

Paul Weller

25 May 1958

Sheerwater

Gemini

Mick Taylor

17 January 1949

Welwyn Garden City, England

Capricorn

Oliver Sykes

20 November 1986

Ashford, United Kingdom

Scorpio

Matthew Bellamy

09 June 1978

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Gemini

Adrian Smith

27 February 1957

Hackney, east London, England

Pisces

Matthew Healy

08 April 1989

London, United Kingdom

Aries

Andy Fowler

16 February 1994

Stockport, England

Aquarius

Robert Smith

21 April 1959

Blackpool

Taurus

Bradley Simpson

28 July 1995

Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England

Leo

Peter Green

29 October 1946

Bethnal Green, London

Scorpio

James McVey

30 April 1994

Chester, England

Taurus

Richard Thompson

03 April 1949

Notting Hill Gate, London, England

Aries

Amy Winehouse

14 September 1983

23 July 2011

Southgate

Virgo

Paul Bettany

27 May 1971

Shepherd's Bush

Gemini

Syd Barrett

06 January 1946

07 July 2006

Cambridge

Capricorn

Damon Albarn

23 March 1968

Whitechapel

Aries

Noel Gallagher

29 May 1967

Longsight

Gemini

Roger Waters

06 September 1943

Great Bookham

Virgo

Van Morrison

31 August 1945

Belfast

Virgo

Jeff Lynne

30 December 1947

Shard End

Capricorn

Mark Knopfler

12 August 1949

Glasgow

Leo

Dhani Harrison

01 August 1978

Windsor

Leo

Jeff Beck

24 June 1944

England

Cancer

John Deacon

19 August 1951

Oadby

Leo

Donovan

10 May 1946

Glasgow

Taurus

Roger Daltrey

01 March 1944

Hammersmith

Pisces

The Edge

08 August 1961

Barking

Leo

Tony Iommi

19 February 1948

Handsworth

Aquarius

Ritchie Blackmore

14 April 1945

Weston-super-Mare

Aries

Iwan Rheon

13 May 1985

Carmarthen

Taurus

PJ Harvey

09 October 1969

Bridport

Libra

Mike Oldfield

15 May 1953

Reading

Taurus

Florence Welch

28 August 1986

London

Virgo

Johnny Marr

31 October 1963

Manchester

Scorpio

Steve Marriott

30 January 1947

20 April 1991

Manor Park

Aquarius

Adam Ant

03 November 1954

Marylebone

Scorpio

John Entwistle

09 October 1944

27 June 2002

Chiswick

Libra

Glenn Tipton

25 October 1947

Blackheath, England

Scorpio

Shirley Manson

26 August 1966

Edinburgh

Virgo

Andrew Ridgeley

26 January 1963

Windlesham

Aquarius

Ian Anderson

10 August 1947

Dunfermline

Leo

Jim Rodford

07 July 1941

St Albans

Cancer

Albert Lee

21 December 1943

Leominster

Sagittarius

John McVie

26 November 1945

Ealing

Sagittarius

Ray Davies

21 June 1944

Fortis Green

Gemini

Richey Edwards

22 December 1967

23 November 2008

Caerphilly County Borough

Sagittarius

Robert Fripp

16 May 1946

Wimborne Minster

Taurus

Gary Kemp

16 October 1959

England

Libra

Martin Gore

23 July 1961

London

Cancer

Robin Trower

09 March 1945

Catford

Pisces

Paolo Nutini

09 January 1987

Paisley

Capricorn

Jake Bugg

28 February 1994

Clifton, Nottingham

Pisces

Tom Fletcher

17 July 1985

London Borough of Harrow

Cancer

Jarvis Cocker

19 September 1963

Sheffield

Virgo

Midge Ure

10 October 1953

Cambuslang

Libra

Dave Davies

03 February 1947

Muswell Hill

Aquarius

Karen Elson

14 January 1979

Oldham

Capricorn

Greg Lake

10 November 1947

07 December 2016

Parkstone

Scorpio

Geezer Butler

17 July 1949

Birmingham

Cancer

Laura Marling

01 February 1990

England

Aquarius

K. K. Downing

27 October 1951

West Bromwich

Scorpio

Dave Mason

10 May 1946

Worcester

Taurus

Chris Squire

04 March 1948

28 June 2015

London

Pisces

Ali Campbell

15 February 1959

Birmingham

Aquarius

Corinne Bailey Rae

26 February 1979

Leeds

Pisces

Phil Collen

08 December 1957

Hackney Central

Sagittarius

Vivian Campbell

25 August 1962

Belfast

Virgo

Steve Hackett

12 February 1950

London

Aquarius

Alvin Lee

19 December 1944

06 March 2013

Nottingham

Sagittarius

Joan Armatrading

09 December 1950

Basseterre

Sagittarius

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