Arts
Music
Guitarist
Profiles
| Name................................ | Born.... | Died.... | Style................. |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | 1893 | 1929 | Blues |
| Lonnie Johnson | 1899 | 1970 | Jazz |
| Son House | 1902 | 1988 | Blues |
| Eddie Lang | 1902 | 1933 | Jazz |
| Maybelle Carter | 1909 | 1978 | Country |
| Django Reinhardt | 1910 | 1953 | Jazz |
| Aaron "T-Bone" Walker | 1910 | 1975 | Jazz/Blues |
| Howlin' Wolf | 1910 | 1976 | Blues |
| Robert Johnson | 1911 | 1938 | Blues |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | 1912 | 1982 | Blues |
| Muddy Waters | 1913 | 1983 | Blues |
| Lester Flatt | 1914 | 1979 | Bluegrass |
| Robert Lockwood Jr | 1915 | 2006 | Blues |
| Les Paul | 1915 | Jazz | |
| Charlie Christian | 1916 | 1942 | Jazz |
| John Lee Hooker | 1917 | 2001 | Blues |
| Merle Travis | 1917 | 1983 | Country |
| Elmore James | 1918 | 1963 | Blues |
| Herb Ellis | 1921 | Jazz | |
| Tal Farlow | 1921 | 1998 | Jazz |
| Joe Maphis | 1921 | 1986 | Country |
| Barney Kessel | 1923 | Jazz | |
| Albert King | 1923 | 1992 | Blues |
| Wes Montgomery | 1923 | 1968 | Jazz |
| Arthel "Doc" Watson | 1923 | Bluegrass | |
| Chet Atkins | 1924 | Jazz/Country | |
| Clarence "Gate Mouth" Brown | 1924 | 2005 | Blues |
| Charlie Byrd | 1925 | 1999 | Jazz |
| B. B. King | 1925 | Blues | |
| Chuck Berry | 1926 | Rock n Roll | |
| Guitar Slim | 1926 | 1959 | Blues |
| Jim Martin | 1927 | 2005 | Bluegrass |
| Matt "Guitar" Murphy | 1927 | Blues | |
| Bo Diddley | 1928 | 2008 | Rock n Roll |
| Joe Pass | 1929 | 1994 | Jazz |
| Howard Roberts | 1929 | 1992 | Jazz |
| Link Wray | 1929 | 2005 | Rock n Roll |
| Hank Garland | 1930 | 2004 | Jazz |
| Jim Hall | 1930 | Jazz | |
| Tommy Tedesco | 1930 | 1997 | Jazz |
| Kenny Burrell | 1931 | Jazz | |
| Scotty Moore | 1931 | Country | |
| Hubert Sumlin | 1931 | Blues | |
| Albert Collins | 1932 | 1993 | Blues |
| Roy Nichols | 1932 | 2001 | Country |
| Carl Perkins | 1932 | 1998 | Rockabilly |
| Lonnie Brooks | 1933 | Blues | |
| Roy Clarke | 1933 | Country | |
| Freddie King | 1934 | 1976 | Blues |
| Otis Rush | 1934 | Blues | |
| Grant Green | 1935 | 1979 | Jazz |
| Gene Vincent | 1935 | 1971 | Rockabilly |
| Glenn Campbell | 1936 | Country | |
| Buddy Guy | 1936 | Blues | |
| Dale Hawkins | 1936 | Swamp Boogie | |
| Dick Dale | 1937 | Surf | |
| Wanda Jackson | 1937 | Rockabilly | |
| Jerry Reed | 1937 | 2008 | Country |
| Magic Sam | 1937 | 1969 | Blues |
| Magic Slim | 1937 | Blues | |
| Norman Blake | 1938 | Bluegrass | |
| Eddie Cochran | 1938 | 1960 | Rock n Roll |
| Duane Eddy | 1938 | Rock n Roll | |
| Roy Buchanan | 1939 | 1988 | Blues |
| James Burton | 1939 | 2001 | Country |
| Lenny Breau | 1941 | 1984 | Jazz |
| Steve Cropper | 1941 | Blues | |
| Lonnie Mac | 1941 | Blues | |
| Elvin Bishop | 1942 | Blues | |
| John Hammond | 1942 | Blues | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 1942 | 1970 | Rock |
| Taj Mahal | 1942 | Blues | |
| John McLaughlin | 1942 | Jazz | |
| Randy Bachman | 1943 | Rock | |
| George Benson | 1943 | Jazz | |
| Dickey Betts | 1943 | Southern Rock | |
| Michael Bloomfield | 1943 | 1981 | Blues |
| Larry Coryell | 1943 | Jazz | |
| George Harrison | 1943 | Rock | |
| Albert Lee | 1943 | Country | |
| Dave Peverett | 1943 | 2000 | Rock |
| Keith Richards | 1943 | Rock | |
| John Abercrombie | 1944 | Jazz | |
| Jeff Beck | 1944 | Hard Rock | |
| Alvin Lee | 1944 | Blues/Rock | |
| Pat Martino | 1944 | Jazz | |
| Jimmy Page | 1944 | Hard Rock | |
| Mick Ralphs | 1944 | Hard Rock | |
| Clarence White | 1944 | 1973 | Country |
| Johnny Winter | 1944 | Blues | |
| Ritchie Blackmore | 1945 | Hard Rock | |
| Robert Conti | 1945 | Jazz | |
| Eric Clapton | 1945 | Blues/Rock | |
| Danny Gatton | 1945 | 1994 | Jazz/Country |
| Harvey Mandel | 1945 | Blues/Rock | |
| Stephen Stills | 1945 | Rock | |
| Pete Townshend | 1945 | Rock | |
| Robin Trower | 1945 | Hard Rock | |
| Jan Akkerman | 1946 | Rock/Fusion | |
| Duane Allman | 1946 | 1971 | Blues/Rock |
| David Gilmour | 1946 | Classic Rock | |
| Ted Greene | 1946 | 2005 | Jazz |
| Terry Kath | 1946 | 1978 | Classic Rock |
| Ry Cooder | 1947 | Country | |
| Buck Dharma | 1947 | Rock | |
| Don Felder | 1947 | Rock | |
| Steve Howe | 1947 | Progressive Rock | |
| Brian May | 1947 | Classic Rock | |
| Rod Price | 1947 | 2005 | Classic Rock |
| Elliot Randall | 1947 | Classic Rock | |
| Tom Scholz | 1947 | Classic Rock | |
| Carlos Santanna | 1947 | Classic Rock | |
| Joe Walsh | 1947 | Classic Rock | |
| Jeff "Skunk" Baxter | 1948 | Rock | |
| Lindsey Buckingham | 1948 | Rock | |
| Larry Carlton | 1948 | Jazz | |
| Rory Gallagher | 1948 | 1995 | Blues |
| Dave Hole | 1948 | Blues | |
| Bill Kirchen | 1948 | Rockabilly | |
| Ted Nugent | 1948 | Rock | |
| Duke Robillard | 1948 | Jazz | |
| Todd Rundgren | 1948 | Rock | |
| Billy Gibbons | 1949 | Rock | |
| Mark Knopfler | 1949 | Classic Rock | |
| Kerry Livgren | 1949 | Rock | |
| Bonnie Raitt | 1949 | Blues/Rock | |
| Mick Taylor | 1949 | Blues/Rock | |
| George Thorogood | 1950 | Blues/Rock | |
| Bill Frisell | 1951 | Jazz | |
| Robben Ford | 1951 | Jazz | |
| Phil Keaggy | 1951 | Acoustic | |
| Sonny Landreth | 1951 | Blues | |
| Keb Mo | 1951 | Blues | |
| Coc Montoya | 1951 | Blues | |
| Chris Rea | 1951 | Blues | |
| Tony Rice | 1951 | Bluegrass | |
| John Scofield | 1951 | Jazz | |
| Walter Trout | 1951 | Blues | |
| Jimmie Vaughan | 1951 | Blues | |
| Tuck Andress | 1952 | Jazz | |
| Ray Flacke | 1952 | Country | |
| Gary Moore | 1952 | Blues/Rock | |
| Lee Ritenour | 1952 | Jazz | |
| Jimmy Bruno | 1953 | Jazz | |
| Robert Cray | 1953 | Blues | |
| Ronnie Earl | 1953 | Blues | |
| Alex Lifeson | 1953 | Rock | |
| Jimmy Thackery | 1953 | Blues | |
| Hollywood Fats | 1954 | 1986 | Blues |
| Scott Henderson | 1954 | Jazz | |
| Eric Johnson | 1954 | Instrumental Rock | |
| Earl Klugh | 1954 | Jazz | |
| Frank Marino | 1954 | Rock | |
| Al Di Meola | 1954 | Jazz | |
| Pat Metheny | 1954 | Jazz | |
| Ulrich Roth | 1954 | Classic Rock | |
| Ricky Skaggs | 1954 | Country | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughn | 1954 | 1990 | Blues |
| Eddie Van Halen | 1955 | Rock | |
| Leslie West | 1955 | Rock | |
| Lee Roy Parnell | 1956 | Country | |
| Martin Taylor | 1956 | Jazz | |
| Tinsley Ellis | 1957 | Blues | |
| Vince Gill | 1957 | Country | |
| Steve Lukather | 1957 | Rock | |
| Emily Remler | 1957 | 1990 | Jazz |
| Stanley Jordan | 1959 | Jazz | |
| Brent Mason | 1959 | Country | |
| Brian Setzer | 1959 | Rockabilly | |
| Warren Haynes | 1960 | Rock | |
| Chris Duarte | 1963 | Blues | |
| Jeff Healey | 1966 | 2008 | Blues/Rock |
| Tab Benoit | 1967 | Blues | |
| Keith Urban | 1967 | Country | |
| Brad Paisley | 1972 | Country | |
| Joe Bonomassa | 1977 | Blues | |
| Kenny Wayne Shepperd | 1977 | Blues | |
| Derek Trucks | 1979 | Blues/Rock | |
| Jonny Lang | 1981 | Blues/Rock |