Famous guitarists
musician who plays the guitar
2,452 people
John Lennon
1940
– 1980
· Age 40
Deceased
Freddie Mercury
1946
– 1991
· Age 45
Deceased
Bob Marley
1945
– 1981
· Age 36
Deceased
David Bowie
1947
– 2016
· Age 69
Deceased
Jimi Hendrix
1942
– 1970
· Age 27
Deceased
Amy Winehouse
1983
– 2011
· Age 27
Deceased
George Harrison
1943
– 2001
· Age 58
Deceased
Kurt Cobain
1967
– 1994
· Age 27
Deceased
Vladimir Vysotsky
1938
– 1980
· Age 42
Deceased
Johnny Cash
1932
– 2003
· Age 71
Deceased
Prince
1958
– 2016
· Age 57
Deceased
Frank Zappa
1940
– 1993
· Age 52
Deceased
Niccolò Paganini
1782
– 1840
· Age 57
Deceased
Janis Joplin
1943
– 1970
· Age 27
Deceased
James Brown
1933
– 2006
· Age 73
Deceased
Chuck Berry
1926
– 2017
· Age 90
Deceased
Pete Seeger
1919
– 2014
· Age 94
Deceased
Sinéad O'Connor
1966
– 2023
· Age 56
Deceased
Carl Maria von Weber
1786
– 1826
· Age 39
Deceased
Jacques Brel
1929
– 1978
· Age 49
Deceased
Viktor Tsoi
1962
– 1990
· Age 28
Deceased
Lou Reed
1942
– 2013
· Age 71
Deceased
Toto Cutugno
1943
– 2023
· Age 80
Deceased
Hulk Hogan
1953
– 2025
· Age 71
Deceased
Dolores O'Riordan
1971
– 2018
· Age 46
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q855091