This is a list of classical guitarists.
| Name | Born | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | |||
| c.1615–1681 | Italy | ||
| 1649–1717/22 | Spain | ||
| 1640–1710 | Spain | ||
| 1620/1–1687 | Italy | ||
| ??–c.1682 | Italy | ||
| 1654–1713 | Italy | ||
| early 17th century | Italy | ||
| c.1658–1725 | France | ||
| c.1682 or 1685–1732 | Spain |
| Name | Born | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1811–1866 | Germany | ||
| 1773(6?)–1850 | Russia | ||
| 1768–1852 | France | ||
| 1821–1895 | Germany, United Kingdom | ||
| 1784–1849 | Spain | ||
| 1822–1908 | Germany | ||
| 1868–1924 | United Kingdom | ||
| 1770–1841 | Italy | ||
| 1778–1839 | Spain | ||
| 1775–1847 | Italy | ||
| 1852–1909 | Spain | ||
| 1775–1849 | Spain, France | ||
| 1823–1872 | Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom | ||
| 1800–1873 | Croatia | ||
| 1825–1895 | Spain, France | ||
| 1805–1881 | Poland | ||
| 1806–1856 | Slovakia, Austria | ||
| 1805–1882 | Spain | ||
| 1835–1916 | Spain | ||
| 1776–1856 | Germany | ||
| 1832–1882 | Spain | ||
| 1790–1877 | Italy | ||
| 1854–1893 | USA | ||
| 1801–1878 | Italy | ||
| 1792–1853 | Italy | ||
| 1781–1829 | Italy | ||
| 1805–1883 | France | ||
| 1782–1840 | Italy | ||
| 1750–1831 | France | ||
| 1766–1848 | Germany, Austria | ||
| 1773–1830 | Czech Republic | ||
| 1802–1884 | France |
| Name | Born | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916–2001 | Uruguay | ||
| 1885–1944 | Paraguay | ||
| 1929–1999 | France | ||
| 1923–2016 | Venezuela | ||
| 1893–1987 | Spain | ||
| 1917–1986 | Venezuela | ||
| 1935–2016 | Spain | ||
| 1925–2004 | Portugal | ||
| 1919–2014 | Paraguay | ||
| 1913–1996 | Spain | ||
| 1926–2017 | Cuba | ||
| 1886–1980 | Spain | ||
| 1915–1993 | Haiti | ||
| 1870–1950 | Germany | ||
| 1924–1967 | France | ||
| 1887–1957 | Italy | ||
| 1934–2001 | Spain | ||
| 1932–2018 | Austria | ||
| 1917–1995 | Brasil | ||
| 1950–1988 | Denmark | ||
| 1910–1998 | Austria | ||
| 1907–1996 | Argentina, Spain | ||
| 1917–2001 | Egypt, Greece, Italy | ||
| 1878–1938 | Spain | ||
| 1939 | Czech Republic | ||
| 1927–1997 | Spain | ||
| 1938 | Italy | ||
| 1896–1981 | Spain | ||
| 1927–2005 | Spain | ||
| 1935–1998 | Russia | ||
| 1915–1999 | Slovenia | ||
| 1885–1980 | USA | ||
| 1860–1947 | USA |
| Name | Born | Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Holzman | 1960 | USA | |||
| Adnan Ahmedic | 1975 | Bosnia | |||
| Alberto Ponce | 1935–2019 | Spain, France | |||
| Alejandro González | 1973 | Cuba | |||
| Alice Artzt | 1943 | USA | |||
| Álvaro Pierri | 1953 | Uruguay | |||
| Ana Vidović | 1980 | Croatia | |||
| Anastasia Bardina | 1962 | Russia | |||
| Anders Miolin | 1961 | Sweden, Switzerland | |||
| Andrew York | 1958 | USA | |||
| Angel Romero | 1946 | Spain | |||
| Aniello Desiderio | 1971 | Italy | |||
| AnnaMaria Cardinalli | 1979 | USA | |||
| Annette Kruisbrink | 1958 | Netherlands | |||
| Antigoni Goni | 1969 | Greece | |||
| Artyom Dervoed | 1981 | Russia | |||
| Andrei Krylov | 1959 | Russia | |||
| Badi Assad | 1966 | Brazil | |||
| Benjamin Dwyer | 1965 | Ireland | |||
| Berta Rojas | 1966 | Paraguay | |||
| Carlo Domeniconi | 1947 | Italy | |||
| Carlo Marchione | 1964 | Italy | |||
| Carlos Bonell | 1949 | United Kingdom | |||
| Cesar Amaro | 1948–2012 | Uruguay | |||
| Charles Ramirez | 1953 | United Kingdom | |||
| Chen Shanshan | 1983 | China | |||
| Christopher Parkening | 1947 | USA | |||
| Dang Ngoc Long | 1957 | Germany, Vietnam | |||
| David Leisner | 1953 | USA | |||
| Dave Flynn | 1977 | Ireland | |||
| David Russell | 1953 | United Kingdom | |||
| David Starobin | 1951 | USA | |||
| David Tanenbaum | 1956 | USA | |||
| Denis Azabagic | 1972 | Bosnia | |||
| Detlev Bork | 1967 | Germany | |||
| Dimitri Illarionov | 1979 | Russia | |||
| Dušan Bogdanović | 1955 | Serbia | |||
| Edoardo Catemario | 1965 | Italy | |||
| Edson Lopes | 1957 | Brazil | |||
| Eduardo Fernández | 1952 | Uruguay | |||
| Ekachai Jearakul | 1987 | Thailand | |||
| Elie Ossipovitch | 1987 | France | |||
| Eliot Fisk | 1958 | USA, Austria | |||
| Erkan Ogur | 1954 | Turkey | |||
| Erling Møldrup | 1943–2016 | Denmark | |||
| Evan Hirschelman | 1976 | USA | |||
| Evangelos Assimakopoulos | 1940 | Greece | |||
| Filomena Moretti | 1973 | Italy | |||
| Flavio Sala | 1983 | Italy | |||
| Frank Bungarten | 1958 | Germany | |||
| Gabriel Estarellas | 1952 | Spain | |||
| Gareth Koch | 1962 | Australia | |||
| Gentil Montaña | 1942–2011 | Colombia | |||
| Georg Gulyás | 1968 | Sweden | |||
| Gilbert Biberian | 1944 | Turkey, United Kingdom | |||
| Goran Krivokapić | 1979 | Serbia | |||
| Göran Söllscher | 1955 | Sweden | |||
| Gordon O'Brien | 1966 | Canada | |||
| Heike Matthiesen | 1969-2023 | Germany | |||
| Hubert Käppel | 1951 | Germany | |||
| Hucky Eichelmann | 1956 | Germany, Thailand | |||
| Humberto Bruni Lamanna | 1957 | Venezuela | |||
| Irina Kulikova | 1982 | Russia | |||
| Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon | 1953 | Bolivia | |||
| Jason Vieaux | 1973 | USA | |||
| Jim Ferguson | 1948 | USA | |||
| Johanna Beisteiner | 1976 | Austria | |||
| John Couch | 1976 | New Zealand, Australia | |||
| John Feeley | 1955 | Ireland | |||
| John Schneider | 1950 | USA | |||
| John Williams | 1941 | Australia, United Kingdom | |||
| Jorge Cardoso | 1949 | Argentina | |||
| Jorge Morel | 1931 | Argentina, USA | |||
| József Eötvös | 1962 | Hungary | |||
| Józef Zsapka | 1947 | Slovakia | |||
| Juanjo Domínguez | 1951–2019 | Argentina | |||
| Julian Bream | 1933–2020 | United Kingdom | |||
| Jürgen Rost | 1945 | Germany | |||
| Kaori Muraji | 1978 | Japan | |||
| Karin Schaupp | 1972 | Germany, Australia | |||
| Peter and Zoltán Katona | 1968 | Hungary | |||
| Kazuhito Yamashita | 1961 | Japan | |||
| Kyuhee Park | 1985 | South Korea | |||
| Laura Snowden | United Kingdom, France | ||||
| Laura Young | 1962 | Canada | |||
| Leo Brouwer | 1939 | Cuba | |||
| Leon Koudelak | 1961 | Czech Republic, Switzerland, Thailand | |||
| Li Jie | 1981 | China | |||
| Liat Cohen | 1971 | France, Israel | |||
| Liona Boyd | 1949 | Canada | |||
| Liza Zoe | 1940 | Greece | |||
| Magnus Andersson | 1955 | Sweden | |||
| Mak Grgic | 1987 | Slovenia | |||
| Manuel Barrueco | 1952 | Cuba | |||
| Marc Ongley[1] | 1952 | USA | |||
| Marc Regnier | 19?? | USA | |||
| Marcin Dylla | 1976 | Poland | |||
| Marco Pereira | 1950 | Brazil | |||
| Margarita Escarpa | 1964 | Spain | |||
| María Isabel Siewers | 1950 | Argentina | |||
| Maria Kämmerling | 1946 | Germany | |||
| Marko Topchii | 1991 | Ukraine | |||
| Mårten Falk | 1973 | Sweden | |||
| Martha Masters | 1972 | USA | |||
| Mattias Schulstad | 1984 | Sweden | |||
| Máximo Diego Pujol | 1957 | Argentina | |||
| Michael Laucke | 1947 | Canada | |||
| Michael Nicolella | 1963 | USA | |||
| Michael Tröster | 1956 | Germany | |||
| Milica Ilic | 1981 | Australia | |||
| Milos Karadaglic | 1983 | Montenegro | |||
| Monika Rost | 1943 | Germany | |||
| Nicola Hall | 1969 | United Kingdom | |||
| Nikita Koshkin | 1956 | Russia | |||
| 2000 | Serbia | Norbert Kraft | 1950 | Austria, Canada | |
| Ólavur Jakobsen | 1964 | Faroe Islands | |||
| Oliver Fartach-Naini | 1964 | Germany | |||
| Pablo Márquez | 1967 | Argentina | |||
| Patrick Kearney | 1970 | Canada | |||
| Paul Galbraith | 1964 | United Kingdom | |||
| Pavel Steidl | 1961 | Czech Republic, Netherlands | |||
| Pepe Romero | 1944 | Spain | |||
| Petar Čulić | 1986 | Croatia | |||
| Petrit Ceku | 1985 | Kosovo | |||
| Piotr Pakhomkin | 1985 | Russia, USA | |||
| Rafael Andia | 1942 | France | |||
| Rafael Serrallet | 1971 | Spain | |||
| Reinbert Evers | 1949 | Germany | |||
| Ricardo Gallén | 1972 | Spain | |||
| Robert Phillips | 1953 | USA | |||
| Roberto Fabbri | 1964 | Italy | |||
| Roland Dyens | 1955–2016 | France | |||
| Scott Tennant | 1962 | USA | |||
| Sean Shibe | 1992 | United Kingdom | |||
| Sergio Assad | 1952 | Brazil | |||
| Sharon Isbin | 1956 | USA | |||
| Simone Iannarelli | 1970 | Italy | |||
| Slava Grigoryan | 1976 | Australia | |||
| Stanley Yates | 1958 | United Kingdom, USA | |||
| Stefano Grondona | 1958 | Italy | |||
| Štěpán Rak | 1945 | Czech Republic | |||
| Stephen Marchionda | 1967 | USA, Spain | |||
| Su Meng | 1988 | China | |||
| Thomas Müller-Pering | 1958 | Germany | |||
| Tilman Hoppstock | 1961 | Germany | |||
| Timo Korhonen | 1964 | Finland | |||
| Tony Harmon | 1958 | USA | |||
| Vladimir Gorbach | 1981 | Russia | |||
| Ferenc Bernáth | 1981 | Hungary, Ukraine | |||
| Andras Csaki | 1981 | Hungary | |||
| Wang Yameng | 1981 | China | |||
| William Kanengiser | 1959 | USA | |||
| Yang Xuefei | 1977 | China | |||
| Yorgos Foudoulis | 1964 | Greece | |||
| Zoran Dukic | 1969 | Croatia | |||
| Miloš Karadaglić | 1983 | Montenegro |