Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time/Catalogs

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Rank	Artist	Nationality	Date of Birth	Date of Death
1	Jimi Hendrix	American	27/11/1942	18/09/1970
2	Duane Allman	American	20/11/1946	29/10/1971
3	BB King	American	16/09/1925	—
4	Eric Clapton	British	30/03/1945	—
5	Robert Johnson	American	08/05/1911	16/08/1938
6	Chuck Berry	American	18/10/1926	—
7	Stevie Ray Vaughan	American	03/10/1954	27/08/1990
8	Ry Cooder	American	15/03/1947	—
9	Jimmy Page	British	09/01/1944	—
10	Keith Richards	British	18/12/1943	—
11	Kirk Hammett	American	18/11/1962	—
12	Kurt Cobain	American	20/02/1967	05/04/1994
13	Jerry Garcia	American	01/08/1942	09/08/1995
14	Jeff Beck	British	24/06/1944	—
15	Carlos Santana	American	20/07/1947	—
16	Johnny Ramone	American	08/10/1948	15/09/2004
17	Jack White	American	09/07/1975	—
18	John Frusciante	American	05/03/1970	—
19	Richard Thompson	British	03/04/1949	—
20	James Burton	American	21/08/1939	—
21	George Harrison	British	25/02/1943	29/11/2001
22	Mike Bloomfield	American	28/07/1943	15/02/1981
23	Warren Haynes	American	06/04/1960	—
24	The Edge	British	08/08/1961	—
25	Freddie King	American	03/09/1934	28/12/1976
26	Tom Morello	Amercian	30/05/1964	—
27	Mark Knopfler	British	12/08/1949	—
28	Stephen Stills	American	03/01/1945	—
29	Ron Asheton	American	17/07/1948	06/01/2009
30	Buddy Guy	American	30/07/1936	—
31	Dick Dale	American	04/05/1937	—
32	John Cipollina	American	24/08/1943	29/05/1989
33	Lee Ranaldo	American	03/02/1956	—
34	Thurston Moore	American	25/07/1958	—
35	John Fahey	American	28/02/1939	22/02/2001
36	Steve Cropper	American	21/10/1941	—
37	Bo Diddley	American	30/12/1928	02/06/2008
38	Peter Green	British	29/10/1946	—
39	Brian May	British	19/07/1947	—
40	John Fogerty	American	28/05/1945	—
41	Clarence White	American	07/06/1944	15/07/1973
42	Robert Fripp	British	16/05/1946	—
43	Eddie Hazel	American	10/04/1950	23/12/1992
44	Scotty Moore	American	27/12/1931	—
45	Frank Zappa	American	21/12/1940	04/12/1993
46	Les Paul	American	09/06/1915	—
47	T-Bone Walker	American	28/05/1910	15/03/1975
48	Joe Perry	American	10/09/1950	—
49	John McLaughlin	British	04/01/1942	—
50	Pete Townshend	British	19/05/1945	—
51	Paul Kossoff	British	14/09/1950	19/03/1976
52	Lou Reed	American	02/03/1942	—
53	Mickey Baker	American	15/10/1925	—
54	Jorma Kaukonen	American	23/12/1940	—
55	Ritchie Blackmore	British	14/04/1945	—
56	Tom Verlaine	American	13/12/1949	—
57	Roy Buchanan	American	23/09/1939	14/08/1988
58	Dickey Betts	American	12/12/1943	—
59	Jonny Greenwood	British	05/11/1971	—
60	Ed O'Brien	British	15/04/1968	—
61	Ike Turner	American	05/11/1931	12/12/2007
62	Zoot Horn Rollo	American	12/12/1948	—
63	Danny Gatton	American	04/09/1945	04/10/1994
64	Mick Ronson	British	26/05/1946	29/04/1993
65	Hubert Sumlin	American	16/11/1931	—
66	Vernon Reid	American	22/08/1958	—
67	Link Wray	American	02/05/1929	05/11/2005
68	Jerry Miller	American	10/07/1943	—
69	Steve Howe	British	08/04/1947	—
70	Eddie Van Halen	American	26/01/1955	—
71	Sam Lightnin' Hopkins	American	15/03/1912	30/01/1982
72	Joni Mitchell	Canadian	07/11/1943	—
73	Trey Anastasio	American	30/09/1964	—
74	Johnny Winter	American	23/02/1944	—
75	Adam Jones	American	15/01/1965	—
76	Ali Farka Touré	Malian	31/10/1939	07/03/2006
77	Henry Vestine	American	25/12/1944	20/10/1997
78	Robbie Robertson	Canadian	05/07/1943	—
79	Cliff Gallup	American	17/06/1930	09/10/1988
80	Robert Quine	American	30/12/1942	31/05/2004
81	Derek Trucks	American	08/06/1979	—
82	David Gilmour	British	06/03/1946	—
83	Neil Young	Canadian	12/11/1945	—
84	Eddie Cochran	American	03/10/1938	17/04/1960
85	Randy Rhoads	American	06/12/1956	19/03/1982
86	Tony Iommi	British	19/02/1948	—
87	Joan Jett	American	22/09/1958	—
88	Dave Davies	British	03/02/1947	—
89	D Boon	American	01/04/1958	22/12/1985
90	Glen Buxton	American	10/11/1947	19/10/1997
91	Robby Krieger	American	08/01/1946	—
92	Fred "Sonic" Smith	American	13/09/1949	04/11/1994
93	Wayne Kramer	American	30/04/1948	—
94	Bert Jansch	British	03/11/1943	—
95	Kevin Shields	American	21/05/1963	—
96	Angus Young	Australian	31/03/1955	—
97	Robert Randolph	American	??/??/1978	—
98	Leigh Stephens	American	??/??/1942	—
99	Greg Ginn	American	08/06/1954	—
100	Kim Thayil	American	04/09/1960	—