List of mandolinists (sorted)
This is a list of mandolinists, people who have specifically furthered the mandolin by composing for it, by playing it, or by teaching it. They are identified by their affiliation to the instrument.
First generation mandolinists (c. 1744 - 1880)
- Bartolomeo Bortolazzi
- Luigi Castellacci
- Giovanni Cifolelli
- Pietro Denis
- Giovanni Fouchetti
- Alexandro Marie Antoin Fridzeri
- Carlo Antonio Gambara
- Giovanni Battista Gervasio
- Giovanni Hoffmann
- Vincent Houška
- Wenzel Krumpholz
- Carmine de Laurentiis
- Gabriele Leone;
- Carlo Sodi
- Giovanni Vailati
- Mademoiselle de Villeneuve
- Pietro Vimercati
Golden age mandolinists (c. 1880 - c. 1920)
- Michele Salvatore Ciociano
- Valentine Abt
- Pietro Armanini
- Edgar Bara
- Giuseppe Bellenghi
- Giuseppe Branzoli
- Raffaele Calace
- Jules Cottin
- Ferdinando de Cristofaro
- Carlo Curti
- Bernardo De Pace
- Baldomero Cateura
- Herbert J. Ellis
- James Reese Europe
- Michele Fasano
- Giovanni Gioviale
- George H. Hucke
- Nikolaos Lavdas
- Salvador Léonardi
- Mario Macciochi
- Eduardo Mezzacapo
- Carlo Munier
- W. Eugene Page
- Clarence L. Partee
- Giuseppe Pettine
- Jean Pietrapertosa
- Silvio Ranieri
- Jeanne Ricada-Mathorez
- Arling Shaeffer
- Samuel Siegel
- Giuseppe Silvestri
- Giovanni Vicari
- Seth Weeks
- Bob Yosco
Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased)
- Giuseppe Anedda
- Nino Catania
- Matteo Casserino
- Rudy Cipolla
- Samuel Firstman
- Brian Israel
- Kurt Jensen
- Yasuo Kuwahara
- Jiro Nakano
- Takashi Ochi
- Alison Stephens
- Morishige Takei
- Konrad Wölki
- Howard Armstrong
- Willie Black
- Dink Brister
- Rory Gallagher
- Jim Hill
- Charles Johnson
- Coley Jones
- Big Jack Johnson
- Bobbie Leecan
- Alfred Martin
- Carl Martin
- Charlie McCoy
- Al Miller
- Matthew Prater
- Herb Quinn
- James "Yank" Rachell
- Johnny Winter
- Johnny "Man" Young
- Charlie Bailey
- Bill Bolick
- Bob Bruen
- Jethro Burns
- Joseph Allen "Joe" Carr
- John Duffey
- Bill Monroe
- Tiny Moore
- Tut Taylor
- U. Srinivas
Gospel
- Katie Bell Nubin
Old Timey
- Orpha Powers
- Mike Seeger
- Bob Yosco
- Allen Woody
Modern mandolinists 1920 to present
Mainly classical
Australia- Joyce Bootsma
- Keith Harris
- Adrian Hooper
- Michael Hooper
- Gerda Abts
- Ralf Leenen
- Oleg Videnov
- Tove Flensborg
- Vincent Beer-Demander
- Cécile Valette
- Julien Martineau
- Peladan Michèle
- Annick Robergeau
- Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata
- Cécile Valette
- Daniel Ahlert
- Caterina Lichtenberg
- Annika Hinsche
- Marga Wilden-Hüsgen
- Veronika Schlereth
- Sabine Spath
- Steffen Trekel
- Detlef Tewes
- Gertrud Weyhofen
- Simon Mayor
- Frances Taylor
- U. Rajesh
- Avi Avital
- Jacob Reuven
- Alon Sariel
- Carlo Aonzo
- Giuseppe Aonzo
- Andrea Bazzoni
- Matthew Bonizzoni
- Emanuele Cappellotto
- Céline Cellucci
- Freddy Colt
- Raffaele La Ragione
- Paola Esposito
- Dorina Frati
- Duilio Galfetti
- Fabio Gallucci
- Claudio Mandonico
- Sonia Maurer
- Maria Cleofe Miotti
- Ugo Orlandi
- Roberto Palumbo
- Giorgio Pertusi
- Nunzio Reina
- Amelia Saracco
- Mauro Squillante
- Clara Ponzoni
- Miriam Zaniboni
- Ryo Aoyama
- Tadashi Aoyama
- Kaga-jo Hiromitsu
- Yasunobu Inoue
- Ishibashi Keizo
- Kimotsuki KenYoshi
- Takashi Kubota
- Onishi Kozo
- Hiromitsu
- Izumi Toru
- Hidenori Yoshimizu
- Ferdinand Binnendijk
- Jesse Buijs
- Yolanda Döpp
- Sebastiaan de Grebber
- Marina Eckhardt
- Alex Timmerman
- Kitty Wortel-Hendriks
- Pauline Ulderink
- Reidar Edvardsen
Puerto Rico
- Gustavo Batista -
- Natalya Kravets
- Natalia Marashova
- Elena Zabavskay
- Ekaterina Mochalova
- Juan-Carlos Muñoz
- Lars Forslund
- Giorgio Borsani
- Giorgio Caneva
- Julia Zimina
- Mauro Pacchin
- Paolo Stirnimann
- Anatoly Semikozov
- Butch Baldassari
- Chris Acquavella
- Joseph Brent
- John Craton
- Mark Davis
- David Evans
- Matt Flinner
- Neil Gladd
- Marilynn Mair
- Evan Marshall
- Laura Norris
- Dana Rath
- Charley Rappaport :Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchetra
- Emanuil Sheynkman
- Richard Walz
- Radim Zenkl )
- Ricardo Sandoval
Blues
- Sumru Ağıryürüyen
- Ry Cooder
- Bert Deivert
- Rich DelGrosso
- Andra Faye
- Billy Flynn
- Alvin Youngblood Hart
- Jimi Hocking
- Mike Hoffmann
- Gerry Hundt
- Steve James
- Pokey Lafarge
- Roselyn Lionhart
- Barry Mitterhoff
- Lino Muoio
- Jim Richter
- Scott Riggs
- Otis Taylor
- Hans Theessink
- Doc White
- Rainier Wöffler
- Marc Woodward
Bluegrass
- Tom Adams
- Darin Aldridge
- Taylor Amerding
- Lloyd Armstrong
- Jeff Austin
- Alan Bibey
- Robert Bowlin
- Jesse Brock
- Sam Bush
- Mike Compton
- Sharon Gilchrist
- Randy Graham
- David Grisman
- David Harvey
- Sierra Hull
- Jackie Kincaid
- Doyle Lawson
- Everett Lilly
- Tashi Litch
- David Long
- Mike Marshall
- Ronnie McCoury
- David McLaughlin
- Jesse McReynolds
- Buddy Merriam
- Barry Mitterhoff
- Tim O'Brien
- Bobby Osborne
- Georgi Palmov
- Lou Reid
- John Reischman
- Eric Robertson
- Tom Rozum
- Sandy Rothman
- Charlie Seckler
- Jon Sholle
- Herschel Sizemore
- Ricky Skaggs
- Johnny Staats
- Andy Statman
- Adam Steffey
- Mark Stoffel
- Donna Stoneman
- Bryan Sutton
- Chris Thile
- Niall Toner
- Graham Townsend
- Joe Val
- Rhonda Vincent
- Joe K. Walsh
- Frank Wakefield
- Kym Warner
- Sean Watkins
- Buck White
- Roland White
- Paul Williams
Choro
- Danilo Brito
- Tim Connell
- Elisa Meyer Ferreira
- Diogo Guanabara
- Hamilton de Holanda
- David Ray
- Déo Rian
- Paulo Sá
Country
- Paul Buskirk
- Mark Casstevens
- Walter Garland
- Steve Gibson
- Vince Gill
- Johnny Gimble
- Jeff Hanna
- Aubrey Haynie
- Chick Hurt
- Gene Johnson
- John Jorgenson
- David Keenan
- Cheyenne Kimball
- Ira Louvin
- Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds
- John McEuen
- Neil Perry
- Emily Robison
- Marty Stuart
- Jerry Swallow
- Oscar Sullivan
- Lisa Theo
- Les Thompson
- Billy Joe Walker
- Justin Williamson
- Charlie Worsham
Mix: Americana, American folk, progressive bluegrass, blues, jazz, rock, country
- Larry Campbell
- Tim Connell
- Phil Lawrence
- Ry Cooder
- David Grisman
- Richard Kriehn
- Sarah Jarosz
- David Lindley
- Peter Ostroushko
Irish
- Paul Brady
- Yanni Dellaportas
- Andy Irvine
- Paul Kelly
- Claudine Langille
- Mick Moloney
- Johnny Moynihan
- John Sheahan
British folk and folk rock
- Ritchie Blackmore
- Marla Fibish
- Yanni Dellaportas
- Chris Leslie
- Graham Lyle
- Dave Swarbrick
Rock
- Ian Anderson
- Eric Bazilian
- Tim Brennan
- Peter Buck
- Dash Crofts
- Rory Gallagher
- Yanni Dellaportas
- David Gilmour
- "Maestro" Alex Gregory
- David Grisman
- Levon Helm
- Chris Hillman
- Ray Jackson
- John Paul Jones
- Bernie Leadon
- Jimmy Page
- Mick Ronson
- Jack White
- Pete Zorn
Japanese pop and anime music
- Nagata Kazuuketamawa
- Kumei Kenzo
- Takahiro Obata
- Aoyama Tadashi
- Seishin
- Koichiro Tashiro
- Hitoshi Watanabe
Jazz
- John Abercrombie
- Jason Anick
- Joseph Brent
- Issac Eicher
- Paul Glasse
- Michael Kang
- John Kruth
- Michael Lampert
- Emory Lester
- Don Stiernberg
- Patrick Vaillant
- Tim Ware
- Andrew Weinstein
Gospel music / klesmer
- Tim Connell
- Phil Lawrence
- Andy Statman
- Gerrey Tenney
Mandolin orchestras
Golden age
Modern
- Amsterdam Mandolin Orchestra
- Athenian Mandolinata Nikolaos Lavdas
- Attika Plucked String Orchestra
- Auckland Mandolinata
- Austin Mandolin Orchestra
- Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra
- Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra
- Dayton Mandolin Orchestra
- Denver Mandolin Orchestra
- Esmoriz Mandolin Orchestra
- Hamamatsu Mandolin Orchestra
- Kalamazoo Mandolin Orchestra
- Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra
- Mandolinata de Genève Orchestra
- Manndolinen-Konzertgesellschaft Wuppertal
- New York Mandolin Orchestra
- Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
- Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra
- Providence Mandolin Orchestra
- Seattle Mandolin Orchestra
- Sydney Mandolin Orchestra