20th-century American guitarists

The list 20th-century American guitarists includes Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, John Frusciante and Joan Jett. The list consists of 3,627 members and 2 sublists.

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1.

Nikki Sixx

American musician (born 1958)

Overview: Nikki Sixx (born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr.; December 11, 1958) is an American musician, songwriter, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter ...

Date of birth: 11 December 1958

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Italian American heavy metal musicians 55T

Brides of Destruction members 8T

American male bass guitarists 1,092T
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Michael Jackson

American singer (1958–2009)

Overview: Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Known as the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural ...

Date of birth: 29 August 1958

Date of death: 25 June 2009

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Presley family 9T

20th-century African-American male singers 999T

20th-century American male singers 1,989T
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Prince

American musician (1958–2016)

Overview: Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. A guitar virtuoso known for his genre-crossing work, w ...

Date of birth: 7 June 1958

Date of death: 21 April 2016

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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African-American male singer-songwriters 289T

Singer-songwriters from Minnesota 97T

20th-century African-American male singers 980T
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Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

Overview: Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, painter, and writer. He is known for his controversial stage personality and ...

Date of birth: 5 January 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Lindsay Usich (Married)

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Singer-songwriters from Florida 218T

Singer-songwriters from Ohio 198T

Eccentrics 26T
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Lenny Kravitz

American, Singer

Overview: Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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American rhythm guitarists 181T

American lead guitarists 434T

Jewish American rock musicians 108T
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Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

Overview: James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four ...

Date of birth: 27 November 1942

Date of death: 18 September 1970

Age: 27 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Kings of Rhythm members 24T

Gypsy Sun and Rainbows members 6T

Barbiturates-related deaths 101T
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Jimmy Page

English guitarist (born 1944)

Overview: James Patrick Page OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band ...

Date of birth: 9 January 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Skiffle musicians 18T

Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends members 7T

XYZ (English band) members 4T
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John Frusciante

American guitarist (born 1970)

Overview: John Anthony Frusciante ( ; born March 5, 1970) is an American musician best known as the guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has also released 12 solo albums and seven EPs.

Date of birth: 5 March 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Marcia Pinna (Dating)

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Record Collection artists 18T

Warpaint (band) 2T

Birdman Records artists 16T
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Joan Jett

American rock musician (born 1958)

Overview: Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer and actress. She is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan ...

Date of birth: 22 September 1958

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Musicians from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 9T

Women in punk 126T

Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania 212T
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Maxwell

American R&B singer

Overview: Gerald Maxwell Rivera (born May 23, 1973), known mononymously as Maxwell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to prominence following the release of his debut studio ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Deimante Guobyte (Married)

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20th-century American male singers 1,944T

21st-century American male singers 2,116T

Singer-songwriters from New York (state) 703T
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Willie Nelson

American entertainer and songwriter

Overview: Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red ...

Date of birth: 29 April 1933

Age: 91

Nationality: American

Occupation: Songwriter

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Annie D'Angelo (Married)

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Businesspeople in the cannabis industry 33T

Singers from Hawaii 43T

Activists from Hawaii 6T
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Waylon Jennings

Country music artist

Overview: Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as one of the founding pioneers of the Outlaw Movement.

Date of birth: 15 June 1937

Date of death: 13 February 2002

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Country Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Stockfisch Records artists 18T

Jennings family 3T

20th-century male singers 5,297T
13.

Neil Diamond

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

Overview: Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1941

Age: 83

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Katie McNeil Diamond (Married)

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American male pianists 2,053T

Neil Diamond 4T

Guitarists from New York City 216T
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Lita Ford

American rock guitarist and singer (born 1958)

Overview: Lita Rossana Ford (born 19 September 1958) is an English-born guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, and then embarked ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1958

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Long Beach Polytechnic High School alumni 144T

Steamhammer Records artists 9T

20th-century American women guitarists 269T
15.

John Denver

American singer (1943–1997)

Overview: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian, whose g ...

Date of birth: 31 December 1943

Date of death: 12 October 1997

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1997 6T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Country musicians from Colorado 5T
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James Hetfield

American musician (born 1963)

Overview: James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963) is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter and lyricist for the American ...

Date of birth: 3 August 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Adriana Gillett (Long-Term)

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20th-century American male singers 1,911T

21st-century American male singers 2,078T

Singer-songwriters from California 955T
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Dolly Parton

American singer (born 1946)

Overview: Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After ...

Date of birth: 19 January 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: Carl Dean (Married)

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American feminist musicians 278T

21st-century American women composers 328T

20th-century American women composers 398T
18.

Slash

musician

Overview: Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is a British–American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he ...

Date of birth: 23 July 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Meegan Hodges (Long-Term)

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Musicians from Hampstead 30T

Musicians from Stoke-on-Trent 14T

English male songwriters 1,064T
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Merle Haggard

American musician

Overview: Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.

Date of birth: 6 April 1937

Date of death: 6 April 2016

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Country Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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The Strangers (American band) members 17T

Anti- (record label) artists 6T

Guitarists from California 583T
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Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

Overview: Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the rock band Nirvana. Regarded as a Generation X icon ...

Date of birth: 20 February 1967

Date of death: 5 April 1994

Age: 27 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from Washington (state) 110T

20th-century American male singers 1,898T

20th-century diarists 182T