List of mandolinists

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
• Herbert J. Ellis
• James Reese Europe
• Giovanni Gioviale
• George H. Hucke
• Nikolaos Lavdas
• Salvador Léonardi
• Eduardo Mezzacapo
• Carlo Munier
• W. Eugene Page
• Clarence L. Partee
• Giuseppe Pettine
• Jean Pietrapertosa
• Silvio Ranieri
• Clara Ross
• 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
• Kurt Jensen
• Yasuo Kuwahara
• Jiro Nakano
• Takashi Ochi
• Alison Stephens
• Morishige Takei
• Konrad Wölki

• Howard Armstrong , Tennessee Chocolate Drops
• Willie Black , Whistler And His Jug Band
• Dink Brister
• Rory Gallagher
• Jim Hill
• Charles Johnson
• Coley Jones , Dallas String Band
• Big Jack Johnson
• Bobbie Leecan , Need More Band
• Alfred Martin
• Carl Martin
• Charlie McCoy
• Al Miller
• Matthew Prater
• Herb Quinn
• James "Yank" Rachell
• Johnny Winter
• Johnny "Man" Young

• Charlie Bailey , The Bailey Brothers and the [Happy Valley Boys|The Bailey Brothers]
• Bill Bolick
• Jethro Burns
• Joseph Allen "Joe" Carr
• John Duffey , Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene
• Bill Monroe
• Tiny Moore
• Bobby Osborne
• Tut Taylor

• U. Srinivas

• Jacob do Bandolim , Renfro Valley Boys, Cumberland Ridge Runners
• Walter Louis "Hank" Garland
• Pee Wee Lambert , Stanley Brothers

• Katie Bell Nubin

• Dave Apollon
• Sinn Sisamouth

• Mike Seeger

• Allen Woody, The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule

  Modern mandolinists 1920 to present

Mainly classical

• Paul Hooper

• Ralf Leenen

• Oleg Videnov

• Marine Moletto
• Vincent Beer-Demander
• Cécile Valette, Nov' Mandolin Trio
• Annick Robergeau
• Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata
• Cécile Valette

• Marga Wilden-Hüsgen
• Veronika Schlereth
• Sabine Spath
• Steffen Trekel, Duo Trekel-Tröster
• Detlef Tewes

• Simon Mayor
• Frances Taylor

• U. Rajesh

• Avi Avital
• Jacob Reuven, Kerman Mandolin Quartet, Barrocade
• Alon Sariel

• Carlo Aonzo
• Andrea Bazzoni
• Matthew Bonizzoni, International Mandolin Orchestra
• Emanuele Cappellotto
• Céline Cellucci, Ensemble Gabrielle Leone, Pizzicato Ensemble
• Freddy Colt
• Dorina Frati
• Fabio Gallucci, Nov' Mandolin Trio
• Maria Cleofe Miotti
• Ugo Orlandi
• Roberto Palumbo
• Giorgio Pertusi, International Mandolin Orchestra
• Amelia Saracco
• Mauro Squillante
• Clara Ponzoni
• Miriam Zaniboni, International Mandolin Orchestra

• Ryo Aoyama
• Onishi Kozo
• Izumi Toru

• Ferdinand Binnendijk
• Marina Eckhardt

• Fabio Machado
• Norberto Gonçalves da Cruz

• Gustavo Batista -

• Natalya Kravets
• Natalia Marashova
• Elena Zabavskay
• Ekaterina Mochalova

• Héctor M. Marín Téllez
• Juan-Carlos Muñoz

• Giorgio Borsani
• Giorgio Caneva, Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano
• Paolo Stirnimann, International Mandolin Orchestra

• Butch Baldassari
• Joseph Brent
• John Craton
• David Evans
• Neil Gladd
• Marilynn Mair, Mair-Davis Duo, Mandolin World Summit, Enigmatica
• Evan Marshall
• Emanuil Sheynkman
• Radim Zenkl , Mandolin World Summit

  Blues

• Ry Cooder
• Bert Deivert
• Rich DelGrosso
• Andra Faye
• Billy Flynn
• Alvin Youngblood Hart
• Jimi Hocking
• Gerry Hundt
• Steve James
• Pokey Lafarge
• Barry Mitterhoff
• Otis Taylor
• Hans Theessink
• Marc Woodward

  Bluegrass, Americana, Old Timey

• Darin Aldridge, The Circuit Riders
• Lloyd Armstrong
• Jeff Austin, Yonder Mountain String Band
• Alan Bibey, Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley
• Robert Bowlin
• Jesse Brock
• Sam Bush
• Mike Compton
• Sharon Gilchrist
• David Grisman
• David Harvey
• Sierra Hull
• Sarah Jarosz
• Doyle Lawson
• Tashi Litch, Brograss
• David Long
• Andrew Marlin
• Mike Marshall
• Cahalen Morrison
• Ronnie McCoury, Del McCoury Band
• Jesse McReynolds
• Buddy Merriam
• Barry Mitterhoff
• Tim O'Brien
• Georgi Palmov, Kukuruza, Seldom Scene
• John Reischman
• Tom Rozum
• Sandy Rothman, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
• Jon Sholle
• Herschel Sizemore
• Ricky Skaggs, Clinch Mountain Boys, The Country Gentlemen, Kentucky Thunder
• Johnny Staats
• Andy Statman
• Adam Steffey
• Mark Stoffel, Chris Jones and the Night Drivers
• Bryan Sutton
• Chris Thile, Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek
• Niall Toner
• Graham Townsend
• Joe Val
• Rhonda Vincent
• Joe K. Walsh
• Frank Wakefield
• Kym Warner
• Sean Watkins
• Eli West
• Roland White
• Paul Williams, The Sunny Mountain Boys

  Choro

• Danilo Brito, Spoleto
• Hamilton de Holanda
• Déo Rian

  Country

• Paul Buskirk
• Mark Casstevens
• Walter Garland, Played mandolin on Tanya Tucker's San Antonio Stroll in concerts, 1994
• Vince Gill
• Johnny Gimble
• Aubrey Haynie
• John Jorgenson
• Cheyenne Kimball
• Ira Louvin
• Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds
• Emily Robison, Dixie Chicks, Court Yard Hounds
• Marty Stuart
• Jerry Swallow
• Oscar Sullivan, Lonzo and Oscar
• Lisa Theo, Ranch Romance
• Billy Joe Walker
• Charlie Worsham

  Mix: Americana, American folk, progressive bluegrass, blues, jazz, rock, country

• Larry Campbell
• Ry Cooder
• David Grisman
• Richard Kriehn, The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
• Sarah Jarosz
• David Lindley
• Peter Ostroushko

  Irish

• Paul Brady
• Andy Irvine
• Paul Kelly
• Mick Moloney
• Johnny Moynihan
• John Sheahan

  British folk and folk rock

• Ritchie Blackmore
• Marla Fibish
• Chris Leslie, Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, St.Agnes Fountain
• Graham Lyle, McGuinness Flint
• Dave Swarbrick, Fairport Convention

  Rock

• Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull
• Eric Bazilian, mandolin part of Joan Osborne's St. Teresa
• Tim Brennan, Dropkick Murphys
• Peter Buck, R.E.M., mandolin part of Losing My Religion
• Dash Crofts, Seals and Crofts
• Rory Gallagher, Going to My Hometown
• David Gilmour, Pink Floyd
• "Maestro" Alex Gregory
• David Grisman
• Levon Helm, The Band
• Chris Hillman, The Byrds, mandolin part of Sweet Mary
• Ray Jackson, mandolin part of Rod Stewart's Maggie May, Lindisfarne
• John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, mandolin part of Gallows Pole
• Bernie Leadon
• Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
• Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople, :mandolin part of I Wish I was Your Mother
• Jack White, The White Stripes
• Pete Zorn, Richard Thompson's touring band, Steeleye Span

  Japanese pop and anime music

• Seishin

  Jazz

• John Abercrombie
• Jason Anick
• Joseph Brent
• Paul Glasse
• Michael Kang
• John Kruth
• Emory Lester
• Don Stiernberg
• Patrick Vaillant
• Tim Ware

  Gospel music / klesmer

• Andy Statman
• Gerrey Tenney

  Mandolin orchestras

• Mandolin Society of Peterborough
• Sydney Mandolins Artist Director: Adrian Hooper