Les Paul

Les Paul

male, 94 years old
electric guitar, inventor, guitar maker, Hollywood Walk of Fame, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Wisconsin musician…Musicalinstrumentmaker
Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is one of the most important figures in the...
Antonio Stradivari

Antonio Stradivari

male, deceased (1737)
latinized, guitar maker, stradivarius, stringed instrument, Musicalinstrumentmaker, violin…violin maker
Antonio Stradivari (1644 - December 18, 1737) was an Italian "luthier", a crafter of stringed instruments such as violins, celli, guitars and...
Giuseppe Guarneri

Giuseppe Guarneri

male, deceased (1744)
Il Cannone Guarnerius, Joseph Guarneri, Musicalinstrumentmaker, violin maker, Josephs, Cannone Guarnerius
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, anglicised to Joseph Guarneri, is the only luthier to rival Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) with regard to the respect a...
Bartolomeo Cristofori

Bartolomeo Cristofori

male, deceased (1731)
inventor, Italian, Musicalinstrumentmaker, piano, Harpsichord builder
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor...
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

male, deceased (1786)
from the Province of Piacenza, from Piacenza, Musicalinstrumentmaker, violin maker, from Emilia-Romagna, Luthier
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (also known as J. B. Guadagnini or Giambattista Guadagnini; June 23 1711 - September 18 1786) was an Italian musical...
Niccolo Amati

Niccolo Amati

male, deceased (1684)
Italian, Luthier, Musicalinstrumentmaker, cremona, violin maker, Alumnus Nicolais Amati
Niccolò Amati was an Italian luthier in Cremona. The founder of the Cremona school was Andrea Amati (c.1520–c.1578), whose earliest violins date fro...

Orville Gibson

male, deceased (1918)
from New York, Luthier, Musicalinstrumentmaker, mandolin, American, From Kalamazoo, Michigan
Orville H. Gibson (1856 - August 21 1918, Chateaugay, New York) was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Corporation in Kalamazoo, Michigan in...
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume

Jean Baptiste Vuillaume

male, deceased (1875)
French, Bow maker, From Lorraine, violin maker, Cité de la Musique, Musicalinstrumentmaker
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (October 7 1798 - March 19 1875) was an illustrious French violin maker. He made over 3,000 instruments and was also a fine...
Harry Partch

Harry Partch

male, deceased (1974)
American music theorist, musician, From Oakland, California, from the United States, limit, LGBT musician…Musicalinstrumentmaker
Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974) was an American composer and instrument builder. He was one of the first twentieth-century...

Nicolò Gagliano

male
Italian, Musicalinstrumentmaker, violin, stradivari
Nicolo Gagliano (fl. ca. 1740-1780) was an Italian violin-maker, the eldest son of Alessandro Gagliano. He made many admirable instruments; often...