List of ragtime composers
A list of ragtime composers, including a famous or characteristic composition.
- May Aufderheide (1888-1972), "Dusty"
- Harry Belding, "Good Gravy Rag"
- Theron C. Bennett (1879-1937), "The St. Louis Tickle"
- Eubie Blake (1883?-1983), "The Baltimore Todalo"
- Blind Boone (1864-1927), Southern Rag Medley No. 1
- George Botsford (1874-1949), "Grizzly Bear Rag"
- Euday L. Bowman (1887-1949), "Twelfth Street Rag"
- Thomas E. Broady, "Whittling Remus"
- Brun Campbell (1884-1952), "Barber Shop Rag"
- Louis Chauvin (1881-1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet"
- George L. Cobb (1886-1942), "Russian Rag"
- Zez Confrey (1895-1971), "Kitten on the Keys"
- James Reese Europe (1880-1919), "Castle House Rag"
- Robert Hampton (1890-1945), "Agitation Rag"
- Abe Holzmann (1874-1939), "Smoky Mokes"
- Charles Hunter (1876-1906), "Tickled to Death"
- Harry Jentes (1887-1958), "Bantam Step"
- Charles L. Johnson (1876-1950), "Dill Pickles"
- James P. Johnson (1894-1955), "Carolina Shout"
- Scott Joplin (1867-1917), "Maple Leaf Rag"
- Joe Jordan (1882-1971), "Pekin Rag"
- William H. Krell, "Mississippi Rag"
- Joseph F. Lamb (1887-1960), "American Beauty Rag"
- Henry Lodge (1884-1933), "Temptation Rag"
- Arthur Marshall (1881-1968), "Kinklets"
- Artie Matthews (1888-1958), "Pastime Rag No. 5"
- Kerry Mills (1869-1948), "At a Georgia Camp Meeting"
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941), "Frog-I-More Rag"
- Julia Lee Niebergall (1886-1968), "Horseshoe Rag"
- Theodore H. Northrup, "Louisiana Rag"
- Paul Pratt (1890-1948), "Colonial Glide"
- Luckey Roberts (1887-1968), "Junk Man Rag"
- Paul Sarebresole, "Roustabout Rag"
- James Scott (1885-1938), "Frog Legs Rag"
- Russell Smith, "That Demon Rag"
- Etilmon J. Stark (1868-?), "Billiken Rag"
- Charles H. Thompson (1891-1964), "The Lily"
- Harry Tierney (1890-1965), "The Bumble Bee"
- Tom Turpin (1873-1922), "Harlem Rag"
- Percy Wenrich (1880-1952), "Peaches and Cream"
- Fats Waller (1904-1943), "Valentine Stomp"
- Clarence Woods (1888-1956), "Slippery Elm Rag"
- Calvin Lee Woolsey (1884-1946), "Medic Rag"
Modern ragtime composers (since 1940) include:
- Mark Birnbaum
- William Bolcom
- Frank French
- Dick Hyman
- David Thomas Roberts
- Trebor Tichenor