List of ragtime composers

A list of ragtime composers, including a famous or characteristic composition.

Pre-1940

• Felix Arndt (1889 – 1918), "Nola"
• May Aufderheide (1888 – 1972), "Dusty"
• Roy Bargy (1894 – 1974), "Pianoflage"
• William Beebe, "Ragtime March" (1897)
• Harry Belding (1873 – 1932), "Good Gravy Rag"
• Theron C. Bennett (1879 – 1937), "The St. Louis Tickle"
• Charlotte Blake (1885 – 1979), "That Poker Rag"
• Eubie Blake (1887 – 1983), "The Baltimore Todalo"
• Blind Boone (1864 – 1927), "Southern Rag Medley No. 1"
• George Botsford (1874 – 1949), "Black and White Rag"
• Euday L. Bowman (1887 – 1949), "Twelfth Street Rag"
• Thomas E. Broady (1877 – ?), "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"
• Les C. Copeland (1887 – 1942), "French Pastry Rag"
• Cecil Duane Crabb (1890 – 1953), "Fluffy Ruffles"
• Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918), "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" and "Général Lavine"
• Blind Willie McTell (1898 – 1959) "Southern Can Is Mine"
• Charlie Patton (1891 – 1934)"Shake It And Break It"
• Jacob Henry Ellis, "Hannah's Promenade" (1897)
• James Reese Europe (1880 – 1919), "Castle House Rag"
• Ernst Fischer (1900 – 1975), "Pretty Baby"
• Lucian Porter Gibson (1890 – 1959), "Jinx Rag"
• George Hamilton Green (1893 – 1970), "Ragtime Robin"
• Gene Greene (1881 – 1930), "King of the Bungaloos"
• Harry P. Guy (1870 – 1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club"
• R. J. Hamilton, "Ragtime Patrol" (1897)
• Ben Harney (1871 – 1938), "You've Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down" (1895) and "Cake Walk In The Sky"
• Robert Hampton (1890 – 1945), "Agitation Rag"
• Scott Hayden (1882 – 1915), "Pear Blossoms"
• Abe Holzmann (1874 – 1939), "Smoky Mokes"
• Ernest Hogan (1865 – 1909) "La Pas Ma La" and "All Coons Look Alike to Me"
• 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" and "The Entertainer (rag) The Entertainer"
• Joe Jordan (1882 – 1971), "Pekin Rag"
• Sadie Koninsky (1879 – 1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk"
• Reverend Gary Davis (1896 – 1972), "Italian Rag" and "Soldier's March"
• William Henry Krell (1868 – 1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897) and "Shake Yo' Dusters", or "Piccaninny Rag" (1898)
• Joseph F. Lamb (1887 – 1960), "American Beauty Rag"
• Henry Lodge (1884 – 1933), "Temptation Rag"
• Marie Louka (18?? – 19??), "The Rajah" (1902), "Karmara" (1903)
• 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 Havermeyer Northrup (1866 – 1919), "Louisiana Rag" (1897)
• Paul Pratt (1890 – 1948), "Colonial Glide"
• Arthur Pryor (1870 – 1942), "A Coon Band Contest" (1899), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1906)
• Luckey Roberts (1887 – 1968), "Junk Man Rag"
• J. Russel Robinson (1892 – 1963), "Eccentric" and "Sapho Rag"
• Paul Sarebresole (1875 – 1911), "Roustabout Rag"
• James Scott (1885 – 1938), "Frog Legs Rag"
• Arthur S. Shaw (1878 – 1949), "Rag-Ma-La" (1897)
• Adaline Sheppard (1885 – 1950), "Pickles and Peppers"
• Russell Smith (1890 – 1969), "That Demon Rag"
• Ted Snyder (1881 – 1965) "Ramshackle Rag"
• John Philip Sousa (1854 – 1932), "With Pleasure" (1912), "Willow Blossoms" (1916)
• Etilmon J. Stark (1868 – 1962), "Billiken Rag"
• Charley Straight (1891 – 1940), "Rufenreddy"
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971), "Piano-Rag-Music"
• Wilber Sweatman (1882 – 1961), "Down Home Rag"
• Charles Hubbard 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 C. Wiley (1883 – 1908), "Car-Bahlick Acid Rag"
• Clarence Woods (1888 – 1956), "Slippery Elm Rag"
• Calvin Lee Woolsey (1884 – 1946), "Medic Rag"

Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)

• William Albright (1944 – 1998), "Brass Knuckles"
• Peter Andersson (born 1968), "The River Boat Slow Drag"
• James F. Andris "The St. Louis Zoo Rag"
• Neil Blaze "Rosewood Rag"
• William Bolcom (born 1938), "The Graceful Ghost"
• Sune "Sumpen" Borg (1931 – 2002), "Ylva Rag"
• Tom Brier "Goldeneye Rag"
• Lou Busch (1910 – 1979) "Carr's Hop"
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), "Russian Rag"
• Bob Darch "Suicide Table Rag"
• Bill Edwards "The Hanon Rag"
• Richard Egan (born 1959), "Campbellmania"
• Keith Emerson (born 1944), "Barrelhouse Shakedown"
• Frank French "Belle of Louisville"
• Ragnar Hellspong (born 1944), "Rag's Rag"
• Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz"
• Mattias Högberg (co-composer) "Bowler Hat Rag"
• Benjamin Intartaglia "Ghost Castle Rag"
• Dave Jasen (born 1937), "Raymond's Rag"
• Daniel Jencka "Frederick's Royal Rag"
• Glenn Jenks "The Harbour Rag"
• Vincent M. Johnson "Octopus On The Keys"
• Max Keenlyside "Deep Fried Rag"
• Sue Keller (born 1952), "Cranberry Stomp"
• Scott Kirby "Ravenna"
• Bill Krenz "Mud Cat Rag"
• Tom Lehrer (born 1928) "The Vatican Rag"
• Peter Lundberg (born 1942), "Gothenburg Rag"
• Johnny Maddox "Friday Night Stomp"
• Eric Marchese "The Grape Vine"
• Oleg Mezjuev (born 1966), "Café Parisién"
• Larisa Migachyov, "The Purple Chicken Rag"
• Max Morath (born 1926), "One for Amelia"
• David Thomas Roberts (born 1955), "Roberto Clemente"
• Ron O'Dell (born 1970) "Mad Scientist Rag"
• Andrew O'Donnell "The Rag of A Thousand Terrors"
• Rudolf B. Radna (born 1975) "Tuxedo Vegas" "Vinegar Rag"
• Reginald Robinson (born 1972), "The Strong Man"
• Ron Ross "Digital Rag"
• PJ Schmidt (1944-1999) "French Vanilla, Mathilda's Waltz & Father Martin's Song"
• Thomas Shea (1931 – 1982), "Little Wabash Special"
• Joakim Stenshäll (1962 – 2009), "Entropy Rag"
• Trebor Tichenor (born 1940), "Bucksnort Stomp"
• Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), "Spinach Rag"
• Kjell Waltman (born 1960), "Orange Blossoms"
• Brent Watkins "Cedar River Ramble"
• Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), "Lost And Found Rag"