List of drummers
This is a list of notable drummers, that meet Wikipedia's guideline for inclusion.
A
- Vinnie Paul Abbott
- Dave Abbruzzese
- Matt Abts
- Alex Acuña
- Daniel Adair
- Charlie Adams
- Chris Adler
- Henry Adler
- Steven Adler
- Rob Affuso
- Charly Alberti
- Tommy Aldridge
- Tim "Herb" Alexander
- Rashied Ali
- Carl Allen
- Rick Allen
- Tony Allen
- Barry Altschul
- Vinnie Amico
- Paul Amorese
- Andy Anderson
- Nicke Andersson
- Phil Anselmo
- Carmine Appice
- Vinny Appice
- Fernando Arbex
- Kenny Aronoff
- Duncan Arsenault
- Steve Asheim
- Scott Asheton
- Sampsa "Kita" Astala
- Nick Augusto
- Jerry Augustyniak
- Mick Avory
- Martin Axenrot
- Carla Azar
B
- Robbie Bachman
- Johnny "Bee" Badanjek
- Donald Bailey
- Mike Baird
- Ginger Baker
- Donny Baldwin,
- Butch Ballard
- Frankie Banali
- Paul Barbarin
- David Barbarossa
- John Barbata
- Lori Barbero
- Danny Barcelona
- Nicholas Barker
- Travis Barker
- Brandon Barnes
- Barriemore Barlow
- Joey Baron
- Ranjit Barot
- Carlton Barrett
- Angel Bartolotta
- Frank Beard
- Carter Beauford
- Marty Beller
- Jay Bellerose
- Louie Bellson
- Leila Bela
- Fred Below
- Charlie Benante
- Benny Benjamin
- Brian Bennett
- David Bennett
- Taz Bentley
- James Bergstrom
- Bill Berry
- Wuv Bernardo
- Pete Best
- Bev Bevan
- Graham Bidstrup
- Les Binks
- Chuck Biscuits
- Gregg Bissonette
- Curt Bisquera
- Jason Bittner
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala
- Jonas Björler
- Jet Black
- Jimmy Carl Black
- Cindy Blackman
- Alfonzo Blackwell
- Ed Blackwell
- John Blackwell
- Brian Blade
- Hal Blaine
- Art Blakey
- Michael Bland
- Jody Bleyle
- Jan Axel Blomberg
- Ryan Alexander Bloom
- Bobby Blotzer
- Felix Bohnke
- Mickey Bones
- Bongo Joe Coleman
- Jason Bonham
- John Bonham
- Maya Bond
- Oskar "Ossi" Bonde
- Paddy Boom
- Mike Bordin
- Paul Bostaph
- Mike Botts
- Albert Bouchard
- Roy Boulter
- Rob Bourdon
- Jimmy Bower
- Garry "Magpie" Bowler
- Terry Bozzio
- Mick Bradley
- Jerome Brailey
- Matt Brann
- Riley Breckenridge
- Don Brewer
- Robert Brian
- Billy Brimblecom
- Ned Brower
- Harold Brown
- Mick Brown
- Ian Browne
- Bill Bruford
- Bob Bryar
- Mike Buck
- Rick Buckler
- Budgie
- Luke Bullen
- Clive Bunker
- Larry Bunker
- Richard James Burgess
- Aaron Burckhard
- Chuck Burgi
- Clem Burke
- Dominik Burkhalter
- Hugo Burnham
- Clive Burr
- Andrew Burrows
- Ron Bushy
- Chad Butler
- Frank Butler
- Dean Butterworth
C
- David Calabrese
- Will Calhoun
- Phill Calvert
- Matt Cameron
- Jeff Campitelli
- Brendan Canty
- Jim Capaldi
- Frank Capp
- Danny Carey
- Keith Carlock (Steely Dan, James Taylor, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, John Mayer, Sting
D
- Diesel Dahl
- Brann Dailor
- Dino Danelli
- Marc Danzeisen,,
- Jay Dee Daugherty
- Chris Dave
- Adrienne Davies
- Bevan Davies
- Billie Davies
- Cliff Davies
- Dennis Davis
- Seth Davis
- Mikkey Dee
- Pete de Freitas
- Jimmy DeGrasso
- Jack DeJohnette
- John Densmore
- Eric Delaney
- Victor DeLorenzo
- Trav Demsey
- Audie Desbrow
- Jerome Deupree
- Liberty DeVitto
- Malcolm Dick
- Werner "Zappi" Diermaier
- Adam Deitch
- Dennis Diken
- Jerome Dillon
- Klaus Dinger
- Josh Dion
- Steve DiStanislao
- Baby Dodds
- Brian Doherty
- Micky Dolenz
- John Dolmayan
- Tim Donahue
- Howard Donald
- Virgil Donati
- Mitch Dorge
- Paul Doucette
- Dave Douglas
- Brian Downey
- Hamid Drake
- Gary Driscoll
- Shawn Drover
- Steven Drozd
- Greg Drudy
- Spencer Dryden
- Josh Dun
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Sly Dunbar
- Ryan Dusick
- Mario Duplantier
- Alex Duthart
- Nick D'Virgilio
- Orri Páll Dýrason
E
- Sheila E.
- Brent Eccles
- Graeme Edge
- Kian Egan
- Phil Ehart
- Christian Eigner
- Greg Eklund
- Blas Elias
- Manny Elias
- Bobby Elliott
- Dennis Elliott
- Stuart Elliott
- Greg Elmore
- Sonny Emory
- Jim Eno
- Lorne Entress
- Josh Eppard
- Adrian Erlandsson
- Daniel Erlandsson
- Greg Errico
- Peter Erskine
- Aaron Escolopio
- Lester Estelle Jr.
- Guy Evans
F
- Tony Fagenson
- Richard Falomir
- Danny Farrant
- Jon Farriss
- Zac Farro
- Tats Faustino
- Chris Fehn
- John Fell
- Steve Felton
- Fenriz
- Frank Ferrer
- Steve Ferrone
- Billy Ficca
- Alvin Fielder
- Anton Fig
- Monika Fikerle
- Pete Finestone
- Ginger Fish
- Eddie Fisher
- Jon Fishman
- Mick Fleetwood
- Blake Fleming
- Chuck Flores
- Matt Flynn
- Justin Foley
- Steve Foley
- D. J. Fontana
- Sam Fogarino
- Shannon Forrest
- Andrew Forsman
- Keith Forsey
- Lucas Fox
- Christopher Franke
- Chris Frantz
- John French
- Josh Freese
- Tristan Fry
- Frost
- Mike Fuentes
- Travis Fullerton
- Peter Furler
G
- Steve Gadd
- Stéphane Galland
- Glen "Archie" Gamble
- Allan Ganley
- Jeremy Gara
- Rob Gardner
- Matt Garstka
- Bruce Gary
- Josh Garza
- Jerry Gaskill
- Jean-Paul Gaster
- Bud Gaugh
- Mel Gaynor
- Rafael Gayol
- Bjorn Gelotte
- Liam Genockey
- Frank Gibson, Jr.
- Peter Giger
- Michael Giles
- Martin Gilks
- Pete Gill
- Aaron Gillespie
- Benjamin Gillies
- Russell Gilbrook
- Danny Goffey
- Chris Gohde
- Paul Goldberg
- Alex González
- Danny Gottlieb
- Jim Gordon
- Steve Gorman
- Phil Gould
- Chad Gracey
- Bobby Graham
- Ed Graham
- Sebastien Grainger
- Derek Grant
- Steve Grantley
- Milford Graves
- Rocky Gray
- Jeremiah Green
- Nate Greenslit
- Sonny Greer
- Adrian Griffin
- Dale Griffin
- Dave Grohl
- Andy "Stoker" Growcott
- Trilok Gurtu
H
- Tomas Haake
- Sib Hashian
- Kai Hahto
- Tony Hajjar
- Omar Hakim
- Tubby Hall
- Chico Hamilton
- Jeff Hamilton
- Paul Hanley
- Hein Frode Hansen
- Simon Hanson
- Zac Hanson
- Beaver Harris
- Gavin Harrison
- Oscar Harrison
- Grant Hart
- Mickey Hart
- Jason Hartless
- John Hartman
- Kevin Haskins
- Steve Hass
- Jordan Hastings
- John Haughm
- Ian Haugland
- Roger Hawkins
- Taylor Hawkins
- Yoshiki Hayashi
- Roy Haynes
- Richie Hayward
- Topper Headon
- Albert "Tootie" Heath
- Matt Helders
- Levon Helm
- Gerry Hemingway
- Don Henley
- Bob Henrit
- Danny Herrera
- Raymond Herrera
- Paul Hester
- Steve Hewitt
- Billy Higgins
- Zach Hill
- Steve Hindalong
- Rob Hirst
- Jon Hiseman
- Bryan Hitt
- Russel Hobbs
- Nick Hodgson
- Guy Hoffman
- Scott Hoffman
- Gene Hoglan
- Mike Holoway
- Dave Holland
- Gary Holland
- Luke Holland
- W. S. Holland
- Malcolm Holmes
- Bob Holz
- Alex Holzwarth
- Josh Homme
- Stix Hooper
- Reidar "Horgh" Horghagen
- Michael Hossack
- Dominic Howard
- Stet Howland
- Earl Hudson
- Richard Hughes
- Daniel Humair
- Dann Hume
- Will Hunt
- Craig Hunter
- Andy Hurley
- George Hurley
- Gary Husband
- Zakir Hussain
I
- Tris Imboden
- Inferno
- It
- Jack Irons
- Ipe Ivandić
- Ivan Voshchyna
J
- Jon Moss
- Al Jackson, Jr.
- Jaimoe
- Steve Jansen
- Bobby Jarzombek,
- Ken Jay
- Helmut Jederknüller
- Darren Jessee
- Akira Jimbo
- Steve Jocz
- Anders Johansson
- Matt Johnson
- Ralph Johnson
- Ben Johnston
- Nick Jonas
- Elvin Jones
- G. B. Jones
- Jo Jones
- Kenney Jones
- Mickey Jones
- Philly Joe Jones
- Benn Jordan
- Steve Jordan
- Joey Jordison
- Dave Joyal
- Harry Judd
- Jussi 69
- Tyler Joseph
K
- Kami
- Kang Min-hyuk
- Karsh Kale
- Petter Karlsson
- Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen
- Manu Katché
- Chris Kavanagh
- Senri Kawaguchi
- Nao Kawakita
- John Keeble
- Jimmy Keegan
- Patrick Keeler
- Mamady Keïta
- Nate Kelley
- Mike Kellie
- Johnny Kelly
- Jim Keltner
- Dave Kerman
- Lee Kerslake
- Ontronik Khachaturian
- Witold Kiełtyka
- John Kiffmeyer
- Billy Kilson
- Jim Kimball
- David King
- Sean Kinney
- Tony Kinsey
- Pete Kircher
- Basil Kirchin
- Simon Kirke
- Ted Kirkpatrick
- Frank Klepacki
- Johnny Klein
- George Kollias
- Famoudou Konaté
- James Kottak
- Joey Kramer
- Eric Kretz
- Bill Kreutzmann
- Gene Krupa
- Dave Krusen
- Drums Kumaran
- Russ Kunkel
- Sami Kuoppamäki
- Uli Kusch
L
- Abe Laboriel, Jr.
- Papa Jack Laine
- Corky Laing
- Jay Lane
- Thomas Lang
- Shannon Larkin
- Joel Larson
- Jon Larsen
- Fredrik Larzon
- Fergal Lawler
- Chris Layton
- Athena Lee
- Jon Lee
- Michael Lee
- Tommy Lee
- Lucky Lehrer
- Larry Lelli
- JB Leonor
- Matt Letley
- Shannon Leto
- Stan Levey
- Mel Lewis
- Jess Lidyard
- Jaki Liebezeit
- Carlo Little
- Daniel Löble
- Pete Lockett
- Torstein Lofthus
- Dave Lombardo
- Larrie Londin
- Derek Longmuir
- Martin Lopez
- Vini Lopez
- Bill Lordan
- David Lovering
- Bernard Lubat
- Ray Luzier
- Shannon Lucas
- Stan Lynch
- Ged Lynch
M
- John Macaluso
- Dave Mackintosh
- Peter Magadini
- Mark Maher
- Chris Maitland
- Mike Malinin
- Samantha Maloney
- Mike Mangini
- Shelly Manne
- Bryan Mantia
- Larance Marable
- Raimund Marasigan
- Jess Margera
- Jerry Marotta
- Rick Marotta
- John Marshall
- Billy Martin
- Chris Mars
- Barrett Martin
- Andrew Martinez
- J Mascis
- Harvey Mason
- Nick Mason
- Pat Mastelotto
- Ian Matthews
- Dave Mattacks
- Jojo Mayer
- John Mayhew
- Roy Mayorga
- Nicko McBrain
- Sam McCandless
- Tony McCarroll
- Paul McCartney
- Dave McClain
- Andrew McCulloch
- Linda McDonald
- Michael McDonald
- Matthew McDonough
- Robbie McIntosh
- Jason McGerr
- Christopher McGuire
- Mac McNeilly
- Ed McTaggart
- Tony Meehan
- Dave Mello
- Nick Menza
- Jerry Mercer
- Miroslav Milatović
- Buddy Miles
- Butch Miles
- David Milhous
- Russ Miller
- Marco Minnemann
- Mitch Mitchell
- Zigaboo Modeliste
- Pierre Moerlen
- Ralph Molina
- Keith Moon
- Gil Moore
- Sean Moore
- Stanton Moore
- Airto Moreira
- Joe Morello
- Dindin Moreno
- Fabrizio Moretti
- Charlie Morgan
- Rod Morgenstein
- Oscar Moro
- Lee Morris
- Kenny Morris
- Stephen Morris
- Lindy Morrison
- Everett Morton
- Ian Mosley
- Jon Moss
- Paul Motian
- Andy Mrotek
- Idris Muhammad
- Larry Mullen Jr.
- Luke Munns
- Billy Murcia
- Sunny Murray
- Alan Myers
N
- David Narcizo
- Paul "P.H." Naffah,
- Jeff Nelson
- Sandy Nelson
- Jukka Nevalainen
- Andy Newmark
- Anika Nilles
- Jerry Nolan
- Paul Noonan
- Butch Norton
- Adam Nussbaum
O
- Ole "Bone W. Machine" Öhman
- Babatunde Olatunji
- Mattias Olsson
- Nigel Olsson
- Joey Osbourne
- Nick Oshiro
- John Otto
- Ken Owen
P
- Ian Paice
- Tony Palermo
- Carl Palmer
- Earl Palmer
- Panda Bear
- John Panozzo
- Pete Parada
- Andrew Paresi
- Andy Parker
- Melvin Parker
- Deantoni Parks
- John Paris
- Jack Parnell
- Juanita Parra
- Gene Parsons
- Longineu W. Parsons III
- Ted Parsons
- José Pasillas
- Sonny Payne
- Neil Peart
- D. H. Peligro
- Chris Pennie
- Stephen Perkins
- A. J. Pero
- Doane Perry
- Dan Peters
- Debbi Peterson
- Darrin Pfeiffer
- Slim Jim Phantom
- Scott Phillips
- Simon Phillips
- Jason Pierce
- Mark Pickerel
- Florian Pilkington-Miksa
- Dan Pinto
- Demetra Plakas
- Jeff Plate
- Eric Platz
- Daniel Platzman
- Derrick Plourde
- Mick Pointer
- Mike Portnoy
- Cozy Powell
- Gary Powell
- Tim Powles
- Jeff Porcaro
- Steve Prestwich
- Thomas Pridgen
- Prince
- Viv Prince
- Zbigniew Robert Promiński
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
- Maurice Purtill
- Artimus Pyle
Q
- Joel Quartermain
- Questlove
- Marc Quiñones
R
- Krzysztof Raczkowski
- Jaska Raatikainen
- Alla Rakha
- Tommy Ramone
- Vesa Ranta
- Herman Rarebell
- Dave Raun
- Razzle
- Scott Raynor
- Brett Reed
- Scott Reeder
- Jurgen Reil
- Jim Reilly
- Sean Reinert
- Jonas Renkse
- Tony Reno
- Buddy Rich
- Jeff Rich
- Bob Richards
- Tony Richards
- Blake Richardson
- Bill Rieflin
- Karriem Riggins
- Herlin Riley
- John B. Riley
- Steve Riley
- Bobby "Z" Rivkin
- Robo
- Max Roach
- Brad Roberts
- David Robinson
- John "JR" Robinson
- Scott Rockenfield
- Rikki Rockett
- Derek Roddy
- Morgan Rose
- Hamish Rosser
- Dave Rowntree
- Tony Royster Jr.
- Eddie Rubin
- Ilan Rubin
- Steve Rucker
- Phil Rudd
- Jason Rullo
- Todd Rundgren
- Michael Rushton
- Joe Russo
- John Rutsey
S
- Siddharth Nagarajan
- Sakura
- Josh Saldanha
- Peter Salisbury
- Samoth
- Doug Sampson
- Gar Samuelson
- Bobby Sanabria
- Antonio Sanchez
- Neil Sanderson
- Erik Sandin
- Pete Sandoval
- Rat Scabies
- Bobby Schayer
- Kate Schellenbach
- Christoph Schneider
- Gina Schock
- Allan Schwartzberg
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz
- Jason Schwartzman
- Stefan Schwarzmann
- Ingo Schwichtenberg
- Andrew Scott
- Bon Scott
- Kliph Scurlock
- Ryan Seaman
- Assaf Seewi
- Phil Selway
- Danny Seraphine
- Gabe Serbian
- Shagrath
- Patty Schemel
- Jim Shapiro
- Chris Sharrock
- Snowy Shaw
- Ed Shaughnessy
- Steve Shelley
- Seb Shelton
- Jerry Shirley
- Michael Shrieve
- Rick Shutter
- Bob Siebenberg
- David Silveria
- John Silver
- Eric Singer
- Jeff Singer
- Zutty Singleton
- Mikko Sirén
- Joe Sirois
- Sivamani
- Martin Marthus Skaroupka
- Chris Slade
- Marc Slutsky
- Chad Smith
- Marvin Smith
- Mike Smith
- Neal Smith
- Steve Smith
- Spencer Smith
- Travis Smith
- Ty Smith
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
- Aaron Solowoniuk
- Yoyoka Soma
- Matt Sorum
- Jerry Speiser
- Henry Spinetti
- Squarepusher
- John Stanier
- Zak Starkey
- John "Jabo" Starks
- Ringo Starr
- Thomas Stauch
- John Steel
- Shaun Steels
- Ryland Steen
- Branden Steineckert
- Jody Stephens
- Ronnie Stephenson
- Bill Stevenson
- Bill Stewart
- Chad Stewart
- Tommy Stewart
- Tyler Stewart
- Harry Stinson
- Andy Strachan
- Jez Strode
- Jesper Strömblad
- Claudio Strunz
- Clyde Stubblefield
- Andy Sturmer
- Richard Stuverud
- Todd Sucherman
- James Owen Sullivan
- Dave Suzuki
- Daniel Svensson
- Dan Swanö
- Darrell Sweet
- Robert Sweet
- Chad Szeliga
T
- Jeremy Taggart
- Kevin Talley
- Christian Tanna
- Michael Tapper
- Grady Tate
- Yoshida Tatsuya
- Dallas Taylor
- Mel Taylor
- Phil Taylor
- Roger Taylor
- Roger Taylor
- Dolphin Taylor
- Joel Taylor
- Ted
- John Tempesta
- Mike Terrana
- Shinya Terachi
- Jon Theodore
- Alex Thomas
- Michael Thomas
- Pete Thomas
- Chester Thompson
- Paul Thompson
- Paul Thomson
- Tony Thompson
- Thunderstick
- Tjodalv
- Brian Tichy
- Srđan Todorović
- Lol Tolhurst
- Tico Torres
- Trym Torson
- Stuart Tosh
- Rob Townsend
- Rachel Trachtenburg
- Todd Trainer
- Gene Trautmann
- Scott Travis
- Art Tripp
- Butch Trucks
- Christopher Tsagakis
- Moe Tucker
- Mick Tucker
- Nick Turner
- George Tutuska
- Twink
U
- Lars Ulrich
- David Uosikkinen
- Steve Upton
V
- Tobi Vail
- Ville Valo
- Christian Vander
- Alex Van Halen
- Peter Van Hooke
- Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
- David Van Tieghem
- Dirk Verbeuren
- Butch Vig
- Brian Viglione
- Nick Vincent
- Chris Vrenna
W
- Brooks Wackerman
- Chad Wackerman
- Narada Michael Walden
- Matt Walker
- Gary Wallis
- Ed Warby
- Andy Ward
- Bill Ward
- John Ware
- Joey Waronker
- Rey Washam
- Kenny Washington
- Charlie Watts
- Jeff "Tain" Watts
- John Weathers
- Leroy Wallace
- Louie Weaver
- Chick Webb
- Dave Weckl
- Ariën van Weesenbeek
- Jay Weinberg
- Max Weinberg
- Janet Weiss
- Ron Welty
- Mike Wengren
- Paul Wertico
- Sandy West
- Alan White
- Alan White
- Andy White
- Jack White
- Jim White
- Lenny White
- Maurice White
- Meg White
- Steve White
- Dan Whitesides
- Alan Wilder
- Peter Wildoer
- Brad Wilk
- Adam "Atom" Willard
- Boris Williams
- Hank Williams III
- Johnny Williams
- Pharrell Williams
- Steve Williams
- Terry Williams
- Tony Williams
- Van Williams
- B. J. Wilson
- Dennis Wilson
- Patrick "Pat" Wilson
- Ron Wilson
- Shadow Wilson
- Pick Withers
- Alex Wolff
- Stevie Wonder
- Dan Woodgate
- Mick Woodmansey
- Sam Woodyard
- Alan Wren
- Frank Edwin Wright III
- Simon Wright
- Jon Wurster
- Robert Wyatt
- Thomas Wydler
- Howard Wyeth
Y
- Shinya Yamada
- Tim Yeung
- Yip Sai Wing
- Melissa York
- Pete York
- Adrian Young
- Jordan Young
- Yoshiki
- Yukihiro
Z
- Stix Zadinia
- Nir Zidkyahu
- Dan Zimmermann
- Jay Ziskrout
- Mark Zonder
- Zoro
- Cesar Zuiderwijk