List of ragtime composers

Pre-1940

Felix Arndt (1889–1918), "Nola" (1916)

May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908)

Roy Bargy (1894–1974), "Pianoflage" (1922)

William Beebe, "Ragtime March" (1897)

Harry Belding (1882–1931), "Good Gravy Rag" (1913)

Theron C. Bennett (1879–1937), "The St. Louis Tickle" (1904)

Irving Berlin (1888–1989), "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911)

Charlotte Blake (1885–1979), "That Poker Rag" (1909)

Eubie Blake (1887–1983), "Charleston Rag" (1917)

Rube Bloom (1902–1976), "Soliloquy" (1926)

Blind Boone (1864–1927), "Southern Rag Medley No. 2" (1909)

George Botsford (1874–1949), "Black and White Rag"

Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), "Twelfth Street Rag" (1914)

Thomas E. Broady (1877–1907), "Whittling Remus"

Brun Campbell (1884–1952), "Barber Shop Rag"

Wilbur Campbell (1889–1951), "Shoe Tickler Rag" (1911)

Louis Chauvin (1881–1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907)

Axel Christensen (1881–1955), "The Ragtime Wedding March (Apologies to Mendelssohn)" (1902)

George L. Cobb (1886–1942), "Russian Rag"

Zez Confrey (1895–1971), "Kitten on the Keys" (1921)

Les C. Copeland (1887–1942), "French Pastry Rag" (1914)

Cecil Duane Crabb (1890–1953), "Fluffy Ruffles" (1907)

Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972), "Italian Rag"

Claude Debussy (1862–1918), "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" and "Général Lavine"

James Reese Europe (1880–1919), "Castle House Rag"

Ernst Fischer (1900–1975), "Pretty Baby"

George Gershwin (1898–1937), "Rialto Ripples" (1917)

Lucian Porter Gibson (1890–1959), "Jinx Rag" (1911)

George Hamilton Green (1893–1970), "Ragtime Robin"

Gene Greene (1877–1930), "King of the Bungaloos" (1911)

Harry P. Guy (1870–1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club" (1898)

R. J. Hamilton, "Ragtime Patrol" (1897)

Robert Hampton (1890–1945), "Agitation Rag" (1915)

Ben Harney (1871–1938), "You've Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down" (1896)

Scott Hayden (1882–1915), "Something Doing" (1903)

Wallie Herzer (1885–1961), "Everybody Two-Step"

Ernest Hogan (1865–1909), "La Pas Ma La" and "All Coons Look Alike to Me"

Abe Holzmann (1874–1939), "Smoky Mokes" (1899)

Charles Hunter (1876–1906), "Tickled to Death" (1899)

Harry Jentes (1887–1958), "Bantam Step" (1916)

Charles L. Johnson (1876–1950), "Dill Pickles" (1906)

James P. Johnson (1891–1955), "Carolina Shout" (1925)

Scott Joplin (1867–1917), "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899) and "The Entertainer" (1902)

Joe Jordan (1882–1971), "That Teasin' Rag" (1909)

Sadie Koninsky (1879–1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk" (1898)

Max Kortlander (1890–1961), "Deuces Wild" (1923)

William Krell (1868–1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897)

Joseph Lamb (1887–1960), "Top Liner Rag" (1916) and "American Beauty Rag" (1913)

Henry Lodge (1884–1933), "Temptation Rag" (1909)

George Lyons (1889–1958), Spaghetti Rag (1910)

Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), "Ham And!" (1908)

Artie Matthews (1888–1958), "Pastime Rag No. 3" (1916)

Billy Mayerl (1902–1959), "The Jazz Master" (1925)

Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959) "Southern Can Is Mine"

Kerry Mills (1869–1948), "At a Georgia Campmeeting" (1897)

Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), "Frog-I-More Rag" (1918)

Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968), "Hoosier Rag" (1907)

Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919), "Louisiana Rag" (1897)

Phil Ohman (1896–1954), "Dixie Kisses"

Paul Charles Pratt (1890–1948), "Colonial Glide" (1910)

Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1905)

Luckey Roberts (1887–1968), "Junk Man Rag" (1913)

J. Russel Robinson (1892–1963), "Sapho Rag" (1909)

Paul Sarebresole (1875–1911), "Roustabout Rag" (1897)

Arthur Schutt (1902–1965), "Bluin' the Black Keys" (1926)

James Scott (1885–1938), "Frog Legs Rag" (1906) and "Grace and Beauty" (1909)

Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), "Pickles and Peppers" (1906)

Russell Smith (1890–1969), "That Demon Rag" (1911)

Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), "Rippling Waters"

Ted Snyder (1881–1965), "Ramshackle Rag" (1911)

John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), "With Pleasure" (1912) and "Willow Blossoms" (1916)

Etilmon J. Stark (1867–1962), "Billiken Rag" (1913)

Charley Straight (1891–1940), "Rufenreddy" (1921)

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), "Piano-Rag-Music" (1919)

Robert Morrison Stults (1861–1933), "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road" (1899)

Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), "Down Home Rag" (1911)

Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), "The Lily Rag" (1914)

Harry Tierney (1890–1965), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1911)

Tom Turpin (1873–1922), "Harlem Rag" (1897)

Fats Waller (1904–1943), "Valentine Stomp" (1929)

Percy Wenrich (1880–1952), "Peaches and Cream" (1905)

Clarence C. Wiley (1883–1908), "Car-Barlick Acid" (1901)

Clarence Woods (1888–1956), "Slippery Elm Rag" (1912)

Calvin Woolsey (1884–1946), "Medic Rag" (1910)

Bob Yosco (1889–1958), Spaghetti Rag (1910)

Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)

William Albright (1944–1998), "Brass Knuckles"

Luca Allegranza, "Calm & Impetus", "Naivety", "Discernment"

Peter Andersson (born 1968), "The River Boat Slow Drag"

James F. Andris, "The St. Louis Zoo Rag"

Donald Ashwander (born 1929)

Rami Bar-Niv "Blue-Rag" "Drag-Rag" "Breezy Rider Rag" "Plain Ol' Rag" "Shmateh-Rag"

Neil Blaze "Rosewood Rag"

William Bolcom (born 1938), "The Graceful Ghost"

Sune "Sumpen" Borg (1931–2002), "Ylva Rag"

Arthur Breur (born 1968) "A Shpadoinkle Rag (2013)" "George Takei Rag (2013)" "Solace - an homage to Joplin's Mexican serenade (2009)" "Kiwi Rag (1986)"

Tom Brier (born 1971) "Goldeneye Rag"

Dave Brubeck (1920–2012) "It's a Raggy Waltz" (1961)

Lou Busch (1910–1979) "Carr's Hop" (1952)

Bob Darch (1920–2002) "Suicide Table Rag"

Bill Edwards, "The Hanon Rag"

Richard Egan (born 1959), "Campbellmania"

Keith Emerson (1944–2016), "Barrelhouse Shakedown"

Stephen Flaherty (born 1960), Ragtime

Frank French, "Belle of Louisville"

Robin Frost (born 1930), "Space Shuffle"

Ragnar Hellspong (born 1944), "Rag's Rag"

Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz" (1958)

Mattias Högberg (co-composer) "Bowler Hat Rag"

Hal Isbitz (born 1931), "Chandelier Rag"

Dave Jasen (born 1937), "Raymond's Rag"

Daniel Jencka, "Frederick's Royal Rag"

Glenn Jenks, "The Harbour Rag"

Billy Joel (born 1949), "Root Beer Rag" (1974)

Vincent M. Johnson, "Tiffany Lamp Rag"

Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), "Russian Rag"

Sue Keller (born 1952), "Cranberry Stomp"

Scott Kirby, "Ravenna"

Bill Krenz (1899–1980), "Mud Cat Rag" (1953)

Florian Krueger (born 1993), "Hok Him Rag"

Tom Lehrer (born 1928), "The Vatican Rag"

Peter Lundberg (born 1942), "Gothenburg Rag"

Johnny Maddox, "Friday Night Stomp"

Edward Maraga, "El Sereno Rag"

Eric Marchese, "The Grape Vine"

Paul McCartney (born 1942) "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie" (1968), "You Gave Me the Answer" (1975)

Oleg Mezjuev (born 1966), "Café Parisién"

Larisa Migachyov, "The Purple Chicken Rag"

Gilles Monfort, "Hemlock Leaf Rag"

Max Morath (born 1926), "One for Amelia"

Ron O'Dell (born 1970), "Mad Scientist Rag"

Andrew O'Donnell "The Rag of A Thousand Terrors"

Carter Pann (born 1972), "The Bills"

Rudolf B. Radna (born 1975), "Tuxedo Vegas" "Vinegar Rag" [1]

John Reed-Torres "Spring Street Rag"

David Thomas Roberts (born 1955), "Roberto Clemente"

Aaron Robinson (born 1970) "Bluet 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 Jay Tichenor (1940–2014), "Bucksnort Stomp"

Hiromi Uehara (born 1979), "The Tom and Jerry Show" (2003)

Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), "Spinach Rag" (1994)

Kjell Waltman (born 1960), "Orange Blossoms"

Brent Watkins "Cedar River Ramble"

Chris Ware (born 1967), "Farewell"

Ian Whitcomb (born 1941), "Lawns of Louisiana", "Marzipan" and others

Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), "Lost And Found Rag"