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