List of hairdressers

This is a list of notable hairdressers. "Hairdresser" is a term referring to anyone whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques. Most hairdressers are professionally licensed as either a barber or a cosmetologist.

A caricature of the Académie de Coiffure founded by Legros de Rumigny

Pre-20th century

• Monsieur Champagne (fl. 1663) – French hairdresser, subject of the comic play Champagne le coiffeur.^[1][2]
• Madame Martin (fl. 1671) – hairdresser to the court of Louis XIV.^[1][3]
• Legros de Rumigny (1710–1770) – French court hairdresser
• Jean Joseph Beaulard (1770s) – French hairdresser
• Léonard (c. 1751–1820) – hairdresser to the French court.^[1][4]
• Marie Laveau (1801–1881) – French hairdresser
• Marie Catharina Malm (1805–1888) – Swedish hairdresser, one of the first wellknown professional hairdressers of her country.^[5]
• Félix Escalier (1815–) – French hairdresser; personal hairdresser och Empress Eugenie^[6]
• Christiana Carteaux Bannister (1819–1902) – French hairdresser
• Eliza Potter (1820–1893) – American hairdresser
• Marcel Grateau (1852–1936) – inventor of the Marcel wave in the 1870s, although it was most popular in the 1920s.^[1]
• Franz Ströher (1854–1936) – German hairdresser, company founder of Wella

Salon hairdressers

1900–1960

• Alexandre de Paris (1922–2008) – clients included the Duchess of Windsor and Daisy Fellowes^[1]
• Antoine de Paris (1884–1976) – Polish, began in Paris, then in New York from 1924. Introduced a short bob cut in 1909, then the shingle cut in the 1920s.^[1][7]
• Kenneth (1927–2013) – American, one of the foremost New York hairdressers since the 1950s,^[8] and sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser.^[9]
• Charlie Miller (1994–2025), Scottish celebrity hairdresser.^[10]
• Karl Nessler (1872–1951) – German-born, worked around Europe before moving to the United States. Patented the permanent wave.
• Teasy Weasy Raymond OBE (1911–1992) – considered Britain's first celebrity hairdresser. His clients included Diana Dors^[1][11]

From 1960 – present

• Franca Afegbua – Nigerian hairdresser and senator.^[12]
• James Brown – best known for his work with Kate Moss^[13]
• Lino Carbosiero MBE London – clients include David Cameron, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adele Adkins and Melania Trump.^[14]
• Nicky Clarke OBE London – clients include David Bowie, Elizabeth Hurley, and Diana, Princess of Wales.
• Anthony Dickey – American celebrity hairstylist known for his expertise in natural hair textures^[15]
• Errol Douglas MBE London – clients include Diana Ross, Naomi Campbell, Melanie Griffith.^[16][17][18]
• Frédéric Fekkai – French hairstylist, particularly famous during the 1990s for his notoriously high prices.^[19]
• Daniel Galvin OBE – London Twiggy
• Joshua Galvin – London Judy Garland
• Ted Gibson – New York ^{[citation needed]}
• Leonard of Mayfair – leading London hairdresser from the 1960s to 1980s, training many other cutters.^[20]
• Denise McAdam RVM – hairdresser to the current British royal family.^[21]
• Denis McFadden – Sydney – Founder/CEO "Just Cuts"
• Michel Mercier – French-Israeli hairdresser, his clients include Brigitte Bardot and Isabel Adjani. ^{[citation needed]}
• Benoît Poirier d'Ambreville (born 1970) – salon owner and television consultant^[22][23][24]
• Vidal Sassoon CBE (1928–2012) – London and later Los Angeles – clients included Mia Farrow^[1]
• Trevor Sorbie MBE – London ^[25]
• Lee Stafford – leading British hairdresser from 1998, his clients include Victoria Beckham.^[26]
• Nicolas Jurnjack (1994–present) – Leading session stylist, hairdresser in the Fashion & Beauty Industry ^{[27][28][29][30][31]}
• Tabatha Coffey – Australian hairdresser and television personality
• Steven Jastrabek – American hairdresser known for Olympic Athlete clientele Kerry Weiland, Erika Lawler, Clarissa Chun, Caitlin Cahow, Gigi Marvin, Julie Chu and Ben Askren.

Film and television stylists

• Deborah Holmes Dobson – Emmy Award-winning hairstylist (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)^[32]
• Sydney Guilaroff – worked for MGM on numerous movies and his clients included Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly and Joan Crawford.^[33]
• Gail Ryan, American. Won Academy Award in 2011 for How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Clients include Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Dustin Hoffman.^[34]

See also

• List of hairstyles