# 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.

## Pre-20th century

* Monsieur Champagne (fl. 1663) — French hairdresser, subject of the comic play Champagne le coiffeur.
* Madame Martin (fl. 1671) — hairdresser to the court of Louis XIV.
* Legros de Rumigny (1710–1770) — French court hairdresser
* Jean Joseph Beaulard (1770s) — French hairdresser
* Léonard (c. 1751–1820) — hairdresser to the French court.
* Marie Laveau (1801–1881) — French hairdresser
* Marie Catharina Malm (1805–1888) — Swedish hairdresser, one of the first professional hairdressers of her country.
* Félix Escalier (1815–) — French hairdresser; personal hairdresser och Empress Eugenie
* 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.
* 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
* 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.
* Kenneth (1927–2013) — American, one of the foremost New York hairdressers since the 1950s, and sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser.
* 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

### From 1960 – present

* Franca Afegbua — Nigerian hairdresser and senator.
* James Brown — best known for his work with Kate Moss
* Lino Carbosiero MBE London — clients include David Cameron, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adele Adkins and Melania Trump.
* 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
* Errol Douglas MBE London — clients include Diana Ross, Naomi Campbell, Melanie Griffith.
* Frédéric Fekkai — French hairstylist, particularly famous during the 1990s for his notoriously high prices.
* Daniel Galvin OBE — London Twiggy
* Joshua Galvin — London Judy Garland
* Ted Gibson — New York
* Leonard of Mayfair — leading London hairdresser from the 1960s to 1980s, training many other cutters.
* Denise McAdam RVM — hairdresser to the current British royal family.
* Denis McFadden — Sydney — Founder/CEO "Just Cuts"
* Michel Mercier — French-Israeli hairdresser, his clients include Brigitte Bardot and Isabel Adjani.
* Benoît Poirier d'Ambreville (born 1970) — salon owner and television consultant
* Vidal Sassoon CBE (1928–2012) — London and later Los Angeles — clients included Mia Farrow
* Trevor Sorbie MBE — London
* Lee Stafford — leading British hairdresser from 1998, his clients include Victoria Beckham.
* Nicolas Jurnjack (1994–present) — Leading session stylist, hairdresser in the Fashion & Beauty Industry
* 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)
* Sydney Guilaroff — worked for MGM on numerous movies and his clients included Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly and Joan Crawford.
* 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.