List of hairdressers

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

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. 17th century French hairdresser, subject of the comic play Champagne le coiffeur.^[1][2]
• Legros de Rumigny
• Léonard — hairdresser to the late 18th century French court^[1][3]
• Madame Martin, hairdresser to the court of Louis XIV.^[1][4]
• Marcel Grateau — inventor of the Marcel wave in the 1870s, although it was most popular in the 1920s.^[1]
• Franz Ströher, 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][5]
• Kenneth (1927-2013). American, one of the foremost New York hairdressers since the 1950s,^[6] and sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser.^[7]
• 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][8]

From 1960 – Present

• James Brown — best known for his work with Kate Moss^[9]
• Lino Carbosiero MBE British. Clients include David Cameron, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Minnie Driver.^[10]
• Nicky Clarke OBE London. — Clients include David Bowie, Elizabeth Hurley, and Diana, Princess of Wales.^[11]
• Errol Douglas MBE London; clients include Diana Ross, Naomi Campbell, Melanie Griffith.^{[12][13][14][15]}
• Frédéric Fekkai - A French hairstylist, particularly famous during the 1990s for his notoriously high prices.^[16]
• Ted Gibson, New York
• Leonard of Mayfair — leading London hairdresser from the 1960s to 1980s, training many other cutters.^[17]
• Denise McAdam RVM — hairdresser to the current British Royal Family.^[18]
• Michel Mercier — A French-Israeli hairdresser, his clients include Brigitte Bardot and Isabel Adjani.
• Vidal Sassoon CBE (1928-2012), London and later Los Angeles — clients included Mia Farrow^[1]
• Trevor Sorbie MBE London ^[19]
• Lee Stafford — leading British hairdresser from 1998, his clients include Victoria Beckham.^[20]
• Steven Jastrabek - An American hairdresser, best known for his work with Olympic Athletes.^[21]

Film and television stylists

• Sydney Guilaroff — he worked for MGM on numerous movies and his clients included Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly and Joan Crawford.^[22]
• 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.^[23]

See also

• List of hairstyles

References