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.^[1][2]
• Madame Martin (fl. 1671) — hairdresser to the court of Louis XIV.^[1][3]
• Legros de Rumigny (1710–1770) — French court hairdresser
• Léonard (c. 1751–1820) — hairdresser to the French court.^[1][4]
• 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][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

• Franca Afegbua — Nigerian hairdresser and senator.^[9]
• James Brown — best known for his work with Kate Moss^[10]
• Lino Carbosiero MBE London — clients include David Cameron, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adele Adkins and Melania Trump.^[11]
• 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^[12]
• Errol Douglas MBE London — clients include Diana Ross, Naomi Campbell, Melanie Griffith.^[13][14][15]
• Frédéric Fekkai — French hairstylist, particularly famous during the 1990s for his notoriously high prices.^[16]
• 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.^[17]
• Denise McAdam RVM — hairdresser to the current British Royal Family.^[18]
• 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^[19][20][21]
• Vidal Sassoon CBE (1928–2012) — London and later Los Angeles — clients included Mia Farrow^[1]
• Trevor Sorbie MBE — London ^[22]
• Lee Stafford — leading British hairdresser from 1998, his clients include Victoria Beckham.^[23]
• Nicolas Jurnjack (1994–present) — Leading session stylist, hairdresser in the Fashion & Beauty Industry ^{[24][25][26][27][28]}
• Tabatha Coffey — Australian hairdresser and television personality

Film and television stylists

• Deborah Holmes Dobson — Emmy Award-winning hairstylist (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)^[29]
• Sydney Guilaroff — worked for MGM on numerous movies and his clients included Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly and Joan Crawford.^[30]
• 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.^[31]