List of furniture designers

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This is a list of notable people whose primary occupation is furniture design.

A

Alvar Aalto (1898–1976)
Eero Aarnio (born 1932)
Robert Adam (1728–1792)
Thomas Affleck (1745–1795)
Franco Albini (1905–1977)
Davis Allen (1916–1999)
Gordon Andrews (1914–2001)
Ron Arad (born 1951)
Ini Archibong (born 1983)
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 1961)
Gae Aulenti (1927–2012)
Jean Avisse (1723–1796)

B

Bae Se-hwa (born 1980)
Fred Baier (born 1949)
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby (born 1969)
Milo Baughman (1923–2003)
Mario Bellini (born 1935)
Harry Bertoia (1915–1978)
Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992)
Cini Boeri (1924–2020)
André Charles Boulle (1642–1732)
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976)
Marcel Breuer (1902–1981)
Jeremy Broun (born 2000)
Stephen Burks (born 1969)
Busk + Hertzog

C

Louise Campbell (born 1970)
David Caon (born 1977)
Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002)
Livio Castiglioni (1911–1971)
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913–1968)
Wendell Castle (1932–2018)
Don Chadwick (born 1936)
William Chambers (1723–1796)
Eliphalet Chapin (1741–1807)
Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779)
Thomas Chippendale, the younger (1749–1822)
Antonio Citterio (born 1950)
John Cobb (1715–1778)
Kenneth Cobonpue (born 1968)
Muriel Coleman (1917–2003)
Mac Collins (born 1995)
Joe Cesare Colombo (1930–1971)
Henry Copland (1728–1754)
Charles Cressent (1685–1768)

D

Mario Dal Fabbro (1913–1990)
Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi (1767–1855)
Niels Diffrient (1928–2013)
Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005)
Tom Dixon (born 1959)

E

Ray (1912–1988) and Charles Eames (1907–1978)
Charles Eastlake (1836–1906)
Thomas Elfe (1719–1775)
Olav Eldøy (born 1948)
Paul Evans (1931–1987)

F

Grant Featherston (1922–1995)
Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853)
Paul T. Frankl (1887–1958)
Naoto Fukasawa (born 1956)

G

Peter Ghyczy (born 1940)
Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721)
Ernest Gimson (1864–1919)
Eileen Gray (1878–1976)
Molly Gregory (1914–2006)
Hector Guimard (1867–1942)

H

Christopher Guy Harrison (1960–2020)
Ambrose Heal (1872–1959)
George Hepplewhite (c. 1727–1786)
René Herbst (1891–1982)
James Hilton (born 1973)
Matthew Hilton (born 1957)
Jacques Hitier (1917–1999)
Josef Hoffman (1870–1956)
Thomas Hope (1769–1831)
Luke Hughes (born 1957)
Richard Hutten (born 1967)

I

Yinka Ilori (born 1987)
James Irvine (1958–2013)

J

Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971)
Dakota Jackson (born 1949)
Charles Hollis Jones (born 1945)
Hella Jongerius (born 1963)
Finn Juhl (1912–1989)

K

Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016)
William Kent (1685–1748)
Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980)
Florence Knoll (1917–2019)
Silas Kopf (born 1949)
Susan Kozma-Orlay (1913–2008)
James Krenov (1920–2009)
Shiro Kuramata (1934–1991)

L

Max Lamb (born 1980)
Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779–1819)
Paul László (1900–1993)
Charles Limbert (1854–1923)
François Linke (1855–1946)
David Linley (born 1961)
Piero Lissoni (born 1956)
Mathias Locke (18th century)
Samuel Loomis (1748–1814)
Ross Lovegrove (born 1958)
Wendell Lovett (1922–2016)
Fred Lowen (1919–2005)

M

Sal Maccarone (born 1949)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928)
Vico Magistretti (1920–2006)
Terence Main (born 1954)
John Makepeace (born 1939)
Sam Maloof (1916–2009)
Cecilie Manz (born 1972)
Sabine Marcelis (born 1985)
Enzo Mari (born 1932)
Daniel Marot (1661–1752)
Wendy Maruyama (born 1952)
Bruno Mathson (1907–1988)
Judy Kensley McKie (born 1944)
Alessandro Mendini (1931–2019)
Børge Mogensen (1914–1972)
Thomas C. Molesworth (1890–1977)
Carlo Mollino (1905–1973)
Jasper Morrison (born 1959)
Olivier Mourgue (born 1939)

N

George Nakashima (1905–1990)
George Nelson (1908–1986)
Marc Newson (born 1963)
Marcus Nonnenmacher (1653–1720)
Nolen Niu (born 1975)
Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988)
Arne Norell (1917–1971)
Wallace Nutting (1861–1941)

O

Jean Francis Oeben (1721–1763)
Jay Sae Jung Oh (born 1982)
Jonathan Olivares (born 1981)
Sergio Orozco

P

Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832)
Augustus Pugin (1812–1852)
Verner Panton (1926–1998)
Xavier Pauchard [fr] (1880–1948)
Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000)
Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999)
Charles Percier (1764–1838)
Alan Peters (1933–2009)
Duncan Phyfe (1768–1854)
Giancarlo Piretti [it] (born 1940)
Warren Platner (1919–2006)
Ferdinand Plitzner (1678–1724)
Charles Pollock (1930–2013)
Jean Prouvé (1901–1984)
Andrée Putman (1925–2013)

R

Ernest Race (1913–1964)
Dieter Rams (born 1932)
Karim Rashid (born 1960)
Lilly Reich (1885–1947)
Jean Henri Riesener (1734–1806)
Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964)
Jens Risom (1916–2016)
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905–1976)
David Roentgen (1743–1807)
Samuel Ross (born 1991)
André Jacob Roubo (1739–1791)
Alexander Roux (1813–1886)
David Rowland (1924–2010)
Gordon Russell (1892–1980)

S

Eero Saarinen (1910–1961)
Kasper Salto (born 1967)
Richard Sapper (1932–2015)
Sergio Savarese (1958–2006)
Timothy Schreiber
Frans Schrofer (born 1956)
George Seddon (1727–1801)
Maarten van Severen (1956–2005)
Thomas Shearer (18th century)
Thomas Sheraton (1751–1806)
Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (1899–1944)
Bořek Šípek (1949–2016)
Janice Smith
Rosanne Somerson (born 1954)
Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007)
Russell Spanner (1916–1974)
Mart Stam (1899–1986)
Philippe Starck (born 1949)
Gustav Stickley (1858–1942)
Bill Stumpf (1936–2006)
Sympson (fl. 1660s)

T

Michael Thonet (1796–1871)
Matteo Thun (born 1952)
Frederick William Tod (1879–1958)
Johannes Torpe (born 1973)
David Trubridge

U

Patricia Urquiola (born 1961)

V

Henry van de Velde (1863–1957)
William Vile (c. 1700–1767)
Lella Vignelli (1934–2016)
Massimo Vignelli (1931–2014)
Arne Vodder (1926–2009)

W

Katie Walker (born 1969)
Marcel Wanders (born 1963)
Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007)
Russel Wright (1904–1976)

Y

Tokujin Yoshioka (born 1967)
Michael Young (born 1966)

Z

Giorgia Zanellato (fl 2000s), Italian designer
Nika Zupanc (born 1974)

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