List of barbers
This is a list of barbers and barber surgeons.
- Alexander Miles
- Ambroise Paré — a pioneering surgeon of 16th century France when barbers also performed surgery.[1]
- Bob Wills
- Caesar Antoine
- Harold A. Lytie
- Hugo E. Vogel
- Johanna Hedén
- Johnny Niggeling
- Joseph Rainey
- Manuel Lopes
- Peter Probie
- Richard Milburn — known as Whistling Dick, he composed the famous tune "Listen to the Mocking Bird".[2]
- Tameka L. Thomas
- William Johnson
- William L. Smith
Barbers traditionally advertised their profession with a pole. This one belonged to Carl Schultz, father of the famous cartoonist.
Indian personalities
- Upali, Buddhist Monk
- Mahapadma Nanda, Founder of Nanda Dynasty & First Great Emperor of India
- Dhananand, Contemporary of Alexander the Great
- Sushruta, Vaidya
- Dhanvantari, Navratna
- Tilak, Great Hindu Soldier of Mahmud of Ghazni
- Bhagat Sain, Saint
- Bhai Sahib Singh, Panj Pyare
- Karpoori Thakur, Chief Minister
- Bhikhari Thakur, Shakespeare of Bhojpuri
- Veer Bhai Kotwal, revolutionary
- Divya Kakran, wrestler
- Ratan Thakur, Pulmama attack martyr
- Mohammad Rafi, singer
- Ajay Maru, Mayor of Harrow City, London
- Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia, politician
Fictional barbers
References
- Maura Scali-Sheahan (2010), "The History of Barbering", Milady's Standard Professional Barbering, p. 21, ISBN 9781435497153
- Lindsay Patterson (1967), The Negro in Music and Art, p. 41
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