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

• 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

• 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)
• 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

• Verner Panton (1926–1998)
• Xavier Pauchard (1880–1948)
• Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000)
• Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999)
• Charles Percier (1764–1838)
• Alan Peters (1933–2009)
• Duncan Phyfe (1768–1854)
• Giancarlo Piretti (born 1940)
• Warren Platner (1919–2006)
• Ferdinand Plitzner (1678–1724)
• Charles Pollock (1930–2013)
• Jean Prouvé (1901–1984)

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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