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

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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
  • Stephen Burks (born 1969)
  • Busk + Hertzog

C

  • Poul Cadovius (1911—2011)
  • 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 Colombo (1930–1971)
  • Terence Conran (1931–2020)
  • 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)
  • A. M. Dinesen (1930–2017)

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)
  • Frans Schrofer (born 1956)

G

  • Peter Ghyczy (1940–2022)
  • 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)
  • Frederik Kayser (1924–1968)
  • 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 Lock (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 (1932–2020)
  • Daniel Marot (1661–1752)
  • Wendy Maruyama (born 1952)
  • Bruno Mathson (1907–1988)
  • Judy Kensley McKie (born 1944)
  • Alberto Meda (born 1945)
  • Christien Meindertsma (born 1980)
  • 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 (born 20th century)

P

  • Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832)
  • Augustus Pugin (1812–1852)
  • Verner Panton (1926–1998)
  • Satyendra Pakhale (1967)
  • (1880–1948)
  • Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000)
  • Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999)
  • Charles Percier (1764–1838)
  • Alan Peters (1933–2009)
  • Duncan Phyfe (1768–1854)
  • (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)
  • Willy Rizzo (1928–2013)
  • 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 (born 20th century)
  • 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 (born 20th century)
  • Rosanne Somerson (born 1954)
  • Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007)
  • Russell Spanner (1916–1974)
  • Bodo Sperlein
  • Mart Stam (1899–1986)
  • Philippe Starck (born 1949)
  • Gustav Stickley (1858–1942)
  • Bill Stumpf (1936–2006)
  • Sympson (fl. 1660s)

T

  • Norman Teague (born 1968)
  • Michael Thonet (1796–1871)
  • Matteo Thun (born 1952)
  • Frederick William Tod (1879–1958)
  • Johannes Torpe (born 1973)
  • David Trubridge (born 1951)

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)
  • Bethan Laura Wood (born 1983)
  • 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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