Barbers traditionally advertised their profession with a pole. This one belonged to Carl Schultz, father of the famous cartoonist.
This is a list of barbers and barber surgeons.
- Ambroise Paré — a pioneering surgeon of 16th century France when barbers also performed surgery.[1]
- Hugo E. Vogel — Wisconsin assemblyman and barber for more than fifty years[2]
- Johanna Hedén — a midwife who became the first female barber surgeon in Sweden[3]
- Johnny Niggeling — a baseball player who barbered when not playing ball[4]
- Joseph Rainey — barber who became the first black US congressman[5]
- Magdalena Bendzisławska — a barber-surgeon in 17th century Poland and the first woman surgeon there.[6]
- Manuel Lopes — the first black resident of Seattle who set up in business with the first barber's chair to be brought round Cape Horn.[7]
- Peter Proby — the barber of Sir Francis Walsingham who became Master of the Worshipful Company of Barbers and Lord Mayor of London[8]
- Richard Milburn — known as Whistling Dick, he composed the famous tune "Listen to the Mocking Bird".[9]
- William Johnson — the barber of Natchez who kept an extensive diary[10]
- William L. Smith — Milwaukee barber who served as a Wisconsin assemblyman[11]
Fictional barbers
- Sweeney Todd
- The Barber of Seville
- Theodoric of York — a recurring character on Saturday Night Live, played by Steve Martin[12]
References
- ↑ Maura Scali-Sheahan (2010), "The History of Barbering", Milady's Standard Professional Barbering, Cengage Learning, p. 21, ISBN 9781435497153
- ↑ Vogel, Hugo E. 1888, Wisconsin Historical Society, 1962
- ↑ Pia Höjeberg (2018), Johanna Mariana Hedén
- ↑ Joan M. Thomas, Johnny Niggeling, Society for American Baseball Research
- ↑ Chris Simkins (2021), How Formerly Enslaved Man Became 1st Black US Congressman in 1870, Voice of America
- ↑ "Uniwersytet Jagielloński - Collegium Medicum". cm-uj.krakow.pl. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ↑ Mary T. Henry (1998), Lopes, Manuel (1812-?)
- ↑ P.W. Hasler, ed. (1981), "PROBY, Peter (d.1625), of Brampton, Hunts. and Swithin's Lane, London", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, Boydell and Brewer
- ↑ Lindsay Patterson (1967), The Negro in Music and Art, p. 41
- ↑ Timoty Van Cleave, The Barber of Natchez, National Park Service
- ↑ Michael E. Stevens (2016), The Family Letters of Victor and Meta Berger, 1894-1929, p. 374
- ↑ Jerry Menikoff (2002), Law and Bioethics, p. 151
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