This is a list of woodturners - notable people who are known for their woodturning by means of using a pole lathe or a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.
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- Noeline Brokenshire (1925–2022) New Zealand woodturner, publisher, and sportswoman
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- John Jordan (1950–2023) American woodturner
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- George Lailey (1869–1958) British woodturner, noted for his traditional craft of bowl-turning using a pole lathe
- Mark Lindquist (born 1949) American woodturner, ceramicist, author, and photographer
- Mel Lindquist (1911–2000) American woodturner, and engineer
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- William H. Macy (born 1950) American actor, known for his woodturning
- Bert Marsh (1932–2011) British woodturner
- Moulthrop family, American woodturning family of three generations
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- Rude Osolnik (1915–2001) American woodturner, author, and educator
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- Binh Pho (1955–2017) Vietnamese-born American artist known for woodturning
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- Richard Raffan (born 1943) British-born Australian woodturner, author, and instructor
- Abe Rich (1926–2008) Lithuanian-born Israeli wood craftsman, woodturner, and Holocaust survivor
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- Jakob Sandtner, 16th century Germany woodturner
- Merryll Saylan (born 1936) American woodturner, known for the application of color in wood art
- Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003) American woodturner
See also
- American studio woodturning movement
- List of sculptors
- List of woodcarvers
- List of people by occupation