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.

Example of bowl turning
Example of bowl turning
  • 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
  • Rude Osolnik (1915–2001) American woodturner, author, and educator
  • Binh Pho (1955–2017) Vietnamese-born American artist known for woodturning
  • 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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