List of puppeteers
The list contains the names, places of activity and life dates of puppeteers as well as the characters they use .
| Surname | Places) | Year of birth | Year of death | figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per Brink Abrahamsen | Denmark; Aarhus | 1943 | Paper theater | |
| Anton Aicher | Austria; Salzburg | 1859 | 1930 | Puppet |
| Gretl Aicher | Austria; Salzburg | 1928 | 2012 | Puppet |
| Michaela Aigner | Austria | 1975 | Hand puppet, stick puppet, objects | |
| Dattatreya Aralis | India; Bangalore | 1953 | Stick figure | |
| Friedrich Arndt | Germany | 1905 | 1985 | Hand puppet |
| Alfredo Bannenberg | Germany | 1901 | 1978 | Hand puppet, marionette |
| Bill Barretta | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Oskar Barthold | Germany; Halle (Saale) | 1904 | 1980 | Hand puppet |
| Marek Bečka | Czech Republic; Prague | |||
| Andreas Becker | Germany; Augsburg, Freiburg | 1974 | Puppet | |
| Lubomír Beneš | Czech Republic; Prague | 1935 | 1995 | Puppet cartoon |
| Olaf Bernstengel | Germany; Dresden | 1952 | 2020 | Puppet |
| Puran Bhatt | India | |||
| Hiren Bhattacharya | India | |||
| Johann Bernhard Bille | Germany; Grimma, Liebenwerda | 1748 | 1822 | Puppet |
| Tim Blaney | United States | 1959 | ||
| Christoph Bochdansky | Austria; Vienna | 1960 | ||
| Siegfried Boehmke | Germany; Munich | Puppet, jaw | ||
| Inge Borde-Klein | Germany; Berlin | 1917 | 2006 | Puppet |
| Richard Bradshaw | Australia | 1938 | Shadow play | |
| Paul Brann | Germany; Munich | 1873 | 1955 | Puppet |
| Hanne Braun | Germany; Berlin, Leipzig | Hand puppet, marionette, objects | ||
| Helga Brehme | Germany; Stuttgart | Puppet, hand puppet | ||
| Fran Brill | United States | 1946 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Fritz Herbert Bross | Germany | 1910 | 1976 | Hand puppet, marionette |
| Yves Brunier | France | |||
| Julianne Buescher | United States | 1965 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Tyler Bunch | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Wolfgang Buresch | Germany; Hamburg | 1941 | Hand puppet | |
| Walter Buettner | Germany; Maschen-Seevetal | 1907 | 1990 | Hand puppet, stick figure |
| Heidi Callewaert-Zotz | Germany; Weinheim; Australia | 1967 | Hand puppet | |
| Ulrich Chmel | Austria | 1947 | Paper theater | |
| Bob Clampett | UNITED STATES; los Angeles | 1913 | 1984 | |
| Marcus Clarke | United States | 1967 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Yaya Coulibaly | Mali; Bamako | Hand puppet, marionette, mask | ||
| Anatole Cressigny | France; Paris | 1842 | 1893 | |
| Germán Gutiérrez Cueto | Mexico | 1883 | 1975 | Hand puppet |
| Lola Cueto | Mexico | 1897 | 1978 | Hand puppet |
| Mireya Cueto | Mexico | 1922 | 2013 | Hand puppet |
| Kathinanada That | India | |||
| Velma Wayne Dawson | UNITED STATES; Palm Springs | 1912 | 2007 | Puppet |
| Lejo Dijkgraaf | Netherlands; Utrecht | 1952 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Alice Dinnean | UNITED STATES; Atlanta | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Ronnie Le Drew | Great Britain; London | Hand puppet | ||
| Jeff Dunham | UNITED STATES; Dallas | 1962 | Hand puppet | |
| Jamie Dunn | Australia | Hand puppet | ||
| Suresh Dutta | India | |||
| John Eccleston | Great Britain | Hand puppet | ||
| Michael Earl | UNITED STATES; los Angeles | 1959 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Jodi Eichelberger | UNITED STATES; new York | Hand puppet, stick hand puppet, mask | ||
| Rudolf Enter | Austria; Vienna, Lower Austria | 1927 | Puppet cartoon, marionette | |
| Loren Feldman | UNITED STATES; new York | 1966 | Hand puppet | |
| Rudolf Fischer | Germany; Darmstadt, Bergisch Gladbach | 1920 | 1998 | Hand puppet |
| Jakob Flach | Switzerland; Ascona | 1894 | 1982 | Puppet |
| Jeanne Fleming | UNITED STATES; new York | Stick hand puppet | ||
| Wayland Flowers | UNITED STATES; Washington | 1939 | 1988 | Hand puppet |
| Andreas Foerster | Germany; Cologne | 1964 | Hand puppet | |
| Igor Fokin | UNITED STATES; Atlanta | 1960 | 1996 | Puppet |
| Christoph Frank | Germany; Rottweil | Hand puppet | ||
| Lars Frank | Germany; Halle (Saale) | 1960 | Hand puppet | |
| Heinz Fülfe | Germany; Koenigstein, Pirna | 1920 | 1994 | Hand puppet |
| Paul Fusco | United States | 1953 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Gabriel Gailler | Germany; Berchtesgaden | 1838 | 1917 | Puppet |
| Johann Georg Geißelbrecht | Germany | 1762 | 1826 | Puppet |
| Roger Giguère | Canada | 1945 | ||
| Dave Goelz | United States | 1946 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Louise Gold | United States | 1956 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Sascha Grammel | Germany; Berlin | 1974 | Hand puppet | |
| Leopold Grausam, jun. | Austria; Vienna, Lower Austria | 1946 | 2010 | Puppets |
| Otto Griebel | Germany; Dresden | 1895 | 1972 | Hand puppet |
| Guðmundur Þór Kárason | Iceland; Reykjavík | 1974 | ||
| Nikolau Habjan | Austria; Graz / Vienna; | 1987 | Folding muzzle | |
| Joachim Hall | Germany; Hamburg | 1951 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Claudi Hann | Germany; Cologne | |||
| Terri Hardin | United States | 1957 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Keith Harris | Great Britain | 1947 | 2015 | Hand puppet |
| Ray Harryhausen | USA and UK | 1920 | 2013 | Puppet cartoon |
| Michael Hatzius | Germany; Berlin | 1982 | ||
| Oswald Hempel | Germany; Dresden | 1895 | 1945 | Hand puppet |
| Brian Henson | UNITED STATES; new York | 1962 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Jim Henson | UNITED STATES; new York | 1936 | 1990 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| John Henson | UNITED STATES; new York | 1965 | 2014 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| Wilhelm Henze | Sweden | 1908 | 1996 | |
| Florian Herrnleben | Germany; Bamberg | 1982 | Hand puppet | |
| Hans Herrnleben | Germany; Bamberg | 1904 | 1983 | Hand puppet |
| Wolfgang Herrnleben | Germany; Bamberg / Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 1957 | Hand puppet | |
| Werner Hierzer | Austria; Salzburg | 1954 | Puppet | |
| Christine Hierzer-Riedler | Austria; Salzburg | 1956 | Puppet | |
| James Martin Holman | Japan; Hikone, Kyoto | 1957 | Bunraku | |
| Paul Hölzig | Germany; Bear Rock | 1911 | 1989 | Hand puppet, stick figure |
| T. Hombiah | India | |||
| Richard Hunt | United States | 1951 | 1992 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| Max Jacob | Germany; Hartenstein, Hohnstein, Hamburg | 1888 | 1967 | Hand puppet |
| Eric Jacobson | UNITED STATES; new York | 1970 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Georg Jenisch | Germany; Berlin | 1964 | Puppet, flat figure | |
| Manfred Jenning | Germany; augsburg | 1929 | 1979 | Puppet |
| Helen Joseph | United States | 1888 | 1978 | Puppet |
| Jerry Juhl | United States | 1938 | 2005 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| Alex Kahn | UNITED STATES; new York | 1967 | Stick hand puppet | |
| Peter Kend | Germany, Hamburg | 1961 | Hand puppet | |
| Nina Keogh | Canada; Toronto | |||
| Dieter Kieselstein | Germany; Bochum | 1928 | 2012 | Marionette, hand puppet, stick figure, clamshell |
| Gisela Kieselstein | Germany; Bochum | 1930 | Marionette, hand puppet, stick figure, clamshell | |
| Doug Kincaid | UNITED STATES; Saint Louis | 1962 | ||
| Helen King | Canada; Montreal | 1972 | ||
| Venko Kiossev | Bulgaria; Sofia | |||
| Miloš Kirschner | Czechoslovakia; Prague | 1927 | 1996 | Puppet |
| Martin Klásek | Czech Republic; Prague | 1957 | Puppet | |
| Rudiger Koch | Germany; Berlin | 1967 | Paper theater | |
| U. Kogga Devanna Kamath | India | |||
| Ali Köken | Germany; Grevenbroich | 1967 | Shadow figure | |
| Matěj Kopecký | Czech Republic | 1775 | 1847 | Puppet |
| Matěj Kopecký | Czech Republic | 1923 | 2001 | Puppet |
| Thomas Korte | Germany; Frankfurt am Main | 1957 | Jaw | |
| Joe Kovacs | United States | 1967 | Hand puppet | |
| Mary Robinette Kowal | United States | 1969 | Hand puppet | |
| Otto Kraemer | Germany; Karlsruhe | 1900 | 1984 | Shadow theater and characters |
| Heinz Krause | Germany; Hamburg | 1924 | 2008 | Hand puppet |
| Alexis Kruger | Germany | 1972 | ||
| Otto Kunze | Germany; Dresden | 1888 | ||
| Björn Christian Küpper | Germany | 1987 | Hand puppet, marionette, stick figure, table figure | |
| Erich Kürschner | Germany; Hohnstein, food | 1911 | 1977 | Hand puppet |
| Tim Lagasse | UNITED STATES; Storrs | |||
| Eugene Lambert | Ireland; Dublin | 1928 | 2010 | Hand puppet |
| Scott Land | United States | Puppet, hand puppet | ||
| Bruce Lanoil | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Nicole Lapointe | Canada | |||
| Jani Lauzon | Canada | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Judith Lawrence | Canada | Hand puppet | ||
| Ralph Lee | UNITED STATES; new York | Stick hand puppet, mask | ||
| Lee Tianlu | Taiwan | 1998 | ||
| Fritz Leese | Germany; kassel | 1909 | 2004 | Hand puppet, stick hand puppet |
| Micheline Legendre | Canada | 1928 | ||
| Mallory Lewis | United States | 1962 | Hand puppet | |
| Shari Lewis | UNITED STATES; new York | 1933 | 1998 | Hand puppet |
| Peter Linz | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| David Logan | Australia | 1960 | ||
| Robert Lohr | Germany; Berlin | 1973 | Hand puppet | |
| John Lovelady | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Rick Lyon | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Noel MacNeal | United States | 1961 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| René Marik | Germany; Jena, Berlin | 1970 | Hand puppet | |
| Jim Martin | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Drew Massey | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Mat McCoy | Australia | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin | UNITED STATES; Detroit | 1903 | 1997 | |
| Paul McPharlin | UNITED STATES; Detroit | 1903 | 1948 | |
| Gerhard Mensching | Germany; Bonn | 1932 | 1992 | Hand puppet, marionette |
| Fanny Meyer | Germany; Cologne | 1905 | 1943 | Stick puppet |
| Sophia Michahelles | UNITED STATES; new York | Stick hand puppet | ||
| Jo Micovich | Germany; Wuppertal | 1926 | 2008 | Hand puppet |
| Basil Milovsoroff | United States | 1906 | 1992 | |
| Ted Milton | Great Britain | 1943 | ||
| Laurent Mourguet | France | 1769 | 1844 | |
| Kathryn Mullen | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Hella Müller | Germany | 1942 | ||
| Kevin Murphy | United States | 1956 | ||
| Gordon Murray | Great Britain | 1921 | ||
| Jerry Nelson | United States | 1934 | 2012 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| Sergei Obraszow | Russia; Moscow | 1901 | 1992 | Hand puppet |
| Frank Oz | United States | 1944 | Hand puppet | |
| Walter Oehmichen | Germany; augsburg | 1901 | 1977 | Puppet |
| Ivan Owen | Great Britain | 1927 | 2000 | Jaw |
| Martin Paas | Germany | 1967 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Ramdas Padhye | India | Hand puppet | ||
| Satyajit Padhye | India | |||
| YK Padhye | India | Hand puppet | ||
| Toby Philpott | Great Britain | 1946 | ||
| Nigel Plaskitt | Great Britain | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Gerd J. Pohl | Germany; Bergisch Gladbach | 1970 | Hand puppet | |
| Dadi Dorab Pudumjee | India; Delhi | Puppet | ||
| Ivo Puhonny | Germany; Baden-Baden | 1876 | 1940 | Puppet |
| KL Krishnan Kutty Pulavar | India | |||
| Bra Puttaswamachar | India | |||
| Pietro Radillo | Italy; Venice | 1820 | 1895 | Puppet |
| MR Ranganatha Rao | India | |||
| Martin Reinl | Germany; Cologne | 1975 | ||
| Vera Ricarova | Czech Republic; Königgrätz | Puppet, objects | ||
| Marieluise Knight | Germany; Frankfurt am Main | Hand puppet, stick puppet | ||
| Martin P. Robinson | United States | 1954 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Peter Röders | Germany; Idstedt | |||
| Albrecht Roser | Germany; Stuttgart | 1922 | 2011 | Puppet |
| Arminio Rothstein | Austria; Vienna | 1927 | 1994 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| Christine Rothstein | Austria; Lily field | 1945 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| More rustom | India | |||
| Kolhacharan Sahu | India | |||
| Devi Lal Samar | India | |||
| Tony coffin | UNITED STATES; new York | 1880 | 1942 | |
| Karin Schäfer | Spain, Austria; Barcelona, Vienna | 1963 | ||
| Josef Leonhard Schmid | Germany; Munich | 1822 | 1912 | Puppet |
| Carl Schröder | Germany; Radebeul, Berlin | 1904 | 1997 | |
| Hans Schroeder | Germany; Berlin, Dresden | 1928 | 2014 | Hand puppet, marionette |
| Heinz Schröder | Germany; Berlin | 1928 | 2009 | Hand puppet |
| Bodo Schulte | Germany; Menden | 1963 | Snap-mouth puppets, hand figures, marionettes, lecturers | |
| Bruce Schwartz | United States | Hand puppet | ||
| Harald Schwarz | Germany; eat | 1921 | 1995 | Hand puppet, stick figure |
| Peter Scriven | Australia | 1930 | 1998 | Puppet |
| Norman Shetler | Austria; Vienna | 1931 | ||
| I made Sidia | Indonesia | Shadow figure | ||
| Harro seal | Germany; Berlin, Braunschweig | 1900 | 1985 | Puppet |
| Frieder Simon | Germany; Halle (Saale) | 1936 | 2020 | Hand puppet |
| Josef Skupa | Czech Republic; Prague | 1892 | 1957 | Puppet |
| Larry Smith | UNITED STATES; Cincinnati | 1938 | ||
| Frank Söhnle | Germany | Puppet, objects, hand puppet | ||
| Zdar Šorm | Czech Republic; Prague | |||
| Evgenios Spatharis | Greece | 1924 | 2009 | Flat figure |
| Caroll Spinney | United States | 1933 | 2019 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| Helena Štáchová | Czechoslovakia; Prague | 1944 | 2017 | Puppets |
| Benita Steinmann | Germany; Berlin | 1940 | 1996 | Hand puppet |
| Peter Klaus Steinmann | Germany; Berlin | 1935 | 2004 | Hand puppet, stick figure, giant figures |
| Robin Stevens | Great Britain | |||
| Bob Stutt | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Nikolai Sykov | Russia; Moscow | 1965 | Puppet, hand puppet, stick hand puppet, giant figure, objects, radio remote controlled figure | |
| Jörg Teichgraeber | Germany; Berlin | 1974 | Hand puppet | |
| Richard Teschner | Austria; Vienna | 1879 | 1948 | Stick figure |
| Cordula Thonett | Germany | 1962 | Jaw and others | |
| Burr Tillstrom | United States | 1917 | 1985 | Hand puppet |
| Nikki Tilroe | Canada | 1941 | 2005 | Hand puppet, clamshell |
| William Todd-Jones | Great Britain | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Winston Tong | United States | 1951 | ||
| Neville Tranter | Australia, Europe | 1955 | Jaw | |
| Miroslav Trejtnar | Czech Republic | 1962 | Puppet | |
| Rolf Trexler | Germany; Rothenburg ob der Tauber | 1907 | 1985 | Stick figure |
| Trixini (civil: Hansjörg Kindler) | Germany; Paderborn, Rieden am Forggensee | 1933 | 2015 | Hand puppet, stick puppet, clamshell |
| Jiří Trnka | Czech Republic | 1912 | 1969 | Puppet cartoon |
| Basil twist | UNITED STATES; new York | |||
| Uemura bunrakuken | Japan | 1751 | 1810 | Bunraku |
| Jan Vavřík-Rýz | Czechoslovakia; Prague | 1900 | 1970 | Puppet |
| Christian Vesper | Germany | 1985 | Jaw | |
| Michael Vogel | Germany; Stuttgart / Leipzig | 1970 | ||
| Eka Vogelnik | Slovenia; Ljubljana | 1946 | ||
| Ulli Voland | Germany; Berlin | 1979 | ||
| Hermann Voss | Germany; Brünen | 1934 | Puppets | |
| Franz Walters | Austria; Eschenau | 1939 | Hand puppet | |
| Peter Waschinsky | Germany; Berlin | 1950 | Bare hands; Puppet | |
| Irmgard Wassmann | Germany; Mockery | 1926 | 2010 | |
| Günther Weißenborn | Germany; Bremen | 1951 | Puppet | |
| Božena Weleková | Czechoslovakia; Prague | 1910 | 1979 | Puppets |
| Christoph Werner | Germany; Halle (Saale) | 1964 | ||
| Steve Whitmire | United States | 1959 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Rudolf Otto Wiemer | Germany; Goslar, Salzgitter, Göttingen | 1905 | 1998 | |
| Johann Christoph Winters | Germany; Cologne | 1772 | 1862 | Stick hand puppet |
| Hendrikje Winter | Germany; Tecklenburg | 1964 | Hand puppet, table figure | |
| Hans Walter Wohmann | Germany; Darmstadt | 1892 | 1975 | Puppet |
| Samuel James Wood | United States | 1985 | Bunraku | |
| Sakorn Yang-keawsot | Thailand; Bangkok | 1922 | 2007 | Stick figure |
| Victor Yerrid | United States | Hand puppet, clamshell | ||
| Noreen Young | Canada | 1952 | Hand puppet, clamshell | |
| Bungo Yoshida | Japan; Osaka | 1934 | 2009 | Bunraku |
| Paul Zaloom | UNITED STATES; new York | 1951 | ||
| Thomas Zotz | Germany; Weinheim; Australia | 1964 |
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