Names to Know in Puppet Shows

'NOTE: THIS PAGE IS EXTREMELY INCOMPLETE. ALL EDITORS ARE WELCOME TO ADD EXPLANATIONS WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE LIST, NEW ENTRIES, AND NEW SECTIONS.'

This page is part of the "Names to Know" project.

The groundbreaking, the influential, the seminal... but not necessarily the most famous people in puppetry.

These people are the genre definers, the Trope Makers, the people that other people in the puppetry field look to for inspiration.

Hand Puppeteers

 * Shari Lewis

Muppeteers

 * Jim Henson
 * Frank Oz
 * Caroll Spinney

Ventriloquists

 * Edgar Bergen
 * Jeff Dunham
 * Señor Wences
 * Paul Winchell