List of soap-makers

This is a list of notable soap-makers. It lists notable soapmakers and soap ateliers.

  • William Bell Allen (1812–1869), Irish-Australian soapmaker
  • William Johnston Allen (1835–1915), Australian soap manufacturer, son of William Bell Allen
  • Eberhard Anheuser (1806–1880), German-American soapmaker, father-in-law of Adolphus Busch
  • Louis Honoré Arnavon (1786–1841), French soap manufacturer
  • Samuel van den Bergh (1864–1941), Dutch soap manufacturer
  • Emanuel Bronner (1908–1997), German-American soapmaker
  • William Burford (1845–1925), Australian soapmaker, son of William Henville Burford
  • William Henville Burford (1807–1895), Australian soapmaker, founder of W. H. Burford & Sons
  • Samuel Colgate (1822–1897), American soapmaker, son of William Colgate
  • William Colgate (1783–1857), British-American soapmaker, founder of Colgate
  • Edward Rider Cook (1836–1898), English soapmaker
  • Joseph Crompton (1840–1901), English-Australian soapmaker
  • Arthur Crosfield (1865–1938), English soapmaker, son of Joseph Crosfield
  • Joseph Crosfield (1792–1844), English soapmaker
  • Alexander Stockton Cussons (1914–1986), English soap manufacturer, son of Alexander Tom Cussons
  • Alexander Tom Cussons (1875–1951), English soapmaker, son of Thomas Tomlinson Cussons
  • Leslie Cussons (1907–1963), English soap manufacturer, son of Alexander Tom Cussons
  • Thomas Tomlinson Cussons (1838–1927), English soapmaker, founder and chairman of the soap manufacturing company Cussons & Son
  • John Mills McCallum (1847–1920), Scottish soap manufacturer
  • Arthur McKenzie Dodson (1819–1874), American soapmaker
  • N. K. Fairbank (1829–1903), American soap manufacturer
  • Joseph Fels (1853–1914), American soap manufacturer, developer of Fels-Naptha
  • Peter Fenger (1719–1774), Danish soap manufacturer
  • Else Fenger, Danish soap manufacturer
  • Josiah Franklin (1657–1745), English-American soapmaker, father of Benjamin Franklin
  • James Gamble (1803–1891), Irish-American soapmaker, co-founder of Procter & Gamble
  • William Gossage (1799–1877), English soap manufacturer
  • Alfred John Hampson (1864–1924), Australian soap manufacturer
  • John Nelson Hinkle (1854–1905), American soapmaker
  • Jacob Holm, Danish soap-maker
  • Robert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), English soap manufacturer
  • Robert William Hudson (1856–1937), English soap manufacturer, son of Robert Spear Hudson
  • Antonius Johannes Jurgens (1867–1945), Dutch-English soap manufacturer
  • Derreck Kayongo (born 1970), Ugandan-American soapmaker
  • William Hesketh Lever (1851–1925), English soapmaker, co-founder of Lever Brothers
  • Andrew Pears (c. 1770–1845), English soapmaker, founder of Pears Soap
  • Charles Upfold (1834–1919), English-Australian soapmaker
  • Joseph Watson (1873–1922), English soap manufacturer