List of vexillologists

This is a list of vexillologists.

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• E.M.C. Barraclough, Laureate of FIAV and author of Flags of the World
• Ralph Bartlett, leader in the Flag Society of Australia; former secretary-general for congresses (1989–1997) and Fellow of FIAV; and expert on flags of aspirant peoples
• Graham Bartram, Chief Vexillologist and Fellow of the Flag Institute; Secretary-General for Congresses (1999–present) of FIAV; and author of British Flags and Emblems, Flags of All Nations (BR20), and Flying Flags in the United Kingdom
• Bruce B. Berry, founder member of the Southern African Vexillological Association (SAVA); editor of the SAVA Journal and SAVA Newsletter; former secretary-general for congresses (1997–1999) and Fellow of FIAV
• Hugh Boudin, Belgian vexillologist and former president (1981–1993) and Fellow of FIAV
• Aleš Brožek, Czech vexillologist, recipient of FIAV’s 1997 Vexillon, and Fellow of FIAV
• Andries Burgers, recipient of FIAV’s 2009 Vexillon and author of The South African Flag Book: The History of South African Flags from Dias to Mandela
• Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr., founder of the Confederate States Vexillological Association; recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (2004) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; and author, among other flag books, of The Flags of the Confederacy and The Flags of the Union
• Grace Rogers Cooper, former curator of textiles, Smithsonian Institution; former president (1983-1986) and first woman president of NAVA; Whitney Smith Fellow (NAVA)(for an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology); and author, among other publications, of Thirteen-Star Flags: Keys to Identification
• William Crampton, founder of the Flag Institute; recipient of FIAV’s 1991 Vexillon; former secretary-general for congresses (1983–1989), President (1993–1997), Fellow, and Laureate of FIAV; and author of many editions of Flags of the World
• Emil Dreyer, president of Société Suisse de Vexillologie and former secretary-general (1991–1997) and Fellow of FIAV
• Petr Exner, recipient of FIAV’s 2005 Vexillon and author of Vexilologický lexikon – vlajky obcí České republiky
• Andriy Grechylo
• Prof. Scot Guenter, academic vexillologist; former president (1991–1994) and honorary member of NAVA; Fellow and Laureate of FIAV; Whitney Smith Fellow (NAVA)(for an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology); recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (1985, 2009) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; Fellow, Vexillological Association of the State of Texas; and author of The American Flag, 1777–1924: Cultural Shifts from Creation to Codification
• Kevin Harrington, president of the Canadian Flag Association; Fellow of FIAV; recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (2000) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; recipient, Kevin Harrington Award, NAVA (2013) for publication record in non-vexillological journals; and editor of Flagscan
• Don Healy, former president (1989–1991) of NAVA; researcher of U.S. tribal flags; recipient of FIAV’s 1999 Vexillon; recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (1988, 1995) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; and author of Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States and Native American Flags (with Peter Orenski)
• Edward B. (Ted) Kaye, editor (1996-2012) of Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, published by the North American Vexillological Association and compiler of the flag design guide Good Flag, Bad Flag; Fellow of FIAV
• Roman Klimes, Czech founder of the World Vexillological Research Institute; Fellow of FIAV; and author of Freie Stadt Danzig – Flaggen, Wappen und Siegel (1920–1939)
• Marc Leepson, author of Flag: An American Biography ^[1]
• Michel Lupant, Belgian vexillologist; founder of the Centre Belgo-Européen d'Études des Drapeaux; full member of the Conseil d'héraldique et de vexillologie de la Communauté française de Belgique; president (1997–present) of FIAV; and author of many publications including reference works on flags of police and fire services
• Howard M. Madaus, recipient of FIAV’s 2007 Vexillon and author of The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict
• David B. Martucci, former president (1998–2004) of NAVA; recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (2005) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; and expert in U.S. historical flags
• Louis Mühlemann, Swiss vexillologist and cofounder, Fellow, and President (1969–1973) of FIAV
• Ottfried Neubecker, German vexillologist; former president (1973–1981), secretary-general (1981–1983), Fellow, and Laureate of FIAV; and author in 1939 of the German navy Flaggenbuch
• Bruce Nicolls, recipient of FIAV’s 1989 Vexillon, Fellow of FIAV, and author of Practical Aspects of Designing, Making and Flying Flags
• Armand Nöel du Payrat, French vexillologist; recipient of FIAV’s 2001 Vexillon; and editor of Album des Pavillons
• Anne M. Platoff, recipient of FIAV’s 2011 Vexillon; recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (1992, 2008) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; and author of Russian Regional Flags: The Flags of the Subjects of the Russian Federation and Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon
• George H. Preble, American naval admiral and author in 1872 of History of the American Flag
• John M. Purcell, former president (1981–1983) and honorary member of NAVA; recipient of FIAV’s 2005 Vexillon; Fellow of FIAV; Whitney Smith Fellow (NAVA)(for an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology); recipient of the John Purcell Award, NAVA (2012) (for promoting the public understanding of vexillology); and principal author of American City Flags: 150 Flags from Akron to Yonkers
• María José Sastre y Arribas, recipient of FIAV’s 1993 Vexillon and author of Diccionario de Vexilología and Normas de Descripción y Codificación Vexilologíca
• Klaes Sierksma, founder of the Stichting voor Banistiek en Heraldiek; cofounder, Fellow, and former secretary-general for congresses (1969–1981) of FIAV; and author of numerous books on flags, including an annotated English edition of the world's first flag manuscript Flags of the World 1699-1670
• Whitney Smith, founder of the Flag Research Center; editor of the Flag Bulletin; co-founder, secretary-general (1969–1981, 1983–1991), secretary-general for Congresses (1981–1983); founder, former president (1967–1977), president emeritus, and honorary member of NAVA; FIAV Laureate and Fellow; recipient of FIAV’s 2007 Vexillon; Whitney Smith Fellow (NAVA)(for an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology); recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (1983) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; Fellow, Vexillological Association of the State of Texas; author, among other flag books, of Flags Through the Ages and Across the World, The Flag Book of the United States, and The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict; and originator, in 1957, of the word vexillology to describe the scholarly study of flags.
• Charles A. Spain, Texas vexillologist, Secretary-General (1997–present) of FIAV; former president (1996–1998) of NAVA; founder and secretary-treasurer of the Vexillological Association of the State of Texas; Whitney Smith Fellow (NAVA)(for an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology); recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (1991) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; and author of The Flags and Seals of Texas
• Alfred Znamierowski, Polish-born founder of the Flag Design Center; recipient of FIAV’s 2003 Vexillon; Fellow of FIAV; and author of The World Encyclopedia of Flags

Flag designers

• Luis and Sabino Arana, designers of the Ikurriña (the flag of the Basque Country)
• Gilbert Baker, designer of the Rainbow Flag (1978).
• Graham Bartram, designer of the flag of Tristan da Cunha and others
• Manuel Belgrano, designer of the flag of Argentina
• Frederick 'Fred' Brownell, designer of the flags of South Africa and Namibia; recipient of FIAV’s 1995 Vexillon; and Fellow of FIAV
• Ron Cobb, designer of the American Ecology Flag
• John Eisenmann, designer of the flag of the U.S. state of Ohio
• İsmet Güney, designer of the flag of Cyprus
• Mohammed Hamzah, designer of the flag of Malaysia
• Quamrul Hassan, designer of the flag of Bangladesh
• Robert G. Heft, alleged designer of the 50-star canton for the American flag
• Cederic Herbert, designer of the flag of the short-lived Zimbabwe Rhodesia
• Adolf Hitler, designer of the flag of Nazi Germany, the Reichskriegsflagge and his personal standard.
• Francis Hopkinson, designer (according to some historians) of the American flag
• Susan K. Huhume, designer of the flag of Papua New Guinea
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser, designer of a koru flag, among others
• Sharif Hussein, designer of the flag of the Arab Revolt
• James I of England, designer of the first flag of Great Britain
• Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii, designer of the flag of Pakistan
• Lu Haodong, designer of the Blue Sky with a White Sun flag of the Republic of China
• John McConnell, designer of a Flag of the Earth
• Fredrik Meltzer, designer of the flag of Norway
• Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, designer of the flag of Brazil
• William Porcher Miles, designer of the battle flag of the Confederate States of America
• Francisco de Miranda, designer of the flag of Venezuela, upon which the present flags of Colombia and Ecuador are based.
• Theodosia Okoh, designer of the flag of Ghana
• Christopher Pratt, designer of the flag of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Betsy Ross, designer, according to legend, of the American flag during the American Revolution
• Gerard Slevin, former Chief Herald of Ireland reputed to have helped design the flag of the European Union
• Whitney Smith, designer of the flag of Guyana and other flags
• George Stanley, designer of the flag of Canada
• Joaquín Suárez, designer of the flag of Uruguay
• Nguyen Huu Tien, designer of the flag of Vietnam
• John Christian Vaughan, designer of several unofficial circulating Australian flags, including the flag of Lord Howe Island and the greater Sydney ensign, national spokesperson of the Australian National Flag Association, author of the Flags of Australia chart.^[2]
• Pingali Venkayya, designer of the flag of India
• Robert Watt, designer of the flag of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Oliver Wolcott, Jr., designer of the flag of the United States Customs Service
• Zeng Liansong, designer of the flag of the People's Republic of China

References

1. Leepson, Marc. Flag: An American Biography New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2005. Print.
2. John C Vaughan, Standard Publishing House, Sydney, 1983

See also

• Vexillology
• List of heraldists