An origamist is a person who is associated with the art of origami. Some notable origamists are:

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  Peter Engel – influential origami artist and theorist


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  Tomoko Fuse (布施 知子) – famous for boxes and unit origami


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  Robert Harbin – popularised origami in Britain; also presented a series of short programmes entitled Origami, made by Thames Television for ITV
  


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  Humiaki Huzita – Formulated the first six of the Huzita–Hatori axioms
  


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  Eric Joisel – French wet-folder renowned for his lifelike masks


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  Satoshi Kamiya – One of the youngest geniuses of the origami field


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  Kunihiko Kasahara – devised a standardized method for creating many modular polyhedra
  


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  Toshikazu Kawasaki – Japanese mathematician famous for his Iso-area folding theory and his many geometric folds, including Kawasaki's "Rose"


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  Marc Kirschenbaum – known for his instrumentalist designs


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  Robert J. Lang – Author of many Origami books including the new benchmark Origami Design Secrets


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  Ligia Montoya – Argentine paper-folder who played crucial role in establishing paper-folding as an international movement


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  John Montroll – probably the most prolific Western artist and author of over 30 books on origami


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  Samuel Randlett – helped design and popularize the Yoshizawa-Randlett diagramming system
  


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  Nick Robinson – professional origami artist and author of over seventy books on origami


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  Leonor Rosser – Origami presenter for television


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  Jeremy Shafer – professional entertainer and origamist based in Berkeley, California
  


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  Florence Temko – a pioneer in spreading origami in the United States


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  Miguel de Unamuno – Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher who devised many new models and popularized origami in Spain and South America.


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  Makoto Yamaguchi – Chairperson of Origami House


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  Akira Yoshizawa – reinvented modern origami. Created the modern repertoire of folding symbols
  

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