List of people associated with BDSM

Here are lists of some notable personalities associated with BDSM, arranged by field of activity. Some people may appear under more than one category.

Bettie Page, the first famous bondage model. Picture by Irving Klaw.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Activists

• Patrick Califia
• Viola Johnson
• Jack McGeorge
• Lord Morpheous
• Desmond Ravenstone
• Gayle Rubin
• Cynthia Slater
• Mollena Williams-Haas

Art

• Artists
• Authors
• Photographers

Bondage riggers

• Go Arisue
• Matthias T. J. Grimme
• Jeff Gord
• Lee Harrington
• Seiu Ito
• Irving Klaw
• Randa Mai
• Midori
• Jay Wiseman

Dominatrices

• Asa Akira
• Charlotte Bach
• CoCo Brown
• Melissa Febos
• Leslie Fish
• Mistress Matisse
• Domenica Niehoff
• Eva Norvind
• Betty Paërl

Models

• Dana DeArmond
• Sharon Kane
• Eri Kikuchi
• Lorelei Lee
• Bettie Page
• Princess Donna
• Madison Young

Notable BDSM video directors

• Jeff Gord (of House of Gord and Naked Gord)
• Peter Acworth (of Kink.com and Public Disgrace)

Nikkatsu SM Queens

• Junko Mabuki
• Ran Masaki
• Nami Matsukawa
• Izumi Shima
• Miki Takakura
• Naomi Tani

See also

• Significant BDSM people
• BDSM in culture and media