Comb over
Acomb overorcomboveris a hairstyle in which the hair is grown long and combed over the short hair area to minimize the appearance of the scalp. Sometimes the parting is lowered so that more hair can be used to cover the head.
Examples[edit]
- Iñaki Anasagasti–Basquenationalist.[1]
- Zero Mostel– actor, left-to-right and back-to-front.
- Alexander Lukashenko– President of Belarus.
- Doug Anthony– formerDeputy Prime Minister of Australia.[citation needed]
- Joe Biden– 46thPresident of the United States– sported a comb-over during the late 1980s and early 1990s, when he was a senator.
- Robert Bork– American judge whose controversialnomination to the US Supreme Courtwas rejected.[2]
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika–President of Algeria[3]
- Julius Caesar– combed his hair on the side.[citation needed]
- Bobby Charlton– EnglishWorld Cupwinner.[4]
- Constantine I– combed his hair forward.[5]
- Charles W. Fairbanks– 26thvice president of the United States.[citation needed]
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing–President of France[6]
- Rudy Giuliani– formerMayor of New York City.[7]
- Carl Levin– American attorney and former US Senator for Michigan.[citation needed]
- Gene Keady–Purdue Universitybasketball coach.[8]
- Tan Soo Khoon– formerSpeaker of the Parliament of Singapore– had a combover in the 1980s.[9]
- Neil Kinnock– former leader ofThe Labour Party.[citation needed]
- John McCain– formerU.S. SenatorofArizonaand2008 U.S. presidential nominee.[citation needed]
- Vladimir Putin– currentPresident of Russia.[citation needed]
- Heng Samrin–President of the National Assembly of Cambodia.[10]
- Robert Robinson– former game show host.[11][12]
- Gene Siskel– American film critic.
- Donald Trump– 45thPresident of the United States.[13]
Patent[edit]
On 10 May 1977, Donald J. Smith and his father, Frank J. Smith, ofOrlando, Florida,were awarded a patent (U.S. patent 4,022,227) for their variation of the comb over that conceals baldness by combing long hair in three separate directions.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Archived copy".Archivedfrom the original on 6 July 2011.Retrieved16 October2009.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[dubious–discuss] - ^Allen, Henry (14 September 1990)."SOUTER VS. THE SENATORS THE YANKEE TAKES THE LEAD".Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286.Retrieved28 June2022.
- ^"الرئيس".El-mouradia.dz. Archived fromthe originalon 13 May 2012.Retrieved5 September2012.
- ^Lewis, Rob."Oxford Student – TT2005 Week 7 – Features – Charlton".Oxfordstudent. Archived fromthe originalon 18 November 2005.
- ^Stephenson, Paul (2010).Constantine, Roman Emperor, Christian Victor.Penguin.ISBN978-1-4683-0300-1.
- ^Depardon, Raymond (2005).Raymond Depardon: fotograaf en filmer.Episode Publishers.ISBN978-9059730403.
- ^"Giuliani combs over new look".Chicago Tribune.16 September 2002.
- ^Doyel, Gregg (12 November 2014)."Gene Keady spent how much on that combover".Indianapolis Star.Archivedfrom the original on 10 July 2015.
- ^Ministry of Information and the Arts, SingaporeDeputy speaker of parliament, Tan Soo Khoon, taking his oath of allegiance as Member of Parliament (Alexandra) at the opening of parliamentArchived11 February 2017 at theWayback MachineNational Archives of Singapore, 25 February 1985, retrieved 9 February 2017
- ^Former Cambodian King, Prince Norodom Sihanouk (L) is welcomed by Chairman of the State Council of Cambodia Heng Samrin (R) and President of the National Assembly Chea Sim (C) upon arrival at Pochentong International Airport on November 14, 1991 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Prince Sihanouk returns to Cambodia for the first time in almost 13 years.The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images, 14 November 1991, retrieved 7 February 2017
- ^Dugdale, John (9 March 2002)."Volume control".Books.guardian.co.uk.Archivedfrom the original on 16 October 2007.Retrieved5 September2012.
- ^"Ask the Family, BBC2, Monday".thecustard.tv. 9 May 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 16 May 2008.Retrieved5 September2012.
- ^"Donald Trump's Comb-Over Came Undone, and It Was All Caught on Video".Glamour.7 February 2018.Retrieved14 December2021.
Further reading[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related toCombover.
- Walker, W. H. (2010)."Is the" Comb Over "Dying? A Mouse Model for Male Pattern Baldness (Androgenic Alopecia)".Endocrinology.151(5): 1981–1983.doi:10.1210/en.2010-0217.PMID20410210.
