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Hairstyle

Acomb over orcombover is 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

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Carl Levin, Former US Senator for Michigan

Charles Lindbergh next to a helicopter in 1972

Iñaki Anasagasti –Basque nationalist.^[1]
Zero Mostel – actor, left-to-right and back-to-front.
Georges Bonnet - French Foreign Minister
Douglas MacArthur - US General
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 Court was rejected.^[2]
Abdelaziz Bouteflika –President of Algeria^[3]
Julius Caesar – combed his hair on the side.^{[citation needed]}
Bobby Charlton – EnglishWorld Cup winner.^[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 University basketball 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. Senator ofArizona and2008 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 – 45th and 47thPresident of the United States.^[13]
Joko Widodo – formerPresident of Indonesia.^{[citation needed]}

The Pliable Coiffure of Mr. Fairbanks. A Few Campaign Portrait Suggestions, caricature ofCharles W. Fairbanks byHy Mayer,New York Times, 22 September 1907

Patent

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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.

References

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^"Archived copy".Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved16 October 2009.{{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.ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved28 June 2022.
^"الرئيس". El-mouradia.dz. Archived fromthe original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved5 September 2012.
^Lewis, Rob."Oxford Student – TT2005 Week 7 – Features – Charlton". Oxfordstudent.com. Archived fromthe original on 18 November 2005.
^Stephenson, Paul (2010).Constantine, Roman Emperor, Christian Victor. Penguin.ISBN 978-1-4683-0300-1.
^Depardon, Raymond (2005).Raymond Depardon: fotograaf en filmer. Episode Publishers.ISBN 978-9059730403.
^"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.Archived from 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 parliament Archived 11 February 2017 at theWayback Machine National 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.Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved5 September 2012.
^"Ask the Family, BBC2, Monday". thecustard.tv. 9 May 2012. Archived fromthe original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved5 September 2012.
^"Donald Trump's Comb-Over Came Undone, and It Was All Caught on Video".Glamour. 7 February 2018. Retrieved14 December 2021.

External links

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Media related toCombover at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition ofcomb over at Wiktionary

Human hair

Classification

by type	Lanugo Body Terminal Vellus
by location	Body Ear Nose Eyebrow unibrow Eyelash Underarm Chest Abdominal Pubic Leg

Headhairstyles
(list of hairstyles)

Facial hair
(list)

Hair subtraction

cosmetic	Removal waxing threading plucking chemical electric laser IPL Shaving head leg cream brush soap Razor electric safety straight
disorders	Alopecia areata totalis universalis Frictional alopecia Pattern hair loss Hypertrichosis Management Trichophilia Trichotillomania Pogonophobia