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This list contains people who contributed to the field of lexicography, the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.

A

• Maulvi Abdul Haq (India/Pakistan, 1872–1961) Baba-e-Urdu, English-Urdu dictionary
• Ivar Aasen (Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language
• Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani (Iraq, c. 738–828) Arabic
• Ilia Abuladze (Georgia, 1901–1968) Old Georgian
• Johann Christoph Adelung (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary
• George J. Adler (Germany/US, 1821–1868) German/English
• Robert Ainsworth (UK, 1660–1743) Latin
• Adam Jack Aitken (UK, 1921–1998) Scots language
• John Michael Allaby (UK, born 1933) English LSP
• Anthony Allen (UK, late 17th century – 1754) obsolete English words
• Robert Allen (UK, born 1944) English language general
• Amerias (Greece, 3rd century BC) Ancient Macedonian
• Ethan Allen Andrews (US, 1787–1858) Latin
• Vladimir Anić (Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian general
• Vaman Shivram Apte (India, 1858–1892) English-Sanskrit
• Ġużè Aquilina (Malta, 1911–1997) Maltese language
• Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek
• Sue Atkins (UK, 1931–2021) English/French bilingual
• Ali Azaykou (Morocco, 1942–2004) Berber languages

B

• Albert Bachmann (Switzerland, 1863–1934) Swiss German
• Francis Bacon (UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science
• Nathan Bailey (UK, 1691–1742) English
• Johannes Balbus (Italy, died 1298) Latin
• Frederick W. Baller (UK, 1852–1922) Chinese
• Katherine Barber (Canada, 1959–2021) English
• Edmund Henry Barker (UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages
• Clarence Barnhart (US, 1900–1993) English general dictionary
• David Barnhart (US, born 1941) English
• Robert Barnhart (US, 1933–2007) English
• Louis Barral (France, 1910–1999) French and Monégasque
• Grant Barrett (US, born 1970) English dictionary of slang
• John Barrow (UK, fl. 1735–1774) navigation and science
• Marcos E. Becerra (Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language
• Richard Beckett (Australia, 1936–1987) English food guides
• William Bedwell (UK, 1561–1632) Arabic
• Ivan Belostenec (Croatia, 1594–1675) Illyrian and Latin
• Henning Bergenholtz (Denmark, born 1944) Danish LSP dictionary
• Eric Blom (Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary
• Thomas Blount (UK, 1618–1679) English
• Robert Blust (US, 1940–2022) Austronesian languages
• Jean-Baptiste Boissiere (France, 1806–1885) French thesaurus
• Peter Bowler (Australia, living) English
• Abel Boyer (France, c. 1667–1729) French and English
• Dan Beach Bradley (US, 1845–1923) Siamese
• Henry Bradley (UK, 1845–1923) English general
• Jim Breen (Australia, born 1947) Japanese and English
• Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (UK, 1810–1897) English
• Francis Brinkley (Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English
• Nathan Brown (US/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) Assamese and Japanese
• Aleksander Brückner (Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German
• Kazimieras Būga (Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian
• John Bullokar (UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words
• Robert Burchfield (New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical
• Arthur Coke Burnell (England and India, 1840–1882), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson Anglo-Indian

C

• Ambrogio Calepino (Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin
• Angus Cameron (Canada, 1941–1983) English
• Joachim Heinrich Campe (Germany, 1746–1818) German
• Emanuel Nunes Carvalho (UK/US, 1771–1817) Hebrew
• Edmund Castell (UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages
• Robert Cawdrey (UK, c. 1538–1604) English
• Pranas Čepėnas (Lithuania/US, 1899–1980) Lithuanian
• Mohamed Chafik (Morocco, born 1926) Berber
• Robert L. Chapman (US, 1920–2002) English
• Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian
• David Chubinashvili (Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian
• Michael Chyet (US, born 1957) Kurdish
• Saïd Cid Kaoui (Algeria, 1859–1910) Berber
• Cigerxwîn (Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) Kurdish language
• Henry Cockeram (UK, 17th century) English and Latin
• Herbert Coleridge (UK, 1830–1861) English language historical
• Elisha Coles (UK, c. 1608–1688) English
• Thomas Cooper (UK, c. 1517–1594) English and Latin
• Randle Cotgrave (UK, died 1634) English and French
• John Craig (UK, 1796–1880), English
• William Craigie (UK/US, 1867–1957) English language historical dictionary
• Jane Tapsubei Creider (Kenya, fl. 1989–2001) Nandi language
• Samuel Ajayi Crowther (Nigeria, 1809–1891) Yoruba

D

• Vladimir Dahl (Russia, 1801–1872) Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language
• Charles Anderson Dana (US, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary
• Frederick William Danker (US, 1920–2012) New Testament Greek lexicon
• Đào Duy Anh (Vietnam, 1904–1988) Scholarly Vietnamese, Pháp-Việt Từ điển
• Khudiram Das (India, 1916–2002) Bengali-Santali
• John Davies (Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin
• Tomás de Bhaldraithe (Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English
• William Quinby De Funiak (US, 1901–1981) American and British
• Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1956) extensive dictionary in Persian
• Philip Delaporte (Germany/US, 1868–1928) German and Nauruan
• Francesco della Penna (Italy, 1680–1745) Tibetan and Italian bilingual
• Susie Dent (UK, born 1964) English
• Friedrich Christian Diez (Germany, 1794–1876) etymological dictionary of Romance languages
• Patrick S. Dinneen (Ireland, 1860–1934) Irish and English bilingual
• Josef Dobrovský (Czechoslovakia, 1753–1829) Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual
• Jacob Ludwig Döhne (Germany/South Africa, 1811–1879) Zulu and English bilingual
• Franz Dornseiff (Germany, 1888–1960) German language thesaurus
• Henry Drisler (US, 1818–1939) Latin dictionary
• Konrad Duden (Germany, 1829–1911) German language general
• Edward Dwelly (UK, 1864–1939) Scottish Gaelic
• Thomas Dyche (UK, late 17th century – 1733) English language spelling

E

• Eugene Ehrlich (US, 1922–2008) English language general and specialised
• Ernst Johann Eitel (Germany/China, 1838–1908) Cantonese Chinese dictionary
• John Eliot (UK/US, 1604–1690) Native American
• Karim Emami (Iran, 1930–2005) Persian and English
• Leo James English (Australia/Philippines, 1907–1997) Tagalog and English bilingual
• Adolf Erman (Germany, 1854–1937) Ancient Egyptian
• Robert Estienne (France, 1503–1559) Latin thesaurus
• Daniel Silvan Evans (Wales, 1818–1903) Welsh and English bilingual
• Avraham Even-Shoshan (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984) Hebrew language general

F

• Fairuzabadi (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive
• Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (Basra, 718–791) Arabic language general
• Fortunato Felice (Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic
• Christiane Fellbaum (Germany/US, living) German and English cognitive linguistics
• Jean-François Féraud (France, 1725–1807) French critical dictionary
• Charles J. Fillmore (US, 1929–2014) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics
• Stuart Berg Flexner (US, 1928–1990) English dictionary of slang
• John Florio (England, 1553–1625) comprehensive Italian to English
• Henrik Florinus (Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual
• Johann Gottfried Flügel (Germany/US, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual
• Henry Watson Fowler (UK, 1858–1933) English general
• Sami Frashëri (also Şemseddin Sâmi) (Ottoman Empire, 1850–1904) Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, French
• James O. Fraser (UK/China, 1886–1938) Lisu language
• Wilhelm Freund (Germany, 1806–1894) Latin general
• Jens Andreas Friis (Norway, 1821–1896) Sami language general
• Johan Fritzner (Norway, 1812–1893) Old Norse
• Louis Frolla (Monaco, 1904–1978) French and Monégasque
• Isaac Kaufmann Funk (US, 1839–1912) English general
• Antoine Furetière (France, 1619–1688) French universal
• Frederick James Furnivall (UK, 1825–1910) English historical

G

• Brent Galloway (US, 1944–2014) Native American languages
• Cristfried Ganander (Finland, 1741–1790) Finnish general
• Marie de Garis (UK, 1910–2010) Guernésiais language general dictionary
• Johannes de Garlandia (UK/France, c. 1190–1270) Latin
• Bryan A. Garner (US, born 1958) English general and LSP
• Dirk Geeraerts (Belgium, born 1955) cognitive linguistics
• Nayden Gerov (Bulgaria, 1823–1900) Bulgarian general
• Peter Gilliver (UK, born 1964) English historical
• Rudolph Goclenius (Germany, 1547–1628) Latin LSP
• Jacob Golius (Netherlands, 1596–1667) Arabic and Persian to Latin
• Chauncey Allen Goodrich (US, 1790–1860) English general
• Philip Babcock Gove (US, 1902–1972) English general
• Louis Herbert Gray (US, 1875–1955) Indo-Iranian languages
• Jonathon Green (UK, born 1948) English slang
• Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Germany, 1785–1863) German historical
• Francis Hindes Groome (UK, 1851–1902) Gypsy
• Francis Grose (UK, c. 1730–1791) English historical
• Hermann Gundert (Germany/India, 1814–1893) Malayalam and English bilingual
• Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (Mexico, 1899–1979) Spanish language
• Karl Gützlaff (Germany/Thailand/China, 1803–1851) Cambodian and Chinese
• Bartol Gyurgieuvits (Croatia, 1506–1566) Croatian and Latin bilingual

H

• Mary Rosamund Haas (US, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai
• Soleiman Haim (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual
• Patrick Hanks (UK, 1940–2024) English language general, onomastic, and LSP
• Johann Ernst Hanxleden (Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese dictionary
• Orin Hargraves (US, born 1953) English dictionary of slang and rhyme
• Alexander Harkavy (Belarus/US, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual
• William Torrey Harris (US, 1835–1909) philosophy, English general
• Reinhard Hartmann (Austria/UK, 1938–2024) Austrian and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary
• Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/US, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English
• Joyce Hawkins (England, 1928–1992) English language general
• S.I. Hayakawa (Canada/US, 1906–1992), biographical directory of US Congress
• Benjamin Hedericus (Germany, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek
• Tom Heehler (US, born 1963) The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
• Michael Heilprin (Poland/US, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic
• James Curtis Hepburn (US/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual
• Charles George Herbermann (Germany/US, 1840–1916) English language LSP
• Hesychius of Alexandria (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon
• Johann Christian August Heyse (Germany, 1764–1829) German dictionary of loan words
• Jack Hibberd (Australia, born 1940) English dictionary of slang
• Hoke Sein (Myanmar, 1890–1984) Universal Burmese-English-Pali
• Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese-language general
• William Holwell (1726–1798), English classicist and cleric
• Francis Holyoake (UK, 1567–1653) English etymological
• A. S. Hornby (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English learners'
• John Camden Hotten (UK, 1832–1873) English slang, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
• Antônio Houaiss (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese general
• Richard Howard (US, born 1929) French and English translation
• August Wilhelm Hupel (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian general
• Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist) (England, 1823–1897), lead editor of Encyclopædic Dictionary

I

• Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew lexicon
• Ibn Manzur (Maghreb Arabia, 1233–1312) Arabic dictionary incorporating earlier
• Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian bilingual

J

• Jin Qizong (China, 1918–2004) Jurchen and Chinese bilingual
• John Jamieson (UK, 1759–1838) Lowland Scots language etymological
• Marcus Jastrow (Poland, 1829–1903) Talmudic language general
• Jauhari (Iraq?, 10th century) Arabic language alphabetical
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher (Germany, 1694–1758) German biographical
• John of Genoa → Johannes Balbus
• Samuel Johnson (UK, 1709–1784) English general, A Dictionary of the English Language
• Alexander Keith Johnston (UK, 1804–1871) English LSP dictionary and atlas
• Dafydd Glyn Jones (Wales, born 1941) English and Welsh bilingual
• Eliza Grew Jones (US/Burma, 1803–1838) Siamese (Thai) and English bilingual
• Henry Stuart Jones (UK, 1867–1939) Greek and English
• Michael Josephs (Prussia/UK, 1763–1849), English and Hebrew
• Adoniram Judson (US/Myanmar, 1788–1850) Burmese and English bilingual
• Joseph Jungmann (Czechoslovakia, 1773–1847) Czech and German bilingual
• Daniel Juslenius (Finland, 1676–1752) Finnish general

K

• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian general
• Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkey, 1005–1102), Uyghur language
• Bartol Kašić (Croatia, 1575–1650) Croatian and Italian bilingual
• John Samuel Kenyon (US, 1874–1959) English pronunciation
• Adam Kilgarriff (UK, 1960–2015) English and computer lexicography
• Barbara Ann Kipfer (US, born 1954) English general and LSP
• Ferdinand Kittel (Germany/India, 1832–1903) Kannada and English bilingual
• Friedrich Kluge (Germany, 1856–1926) German language etymological
• Grzegorz Knapski (Poland, 1561–1639) Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus
• James Knowles (UK, 1759–1840) English pronunciation
• Władysław Kopaliński (Poland, 1907–2007) Polish etymological
• Emmanuel Kriaras (Greece, 1906–2014) Greek historical
• Raphael Kuhner (Germany, 1802–1878) Greek and Latin
• Hans Kurath (Austria/US, 1891–1992) English historical, dialect atlas

L

• Sita Ram Lalas (India, 1908–1986) Rajasthani language historical
• Wilfred G. Lambert (England, 1926–2011) Assyrian language
• Edward William Lane (1801–1876) translation of medieval Arabic dictionaries to English
• Pierre Larousse (France, 1817–1875) French general dictionary and encyclopedic
• Donald Laycock (Australia, 1936–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea
• James Legge (UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language
• George William Lemon (UK, 1726–1797) English etymological
• John Lemprière (Jersey, 1765–1824) dictionary of classical proper names
• Charlton Thomas Lewis (1834–1904) Latin and English bilingual
• Matthias von Lexer (Germany, 1830–1892) German historical
• Li Fanwen (China, born 1932) Tangut and Chinese bilingual
• Henry Liddell (UK, 1811–1898) Greek and English bilingual lexicon
• Sven Lidman (Sweden, 1921–2011) Swedish encyclopedic
• Lin Yutang (China/US, 1895–1976) Chinese and English bilingual
• Samuel Linde (Poland, 1771–1847) Polish language general
• Émile Littré (France, 1801–1881) French language general
• Thomas Lloyd (Wales, 1673–1734) Welsh language
• Elias Lönnrot (Finland, 1802–1884) Finnish and Swedish bilingual

M

• Mackintosh MacKay (Scotland, 1793–1873) probable earliest dictionary of Scots Gaelic (1828)
• Stepan Malkhasyants (Armenia, 1857–1947) Armenian language historical
• Mouloud Mammeri (Algeria, 1917–1989) Tamazight lexicography
• Francis Andrew March (US, 1825–1911) comparative linguistics, English historical
• Francis Mason (UK/US/Burma, 1799–1874) Burmese
• Percy C. Mather (UK/China, 1882–1933) Mongolian
• Robert Henry Mathews (Australia/China, 1877–1970) Chinese and English bilingual
• Johann Mattheson (Germany, 1681–1764) music, German
• Tom McArthur (UK), Dictionary Research Centre, University of Exeter
• Erin McKean (US, born 1971) English general and LSP
• Lambert McKenna (Ireland, 1870–1956) English and Irish bilingual
• Walter Henry Medhurst (UK/China, 1796–1857) Chinese and English bilingual
• Igor Mel'čuk (Russia/Canada, born 1932) French
• Gilles Ménage (France, 1613–1692) etymological dictionary of French
• Francisci a Mesgnien Meninski (1623–1698) first large Turkish-to-Latin
• Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (Switzerland/Germany, 1861–1936) Romance languages
• Minamoto no Shitagō (Japan, 911–983) Japanese thesaurus
• William Chester Minor (Sri Lanka/US/UK, 1834–1920) English historical
• John Minsheu (England, 1560–1627) Spanish and English bilingual, 11-language multilingual dictionary
• María Moliner (Spain, 1900–1981) Spanish general
• Judah Monis (US, 1683–1764) Hebrew language
• Paul Monroe (US, 1869–1947) English encyclopedic
• Morohashi Tetsuji (Japan, 1883–1982) Chinese and Japanese bilingual
• Robert Morrison (UK/China, 1782–1834) Chinese and English bilingual
• Mahshid Moshiri (Iran, born 1951) Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries
• Joseph Moxon (UK, 1627–1691) English LSP
• Kārlis Mīlenbahs (Latvia, 1853–1916) Latvian and German bilingual
• Wilhelm Max Müller (Germany/US, 1862–1919) Hebrew language
• Monier Monier-Williams (India/UK, 1819–1899) Sanskrit English
• Pamela Munro (US, born 1947) Native American language dictionaries
• James Murray (UK, 1837–1915) English historical
• Vladimir Müller (Russia, 1880 – before 1943) English–Russian

N

• Hajime Nakamura (Japan, 1911–1999) Sanskrit and Pali languages
• Nathan ben Jehiel (Italy, c. 1035–1106) Hebrew
• William Allen Neilson (UK/US, 1869–1946) English general
• Andrew Nelson (US/Japan, 1893–1975) Japanese and English bilingual
• Jean Nicot (France, 1530–1600) French historical
• Sandro Nielsen (Denmark, born 1961) Danish LSP
• Njattyela Sreedharan (India, born 1938) Dravidian languages
• Nonius Marcellus (Italy, 3rd/4th centuries) Latin lexicon
• Jerry Norman (US, 1936–2012) Manchu-English

O

• Niall Ó Dónaill (Ireland, 1908–1995) Irish and English bilingual
• John Ogilvie (UK, 1797–1867) English language general
• Charles Talbut Onions (UK, 1873–1965) English language historical
• Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (Georgia, 1658–1725) Georgian language general
• Oros of Alexandria (Egypt?, 5th century) Ancient Greek language
• Osbern of Gloucester (UK, 1123–1200) Latin language etymological
• Flora Osete (Spain, 1883–?), Spanish language
• Ōtsuki Fumihiko (Japan, 1847–1928) Japanese language general
• Sergei Ozhegov (Russia, 1900–1964) Russian language general

P

• Condé Benoist Pallen (US, 1858–1929) English language encyclopedia
• Alfredo Panzini (Italy, 1863–1939) Italian general
• Eric Partridge (New Zealand/Australia/UK, 1894–1979) English slang
• Franz Passow (Germany, 1786–1933) Greek language historical
• Hermann Paul (Germany, 1846–1921) German language historical
• Andrew Pawley (Australia/New Zealand, 1941–2026) Austronesian languages
• Clemente Peani (Italy/India, 1731–1782) Malayalam language
• Edmund Peck (Canada, 1850–1924) Inaktitut and English bilingual
• Aaron Peckham (US) English language slang
• Philitas of Cos (Greece, c. 340–285 BC) Ancient Greek glossary
• Philo of Byblos (Greece, c. 64–141 AD) Ancient Greek dictionary of synonyms
• Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai (India, 1864–1946) Malayalam dictionary
• Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski (Poland, US, 1921–2016) Polish and English bilingual
• Julius Pollux (Egypt/Greece, 2nd century) Ancient Greek thesaurus
• Noah Porter (US, 1811–1892) English language general
• Malachy Postlewayt (UK, c. 1707–1767) English language LSP

R

• Ola Raknes (Norway/US, 1887–1975) Norwegian and English bilingual
• Stanislovas Rapalionis (Lithuania/Germany, 1485–1545) Lithuanian language
• Rasmus Christian Rask (Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics
• Allen Walker Read (US, 1906–2002) English language glossary
• James Redhouse (UK, 1811–1892) Turkish and English bilingual
• Gustaf Renvall (Finland, 1781–1841) Finnish language general
• Alain Rey (France, 1928–2020) French language general and LSP
• Barbara Reynolds (UK, 1914–2015) Italian language
• Kel Richards (Australia, born 1946) English language dialect
• César-Pierre Richelet (French, 1626–1698) French language general
• John Rider (UK/Ireland, 1562–1632) Latin language etymological
• William Rider (UK, 1723–1785) English language general
• Mark Ridley (England, 1560 – c. 1624) Russian/English and English/Russian
• Paul Robert (French, 1910–1980) French language general
• Nancy Roper (UK, 1918–2004) Nursing and medical dictionaries
• Joseph Francis Charles Rock (Austria/US/China, 1884–1962) Naxi and English bilingual
• Peter Mark Roget (UK, 1779–1869) English thesaurus
• Leo Rosten (Poland–Russia/US, 1908–1997) Hebrew and English lexicon

S

• Rachel Saint (US/Ecuador/Africa, 1914–1994) Waorani dictionary
• Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (France, 1697–1781) French glossary
• William Salesbury (UK, c. 1520–1600) English and Welsh bilingual
• Pekka Sammallahti (Finland, born 1947) Sámi dictionaries
• Daniel Sanders (Germany, 1819–1897) German general
• Francisco J. Santamaría (Mexico, 1886–1963) Spanish dictionary of Americanisms
• Irene Saunders (US/China, living) Chinese and English bilingual
• Valentin Schindler (Germany, died 1604) Hebrew et al. five-language
• Steinar Schjøtt (Norway, 1844–1920) Norwegian and Danish bilingual
• Johann Gottlob Schneider (Germany, 1750–1822) Ancient Greek and German bilingual
• Ericus Schroderus (Sweden, 1608–1639) Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual
• August Schumann (Germany, 1773–1826) German language dictionary of Saxony
• Norman W. Schur (US, 1907–1992) English lexicons
• Robert Scott (UK, 1811–1887) Ancient Greek and English bilingual
• Kurt Heinrich Sethe (Germany, 1869–1934) Ancient Egyptian language
• Stephen Sewall (US, 1734–1804) Hebrew language
• Sextus Pompeius Festus (Roman Empire, 2nd century) Ancient Latin etymological
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (Pakistan/Canada, 1917–2005) Urdu language
• Jesse Sheidlower (US, born 1968) English language historical
• Thomas A. Sherwood (US, 1791–1879) English place names gazetteer
• David Shulman (US, 1912–2004) English language historical
• Natalia Shvedova (Russia, 1916–2009) Russian language explanatory
• Johannes Silvet (Estonia, 1895–1979) Estonian and English bilingual
• John Simpson (UK, born 1953) English language historical
• John McHardy Sinclair (UK, 1933–2007) English corpus linguistics, learners'
• Konstantinas Sirvydas (Lithuania, 1580–1631) Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual
• Stephen Skinner (UK, 1623–1667) English etymological
• Johan Kristian Skougaard (Norway, 1847–1925) Norwegian and French bilingual
• Nicholas Slonimsky (Russia, 1894–1995) Musicology, biography and literary criticism
• Benjamin Eli Smith (US, 1857–1913) English general and LSP
• John Smith (US, died 1809) Hebrew
• William Smith (UK, 1813–1893) Greek and Romance languages LSP
• Knut Fredrik Söderwall (Sweden, 1842–1924) Old Swedish
• William Edward Soothill (UK/China, 1861–1935) Chinese language LSP
• Lewis Spence (UK, 1874–1955) English language LSP
• Alexander Spiers (UK/France, 1807–1869) English and French bilingual
• Izmail Sreznevsky (Russia, 1812–1880) Ancient Russian language historical
• Kory Stamper (US, living) Modern American/English
• Jan Stanisławski (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual
• Joakim Stulić (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual
• Nahum Stutchkoff (US, 1893–1965) Yiddish

T

• John Van Nest Talmage (US/China, 1819–1892) Chinese and English bilingual
• Peter Tamony (US, 1902–1985) English LSP etymology
• Jack Thiessen (Canada, 1932–present) Plautdietsch
• Antoine Thomas (Belgium, 1644–1709) mathematics glossary
• Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud (Germany/Netherlands, 1899–1988) Javanese and Dutch
• Lewis Thorpe (UK, died 1977) French language
• Alf Torp (Norway, 1853–1916) Norwegian and Danish bilingual etymological

U

• Martin Ulvestad (Norway/US, 1865–1942) English–Danish–Norwegian trilingual
• Laurence Urdang (US, 1927–2008) English language general
• Dmitry Ushakov (Russia, 1873–1942) Russian language general

V

• Oreste Vaccari (Italy/Japan, died 1980) Japanese–English bilingual
• Johan Hendrik van Dale (Netherlands, 1828–1872) creator of Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language
• Louis Gustave Vapereau (France, 1819–1906) French LSP
• G. Venkatasubbaiah (India, 1913–2021) Kannada language general dictionary, Kannada and English bilingual
• Verrius Flaccus (Ancient Rome, c. 55 BC – 20 AD) Latin language orthographic
• Anna de Villiers (1900–1979), Afrikaans South African writer, lexicographer, and educator
• Faust Vrančić (Croatia, 1551–1617) Croatian et al. five-language

W

• Magdi Wahba (Egypt, 1925–1991) Arabic and English bilingual
• Noël François de Wailly (France, 1724–1801) French language neologisms
• John Walker (UK, 1732–1807) English rhymes and pronunciation
• Fr. Paul Walsh (Ireland, 1885–1941) Irish place names and genealogy
• John Walters (Wales, 1721–1797) English and Welsh languages
• Wang Li (China, 1900–1986) Chinese dictionary of word families
• Grady Ward (US, born 1951) English thesaurus
• Oliver Wardrop (UK, 1864–1948) Georgian language
• Noah Webster (US, 1758–1843) English language general
• Edmund Weiner (UK, born 1950) English language historical
• William Dwight Whitney (US, 1827–1894) English language general dictionary, English and German bilingual
• Harischandra Wijayatunga (Sri Lanka, born 1931) Sinhala language general
• Samuel Wells Williams (US/China, 1812–1884) Chinese language dictionary, Cantonese language
• Miron Winslow (US/Sri Lanka, 1789–1864) Tamil and English bilingual
• Arok Wolvengrey (Canada, born 1965) Cree and English bilingual
• Joseph Emerson Worcester (US, 1784–1865) English general and LSP dictionaries
• Elizabeth Mary Wright (UK, 1863–1958) English dialect
• Joseph Wright (UK, 1855–1930) English dialect
• Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld (UK, 1870–1945) English language general

X

• Xu Shen (China, c. 58–147) Chinese character dictionary

Y

• Robert W. Young (US, 1912–2007) Navajo language general
• Henry Yule (Scotland and India, 1820–1889), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson ("A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive")

Z

• Ladislav Zgusta (Czechoslovakia/US, 1924–2007) historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography
• Ben Zimmer (US, born 1971) English language visual thesaurus
• Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Australia/Israel/Italy/UK, born 1971) Barngarla, Hebrew lexicology, phono-semantic matching, expert witness in lexicography

See also

• List of linguists