List of lexicographers

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The following are lexicographers, people who specialise in the theory and practice of dictionary making (see Lexicography).

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Ivar Aasen (Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language
Ilia Abuladze (Georgia, 1901–1968) Ancient Georgian
Johann Christoph Adelung (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary
George J. Adler (Germany/USA, 1821–1868) German and English languages
Robert Ainsworth (UK, 1660–1743) Latin language
Adam Jack Aitken (UK, 1921–1998) Scots language dictionary
Hashan Al-Ajmi (Kuwait) English/Arabic Bilingual Dictionary
John Michael Allaby (UK, 1933–...) English LSP dictionary
Anthony Allen (UK, 16...–1754) English language dictionary of obsolete words
Robert Allen (UK, ?...–...) English language general dictionary
Amerias (Greece, 3rd century BC) Ancient Mesopotamian
Ethan Allen Andrews (USA, 1787–1858) Latin language
Vladimir Anić (Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian language general dictionary
Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek
Sue Atkins (UK, ?...–...) English and French bilingual dictionary
Ali Azaykou (Morocco, 1942–2004) Arabic and Berber languages

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Francis Bacon (UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science
Yousef B. Al-Bader (Kuwait 1983–...) English-Arabic Dictionary
Nathan Bailey (UK, 1691–1742) English language
John of Genoa (Italy, ...–1298) Latin language
Frederick W. Baller (UK, 1852–1922) Chinese language
Katherine Barber (Canada, 1959–...) English language
Edmund Henry Barker (UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages
Clarence Barnhart (USA, 1900–1993) English language general dictionary
David Barnhart (USA, 1941–) English language
Robert Barnhart (USA, 1933–2007) English language
Louis Barral (France, 1910–1999) French and Monegassian languages
Grant Barrett (USA, 1970–...) English language dictionary of slang
Delfin Carbonell Basset (Spain/USA, 1938–) Spanish and English languages
Marcos E. Becerra (Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language
Richard Beckett (Australia, 1936–1987) English language food guides
William Bedwell (UK, 1561–1632) Arabic language
Ivan Belostenec (Croatia, 1594–1675) Illyrian and Latin languages
Henning Bergenholtz (Denmark, 1944–...) Danish LSP dictionary
Eric Blom (Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary
Thomas Blount (UK, 1618–1679) English language
Robert Blust (USA, ...) Austronesian languages
Jean-Baptiste Boissiere (France, 1806–1885) French language thesaurus
Pierre Claude-Victor Boiste (France, ...)
Peter J. Bowler (Australia, ...) English language
Abel Boyer (France, c.1667–1729) French and English languages
Dan Beach Bradley (USA, 1845–1923) Siamese language
Henry Bradley (UK, 1845–1923) English language general dictionary
Jim Breen (Australia, 1947–...) Japanese and English languages
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (UK, 1810–1897) English language
Francis Brinkley (Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English languages
A. Scott Britton
Nathan Brown (USA/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) Assamese and Japanese languages
Aleksander Brückner (Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German languages
Kazimieras Būga (Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian language
John Bullokar (UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words
Robert Burchfield (New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical dictionary

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Ambrogio Calepino (Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin language
Angus Cameron (Canada, 1941–1983) English language
Joachim Heinrich Campe (Germany, 1746–1818) German language
Emanuel Nunes Carvalho (UK/USA, 1771–1817) Hebrew language
Miguel Casiri (Lebanon/Italy/Spain, 1710–1791) Arabic language
Edmund Castell (UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages
Robert Cawdrey (UK, c. 1538–1604) English language
Pranas Čepėnas (Lithuania/USA, 1899–1980) Lithuanian language
Mohamed Chafik (Morocco, 1926–...) Berber language
Robert L. Chapman (USA, 1920–2002) English language
Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian language
David Chubinashvili (Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian language
Michael Chyet (USA, 1957–...) Kurdish language
Cigerxwîn (Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) Kurdish language
Nicolas Cleynaerts (Belgium/Spain, 1495–1542 Latin and Arabic languages
Henry Cockeram (UK, 17th century) English and Latin languages
Herbert Coleridge (UK, 1830–1861) English language historical dictionary
Elisha Coles (UK, c.1608–1688) English language
Thomas Cooper (UK, c.1517–1594) English and Latin languages
Randle Cotgrave (UK, ...–1634) English and French languages
Anthony P. Cowie (UK, 1931–...) English language dictionary of idioms
William Craigie (UK/USA, 1867–1857) English language historical dictionary

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Vladimir Dahl (Russia, 1801–1872) Russian language general dictionary
Charles Anderson Dana (USA, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary
John Davies (Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin bilingual dictionary
Tomás de Bhaldraithe (Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English bilingual dictionary
William Quinby De Funiak (USA, 1901–1981) American and British English
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1959) Persian language general dictionary
Philip Delaporte (Germany/USA, ?...) German and Nauruan languages
Francesco della Penna (Italy, 1680–1745) Tibetan and Italian bilingual dictionary
Susie Dent (UK, 1967–...) English language
Patrick S. Dinneen (Ireland, 1860–1934) Irish and English bilingual dictionary
Josef Dobrovský (Czechoslovakia, 1753–1829) Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual dictionary
Jacob Ludwig Döhne (Germany/South Africa, 1811–1879) Zulu and English bilingual dictionary
Henry Drisler (USA, 1818–1939) Latin language dictionary
Konrad Duden (Germany, 1829–1911) German language general dictionary
Edward Dwelly (UK, 1864–1939) Scottish Gaelic dictionary
Thomas Dyche (UK, 16...–1733) English language spelling dictionary

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

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Fairuzabadi (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive dictionary
Al Farahidi (Oman, 718–791) Arabic language general dictionary
Fortunato Felice (Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic dictionary
Christiane Fellbaum (Germany/USA ?...–...) German and English cognitive linguistics
Jean-François Féraud (France, 1725–1807) French language critical dictionary
Charles J. Fillmore (USA, 1929–...) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics
Stuart Berg Flexner (USA, 1928–1990) English language dictionary of slang
Henrik Florinus (Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual dictionary
Johann Gottfried Flügel (Germany/USA, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual dictionary
Henry Watson Fowler (UK, 1858–1933) English language general dictionary
James O. Fraser (UK/China, 1886–1938) Lisu language
Wilhelm Freund (Germany, 1806–1894) Latin language general dictionary
Jens Andreas Friis (Norway, 1821–1896) Sami language general dictionary
Louis Frolla (France, ?...–?...) French and Monegassian dictionary
Isaac Kaufmann Funk (USA, 1839–1912) English language general dictionary
Antoine Furetière (France, 1619–1688) Franch language universal dictionary
Frederick James Furnivall (UK, 1825–1910) English language historical dictionary

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Brent Galloway (USA, 1944–...) Native American languages
Cristfried Ganander (Finland, 1741–1790) Finnish language general dictionary
Marie de Garis (UK, 1910–...) Guernseyan language general dictionary
Johannes de Garlandia (UK/France, c. 1190–1270) Latin language dictionary
Bryan A. Garner (USA, 1858–...) English language general and LSP dictionary
Dirk Geeraerts (Belgium, 1955–...) cognitive linguistics
Nayden Gerov (Bulgaria, 1823–1900) Bulgarian language general dictionary
Peter Gilliver (UK, 1964–...) English language historical dictionary
Rudolph Goclenius (Germany, 1547–1628) Latin language LSP dictionary
Chauncey Allen Goodrich (USA, 1790–1860) English language general dictionary
Philip Babcock Gove (USA, 1902–1972) English language general dictionary
Louis Herbert Gray (USA, 1875–1955) Indo-Iranian languages
Jonathon Green (UK, 1948–...) English language dictionary of slang
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Germany, 1785–1863) German language historical dictionary
Francis Hindes Groome (UK, 1851–1902) Gypsy language
Francis Grose (UK, c.1730–1791) English language historical dictionary
Hermann Gundert (Germany/India, 1814–1893) Malayalam and English bilingual dictionary
Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (Mexico, 1899–1979) Spanish language
Karl Gützlaff (Germany/Thailand/China, 1803–1851) Cambodian and Chinese languages
Bartol Gyurgieuvits (Croatia, 1506–1566) Croatian and Latin bilingual dictionary

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Mary Rosamund Haas (USA, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai languages
Soleiman Haim (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual dictionary
Patrick Hanks (UK, 1940–...) English language general and LSP dictionary
Johann Ernst Hanxleden (Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese language dictionary
Orin Hargraves (USA, 1953–...) English language dictionary of slang and rhyme
Alexander Harkavy (Belarus/USA, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual dictionary
William Torrey Harris (USA, 1835–1909) philosophy, English language general dictionary
Reinhard Hartmann (Austria/UK, 1938–...) German and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary
Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/USA, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English languages
Benjamin Hedericus (Germany?, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek language dictionary
Michael Heilprin (Poland/USA, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic dictionary
James Curtis Hepburn (USA/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary
Charles George Herbermann (Germany/USA, 1840–1916) English language LSP dictionary
Hesychius of Alexandria (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon
Johann Christian August Heyse (Germany, 1764–1829) German language dictionary of loanwords
Jack Hibberd (Australia, 1940–...) English language dictionary of slang
Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese language general dictionary
Francis Holyoake (UK, 1567–1653) English language etymological dictionary
A. S. Hornby (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English language learner's dictionary
John Camden Hotten (UK?, 1832–1873) English language dictionary of slang
Antônio Houaiss (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese language general dictionary
Richard Howard (USA, 1929–...) French and English language translation
Robert Hunter ???
August Wilhelm Hupel (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian language general dictionary

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Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew language lexicon
Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian language bilingual dictionary

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John Jamieson (UK, 1759–1838) Lowland Scots language etymological dictionary
Marcus Jastrow (Poland, 1829–1903) Talmudic language general dictionary
Jauhari (Iraq?, 10th century) Arabic language alphabetic dictionary
Christian Gottlieb Jöcher (Germany, 1694–1758) German language biographical dictionary
John of Genoa → Johannes Balbus
Samuel Johnson (UK, 1709–1784) English language general dictionary
Alexander Keith Johnston (UK, 1804–1871) English language LSP dictionary and atlas
Dafydd Glyn Jones (Wales, 1941–...) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary
Eliza Grew Jones (USA/Burma, 1803–1838) Siamese (Thai) and English bilingual dictionary
Henry Stuart Jones (UK, 1867–1939) Greek and English bilingual dictionary
Adoniram Judson (USA/Myanmar, 1788–1850) Burmese and English bilingual dictionary
Joseph Jungmann (Czechoslovakia, 1773–1847) Czech and German bilingual dictionary
Daniel Juslenius (Finland, 1676–1752) Finnish language general dictionary

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Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian language general dictionary
Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkey, 1005–1102), Uyghur language
Bartol Kašić (Croatia, 1575–1650) Croatian and Italian bilingual dictionary
John Samuel Kenyon (USA, 1874–1959) English language dictionary of pronunciation
Barbara Ann Kipfer (USA, 1954–...) English language general and LSP dictionary
Ferdinand Kittel (Germany/India, 1832–1903) Kannada and English bilingual dictionary
Friedrich Kluge (Germany, 1856–1926) German language etymological dictionary
Grzegorz Knapski (Poland, 1561–1639) Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus
Władysław Kopaliński (Poland, 1907–2007) Polish language etymological dictionary
Emmanuel Kriaras (Greece, 1906–...) Greek language historical dictionary
Harimurti Kridalaksana ?(Indonesia, ...)
Raphael Kuhner (Germany, 1802–1878) Greek and Latin languages
Hans Kurath (Austria/USA, 1891–1992) English language historical dictionary, dialect atlas

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Sita Ram Lalas (India, 1909–...) Rajasthani language historical dictionary
Sidney I. Landau (USA, 1933–...) English language general and LSP dictionary
Pierre Larousse (France, 1817–1875) French language general dictionary and encyclopedic dictionary
Donald Laycock (Australia, ?...–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea
James Legge (UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language
George William Lemon (UK, 1726–1797) English language etymological dictionary
Matthias von Lexer (Germany, 1830–1892) German language historical dictionary
Henry Liddell (UK, 1811–1898) Greek and English bilingual lexicon
Sven Lidman (Sweden, 1921–...) Swedish encyclopedic dictionary
Lin Yutang (China/USA, 1895–1976) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
Samuel Linde (Poland, 1771–1847) Polish language general dictionary
Émile Littré (France, 1801–1881) French language general dictionary
Thomas Lloyd (Wales, 1673–1734) Welsh language
Elias Lönnrot (Finland, 1802–1884) Finnish and Swedish bilingual dictionary

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Stepan Malkhasyants (Armenia, 1857–1947) Armenian language historical dictionary
Francis Andrew March (USA, 1825–1911) comparative linguistics, English language historical dictionary
Francis Mason (UK/USA/Burma, 1799–1874) Burmese language
Percy C. Mather (UK/China, 1882–1933) Mongolian language dictionary
Robert Henry Mathews (Australia/China, 1877–1970) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
Johann Mattheson (Germany, 1681–1764) music, German language
Erin McKean (USA, 1971–...) English language general and LSP dictionary
Lambert McKenna (Ireland, 1870–1956) English and Irish bilingual dictionary
Walter Henry Medhurst (UK/China, 1796–1857) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (Switzerland/Germany, 1861–1936) Romance languages
Minamoto no Shitagō (Japan, 911–983) Japanese language thesaurus
William Chester Minor (Sri Lanka/USA/UK, 1834–1920) English language historical dictionary
John Minsheu (UK, 1560–1627) Spanish and English bilingual dictionary, 11-language multilingual dictionary
María Moliner (Spain, 1900–1981) Spanish language general dictionary
Judah Monis (USA, 1683–1764) Hebrew language
Paul Monroe (USA, 1869–1947) English language encyclopedic dictionary
Morohashi Tetsuji (Japan, 1883–1982) Chinese and Japanese bilingual dictionary
Robert Morrison (UK/China, 1782–1834) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
Mahshid Moshiri (Iran, ...?-...) Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries
Joseph Moxon (UK, 1627–1691) English LSP dictionary
Kārlis Mīlenbahs (Latvia, 1853–1916) Latvian and German bilingual dictionary
Wilhelm Max Müller (Germany/USA, 1862–1919) Hebrew language dictionary
Pamela Munro (USA, 1947–...) Native American language dictionaries
James Murray (UK, 1837–1915) English language historical dictionary

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Hajime Nakamura (Japan, 1911–1999) Sanskrit and Pali languages
Nathan ben Jehiel (Italy, c.1035–1106) Hebrew language dictionary
William Allen Neilson (UK/USA, 1869–1946) English language general dictionary
Andrew Nelson (USA/Japan, 1893–1975) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary
Jean Nicot (France, 1530–1600) french language historical dictionary
Sandro Nielsen (Denmark, 1961–...) Danish language LSP dictionary
Nonius Marcellus (Italy, 3rd/4th century) Latin language lexicon

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

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

[edit] Q

Bernard Quemada (France, ...) French language

[edit] R

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

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Rachel Saint (USA/Ecuador, 1914–1994) Waorani language dictionary
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (France, 1697–1781) French language glossary
William Salesbury (UK, c. 1520–1600) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary
Daniel Sanders (Germany, 1819–1897) German language general dictionary
Francisco J. Santamaría (Mexico, 1886–1963) Spanish language dictionary of Americanisms
Moti Lal Saqi (India, 1936–1999) Kashmiri language dictionary
Irene Saunders (US/PR China, ?...–...) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
Valentin Schindler (Germany, ?...–1604) Hebrew et al. 5-language dictionary
Steinar Schjøtt (Norway, 1844–1920) Norwegian and Danish bilingual dictionary
Johann Gottlob Schneider (Germany, 1750–1822) Ancient Greek and German bilingual dictionary
Ericus Schroderus (Sweden, 1608–1639) Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual dictionary
August Schumann (Germany, 1773–1826) German language dictionary of Saxony
Robert Scott (UK, 1811–1887) Ancient Greek and English bilingual dictionary
Kurt Heinrich Sethe (Germany, 1869–1934) Ancient Egyptian language
Stephen Sewall (USA, 1734–1804) Hebrew language
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Roman Empire, 2nd century) Ancient Latin etymological dictionary
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (Pakistan/Canada, 1917–2005) Urdu language dictionary
Jesse Sheidlower (USA, ?...–...) English language historical dictionary
Thomas A. Sherwood (USA, 1791–1879) English place names gazetteer
David Shulman (USA, 1912–2004) English language historical dictionary
Natalia Shvedova (Russia, 1916–...) Russian language explanatory dictionary
John Simpson (UK, 1953–...) English language historical dictionary
John McHardy Sinclair (UK, 1933–2007) English corpus linguistics, learner's dictionary
Konstantinas Sirvydas (Lithuania, 1580–1631) Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual dictionary
Stephen Skinner (UK/Germany?, 1631–1667) English language etymological dictionary
Johan Kristian Skougaard (Norway, 1847–1925) Norwegian and French bilingual dictionary
Benjamin Eli Smith (USA, 1857–1913) English language general and LSP dictionary
John Smith (USA, ?...–1809) Hebrew language
William Smith (UK, 1813–1893) Greek and Romance languages LSP dictionary
William Edward Soothill (UK/China, 1861–1935) Chinese language LSP dictionary
Lewis Spence (UK, 1874–1955) English language LSP dictionary
Alexander Spiers (UK/France, 1807–1869) English and French bilingual dictionary
Izmail Sreznevsky (Russia, 1812–1880) Ancient Russian language historical dictionary
Jan Stanisławski (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual dictionary
Joakim Stulić (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual dictionary

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

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

[edit] V

Oreste Vaccari (Italy/Japan, ?...–1980) Japanese–English bilingual dictionary
Louis Gustave Vapereau (France, 1819–1906) French LSP dictionary
Donald Venes (USA, 1952–...) English LSP dictionary
G. Venkatasubbaiah (India, 1913–...) Kannada language general dictionary, Kannada and English bilingual dictionary
Verrius Flaccus (Ancient Rome, c. 55 BC – 20 AD) Latin language orthographic dictionary
Faust Vrančić (Croatia, 1551–1617) Croatian et al. 5-language dictionary

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

[edit] X

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

[edit] Y

Robert W. Young (USA, 1912–2007) Navajo language general dictionary

[edit] Z

Ladislav Zgusta (Czechoslovakia/USA, 1924–2007) historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography
Benjamin Zimmer (USA, ?...–...) English language visual thesaurus

[edit] See also

List of linguists