List of non-fiction writers

The term non-fiction writer covers vast fields. This list includes those with a Wikipedia page who had non-fiction works published.

Countries named are where authors worked for long periods.
Subject codes: A (architecture), Aa (applied arts), Af (armed forces), Ag (agriculture), Ar (archaeology, prehistory), B (business, finance), Ba (ballet), Bg (biography), Bk (books), C (cookery, housekeeping), Cr (crime, disasters), D (drama, film), E (economics), Ed (education, child care), F (feminism, role of women), Fa (fashion), Fi (fine arts), G (gardening), H (history, antiquarianism), I (information technology), J (journalism, broadcasting), L (language), Lc (literary criticism), Lw (law), Ma (mathematics), Me (medicine, health), Mu (music), N (natural sciences), Nh (natural history, environment), O (opera), P (polymath), Ph (philosophy), Po (politics, government), Ps (psychology), R (religion, metaphysics), S (social sciences, society), Sp (sports, games, hunting), T (travel, localities), Tr (transport)
Language is mentioned where unclear.
A single book title exemplifying an author also needs a Wikipedia page for inclusion.

A[edit]

Jane Aaron (born 1951, Wales, Ed) in Welsh and English
Richard Aaron (1901–1987, Wales, Ph) in Welsh and English
Ivar Aasen (1813–1896, Norway, L)
Edward Abbey (1927–1989, US, Nh); Desert Solitaire
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926, England, Ed/R)
Tomoji Abe (阿部知二, 1903–1973, Japan, Lc)
John Abercrombie (1726–1806, Scotland, G)
David Abercromby (d. c. 1702, Scotland, M)
Patrick Abercromby (1656 – c. 1716, Scotland, H/Mi)
Virginia Abernethy (born 1934, US, Ps)
Johann Georg Abicht (1672–1740, Germany, R) in Latin
Johann Heinrich Abicht (1762–1816, Germany, Ph)
Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, Bg/Lc)
Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England, C); Modern Cookery for Private Families
Alexander Adam (1741–1809, Scotland, L/H)
James Adam (1860–1907, Scotland/England, H/Lc)
Ruth Adam (1907–1977, England, F)
Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England, Nh)
Jad Adams (born 1954, England, J)
William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891, England, P)
Henry Adamson (1581–1637, Scotland, H)
John Adamson (1787–1955, England, H)
Joy Adamson (1910–1980, Austrian Empire/Kenya, Nh); Born Free
Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, H)
Jane Addams (1860–1935, US, Po/F)
Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England, J/P)
Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847-1919, US, H/S)
Adomnán (c. 624–704, Scotland, Bg) in Latin; Vita Columbae
Julia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924, England, Fi/H)
Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167, England, R/Bg); Relatio de Standardo
Franz Aepinus (1724–1802, Germany/Russia, N)
Shimon Agassi (1852–1914, Iraq, R)
Louis Agassiz (1807–1873, Switzerland/US, N) in French and English
Pedro Agerre (Axular, 17th century, Spain, R) in Basque; Gero
Sven Aggesen (born c. 1140–50, Denmark, H) in Latin
Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799, Italy, Ma/Ph)
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535, Germany/France, P) in Latin
Silvia Agüero (born 1985, Spain, F)
Carmen Agulló Díaz (born 1957, Spain, Ed)
Shaykh Ahmad (1753–1826, Ottoman Empire, R) in Arabic
John Aikin (1747–1822, England, M)
Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England, H/Bg)
Jean Aitchison (born 1938, England, L/Ps)
Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100, Germany, H) in Latin
Eva Allen Alberti (1856-1938, US, D)
Albertus Magnus (c. 1193–1280, Germany, Ph/R) in Latin
Madeleine Albright (born 1937, US, Po/H)
Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660, England, R)
Richard Aldington (1892–1962, England/France, Bg)
Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915, US, Po)
Bernhard Alexander (1850–1927, Hungary, Ph)
Horace Alexander (1889–1989, India/US, Po/Nh)
Nelson Algren (1909–1981, US, T); Chicago: City on the Make
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953, India/England, R); The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary
Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928, India/England, Po/R); The Spirit of Islam
Tariq Ali (born 1943, Pakistan/England, Po); The Obama Syndrome
Archibald Alison (1757–1839, Scotland/England, P)
Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792–1867, Scotland/England, H)
William Alison (1790–1859, Scotland, M/S)
Hortense Allart (1801–1879, France, F)
Grant Allen (1848–1899, Canada/England, N)
Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964, England, S/Cr)
Richard Allestree (1621/2–1681, England, R)
György Almásy (1867–1933, Hungary/Austria, Nh/T)
Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703, England, R)
Louis Althusser (1918–1990, France, Ph); Reading Capital
Günter Altner (1936–2011, Germany, Nh/Ph)
Mor Altshuler (born 1957, Israel, R)
Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002, US, H/Bg)
Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, B/H)
Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1742, England, Po)
Martin Amis (1949–2023, England, Es); The War Against Cliché
Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016, Italy, R)
Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788, Ireland/England, P)
Sheldon Amos (1835–1886, England, Lw/S)
André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836, France, N)
Moses Amyraut (1596–1664, France, R)
John Anderdon (1792–1874, England, Sp/R)
Adam Anderson (1692 or 1693–1765, Scotland, Ec)
Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958, Scotland, H)
Benedict Anderson (1936–2015, US, Po/H); Imagined Communities
James Anderson (1662–1728, Scotland, H)
James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808, Scotland, Ag/Ec)
John Anderson (1726–1796, Scotland, N/Ed)
Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002, Scotland, H)
Patrick Anderson (fl. 1618–1635, Scotland, M)
Robert Anderson (1841–1918, Ireland/England, M/Cr)
Terry L. Anderson (living, US, Ec/Nh)
Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russian Empire/Germany, Ps)
Norman Angell (1872–1967, England, Po); The Great Illusion
Domenico Angelo (1717–1802, Italy/England, Sp)
Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, Po); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Kenneth Anger (born 1927, US, D); Hollywood Babylon
Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, S/R)
Kofi Annan (1938–2018, Ghana, Po)
Ali Ansari (born 1967, England/Scotland, H/Po)
Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033–1109, France/England, R); Cur Deus Homo
Peter Anson (1889–1975, England, R/A)
Lawrence Anthony (1950–2012, South Africa, Nh/Po); Babylon's Ark
Sulpicius Apollinaris (2nd c. AD, Carthage, L)
Péter Apor (1676–1752, Hungary, H) in Latin
Arjun Appadurai (born 1949, US, S)
Charles James Apperley (Nimrod, 1777–1843, Wales/England, Sp)
Adolphe Appia (1862–1928, Switzerland, D/N)
Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954, England/US, Ph)
John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England M/P)
Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US, Po); The Human Condition
Dan Ariely (born 1967, US, Ps); Predictably Irrational
Philippe Ariès (1914–1984, France, H); Centuries of Childhood
Aristotle (384–322 BC, Ancient Greece, Ph/N); Corpus Aristotelicum
Aleksander Arkuszyński (1918–2016, Poland Af)
Karen Armstrong (born 1944, England, R); Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
Ron Arnold (born 1937, US, Nh)
Sarah Louise Arnold (1859-1943, US, Ed)
Thomas James Arnold (c. 1804–1877, England, Lw)
Hugo Arnot (1749–1786, Scotland, Lw)
Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86/89 – post-AD 146/160, Ancient Greece, H/Ph); The Anabasis of Alexander
Pat Arrowsmith (born 1930, England, Po)
Vladimir Arsenyev (1872–1930, Russian Empire/Soviet Union, T)
John Asgill (1659–1738, England, R/Lw)
Russell Ash (1946–2010, England, J); The Top 10 of Everything
Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755, US, R/Bg)
Michael Asher (born 1953, England, T)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713, England/Italy, Po/Ph)
Anastasia M. Ashman (born 1964, US, I/T)
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, US, N); The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
Aemilius Asper (1st or 2nd c. AD, Ancient Rome, L)
Margot Asquith (186(1864–1945, Scotland, S)
Mary Astell (1666–1731, England, F)
Jean Astruc (1684–1766, France, M/R)
Mary Alderson Chandler Atherton (1849-1934, US, Ed)
Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233, Seljuq Empire, H/Bg); The Complete History
Diane Atkinson (living, England, H)
David Attenborough (born 1926, England, Nh)
Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada, Nh); Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
John Aubrey (1626–1697, England, H/Bg); Brief Lives
W. H. Auden (1907–1973, England/US, Lc); Forewords and Afterwords
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180, Ancient Rome, Po/Ph) in Greek; Meditations
Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676, England, G)
John Austin (1790–1859, England, Lw); The Province of Jurisprudence Determined
Avicenna (c. 980–1037, Persia, P/M); The Book of Healing
Jack Avon (born 1967, England, B)
A. J. Ayer (1910–1989, England, Ph); Language, Truth and Logic
Joseph Ayloffe (1708–1781, England, Ar)
Ed Ayres (born 1941, US, J/Nh)
Ed Ayres (Australia, Mu, Bg)
Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢巌, 1894–1972, Japan, S)

B[edit]

Charles Babbage (1791–1871, England, P)
Samuel Bache (1804–1876, England, R)
James Backhouse (1794–1869, England/Australia, T/S)
Alice Mabel Bacon (1858–1918, US/Japan, Ed)
Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941, England, S/Ed); Scouting for Boys
Élisabeth Badinter (born 1944, France, Ph/H)
William Balfour Baikie (1824–1864, Scotland/Nigeria, Nh/L)
Alice Bailey (1880–1949, England/US, R)
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863–1948, US, Nh)
Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882–1967, India/England, N/T)
Harold Walter Bailey (1899–1996, Australia/England, L)
Ronald Bailey (born 1953, US, Ec/Nh)
Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/US, D)
Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864–1942, US, Nh)
John Bainbridge (born 1953, England, Nh)
Roland Bainton (1894–1984, US, H)
Fredrik Bajer (1837–1922, Denmark, Po)
Henry Baker (1698–1774, England, R/Ed); A Short Essay on Speech
J. A. Baker (1926–1987, England, Nh/T)
Samuel White Baker (1821–1893, England, T/Po)
Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975, Soviet Union, Ph/L)
Georges Balandier (1920–2016, France, S)
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961, US, S)
James Baldwin (1924–1987, US, Po); The Fire Next Time
John Bale (1495–1563, England/Ireland, R/H)
Lady Eve Balfour (1899–1990, England, Nh); The Living Soil
Zygmunt Balicki (1858–1916, Poland, S/Po)
Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976, Scotland, H/Bg)
Charles Ball (born 1780, US, Bg)
Zsófia Balla (born 1949, Romania/Hungary, J) in Hungarian
Étienne Baluze (1630–1718, France, H) in Latin and French
Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, England, P/L)
Linda Vero Ban (born 1976, Hungary, R/S)
Zsófia Bán (born 1957, Hungary, Lc)
George Bancroft (1800–1891, US, H/Po)
Richard Bannatyne (d. 1605, Scotland, R/H)
John Bannerman (historian) (1932–2008, Scotland, H)
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, Ed/Lc); Lessons for Children
Dominic Barberi (Domenico Giovanni Barberi, 1792–1849, Italy/England, R)
Paul Barbette (1620 – c. 1666, Netherlands, M) in Dutch and Latin
Teresita de Barbieri (1937-2018, Uruguay/Mexico, F/S)
Robert Barclay (1648–1690, Scotland, R)
William Barclay (1546–1608, Scotland/France, Lw)
William Barclay (c. 1570 – c. 1630, Scotland/France, M/P)
Bruce Barcott (living, US, Nh)
Charles Foster Barham (1804–1884, England, M)
Bill Barich (born 1943, US, J/T)
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England, R/H)
Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, England, P)
Frank Barlow (1911–2009, England, H/Bg)
Thomas Barlow (1608/1609–1691, England, R/Lw)
Ferdinánd Barna (1825–1895, Hungary, L)
John Barnard (d. 1683, England, Bg)
Peter Barnes (born 1940, US, J/Nh)
William Barnes (1801–1886, England, L)
Thomas P. M. Barnett (born 1962, US, Mi/Po)
John Baron (1786–1851, Scotland/England, M)
Cesare Baronio (1538–1607, Italy, H/R) in Latin; Annales Ecclesiastici
Damian Barr (born 1976, Scotland/England, S)
William Barr (born 1940, Scotland/Canada, H)
Geoffrey Barraclough (1908–1984, England, H)
John Barret (1631–1713, England, R)
Isaac Barrow (1630–1677, England, R/Ma)
John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774, England, H/Ma)
John Barrow (1764–1848, England, Af); The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty
Roland Barthes (1915–1980, France, Lc/Ph); Mythologies
Frederic Bartlett (1886–1969, England, Ps)
John Barton (1755–1789, England, Po/S)
John Bartram (1699–1777, Pennsylvania, Nh)
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850, France, E/Lw)
Georges Bataille (1897–1962, France, P); La Part maudite
Albert Bates (born 1947, US, Nh)
Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia, S/T)
Daisy Bates (1914–1999, US, Cr/S)
Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892, England, Nh/T); The Naturalist on the River Amazons
Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US, Lc/T)
Helen Bayes (born 1944, Australia, Ed/R)
John Bayley (1925–2015, England, Lc)
Peter Bayley (1921–2015, England, Lc)
Dorothea Beale (1831–1906, England, Ed/H)
Mary Beard (born 1955, England, H); The Roman Triumph
Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858-1923, US, R)
Alistair Beaton (born 1947, Scotland, PO)
James Beattie (1735–1803, Scotland, Ph/R); An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
Cari Beauchamp (1949–2023, US, H/J)
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France, Ph/S); The Second Sex
August Bebel (1840–1913, Germany, Po)
Gary Becker (1930–2014, US, E)
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856, England, S); The Comic History of England
Sharon Beder (living, Australia, Nh/Po); Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism
Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, France/England, T/Bg)
William Beebe (1877–1962, US, Nh)
Mrs. Beeton (1836–1865, England, C); Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
Antony Beevor (born 1946, England, H/Mi)
John Hay Beith (Ian Hay, 1876–1952, England, H/Mi)
Adrian Bell (1901–1980, England, Ag/J)
Art Bell (1945–2018, US, J/Nh); The Coming Global Superstorm (co-authored)
Catherine Bell (1953–2008, US, R)
Charles Bell (1774–1842, Scotland, N/M)
Clive Bell (1881–1964, England, Fi)
Gertrude Bell (1868–1926, England/Iraq, T/Ar)
Henry Hesketh Bell (1864–1952, England, P)
Julia Bell (1879–1979, England, M)
John Bell (1763–1820, Scotland, M)
Quentin Bell (1910–1996, England, Bg)
Pierino Belli (1502–1575, Piedmont, Mi/Lw)
Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, England, J/S); The Servile State
William Benbow (1787–1864, England, Po/R)
Tom Bender (living, US, Nh)
Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England, Bg)
Caroline Benn (1926–2000, England, Ed)
Melissa Benn (born 1957, England, F/Ed)
Tony Benn (Anthony Wedgwood Benn, 1925–2014, Po/S)
Anne McGrew Bennett (1903–1986, US, F/R)
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England, Lc); Literary Taste: How to Form It
Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood (1864–1945, England, Po/S)
Lewis Benson (1906–1986, US, R)
Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832, England, Ph/S); An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Richard Bentley (1662–1742, England, Lc/R)
Caroline French Benton (d. 1923, US, C)
Edward Berdoe (1836–1916, England, Lc/M)
Howard W. Bergerson (1922–2011, US, L); Palindromes and Anagrams
Henri Bergson (1859–1941, France, Ph)
George Berkeley (1685–1753, Ireland/England, H/R); A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Alexander Berkman (1870–1936, Russian Empire/US, Po); Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Tzeporah Berman (born 1969, Canada, Nh/Po)
Nicholas Bernard (1600–1661, Ireland, R/Bg)
Eric Berne (1910–1970, Canada/US, Ps); Games People Play
Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923, France, Lc)
Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006, England/South Africa, Po/F); The World that was Ours
William J. Bernstein (born 1948, US, B)
Joseph Bertrand (1822–1900, France, Ma/E)
Dennison Berwick (born 1956, England/Canada, T)
Betty Berzon (1928–2006, US, Ps)
Annie Besant (1847–1933, England, Ps/S); Study in Consciousness
Richard Bessel (living, England, H)
Henry Beston (1888–1968, US, Nh); The Outermost House
Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England, Bg/F)
Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England, T)
Christopher Bethell (1773–1859, England/Wales, R)
Annie Betts (1884–1961, England, Nh)
Erskine Beveridge (1851–1920, Scotland, H)
Elizabeth Beverley (19th c., England, D/S)
L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England, R/Po)
Tom Beynon (1886–1961, Wales, R)
Homi K. Bhabha (born 1949, India/England, Lc/S)
Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England, R)
Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917, US, H)
Noah Biggs (mid 17th c., England, M/R)
J. Brent Bill (born 1941, US, R)
James H. Billington (1929–2018, US, H)
Jennie M. Bingham (1859-1933, US, Bg/R)
Robert O. Binnewies (born 1937, US, Nh)
Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, England, Fi)
T. J. Binyon (1936–2004, England, L/Lc)
Clementina Black (1853–1922, England, Po/F)
David Macleod Black (born 1941, Scotland/England, Ps)
Brian Black (living, US, Nh)
Helen Cecelia Black (1838–1906, England, Bk/Bg)
J. B. Black (1883–1964, Scotland, H)
Jeremy Black (born 1955, England, H)
Margaret Moyes Black (1853–1935, Scotland, Bg)
Sarah Blackborow (17th c., England, R)
John Stuart Blackie (1809–1895, Scotland, P)
Thomas Blackwell (1701–1757, Scotland, H)
James Blades (1901–1999, England, Mu)
William Garden Blaikie (1820–1899, Scotland, R/Bg)
Geoffrey Blainey (born 1930, Australia, H); The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
Claude Blair (1922–2010, England, Af)
H. Emerson Blake (living, US, Nh)
Richard Paul Blakeney (1820–1884, Ireland/England, R)
Charles Blanc (1813–1882, France, Aa/Fi)
Lesley Blanch (1904–2007, England/France, Bg/C); The Wilder Shores of Love
Isabella Margaret Elizabeth Blandin (1838-1912, United States, H)
Yaakov Blau (1929–2013, Palestine/Israel, R)
Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1704, England, R)
Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891, Russia, Ph/R); The Voice of the Silence
Emily Rose Bleby (1849-1917, Jamaica/UK, Ed/S/Po)
Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, England, Bg/Lc)
Walter Blith (1605–1654, England, Ag)
Marc Bloch (1886–1944, France, H); The Historian's Craft
Allan Bloom (1930–1992, US, Ph/E); The Closing of the American Mind
Charles Blount (1654–1693, England, R/Ph)
Heston Blumenthal (born 1966, England, C)
Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, England, H/Lc)
Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912, Liberia, E/Po)
Czesław Bobrowski (1904–1996, Poland, E)
Cornelius Bocchus (1st c. AD, Roman Hispania, Nh)
John Bodenham (c. 1559–1610, England, Lc)
Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891, England, F/R)
Hector Boece (Boethius, 1465–1536, Scotland, Ph/H)
Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, c. 480–524, Ancient Rome, Ph/H); The Consolation of Philosophy
Barry Bogin (born 1950, US, S)
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851–1914, Austrian Empire, E); Capital and Interest
Edmund Bohun (1645–1699, England, H/Po); History of the Desertion
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711, France, Lc)
Alan Bold (1943–1998, Scotland, Bg)
Jeff Bollow (born 1971, US, J)
Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848, Bohemia, Ph/R); in German; The Paradoxes of the Infinite
Henry Bond (born 1966, England, Lc)
Jan Bondeson (born 1962, Sweden/England, M)
Edith Bone (1889–1975, Hungary/England, M/Po)
Ada Boni (1881–1973, Italy, C); Il talismano della felicità
Edward Bonner (c. 1500–1569, England, R)
Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner (1858–1935, England, Po/R)
Marie-Jo Bonnet (born 1949, France, F/Fi)
Murray Bookchin (1921–2006, US, Nh); Our Synthetic Environment
Christopher Booker (1937–2019, England, Nh/J); The Real Global Warming Disaster
Luke Booker (1762–1835, England, R)
George Boole (1815–1864, England/Ireland, Ma/Ph); The Laws of Thought
Charles Booth (1840–1916, E); Life and Labour of the People in London
Wayne C. Booth (1921–2005, US, Lc)
William "Cocktail" Boothby (1862–1930, US, C); The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them
Franz Bopp (1791–1867, Germany, L)
Eric Borgman (born 1957, Netherlands, R)
Dmitri Borgmann (1927–1985, US, L)
Norman Borlaug (1914–2009, US, Ag)
Max Born (1882–1970, Germany/England, N)
George Borrow (1803–1881, England, S/R); The Bible in Spain
Alastair Borthwick (1913–2003, Scotland, Sp/Mi)
Helen Bosanquet (1860–1926, England, Po/S)
Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales, Ar) also in Welsh
James Boswell (1740–1795, Scotland/England, P/Bg)
Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993, US, Ec/Ph)
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467–1553, England, H/Mi)
Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002, France, Ph/S); Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Anthony Bourdain (1956–2018, US, C); Kitchen Confidential
Amal Bourquia (b. ?, Morocco, Me)
Jeanne Bouvier (1865–1964, France, F/Po)
Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England, Lc)
Alexander Bower (fl. 1804–1830, Scotland, Bg)
Bathsheba Bowers (1671–1718, England, R)
Samuel Bownas (1676–1753, England, R)
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621–1679, Ireland/England, Po/Mi)
Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978, US, E/T)
Henry de Bracton (c. 1210 – c. 1268, England, Lw/Po) in Latin
M. C. Bradbrook (1909–1993, Scotland/England, Lc)
Michael Braddick (born 1962, England, H)
Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891, England, S/R)
A. C. Bradley (1851–1935, England, Lc)
William Bragge (1823–1884, England, N/H)
James Braid (1795–1860, Scotland/England, M/Ps)
Dionne Brand (born 1953, Canada, S)
Stewart Brand (born 1938, US, Nh); Whole Earth Discipline
William Brandon (1914–2002, US, H)
Anna Brassey (1839–1887, England, T)
Fernand Braudel (1902–1985, France, H)
Michael Braungart (born 1958, Germany, B/Nh)
Alan Bray (1948–2001, England, H/S)
Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England, T/H)
François Bréda (born 1956, Romania/France, Lc) in Hungarian
Ian Bremmer (born 1969, US, Po)
Henri Breuil (1877–1961, France, NS/R)
Cora Belle Brewster (born 1859, date of death unknown, US, Me)
Henry Briggs (1561–1630, England, Ma), mainly in Latin
Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980, England, Lc/S)
Eliza Brightwen (1830–1906, Scotland/England, Nh)
Mary A. Brinkman (1846-1932, US, Me)
Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England, S); Testament of Youth
Margueritte Harmon Bro (1894–1977, US, R)
William Broadbent (1835–1907, England, M)
George Brodie (c. 1786–1867, Scotland, H/Lw)
Leslie Brody (born 1952, US, J/Bg)
Denis William Brogan (1900–1974, Scotland/England, Po/H)
Po Bronson (born 1964, US, J)
Harold Brookfield (born 1926, England/Australia, Ag/Nh)
Cleanth Brooks (1906–1994, US, Lc); The Well Wrought Urn
Ralph Broome (1742–1805, England, Po)
Martin Broszat (1926–1989, Germany, H)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868, Scotland/England, N/Po)
Dauvit Broun (born 1961, Scotland, H)
Cornelius Brown (1852–1907, England, J/H)
David Brown (born 1948, England, R)
Don Brown (born 1960, US, Mi)
Elizabeth Brown (1830–1899, England, N/Bg)
Eva Maria Brown (1856-1917, US, Lw/S)
Hamish Brown (born 1934, Scotland, Sp)
Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012, US, J); Sex and the Single Girl
John Brown (1715–1756, England, Ph/M)
John Brown (1722–1787, Scotland, R)
John Brown (1784–1858, Scotland, R)
John Brown (1810–1882, Scotland, M/P)
Lester R. Brown (born 1934, US, Nh)
Marilyn A. Brown (living, US, Nh); Climate Change and Global Energy Security
Peter Brown (born 1935, Ireland/US, H)
Peter Hume Brown (1849–1918, Scotland, H)
Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, Isle of Man/England, Ed/R)
William Wells Brown (c. 1814–1884, US, Po)
Moses Browne (1704–1787, England, Nh/Sp)
Simon Browne (1680–1732, England, R)
Sylvia Browne (1936–2013, US, J)
Thomas Browne (1605–1682, England, P); Religio Medici
Henry James Bruce (1880–1951, England, Bg)
James Bruce (1730–1794, Scotland, T); Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876–1925, Germany, H/Po); Das Dritte Reich
Pascal Bruckner (born 1948, France, Ph/S); The Tyranny of Guilt
Hans Bruyninckx (born 1964, Belgium, Po/Nh)
Jerome Bruner (1915–2016, US, Ps)
Emil Brunner (1889–1966, Switzerland, R) in German
Edwin Bryant (born 1957, US, H/L)
Jacob Bryant (1715–1804, England, H)
Robert Bryce (living, US, Nh); Power Hungry
Patrick Brydone (1736–1818, Scotland, T)
Bill Bryson (born 1951, US/England, T/J); A Short History of Nearly Everything
Jan Brzoza (1900–1971, Poland, Po/Lc)
James Buchan (born 1954, Scotland, H)
John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/England, H/Bg)
George Buchanan (1506–1582, Scotland, H/Po)
Mark Buchanan (born 1961, US, N)
Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880, England, M/Nh)
William Buckland (1784–1856, England, R/PArr)
Richard Buckle (1916–2001, England, J/Ba)
Guillaume Budé (1467–1540, France, P/R)
Frederick Buechner (born 1926, US, R)
Francis Bugg (1640–1727, England, R)
Geoffrey Bull (1921–1999, England/Scotland, R)
J. B. Bullen (living, England, Lc)
Ismaël Bullialdus (1605–1694, France, N/Ma)
Ralph Bunche (1904–1971, US, Po)
John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, R); Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
Edward Ashdown Bunyard (1878–1939, England, A/G)
Robert Burchfield (1923–2004, New Zealand/England, L)
Mary Anne Burges (1763–1813, Scotland, N/Nh)
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, Lc); Ninety-nine Novels
Haldane Burgess (1862–1927, Scotland, H/L)
Richard James Burgess (born 1949, New Zealand/England, Mu/B)
Robert Forrest Burgess (born 1927, US, J/Sp)
Verity Burgmann (born 1952, Australia, Po/Ag); Power, Profit and Protest
Kathleen Burk (born 1946, England, H/J)
Edmund Burke (1730–1797, England, Po/Ph); Reflections on the Revolution in France
James Burke (born 1936, Northern Ireland/England, H/N)
Michael Burke (living, US, J)
Francis Crawford Burkitt (1864–1935, England, R)
Michael Burleigh (born 1955, England, H/J)
Richard Burn (1709–1785, England, Lw)
Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715, Scotland/England, Ph/H)
John Burnet (1863–1928, Scotland, H)
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799, Scotland, L/Ph)
Charles Burney (1726–1814, England, M)
Frances Burney (Fanny, 1752–1840, England, Bg)
James Burney (1750–1821, England, T/H)
John Burnside (born 1955, Scotland, J/Nh)
Edward Burrough (1634–1663, England, R)
Augusten Burroughs (born 1965, US, J/S); This Is How
Sara Annie Burstall (1859–1939, Scotland/England, Ed)
Isabel Burton (1831–1896, England, T/Bg)
John Hill Burton (1809–1881, Scotland, H/Bg)
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890, England/Austria-Hungary, T/L)
Edwin Arthur Burtt (1892–1889, US, N/R)
Margaret Busby (born 1944, England, Lc, D)
Butrus al-Bustani (1819–1883, Lebanon, Po/R) in Arabic
Jane Butel (living, US, C)
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862–1947, US, Po)
Samuel Butler (1613–1680, England Bg)
Samuel Butler (1774–1839, England, E)
Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England, R/Bg)
Smedley Butler (1881–1940, US, Mi)
Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979, England, H); The Historical Novel
Charles Buxton (1875–1942, England, Po/T)
Dorothy Buxton (1881–1963, England, S/Po)
Fowell Buxton (1786–1845, England, Po/S)
Caroline Walker Bynum (born 1941, US, H)
Rhonda Byrne (born 1951, Australia, J)
Robert Byron (1905–1941, England, T/H); The Road to Oxiana
Michael Bywater (born 1953, England, J/I)

C[edit]

José Cadalso (1741–1782, Spain, Lc)
Henry Cadbury (1883–1974, US, R/H)
Florence Caddy (1837–1923, England, G)
Andrea Cagan (living, US, Bg)
Hall Caine (1853–1931, England/Isle of Man, Lc)
Mona Caird (1854–1932, England/Scotland, F)
David Cairns (born 1926, England, J/Mu)
John Cairns (1818–1892, Scotland, R)
Angus Calder (1942–2008, Scotland, Lc/H)
Jenni Calder (born 1941, Scotland, Lc)
Nigel Calder (1931–2014, Scotland/England, N)
Peter Ritchie Calder (1906–1982, Scotland, J)
David Calderwood (1575–1650, Scotland, R/H)
Henry Calderwood (1830–1897, Scotland, R/Ph)
George Călinescu (1899–1965, Romania, Lc/H)
Ernest Callenbach (1929–2012, US, D/Nh)
Carl Gustav Calwer (1821–1874, Germany, Nh)
William Camden (1551–1623, England, H)
L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000, US, P); The Ancient Engineers
David George Campbell (born 1949, US, Ed/Nh)
James Campbell (born 1951, Scotland, Bg/J)
James Dykes Campbell (1838–1895, Scotland/England, Bg/Lc)
John Campbell (1708–1775, Scotland, H)
Lewis Campbell (1830–1908, Scotland, Lc)
Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818, Germany, L/E)
Albert Camus (1913–1960, Algeria/France, Ph/J); L'Homme révolté
Jack Canfield (born 1944, US, B)
Georges Canguilhem (1904–1995, France, Ph/M)
Thomas Cannon (fl. 1740s–1750s, England, S)
Andreas Capellanus (fl. 12th c., France, S); De amore
Flavius Caper (2nd c. AD, Ancient Rome, L)
John Capgrave (1393–1464, England, H/R) in Latin and Middle English
Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576, Italy, Po/Ma) in Latin; Artis magnae, sive de regulis algebraicis
Richard Carew (1555–1620, England, H)
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881, Scotland/England, Ph/H)
Alexander Carmichael (1832–1912, Scotland, H)
Roger Caron (1938–2012, Canada, S)
Harriet Frances Carpenter (1868/75 – 1956, US, Ed)
Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005, England, Bg/J)
Allen Carr (1934–2006, England, M)
Archie Carr (1909–1987, US, N/Nh)
Donald Eaton Carr (1903–1986, US, J/Nh)
E. H. Carr (1892–1982, England, H)
Nicholas G. Carr (born 1959, US, B)
Raymond Carr (1919–2015, England, H)
Rachel Carson (1907–1964, US, Nh); The Sea Around Us
Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland, Bg/J)
Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, England, Lc)
John Cartwright (1740–1824, England, Po)
Mark Carwardine (born 1959, England, Nh/T)
Joyce Cary (1888–1957, Ireland/England, S)
Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614, France/England, H/L)
Méric Casaubon (1599–1671, England, R/Ph)
Cassiodorus (c. AD 485 – c. 585, Italy/Constantinople, Po)
Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal, P)
George Catlin (1896–1979, England/US, Po/Ph)
Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC, Ancient Rome, Po/H)
Olivia Cattan (born 1967, France, J/F)
Jean Cavaillès (1903–1944, France, Ph)
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920–2014, England, H/S)
George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562, England, Bg)
Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England, Ph/N)
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864–1958, England, Lw/Po)
Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC – c. AD 50, Ancient Rome, M)
Pierre Cérésole (1879–1945, Switzerland, Po/R) in French
James Chadwick (1891–1974, England, N)
Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 1941, India/England, H/Ar)
Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834, Scotland, Lc)
George Chalmers (1742–1825, Scotland, H/Po)
Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847, Scotland, R/Ma)
E. K. Chambers (1866–1954, England, Lc)
Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961, US, J)
William Chambers (1723–1796, Sweden/England, A/G)
Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838, Germany, Nh)
Iris Chang (1968–2004, US, J/H); The Rape of Nanking
Jung Chang (born 1952, China/England, Bg); Wild Swans
Yuen Ren Chao (趙元任, 1892–1982, China/US, L/Lc)
Hester Chapone (1727–1801, England, F)
Walter Charleton (1619–1707, England, P)
Colin Robert Chase (1935–1984, Canada, H)
Steve Chase (living, US, Lw/Nh)
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848, France, Po/H)
Pratap Chatterjee (living, England, Po/Nh)
Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England, T)
Beth Chatto (1923–2018, England, G)
Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989, England, T)
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872–1945, India, J/F)
Kirti N. Chaudhuri (born 1934, India/England, H)
Evelyn Cheesman (1881–1969, England, N/T)
Sarah Cheevers (1608–1664, England, R/Bg)
Saveria Chemotti (born 1947, Italy, Lc/S)
Zhang Chengzhi (born 1948, China, R)
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, England, Ph/R)
William Rufus Chetwood (d. 1766, England, D)
Alexander Campbell Cheyne (1924–2006, Scotland, H)
Marjorie Chibnall (1915–2012, England, H)
Francis James Child (1829–1896, US, E/M)
Edmund Chilmead (1610–1654, England, P/M)
Denise Chong (born 1953, Canada, E)
Peter Chrisp (born 1958, England, H/Ed)
Lars Lindberg Christensen (born 1970, Denmark, N)
Ella Christie (Isabella Robertson Christie, 1861–1959, Scotland, T/G)
Daria Chubata (b. 1940, Ukraine, Me)
Thomas Chubb (1679–1747, England, R)
Mary Chudleigh (1658–1710, England, R)
Ward Churchill (born 1947, US, Po); Struggle for the Land
Winston Churchill (1874–1965, England, Po/Mi); A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106–46 BC, Ancient Rome, Po/Lw)
William Robinson Clark (1929–2012, Scotland/Canada, R)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008, England/Sri Lanka, N); The View from Serendip
John Smith Clarke (1885–1959, Scotland, P)
Richard A. Clarke (born 1950, US, Mi/Po)
Francis Clater (1756–1823, England, Ag)
Brian Cleeve (1921–2003, England, J/R)
John Clerk of Eldin (1728–1812, Scotland, Mi)
Augustus Clissold (c. 1797–1882, England, R)
Maxwell Henry Close (1822–1903, Ireland, R/L)
J. Storer Clouston (1870–1944, Scotland, H)
Ken Coates (1930–2010, England, Po)
Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904, Ireland/England, S/F)
William Cobbett (1763–1835, England, Po/T); Rural Rides
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn (1779–1854, Scotland, Bg)
James Cockburn (1882–1973, Scotland, R)
Uli Beutter Cohen (living, Germany/US, J)
Yolande Cohen (born 1950, Morocco/Canada, H)
Edward Coke (1552–1634, England, Lw); Institutes of the Lawes of England
Theo Colborn (1927–2014, US, N/Nh)
Alice Blanchard Coleman (1858-1936, US, R)
Melissa Coleman (born 1969, US, Nh)
Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England, J/F)
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, England, J)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, England, Lc/R)
Sneed B. Collard III (born 1959, US, P)
Linda Colley (born 1949, England/US, H); Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837
Jeremy Collier (1650–1726, England, Lc/R)
Rodney Collin (1909–1956, England, N)
Anthony Collins (1676–1729, England, Ph/R)
Robert Colls (born 1949, England, H)
Estela Beatriz Cols (1965-2010, Argentina, Ed)
Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella, AD 4 – c. 70, Ancient Rome, Ag)
Mary Colvin (1956–2012, US/England, J)
John Conville (c. 1540–1605, Scotland, Bg/R)
George Combe (1788–1858, Scotland, M/S); The Constitution of Man
Anna Manning Comfort (1845-1931, US, Me)
Philippe de Commines (1447–1511, Burgundy/France, Ph/H)
Barry Commoner (1917–2012, US, Nh); Making Peace with the Planet
Peter Conder (1919–1993, England, Nh)
Cyril Connolly (1903–1974, England, Lc); Enemies of Promise
Philip Connors (living, US, Nh)
Peter Conrad (born 1948, Australia/England, Lc)
Anne Conway (1631–1679, England, Ph)
Erik M. Conway (born 1965, US, H/T)
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914, England, Nh)
Sophie Cooke (born 1976, Scotland, T)
John Gilbert Cooper (1722–1769, England, Lc)
John Terence Coppock (1921–2000, Scotland, Ag/I)
Ann Weiser Cornell (born 1949, US, Ps)
Joseph Bharat Cornell (living, US, Ed/Nh)
Julia Corner (1798–1875, England, Ed/H)
Quintus Cornificius (1st c. BC, Ancient Rome, Po/R)
Richard Cornuelle (1927–2011, US, Po)
Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014, Netherlands, L); Opperlandse taal- & letterkunde
Hernán Cortés (1485–1547, Spain/Cuba, H/S)
Thomas B. Costain (1885–1965, Canada, J)
Dudley Costello (1803–1865, Ireland/England, T/J)
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1870, England/France, T/H)
Randle Cotgrave (fl. 17th century, England, L)
Charles Cotton (1630–1687, England, Sp)
Angélique du Coudray (c. 1712–1794, France, M)
G. G. Coulton (1858–1947, England, H)
Janet E. Courtney (1865–1954, England, Bg/F)
John William Cousin (1849–1910, Scotland, Lc); A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
Sean Covey (born 1964, US, B)
Stephen Covey (1932–2012, US, Ed/B)
Nicholas Crafts (born 1949, England, H)
Sara Jane Crafts (1845–1930, US, Ed/S)
John Duncan Craig (1830–1909, Ireland, R/L)
Lura Harris Craighead (1858-1926, US, H/Lw)
George Lillie Craik (1798–1866, Scotland, Lc/L)
Nicholas Crane (born 1954, England, T/J)
Sibylla Bailey Crane (1851–1902, US, H/Mu)
Greg Craven (living, US, Nh)
James Brown Craven (1850–1924, Scotland, R)
Robert Crawford (born 1959, Scotland, Lc)
George Crawfurd (1681–1748, Scotland, H)
John Crawfurd (1783–1868, Scotland/East Indies, L/H)
David Cressy (living, US, H)
Francis Albert Eley Crew (1886–1973, England, N/M)
Isaac Crewdson (1780–1844, England, R)
Andrew Crichton (1790–1855, Scotland, Bg/H)
Stephen Crisp (1628–1692, England/Netherlands, R)
John Wilson Croker (1780–1857, Ireland/England, Mi/Po)
Herbert Croly (1869–1930, US, Po); The Promise of American Life
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland, M)
Vincent Cronin (1924–2011, England, Bg/H)
Sloane Crosley (born 1978, US, J); I Was Told There'd Be Cake
William Crossing (1847–1928, England, T)
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, England, R/Sp); The Book of Thoth
Paul J. Crutzen (1933–2021, Netherlands, N)
János Apáczai Csere (1625–1659, Transylvania, L/Ma) in Hungarian
Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (c. 1784/1788 – 1842, Hungary/India, L/T)
Sándor Csoóri (1930–2016, Hungary, J/Po)
Belle Caldwell Culbertson (1857–1934, US, R)
Heidi Cullen (living, US, Nh)
Jonathan Culler (born 1944, England, Lc)
Cormac Cullinan (living, South Africa, Nh/Lw); Wild Law
Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654, England, M); The English Physitian
Nigel Cumberland (born 1967, England), self-help and leadership author
Alexander Cunningham (1814–1893, England/India, Ar)
Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812–1851, Scotland/India, H)
Peter Cunningham (1816–1869, England, T/Bg)
Edmund Curll (c. 1675–1747, England, Cr/Lc)
Alice Curwen (c. 1619–1679, England, R)
John Cutting (born 1952, Scotland/England, Ps)
Maria Czaplicka (1884–1921, Poland/England, Po/S)
Maria Czapska (1894–1981, Poland, Bg/H)

D[edit]

Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965, Poland, S/Lc)
Anne Dacier (c. 1647–1720, France, Lc/H)
David Daiches (1912–2005, Scotland/England, Lc)
David G. Dalin (living, US, R/H)
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes (1726–1792, Scotland, Lw/H)
Sir John Dalrymple, 4th Baronet (1726–1810, Scotland, Lw/H)
John Dalton (1766–1844, England, N)
Chris Daly (born 1972, US, S/Po)
Edward Daly (1933–2016, Ireland, R)
John Graham Dalyell (1775–1851, Scotland, H/Nh)
Antonio Damasio (born 1944, Portugal/US, M)
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882, US, Lw/S)
Liam D'Arcy-Brown (born 1970, England, T)
Sabine Dardenne (born 1983, Belgium, Bg)
Tom Dardis (1926–2001, US, J/Bg); Harold Lloyd: The Man on the Clock
F. J. Harvey Darton (1878–1936, England, H/E)
Charles Darwin (1809–1882, England, N); On the Origin of Species
Francis Darwin (1848–1925, England, N)
George Darwin (1845–1912, England, N)
John Darwin (born 1948, England, H)
Leonard Darwin (1850–1943, England, Po/S)
E. Kyle Datta (living, US, Nh)
Anni Daulter (living, US, C)
Elizabeth David (1913–1992, England, C); A Book of Mediterranean Food
Laurie David (born 1958, US, D/Nh)
Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969, Belgium/France, R/T)
Alan Davidson (1924–2003, England, C); The Oxford Companion to Food
Hilda Ellis Davidson (1914–2006, England, H/R)
Osha Gray Davidson (born 1954, US, Nh)
Thomas Davidson (1840–1900, Scotland/US, Ph)
Emily Davies (1830–1921, England, F/Po)
John Davies (c. 1565–1618, England, Ph/R)
Paul Davies (born 1946, England/US, N/J)
Carol Anne Davis (born 1961, Scotland, Cr)
Humphry Davy (1778–1829, England, N)
Elizabeth Dawbarn (d. 1839, England, E/R)
Richard Dawkins (born 1941, England, N); The Selfish Gene
José de Acosta (1539 or 1540–1600, Peru/Spain, R/S) in Latin and Spanish
Guy de la Bédoyère (born 1957, England, H)
Esther de Berdt (Esther Reid, England/US, 1746–1780, Po)
Bartolomé de las Casas (c. 1484–1566, Spain, H/S)
Michael De Medeiros (American, Bk)
Fray Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562–1624, Mexico, P)
Kenneth S. Deffeyes (1931–2017, US, N/B)
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731, England, Po/T); A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain
Esther Delisle (born 1954, Canada, H) in French; The Traitor and the Jew
Christine Delphy (born 1941, France, S/F)
Claire Démar (1799–1833, France, F/E)
Thomas Dempster (1579–1625, Scotland/Tuscany, H) in Latin
Michael Aislabie Denham (post–1800–1859, England, H)
Daniel Dennett (born 1942, US, Ph/N)
John Dennis (1658–1734, England, Lc)
Richard William George Dennis (1910–2003, England, Nh)
Michael Denton (born 1943, England/Australia, N); Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
August Derleth (1909–1971, US, H/Bg); The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years
René Descartes (1596–1650, France, Ph/Ma); Passions of the Soul
Mary Deverell (1731–1805, England, R/F)
Savitri Devi (1905–1982, France/Greece, Po/Nh); The Impeachment of Man
Tom Devine (born 1945, Scotland, H)
Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin (1905–1992, England, Lw/Ph)
Bernard DeVoto (1897–1955, US, H/Nh); Across the Wide Missouri
Henry Dewar (1771–1823, Scotland, P)
John Dewey (1859–1952, US, Ph/E); Democracy and Education
William Dewsbury (c. 1621–1688, England, R)
Anita Diamant (born 1951, US)
Jared Diamond (born 1937, US); The Third Chimpanzee
John Diamond (1953–2001, England)
Cedric Charles Dickens (1916–2006, England)
Mary Dickens (Maimie, 1838–1896, England, Bg)
Nate Dickinson (1932–2011, US, Nh)
Denis Diderot (1713–1784, France, Ph/T); Philosophical Thoughts
Joan Didion (1934–2021, US, J/S)
Alice Diehl (1844–1912, England, M/Bg)
Mark Diesendorf (living, Australia, B/Nh); Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy
Kenelm Digby (1603–1665, England, Po); The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened
William Digby (1849–1904, England, P)
Emilia Dilke (1840–1904, England, H/F)
Michael Dillon (Lobzang Jivaka, 1915–1962, R/S)
Jenny Diski (1947–2016, England, S/T)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881, England, Po/B)
Isaac D'Israeli (1766–1848, England, Lc/R)
Edith Ditmas (1896–1986, England, H)
Lady Florence Dixie (1855–1905, Scotland/England, T/F)
James Main Dixon (1856–1933, Scotland/US, L/Lc)
Norman F. Dixon (1922–2013, England, Ps/Af); On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879, England, H/T)
Milovan Djilas (1911–1995, Yugoslavia/Serbia, Po); Conversations with Stalin
Gábor Döbrentei (1785–1851, Hungary, L/H)
Susannah Dobson (d. 1795, England, Bg/H)
Catherine Isabella Dodd (1860–1932, England, Ed)
Madeleine Hope Dodds (1885–1972, England, H)
Dorcas Dole (fl. later 17th century, England, R)
Artur Domosławski (born 1967, Poland, J/Po)
Gordon Donaldson (1913–1993, Scotland, H)
James Donaldson (1831–1915, Scotland, H/R)
Stephen Donaldson (1946–1996, England/US/, S)
John Doran (1807–1878, England, S/H)
Andrew Dornenburg (born 1958, US, C)
Francis Douce (1757–1834, England, H)
Edward Doubleday (1810–1849, England, Nh)
Henry Doubleday (1808–1875, England, Nh)
Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870, England, S/E)
John E. Douglas (living, US, S)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890–1998, US, Nh/N); The Everglades: River of Grass
Mary Douglas (1921–2017, England/US, S/R); Purity and Danger
Mona Douglas (1898–1987, Isle of Man/England, L) in English and Manx
Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet (1694–1770, Scotland, H)
Patrick Edward Dove (1815–1873, Scotland, Ec)
Mary Frances Dowdall (1876–1939, England, F/C)
Morgan Downey (living, US, B); Oil 101
Margaret Drabble (born 1939, England, Bg/Lc)
Gusta Dawidson Draenger (1917–1943, Poland, Po), Holocaust victim
Geoffrey Drage (1860–1955, England, Po/S)
Nathan Drake (1766–1836, England, P/M)
Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823–1894, England, R/Bg)
John William Draper (1811–1882, US, N/Ph)
Camille Drevet (1881-1969, France, S)
K. Eric Drexler (born 1955, US, B/N); Engines of Creation
Ursula Dronke (1920–2012, England, Lc)
Peter Drucker (1909–2005, Germany/US, B/S); Concept of the Corporation
Henry Drummond (1851–1897, Scotland, R)
Dru Drury (1725–1804, England, N); Illustration of Natural History
John Dryden (1631–1700, England, Lc); Astraea Redux
Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon (1821–1869, England/Egypt, T)
Charles Duff (1894–1966, Northern Ireland/England, L)
Eamon Duffy (born 1947, Ireland, H); The Stripping of the Altars
Maureen Duffy (born 1933, England, Lc/S)
Blanche Dugdale (1880–1948, England, Bg)
John Duignan (born 1946, Scotland/England, E)
Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977, England, M/R)
Leopold Dukes (1810–1891, Hungary/England, Lc) in German
Paul Dukes (1934–2021, England/Scotland, H)
Michael Dummett (1925–2011, England, Ph); Frege: Philosophy of Language
Henry Dunant (1828–1910, Switzerland, Po/B); A Memory of Solferino
James Dunbar (1742–1798, Scotland, Ph)
Andrew Duncan (1744–1828, Scotland, M)
Archie Duncan (1926–2017, Scotland, H)
Henry Duncan, (1774–1846, Scotland, R/S)
Elaine Dundy (1921–2008, US, Bg/J)
Binnie Dunlop (1874–1946, Scotland, M)
John Colin Dunlop (1885–1942, Scotland, H)
J. W. Dunne (1875–1949, England, N/Ph); An Experiment with Time
John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003, US, Lc)
John Dunton (1659–1733, England, J/Po)
Gerina Dunwich (born 1959, US, J/R)
Diego Durán (c. 1537–1588, Mexico, H)
Émile Durkheim (1858–1917, France, S); The Rules of Sociological Method
Gerald Durrell (1925–1995, England/Jersey, Nh); The Overloaded Ark
Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990, England/France, S); Bitter Lemons
G. H. Dury (1916–1996, England, N/Nh)
Anne Dutton (1692–1765, England, R/S)
Max Dvořák (1874–1921, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, H/Fi)
Wilma Dykeman (1920–2006, US, T/Bg)
A. E. Dyson (1928–2002, England, Lc/Ed)

E[edit]

Eadmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126, England, H/R)
Elizabeth Eames (1918–2008, England, Ar/H)
Edward Eastwick (1814–1883, England, T)
Shirin Ebadi (born 1947, Iran, Po)
Curtis Ebbesmeyer (born 1943, US, N/Nh)
Martin Ebon (born 1917, US, P)
Laurence Echard (c. 1670–1730, England, H)
Elaine Howard Ecklund (living, US, S)
Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910, US, R/M); Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Richard Eden (c. 1520–1576, England, T); Decades of the New World
Robert William Edis (1839–1927, England, Aa)
Arthur Edmondston (1776–1841, Scotland, M/T)
John Edward (born 1969, US, J/R)
Amelia Edwards (1831–1892, England, T)
Timothy Egan (born 1954, US, J); The Worst Hard Time
Dave Eggers (born 1970, US, J/S); A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
John Ehle (1925–2018, US, Bg/Po)
Anne H. Ehrlich (born 1933, US, N/Nh)
Paul R. Ehrlich (born 1932, US, N)
Barbara Ehrenreich (born 1941, US, J/S); Nickel and Dimed
Albert Einstein (1879–1955, Germany/US, M/N)
Elizabeth Eisenstein (1923–2016, US, H)
John Elder (fl. 1542–1565, Scotland, S)
Norbert Elias (1897–1990, Germany/England, S)
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, US/England, Lc); Tradition and the Individual Talent
Alice Thomas Ellis (Ann Margaret Lindholm, 1932–2005, Wales/England, C/R)
Edith Ellis (1861–1916, England, F/Bg)
George F. R. Ellis (born 1939, South Africa, N); The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (co-author)
Havelock Ellis (1859–1939, England, M/Ps)
Margaret Dye Ellis (1845-1925, US, S)
Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872, England, Ed/S)
William Ellis (1794–1872, England/Madagascar, R/T)
William Charles Ellis (1780–1839, England, M/S)
Thomas Ellwood (1639–1714, England, R)
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859, Scotland/India, H)
Koenraad Elst (born 1959, Belgium, R/Po)
Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756, England, L/F)
Charles Sutherland Elton (1900–1991, England, N)
Anne Elwood (1796–1873, England/India, T/Bg)
Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017, Nigeria/England, S/Bg)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, US, Ph/S); The Conduct of Life
William Empson (1906–1984, England, Lc); Seven Types of Ambiguity
Gérard Encausse (also as Papus, 1865–1916, France, M/R)
Friedrich Engels (1820–1895, Germany/England, Po/S); The Condition of the Working Class in England
Jeremy England (born 1982, US, NS/R)
Samuel Ifor Enoch (1914–2001, Welsh, R)
József Eötvös (1813–1871, Hungary, Po/S)
Epictetus (c. AD 50–135, Ancient Rome, Ph) in Greek and Latin
Edward Jay Epstein (born 1935, US, J/S)
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536, Netherlands/England, Ph/R); The Praise of Folly
Filip Erceg (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Croatia, J/Po)
David Erskine (1772–1837, Scotland, T)
Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754, Scotland, R)
Ralph Erskine (1685–1752, Scotland, R)
Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935, France/England, C); Le Guide Culinaire
Edith Escombe (1866–1950, England, Ed)
Daniel C. Esty (born 1959, US, B/Nh)
Jun Eto (江藤淳, 1932–1999, Japan, Lc)
Euclid (fl. 300 BC, Alexandria, M); Euclid's Elements
Eugenia (pseudonym, fl. early 18th c., England, R/F)
John Evans (1823–1908, England, Ar)
Katherine Evans and Sarah Cheevers (1618–1692 and 1608–1664, England, R/Cr)
Peter Evans (1929–2018, England, Mu)
Katherine Evans (1618–1692, England, R)
Warren Felt Evans (1817–1889, US, R/M)
John Evelyn (1620–1706, England, Po/G); Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber
Julius Evola (1898–1974, Italy, Po/Ph)
Leonora Eyles (1889–1960, England, F)

F[edit]

Kinga Fabó (born 1953, Hungary, L/S)
Chuck Fager (born 1942, US, Po)
Dan Fagin (born 1963, US, J/Nh); Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
William Fairbairn (1789–1874, Scotland/England, N)
Thomas Fairchild (c. 1667–1729, England, G)
Frederick William Fairholt (1814–1866, England, H)
J. Meade Falkner (1858–1932, England, T)
Frantz Fanon (1925–1961, Martinique/Algeria, Po/S); A Dying Colonialism
Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England, S/Po)
Michael Faraday (1791–1867, England, N)
Anthony Faramus (1920–1990, Jersey/US, H/Po)
Paul Lawrence Farber (born 1944, US, H/N)
John Farey Sr. (1766–1826, England, P)
Gyula Farkas (1847–1930, Hungary, N) in German and Hungarian
Gyula Farkas (1894–1958, Hungary/Germany, L) in German and Hungarian
Richard Farmer (1735–1797, England, Lc)
Florence Farr (1860–1917, England, R/D)
Frederic Farrar (1831–1903, England, R)
Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England/India, T/S)
Sidney Bradshaw Fay (1876–1967, US, H)
Jane Fearon (1654 or 1656–1737, England, R)
Wayne Federman (born 1959, US, J/Mu); Maravich
Bruce Feirstein (born 1953, US, J/S); Real Men Don't Eat Quiche
Mary Fels (1863-1953, US, Bg/R)
Margaret Fell (1614–1702, England, R)
Owen Feltham (1602–1668, England, P)
Desmond Fennell (1929–2021, Ireland, S/P)
Adam Ferguson (1723–1816, Scotland, R/H); Essay on the History of Civil Society
David Ferguson (d. 1598, Scotland, R)
Niall Ferguson (born 1964, Scotland/England, H)
Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665, France, Lw/Ma)
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011, England/Greece, T); A Time of Gifts
Fanny Fern (1811–1872, US, J)
Chitra Fernando (1935–1998, Sri Lanka, L)
Eric Fernie (born 1939, Scotland, Fi)
James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864, Scotland, Ph)
Timothy Ferris (born 1944, US, N); The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872, Germany, R); The Essence of Christianity
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814, Germany, Ph); The Vocation of Man
Mrs. E. M. Field (1856–1940, Ireland/England, Lc/Ed)
William Field (1768–1851, England, R)
Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England, T)
David Fig (living, South Africa, B/Po)
Orlando Figes (born 1959, England, H); A People's Tragedy
Robert Filmer (c. 1588–1653, England, Po); Patriarcha
Timothy Findley (1930–2002, Canada, Lc/T)
George Finlay (1799–1875, Scotland, H)
Iain Finlayson (born 1945, Scotland, Bg/T)
Anténor Firmin (1850–1911, Haiti, N/J)
Arthur Firstenberg (born 1950, US, N/M)
Fritz Fischer (1908–1999, Germany, H); War of Illusions
Kuno Fischer (1824–1907, Germany, Ph)
Margery Fish (1892–1969, England, G)
Timothy Fish (living, US, I)
Ann Fisher (England, 1719–1778, L)
Verrius Flaccus (c. 55 BC – AD 20, Ancient Rome, L); De Verborum Significatione
Tim Flannery (born 1956, Australia, Nh); The Weather Makers
Christopher Flavin (living, US, Nh)
Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1992, Ireland, Mu)
Tilly Fleischmann (1882–1967, Ireland, Mu)
Abraham Fleming (c. 1552–1607, England, R/H)
Alexander Fleming (1881–1955, Scotland, N/M)
David Fleming (1940–2010, England, Nh)
David Hay Fleming (1849–1931, Scotland, H)
John Fleming (1785–1857, Scotland, Nh/R)
John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945, England, N)
Andrew Fletcher (1655–1716, Scotland, Po)
John William Fletcher (1729–1785, England, R)
Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991, US, S)
Maria De Fleury (fl. 1773–1791, England, R)
Antony Flew (1922–2010, England, Ph)
Robert Newton Flew (1886–1962, England, R)
Florence of Worcester (d. 1118, England, H); Chronicon ex chronicis
Richard Florida (born 1957, US, S/B); Who's Your City?
John Florio (1553–1625, England, L)
Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830), England, R)
Robert Fludd (1574–1637, England, N/Ph)
János Fogarasi (1801–1878, Hungary, Lw/L)
William Perry Fogg (1826–1909, US, Bg/T)
Benjamin Fondane (Benjamin Fundoianu, 1898–1944, Romania/France, Lc/Ph); in Romanian and French
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757, France, N/S); Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
Dingle Foot (1905–1978, England, Po)
M. R. D. Foot (1919–2012, England, H/Cr)
Michael Foot (1913–2010, England, Po); Guilty Men (co-author)
Paul Foot (1937–2004, England, J)
Philippa Foot (1920–2010, England, Ph)
Sarah Foot (born 1961, England, H)
Edward Forbes (1815–1854, Isle of Man/England, Nh/T)
Isabella Ford (1855–1924, England, Po/F)
David Foreman (born 1947, US, Nh); Ecodefense
Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, Scotland/England, Lc)
Jeff Forshaw (born 1968, England, N); Why Does E=mc²?
E. M. Forster (1879–1970, England, Lc); Two Cheers for Democracy
Mary Forster (c. 1620–1687, England, R/S)
William Forster (fl. 1632–1673, England, Ma)
Neil Forsyth (born 1978, Scotland, J/Bg)
John Fortescue (c. 1394–1479, England, Lw)
Richard Fortey (born 1946, England, Ar/Nh); Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
Dion Fortune (1890–1946, England, R)
Charles Foster (1923–2017, Canada, J)
John Bellamy Foster (born 1953, US, S/E); Critique of Intelligent Design
Richard Foster (born 1942, US, R/S)
R. F. Foster (born 1949, Ireland/England, H)
John Fothergill (1712–1780, England, M/Nh)
Michel Foucault (1926–1984, France, Ph/S); The Archaeology of Knowledge
Margaret Fountaine (1862–1940, England, Nh)
Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933, England, L); A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
W. W. Fowler (1849–1923, England, L)
John Fowles (1926–2005, England, H); The Tree
Aileen Fox (1907–2005, England, Ar)
Caroline Fox (1819–1871, England, Bg)
Mem Fox (born 1946, Australia, E); Possum Magic
Robert Were Fox the Younger (1789–1877, England, N)
John Foxe (1516/17–1587, England, R/H); Actes and Monuments
Gavin Francis (born 1975, Scotland, M/T)
Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755–1809, France, N)
Anne Frank (1929–1945, Netherlands, Bg/H); The Diary of a Young Girl
Charis Frankenburg (1892–1985, England, Ed/Ps)
Ursula Franklin (1921–2016, Germany/Canada, N/F)
Antonia Fraser (born 1932, England, Bg/H); Mary, Queen of Scots
Flora Fraser (born 1958, England, Bg/H)
James Baillie Fraser (1783–1856, Scotland, T)
William Fraser (1816–1898, Scotland, H/Pr)
James George Frazer (1854–1941, Scotland, R); The Golden Bough
Ian Frazier (born 1951, US, T)
Charles Freeman (born 1947, England, H)
Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892, England, H/Po); The History of the Norman Conquest of England
Hilary French (living, US, Po/Nh)
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939, Austria/England, Ps); Totem and Taboo
Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany, H)
Alfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921, Austria, Po/J)
Leonie Frieda (born 1956, Sweden/England, Bg)
Joseph Friedenson (1922–2013, Poland/US, H/Po)
Milton Friedman (1912–2006, US, E/Po); Capitalism and Freedom
Thomas Friedman (born 1953, US, J/Nh); Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Howard Friel (living, US, Lw/S)
Chris Frith (born 1942, England, Ps)
Uta Frith (born 1941, Germany/England, Ps/Ed)
Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1952, Germany, Ed)
Frontinus (Sextus Julius Frontinus, c. AD 40–103, Ancient Rome, N/Po)
Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845, England, S/Cr)
Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955, England, S/R)
Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868-1939, US, Ed/Mu)
Sadakazu Fujii (藤井貞和, b. 1942, Japan, Lc/L)
Fujiwara no Teika (藤原定家, 1162–1241, Japan, P)
Hideko Fukuda (福田英子, 1865–1927, Japan, Ed/F)
Sadayoshi Fukuda (福田定良, 1917–2002, Japan, Ph/Lc)
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (サキコ・フクダ・パー、福田咲子, b. 1950, Japan, Ec); The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development
Yukichi Fukuzawa (福澤諭吉, 1835–1901, Japan, Ed/L)
Masanobu Fukuoka (福岡正信, 1913–2008, Japan, Ag/Ph)
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983, US, A/N)
Thomas Fuller (1608–1661, England, R)
Shimei Futabatei (二葉亭四迷, 1864–1909, Japan, Lc)
Christopher Fyfe (1920–2008, Scotland, H)

G[edit]

Gaszton Gaál (1868–1932, Hungary, Nh/Po)
Medard Gabel (living, US, E/Nh)
Thomas E. Gaddis (1908–1984, US, Bg)
Geoffrey Gaimar (fl. 1130s, Anglo-Normandy, H)
James Gairdner (1828–1912, Scotland/England, H); The Paston Letters
Vivian Hunter Galbraith (1889–1976, England, H)
Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015, Uruguay, Sp/Po)
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642, Italy, P); The Assayer
John Galt (1779–1839, Scotland, Po/S)
Joana da Gama (c. 1520–1586, Portugal, R)
George Gamow (1904–1968, Russia/US, N) in Russian and English, One Two Three... Infinity
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948, India, Po) in Gujarati, The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Ernest K. Gann (1910–1991, US, Sp/Nh); Fate Is the Hunter
Delphine Gardey (b. 1967, France, F/S/H)
Alan Gardiner (1879–1963, England, H); Gardiner's sign list
Juliet Gardiner (born 1943, England, J/H)
Gerald Gardner (1884–1964, Ceylon/England, R/Ar)
Helen Louise Gardner (1908–1996, England, Lc)
Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968, England, Ar)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born 1950, US, Lc/H)
Vic Gatrell (born 1941, South Africa/England, H/Cr)
Margaret Gatty (1809–1873, England, N)
Diarmuid Gavin (born 1964, Ireland/England, G)
Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle (1804-1835, United States, Bg)
Leymah Gbowee (born 1972, Liberia, Po/F)
Antoine Court de Gébelin (1725–1784, France, R/Sp)
Alexander Geddes (1737–1802, Scotland, R)
Michael Geddes (c. 1650–1713, Scotland/England, R)
Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976, Germany, Ph/S)
Ross Gelbspan (1939–2024, US, Nh)
Margaret Gelling (1924–200 9, England, L)
Aulus Gellius (AD 125 – post-180, Ancient Rome, L/P)
Benjamin Genocchio (born 1969, Australia/US, Fi)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095/1100 – c. 1155, Wales/England, R/H) in Latin; Itinerarium Cambriae
Ella M. George (1850-1938, US, F/S)
Henry George (1839–1897, US, Po/J)
Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223, Wales/England, R/H)
Alexander Gerard (1728–1795, Scotland, R/Ph)
John Gerard (c. 1545–1612, England, Nh)
Victor Wallace Germains (1888 – post-1954, England, Af/So)
Raymond Geuss (born 1946, US/England, Ph); Philosophy and Real Politics
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794, England, H); The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edmund Gibson (1669–1748, England, R/H)
Martin Gilbert (1936–2015, England, H)
William Gilbert (1544–1603, England, N) in Latin
Anthony Gilby (c. 1510–1585, R)
Roberta Gilchrist (born 1965, England, H)
Peter Giles (1860–1935, Scotland/England, L)
David Gill (1843–1914, Scotland, N)
John Gillies (1747–1836, Scotland, H)
Carol Gilligan (born 1936, US, F/Ps); In a Different Voice
George Gilfillan (1813–1878, Scotland, Lc/R)
Priscilla Gilman (born 1970, United States)
Herbert Girardet (born 1943, Germany, S/Nh); Surviving the Century
Kim Bu-sik (1075–1151, Korea, P)
Malcolm Gladwell (born 1963, Canada, J)
William Nugent Glascock (c. 1787–1847, Ireland/England, Af)
Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959, Brazil, NS)
Duncan Glen (1933–2008, Scotland/England, Lc)
Misha Glenny (born 1958, England, J)
Henry H. Goddard (1866–1957, US, Ps)
Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919, England/Mexico, Nh)
Sita Ram Goel (1921–2003, India, R/Po)
Magdalen Goffin (1925–2015, England, Bg/R)
Erving Goffman (1922–1982, Canada/US, S); The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Emma Goldman (1869–1940, Russian Empire/US, Po/Ph); My Disillusionment in Russia
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774, Ireland/England, T/H)
Daniel Goleman (born 1946, US, J/N)
Israel Gollancz (1863–1930, England, Lc)
Victor Gollancz (1893–1967, England, Po); A Year of Grace
Zoltán Gombocz (1877–1935, Hungary, L)
Ernst Gombrich (1909–2001, Austria/England, Fi); The Story of Art
Juan González (born 1947, US, B/Po)
Chris Goodall (born 1955, England, B/Nh); Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate
Jeff Goodell (living, US, J/Nh)
David Goodstein (1939–2024, US, N/Nh); Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943, US, Bg/H)
Alexander Gordon (c. 1692–1755, Scotland/South Carolina, H)
Alexander Gordon (1841–1931, Scotland/England, H/Bg)
Robert Gordon (1786–1853, Scotland, P/R)
Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661, Scotland, Ma/H)
Thomas Gordon (c. 1691–1750, Scotland/England, Po)
Al Gore (born 1948, US, Po/Nh); An Inconvenient Truth
Ben Goto (五島勉, 1929–2020, Japan, J)
Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France, F/Po)
Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002, US, Ar/N)
Marie de Gournay (1565–1645, France, P)
Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991, England, Fi/E)
W. G. Grace (1848–1915, England, Sp)^[1]
Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658, Spain, P)
Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936, Scotland, J/Po)
Maria Graham (1785–1842, England, T)
Stephen Graham (1884–1975, England/Russia, Po/T)
Virginia Graham (1910–1993, England, S/Lc); Say Please
James Grant (1822–1887, Scotland, H)
Olga Grau (born 1945, Chile, ED/F/L/Ph)
Robert Graves (1895–1985, England, H/Lc); I, Claudius
Alasdair Gray (1934–2019, Scotland, P)
Alexander Gray (1882–1968, Scotland, Ec/Po)
Charlotte Gray (born 1948, Canada, H/Bg)
Charlotte E. Gray (1873-1926, US, R)
Elizabeth Caroline Gray (1800–1887, Scotland/England, T/Ar)
Jane Loring Gray (1821–1909, United States, Bg)
John Gray (born 1948, England, Ph/Po); False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
John Gray (born 1951, US, S), Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Muriel Gray (born 1958, Scotland, J)
Patience Gray (1917–2005, England, C/S)
Abigail Green (living, England, H)
Thomas Hill Green (1836–1882, England, Ph/Po)
Cordelia A. Greene (1831-1905, US, Me)
Graham Greene (1904–1991, England, Lc); Journey Without Maps
Robert Greene (1558–1592, England, Lc); Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit
James Greenwood (1832–1929, England, S)
Walter Gregor (1825–1897, Scotland, S)
David Gregory (1661–1708, Scotland, Ma/N)
Dick Gregory (1932–2017, US, Po/Sp)
Donald Gregory (1803–1836, Scotland, H)
James Gregory (1638–1675, Scotland, M/N)
James Gregory (1753–1821, Scotland, M/H)
John Gregory (1724–1773, Scotland, M/S); A Father's Legacy to his Daughters
William Gregory (1803–1858, Scotland, N)
Andrew Greig (born 1951, Scotland, Sp)
Taras Grescoe (living, Canada, T/G); Sacré Blues
William Gresley (1801–1876, England, R)
Alec Greven (born c. 2000, US, S)
Anthony Grey (born 1938, England, J); Hostage in Peking
Aubrey de Grey (born 1963, England, M/Ma)
Jacob Grimm (1785–1863, Germany, L/H); Deutsche Mythologie
Francis Grose (1731–1791, England, H/L)
Robert Grosseteste (c. 1175–1253, England, N) in Latin
George Grote (1794–1871, England, H/Po)
Harriet Grote (1792–1878, England, Bg)
Edward Grubb (1854–1939, England, R)
Bertha Jane Grundy (1837–1912, England, F/C)
Serge Gruzinski (born 1949, France, H)
Guibert of Nogent (c. 1055–1124, France, H/R)
Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540, Italy, H/Lw)
Arthur Guirdham (1905–1992, England, M/R)
Nataliya Gumenyuk (born 1983, Ukraine, J)
Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973, Scotland, T)
Asriel Günzig (1868–1931, R)
William Gurnall (1616–1679, England, R/Po)
Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847, England, S/Cr)
Alan Guth (born 1947, US, N); The Inflationary Universe
Henry Guthrie (c. 1600–1676, Scotland, S)
William Guthrie (1708–1770, Scotland, H)
William Gwavas (1676–1742/2, England/Cornwall, L)
Sámuel Gyarmathi (1751–1830, Transylvania, Hungary, L)

H[edit]

Jürgen Habermas (born 1929, Germany, S/Ph); The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
Maria Hack (1777–1844, England, Ed/R)
Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919, Germany, Nh/Ph)
Toni Hagen (1917–2003, Switzerland, N/E)
Nicky Hager (born 1958, New Zealand, J/Nh); Seeds of Distrust
Elisabeth Haich (1897–1994, Hungary/Switzerland, R)
Dan Haifley (living, US, J/Nh)
Julia Hailes (born 1961, England, Nh); The New Green Consumer Guide
István Hajnal (1892–1956, Hungary, H/Ar)
Arai Hakuseki (新井白石, 1657–1725, Japan, R/Po)
David Halberstam (1934–2007, US. J/H); The Fifties
Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945, France, Ph/S)
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964, England/India, N/Ma); Daedalus; or, Science and the Future
Élie Halévy (1870–1937, France, Ph/H)
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802–1867, England/Wales, P)
Joseph Hall (1574–1656, England, P)
Henry Hallam (1777–1859, England, H/Lc)
Edmond Halley (1656–1742, England, N/Ma)
Ian Halperin (born 1964, Canada, J); Hollywood Undercover
John D. Hamaker (1914–1994, US, N/Nh)
Clive Hamilton (born 1953, Australia, Nh); Requiem for a Species
Edith Hamilton (1867–1963, US, Ed/H); Mythology
Ian Hamilton (1938–2001, England, Lc/Bg)
Edward Bruce Hamley (1824–1893, England, Af)
Kiyoteru Hanada (花田清輝, 1909–1974, Japan, Lc/Po)
Nahema Hanafi (born 1983, France, H)
Terri Crawford Hansen (born 1953, US, Nh)
Tamiki Hara (原民喜, 1905–1951, Japan, J/N)
Garrett Hardin (1915–2003, US, N/Nh)
G. H. Hardy (1877–1947, England, Ma); A Mathematician's Apology
Margaret Harkness (1854–1923, England, H/S)
Jonathan Harr (living, US, J); A Civil Action
Heinrich Harrer (1912–2006, Austria, Sp/Nh); Seven Years in Tibet
James Harrington (1611–1677, England, Po); The Commonwealth of Oceana
John Harriott (1745–1817, England, Af/S)
Frank Harris (1855–1931, US/England, J)
James Harris (1709–1780, England, Po/L)
Sam Harris (born 1967, US, Ph/R); The End of Faith
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002, US, J/T)
Jonathan Baxter Harrison (1835–1907, US, J/R)
Ruth Harrison (1920–2000, England, Ag/S)
H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992, England, Lw/Ph); The Concept of Law
Horace Hart (1840–1916, England, L); Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers
Robert Hart (1913–2000, England, G/Nh)
Jan de Hartog (1914–2002, Netherlands/US, S)
Marcus Hartog (1851–1924, England/Ireland, Nh)
Edmund Harvey (1875–1955, England, R/Po)
William Henry Harvey (1811–1866, Ireland, Nh)
Rizwana Hasan (born 1968, Bangladesh, Lw/Nh)
Gregory Hascard (d. 1708, England, R)
Nyozekan Hasegawa (長谷川如是閑, 1875–1969, Japan, S/J)
Shinkichi Hashimoto (橋本進吉, 1882–1945, Japan, L)
Rosemary Haughton (born 1927, England/US, R)
Paul Hawken (born 1946, US, B/Nh); Blessed Unrest
Jacquetta Hawkes (1910–1996, England, Ar)
John Hawkesworth (c. 1715–1773, England, J/R)
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018, England, Nh); A Brief History of Time
Edward Hawkins (1780–1867, England, H)
Edward Hawkins (1789–1882, England, R)
John Hawkins (1719–1789, England, Mu/Bg)
Thomas Hawkins (1729–1772, England, Lc)
Elizabeth Hawley (1923–2018, US/Nepal, J/T)
Elizabeth Hay (born 1951, Canada, T); The Only Snow in Havana
Louise Hay (1926–2017, US, Ps/M); You Can Heal Your Life.
Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992, Austria/England, E/Ph); The Road to Serfdom
Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy (1911–1975, Ireland, H)
Abraham Hayward (1801–1884, England, Po/C)
William Hazlitt (1778–1830, England, Lc/Ph); Table-Talk
Wilson A. Head (1914–1993, US/Canada, S/Po)
Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo, 小泉八雲, 1850–1904, England/Japan, T/H)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831, Germany, Ph); Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences
Martin Heidegger (1889–1976, Germany, Ph); Being and Time
Richard Heinberg (born 1950, US, J/Nh); The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Daniel Heinsius (1580–1655, Netherlands, P) in Latin
Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder (1620–1681, Netherlands, Lc/H)
Meshullam Feivush Heller (c. 1742–1794, Galicia and Lodomeria, R) in Hebrew
Dieter Helm (born 1956, England, Ec/Nh)
Helmold (c. 1120 – post-1177, Germany, H) in Latin
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961, US, J); A Moveable Feast
Eugénie Henderson (1914–1989, England, L)
Lawrence Joseph Henderson (1878–1942, US, Nh)
John Henley (1692–1756, England, L)
Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1088 – c. 1157, England, H/M)
Mark D. Herber (living, England, H)
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert (1582–1648, England, H/R) in Latin
Leila Herbert (1868-1897, United States, H)
Thomas Herbert (1606–1682, England, T/Po)
Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803, Germany, Ph/Lc)
Jenny d'Héricourt (1809–1875, France, M/F)
Ottó Herman (1835–1914, Hungary, Nh/P)
Herodotus (5th century BC, Ancient Greece, H); Histories
Caroline Herschel (1750–1848, Germany/England, N)
John Herschel (1792–1871, England, P)
William Herschel (1738–1822, Germany/England, N)
James Hervey (1714–1758, England, R)
Louise Hervieu (1878–1954, France, Aa)
Alexander Herzen (1812–1870, Russia, Po/S)
Theodor Herzl (1860–1904, Austria-Hungary, J/Po); Der Judenstaat
Sheila Heti (born 1976, Canada, S/Lc)
John Hey (1734–1815, England, R)
Richard Hey (1745–1835, England, P)
William Hey (1736–1819, England, M)
Christopher Heydon (1561–1623, England, R)
John Heydon (1629 – post-1670, England, R)
Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002, Norway, T/H); The Kon-Tiki Expedition
Elias Hicks (1748–1830, New York/US, R)
Godfrey Higgins (1772–1833, England, S/H); Anacalypsis
Declan Hill (living, Canada, Cr/Sp)
Julia Butterfly Hill (born 1974, US, Nh); The Legacy of Luna
Napoleon Hill (1883–1970, US, J); Think and Grow Rich
Octavia Hill (1838–1912, England, S/Nh)
Thomas Hill (born c. 1528, England, G); The Gardener's Labyrinth
Richard Hillary (1919–1943, Australia/England, Bg); The Last Enemy
Laura Hillenbrand (born 1967, US, J/Af); Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Walter Hilton (c. 1340–1345 – 1396, England, R) in Latin and English
Kazuo Hirotsu (広津和郎, 1891–1968, Japan, Lc)
E. D. Hirsch (born 1928, US, E/Lc)
Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012, Germany/US, E/Po)
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011, England/US, J/Lc); Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles
Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965, Denmark, L)
Huang Qing Zhigong Tu (皇清職貢圖, 18th c., China, H) history compendium
Louisa Gurney Hoare (1784–1836, England, Ed/R)
Marko Attila Hoare (born 1972, England, H)
Philip Hoare (born 1958, England, H/Bg)
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679, England, Ph); Leviathan
John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton (1786–1869, England, Po/T)
Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012, England, H); The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848
Adam Hochschild (born 1942, US, J/Po)
Susie Hodge (living, England, E/Ah)
John Hodgkin (1766–1845, England, L)
John Hodgkin (1800–1875, England, S/R)
Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866, England, M)
Thomas Hodgkin (1831–1913, England, H)
Marshall Hodgson (1922–1968, US, R)
Nichi Hodgson (born 1983, England, J)
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (born 1959, Australia, N/Nh)
Eric Hoffer (1902–1983, US, Ph); The True Believer
Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England, Ed/T)
Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945, US, Ps/S); I Am a Strange Loop
Raphael Holinshed (1529–1580, England, H); Holinshed's Chronicles
Tom Holland (born 1968, England, H); In the Shadow of the Sword
Richard Holmes (born 1945, England, Bg)
Richard Holmes (1946–2011, England, H)
George Holyoake (1817–1906, England, Ph)
Thomas Homer-Dixon (born 1956, Canada, Po/Nh)
Hōnen (法然, 1133–1212, Japan, R); Senchakushū
Lennox Honychurch (born 1952, Dominica, H); The Dominica Story
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647, Netherlands, H)
Robert Hooke (1635–1703, England, Po)
bell hooks (1952–2021, US, S), pseudonym of Gloria Jean Watkins
Mary Hooper (1829–1904, England, C)
Max Horkheimer (1895–1973, Germany/US, Ph/S); Eclipse of Reason
Nick Hornby (born 1957, England, Lc); Fever Pitch
Corinne Stocker Horton (1871-1947, US, A/Bg)
Kazushi Hosaka (保坂和志, b. 1956, Japan, S)
Samuel Elliott Hoskins (1799–1888, England, H)
Vera Houghton (1914–2013, England, N/S)
Albert Hourani (1915–1993, England, H); A History of the Arab Peoples
Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928, England, S/Nh); To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
Henry Eliot Howard (1873–1940, England, Nh)
John Eliot Howard (1807–1883, England, M/R)
Luke Howard (1772–1864, England, Nh)
Peter Howard (1908–1965, England, J/R); Guilty Men
Mortimer Sloper Howell (1841–1925, England, L); A Grammar of the Classical Arabic Language...
Francis Howgill (1618–1669, England, R)
Alfred William Howitt (1830–1908, Australia, Pr/Nh)
Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884, England, R)
William Howitt (1792–1879, England, H/Nh)
Christine Howser (born 1965, US, Ps)
Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769, England, Sp)
Erich Hoyt (born 1950, US, Nh)
Kenneth Hsu (born 1929, China/Switzerland, N/Nh)
Louisa Hubbard (1836–1903, England, F/R)
Robert Hughes (1938–2012, Australia/England, Fi); The Fatal Shore
Emperor Huizong of Song (宋徽宗, 1082–1135, China, Lc/Aa)
Mike Hulme (born 1960, England, N/Nh); Why We Disagree About Climate Change
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859, Germany, Po)
David Hume (1711–1776, Scotland, Po/H); A Treatise of Human Nature
Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809–873, Caliphate of Baghdad, R/P) in Syriac and Arabic
Henry Hunt (1773–1835, England, Po/C)
Lynn Hunt (born 1945, US, H)
Philip Hunton (c. 1600–1682, England, R/Po)
Richard Hurd (1720–1808, England, R)
Christopher Hussey (1899–1970, England, A)
Sheila Hutchins (living, England, C)
Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681, England, Bg)
Edward Hutton (1875–1969, England, T)
Will Hutton (born 1950, England, T)
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963, England/US, L/Lc); The Doors of Perception
Anthony Huxley (1920–1992, England, Nh)
Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997, Kenya/England, J/Nh)
Gervas Huxley (1894–1971, Bg/S)
Julian Huxley (1887–1975, England, N)
Leonard Huxley (1860–1933, England, Bg)
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895, England, N); Man's Place in Nature
Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695, Netherlands, N/Ma) in French or Latin
Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866-1939, France/US, R)
Gaius Julius Hyginus (c. 64 BC–AD 17, Ancient Rome, P)
Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968, France, Ph)

I[edit]

Reizan Ido (井土霊山, 1859–1935, Japan, J/Po)
Loraine Immen (1840-1927, US, Bg/Lc/T)
Manjirō Inagaki (稲垣満次郎, 1861–1908, Japan, Po)
Marilla Baker Ingalls (US, 1828-1902, US, Bg/H/R/S)
William Inge (1860–1954, England, R)
Kenkabō Inoue (井上剣花坊, 1870–1934, Japan, J)
Muhammad Iqbal (محمد اِقبال‬, 1877–1938, British India, R, Po) in Persian, Urdu and English
Evelyn Irons (1900–2000, Scotland, Af)
Stella B. Irvine (1859–1926, US, S)
Washington Irving (1883–1959, US, Bg/H)
Rhys Isaac (1937–2010, South Africa/Australia, H)
Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986, England/US, Lc)
Ningetsu Ishibashi (石橋忍月, 1865–1926, Japan, Lc)
Fujio Ishihara (石原藤夫, b. 1933, Japan, N/Lc)
Shintaro Ishihara (石原慎太郎, b. 1932, Japan, Po)
Jun Ishikawa (石川淳, 1899–1987, Japan, Lc)
Hiromi Itō (伊藤比呂美, b. 1955, Japan, R/F)
Noe Itō (伊藤野枝, 1895–1923, Japan, Po/F)
Alicja Iwańska (1918–1996, Poland, S)

J[edit]

Ian Jack (born 1945, Scotland/England, J)
Daphne Jackson (1936–1991, England, N/S)
Katharine Johnson Jackson (1841-1921, United States, Me)
Wes Jackson (born 1936, US, Nh)
A. J. Jacobs (born 1968, US, S); The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
Jane Jacobs (1916–2006, US/Canada, S/E); The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Sarah S. Jacobs (1813–1902, US, H)
Gustav Jäger (1832–1917, Germany, Nh/Aa)
Wojciech Jagielski (born 1960, Poland, Po/S)
C. L. R. James (1901–1989, Trinidad/England, H/J); The Black Jacobins
Henry James (1843–1916, US/England, Lc); Italian Hours
William James (1842–1910, US, Ph/Ps); The Principles of Psychology
Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860, England, Fi/F)
Alexander Jamieson (1782–1850, Scotland/England, Ed/P); A Celestial Atlas
Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903–1985, France, Ph/Mu)
Derek Jarman (1942–1994, England, G/Nh)
Claude Scudamore Jarvis (1879–1953, England, S/Nh)
John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831–1901, England, J/Bg)
James Jeans (1877–1946, England, N/M)
Roy Jenkins (1920–2003, England, Po)
Edward Jenner (1749–1823, England, M/N)
Derrick Jensen (born 1960, US, Nh); A Language Older Than Words
Soame Jenyns (1704–1787, England, R/Po)
Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833, England, E/Lc
Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912, England/Scotland, M/F)
Saurav Jha (living, India, Nh) in English
Jien (慈円, 1155–1225, Japan, H/R)
Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa (1875–1953, Ceylon/England, M/R)
Jocelyn de Brakelond (12th c., England, H) in Latin
John of Salisbury (c. 1120–1180, England/France, Ph/E) in Latin
John of Worcester (d. c. 1140, England, H) in Latin
Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938-1929), US, T)
Irving Johnson (1905–1991, US, Sp)
Bobi Jones (1929–2017, Wales, L/R)
Charles Colcock Jones Jr. (1831–1893, US, Po/H)
Daniel Jones (1881–1967, England, L); English Pronouncing Dictionary
Gareth Stedman Jones (born 1942, England, H)
Richard Foster Jones (1886–1965, US, Lc)
Rufus Jones (1863–1948, US, R)
T. Canby Jones (1921–2014, US, R)
Van Jones (born 1968, US, Nh); The Green Collar Economy
Helen Joseph (1905–1992, South Africa, Po/Lw)
Rebecca Richardson Joslin (1846-1934, US, H/N)
Leonie Joubert (living, South Africa, Nh); Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate
Alice Jouenne (1873-1954, France, Ed)
Horace Freeland Judson (1931–2011, US, H/J)
Pieter Judson (born 1956, Netherlands/US, H)
Olivia Judson (born 1970, US, N)
Carl Jung (1875–1961, Switzerland, Ps) in German, Psychiatric Studies
Ernst Jünger (1895–1998, Germany, S/Nh); Storm of Steel
Justin (2nd century AD, Ancient Rome, H) in Latin

K[edit]

Aleksander Kaczorowski (born 1969, J)
Toyohiko Kagawa (賀川豊彦, 1888–1960, Japan, R/S)
Barbara Kahan (1920–2000, England, Ed/S)
Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉覚三, 1862–1913, Japan, Aa)
Paul Kalanithi (1977–2015, US, M); When Breath Becomes Air
Mary Kaldor (born 1949, England, Po/S)
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944, Russia/France, Fi)
Mitsuharu Kaneko (金子光晴, 1895–1975, Japan, T)
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804, Germany, Ph); Critique of Pure Reason
Ernst Kantorowicz (1895–1963, Germany/US, H)
Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007, Poland, J/Po); The Emperor
Dosabhai Framji Karaka (1829–1902, India, P/H)
Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826, Russia, H/Lc)
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, Hungary, J/Bg)
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979, Yemen, Po/J)
Joseph Karo (1488–1575, Spain/Ottoman Galilee, R); Shulchan Aruch
Wojciech Karpiński (born 1943, Poland, P/Bg)
Mollie Katzen (born 1950, US, C); Moosewood Cookbook
Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877, Ireland/France, Bg/S)
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi (川口由一, b. 1939, Japan, Ag/Nh)
James Kay-Shuttleworth (1804–1877, England, Ed/S)
Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn, c. 1569 – c. 1644, Ireland, H)
Elizabeth Keckley (1818–1907, US, Bg)
John Keegan (1934–2012, England, H/Af); A History of Warfare
David Keith (living, US, Nh)
Jim Keith (1949–1999, US, J/Bg)
Lierre Keith (born 1964, US, C/Nh)
Herbert Kelly (1860–1950, England, R)
Kevin Kelly (born 1952, US, Nh/I); Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World
Maeve Kelly (born 1930, Ireland, F)
Petra Kelly (1947–1992, Germany, Po/Nh)
Thomas Raymond Kelly (1893–1941, US, R)
Fanny Kemble (1809–1893, England, T)
Richard Kemp (born 1959, England, J)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954, US, Po/Nh); Crimes Against Nature
Johannes Kepler (1571–1630, Austria/Germany, M/N); Mysterium Cosmographicum
Ian Kershaw (born 1943, England, H/Af); The End: Hitler's Germany 1944–45
Bruce Kershner (1950–2007, US, Nh)
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946, England, E)
John Neville Keynes (1852–1949, England, E)
Muhammad Mojlum Khan (born 1973, England, R/Lc)
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131, Persia, M/N)
Tracy Kidder (born 1945, US, I/Bg)
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855, Denmark, Ph/S); Philosophical Fragments
Garry Kilworth (born 1941, England, T)
Hans E. Kinck (1865–1926, Norway, L)
Gary Kinder (living, US, Cr)
John King (1652–1732, England, R)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968, US, Po/R); Why We Can't Wait
Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949, England, J)
Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940, US, F/S); No Name Woman
Bruce Kinloch (1919–2011, England, Nh/T)
Mokutarō Kinoshita (木下杢太郎, 1885–1945, Japan, Fi/Lc)
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1836, India/England, J/T); From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel
Geoffrey Kirk (1921–2003, England, H/Lc)
Henry Kissinger (born 1923, US, Po); Diplomacy
Ikki Kita (北一輝, 1883–1937, Japan, Ph/Po)
Morio Kita (北杜夫, 1927–2011, Japan, Ps/Po)
Chikafusa Kitabatake, (北畠親房, 1293–1354, Japan, Po/H)
Tōkoku Kitamura (北村透谷, 1868–1894, Japan, Lc)
William Kitchiner (1775–1827, England, NS/C)
Iya Kiva (born 1984, Ukraine, J/Lc)
Manshi Kiyozawa (清沢満之?, 1863–1903, Japan, R)
Naomi Klein (born 1970, Canada, S/Po); This Changes Everything
Gilbert Klingel (1908–1983, US, Nh/T)
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803, Germany, L)
Anne Knight (1786–1862, England, R/F)
G. Wilson Knight (1897–1985, England, Lc)
W. F. Jackson Knight (1895–1964, England, Lc/H)
Lilian Knowles (1870–1926), England, E/H
Ronald Knox (1888–1957, England, R)
Hideo Kobayashi (小林秀雄, 1902–1983, Japan, Lc)
Takiji Kobayashi (小林多喜二, 1903–1930, Japan, Po/Cr)
Aya Kōda (幸田文, 1904–1990, Japan, Bg)
Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, Hungary/England, Po/Af); Darkness at Noon
Alfie Kohn (born 1957, US, E/S)
Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009, Poland/England, Ph)
Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961, US, J/Nh); Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838, Hungary, Lc/Po)
Hidemi Kon (今日出海, 1903–1984, Japan, Lc/J)
Marie Kondo (近藤麻理恵, b. c. 1985, Japan, B)
György Konrád (born 1933, Hungary/Germany, Po)
Angus Konstam (born 1960, Scotland, H)
János Kornai (born 1928, Hungary, E/Po)
David Korten (born 1937, US, Po/Nh); When Corporations Rule the World
Hiroshi Koshiba (小柴博, 1884–1925, Japan, Ed)
Sonya Koshkina (born 1985, Ukraine, H)
Joel Kotkin (born 1952, US, S/J); The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
Jan Kott (1914–2001, Poland/US, Po/Lc)
Joel Kovel (1936–2018, US, Po/Ps)
Charles H. Kraft (born 1932, US, Ar/R)
Bernie Krause (born 1938, US, Nh/Mu)
Samuel Krauss (1866–1948, Hungary/England, R/H)
Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014, Palestine/Israel, R)
Marcin Kromer (1512–1589, Poland, H/S) in Latin and Polish; Polonia sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus et Republica regni Polonici libri duo
Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921, Russian Empire/France, Po/Ph); The Conquest of Bread
Thomas Kuhn (1922–1996, US, N/Ph); The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Satish Kumar (born 1936, India, Nh)
Corby Kummer (born c. 1956, US, C)
James Howard Kunstler (born 1948, US, S/J); The Geography of Nowhere
Simon Kuper (living, Netherlands/England, Sp/B) in English and Dutch
Hyakuzō Kurata (倉田百三, 1891–1943, Japan, R)
Hakuson Kuriyagawa (廚川白村, 1880–1923, Japan, Lc)
Ray Kurzweil (born 1948, US, I/N)
Arnold Kutzinski (1879–1956, Germany/Israel, M/Ps)

L[edit]

Marcus Antistius Labeo (d. AD 10 or 11, Ancient Rome, Lw)
Gary Lachman (born 1955, US, Ph/Mu); Turn Off Your Mind
Winona LaDuke (born 1959, US, Po/Nh)
Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943, Belgium, Lw)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736–1813, Italy/France, Ma/N)
Tim LaHaye (1926–2016, US, R/S); The Act of Marriage (with Beverly LaHaye)
Olivia Laing (born 1977, England, T)
B. B. Lal (1921–2022, India, Ar); in English
K. S. Lal (1920–2002, India, H); The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India
Charles Lamb (1775–1834, England, Lc/H); Essays of Elia
Mary Lamb (1764–1847, England, Lc)
Ursula Lamb (1914–1996, Germany/US, H)
Constant Lambert (1905–1951, England, Mu/D)
Wilfred G. Lambert (1926–2011, England, H)
Richard Lamm (1935–2021, US, Lw/Po)
Ellen La Motte (1873–1961, US, M/J)
Peter Lampe (born 1954)
Suzanne Lamy (1929–1987, Canada, Lc) in French
Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838, England, Ed); Improvements in Education
Osbert Lancaster (1908–1983, England, A/T)
David Landes (1924–2013, US, E/H)
Mark Lane (1927–2016, US, L/Cr)
Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968, US, J/T)
Andrew Lang (1844–1912, Scotland, H)
Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938, Norway, H/Po)
Ira M. Lapidus (born 1937, US, H)
Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766–1842, France, Po/H); The Memorial of Saint Helena
Bruno Latour (born 1947, France, Ph/S); We Have Never Been Modern
Owen Lattimore (1900–1989, US, S/T)
William Laud (1573–1645, England, R)
John Law (1671–1729, Scotland/France, B/Ec)
John Law (born 1946, England, S)
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930, England/US, T); Sea and Sardinia
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935, England/Syria, Ar/Po); Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Nigel Lawson (born 1932, England, Po)
James Laxer (born 1941, Canada, Po/H)
Benjamin Lay (1682–1759, England/Pennsylvania, S)
Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854–1934, England, R)
Richard Leakey (born 1944, Kenya/US, Ar/Nh)
Louisa Leaman (born 1976, England, E/Nh)
F. R. Leavis (1895–1978, England, Lc)
James J. LeBar (1936–2008, US, R)
Isabel LeBourdais (1909–2003, Canada, Cr); The Trial of Steven Truscott
Robert Leckie (1920–2001, US, H/E)
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965, Switzerland/France, A/S)
Francis Nigel Lee (1934–2011, England, R)
Laurie Lee (1914–1997, England, T/Bg); Cider with Rosie
Samuel Lee (1783–1852, England, L)
Vernon Lee (Violet Paget, 1856–1935, France/Italy, Fi) in English
James Lees-Milne (1908–1997, England, A/Bg)
Jeremy Leggett (born 1954, England, B/Nh); Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716, Germany, Po)
Anthony Lejeune (1928–2018, England, Po/S); The Gentlemen's Clubs of London
C. A. Lejeune (1897–1973, England, D); Cinema (1931)
John Leland or Leyland (c. 1503–1552, England, H)
Thomas Leland (1722–1785, Ireland, H)
Pedro Lemebel (1952–2015, Chile, Po/S)
Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939, Colombia, F/S)
Miguel León-Portilla (1926–2019, Mexico, Ar/H)
Aldo Leopold (1887–1948, US, Ph/Ny); A Sand County Almanac
Jill Lepore (born 1966, US, H); These Truths: A History of the United States
Lawrence Lessig (born 1961, US, Lw/Po); The Future of Ideas
Doris Lessing (1919–2013, Southern Rhodesia/England, Lc); Time Bites: Views and Reviews
Normand Lester (born 1945, Canada, J); Le Livre noir du Canada anglais
Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704, England, Po)
John Coakley Lettsom (1744–1815, England, M/Nh)
Jean Leurechon (1591–1670, France, R/Ma)
Eliphas Levi (1810–1875, France); Dogme et rituel de la haute magie
Primo Levi (1919–1987, France, R); If This Is a Man
Daniel Levitin (born 1957, US/Canada, Ps)
Anthony Lewis (1927–2013, US, J); Gideon's Trumpet
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, Ireland/England, R); The Case for Christianity
George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863, England, Po/L)
Nicholas Lezard (living, England, J/Lc)
Edward Lhuyd (1660–1709, England/Wales, Nh/P)
Li Zhisui (李志绥, 1919–1995, China/US, Po/Bg); The Private Life of Chairman Mao
Howard Liddell (1945–2013, England/Scotland, A/Nh)
Justus von Liebig (1803–1873, Germany, N/B)
John Lilburne (1614–1657, England, Po/R)
William Lily (Lilly or Lilye, c. 1468–1522, England, L) in Latin and English
André Lima (born 1971, Brazil, Nh/T)
Thomas Linacre or Lynaker (c. 1460–1524, England, S/M) in Latin
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778, Sweden, N/Nh); Systema Naturae in Latin
Walter Lippmann (1889–1974, US, J); The Phantom Public
David Lipsky (born 1965, US, J); Absolutely American
Leon Litwack (1929–2021, US, H); Been In the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波, 1955–2017, China, Lc/Po)
Deborah Knox Livingston (1876–1923, Scotland/US, Po); Studies in Government
Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC – AD 17, Ancient Rome, H)
Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936, Peru, J); The Perpetual Orgy
Ramon Llull (c. 1232 – c. 1315, Kingdom of Majorca, P) in Catalan and Latin
John Locke (1632–1704, England, Ph/M)
John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854, Scotland, J/Bg)
David Lodge (born 1935, England, Lc); The Art of Fiction
William Kennett Loftus (1820–1858, England, Ar/Nh)
Eric Lomax (1919–2012, Scotland/England, Af)
Peter Lombard (1096–1160, Italy/France, R)
Bjørn Lomborg (born 1965, Denmark, Nh); The Skeptical Environmentalist
Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971, England, N/Po)
Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944, Netherlands/US, H/E); The Story of Mankind
J. Thomas Looney (1870–1944, England, Lc)
Walter Lord (1917–2002, US, H)
Audre Lorde (1934–1992, US, F/S); Sister Outsider
Jane C. Loudon (1807–1858, England, G)
John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843, Scotland, Nh)
Mary Frances Lovell (1843–1932, England/US, S)
James Lovelock (1919–2022, England, Nh); The Revenge of Gaia
Amory Lovins (born 1947, US, N/Nh); Reinventing Fire
Ian Lowe (born 1942, Australia, Nh); Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
Roger Lowenstein (born 1954, US, B); When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
David Lowenthal (1923–2018, US, H/N)
Richard Lower (1631–1691, England, M)
John Livingston Lowes (1867–1945, US, Lc)
Donald Lowrie (1875–1925, US, J)
Percy Lubbock (1879–1965, England, Lc/Bg)
Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933, England, Lc/J)
Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US, J)
György Lukács (1885–1971, Hungary, Ph/Po)
Arnold Lunn (1888–1974, England, Sp)
Brian Lunn (1893–1966, England, Bg/T)
Johanan Luria (15th – 16th cc., Alsace, R) in Hebrew
Zhi Lü (吕植, b. 1965, China, Nh)
Charles Lyell (1797–1875, Scotland, N); Principles of Geology
Philip Lymbery (born 1965, England, Ag/Nh); Farmageddon
Mark Lynas (born 1973, England, Ag/Nh); Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
John Lynch (c. 1599 – c. 1677, Ireland/France, R/H)
F. S. L. Lyons (1923–1983, Ireland, H)
Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998, France, Ph/S); The Postmodern Condition

M[edit]

Peter Maas (1929–2001, US, J); The Valachi Papers
Wangari Maathai (1940–2011, Kenya, S/Po)
Catharine Macaulay (1731–1791, England, H)
Frederick Macaulay (1882–1970, Canada, E)
George Campbell Macaulay (1852–1915, England, Lc)
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, England, H/Po); The History of England from the Accession of James II
Fiona MacCarthy (born 1940, England, Bg/Aa)
Ann MacEwen (1918–2008, England, Nh)
Alan Macfarlane (born 1941, England, Ar/H)
Robert Macfarlane (born 1976, England, Nh)
Scott MacGillivray (born 1957, US, D)
James Drummond MacGregor (1759–1730, Scotland/Nova Scotia, R/S)
Edouard Machery (living, US, Ph)
Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929, Scotland/US, Ph)
Agnes Mure Mackenzie (1891–1955, Scotland, H)
Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831, Scotland, Po/Lc)
Mary Mackie (living, England, A/G)
Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, Scotland, S/Ag)
Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996, Scotland, Af/H); Eastern Approaches
Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?, US, Bg/T)
Margaret MacMillan (born 1943, Canada, H); Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War
John Macmurray (1891–1976, Scotland/England, Ph)
Catherine Mary MacSorley (1848–1929, Ireland, R)
Brenda Maddox (1932–2019, US/England, J/Bg)
Heidrun E. Mader (born 1977), German/English
Deborah Madison (living, US, C); Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
Antonine Maillet (born 1929, Canada, Po) in French and Acadian French
Agnes Catherine Maitland (1850–1906, England, E/C)
Pierre des Maizeaux (1666 or 1673–1745, Geneva/England, Bg) in French
Michael Majerus (1954–2009, England, Nh)
Ken Major (J. Kenneth Major, 1928–2009, England, A/H)
R. C. Majumdar (1884–1980, India, H); The History and Culture of the Indian People
John Malcolm (1769–1833, Scotland/India, H)
Rajiv Malhotra (born 1950, India, R/Po); Being Different
Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary/France, R)
Chalda Maloff (born 1946, Germany, S)
Dumas Malone (1892–1986, US, H/Bg); Jefferson and His Time
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834, England, S); An Essay on the Principle of Population
William Manchester (1922–2004, US, Bg/H)
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733, Netherlands/England, Ph/E)
Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England, E)
Charles C. Mann (born 1955, US, N/Nh)
Michael E. Mann (born 1965, US, N/Nh); The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Samuel Mann (living, New Zealand, E/Nh)
Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/US, Lc/Po); The Coming Victory of Democracy
María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954, Peru, F/S)
Harvey Manning (1925–2006, US, Sp/T)
Richard Manning (born 1951, US, J/Nh)
Robert Mannyng (Robert de Brunne, c. 1275 – c. 1338, H/R) in Middle English
Gideon Mantell (1790–1852, England, Nh)
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955, India/Pakistan, Po)
Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England, Ec/S)
Hubert Marcoux (1941–2009, Canada, T)
Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979, Germany/US, Ph/S); One-Dimensional Man
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944, Italy, Lc/Po)
Beryl Markham (1902–1986, England/Kenya, Tr); West with the Night
Gervase Markham (c. 1568–1637, E, C/P); The English Huswife
Emma Marris (born 1979, US, Nh)
Thomas Marryat (1730–1792, England, M/S)
Philip Marsden (born 1961, England, T)
George Marshall (born 1964, Nh/Po)
George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882, US, L); Man and Nature
Agnes Marshall (1855–1905, England, C)
Alan Marshall (1902–1984, Australia, T/Nh)
Alfred Marshall (1842–1924, England, E)
Everett Dean Martin (1880–1941, US, Ed/S)
James Martin (1933–2013, England, I)
William Martin (1767–1810, England, Nh)
Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England, S/Po)
James Martineau (1805–1900, England, R/Ph)
Margaret Maruani (b. 1954, Tunisia/France, F/S)
Saiichi Maruya (丸谷才, 1925–2012, Japan, Lc)
Karl Marx (1818–1883, Germany/England, Po/E); The Communist Manifesto
Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750–1800, Italy, Ma)
Robert K. Massie (1929–2019, US, H/Bg)
David Masson (1822–1907, Scotland, Lc/H)
George Joseph Gustave Masson (1819–1888, France/England, Lc/H)
Steve Matchett (born 1962, US, J)
Hilda Matheson (1888–1940, England, J/F)
John Matteson (born 1961, US, Bg/Lw); Eden's Outcasts
Anne Matthews (living, US, Nh)
Garrett Mattingly (1900–1962, US, Af/H); The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759, France, P)
Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872, England, R/Po)
James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879, Scotland/England, Ma/N)
Milton Mayer (1908–1986, US, J/Ed)
Peter Mayle (1939–2018, England/France, T); A Year in Provence
Joyce Maynard (born 1953, US, J)
DeBarra Mayo (born 1953, US, M)
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872, Italy, Po/S)
Nell McCafferty (born 1944, Ireland, J/F)
Timothy R. McClanahan (born 1957, US, N/Nh)
Walter A. McDougall (born 1946, US, H)
Michael J. McGuire (born 1947, US, N/Nh)
Alastair McIntosh (born 1955, Scotland, Nh)
Steve McIntyre (born 1947, US, Nh)
Ian McKay (born 1962, England/Scotland, Po/Nh)
Bill McKibben (born 1960, US, Nh); The End of Nature
Eva McLaren (1852–1921, England, Po/F)
Adam McLean (born 1948, Scotland, R)
Ella N. McLean, Countess Norraikow (1849-1913, Canada, Po)
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980, Canada, Ph/S); The Gutenberg Galaxy
Barbara McMartin (1931–2005, US, Nh)
Thomas McNamee (born 1947, US, Nh)
Esther Lord McNeill (1812–1907, US, T)
F. Marian McNeill (1885–1973, Scotland, S/C)
John McPhee (born 1931, US, J/Nh); Annals of the Former World
Margaret Mead (1901–1978, US, S)
Dennis Meadows (born 1942, US, N/Nh)
Donella Meadows (1941–2001, Nh)
Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, England, Bg)
Arthur Mee (1875–1943, England, E)
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (1860–1926, Scotland, J/N)
Fulvio Melia (born 1956, US, N)
Francisco Manuel de Mello (1608–1666, Portugal, Bg/S)
William Melmoth (1665/66–1743, England, R/Lw)
Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959, Guatemala, F)
Susan Mendus (born 1951, Wales/England, Ph/Po)
Nicholas Mercator (c. 1620–1687, Germany/England, Ma)
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740–1814, France, Lc)
Francis Meres (1565/66–1647, England, Lc/R); Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury
Christopher Merret (1614 or 1615–1695, England, Nh/S)
Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934, US, Ed/R)
Marin Mersenne (1588–1648, France, P)
Károly Újfalvy von Mezőkövesd (1842–1904, Hungary/France, L) in French
John Michell (1724–1793, England, N)
Robert Michels (1876–1936, Germany/Italy, S/Po)
James A. Michener (1907–1997, US, Po/S); The Voice of Asia
Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761, Transylvania/Ottoman Empire, Po/T) in Hungarian
Jack Miles (born 1942, US, R/Po)
James Mill (1773–1836, Scotland, H/E)
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873, England, Po/E); On Liberty
Walter Samuel Millard (1864–1952, England/India, Nh/G)
Beatrix Miller (1923–2014, England, Fa/Aa)
Dora Richards Miller (1842-1914, US/Denmark/England, Af)
Hugh Miller (1802–1856, Scotland, N/R)
Karl Miller (1931–2014, England, J/Kc)
C. Wright Mills (1916–1962, US, S); The Sociological Imagination
Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868, England, H)
A. A. Milne (1882–1956, England, E)
Joseph Milner (1744–1797, England, R)
Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004, Poland/US, L/Po); The Captive Mind
John Milton (1608–1674, England, P); Areopagitica
Kumagusu Minakata (南方熊楠, 1867–1941, Japan, N/Nh)
Anupam Mishra (1948–2016, India, Nh)
Pankaj Mishra (born 1969, India, Po/S)
Munesuke Mita (見田宗介, b. 1937, Japan, S)
Basil Mitchell (1917–2011, England, R/S)
George J. Mitchell (born 1933, US, Po)
Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996, US, J)
Lillian M. Mitchner (1862/64-1954, US, S)
Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England/US, J/Po); The American Way of Death
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England, J/Bg)
Minae Mizumura (水村美苗, b. 1951, Japan, Lc)
Azadeh Moaveni (born 1976, US, J/Po)
Dusé Mohamed (1866–1945, Egypt/England, Po/T)
Georg Mohr (1640–1697, Denmark, Ma); in Danish and Dutch
József Molnár (1918–2009, Hungary/Germany, J) in Hungarian
Mária Molnár (born 1966, Hungary, Fi)
Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903, Germany, H/Lw); History of Rome
George Monbiot (born 1963, England, J/Nh)
Messenger Monsey (1694–1788, England, M/S)
Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800, England, Lc)
Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965, England, J/H)
Montesquieu (1689–1755, France, Po/P)
Andrew Montford (living, England, Nh); The Hockey Stick Illusion
James Montgomery (1771–1854, Scotland/England, Lc)
Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, England/Canada, Nh/S); Roughing it in the Bush
Chris Mooney (born 1977, US, J); The Republican War on Science
Michael Moore (born 1954, US, J/Po); Stupid White Men
Paul Morand (1888–1976, France, Po/S)
Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, England/Australia, T)
Ethan Mordden (born 1949, US, Mu)
Hannah More (1745–1833, England, R/S)
Henry More (1614–1687, England, Ph)
Thomas More (1478–1535, England, Po/R)
E. D. Morel (1873–1924, England, Po); The Black Man's Burden
Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales, J/P)
Alexander Morison (1779–1866, Scotland, M)
Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan, Po/T)
John Morley (1838–1923, England, Po/Lc)
Desmond Morris (born 1928, England, N/S)
Ruth Morris (1933–2001, Canada, Lw)
William Morris (1834–1896, England, Aa/S)
Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, England, Bg/T)
Andrew Morton (born 1953, England, J/Bg); Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography
Norinaga Motoori (本居宣長, 1730–1801, Japan, Ph/Lc)
Lucretia Mott (1793–1880, US, Po/F)
Julia Moulden (born 1956, Canada, J)
Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux (1805–1876, France, J)
John Mott (1865–1965, US, R)
Thomas Muffet (1553–1604, England, Nh/M)
Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995, British India/Pakistan, R) in Urdu
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England, J); Something Beautiful for God
John Muir (1838–1914, Scotland/US, Nh/N); Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier
Siddhartha Mukherjee (born 1970, India/US, M/N); The Emperor of All Maladies
Denis Mukwege (born 1955, Congo, M/R)
Clare Mulley (born 1969, England, Bg)
Nadia Murad (born 1993, Iraq/Germany, S)
Haruki Murakami (村上春樹, b. 1949, Japan, Lc); What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Claudia Quigley Murphy (1863–1941, US, S)
John A. Murphy (born 1927, Ireland, H)
Lindley Murray (1745–1826, US/England, L/Ed)
Sarah Murray (1744–1811, England, T)
Julie Myerson (born 1960, England, S)
Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987, Sweden, E/S); An American Dilemma

N[edit]

Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910, Brazil, Po)
Ted Nace (born 1956, US, B/Nh)
Inada Nada (なだいなだ, 1929–2013, Japan, Ps/Lc)
Ralph Nader (born 1934, US, E/Nh); Unsafe at Any Speed
V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018, Trinidad/England, T/S); Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
Torajirō Naitō (内藤虎次郎, 1866–1934, Japan, H)
Akio Nakamori (中森明夫, b. 1960, Japan, J)
Mitsuo Nakamura (中村光夫, 1911–1988, Japan, Bg/Lc)
Chie Nakane (中根千枝, b. 1926, Japan, S)
Kōji Nakano (中野孝次, 1925–2004, Japan, Lc)
James Napier (1810–1884, Scotland, N/H)
James Robert Napier (1821–1879, Scotland, N)
John Napier (1550–1617, Scotland, Ma/R)
Ryūhoku Narushima (成島柳北, 1837–1884, Japan, H)
Taslima Nasrin (born 1962, India/Sweden, F/R) in Bengali and English Jabo na keno? jabo
Friedrich Naumann (1960–1919, Germany, Po/R); Mitteleuropa
Marysa Navarro (born 1934, Spain, H)
James Nayler (1616–1660, England, R)
John Neal (1793–1876, US, P)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Mark E. Neely Jr. (born 1944, US, H); The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
A. S. Neill (1883–1973, Scotland/England, E/Ps); Summerhill
Stephen L. Nelson (born 1959, US, I)
László Németh (1901–1975, Hungary, Po/S)
Cornelius Nepos (110–25 BC, Ancient Rome, Bg)
John Henry Newman (1801–1890, England, R); Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Peter C. Newman (born 1929, Canada, J/S); The Canadian Establishment
Stella Mary Newton (1901–2001, England, Aa/Fa)
Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, England, J/G)
Josephine R. Nichols (1838–1897, US, S)
Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850–1927, England/Scotland, E/H)
C. W. Nicol (born 1940, Wales/Japan, Nh)
Carsten Niebuhr (1733–1815, Germany/Denmark, Ma/T)
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971, US, R/Po); The Nature and Destiny of Man
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900, Germany, Ph/L)
Andrew Nikiforuk (living, Canada, J/Nh)
Kitarō Nishida (西田幾多郎, 1870–1945, Japan, Ph)
Inazō Nitobe (新渡戸稲造, 1862–1933, Japan, Ag/E); Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Louis Nizer (1902–1994, US, Lw); My Life in Court
Shomu Nobori (昇曙夢, 1878–1958, Japan, Lc/Po)
John Howard Nodal (1831–1909, England, L)
Nel Noddings (born 1929, US, F/E)
Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982, England, Po/Mi)
Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897–1944, Spain/England, J/Po)
Fujio Noguchi (野口富士男, 1911–1993, Japan, Bg/H)
Edward A. Nolfi (born 1958, US, Lw)
Hiroshi Noma (野間宏, 1915–1991, Japan, Lc)
Masahiko Nomi (能見正比古, 1925–1981, Japan, J/Sp)
Richard B. Norgaard (born 1943, US, E/Nh)
Helena Norberg-Hodge (born 1946, Sweden, E/Nh); Ancient Futures
Caroline Norton (1808–1877, England, S/F)
Martin Noth (1902–1968, Germany, R)

O[edit]

Frederick Oakeley (1802–1880, England, R)
Richard Baptist O'Brien (1809–1985, Ireland, R/P)
Richard Barry O'Brien (1847–1918, Ireland, J/H)
Julius Obsequens (mid-4th c. AD, Ancient Rome, H)
John Cornelius O'Callaghan (1805–1883, Ireland, H)
Mark O'Connor (born 1945, Australia, Nh/T)
Tomas O'Crohan (1856–1937, Ireland, Bg) in Irish Gaelic
Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎, b. 1935, Japan, Lc/Po)
Yōko Ogawa (小川洋子, b. 1962, Japan, Ma/Ps)
Charles Kay Ogden (1889–1957, England, L/Ph)
Redmond O'Hanlon (born 1947, England, Lc)
Kakuzō Okakura (岡倉覚三, 1862–1913, Japan, Fi/Aa)
Daniel Okrent (born 1948, US, Sp/Po)
Łucja Okulicz-Kozaryn (1933–1999, Poland, Ar)
William Oldys (1696–1761, England, H)
Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland/England, H)
Jamie Oliver (born 1975, England, C)
David Olusoga (b 1970, England, J/S)
Carola Oman (1897–1978, England, Bg/H)
Dermot O'Neill (living, Ireland, G)
Gerard K. O'Neill (1927–1992, US, N)
Makoto Ōoka (大岡信, 1931–2017, Japan, Lc)
Shōhei Ōoka (大岡昇平, 1909–1988, Japan, Lc)
Amelia Opie (1769–1853, England, Bg/T)
Iona and Peter Opie (1923–2017 and 1918–1982, England, E)
Joachim Oppenheim (1832–1891, Austrian Empire, R)
Naomi Oreskes (born 1958, US, H/E)
Iris Origo (1902–1988, England/Italy, T/H)
Shinobu Orikuchi (折口信夫, 1887–1953, Japan, S)
P. J. O'Rourke (born 1947, US, J)
John Boyd Orr (1880–1971, Scotland, Ag/N)
Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851, Denmark, N)
Garcia de Orta (c. 1501–1568, Portugal, M/Nh); Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India
Samuel Orton (1879–1948, US, M)
Julia A. Orum (1843-1904, US, D)
George Orwell (real name Eric Blair, 1903–1950, England, Po)
Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr. (1887–1969, US, Nh); Our Plundered Planet
Maurice O'Sullivan (1904–1950, Ireland, S/T)
Fintan O'Toole (born 1958, Ireland, J)
Riki Ott (born 1954, US, N/Nh)
Otto of Freising (c. 1114–1158, Germany, R/H) in Latin
César Oudin (c. 1560–1625, France, Bk/L)
William Oughtred (1574–1660, England, M/R) in Latin
P. D. Ouspensky (1878–1947, Russia/England, R/S); In Search of the Miraculous
Frank Owen (1905–1979, England); Guilty Men (co-author)
Robert Owen (1771–1858, Wales/England, B/Po)
Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (1829–1888, England, R)
Frédéric Ozanam (1813–1853, France, Po)

P[edit]

Tadeusz Pacholczyk (born 1965, US, R)
Luca Pacioli (c. 1447–1517, Italy, Ma/R); De ludo scachorum
Karen A. Page (born 1962, US, C)
Russell Page (1906–1985, England, G)
Thomas Paget, Lord Paget (1689–1742, England, Po)
Thomas Paine (1737–1809, England/US, Po); Rights of Man
Thomas Pakenham (born 1933, England, H/Nh); The Scramble for Africa
Agustina Palacio de Libarona (1825-1880, Argentina, Po)
William Paley (1743–1805, England, R/Ph); Natural Theology
Michael Palin (born 1943, England, T/S); New Europe
Parker Palmer (born 1939, US, Ed/S)
Robert Palmer (1945–1997, US, Mu)
Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923, England, C)
William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791, Wales, R) in Welsh
Isaac Pardo (18th c., Bosnia, R)
Jacob Pardo (18th c., Dalmatia, R/Ed)
Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843, Dalmatia, R)
Joseph Pardo (c. 1624–1677, Netherlands/England, R/Mu)
Moses Pardo (d. 1888, Palestine/Egypt, R/Lw)
Derek Parfit (1942–2017, UK, Ph); Reasons and Persons
Geoffrey Parker (born 1943, England/US, H)
Robert Parker (c. 1564–1615, England, R)
Fanny Parkes (Parks, 1794–1875, India/England, T)
David Parlett (born 1939, England, Sp)
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, Ma/R)
Frédéric Passy (1822–1912, E/Po)
Caroline Paul (born 1963, US, F/Bg)
Elliot Paul (1891–1958, US, J); Life and Death of a Spanish Town
Linus Pauling (1901–1994, US, N/Po)
Octavio Paz (1914–1998, Mexico, S/Po); The Labyrinth of Solitude
Elizabeth Peabody (1804–1894, US, Ed)
George Peacock (1791–1858, England, Ma)
Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993, US, R/S); The Power of Positive Thinking
Hugh Pearman (living, England, A)
Guy Pearse (living, Australia, Nh); High and Dry
John Pearson (born 1930, England, Bg); The Life of Ian Fleming
F. David Peat (born 1938, England/Canada, N)
Francis Peck (1692–1743, England, P)
Samuel Pegge (1704–1796, E, P)
John Pell (1611–1685, England, Ma/Po)
David Naguib Pellow (born 1969, US, Nh)
Isaac Penington (1616–1679, R)
Thomas Pennant (1726–1798, Wales, Nh/T)
Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927, Wales, R)
Francis Penrose (1817–1903, England, A/Ar)
Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (fl. 1269, France, N) in Latin
Eleanor Perenyi (1918–2009, Hungary/US, S/G)
Ron Pernick (living, US, Nh)
Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845-1921, US, S)
Richard Stanley Peters (1919–2011, England, Ph/Ps)
Neal Petersen (living, South Africa, Sp) in English
Giovanni Pettinato (1934–2011, Italy, Ar)
William Petty (1623–1687, England, Ec/N)
Georges de Peyrebrune (1841–1917, France, F)
Anshel Pfeffer (living, England/Israel, J/Bg)
Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797–1858, Austrian Empire, T/Nh)
Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890-1964, US, Lc)
John Phillips (1631–1706, Po/H)
Robert Georges Picard (born 1951, US, B/E)
Lillian Hoxie Picken (1852–1913, US, Ed)
Ferry Piekart (born 1974, Netherlands, Sp)
Charles P. Pierce (born 1953, US, Sp/J)
Melissa Holbrook Pierson (born 1957, US, T/Sp)
Ben Pimlott (1945–2004, England, H/Bg)
Sharon Pincott (born 1962, Australia, Nh)
Steven Pinker (born 1954, Canada/US, L); The Language Instinct
Walter B. Pitkin (1878–1953, US, Ph/S)
Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430, France, F); The Book of the City of Ladies
Josep Pla (1897–1981, Spain/France, J) in Catalan
Ian Plimer (born 1946, Australia, B/Nh); Heaven and Earth
Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus, AD 23–79, Ancient Rome, N)
Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, AD 61 – c. 113, Ancient Rome, S/R)
John H. Plumb (1911–2001, England, H)
Plutarch (c. 46–120, Greece, Bg/P); Parallel Lives
David Francis Pocock (1928–2007, England, Ar)
Frederik Pohl (1919–2013, US, Nh)
William Pokhlyobkin (1923–2000, Russia, C)
Karl Polanyi (1886–1964, Austria/Canada, E/H); The Great Transformation
William Pole (1561–1635, England, H)
William Pole (1814–1900, England, N/M)
Michael Pollan (born 1955, US, Nh/C); The Omnivore's Dilemma
William Pollard (1828–1893, England, R)
Gary Pomerantz (born 1960, US, J)
Édouard de Pomiane (1875–1964, France, N/C)
George Ayliffe Poole (1809–1883, England, R/A)
Carl Pope (living, US, Nh)
James Pope-Hennessy (1916–1974, England, Bg/T)
Karl Popper (1902–1994, Austria/England, Ph); The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Porphyry (c. 234 – c. 305, Ancient Rome, Ph)
Robert Percival Porter (1852-1917, UK/US, E)
Richard Posner (born 1939, US, Lw/E); Catastrophe: Risk and Response
Jacob Post (1774–1855, England, R)
Sandra Postel (living, US, Nh)
Baron du Potet (1796–1881, France/England, M)
Christopher Potter (born 1959, England, J)
Anna M. Longshore Potts (1829–1912, US, Me)
Adam Clayton Powell Sr. (1865–1953, US, R)
Arthur E. Powell (1882–1969, Wales/US, R)
Dennis M. Powers (born 1942, US, Lw/J)
James Van Praagh (born 1958, US, R/J)
Suzana Prates (1940-1988, Brazi, F/S)
William H. Prescott (1796–1859, US, H)
Paul Preston (born 1946, England, H)
William Thierry Preyer (1841–1897, England/Germany, M/N)
Richard Price (1723–1791, Wales/England, R/E)
James Cowles Prichard (1786–1848, England, M/Ps)
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804, England, P)
Anant Priolkar (1895–1973, India, H); The Goa Inquisition
Rebecca Probert (born 1973, England, Lw/H)
Robert Proud (1728–1813, England/US, H/Po)
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865, France, Ph); What Is Property?
Annie Proulx (born 1935, US, Ag/G)
William Prynne (1600–1669, England, Po/R); Histriomastix
Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871, Germany, G/T)
Madeleine d'Arsant de Puisieux (1720–1798, France, S/F)
Ferenc Pulszky (1814–1897, Hungary/Italy, Po/T) in German and Hungarian
Louise C. Purington (1844-1916, US, Me/R)
Thomas Purnell (1834–1889, Ireland/England, D/Lc)
John Pye-Smith (1774–1851, England, R/N)
Robert Michael Pyle (born 1947, US, Nh); Wintergreen
Stephen J. Pyne (living, US, Nh); Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada
Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC, Ancient Greece, Ph/M)

Q[edit]

Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645, Spain, R/Lc)
John Quick (1636–1706, England, R)
Harry Quilter (1851–1907, England, Fi/Lc)
Harriet Quimby (1875–1912, US, J/T)
Phineas Quimby (1802–1866, US, R/M)
Thomas de Quincey (1785–1959, England, P)
Anna Quindlen (born 1953, US, J/S)
Randolph Quirk (1920–2017, Isle of Man/England, L/Lc); A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language
Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966, Egypt, R/Po); Milestones

R[edit]

Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802, Russia, T/S); Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
Saul Rae (1914–1999, Canada, S)
Stamford Raffles (1781–1826, England/East Indies, H/Po); The History of Java
Thomas Raikes (1777–1848, England/France, B/Fa)
Arthur Raistrick (1896–1991, England, Po)
Mihai Ralea (1896–1964, Romania/France, S/Po)
Nilakanta Sri Ram (1889–1973, India, R)
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran (born 1951, India/US, M/Ps); Phantoms in the Brain
Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743, Scotland/France, R)
Ayn Rand (1905–1982, US, Ph); Philosophy: Who Needs It
Jørgen Randers (born 1945, Norway, Ec/Nh); The Limits to Growth (co-author)
Ray Raphael (born 1943, US, H)
Rashi (1040–1105, France, R) in Hebrew
Valentin Rasputin (1937–2015, Soviet Union/Russia, Ag/T)
Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005, England, Nh); A Nature Conservation Review
Paul Rauber (living, US, J/Nh)
John Ray (1627–1705, England, Nh)
Hazel Alden Reason (1901–1976, England, N)
Libby Rees (born 1995, England, S)
Simon Reeve (born 1972, England, J/T)
Amber Reeves (1887–1981, England, F/Po)
Emil Reich (1854–1910, Hungary/England, S)
Eleanor Mary Reid (1860–1953, England, Nh)
Clement Reid (1853–1916, England, Ph)
Pat Reid (1910–1990, England, Mi)
Thomas Reid (1710–1796, Scotland, Ph)
Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920, US, S)
Haru M. Reischauer (ハル松方ライシャワー, 1915–1998, Japan, J)
Ernest Renan (1823–1892, France, L/H)
Juliette Rennes (born 1976, France, F/S)
Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová (1785–1845, Austrian Empire, C)
Nicholas Revett (1721–1804, England, A)
Andrew Revkin (born 1956, US, J/N)
Zineb El Rhazoui (born 1982, Morocco/France, J) in French
Ebenezer Rhodes (1762–1839, England, Nh/B)
Richard Rhodes (born 1937, US, H/J)
Robert of Ketton (fl. 1141–1157, England/Spain, R) in Latin
Riazuddin (1930–2013, Pakistan, N)
David Ricardo (1772–1823, England, E)
Richard of Devizes (fl. late 12th c., England, H) in Latin
Audrey Richards (1899–1984, England/Northern Rhodesia, S); Chisungu
I. A. Richards (1893–1979, England, E/Lc); The Meaning of Meaning
John Richardson (1667–1753, England, Bg)
John Richardson (1924–2019, England, Bg/Fi)
Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745, England, Fi)
Lewis Fry Richardson (1881–1953, England, N/Po)
Ed Ricketts (1897–1948, US, N/Ph); Between Pacific Tides
M. C. Ricklefs (1943–2019, Australia, H/T)
Mark Ridley (1560 – c. 1624, England, L)
Mark Ridley (born 1956, England, N)
Matt Ridley (born 1958, England, J/B)
Alois Riegl (1858–1905, Austria, Fi); Stilfragen
Jeremy Rifkin (born 1945, US, Ec/S); The Third Industrial Revolution
Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938–2016, England)
Graham Robb (born 1958, England, Lc/Aa) in English and French
Robert of Cricklade (c. 1100 – 1174/1179, England, R/Bg)
Francis Roberts (1609–1675, England, R)
Jason Roberts (living, US, J)
Paul Roberts (living, US, J); The End of Oil
Stephen Roberts (born 1958, England, H)
Wayne Roberts (born 1944, Canada, C/Po)
William Robertson (1721–1793, Scotland, H)
David Robinson (born 1930, England, J/Aa)
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867, England, J/Lc)
Jane Robinson (born 1959, Scotland/England, H)
William Robinson (1838–1935, Ireland/England, G)
Antonio Rocco (1586–1653, Italy, R/Ph); L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola
Anita Roddick (1942–2007, England, B/S)
Maxime Rodinson (1915–2004, France, H/S); Muhammad
Mark Roeder (born 1957, England/Australia, B/S)
Byron Rogers (born 1942, Wales/England, J/Bg)
John Rogers (1679–1729, England, R)
Franz Roh (1890–1965, Germany, H/Fi)
John K. Rollinson (1884–1948, US, T/Nh)
L. T. C. Rolt (1910–1974, England, T/Bg); Narrow Boat
Isabella Frances Romer (1798–1852, England, T/Bg)
Emma Romeu (living, Cuba, J/Nh)
Joseph J. Romm (born 1960, US, Nh); The Hype about Hydrogen
Elihu Root (1845–1937, US, Po/Lw)
Jonathan F.P. Rose (born 1952, US, B/Nh)
Tricia Rose (born 1962, US, S/Mu); Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America
Alfred Rosenberg (1893–1946, Germany, Po); The Myth of the Twentieth Century
Franz Rosenthal (1914–2003, Germany/US, R/L)
Radu Rosetti (1853–1926, Romania, Ag/Po)
Anna Rosmus (born 1960, Germany/US, H/Po)
Janet Ross (1842–1927, England/Italy, H/C)
William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919, England, Fi/Bg)
Eucharius Rösslin (c. 1470–1526, Germany, M)
Yechezkel Roth (living, Palestine/US, R)
M. A. Rothman (living, US)
David Mayer de Rothschild (England, Nh)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778, Geneva/France, Ph/Ed); Emile, or On Education
Ettie Rout (1877–1936, New Zealand/France, M/Po)
Carlo Rovelli (born 1956, Italy/France, N/Ph); Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Barun Roy (born 1977, India, J) in English
Sergio Rubin (living, Argentina, J/Bg); El Jesuita
Ulinka Rublack (living, Germany/England, H) in English
William Ruddiman (living, US, Nh); Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum
Anneli Rufus (living, US, J)
Gaius Musonius Rufus (1st c. AD, Ancient Rome, Ph)
Evelyn Ruggles-Brise (1857–1935, Cr/S); The English Prison System
Ann Rule (1931–2015, US, Cr)
Alexander Russell (c. 1715–1768, Scotland/England, M/Nh)
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970, England/Wales, Ph); The Problems of Philosophy
Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916, US, R); Studies in the Scriptures
Tim Russert (1950–2008, US, J/Lw)
Bayard Rustin (1912–1987, US, S/Po)
Jan van Ruusbroec (1293 or 1294 – 1381, Netherlands, R) in Middle Dutch
Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974, Ireland/England, J/H); The Longest Day
John Ryland (1753–1825, England, R)
Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976, England, Ph); The Concept of Mind
Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713, England, Lc/Po)

S[edit]

Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021, Egypt, S/F)
Henry Sacheverell (1674–1724, England, Po/R)
Oliver Sacks (1933–2015, England/US, N)
Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, England, S/G)
Carl Sagan (1934–1996, US, N)
Lorna Sage (1943–2001, England, Lc/F); Bad Blood
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944, France, J/T); Wind, Sand and Stars
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743–1803, France, Ph)
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre (1658–1743, France, Po)
Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584–1667, County of Flanders, Ma) in Latin
János Sajnovics (1733–1785, Hungary, L) in Latin and Hungarian
Ango Sakaguchi (坂口安吾, 1906–1955, Japan, S/Po)
Kirkpatrick Sale (born 1937, US, Po/Nh)
Nathanael Salmon (1675–1742, England, H/T)
William Salmon (1644–1713, England, M)
Curt Sampson (born 1952, US, J)
William Sandys (England, 1792–1874, Mu/H)
Marino Sanuto (1260–1338, Italy, T) in Latin
Marino Sanuto (Sanudo, 1466–1536, Italy, H)
Edward Sapir (1884–1939, US, L)
Jadunath Sarkar (1870–1958, India, H); History of Aurangzib
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980, France, Ph/Lc); Being and Nothingness
Ineko Sata (佐多稲子, 1904–1998, Japan, Lc/Po)
Kailash Satyarthi (born 1954, India, S/Po)
Henriette Sauret (1890-1976, France, F/Po)
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913, Switzerland, L) in French
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966, India, H/Ph); The Indian War of Independence
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695, England, Po)
Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970, US, E)
Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1160 – c. 1220, Denmark, H/R) in Latin
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, England, R/Ed)
Frank Sayers (1763–1817, England, P)
Michael J. Saylor (born 1965, US, B/I); The Mobile Wave
Charles Scarborough (1615–1694, England, M/Ma)
Jerry Schad (1949–2011, US, T)
Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995, France, M); In Search of a Concrete Music
R. Murray Schafer (born 1933, Canada, N/Nh)
Simon Schama (born 1945, England, H/J); Rough Crossings
Hermann Scheer (1944–2010, Germany, Po/Nh); Energy Autonomy
Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915, Germany, A)
Jonathan Schell (1943–2014, US, Af); The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now
Samuel Shellabarger ((1888–1954, US, P)
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854, Germany, Ph)
Auden Schendler (living, US, Nh/B)
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1778–1856, England, Po/T)
August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845, Germany, Ph)
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917–2007, US, H/S); A Thousand Days
Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. (1888–1965, US, H)
Paul Schneider (born 1962, US)
Flora Rheta Schreiber (1918–1988, US); Sybil
Olive Schreiner (1855–1920, South Africa, S/Po)
Hermann Schultz (1836–1903, Germany, R)
E. F. Schumacher (1911–1977, Germany/England, E/Ph); Small Is Beautiful
Edward Scobie (1918–1996, Dominica, J/H)
Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England, R)
Hardiman Scott (1920–1999, England, Po)
J. Michael Scott (born 1941, US, Nh)
John Scott (1731–1783, England, G/S)
Mary McKay Scott (1851-1932, Canada, T)
Thomas Scott (1747–1821, England)
Anne Scott-James (1913–2009, England, J/G)
Roger Scruton (1944–2020, England, Ph)
Elizabeth Clare Scurfield (born 1950, England, L/Ed)
Andrea Seabrook (born 1974, US, J)
David Sedaris (born 1956, US, J); Naked
Stephen Sedley (born 1939, England, Lw/Po)
John Robert Seeley (1834–1895, England, H)
Marta Segarra (born 1963, Spain, F/L/S)
Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966–1017/1025, Japan, S/Bg)
W. C. Sellar (1898–1951, Scotland/England, H); 1066 and All That (co-author with R. J. Yeatman)
Seneca the Elder (54 BC – c. 39 AD, Ancient Rome, Ph/L)
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, c. 4 BC – AD 65, Ancient Rome, Ph/Lc)
Perla Serfaty (born 1944, Morocco/France/Canada, S)
Olivier de Serres (1539–1619, France, Ag)
Julia Seton (1862-1950, US, R)
Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001, US, Lc)
Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England, R/Ed)
Miranda Seymour (born 1948, England, Lc/Bg)
Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013, US, R/Bg)
Granville Sharp (1735–1813, England, Po/S)
Jane Sharp (fl. mid–17th c., England, M)
William Shawcross (born 1946, England, S/Bg)
Philip Sherrard (1922–1995, England, Lc/Nh)
David Shipman (1932–1996, England, Bg/D)
Suzanne Strempek Shea (living, US, Bg)
Ralph Sheldon (1623–1684, England, H)
Peter Sherwood (born 1948, England/US, L)
Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬遼太郎, 1923–1996, Japan, J/H)
Nanami Shiono (塩野七生, b. 1937, Japan, H)
Vandana Shiva (born 1952, India, Nh)
Stanislav Edward Shmelev (living, England, Ec/Nh)
Arun Shourie (born 1941, India, E/Po); Eminent Historians
Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996, Pakistan/England, R)
Mona L. Siegel (living person, US, H)
Dennis Silk (1931–2019, England, Sp/Lc)
Brendan Simms (born 1967, Ireland/England, Po)
Julian Simon (1932–1998, US, B/Ec); The Ultimate Resource
Simplicius of Cilicia (c. 490 AD – c. 560, Ancient Greece, Ph) in Latin
Matt Simpson (1936–2009, England, Lc)
George Sinclair (1787–1834, Scotland/England, G)
Upton Sinclair (1878–1968, US, S/M)
Fred Singer (1924–2020, US, N/Nh)
Alfred Percy Sinnett (1840–1921, England/India, R/Ph); Esoteric Buddhism
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938, Liberia, Po)
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England, Bg/Lc)
Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, England, Fi/M)
Robert Skidelsky (born 1939, England, E)
Alexander Skutch (1904–2004, US, Nh/Ph)
Eugene Sledge (1923–2001, US, Mi/N)
Peter Sloterdijk (born 1947, Germany, Ph/J); Critique of Cynical Reason
William Smellie (1740–1795, Scotland, P); Encyclopædia Britannica
Vaclav Smil (born 1943, Canada, Nh/E)
Samuel Smiles (1812–1904, Scotland/England, S/Po)
Jane Smiley (born 1949), US, Bg/C); The Man Who Invented The Computer
Adam Smith (1723–1790, Scotland, E/Ph); The Wealth of Nations
Charlotte Fell Smith (1851–1937, England, H/Bg)
Jean Edward Smith (born 1932, US, E/Bg)
Joseph Smith (1805–1844, US, R); Book of Mormon
Melvyn Smith (born 1955, H); An Illustrated History of the Space Shuttle
Rick Smith (born 1968, Canada, Nh)
Sydney Smith (1771–1845, England/Scotland, R/J)
Ted Smith (born 1945, US, B/Nh)
William Smith (1756–1835, England, S/Po)
William Smith (1769–1839, England, N)
William Jardine Smith (1834–1884, Australia, J)
Zadie Smith (born 1975, England/US, Lc)
Aleksander Smolar (born 1940, Poland, Po/S)
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, Scotland, Bg)
Gary Snyder (1930–2019, US, Nh)
Yan-kit So (1933–2001, Hong Kong/England, C)
Chunghee Sarah Soh (living, US, H/Po); The Comfort Women
Sara Solá de Castellanos (1890-?, Argentina, Bg, H)
Lawrence Solomon (born 1948, Canada, Nh); The Deniers
Someshvara III (reigned 1127–1138, India, P) in Sanskrit
David A. Sonnenfeld (born 1953, US, S/Nh)
Susan Sontag (1933–2004, US, S/Aa); On Photography
Cornelia Sorabji (1866–1954, India/England, Lw/S)
Robert South (1634–1716, England, R)
Joanna Southcott (1750–1814, England, R/S)
Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940, Wales/England, Aa/Fi)
E. Lee Spence (born 1947, US, Ar)
Thomas Spence (1750–1814, England, Po/S)
Dorcas James Spencer (1841-1933, United States, S)
Oswald Spengler (1880–1936, Germany, H/Ph); The Decline of the West
James Gustave Speth (born 1942, US, Nh/Lw); Red Sky at Morning
Thomas Sprat (1635–1713, England, R)
Piero Sraffa (1898–1983, Italy/England, E)
M. N. Srinivas (1916–1999, India, S); The Remembered Village
Jan Jansz de Jonge Stampioen (1610–1653, Netherlands, Ma)
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875, England, H)
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881, England, R/H)
Diane Stanley (born 1943, US, E/Bg); Joan of Arc
Johann August von Starck (1741–1816, Germany, R)
Mariana Starke (1761/62–1838, England, T)
David Starkey (born 1945, England, H/J)
Betsey Ann Stearns (1830-1914, US, Aa/Fa)
John Gabriel Stedman (1744–1797, Surinam/England, Mi)
Richard Steele (1672–1729, Ireland/England, J/Po)
Ben Stein (born 1944, US, J)
John Steinbeck (1902–1968, US, S); Travels with Charley
Sandra Steingraber (born 1959, US, N/Nh)
Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925, Austria/Germany, R/Ed)
James Francis Stephens (1792–1952, England, Nh/P)
Robert Stevens (1933–2021, England, Lw)
Charles Stevenson (1908–1979, US, Ph); Ethics and Language
Tom Stevenson (born 1941, England, W)
A. T. Q. Stewart (1929–2010, Northern Ireland, H/Po)
Jane Agnes Stewart (1860-1944, US, Ed/F/R/S)
Jon Stewart (born 1962, US, J/Po); America (The Book)
Rory Stewart (born 1973, Scotland/England, Po/Cr)
George Stigler (1911–1991, US, E)
Joseph Stiglitz (born 1943, US, E/Po); The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Bill Stilwell (living, Canada, Nh)
Max Stirner (1806–1856, Germany, Ph)
Ellen M. Stone (1846–1927, US, R/T)
Thomas H. Stoner Jr. (born 1960, US, B/Nh)
Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1840–1929, Scotland/England, Lc/F)
Marie Stopes (1880–1958, England, N/F); Married Love
Edward Stourton (born 1957, England, J)
Lytton Strachey (1880–1932, England, Bg)
Hamon le Strange (1583–1654, England, H/R)
Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England, H)
Flora E. Strout (1867-1962, US, S)
William Stukeley (1687–1765, England, Ar)
Kenchō Suematsu (末松謙澄, 1855–1920, Japan, P) in Japanese and English
Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, AD 69 – post-122, Ancient Rome, H); De vita Caesarum
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (1715–1766, Ireland, Lw)
Joseph Sturge (1793–1859, England, S/Po)
Kate Summerscale (born 1965, England, J/Cr)
Alexander Süsskind of Grodno (d. 1794, Russia, R) in Hebrew
András Sütő (1927–2006, Romania, Po/L) in Hungarian
Viktor Suvorov (born 1947, Soviet Union/England, Mi/H) in Russian and English
David Suzuki (born 1936, Canada, Nh)
Annie S. Swan (1859–1943, Scotland, Po/F)
Donald Swann (1923–1994, England, Mu/S)
Ram Swarup (1920–1998, India, R)
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772, Sweden, R/Ph)
John Swete (1752–1821, England, H/T)
Joe Swift (born 1965, England, G/J)
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ireland/England, P); A Tale of a Tub
Susie Forrest Swift (1862-1916, United States/England, R)
Percy Sykes (1867–1945, England, H/Bg)
Ronald Syme (1903–1989, New Zealand/England, H); The Roman Revolution
John Addington Symonds (1840–1893, England, Lc)
Arthur Symons (1865–1945, England, Lc/J); The Symbolist Movement in Literature
István Szamosközy (1570–1612, Hungary, H)
Małgorzata Szejnert (living, Poland, J)
Antal Szerb (1901–1945, Hungary, Lc)
Mohammed Sohail Ahmed (living, India)

T[edit]

Tacitus (c. 56 AD – c. 120, Ancient Rome, Po/H); Histories
Ukichi Taguchi (田口卯吉, 1850–1905, Japan, H/E)
Mutsuo Takahashi (高橋睦郎, b. 1937, Japan, S)
Michio Takeyama (竹山道雄, 1903–1984, Japan, Lc)
Catherine Talbot (1721–1770, England, J)
John Tallmadge (living, US, Nh)
Samuel A. Tannenbaum (1874–1948, Hungary/US, Lc)
Heather Tanner (1903–1993, England, Nh/S)
Barbara Tate (1927–2009, England, S/F)
R. H. Tawney (1880–1962, England, H/R); Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990, England, H); The Origins of the Second World War
Brook Taylor (1685–1731, England, Ma/Mu)
F. Sherwood Taylor (1897–1956, England, N/H)
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667, England, R)
Philip Meadows Taylor (1808–1876, England/India, H/R)
Sarah McFarland Taylor (living, US, Nh)
William Taylor (1765–1836, England, L/Po)
Wilhelm Abraham Teller (1734–1804, Germany, R)
William Temple (1628–1699, England, Po/P)
Torahiko Terada (寺田寅彦, 1878–1935, Japan, P)
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582, Spain, R); El Castillo Interior
Mary Virginia Terhune (Marion Harland, 1830–1922, US, C)
Tertullian (AD c. 155 – c. 240, Roman Africa, R)
Peter Tertzakian (born 1961, Canada, Ec/Nh)
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (born 1955, India, J/Nh)
Françoise Thébaud (born 1952, France, H/F)
John Thelwall (1764–1834, England, Po/L)
Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897, France, R)
Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003, England/Kenya, T); Arabian Sands
Philip Thicknesse (1719–1792, England, T)
Edward J. Thomas (1869–1958, England, R)
Keith Thomas (born 1933, Wales/England); Man and the Natural World
Lowell Thomas (1892–1981, US, J/T)
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948, Scotland, N/Ma); On Growth and Form
Dorothy Thompson (1923–2011, England, H)
E. P. Thompson (1924–1993, England, H); The Making of the English Working Class
Edward Roffe Thompson (1891–1973, England, Bg/Po)
Henry Thompson (1820–1904, England, M/P)
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005, US, S/Cr); Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Neal Thompson (living, US, J)
William Thompson (1775–1833, Ireland, Ph/Po)
A. A. Thomson (1894–1968, England, Sp/T)
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862, US, S); Civil Disobedience
Hester Thrale (1741–1821, England, Bg); Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson
Lancelot Threlkeld (1788–1859, Australia, L); An Australian Grammar
Colin Thubron (born 1939, England, T); In Siberia
Lauritz de Thurah (1706–1759, Denmark, A)
Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853, Germany, Lc)
Paul Tillich (1886–1965, Germany/US, R/Ph)
Stella Tillyard (born 1957, England, H)
Alan Titchmarsh (born 1949, England, G)
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859, France, Po/H)
Deborah Todd (living, US, J)
Maria Todorova (born 1949, Bulgaria, H)
Alvin Toffler (1928–2016, US, B/I)
Alice B. Toklas (1877–1967, US/France, C); The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook
John Toland (1670–1722, Scotland/England, R); Christianity not Mysterious
Ferenc Toldy (1805–1875, Hungary, Lc) in Hungarian and German
Lynn Toler (1928–2016, US, Lw)
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910, Russia, Bg/R); What Is to Be Done?
Claire Tomalin (born 1933, England, Bg/J)
John Horne Tooke (1736–1812, England, Po/L)
Thomas Toughill (living, Scotland/Gibraltar, J)
William Treloar (1843–1923, England, H/Po)
G. M. Trevelyan (1876–1962, England, H)
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet (1853–1923, England, M/T)
Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003, England, H)
Lionel Trilling (1905–1975, US, Lc/E)
Ralph Waldo Trine (1866–1958, US, R/S)
Emil Trinkler (1896–1931, Germany, Nh/T)
Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550, Italy, L/S)
Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923, Germany, R)
Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (1st century AD, Ancient Rome, H)
Frances Milton Trollope (1779–1863, England, T/S); Domestic Manners of the Americans
Théodore Tronchin (1582–1657, Geneva, R/L)
J. Maarten Troost (born 1969, Netherlands, T); Getting Stoned with Savages
Margaret Trudeau (born 1948, Canada, J/Ps)
D. Elton Trueblood (1900–1994, US, Po/R)
Shōyō Tsubouchi (坪内逍遥, 1859–1935, Japan, Lc/E)
Tsuda Umeko (津田梅子, 1864–1929, Japan, Ed)
Jun Tsuji, later Ryūkitsu Mizushima (辻潤, 1884–1944, Japan, S/Lc)
Ryōsen Tsunashima (綱島梁川, 1873–1907, Japan, Ph/R)
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989, US, H); The Guns of August
Francis Fox Tuckett (1834–1913, England, Sp)
Barbara Tudek (1952–2019, Poland, N)
Ibn Tufail (c. 1105–1185, Andalusia/Marrakech, P) in Arabic
Daniel Hack Tuke (1827–1895, England, M)
Samuel Tuke (1784–1857, England, M)
William Tuke (1732–1822, England, M/S)
Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889, England, Lc)
Colin Turnbull (1924–1994, England/US, S/M); The Forest People
Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932, US, H); The Significance of the Frontier in American History
William Turner (1509/10–1568, N/R)
Emma Rood Tuttle (1839-1916, US, R)
Desmond Tutu (born 1931, South Africa, R/Po)
Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917, England, Pr)
Hayyim Tyrer (d. 1813, Palestine, R) in Hebrew
Edward Tyson (1651–1708, England, N); Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or, the Anatomy of a Pygmie Compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man
Neil DeGrasse Tyson (born 1958, US, N)
William Tytler (1711–1792, Scotland, H/Lc)

U[edit]

Kanzō Uchimura (内村鑑三, 1861–1930, Japan, R)
Miklós Udvardy (1919–1998, Hungary/US, Nh)
Akinari Ueda (上田秋成, 1734–1809, Japan, Lc/R)
Makoto Ueda (植田実, b. 1935, Japan, A)
Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941, England, R)
John Upton (1707–1760, England, Lc)
Andrew Ure (1778–1857, Scotland/England, M/B)
Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660, Scotland, M/L)
James Ussher (1581–1656, Ireland, R); Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti in Latin
Yoshimi Usui (臼井吉見, 1905–1987, Japan, Lc)
Freda Utley (1898–1978, England/US, Po/H)
Alison Uttley (1884–1976, England, T/E)

V[edit]

Andrew Vachss (born 1942, US, Ed/S)
Gertrude Vaile (1878-1954, US, S)
Paul Valéry (1871–1945, France, Po/Lc)
Henrik Valeur (born 1966, Denmark, A)
Imre Vallyon (born 1940, Hungary/New Zealand, R/S) in English
Miklós Vámos (born 1950, Hungary, J)
Charles Vancouver (c. 1756 – c. 1815, England/US, Ag)
George Vancouver (1757–1798, England, T)
Michael J. Varhola (born 1966, US, H/Sp)
Robert Vaughan (1795–1868, England, R/J)
Thomas Vaughan (1621–1666, Wales/England, R) in English
Adelma Vay (1840–1925, Galicia/Hungary, R) in German
Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929, Norway/US, Ec) in English
Lizzie Velásquez (born 1989, US, S/M)
Josef Velek (1939–1990, Czechoslovakia, Nh)
Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979, Russia/US, J/H); Worlds in Collision
William Vickrey (1914–1996, US, E)
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748–1794, France, M/N)
Edgar Vincent (1857–1941, England, Po/Fi)
Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992, England, R)
Orderic Vitalis (1075 – c. 1142, England, H) in Latin
Vitruvius (c. 80–70 BC – post-15 BC, Ancient Rome, A)
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1853–1922, England, J/Mi)
Ivan Vladislavić (born 1957, South Africa, J); Portrait with Keys
Voltaire (1694–1778, France, H/Ph); Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations

W[edit]

Edmund de Waal (born 1964, England, Aa/P); The Hare with Amber Eyes
Frans de Waal (born 1948, Netherlands, Aa); The Ape and the Sushi Master
Constance Wachtmeister (1838–1910, Sweden/England, R)
Helen Waddell (1889–1965, Northern Ireland/England, H/Lc); The Wandering Scholars
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (1533/34–1606, Netherlands, T)
John Wain (1925–1994, England, Lc)
Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991, England, T)
A. E. Waite (1857–1942, England, R); The Book of Ceremonial Magic
Terry Waite (born 1939, England, Bg/T)
Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832, England, S/F)
George Waldron (1690 – c. 1730, England, T)
Rosa Kershaw Walker (1840s-1909, US, Bg, T)
Doreen Wallace (1897–1989, England, Ag/G)
Edna Walling (1895–1973, Australia, G)
Horace Walpole (1717–1797, England, Lc/P)
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941, England, Bg)
Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943, US, R)
Izaak Walton (c. 1593–1683, England, Nh/Sp); The Compleat Angler
Ned Ward (1667–1731, England, T); The London Spy
James Ware (1594–1666, Ireland, H)
Elijah Waring (1787–1857, Wales, Po)
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924–2019, England, Ph)
Kevin Warwick (born 1954, England, N/I); March of the Machines
Anne Nasimiyu Wasike (died 2018, Uganda, Ed)
Arthur Waskow (born 1933, US, Po/R)
Xavier Waterkeyn (born 1965, Australia, Cr)
John Waters (born 1955, Ireland, J)
Alfred Watkins (1855–1935, England, Ar/H); The Old Straight Track
Robert Spence Watson (1837–1911, England, Po/S)
Rosamund Marriott Watson (1860–1911, England, G/Nh)
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966, England, Bg/T)
John C. Waugh (born 1929, US, J/H)
Spencer R. Weart (born 1942, US, N)
Beatrice Webb (1858–1943, England, Po)
Sidney Webb (1859–1947, England, Po)
Max Weber (1864–1920, Germany, H/P); The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Simone Weil (1909–1943, France, Ph/Po); The Need for Roots
Linda Weintraub (living, US, Fi/S)
Alan Weisman (born 1947, US, J/S); The World Without Us
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born 1939, Germany, N/Po)
H. G. Wells (1866–1946, England, P); The Outline of History
Adam Werbach (born 1973, US, Nh/B)
Léon Werth (1878–1955, France, Fi)
John Wesley (1703–1791, England, R)
Samuel Wesley (1662–1735, England, R)
Tom Wessels (born 1951, US, Nh)
Rebecca West (1892–1983, Scotland/England, P/T); Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
William West (c. 1548–1598, England, Lw)
Joyce Wethered (1901–1997, England, Sp/G)
Johann Weyer (1515–1588, Netherlands, M/R); De praestigiis daemonum
Rex Weyler (born 1947, US, J/R)
Edith Wharton (1862–1937, US, Aa); The Decoration of Houses
Mary Louisa Whately (1824–1889, England, R/T)
Richard Whately (1787–1863, England/Ireland, R/E)
Francis Wheen (born 1957, England, J)
William Whewell (1794–1866, England, P)
Benjamin Whichcote (1609–1683, England, R)
Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918, US, E/Po); A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
Dorothy White (c. 1630–1686, England, R)
Florence White (1863–1940, England, C); Good Things in England
Michael White (1959–2018, England/Australia, N)
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947, England/US, M); Principia Mathematica
Opal Whiteley (1897–1992, US/England, Nh)
Alan Whiticker (born 1958, Australia, H/Cr)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892, US, S/R)
Richard Whittington-Egan (1924–2016, England, Cr)
Douglas Whynott (born 1950, US, J)
William Foote Whyte (1914–2000, US, S/Cr); Street Corner Society
Carl Wickland (born 1861, Sweden/US, Ps)
Knut Wicksell (1851–1926, Sweden, E)
Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005, US, Cr/S)
John Wilbur (1774–1856, US, R)
Clint Wilder (living, US, J/B)
Samuel Wilderspin (1791–1866, England, E)
William Henry Wilkins (1860–1905, Po)
Bruce Wilkinson (living, US, R); The Prayer of Jabez
William of Tyre (c. 1130–1186, Kingdom of Jerusalem, R/H) in Latin
Eric Williams (1911–1981, Trinidad and Tobago, Po/H)
Frederick Smeeton Williams (1829–1886, England, Tr)
Jody Williams (born 1950, US, Po/F)
Raymond Williams (1921–1988, Wales/England, S/Po); Culture and Society
Rheinallt Nantlais Williams (1911–1993, Wales, R)
Roger Williams (1603–1683, US, R/Po); A Key into the Language of America
Rowan Williams (born 1950, Wales/England, R/S)
Waldo Williams (1904–1971, Wales, Po) in Welsh and English
Richard T. Williamson (born 1958, US, B)
Browne Willis (1682–1760, England, H/R)
Francis Willughby (1635–1672, England, Nh/Sp); De Historia piscium in Latin
A. N. Wilson (born 1950, England, Bg/J)
Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, England, H)
Brandon Wilson (born 1953, US, T)
E. O. Wilson (1929–2021, US, N/Nh)
Edmund Wilson (1895–1972, US S/Lc); To the Finland Station
Ella B. Ensor Wilson (1838-1913, US, N, S)
Henry Wilson (1812–1875, US, H/S); History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America
Jane Wilson-Howarth (born 1954, England, M/T)
Jean Moorcroft Wilson (born 1941, England, Bg)
Kathy Y. Wilson (d. 2022, US, J, S)
William K. Wimsatt (1907–1975, US, Lc)
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768, Germany/Italy, Fi/Ar)
William Windham Sr. (1717–1761, Geneva/England, T/Mi)
Charles F. Winslow (1811–1877, US, M/T)
Forbes Benignus Winslow (1810–1874, England, Ps/Cr)
Gerrard Winstanley (1609–1676, England, Po/R); The Law of Freedom in a Platform
William James Wintle (1861–1934, England, J/Cr)
T. P. Wiseman (born 1940, England, H)
Owen Wister (1860–1938, US, H/Bg); Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951, Austrian Empire/England, Ph); Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Carl Gottfried Woide (1725–1790, Germany/England, L/R) in Latin
Paula Wolfert (born 1938, US, C)
Frances Garnet Wolseley (1872–1936, England, G)
Anthony Wood (1632–1695, England, H)
Julia A. Wood (1840-1927, US, R, T)
Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896–1977, England, H); The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845–1849
Barbara Woodhouse (1910–1988, England, J)
Robert Woodhouse (1773–1827, England, Ma)
Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840-1924, US, S)
John Woodward (naturalist) (1665–1728, England, Nh)
Benjamin Woolley (living, England, J)
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger (1897–1988, England, S/Cr)
Chandos Wren-Hoskyns (1812–1876, England, Ag/Po)
Christian Guthrie Wright (1844–1907, Scotland, F/C)
Wulfstan of Hedeby (later 9th c., England or Germany, T)
Garrison W. Wynn (living, US, J/B)

Y[edit]

Sanjay Singh Yadav (living, India, Po/Nh)
Dov Yaffe (1928–2017, Israel, R)
Sokō Yamaga (山鹿素行, 1622–1685, Japan, Ph)
Hiroo Yamagata (山形浩生, b. 1964, Japan, I/E)
Bruce Yandle (born 1933, US, Nh)
Moy Yat (1938–2001, China, Sp)
Frances Yates (1899–1981, England, H); The Art of Memory
R. J. Yeatman (1897–1968, England, H); 1066 and All That (co-author with W. C. Sellar)
Daniel Yergin (born 1947, US, H/Ec); The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
James Yonge (1646/1647–1721, England, Bg/M)
Philip Yorke (1743–1804, Wales/England, H)
Akiko Yosano (与謝野晶子, 1878–1942, Japan, F/S)
Hidekazu Yoshida (吉田秀和, 1913–2012, Japan, Mu/Lc)
Kenkō Yoshida (吉田兼好, 1284–1350, Japan, Lc/R); Tsurezuregusa
Takaaki Yoshimoto (吉本隆明, 1924–2012, Japan, Lc/Ph)
Arthur Young (1693–1759, England, R)
Arthur Young (1741–1820, England, Ag/T)
Edward Young (1683–1735, England, R)
Marianne Young (1811 – 1897) writer on British India and Tuscany
Thomas Young (1773–1829, England, P)
Malala Yousafzai (born 1997, Pakistan, F)
Miri Yu (柳美里, b. 1968, Japan, P)
Sir Henry Yule (1820–1889, Scotland/India, L/T); Hobson-Jobson
Udny Yule (1871–1951, Scotland/India, M/N)
Muhammad Yunus (born 1940, Bangladesh, Ec/Po)

Z[edit]

Oliver Zangwill (1913–1987, England, Ps)
Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990, Norway, Ph); The Last Messiah
Paul Zarifopol (1874–1934, Romania, Lc/S)
Leszek Zasztowt (born 1953, Poland, H)
Motokiyo Zeami (世阿弥元清, c. 1363 – c. 1443, Japan, Lc)
Ozzie Zehner (living, US, Nh); Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism
Konni Zilliacus (1894–1967, England, Po)
Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1879–1957, England, H/Po)
Alice Zimmern (1855–1939, England, E/H)
Helen Zimmern (1846–1934, England/Italy, Lc)
János Zsámboky (1531–1584, Hungary, M/Ph) in Latin
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942, Austria, Bg/H); Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
Samuel Marinus Zwemer (1867–1952, US, R/T)

References[edit]

^ Howat, G. (2011), "Grace, William Gilbert [W. G.]...", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, OUP). Retrieved 18 July 2019.
^ Sears, Donald A. (1978). ohn Neal. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. pp. 25–26, 40, 105, 113. ISBN 080-5-7723-08.
^ Dickson, Harold Edward (1943). Observations on American Art: Selections from the Writings of John Neal (1793–1876). State College, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State College. p. ix.
^ Holt, Kerin (2012). "Chapter 9: Here, There, and Everywhere: The Elusive Regionalism of John Neal". In Watts, Edward; Carlson, David J. (eds.). John Neal and Nineteenth Century American Literature and Culture. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-61148-420-5.

[1] Howat, G. (2011), "Grace, William Gilbert [W. G.]...", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, OUP). Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[2] Sears, Donald A. (1978). ohn Neal. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. pp. 25–26, 40, 105, 113. ISBN 080-5-7723-08.

[3] Dickson, Harold Edward (1943). Observations on American Art: Selections from the Writings of John Neal (1793–1876). State College, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State College. p. ix.

[4] Holt, Kerin (2012). "Chapter 9: Here, There, and Everywhere: The Elusive Regionalism of John Neal". In Watts, Edward; Carlson, David J. (eds.). John Neal and Nineteenth Century American Literature and Culture. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-61148-420-5.

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