List of lexicographers

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

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

 * Mary Rosamund Haas (US, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai
 * Soleiman Haim (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual
 * Patrick Hanks (UK, 1940–2024) English language general, onomastic, and LSP
 * Johann Ernst Hanxleden (Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese dictionary
 * Orin Hargraves (US, born 1953) English dictionary of slang and rhyme
 * Alexander Harkavy (Belarus/US, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual
 * William Torrey Harris (US, 1835–1909) philosophy, English general
 * Reinhard Hartmann (Austria/UK, born 1938) Austrian and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary
 * Hamid Hassani (Iran, born 1968) Persian corpus linguistics, Persian dictionary
 * Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/US, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English
 * Joyce Hawkins (England, 1928–1992) English language general
 * S.I. Hayakawa (Canada/US, 1906–1992), biographical directory of US Congress
 * Benjamin Hedericus (Germany, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek
 * Tom Heehler (US, born 1963) The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
 * Michael Heilprin (Poland/US, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic
 * James Curtis Hepburn (US/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual
 * Charles George Herbermann (Germany/US, 1840–1916) English language LSP
 * Hesychius of Alexandria (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon
 * Johann Christian August Heyse (Germany, 1764–1829) German dictionary of loan words
 * Jack Hibberd (Australia, born 1940) English dictionary of slang
 * Hoke Sein (Myanmar, 1890–1984) Universal Burmese-English-Pali
 * Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese-language general
 * William Holwell (1726–1798), English classicist and cleric
 * Francis Holyoake (UK, 1567–1653) English etymological
 * A. S. Hornby (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English learners'
 * John Camden Hotten (UK, 1832–1873) English slang, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
 * Antônio Houaiss (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese general
 * Richard Howard (US, born 1929) French and English translation
 * August Wilhelm Hupel (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian general
 * Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist) (England, 1823–1897), lead editor of Encyclopædic Dictionary

I

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

J

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

K

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

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

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

P

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

R

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

S

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

T

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

U

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

V

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

W

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

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

Y

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

Z

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