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
• 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
• 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)

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• 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)

• Jeanne C. Smith Carr (1825–1903, US, 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)

• Rose Woodallen Chapman (1875–1923, US, S)

• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

• Daniel Finkelstein (born 1962, England, Bg/H); Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad

• 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)

• Louise E. Francis (1869–1932, US, Ed/F)

• 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)

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• 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)

• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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

• Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863-1924, Iceland, S)

• 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

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• 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)

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• 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

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• 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)

• Natyaguru Nurul Momen (1908-1990, Bangladesh/India, Lw/T)

• 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

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• 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)

• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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

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• 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)

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