List of non-fiction writers

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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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 (born 1949, 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Carol S. Batey (born 1955, US, J)
  • 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
  • Alistair Beaton (born 1947, Scotland, PO)
  • James Beattie (1735–1803, Scotland, Ph/R); An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
  • Cari Beauchamp (born 1951, 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)
  • 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)
  • Noah Biggs (mid 17th c., England, M/R)
  • J. Brent Bill (born 1941, US, R)
  • James H. Billington (1929–2018, US, H)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Henry Briggs (1561–1630, England, Ma), mainly in Latin
  • Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980, England, Lc/S)
  • Eliza Brightwen (1830–1906, Scotland/England, Nh)
  • Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England, S); Testament of Youth
  • 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)
  • Hamish Brown (born 1934, Scotland, Sp)
  • Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012, US, J); Sex and the Single Girl
  • John Brown (1715–1756, England, Ph/M)
  • John Brown (1722–1787, Scotland, R)
  • John Brown (1784–1858, Scotland, R)
  • John Brown (1810–1882, Scotland, M/P)
  • Lester R. Brown (born 1934, US, Nh)
  • Marilyn A. Brown (living, US, Nh); Climate Change and Global Energy Security
  • Peter Brown (born 1935, Ireland/US, H)
  • Peter Hume Brown (1849–1918, Scotland, H)
  • Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, Isle of Man/England, Ed/R)
  • William Wells Brown (c. 1814–1884, US, Po)
  • Moses Browne (1704–1787, England, Nh/Sp)
  • Simon Browne (1680–1732, England, R)
  • Sylvia Browne (1936–2013, US, J)
  • Thomas Browne (1605–1682, England, P); Religio Medici
  • Henry James Bruce (1880–1951, England, Bg)
  • James Bruce (1730–1794, Scotland, T); Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile
  • Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876–1925, Germany, H/Po); Das Dritte Reich
  • Pascal Bruckner (born 1948, France, Ph/S); The Tyranny of Guilt
  • Hans Bruyninckx (born 1964, Belgium, Po/Nh)
  • Jerome Bruner (1915–2016, US, Ps)
  • Emil Brunner (1889–1966, Switzerland, R) in German
  • Edwin Bryant (born 1957, US, H/L)
  • Jacob Bryant (1715–1804, England, H)
  • Robert Bryce (living, US, Nh); Power Hungry
  • Patrick Brydone (1736–1818, Scotland, T)
  • Bill Bryson (born 1951, US/England, T/J); A Short History of Nearly Everything
  • Jan Brzoza (1900–1971, Poland, Po/Lc)
  • James Buchan (born 1954, Scotland, H)
  • John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/England, H/Bg)
  • George Buchanan (1506–1582, Scotland, H/Po)
  • Mark Buchanan (born 1961, US, N)
  • Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880, England, M/Nh)
  • William Buckland (1784–1856, England, R/PArr)
  • Richard Buckle (1916–2001, England, J/Ba)
  • Guillaume Budé (1467–1540, France, P/R)
  • Frederick Buechner (born 1926, US, R)
  • Francis Bugg (1640–1727, England, R)
  • Geoffrey Bull (1921–1999, England/Scotland, R)
  • J. B. Bullen (living, England, Lc)
  • Ismaël Bullialdus (1605–1694, France, N/Ma)
  • Ralph Bunche (1904–1971, US, Po)
  • John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, R); Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
  • Edward Ashdown Bunyard (1878–1939, England, A/G)
  • Robert Burchfield (1923–2004, New Zealand/England, L)
  • Mary Anne Burges (1763–1813, Scotland, N/Nh)
  • Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, Lc); Ninety-nine Novels
  • Haldane Burgess (1862–1927, Scotland, H/L)
  • Richard James Burgess (born 1949, New Zealand/England, Mu/B)
  • Robert Forrest Burgess (born 1927, US, J/Sp)
  • Verity Burgmann (born 1952, Australia, Po/Ag); Power, Profit and Protest
  • Kathleen Burk (born 1946, England, H/J)
  • Edmund Burke (1730–1797, England, Po/Ph); Reflections on the Revolution in France
  • James Burke (born 1936, Northern Ireland/England, H/N)
  • Michael Burke (living, US, J)
  • Francis Crawford Burkitt (1864–1935, England, R)
  • Michael Burleigh (born 1955, England, H/J)
  • Richard Burn (1709–1785, England, Lw)
  • Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715, Scotland/England, Ph/H)
  • John Burnet (1863–1928, Scotland, H)
  • James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799, Scotland, L/Ph)
  • Charles Burney (1726–1814, England, M)
  • Frances Burney (Fanny, 1752–1840, England, Bg)
  • James Burney (1750–1821, England, T/H)
  • John Burnside (born 1955, Scotland, J/Nh)
  • Edward Burrough (1634–1663, England, R)
  • Augusten Burroughs (born 1965, US, J/S); This Is How
  • Sara Annie Burstall (1859–1939, Scotland/England, Ed)
  • Isabel Burton (1831–1896, England, T/Bg)
  • John Hill Burton (1809–1881, Scotland, H/Bg)
  • Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890, England/Austria-Hungary, T/L)
  • Edwin Arthur Burtt (1892–1889, US, N/R)
  • Margaret Busby (born 1944, England, Lc, D)
  • Butrus al-Bustani (1819–1883, Lebanon, Po/R) in Arabic
  • Jane Butel (living, US, C)
  • Nicholas Murray Butler (1862–1947, US, Po)
  • Samuel Butler (1613–1680, England Bg)
  • Samuel Butler (1774–1839, England, E)
  • Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England, R/Bg)
  • Smedley Butler (1881–1940, US, Mi)
  • Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979, England, H); The Historical Novel
  • Charles Buxton (1875–1942, England, Po/T)
  • Dorothy Buxton (1881–1963, England, S/Po)
  • Fowell Buxton (1786–1845, England, Po/S)
  • Caroline Walker Bynum (born 1941, US, H)
  • Rhonda Byrne (born 1951, Australia, J)
  • Robert Byron (1905–1941, England, T/H); The Road to Oxiana
  • Michael Bywater (born 1953, England, J/I)

C[]

  • 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)
  • Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005, England, Bg/J)
  • Allen Carr (1934–2006, England, M)
  • Archie Carr (1909–1987, US, N/Nh)
  • Donald Eaton Carr (1903–1986, US, J/Nh)
  • E. H. Carr (1892–1982, England, H)
  • Nicholas G. Carr (born 1959, US, B)
  • Raymond Carr (1919–2015, England, H)
  • Rachel Carson (1907–1964, US, Nh); The Sea Around Us
  • Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland, Bg/J)
  • Brian Carter (living, US, Bh/J)
  • Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, England, Lc)
  • John Cartwright (1740–1824, England, Po)
  • Mark Carwardine (born 1959, England, Nh/T)
  • Joyce Cary (1888–1957, Ireland/England, S)
  • Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614, France/England, H/L)
  • Méric Casaubon (1599–1671, England, R/Ph)
  • Cassiodorus (c. AD 485 – c. 585, Italy/Constantinople, Po)
  • Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal, P)
  • George Catlin (1896–1979, England/US, Po/Ph)
  • Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC, Ancient Rome, Po/H)
  • Olivia Cattan (born 1967, France, J/F)
  • Jean Cavaillès (1903–1944, France, Ph)
  • Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920–2014, England, H/S)
  • George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562, England, Bg)
  • Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673, England, Ph/N)
  • Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864–1958, England, Lw/Po)
  • Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC – c. AD 50, Ancient Rome, M)
  • Pierre Cérésole (1879–1945, Switzerland, Po/R) in French
  • James Chadwick (1891–1974, England, N)
  • Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 1941, India/England, H/Ar)
  • Alexander Chalmers (1759–1834, Scotland, Lc)
  • George Chalmers (1742–1825, Scotland, H/Po)
  • Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847, Scotland, R/Ma)
  • E. K. Chambers (1866–1954, England, Lc)
  • Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961, US, J)
  • William Chambers (1723–1796, Sweden/England, A/G)
  • Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838, Germany, Nh)
  • Iris Chang (1968–2004, US, J/H); The Rape of Nanking
  • Jung Chang (born 1952, China/England, Bg); Wild Swans
  • Yuen Ren Chao (趙元任, 1892–1982, China/US, L/Lc)
  • Hester Chapone (1727–1801, England, F)
  • Walter Charleton (1619–1707, England, P)
  • Colin Robert Chase (1935–1984, Canada, H)
  • Steve Chase (living, US, Lw/Nh)
  • François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848, France, Po/H)
  • Pratap Chatterjee (living, England, Po/Nh)
  • Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England, T)
  • Beth Chatto (1923–2018, England, G)
  • Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989, England, T)
  • Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872–1945, India, J/F)
  • Kirti N. Chaudhuri (born 1934, India/England, H)
  • Evelyn Cheesman (1881–1969, England, N/T)
  • Sarah Cheevers (1608–1664, England, R/Bg)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Edward Coke (1552–1634, England, Lw); Institutes of the Lawes of England
  • Theo Colborn (1927–2014, US, N/Nh)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • John Duncan Craig (1830–1909, Ireland, R/L)
  • George Lillie Craik (1798–1866, Scotland, Lc/L)
  • Nicholas Crane (born 1954, England, T/J)
  • 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)
  • Heidi Cullen (living, US, Nh)
  • Jonathan Culler (born 1944, England, Lc)
  • Cormac Cullinan (living, South Africa, Nh/Lw); Wild Law
  • Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654, England, M); The English Physitian
  • Nigel Cumberland (born 1967, England), self-help and leadership author
  • Alexander Cunningham (1814–1893, England/India, Ar)
  • Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812–1851, Scotland/India, H)
  • Peter Cunningham (1816–1869, England, T/Bg)
  • Edmund Curll (c. 1675–1747, England, Cr/Lc)
  • Alice Curwen (c. 1619–1679, England, R)
  • John Cutting (born 1952, Scotland/England, Ps)
  • Maria Czaplicka (1884–1921, Poland/England, Po/S)
  • Maria Czapska (1894–1981, Poland, Bg/H)

D[]

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Mark Derr (living, US, Nh/C)
  • 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 (born 1934, 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)
  • 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 (born 1934, England/Scotland, H)
  • Michael Dummett (1925–2011, England, Ph); Frege: Philosophy of Language
  • Henry Dunant (1828–1910, Switzerland, Po/B); A Memory of Solferino
  • James Dunbar (1742–1798, Scotland, Ph)
  • Andrew Duncan (1744–1828, Scotland, M)
  • Archie Duncan (1926–2017, Scotland, H)
  • Henry Duncan, (1774–1846, Scotland, R/S)
  • Elaine Dundy (1921–2008, US, Bg/J)
  • Binnie Dunlop (1874–1946, Scotland, M)
  • John Colin Dunlop (1885–1942, Scotland, H)
  • J. W. Dunne (1875–1949, England, N/Ph); An Experiment with Time
  • John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003, US, Lc)
  • John Dunton (1659–1733, England, J/Po)
  • Gerina Dunwich (born 1959, US, J/R)
  • Diego Durán (c. 1537–1588, Mexico, H)
  • Émile Durkheim (1858–1917, France, S); The Rules of Sociological Method
  • Gerald Durrell (1925–1995, England/Jersey, Nh); The Overloaded Ark
  • Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990, England/France, S); Bitter Lemons
  • G. H. Dury (1916–1996, England, N/Nh)
  • Anne Dutton (1692–1765, England, R/S)
  • Max Dvořák (1874–1921, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, H/Fi)
  • Wilma Dykeman (1920–2006, US, T/Bg)
  • A. E. Dyson (1928–2002, England, Lc/Ed)

E[]

  • 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)
  • Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872, England, Ed/S)
  • William Ellis (1794–1872, England/Madagascar, R/T)
  • William Charles Ellis (1780–1839, England, M/S)
  • Thomas Ellwood (1639–1714, England, R)
  • Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859, Scotland/India, H)
  • Koenraad Elst (born 1959, Belgium, R/Po)
  • Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756, England, L/F)
  • Charles Sutherland Elton (1900–1991, England, N)
  • Anne Elwood (1796–1873, England/India, T/Bg)
  • Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017, Nigeria/England, S/Bg)
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, US, Ph/S); The Conduct of Life
  • William Empson (1906–1984, England, Lc); Seven Types of Ambiguity
  • Gérard Encausse (also as Papus, 1865–1916, France, M/R)
  • Friedrich Engels (1820–1895, Germany/England, Po/S); The Condition of the Working Class in England
  • Jeremy England (born 1982, US, NS/R)
  • Samuel Ifor Enoch (1914–2001, Welsh, R)
  • József Eötvös (1813–1871, Hungary, Po/S)
  • Epictetus (c. AD 50–135, Ancient Rome, Ph) in Greek and Latin
  • Edward Jay Epstein (born 1935, US, J/S)
  • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536, Netherlands/England, Ph/R); The Praise of Folly
  • Filip Erceg (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Croatia, J/Po)
  • David Erskine (1772–1837, Scotland, T)
  • Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754, Scotland, R)
  • Ralph Erskine (1685–1752, Scotland, R)
  • Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935, France/England, C); Le Guide Culinaire
  • Edith Escombe (1866–1950, England, Ed)
  • Daniel C. Esty (born 1959, US, B/Nh)
  • Jun Eto (江藤 淳, 1932–1999, Japan, Lc)
  • Euclid (fl. 300 BC, Alexandria, M); Euclid's Elements
  • Eugenia (pseudonym, fl. early 18th c., England, R/F)
  • John Evans (1823–1908, England, Ar)
  • Katherine Evans and Sarah Cheevers (1618–1692 and 1608–1664, England, R/Cr)
  • Peter Evans (1929–2018, England, Mu)
  • Katherine Evans (1618–1692, England, R)
  • Warren Felt Evans (1817–1889, US, R/M)
  • John Evelyn (1620–1706, England, Po/G); Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber
  • Julius Evola (1898–1974, Italy, Po/Ph)
  • Leonora Eyles (1889–1960, England, F)

F[]

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

G[]

  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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 (living, 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
  • 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
  • Gim Busik (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 (born 1939, 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, b. 1929, Japan, J)
  • Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793, France, F/Po)
  • Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002, US, Ar/N)
  • Marie de Gournay (1565–1645, France, P)
  • Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991, England, Fi/E)
  • W. G. Grace (1848–1915, England, Sp)[1]
  • Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658, Spain, P)
  • Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936, Scotland, J/Po)
  • Maria Graham (1785–1842, England, T)
  • Stephen Graham (1884–1975, England/Russia, Po/T)
  • Virginia Graham (1910–1993, England, S/Lc); Say Please
  • James Grant (1822–1887, Scotland, H)
  • 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)
  • Elizabeth Caroline Gray (1800–1887, Scotland/England, T/Ar)
  • 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 (livng, England, H)
  • Thomas Hill Green (1836–1882, England, Ph/Po)
  • 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)
  • Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973, Scotland, T)
  • Asriel Günzig (1868–1931, R)
  • William Gurnall (1616–1679, England, R/Po)
  • Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847, England, S/Cr)
  • Alan Guth (born 1947, US, N); The Inflationary Universe
  • Henry Guthrie (c. 1600–1676, Scotland, S)
  • William Guthrie (1708–1770, Scotland, H)
  • William Gwavas (1676–1742/2, England/Cornwall, L)
  • Sámuel Gyarmathi (1751–1830, Transylvania, Hungary, L)

H[]

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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); Kon-Tiki
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus (c. 64 BC–AD 17, Ancient Rome, P)
  • Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968, France, Ph)

I[]

  • Reizan Ido (井土霊山, 1859–1935, Japan, J/Po)
  • Manjirō Inagaki (稲垣満次郎, 1861–1908, Japan, Po)
  • 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)
  • Washington Irving (1883–1959, US, Bg/H)
  • Rhys Isaac (1937–2010, South Africa/Australia, H)
  • Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986, England/US, Lc)
  • Ningetsu Ishibashi (石橋忍月, 1865–1926, Japan, Lc)
  • Fujio Ishihara (石原藤夫, b. 1933, Japan, N/Lc)
  • Shintaro Ishihara (石原慎太郎, b. 1932, Japan, Po)
  • Jun Ishikawa (石川淳, 1899–1987, Japan, Lc)
  • Hiromi Itō (伊藤比呂美, b. 1955, Japan, R/F)
  • Noe Itō (伊藤野枝, 1895–1923, Japan, Po/F)
  • Alicja Iwańska (1918–1996, Poland, S)

J[]

  • Ian Jack (born 1945, Scotland/England, J)
  • Daphne Jackson (1936–1991, England, N/S)
  • 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
  • Gustav Jäger (1832–1917, Germany, Nh/Aa)
  • Wojciech Jagielski (born 1960, Poland, Po/S)
  • C. L. R. James (1901–1989, Trinidad/England, H/J); The Black Jacobins
  • Henry James (1843–1916, US/England, Lc); Italian Hours
  • William James (1842–1910, US, Ph/Ps); The Principles of Psychology
  • Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860, England, Fi/F)
  • Alexander Jamieson (1782–1850, Scotland/England, Ed/P); A Celestial Atlas
  • Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903–1985, France, Ph/Mu)
  • Derek Jarman (1942–1994, England, G/Nh)
  • Claude Scudamore Jarvis (1879–1953, England, S/Nh)
  • John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831–1901, England, J/Bg)
  • James Jeans (1877–1946, England, N/M)
  • Roy Jenkins (1920–2003, England, Po)
  • Edward Jenner (1749–1823, England, M/N)
  • Derrick Jensen (born 1960, US, Nh); A Language Older Than Words
  • Soame Jenyns (1704–1787, England, R/Po)
  • Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833, England, E/Lc
  • Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912, England/Scotland, M/F)
  • Saurav Jha (living, India, Nh) in English
  • Jien (慈円, 1155–1225, Japan, H/R)
  • Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa (1875–1953, Ceylon/England, M/R)
  • Jocelyn de Brakelond (12th c., England, H) in Latin
  • John of Salisbury (c. 1120–1180, England/France, Ph/E) in Latin
  • John of Worcester (d. c. 1140, England, H) in Latin
  • 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)
  • Leonie Joubert (living, South Africa, Nh); Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate
  • Horace Freeland Judson (1931–2011, US, H/J)
  • Pieter Judson (born 1956, Netherlands/US, H)
  • Olivia Judson (born 1970, US, N)
  • Carl Jung (1875–1961, Switzerland, Ps) in German, Psychiatric Studies
  • Ernst Jünger (1895–1998, Germany, S/Nh); Storm of Steel
  • Justin (2nd century AD, Ancient Rome, H) in Latin

K[]

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Joel Kotkin (born 1952, US, S/J); The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
  • Jan Kott (1914–2001, Poland/US, Po/Lc)
  • Joel Kovel (1936–2018, US, Po/Ps)
  • Charles H. Kraft (born 1932, US, Ar/R)
  • Bernie Krause (born 1938, US, Nh/Mu)
  • Samuel Krauss (1866–1948, Hungary/England, R/H)
  • Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014, Palestine/Israel, R)
  • Marcin Kromer (1512–1589, Poland, H/S) in Latin and Polish; Polonia sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus et Republica regni Polonici libri duo
  • Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921, Russian Empire/France, Po/Ph); The Conquest of Bread
  • Thomas Kuhn (1922–1996, US, N/Ph); The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
  • Satish Kumar (born 1936, India, Nh)
  • Corby Kummer (born c. 1956, US, C)
  • James Howard Kunstler (born 1948, US, S/J); The Geography of Nowhere
  • Simon Kuper (living, Netherlands/England, Sp/B) in English and Dutch
  • Hyakuzō Kurata (倉田百三, 1891–1943, Japan, R)
  • Hakuson Kuriyagawa (廚川白村, 1880–1923, Japan, Lc)
  • Ray Kurzweil (born 1948, US, I/N)
  • Arnold Kutzinski (1879–1956, Germany/Israel, M/Ps)

L[]

  • Marcus Antistius Labeo (d. AD 10 or 11, Ancient Rome, Lw)
  • Gary Lachman (born 1955, US, Ph/Mu); Turn Off Your Mind
  • Winona LaDuke (born 1959, US, Po/Nh)
  • Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943, Belgium, Lw)
  • Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736–1813, Italy/France, Ma/N)
  • Tim LaHaye (1926–2016, US, R/S); The Act of Marriage (with Beverly LaHaye)
  • Olivia Laing (born 1977, England, T)
  • B. B. Lal (born 1921, 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • James Lovelock (born 1919, England, Nh); The Revenge of Gaia
  • Amory Lovins (born 1947, US, N/Nh); Reinventing Fire
  • Ian Lowe (born 1942, Australia, Nh); Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
  • Roger Lowenstein (born 1954, US, B); When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
  • David Lowenthal (1923–2018, US, H/N)
  • Richard Lower (1631–1691, England, M)
  • John Livingston Lowes (1867–1945, US, Lc)
  • Donald Lowrie (1875–1925, US, J)
  • Percy Lubbock (1879–1965, England, Lc/Bg)
  • Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933, England, Lc/J)
  • Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US, J)
  • György Lukács (1885–1971, Hungary, Ph/Po)
  • Arnold Lunn (1888–1974, England, Sp)
  • Brian Lunn (1893–1966, England, Bg/T)
  • Johanan Luria (15th – 16th cc., Alsace, R) in Hebrew
  • Zhi Lü (吕植, b. 1965, China, Nh)
  • Charles Lyell (1797–1875, Scotland, N); Principles of Geology
  • Philip Lymbery (born 1965, England, Ag/Nh); Farmageddon
  • Mark Lynas (born 1973, England, Ag/Nh); Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
  • John Lynch (c. 1599 – c. 1677, Ireland/France, R/H)
  • F. S. L. Lyons (1923–1983, Ireland, H)
  • Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998, France, Ph/S); The Postmodern Condition

M[]

  • Peter Maas (1929–2001, US, J); The Valachi Papers
  • Wangari Maathai (1940–2011, Kenya, S/Po)
  • Catharine Macaulay (1731–1791, England, H)
  • Frederick Macaulay (1882–1970, Canada, E)
  • George Campbell Macaulay (1852–1915, England, Lc)
  • Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, England, H/Po); The History of England from the Accession of James II
  • Fiona MacCarthy (born 1940, England, Bg/Aa)
  • Ann MacEwen (1918–2008, England, Nh)
  • Alan Macfarlane (born 1941, England, Ar/H)
  • Robert Macfarlane (born 1976, England, Nh)
  • Scott MacGillivray (born 1957, US, D)
  • James Drummond MacGregor (1759–1730, Scotland/Nova Scotia, R/S)
  • Edouard Machery (living, US, Ph)
  • Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929, Scotland/US, Ph)
  • Agnes Mure Mackenzie (1891–1955, Scotland, H)
  • Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831, Scotland, Po/Lc)
  • Mary Mackie (living, England, A/G)
  • Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, Scotland, S/Ag)
  • Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996, Scotland, Af/H); Eastern Approaches
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980, Canada, Ph/S); The Gutenberg Galaxy
  • Barbara McMartin (1931–2005, US, Nh)
  • Thomas McNamee (born 1947, US, Nh)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England/US, J/Po); The American Way of Death
  • Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England, J/Bg)
  • Minae Mizumura (水村美苗, b. 1951, Japan, Lc)
  • Azadeh Moaveni (born 1976, US, J/Po)
  • Dusé Mohamed (1866–1945, Egypt/England, Po/T)
  • Georg Mohr (1640–1697, Denmark, Ma); in Danish and Dutch
  • József Molnár (1918–2009, Hungary/Germany, J) in Hungarian
  • Mária Molnár (born 1966, Hungary, Fi)
  • Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903, Germany, H/Lw); History of Rome
  • George Monbiot (born 1963, England, J/Nh)
  • Messenger Monsey (1694–1788, England, M/S)
  • Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800, England, Lc)
  • Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965, England, J/H)
  • Montesquieu (1689–1755, France, Po/P)
  • Andrew Montford (living, England, Nh); The Hockey Stick Illusion
  • James Montgomery (1771–1854, Scotland/England, Lc)
  • Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, England/Canada, Nh/S); Roughing it in the Bush
  • Chris Mooney (born 1977, US, J); The Republican War on Science
  • Michael Moore (born 1954, US, J/Po); Stupid White Men
  • Paul Morand (1888–1976, France, Po/S)
  • Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, England/Australia, T)
  • Ethan Mordden (born 1949), US, Mu)
  • Hannah More (1745–1833, England, R/S)
  • Henry More (1614–1687, England, Ph)
  • Thomas More (1478–1535, England, Po/R)
  • E. D. Morel (1873–1924, England, Po); The Black Man's Burden
  • Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales, J/P)
  • Alexander Morison (1779–1866, Scotland, M)
  • Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan, Po/T)
  • John Morley (1838–1923, England, Po/Lc)
  • Desmond Morris (born 1928, England, N/S)
  • Ruth Morris (1933–2001, Canada, Lw)
  • William Morris (1834–1896, England, Aa/S)
  • Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, England, Bg/T)
  • Andrew Morton (born 1953, England, J/Bg); Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography
  • Norinaga Motoori (本居宣長, 1730–1801, Japan, Ph/Lc)
  • Lucretia Mott (1793–1880, US, Po/F)
  • Julia Moulden (born 1956, Canada, J)
  • Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux (1805–1876, France, J)
  • John Mott (1865–1965, US, R)
  • Thomas Muffet (1553–1604, England, Nh/M)
  • Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995, British India/Pakistan, R) in Urdu
  • Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England, J); Something Beautiful for God
  • John Muir (1838–1914, Scotland/US, Nh/N); Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier
  • Siddhartha Mukherjee (born 1970, India/US, M/N); The Emperor of All Maladies
  • Denis Mukwege (born 1955, Congo, M/R)
  • Clare Mulley (born 1969, England, Bg)
  • Nadia Murad (born 1993, Iraq/Germany, S)
  • Haruki Murakami (村上春樹, b. 1949, Japan, Lc); What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
  • John A. Murphy (born 1927, Ireland, H)
  • Lindley Murray (1745–1826, US/England, L/Ed)
  • Sarah Murray (1744–1811, England, T)
  • Julie Myerson (born 1960, England, S)
  • Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987, Sweden, E/S); An American Dilemma

N[]

  • 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
  • James Nayler (1616–1660, England, R)
  • John Neal (1793–1876, US, P)[2][3][4]
  • Mark E. Neely Jr. (born 1944, US, H); The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
  • A. S. Neill (1883–1973, Scotland/England, E/Ps); Summerhill
  • Stephen L. Nelson (born 1959, US, I)
  • László Németh (1901–1975, Hungary, Po/S)
  • Cornelius Nepos (110–25 BC, Ancient Rome, Bg)
  • John Henry Newman (1801–1890, England, R); Apologia Pro Vita Sua
  • Peter C. Newman (born 1929, Canada, J/S); The Canadian Establishment
  • Stella Mary Newton (1901–2001, England, Aa/Fa)
  • Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, England, J/G)
  • Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850–1927, England/Scotland, E/H)
  • C. W. Nicol (born 1940, Wales/Japan, Nh)
  • Carsten Niebuhr (1733–1815, Germany/Denmark, Ma/T)
  • Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971, US, R/Po); The Nature and Destiny of Man
  • Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900, Germany, Ph/L)
  • Andrew Nikiforuk (living, Canada, J/Nh)
  • Kitarō Nishida (西田幾多郎, 1870–1945, Japan, Ph)
  • Inazō Nitobe (新渡戸稲造, 1862–1933, Japan, Ag/E); Bushido: The Soul of Japan
  • Louis Nizer (1902–1994, US, Lw); My Life in Court
  • Shomu Nobori (昇曙夢, 1878–1958, Japan, Lc/Po)
  • John Howard Nodal (1831–1909, England, L)
  • Nel Noddings (born 1929, US, F/E)
  • Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982, England, Po/Mi)
  • Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897–1944, Spain/England, J/Po)
  • Fujio Noguchi (野口富士男, 1911–1993, Japan, Bg/H)
  • Edward A. Nolfi (born 1958, US, Lw)
  • Hiroshi Noma (野間宏, 1915–1991, Japan, Lc)
  • Masahiko Nomi (能見正比古, 1925–1981, Japan, J/Sp)
  • Richard B. Norgaard (born 1943, US, E/Nh)
  • Helena Norberg-Hodge (born 1946, Sweden, E/Nh); Ancient Futures
  • Caroline Norton (1808–1877, England, S/F)
  • Martin Noth (1902–1968, Germany, R)

O[]

  • 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)
  • George Orwell (real name Eric Blair, 1903–1950, England, Po)
  • Henry Fairfield Osborn Jr. (1887–1969, US, Nh); Our Plundered Planet
  • Maurice O'Sullivan (1904–1950, Ireland, S/T)
  • Fintan O'Toole (born 1958, Ireland, J)
  • Riki Ott (born 1954, US, N/Nh)
  • Otto of Freising (c. 1114–1158, Germany, R/H) in Latin
  • César Oudin (c. 1560–1625, France, Bk/L)
  • William Oughtred (1574–1660, England, M/R) in Latin
  • P. D. Ouspensky (1878–1947, Russia/England, R/S); In Search of the Miraculous
  • Frank Owen (1905–1979, England); Guilty Men (co-author)
  • Robert Owen (1771–1858, Wales/England, B/Po)
  • Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (1829–1888, England, R)
  • Frédéric Ozanam (1813–1853, France, Po)

P[]

  • 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)
  • Billy Pegram (living, US, Aa)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • John Phillips (1631–1706, Po/H)
  • Robert Georges Picard (born 1951, US, B/E)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Thomas Purnell (1834–1889, Ireland/England, D/Lc)
  • John Pye-Smith (1774–1851, England, R/N)
  • Robert Michael Pyle (born 1947, US, Nh); Wintergreen
  • Stephen J. Pyne (living, US, Nh); Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada
  • Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC, Ancient Greece, Ph/M)

Q[]

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

R[]

  • 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)
  • Haru M. Reischauer (ハル松方ライシャワー, 1915–1998, Japan, J)
  • Ernest Renan (1823–1892, France, L/H)
  • 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)
  • David Mayer de Rothschild (England, Nh)
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778, Geneva/France, Ph/Ed); Emile, or On Education
  • Ettie Rout (1877–1936, New Zealand/France, M/Po)
  • Carlo Rovelli (born 1956, Italy/France, N/Ph); Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
  • Barun Roy (born 1977, India, J) in English
  • Sergio Rubin (living, Argentina, J/Bg); El Jesuita
  • Ulinka Rublack (living, Germany/England, H) in English
  • William Ruddiman (living, US, Nh); Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum
  • Anneli Rufus (living, US, J)
  • Gaius Musonius Rufus (1st c. AD, Ancient Rome, Ph)
  • Evelyn Ruggles-Brise (1857–1935, Cr/S); The English Prison System
  • Ann Rule (1931–2015, US, Cr)
  • Alexander Russell (c. 1715–1768, Scotland/England, M/Nh)
  • Bertrand Russell (1872–1970, England/Wales, Ph); The Problems of Philosophy
  • Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916, US, R); Studies in the Scriptures
  • Tim Russert (1950–2008, US, J/Lw)
  • Bayard Rustin (1912–1987, US, S/Po)
  • Jan van Ruusbroec (1293 or 1294 – 1381, Netherlands, R) in Middle Dutch
  • Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974, Ireland/England, J/H); The Longest Day
  • John Ryland (1753–1825, England, R)
  • Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976, England, Ph); The Concept of Mind
  • Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713, England, Lc/Po)

S[]

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Olivier de Serres (1539–1619, France, Ag)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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)

T[]

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Desmond Tutu (born 1931, South Africa, R/Po)
  • Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917, England, Pr)
  • Hayyim Tyrer (d. 1813, Palestine, R) in Hebrew
  • Edward Tyson (1651–1708, England, N); Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or, the Anatomy of a Pygmie Compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man
  • Neil DeGrasse Tyson (born 1958, US, N)
  • William Tytler (1711–1792, Scotland, H/Lc)

U[]

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

V[]

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

W[]

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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)</ref>
  • 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
  • Andrew Norman Wilson (born 1950, England, Bg/J)
  • Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, England, H)
  • Brandon Wilson (born 1953, US, T)
  • E. O. Wilson (born 1929, US, N/Nh)
  • Edmund Wilson (1895–1972, US S/Lc); To the Finland Station
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • John Woodward (naturalist) (1665–1728, England, Nh)
  • Benjamin Woolley (living, England, J)
  • Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger (1897–1988, England, S/Cr)
  • Chandos Wren-Hoskyns (1812–1876, England, Ag/Po)
  • Christian Guthrie Wright (1844–1907, Scotland, F/C)
  • Wulfstan of Hedeby (later 9th c., England or Germany, T)
  • Garrison W. Wynn (living, US, J/B)

Y[]

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

Z[]

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

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