List of lexicographers

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

A

 * Ivar Aasen (Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language
 * Ilia Abuladze (Georgia, 1901–1968) Ancient Georgian
 * Johann Christoph Adelung (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary
 * Jamal Abdul (Sulaimany/Kurdistan/Iraq, 19??–) Kurdish language
 * George J. Adler (Germany/USA, 1821–1868) German and English languages
 * Robert Ainsworth (UK, 1660–1743) Latin language
 * Adam Jack Aitken (UK, 1921–1998) Scots language dictionary
 * John Michael Allaby (UK, born 1933) English LSP dictionary
 * Anthony Allen (UK, 16...–1754) English language dictionary of obsolete words
 * Robert Allen (UK, ?...–...) English language general dictionary
 * Amerias (Greece, 3rd century BC) Ancient Macedonian
 * Ethan Allen Andrews (USA, 1787–1858) Latin language
 * Vladimir Anić (Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian language general dictionary
 * Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek
 * Sue Atkins (UK, ?...–...) English and French bilingual dictionary
 * Ali Azaykou (Morocco, 1942–2004) Arabic and Berber languages

B

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

C

 * Ambrogio Calepino (Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin language
 * Angus Cameron (Canada, 1941–1983) English language
 * Joachim Heinrich Campe (Germany, 1746–1818) German language
 * Emanuel Nunes Carvalho (UK/USA, 1771–1817) Hebrew language
 * Miguel Casiri (Lebanon/Italy/Spain, 1710–1791) Arabic language
 * Edmund Castell (UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages
 * Robert Cawdrey (UK, c. 1538–1604) English language
 * Pranas Čepėnas (Lithuania/USA, 1899–1980) Lithuanian language
 * Mohamed Chafik (Morocco, born 1926) Berber language
 * Robert L. Chapman (USA, 1920–2002) English language
 * Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian language
 * David Chubinashvili (Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian language
 * Michael Chyet (USA, born 1957) Kurdish language
 * Cigerxwîn (Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) Kurdish language
 * Nicolas Cleynaerts (Belgium/Spain, 1495–1542 Latin and Arabic languages
 * Henry Cockeram (UK, 17th century) English and Latin languages
 * Herbert Coleridge (UK, 1830–1861) English language historical dictionary
 * Elisha Coles (UK, c.1608–1688) English language
 * Thomas Cooper (UK, c.1517–1594) English and Latin languages
 * Randle Cotgrave (UK, ...–1634) English and French languages
 * John Craig (UK, 1796–1880), English language
 * William Craigie (UK/USA, 1867–1857) English language historical dictionary

D

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

E

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

F

 * Fairuzabadi (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive dictionary
 * Al Farahidi (Oman, 718–791) Arabic language general dictionary
 * Fortunato Felice (Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic dictionary
 * Christiane Fellbaum (Germany/USA ?...–...) German and English cognitive linguistics
 * Jean-François Féraud (France, 1725–1807) French language critical dictionary
 * Charles J. Fillmore (USA, born 1929) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics
 * Stuart Berg Flexner (USA, 1928–1990) English language dictionary of slang
 * Henrik Florinus (Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual dictionary
 * Johann Gottfried Flügel (Germany/USA, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual dictionary
 * Henry Watson Fowler (UK, 1858–1933) English language general dictionary
 * Diane Frank (USA, 1959– ) Phonetic dictionary
 * James O. Fraser (UK/China, 1886–1938) Lisu language
 * Wilhelm Freund (Germany, 1806–1894) Latin language general dictionary
 * Jens Andreas Friis (Norway, 1821–1896) Sami language general dictionary
 * Louis Frolla (France, ?–?) French and Monegassian dictionary
 * Isaac Kaufmann Funk (USA, 1839–1912) English language general dictionary
 * Antoine Furetière (France, 1619–1688) Franch language universal dictionary
 * Frederick James Furnivall (UK, 1825–1910) English language historical dictionary

G

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

H

 * Mary Rosamund Haas (USA, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai languages
 * Soleiman Haim (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual dictionary
 * Patrick Hanks (UK, born 1940) English language general, onomastic, and LSP dictionary
 * Johann Ernst Hanxleden (Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese language dictionary
 * Orin Hargraves (USA, born 1953) English language dictionary of slang and rhyme
 * Alexander Harkavy (Belarus/USA, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual dictionary
 * William Torrey Harris (USA, 1835–1909) philosophy, English language general dictionary
 * Reinhard Hartmann (Austria/UK, born 1938) German and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary
 * Hamid Hassani (Iran, born 1968) Persian corpus linguistics, Persian dictionary
 * Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/USA, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English languages
 * S.I. Hayakawa
 * Benjamin Hedericus (Germany?, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek language dictionary
 * Tom Heehler (USA, born 1963) The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
 * Michael Heilprin (Poland/USA, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic dictionary
 * James Curtis Hepburn (USA/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary
 * Charles George Herbermann (Germany/USA, 1840–1916) English language LSP dictionary
 * Hesychius of Alexandria (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon
 * Johann Christian August Heyse (Germany, 1764–1829) German language dictionary of loanwords
 * Jack Hibberd (Australia, born 1940) English language dictionary of slang
 * Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese language general dictionary
 * Francis Holyoake (UK, 1567–1653) English language etymological dictionary
 * A. S. Hornby (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English language learner's dictionary
 * John Camden Hotten (UK?, 1832–1873) English language dictionary of slang
 * Antônio Houaiss (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese language general dictionary
 * Richard Howard (USA, born 1929) French and English language translation
 * August Wilhelm Hupel (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian language general dictionary

I

 * Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew language lexicon
 * Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian language bilingual dictionary
 * Inam Ullah (Swat, Pakistan 1965) Torwali-English-Urdu Dictionary

J

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

K

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

L

 * Sita Ram Lalas (India, born 1909) Rajasthani language historical dictionary
 * Pierre Larousse (France, 1817–1875) French language general dictionary and encyclopedic dictionary
 * Donald Laycock (Australia, ?...–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea
 * Lee Hui-Seung (이희승, Korea, 1896-1984) Korean language
 * James Legge (UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language
 * George William Lemon (UK, 1726–1797) English language etymological dictionary
 * Matthias von Lexer (Germany, 1830–1892) German language historical dictionary
 * Henry Liddell (UK, 1811–1898) Greek and English bilingual lexicon
 * Sven Lidman (Sweden, born 1921) Swedish encyclopedic dictionary
 * Lin Yutang (China/USA, 1895–1976) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 * Samuel Linde (Poland, 1771–1847) Polish language general dictionary
 * Émile Littré (France, 1801–1881) French language general dictionary
 * Thomas Lloyd (Wales, 1673–1734) Welsh language
 * Elias Lönnrot (Finland, 1802–1884) Finnish and Swedish bilingual dictionary

M

 * Stepan Malkhasyants (Armenia, 1857–1947) Armenian language historical dictionary
 * Francis Andrew March (USA, 1825–1911) comparative linguistics, English language historical dictionary
 * Francis Mason (UK/USA/Burma, 1799–1874) Burmese language
 * Percy C. Mather (UK/China, 1882–1933) Mongolian language dictionary
 * Robert Henry Mathews (Australia/China, 1877–1970) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 * Johann Mattheson (Germany, 1681–1764) music, German language
 * Erin McKean (USA, born 1971) English language general and LSP dictionary
 * Lambert McKenna (Ireland, 1870–1956) English and Irish bilingual dictionary
 * Walter Henry Medhurst (UK/China, 1796–1857) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 * Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (Switzerland/Germany, 1861–1936) Romance languages
 * Minamoto no Shitagō (Japan, 911–983) Japanese language thesaurus
 * William Chester Minor (Sri Lanka/USA/UK, 1834–1920) English language historical dictionary
 * John Minsheu (UK, 1560–1627) Spanish and English bilingual dictionary, 11-language multilingual dictionary
 * María Moliner (Spain, 1900–1981) Spanish language general dictionary
 * Judah Monis (USA, 1683–1764) Hebrew language
 * Paul Monroe (USA, 1869–1947) English language encyclopedic dictionary
 * Morohashi Tetsuji (Japan, 1883–1982) Chinese and Japanese bilingual dictionary
 * Robert Morrison (UK/China, 1782–1834) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 * Mahshid Moshiri (Iran, ?– ) Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries
 * Joseph Moxon (UK, 1627–1691) English LSP dictionary
 * Kārlis Mīlenbahs (Latvia, 1853–1916) Latvian and German bilingual dictionary
 * Wilhelm Max Müller (Germany/USA, 1862–1919) Hebrew language dictionary
 * Pamela Munro (USA, born 1947) Native American language dictionaries
 * James Murray (UK, 1837–1915) English language historical dictionary
 * Vladimir Müller (Russia, 1880–before 1943) English–Russian dictionary

N

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

O

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

P

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

R

 * Ola Raknes (Norway/USA, 1887–1975) Norwegian and English bilingual dictionary
 * Stanislovas Rapalionis (Lithuania/Germany, 1485–1545) Lithuanian language
 * Rasmus Christian Rask (Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics
 * Allen Walker Read (USA, 1906–2002) English language glossary
 * James Redhouse (UK, 1811–1892) Turkish and English bilingual dictionary
 * Gustaf Renvall (Finland, 1781–1841) Finnish language general dictionary
 * Alain Rey (France, born 1928) French language general and LSP dictionary
 * Barbara Reynolds (UK, born 1914) Italian language dictionary
 * Kel Richards (Australia, born 1946) English language dialect dictionary
 * César-Pierre Richelet (French, 1626–1698) French language general dictionary
 * John Rider (UK/Ireland, 1562–1632) Latin language etymological dictionary
 * William Rider (UK, 1723–1785) English language general dictionary
 * Paul Robert (French, 1910–1980) French language general dictionary
 * Joseph Francis Charles Rock (Austria/USA/PR China, 1884–1962) Naxi and English bilingual dictionary
 * Peter Mark Roget (UK, 1779–1869) English language thesaurus
 * Leo Rosten (Poland–Russia/USA, 1908–1997) Hebrew and English lexicon
 * Rehmat Aziz Chitrali (Chitral-Pakistan, 1970– ) Khowar, Roman, Urdu and English lexicon

S

 * Rachel Saint (USA/Ecuador, 1914–1994) Waorani language dictionary
 * Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (France, 1697–1781) French language glossary
 * William Salesbury (UK, c. 1520–1600) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary
 * Daniel Sanders (Germany, 1819–1897) German language general dictionary
 * Francisco J. Santamaría (Mexico, 1886–1963) Spanish language dictionary of Americanisms
 * Moti Lal Saqi (India, 1936–1999) Kashmiri language dictionary
 * Irene Saunders (US/PR China, ?...–...) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 * Valentin Schindler (Germany, ?...–1604) Hebrew et al. 5-language dictionary
 * Steinar Schjøtt (Norway, 1844–1920) Norwegian and Danish bilingual dictionary
 * Johann Gottlob Schneider (Germany, 1750–1822) Ancient Greek and German bilingual dictionary
 * Ericus Schroderus (Sweden, 1608–1639) Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual dictionary
 * August Schumann (Germany, 1773–1826) German language dictionary of Saxony
 * Robert Scott (UK, 1811–1887) Ancient Greek and English bilingual dictionary
 * Kurt Heinrich Sethe (Germany, 1869–1934) Ancient Egyptian language
 * Stephen Sewall (USA, 1734–1804) Hebrew language
 * Sextus Pompeius Festus (Roman Empire, 2nd century) Ancient Latin etymological dictionary
 * Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (Pakistan/Canada, 1917–2005) Urdu language dictionary
 * Jesse Sheidlower (USA, ?...–...) English language historical dictionary
 * Thomas A. Sherwood (USA, 1791–1879) English place names gazetteer
 * David Shulman (USA, 1912–2004) English language historical dictionary
 * Natalia Shvedova (Russia, born 1916) Russian language explanatory dictionary
 * John Simpson (UK, born 1953) English language historical dictionary
 * John McHardy Sinclair (UK, 1933–2007) English corpus linguistics, learner's dictionary
 * Konstantinas Sirvydas (Lithuania, 1580–1631) Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual dictionary
 * Stephen Skinner (UK/Germany?, 1631–1667) English language etymological dictionary
 * Johan Kristian Skougaard (Norway, 1847–1925) Norwegian and French bilingual dictionary
 * Nicholas Slonimsky (Russia, April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995) Musicology, biography, and literary criticism
 * Benjamin Eli Smith (USA, 1857–1913) English language general and LSP dictionary
 * John Smith (USA, ?...–1809) Hebrew language
 * William Smith (UK, 1813–1893) Greek and Romance languages LSP dictionary
 * William Edward Soothill (UK/China, 1861–1935) Chinese language LSP dictionary
 * Lewis Spence (UK, 1874–1955) English language LSP dictionary
 * Alexander Spiers (UK/France, 1807–1869) English and French bilingual dictionary
 * Izmail Sreznevsky (Russia, 1812–1880) Ancient Russian language historical dictionary
 * Jan Stanisławski (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual dictionary
 * Joakim Stulić (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual dictionary

T

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

U

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

V

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

W

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

X

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

Y

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

Z

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