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

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  • Maulvi Abdul Haq (India/Pakistan, 1872–1961) Baba-e-Urdu, English-Urdu dictionary
  • Ivar Aasen (Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language
  • Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani (Iraq, c. 738–828) Arabic language
  • Ilia Abuladze (Georgia, 1901–1968) Old Georgian
  • Johann Christoph Adelung (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary
  • 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, born 1944) 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
  • Vaman Shivram Apte (India, 1858–1892) English-Sanskrit dictionary
  • Ġużè Aquilina (Malta, 1911–1997) Maltese language
  • Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek
  • Sue Atkins (UK, ?...–...) English and French bilingual dictionary
  • Ali Azaykou (Morocco, 1942–2004) Berber languages

    • B

  • Albert Bachmann (CH, 1863–1934) Swiss German language
  • 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, born 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, born 1940) 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
  • Arthur Coke Burnell (England and India, 1840-1882), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson ("A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive")

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 1867–1957) English language historical dictionary

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  • Vladimir Dahl (Russia, 1801–1872) Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language
  • Jean-Marie Dallet (France, 1909-1972) Tamazight-French language dictionnary
  • Charles Anderson Dana (USA, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary
  • Frederick William Danker (USA, 1920–2012) New Testament Greek lexicon
  • Khudiram Das (India, 1916-2002) Bengali-Santali Language 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, 1879–1956) 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 1964) English language
  • Friedrich Christian Diez (1794–1876) Etymological dictionary of the Romance Languages
  • 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
  • Franz Dornseiff ( Germany, 1888–1960) German language thesaurus
  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Fairuzabadi (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive dictionary
  • Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (Basra, 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
  • John Florio (1553–1625) Comprehensive Italian-to-English dictionary
  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • Jacob Golius (1596–1667) Arabic-to-Latin and Persian-to-Latin dictionaries
  • 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

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  • 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 (Canada/USA, 1906 – 1992), biographical directory of US Congress
  • 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, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
  • 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
  • Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist) (England, 1823-1897), lead editor of the Encyclopædic Dictionary

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  • Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew language lexicon
  • Ibn Manzur (1233–1312) Huge Arabic dictionary, mostly compiled from earlier dictionaries by others
  • Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian language bilingual dictionary

    • J

  • Jin Qizong (China, 1918–2004) Jurchen and Chinese bilingual dictionary
  • 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, A Dictionary of the English Language
  • 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
  • Adam Kilgarriff (UK, 1960-2015) English language and computer lexicography
  • 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

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  • Sita Ram Lalas (India, born 1909) Rajasthani language historical dictionary
  • Edward William Lane (1801–1876) Translation of medieval Arabic dictionaries to English
  • Pierre Larousse (France, 1817–1875) French language general dictionary and encyclopedic dictionary
  • Donald Laycock (Australia, 1936–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea
  • James Legge (UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language
  • George William Lemon (UK, 1726–1797) English language etymological dictionary
  • Matthias von Lexer (Germany, 1830–1892) German language historical dictionary
  • Li Fanwen (China, born 1932) Tangut and Chinese bilingual 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
  • Mouloud Mammeri (Algeria, 1917–1989) Tamazight lexicography
  • 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
  • Igor Mel'čuk (Russia/Canada, 1932-) French dictionary
  • Gilles Ménage (France, 1613–1692) Etymological dictionary of French
  • Francisci a Mesgnien Meninski (1623–1698) First large Turkish-to-Latin 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, born 1951) 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
  • Monier Monier-Williams (India/UK, 1819–1899) Sanskrit English 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
  • Jerry Norman (USA, 1936–2012) Manchu-English dictionary

    • 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, 1707?–1767) English language LSP dictionary

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  • 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

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  • Rachel Saint (USA/Ecuador/Africa, 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
  • Pekka Sammallahti (Finland, born 1947) Sámi dictionaries
  • 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
  • Kory Stamper (Post) Modern American/English
  • Jan Stanisławski (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual dictionary
  • Joakim Stulić (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual dictionary
  • Nahum Stutchkoff (US, 1893–1965) Yiddish language

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Oreste Vaccari (Italy/Japan, ?...–1980) Japanese–English bilingual dictionary
  • Johan Hendrik van Dale (Netherlands, 1828-1872) creator of Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language
  • Louis Gustave Vapereau (France, 1819–1906) French LSP 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
  • 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
  • Henry Yule (Scotland and India, 1820-1889), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson ("A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive")

    • Z

  • Ladislav Zgusta (Czechoslovakia/USA, 1924–2007) historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography
  • Ben Zimmer (USA, born 1971) English language visual thesaurus

    • References

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