List of lexicographers
This list contains people who contributed to the field of lexicography, the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.
A
- Maulvi Abdul Haq Baba-e-Urdu, English-Urdu dictionary
- Ivar Aasen Norwegian language
- Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani Arabic
- Ilia Abuladze Old Georgian
- Johann Christoph Adelung German language general dictionary
- George J. Adler German/English
- Robert Ainsworth Latin
- Adam Jack Aitken Scots language
- John Michael Allaby English LSP
- Anthony Allen obsolete English words
- Robert Allen English language general
- Amerias Ancient Macedonian
- Ethan Allen Andrews Latin
- Vladimir Anić Croatian general
- Vaman Shivram Apte English-Sanskrit
- Ġużè Aquilina Maltese language
- Aristophanes of Byzantium Ancient Greek
- Sue Atkins English/French bilingual
- Ali Azaykou Berber languages
B
- Albert Bachmann Swiss German
- Francis Bacon philosophy and science
- Nathan Bailey English
- Johannes Balbus Latin
- Frederick W. Baller Chinese
- Katherine Barber English
- Edmund Henry Barker Classical languages
- Clarence Barnhart English general dictionary
- David Barnhart English
- Robert Barnhart English
- Louis Barral French and Monégasque
- Grant Barrett English dictionary of slang
- John Barrow navigation and science
- Marcos E. Becerra Spanish language
- Richard Beckett English food guides
- William Bedwell Arabic
- Ivan Belostenec Illyrian and Latin
- Henning Bergenholtz Danish LSP dictionary
- Eric Blom music dictionary
- Thomas Blount English
- Robert Blust Austronesian languages
- Jean-Baptiste Boissiere French thesaurus
- Peter Bowler English
- Abel Boyer French and English
- Dan Beach Bradley Siamese
- Henry Bradley English general
- Jim Breen Japanese and English
- Ebenezer Cobham Brewer English
- Francis Brinkley Japanese and English
- Nathan Brown Assamese and Japanese
- Aleksander Brückner Polish and German
- Kazimieras Būga Lithuanian
- John Bullokar English language dictionary of hard words
- Robert Burchfield English language historical
- Arthur Coke Burnell, co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson Anglo-Indian
C
- Ambrogio Calepino Latin
- Angus Cameron English
- Joachim Heinrich Campe German
- Emanuel Nunes Carvalho Hebrew
- Edmund Castell Oriental languages
- Robert Cawdrey English
- Pranas Čepėnas Lithuanian
- Mohamed Chafik Berber
- Robert L. Chapman English
- Nikoloz Cholokashvili Georgian
- David Chubinashvili Georgian
- Michael Chyet Kurdish
- Saïd Cid Kaoui Berber
- Cigerxwîn Kurdish language
- Henry Cockeram English and Latin
- Herbert Coleridge English language historical
- Elisha Coles English
- Thomas Cooper English and Latin
- Randle Cotgrave English and French
- John Craig, English
- William Craigie English language historical dictionary
- Jane Tapsubei Creider Nandi language
D
- Vladimir Dahl Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language
- Charles Anderson Dana English language encyclopedic dictionary
- Frederick William Danker New Testament Greek lexicon
- Đào Duy Anh Scholarly Vietnamese, Pháp-Việt Từ điển
- Khudiram Das Bengali-Santali
- John Davies Welsh and Latin
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe Irish and English
- William Quinby De Funiak American and British
- Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda extensive dictionary in Persian
- Philip Delaporte German and Nauruan
- Francesco della Penna Tibetan and Italian bilingual
- Susie Dent English
- Friedrich Christian Diez etymological dictionary of Romance languages
- Patrick S. Dinneen Irish and English bilingual
- Josef Dobrovský Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual
- Jacob Ludwig Döhne Zulu and English bilingual
- Franz Dornseiff German language thesaurus
- Henry Drisler Latin dictionary
- Konrad Duden German language general
- Edward Dwelly Scottish Gaelic
- Thomas Dyche English language spelling
E
- Eugene Ehrlich English language general and specialised
- Ernst Johann Eitel Cantonese Chinese dictionary
- John Eliot Native American
- Karim Emami Persian and English
- Leo James English Tagalog and English bilingual
- Adolf Erman Ancient Egyptian
- Robert Estienne Latin thesaurus
- Daniel Silvan Evans Welsh and English bilingual
- Avraham Even-Shoshan Hebrew language general
F
- Fairuzabadi Arabic language comprehensive
- Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi Arabic language general
- Fortunato Felice Italian and French encyclopedic
- Christiane Fellbaum German and English cognitive linguistics
- Jean-François Féraud French critical dictionary
- Charles J. Fillmore English and Japanese cognitive linguistics
- Stuart Berg Flexner English dictionary of slang
- John Florio comprehensive Italian to English
- Henrik Florinus Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual
- Johann Gottfried Flügel German and English bilingual
- Henry Watson Fowler English general
- Sami Frashëri Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, French
- James O. Fraser Lisu language
- Wilhelm Freund Latin general
- Jens Andreas Friis Sami language general
- Johan Fritzner Old Norse
- Louis Frolla French and Monégasque
- Isaac Kaufmann Funk English general
- Antoine Furetière French universal
- Frederick James Furnivall English historical
G
- Brent Galloway Native American languages
- Cristfried Ganander Finnish general
- Marie de Garis Guernésiais language general dictionary
- Johannes de Garlandia Latin
- Bryan A. Garner English general and LSP
- Dirk Geeraerts cognitive linguistics
- Nayden Gerov Bulgarian general
- Peter Gilliver English historical
- Rudolph Goclenius Latin LSP
- Jacob Golius Arabic and Persian to Latin
- Chauncey Allen Goodrich English general
- Philip Babcock Gove English general
- Louis Herbert Gray Indo-Iranian languages
- Jonathon Green English slang
- Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm German historical
- Francis Hindes Groome Gypsy
- Francis Grose English historical
- Hermann Gundert Malayalam and English bilingual
- Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen Spanish language
- Karl Gützlaff Cambodian and Chinese
- Bartol Gyurgieuvits Croatian and Latin bilingual
H
- Mary Rosamund Haas Native American and Thai
- Soleiman Haim Persian and English bilingual
- Patrick Hanks English language general, onomastic, and LSP
- Johann Ernst Hanxleden Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese dictionary
- Orin Hargraves English dictionary of slang and rhyme
- Alexander Harkavy Yiddish and English bilingual
- William Torrey Harris philosophy, English general
- Reinhard Hartmann Austrian and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary
- Einar Ingvald Haugen Old Norse, Norwegian and English
- Joyce Hawkins English language general
- S.I. Hayakawa, biographical directory of US Congress
- Benjamin Hedericus Latin and Greek
- Tom Heehler The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
- Michael Heilprin Hebrew and English encyclopedic
- James Curtis Hepburn Japanese and English bilingual
- Charles George Herbermann English language LSP
- Hesychius of Alexandria Ancient Greek language lexicon
- Johann Christian August Heyse German dictionary of loan words
- Jack Hibberd English dictionary of slang
- Hoke Sein Universal Burmese-English-Pali
- Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira Portuguese-language general
- William Holwell, English classicist and cleric
- Francis Holyoake English etymological
- A. S. Hornby English learners'
- John Camden Hotten English slang, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
- Antônio Houaiss Portuguese general
- Richard Howard French and English translation
- August Wilhelm Hupel Estonian general
- Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist), lead editor of Encyclopædic Dictionary
I
- Jonah ibn Janah Hebrew lexicon
- Ibn Manzur Arabic dictionary incorporating earlier
- Laurynas Ivinskis Lithuanian bilingual
J
- Jin Qizong Jurchen and Chinese bilingual
- John Jamieson Lowland Scots language etymological
- Marcus Jastrow Talmudic language general
- Jauhari Arabic language alphabetical
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher German biographical
- John of Genoa → Johannes Balbus
- Samuel Johnson English general, A Dictionary of the English Language
- Alexander Keith Johnston English LSP dictionary and atlas
- Dafydd Glyn Jones English and Welsh bilingual
- Eliza Grew Jones Siamese and English bilingual
- Henry Stuart Jones Greek and English
- Michael Josephs, English and Hebrew
- Adoniram Judson Burmese and English bilingual
- Joseph Jungmann Czech and German bilingual
- Daniel Juslenius Finnish general
K
- Vuk Stefanović Karadžić Serbian general
- Mahmud al-Kashgari, Uyghur language
- Bartol Kašić Croatian and Italian bilingual
- John Samuel Kenyon English pronunciation
- Adam Kilgarriff English and computer lexicography
- Barbara Ann Kipfer English general and LSP
- Ferdinand Kittel Kannada and English bilingual
- Friedrich Kluge German language etymological
- Grzegorz Knapski Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus
- James Knowles English pronunciation
- Władysław Kopaliński Polish etymological
- Emmanuel Kriaras Greek historical
- Raphael Kuhner Greek and Latin
- Hans Kurath English historical, dialect atlas
L
- Sita Ram Lalas Rajasthani language historical
- Wilfred G. Lambert Assyrian language
- Edward William Lane translation of medieval Arabic dictionaries to English
- Pierre Larousse French general dictionary and encyclopedic
- Donald Laycock languages of Papua New Guinea
- James Legge Chinese language
- George William Lemon English etymological
- John Lemprière dictionary of classical proper names
- Charlton Thomas Lewis Latin and English bilingual
- Matthias von Lexer German historical
- Li Fanwen Tangut and Chinese bilingual
- Henry Liddell Greek and English bilingual lexicon
- Sven Lidman Swedish encyclopedic
- Lin Yutang Chinese and English bilingual
- Samuel Linde Polish language general
- Émile Littré French language general
- Thomas Lloyd Welsh language
- Elias Lönnrot Finnish and Swedish bilingual
M
- Mackintosh MacKay probable earliest dictionary of Scots Gaelic
- Stepan Malkhasyants Armenian language historical
- Mouloud Mammeri Tamazight lexicography
- Francis Andrew March comparative linguistics, English historical
- Francis Mason Burmese
- Percy C. Mather Mongolian
- Robert Henry Mathews Chinese and English bilingual
- Johann Mattheson music, German
- Tom McArthur, Dictionary Research Centre, University of Exeter
- Erin McKean English general and LSP
- Lambert McKenna English and Irish bilingual
- Walter Henry Medhurst Chinese and English bilingual
- Igor Mel'čuk French
- Gilles Ménage etymological dictionary of French
- Francisci a Mesgnien Meninski first large Turkish-to-Latin
- Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke Romance languages
- Minamoto no Shitagō Japanese thesaurus
- William Chester Minor English historical
- John Minsheu Spanish and English bilingual, 11-language multilingual dictionary
- María Moliner Spanish general
- Judah Monis Hebrew language
- Paul Monroe English encyclopedic
- Morohashi Tetsuji Chinese and Japanese bilingual
- Robert Morrison Chinese and English bilingual
- Mahshid Moshiri Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries
- Joseph Moxon English LSP
- Kārlis Mīlenbahs Latvian and German bilingual
- Wilhelm Max Müller Hebrew language
- Monier Monier-Williams Sanskrit English
- Pamela Munro Native American language dictionaries
- James Murray English historical
- Vladimir Müller English–Russian
N
- Hajime Nakamura Sanskrit and Pali languages
- Nathan ben Jehiel Hebrew
- William Allen Neilson English general
- Andrew Nelson Japanese and English bilingual
- Jean Nicot French historical
- Sandro Nielsen Danish LSP
- Njattyela Sreedharan Dravidian languages
- Nonius Marcellus Latin lexicon
- Jerry Norman Manchu-English
O
- Niall Ó Dónaill Irish and English bilingual
- John Ogilvie English language general
- Charles Talbut Onions English language historical
- Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Georgian language general
- Oros of Alexandria Ancient Greek language
- Osbern of Gloucester Latin language etymological
- Flora Osete, Spanish language
- Ōtsuki Fumihiko Japanese language general
- Sergei Ozhegov Russian language general
P
- Condé Benoist Pallen English language encyclopedia
- Alfredo Panzini Italian general
- Eric Partridge English slang
- Franz Passow Greek language historical
- Hermann Paul German language historical
- Andrew Pawley Austronesian languages
- Clemente Peani Malayalam language
- Edmund Peck Inaktitut and English bilingual
- Aaron Peckham English language slang
- Philitas of Cos Ancient Greek glossary
- Philo of Byblos Ancient Greek dictionary of synonyms
- Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai Malayalam dictionary
- Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski Polish and English bilingual
- Julius Pollux Ancient Greek thesaurus
- Noah Porter English language general
- Malachy Postlewayt English language LSP
R
- Ola Raknes Norwegian and English bilingual
- Stanislovas Rapalionis Lithuanian language
- Rasmus Christian Rask Indo-European comparative linguistics
- Allen Walker Read English language glossary
- James Redhouse Turkish and English bilingual
- Gustaf Renvall Finnish language general
- Alain Rey French language general and LSP
- Barbara Reynolds Italian language
- Kel Richards English language dialect
- César-Pierre Richelet French language general
- John Rider Latin language etymological
- William Rider English language general
- Mark Ridley Russian/English and English/Russian
- Paul Robert French language general
- Nancy Roper Nursing and medical dictionaries
- Joseph Francis Charles Rock Naxi and English bilingual
- Peter Mark Roget English thesaurus
- Leo Rosten Hebrew and English lexicon
S
- Rachel Saint Waorani dictionary
- Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye French glossary
- William Salesbury English and Welsh bilingual
- Pekka Sammallahti Sámi dictionaries
- Daniel Sanders German general
- Francisco J. Santamaría Spanish dictionary of Americanisms
- Irene Saunders Chinese and English bilingual
- Valentin Schindler Hebrew et al. five-language
- Steinar Schjøtt Norwegian and Danish bilingual
- Johann Gottlob Schneider Ancient Greek and German bilingual
- Ericus Schroderus Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual
- August Schumann German language dictionary of Saxony
- Norman W. Schur English lexicons
- Robert Scott Ancient Greek and English bilingual
- Kurt Heinrich Sethe Ancient Egyptian language
- Stephen Sewall Hebrew language
- Sextus Pompeius Festus Ancient Latin etymological
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee Urdu language
- Jesse Sheidlower English language historical
- Thomas A. Sherwood English place names gazetteer
- David Shulman English language historical
- Natalia Shvedova Russian language explanatory
- Johannes Silvet Estonian and English bilingual
- John Simpson English language historical
- John McHardy Sinclair English corpus linguistics, learners'
- Konstantinas Sirvydas Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual
- Stephen Skinner English etymological
- Johan Kristian Skougaard Norwegian and French bilingual
- Nicholas Slonimsky Musicology, biography and literary criticism
- Benjamin Eli Smith English general and LSP
- John Smith Hebrew
- William Smith Greek and Romance languages LSP
- Knut Fredrik Söderwall Old Swedish
- William Edward Soothill Chinese language LSP
- Lewis Spence English language LSP
- Alexander Spiers English and French bilingual
- Izmail Sreznevsky Ancient Russian language historical
- Kory Stamper Modern American/English
- Jan Stanisławski Polish and English bilingual
- Joakim Stulić Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual
- Nahum Stutchkoff Yiddish
T
- John Van Nest Talmage Chinese and English bilingual
- Peter Tamony English LSP etymology
- Jack Thiessen Plautdietsch
- Antoine Thomas mathematics glossary
- Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud Javanese and Dutch
- Lewis Thorpe French language
- Alf Torp Norwegian and Danish bilingual etymological
U
- Martin Ulvestad English–Danish–Norwegian trilingual
- Laurence Urdang English language general
- Dmitry Ushakov Russian language general
V
- Oreste Vaccari Japanese–English bilingual
- Johan Hendrik van Dale creator of Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language
- Louis Gustave Vapereau French LSP
- G. Venkatasubbaiah Kannada language general dictionary, Kannada and English bilingual
- Verrius Flaccus Latin language orthographic
- Anna de Villiers, Afrikaans South African writer, lexicographer, and educator
- Faust Vrančić Croatian et al. five-language
W
- Magdi Wahba Arabic and English bilingual
- Noël François de Wailly French language neologisms
- John Walker English rhymes and pronunciation
- Fr. Paul Walsh Irish place names and genealogy
- John Walters English and Welsh languages
- Wang Li Chinese dictionary of word families
- Grady Ward English thesaurus
- Oliver Wardrop Georgian language
- Noah Webster English language general
- Edmund Weiner English language historical
- William Dwight Whitney English language general dictionary, English and German bilingual
- Harischandra Wijayatunga Sinhala language general
- Samuel Wells Williams Chinese language dictionary, Cantonese language
- Miron Winslow Tamil and English bilingual
- Arok Wolvengrey Cree and English bilingual
- Joseph Emerson Worcester English general and LSP dictionaries
- Elizabeth Mary Wright English dialect
- Joseph Wright English dialect
- Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld English language general
X
- Xu Shen Chinese character dictionary
Y
- Robert W. Young Navajo language general
- Henry Yule, co-compiler of ''Hobson-Jobson''
Z
- Ladislav Zgusta historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography
- Ben Zimmer English language visual thesaurus
- Ghil'ad Zuckermann Barngarla, Hebrew lexicology, phono-semantic matching, expert witness in lexicography