List of newspaper columnists

This is a list of notable newspaper columnists. It does not include magazine or electronic columnists.

English-language

Australia

Phillip Adams, The Australian
Piers Akerman, The Daily Telegraph
Janet Albrechtsen, The Australian
Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun, Melbourne
Leslie Cannold, The Age Melbourne; The Sun Herald | Sydney; Crikey
Mike Carlton, The Sydney Morning Herald
Nick Cater, The Australian
Peta Credlin, The Australian
Henry Ergas, The Australian
Elizabeth Farrelly, The Sydney Morning Herald
Nikki Gemmell, The Australian
Robert Gottliebsen, The Australian
Sarah Holland-Batt, The Australian
Danny Katz, The Age Melbourne; The Sydney Morning Herald; The West Australian
Gavin King, The Cairns Post
Bjørn Lomborg, The Australian
Brendan O'Neill, The Australian
Bernard Salt, The Australian
Niki Savva, The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald
Judith Sloan, ''The Australian''

Bangladesh

Natyaguru Nurul Momen, The Bangladesh Observer, The Bangladesh Times, Morning News, ''The Pakistan Observer''

Canada

Living

Barbara Amiel, Toronto Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph
Andrew Coyne, Financial Post, National Post, The Globe and Mail, CanWest News Service
John Doyle, The Globe and Mail
Gwynne Dyer, self-syndicated
David Frum, National Post
Robert Fulford, National Post
Marcus Gee The Globe and Mail
Chantal Hébert, Toronto Star
Michele Landsberg, Toronto Star
Heather Mallick, Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail
Lawrence Martin, The Globe and Mail
Don Macpherson, Montreal Gazette
Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail
Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mail
Mark Steyn, The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph
Ellie Tesher, Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times
Margaret Wente, ''The Globe and Mail''

Deceased

Christie Blatchford, National Post
Milt Dunnell, Toronto Star
Allan Fotheringham, The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Roughneck, Maclean's
Rex Murphy, The Globe and Mail, National Post
Geoffrey Stevens, The Globe and Mail, Waterloo Region Record
Peter Worthington, Toronto Telegram, ''Toronto Sun''

Dominican Republic

Geovanny Vicente, CNN, Infobae

France

William Pfaff, ''International Herald Tribune''

Ghana

Cameron Duodu, Mail and Guardian, City Press, Ghanaian Times
Anis Haffar, ''Daily Graphic''

India

Bachi Karkaria
Chetan Bhagat
Swaminathan Aiyar
Chidanand Rajghatta
Gurcharan Das
Harish Iyer
Jug Suraiya
Kaberi Gayen, The Daily Star, Prothom Alo
M. J. Akbar
Mrinal Chatterjee
Rafiq Zakaria, The Times of India
Rajdeep Sardesai
Shobhaa De
Soli Sorabjee
Sunita Narain
Swapan Dasgupta
Tavleen Singh, ''The Indian Express''

Ireland

Eamon Delaney

Israel

Dan Margalit, ''Haaretz''

Pakistan

Hassan Nisar, Daily Jang
Saleem Safi, Daily Jang
Irfan Husain, Daily Dunya
Hamid Mir, Daily Jang
Rauf Klasra, Daily Dunya
Khurshid Ahmed Nadeem, ''Daily Duniya''

Philippines

Randy David, ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kenneth John, ''The Vincentian''

South Africa

Jani Allan, Sunday Times
W.O. Kühne ''Die Burger''

Trinidad and Tobago

Marion O'Callaghan, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Raoul Pantin, Trinidad Express
Marina Salandy-Brown, ''Trinidad and Tobago Newsday''

United Kingdom

Barbara Amiel, Toronto Sun, The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph
Bruce Anderson, The Independent
Terence Blacker, The Independent
Russell Brand, The Guardian
Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times and The Sun
Robert Crampton, The Times
Nigel Dempster, Daily Express, Daily Mail and Private Eye
Tom Driberg, Daily Express and Reynolds News
Tony Forrester, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph
Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Daily Mirror, Evening Standard
A. A. Gill, The Sunday Times
Simon Heffer, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph
Peter Hitchens, Daily Express, The Mail on Sunday
Simon Jenkins, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Evening Standard
Bernard Levin, The Times
Richard Littlejohn, The Sun and Daily Mail
George Monbiot, The Guardian
Matthew Parris, The Times
Melanie Reid, The Times
Frances Ryan, The Guardian
David Rennie, Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Economist
Joan Smith, The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian, The Telegraph
Mark Steel, The Guardian, The Independent
Jack Trevor Story, The Guardian
Andrew Sullivan, The Sunday Times
Tom Townsend, The Daily Telegraph
Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, The Independent,
Hugo Young, The Guardian, ''The Sunday Times''

United States

A–L

Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
Mike Barnicle, Boston Herald
Dave Barry, Miami Herald
David Bianculli, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Post, New York Daily News
David Brooks, The New York Times
Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times
Pat Buchanan, Creators Syndicate
Scott Burns, Universal Press Syndicate and Dallas Morning News
Wilson Casey, Spartanburg, South Carolina Herald-Journal, King Features Weekly Syndicate
Mona Charen, Creators Syndicate
Richard Cohen, The Washington Post
Gail Collins, The New York Times
Ann Coulter, Universal Press Syndicate
E. J. Dionne, The Washington Post
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times
Mike Downey, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune
Tina Dupuy, Cagle Cartoons
Mike Freeman, The Indianapolis Star
Thomas Friedman, The New York Times
Jonah Goldberg, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Tribune Media Services
Ray Hanania, Daily Southtown, Chicago Sun-Times, Southwest News Newspaper Group, Arab News, The Jerusalem Post
Victor Davis Hanson, Tribune Media Services
Froma Harrop, Creators Syndicate
Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post
Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald
Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Avery Yale Kamila, Portland Press Herald
Kelly Kazek, AL.com
Michael Kinsley, The Washington Post
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Al Lewis, Dow Jones Newswires
Steve Lopez, ''Los Angeles Times''

M–Z

Charlie Madigan, Chicago Tribune
Michelle Malkin, Los Angeles Daily News, Seattle Times, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Creators Syndicate
Ray Marcano "Dayton Daily News," "Columbus Dispatch"
Tom Meek, Gainesville Sun
Harold Meyerson, The Washington Post
Jeffrey Morgan, Metro Times
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Writers Group
Jeanne Phillips,, Universal Press Syndicate
Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Dennis Prager, Creators Syndicate
Ted Rall, San Francisco Chronicle Features, Universal Press Syndicate
Michael Reagan, Cagle Cartoons
Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post
Neal Rubin, Detroit News
Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune
Ben Shapiro, Patriot Post
Kyle Smith (critic), New York Post
Thomas Sowell, Creators Syndicate
Stephen Stromberg, The Washington Post
Ellie Tesher, Toronto Star
Cal Thomas, Tribune Media Services
Peter Vecsey, New York Post
Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post
George Will, The Washington Post Writers Group
Walter E. Williams, Creators Syndicate
Craig Wilson, Saratogian, ''USA Today''

Deceased

Listed chronologically by birth date

John Neal, The Baltimore Telegraph
Fanny Fern, New York Ledger
Charlotte Reeve Conover, Dayton Daily News
Harry Carr, Los Angeles Times
Will Rogers, The New York Times, McNaught Syndicate
E.V. Durling, King Features Syndicate
O. O. McIntyre, Gallipolis Tribune, Bridgeport Post, New York Journal-American, Scripps-Howard, McNaught
Lee Shippey, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union, Del Mar Surfcomber
Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles Times, Syndicated Columnist
Walter Winchell, Vaudeville News, New York Evening Graphic, New York Daily Mirror
Drew Pearson, The Washington Post
Ward Morehouse, New York Sun
Ed Sullivan, New York Evening Graphic, New York Daily News
Lucius Beebe, San Francisco Examiner, New York Herald Tribune
Matt Weinstock, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times
C.H. Garrigues, Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, San Francisco Examiner
Red Smith, The New York Times
Ruth Montgomery, Hearst Headline Service, United Press International
Irv Kupcinet, Chicago Sun-Times
Roz Young, Dayton Daily News
Dorothy Kilgallen, New York Journal-American
Marj Heyduck, Dayton Daily News
Celestine Sibley, Atlanta Consitution
Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
Parke S. Rouse Jr., Newport News, Daily Press
Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle
Sydney J. Harris, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times
Tom Braden
Sylvia Schur, PM
Emmett Watson, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Eppie Lederer,, Chicago Sun-Times
Pauline Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, McNaught Syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate
Jim Murray, Los Angeles Times
Andy Rooney, Tribune Media Services
James Jackson Kilpatrick,, journalist, columnist, author, writer and grammarian
Dick Kleiner, Newspaper Enterprise Association
Army Archerd, Daily Variety
Jack Anderson, Syndicated Columnist
Al Neuharth, USA Today
Art Buchwald, The Washington Post, International Herald-Tribune, Tribune Media Services
Russell Baker, The New York Times
Erma Bombeck, Dayton Journal Herald, Kettering-Oakwood Times, Newsday Newspaper Syndicate
L. M. Boyd, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, Crown Syndicate
James Brady, New York Post, Advertising Age, Crain's New York Business
Jimmy Breslin, New York Daily News, Long Island Newsday
Herbert Lyle Mayfield, Greenville Advocate
William Safire, The New York Times
Robert Novak, "Inside Report", Chicago Sun-Times
Mike Royko, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune
Hunter S. Thompson, The Playground News, San Francisco Examiner, Rolling Stone
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Molly Ivins, Dallas Times-Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The New York Times, Creators Syndicate
Lewis Grizzard, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post
Mike McAlary, ''New York Daily News''