List of non-fiction writers

The term non-fiction writer covers vast numbers of 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 (archeology, 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), M (medicine, health), Ma (mathematics), 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.
The single book title exemplifying an author's work also needs a Wikipedia page for inclusion.

A

Jane Aaron (b. 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 (b. 1934, US, Ps)
Nahshon Dion Anderson (b. 1978, US, Cr)
Johann Georg Abicht (1672–1740, Germany, R) in Latin
Johann Heinrich Abicht (1762–1816, Germany, Ph)
Peter Ackroyd (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1957, Israel, R)
Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002, US, H/Bg)
Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, B/H)
Martin Amis (b. 1949, England, Es) The War Against Cliché
Gabriele Amorth (b. 1925, 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)
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 (b. 1927, US, D) Hollywood Babylon
Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, S/R)
Kofi Annan (1938–2018, Ghana, Po)
Ali Ansari (b. 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 (b. 1949, US, S)
Charles James Apperley ("Nimrod," 1777–1843, Wales/England, Sp)
Adolphe Appia (1862–1928, Switzerland, D/N)
Kwame Anthony Appiah (b. 1954, England/US, Ph)
John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England M/P)
Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US, Po) The Human Condition
Dan Ariely (b. 1967, US, Ps) Predictably Irrational
Philippe Ariès (1914–1984, France, H) Centuries of Childhood
Aristotle (384–322 BC, Ancient Greece, Ph/N) Corpus Aristotelicum
Karen Armstrong (b. 1944, England, R) Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
Ron Arnold (b. 1937, US, Nh)
Thomas James Arnold (c. 1804–1877, England, Lw)
Hugo Arnot (1749–1786, Scotland, Lw)
Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86/89 – after AD 146/160, Ancient Greece, H/Ph) The Anabasis of Alexander
Pat Arrowsmith (b. 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 (b. 1953, England, T)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713, England/Italy, Po/Ph)
Anastasia M. Ashman (b. 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 (b. 1926, England, Nh)
Margaret Atwood (b. 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 (b. 1967, England, B)
A. J. Ayer (1910–1989, England, Ph) Language, Truth and Logic
Ed Ayres (b. 1941, US, J/Nh)
Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢巌, 1894–1972, 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 (b. 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 (b. 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)
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
Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976, Scotland, H/Bg)
Charles Ball (b. 1780, US, Bg)
Zsófia Balla (b. 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 (b. 1976, Hungary, R/S)
Zsófia Bán (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1940, US, J/Nh)
William Barnes (1801–1886, England, L)
Thomas P. M. Barnett (b. 1962, US, Mi/Po)
John Baron (1786–1851, Scotland/England, M)
Cesare Baronio (1538–1607, Italy, H/R) in Latin Annales Ecclesiastici
Damian Barr (b. 1976, Scotland/England, S)
William Barr (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1955, US, J)
Helen Bayes (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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)
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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1948, US, B)
Joseph Bertrand (1822–1900, France, Ma/E)
Dennison Berwick (b. 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)
Homi K. Bhabha (b. 1949, India/England, Lc/S)
Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England, R)
Noah Biggs (mid 17th c., England, M/R)
J. Brent Bill (b. 1941, US, R)
James H. Billington (b. 1929, US, H)
Robert O. Binnewies (b. 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 (b. 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)
William Garden Blaikie (1820–1899, Scotland, R/Bg)
Geoffrey Blainey (b. 1930, Australia, H) The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
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)
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 (b. 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 (b. 1971, US, J)
Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848, Bohemia, Ph/R) in German, The Paradoxes of the Infinite
Henry Bond (b. 1966, England, Lc)
Jan Bondeson (b. 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 (b. 1949, France, F/Fi)
Murray Bookchin (1921–2006, US, Nh) Our Synthetic Environment
Christopher Booker (b. 1937, 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
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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1953, Canada, S)
Stewart Brand (b. 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 (b. 1958, Germany, B/Nh)
Alan Bray (1948–2001, England, H/S)
Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England, T/H)
François Bréda (b. 1956, Romania/France, Lc) in Hungarian
Ian Bremmer (b. 1969, US, Po)
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 (b. 1952, US, J/Bg)
Denis William Brogan (1900–1974, Scotland/England, Po/H)
Po Bronson (b. 1964, US, J)
Harold Brookfield (b. 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 (b. 1961, Scotland, H)
Cornelius Brown (1852–1907, England, J/H)
David Brown (b. 1948, England, R)
Don Brown (b. 1960, US, Mi)
Elizabeth Brown (1830–1899, England, N/Bg)
Hamish Brown (b. 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 (b. 1934, US, Nh)
Marilyn A. Brown (living, US, Nh) Climate Change and Global Energy Security
Peter Brown (b. 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 (b. 1948, France, Ph/S) The Tyranny of Guilt
Hans Bruyninckx (b. 1964, Belgium, Po/Nh)
Jerome Bruner (1915–2016, US, Ps)
Emil Brunner (1889–1966, Switzerland, R) in German
Edwin Bryant (b. 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 (b. 1951, US/England, T/J) A Short History of Nearly Everything
James Buchan (b. 1954, Scotland, H)
John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/England, H/Bg)
George Buchanan (1506–1582, Scotland, H/Po)
Mark Buchanan (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1949, New Zealand/England, Mu/B)
Robert Forrest Burgess (b. 1927, US, J/Sp)
Verity Burgmann (b. 1952, Australia, Po/Ag) Power, Profit and Protest
Kathleen Burk (b. 1946, England, H/J)
Edmund Burke (1730–1797, England, Po/Ph) Reflections on the Revolution in France
James Burke (b. 1936, Northern Ireland/England, H/N)
Michael Burke (living, US, J)
Francis Burkitt (1864–1935, England, R)
Michael Burleigh (b. 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 (b. 1955, Scotland, J/Nh)
Edward Burrough (1634–1663, England, R)
Augusten Burroughs (b. 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)
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 (b. 1941, US, H)
Rhonda Byrne (b. 1951, Australia, J)
Robert Byron (1905–1941, England, T/H) The Road to Oxiana
Michael Bywater (b. 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 (b. 1926, England, J/Mu)
John Cairns (1818–1892, Scotland, R)
Angus Calder (1942–2008, Scotland, Lc/H)
Jenni Calder (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1967, France, J/F)
Jean Cavaillès (1903–1944, France, Ph)
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 (b. 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)
Robert Chambers (1802–1871, Scotland, Po) Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
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 (b. 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 (b. 1934, India/England, H)
Evelyn Cheesman (1881–1969, England, N/T)
Sarah Cheevers (1608–1664, England, R/Bg)
Zhang Chengzhi (b. 1948, China, R)
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, England, Ph/R)
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 (b. 1953, Canada, E)
Peter Chrisp (b. 1958, England, H/Ed)
Lars Lindberg Christensen (b. 1970, Denmark, N)
Ella Christie (Isabella Robertson Christie, 1861–1959, Scotland, T/G)
Mary Chudleigh (1658–1710, England, R)
Ward Churchill (b. 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 (b. 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)
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 (b. 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 (b. 1959, US, P)
Linda Colley (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1948, Australia/England, Lc)
Anne Conway (1631–1679, England, Ph)
Erik M. Conway (b. 1965, US, H/T)
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914, England, Nh)
Sophie Cooke (b. 1976, Scotland, T)
John Gilbert Cooper (1722–1769, England, Lc)
John Terence Coppock (1921–2000, Scotland, Ag/I)
Ann Weiser Cornell (b. 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)
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 (b. 1964, US, B)
Stephen Covey (1932–2012, US, Ed/B)
Ashley Cowie (b. 1973, Scotland, H)
Nicholas Crafts (b. 1949, England, H)
John Duncan Craig (1830–1909, Ireland, R/L)
George Lillie Craik (1798–1866, Scotland, Lc/L)
Nicholas Crane (b. 1954, England, T/J)
Greg Craven (living, US, Nh)
James Brown Craven (1850–1924, Scotland, R)
Robert Crawford (b. 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 (b. 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
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 (b. 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 (b. 1952, Scotland/England, Ps)

D

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 (b. 1972, US, S/Po)
Edward Daly (1933–2016, Ireland, R)
John Graham Dalyell (1775–1851, Scotland, H/Nh)
Antonio Damasio (b. 1944, Portugal/US, M)
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882, US, Lw/S)
Liam D'Arcy-Brown (b. 1970, England, T)
Sabine Dardenne (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1946, England/US, N/J)
Carol Anne Davis (b. 1961, Scotland, Cr)
Humphry Davy (1778–1829, England, N)
Elizabeth Dawbarn (d. 1839, England, E/R)
Richard Dawkins (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1954, Canada, H) in French; The Traitor and the Jew
Christine Delphy (b. 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 (b. 1942, US, Ph/N)
John Dennis (1658–1734, England, Lc)
Richard William George Dennis (1910–2003, England, Nh)
Michael Denton (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1951, US)
Jared Diamond (b. 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 (b. 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)
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 (b. 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 (b. 1939, England, Bg/Lc)
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 (b. 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 (b. 1947, Ireland, H) The Stripping of the Altars
Maureen Duffy (b. 1933, England, Lc/S)
John Duignan (b. 1946, Scotland/England, E)
Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977, England, M/R)
Leopold Dukes (1810–1891, Hungary/England, Lc) in German
Paul Dukes (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1947, Iran, Po)
Curtis Ebbesmeyer (b. 1943, US, N/Nh)
Martin Ebon (b. 1917, US, P)
Laurence Echard (c. 1670–1730, England, H)
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 (b. 1969, US, J/R)
Amelia Edwards (1831–1892, England, T)
Timothy Egan (b. 1954, US, J) The Worst Hard Time
Dave Eggers (b. 1970, US, J/S) A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
John Ehle (1925–2018, US, Bg/Po)
Anne H. Ehrlich (b. 1933, US, N/Nh)
Paul R. Ehrlich (b. 1932, US, N)
Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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
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 (b. 1935, US, J/S)
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536, Netherlands/England, Ph/R) The Praise of Folly
Filip Erceg (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1953, Hungary, L/S)
Chuck Fager (b. 1942, US, Po)
Dan Fagin (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1959, US, J/Mu) Maravich
Bruce Feirstein (b. 1953, US, J/S) Real Men Don't Eat Quiche
Margaret Fell (1614–1702, England, R)
Owen Feltham (1602–1668, England, P)
Desmond Fennell (b. 1929, 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 (b. 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 (b. 1939, Scotland, Fi)
James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864, Scotland, Ph)
Timothy Ferris (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1945, Scotland, Bg/T)
Anténor Firmin (1850–1911, Haiti, N/J)
Arthur Firstenberg (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1957, US, S/B) Who's Your City?
John Florio (1553–1625, England, L)
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 (b. 1961, England, H)
Edward Forbes (1815–1854, Isle of Man/England, Nh/T)
Isabella Ford (1855–1924, England, Po/F)
David Foreman (b. 1947, US, Nh) Ecodefense
Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, Scotland/England, Lc)
Jeff Forshaw (b. 1968, England, N) Why Does E=mc²?
E. M. Forster (1879–1970, England, Lc) Two Cheers for Democracy
William Forster (fl. 1632–1673, England, Ma)
Neil Forsyth (b. 1978, Scotland, J/Bg)
John Fortescue (c. 1394–1479, England, Lw)
Richard Fortey (b. 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 (b. 1953, US, S/E) Critique of Intelligent Design
Richard Foster (b. 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
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)
Barclay Fox (1817–1855, England, Bg/T)
Caroline Fox (1819–1871, England, Bg)
Mem Fox (b. 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
Ursula Franklin (1921–2016, Germany/Canada, N/F)
Antonia Fraser (b. 1932, England, Bg/H) Mary, Queen of Scots
Flora Fraser (b. 1958, England, Bg/H)
William Fraser (1816–1898, Scotland, H/Pr)
James George Frazer (1854–1941, Scotland, R) The Golden Bough
Ian Frazier (b. 1951, US, T)
Charles Freeman (b. 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 (b. 1956, Sweden/England, Bg)
Joseph Friedenson (1922–2013, Poland/US, H/Po)
Milton Friedman (1912–2006, US, E/Po) Capitalism and Freedom
Thomas Friedman (b. 1953, US, J/Nh) Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Howard Friel (living, US, Lw/S)
Chris Frith (b. 1942, England, Ps)
Uta Frith (b. 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)
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 (b. 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)
Vic Gatrell (b. 1941, South Africa/England, H/Cr)
Margaret Gatty (1809–1873, England, N)
Diarmuid Gavin (born 1964, Ireland/England, G)
Leymah Gbowee (b. 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)
Ágoston Gellért (1738–1795, Hungary, L)
Margaret Gelling (1924–200 9, England, L)
Aulus Gellius (AD 125 – after 180, Ancient Rome, L/P)
Benjamin Genocchio (b. 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 – after 1954, England, Af/So)
Raymond Geuss (b. 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 (b. 1965, England, H)
Peter Giles (1860–1935, Scotland/England, L)
David Gill (1843–1914, Scotland, N)
John Gillies (1747–1836, Scotland, H)
Carol Gilligan (b. 1936, US, F/Ps) In a Different Voice
George Gilfillan (1813–1878, Scotland, Lc/R)
Priscilla Gilman (b. 1970, United States)
Herbert Girardet (b. 1943, Germany, S/Nh) Surviving the Century
Gim Busik (1075–1151, Korea, P)
Malcolm Gladwell (b. 1963, Canada, J)
William Nugent Glascock (c. 1787–1847, Ireland/England, Af)
Duncan Glen (1933–2008, Scotland/England, Lc)
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 (b. 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 (b. 1947, US, B/Po)
Chris Goodall (b. 1955, England, B/Nh) Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate
Jeff Goodell (living, US, J/Nh)
David Goodstein (b. 1939, US, N/Nh) Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Doris Kearns Goodwin (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1948, Canada, H/Bg)
John Gray (b. 1948, England, Ph/Po) False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
John Gray (b. 1951, US, S) Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Muriel Gray (b. 1958, Scotland, J)
Patience Gray (1917–2005, England, C/S)
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 (b. 1951, Scotland, Sp)
Taras Grescoe (living, Canada, T/G) Sacré Blues
William Gresley (1801–1876, England, R)
Alec Greven (b. c. 2000, US, S)
Anthony Grey (b. 1938, England, J) Hostage in Peking
Aubrey de Grey (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1958, New Zealand, J/Nh) Seeds of Distrust
Elisabeth Haich (1897–1994, Hungary/Switzerland, R)
Dan Haifley (living, US, J/Nh)
Julia Hailes (b. 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)
Joseph Hall (1574–1656, England, P)
Henry Hallam (1777–1859, England, H/Lc)
Edmond Halley (1656–1742, England, N/Ma)
Ian Halperin (b. 1964, Canada, J) Hollywood Undercover
John D. Hamaker (1914–1994, US, N/Nh)
Clive Hamilton (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1927, England/US, R)
Paul Hawken (b. 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)
Thomas Hawkins (1729–1772, England, Lc)
Elizabeth Hawley (1923–2018, US/Nepal, J/T)
Elizabeth Hay (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1976, Canada, S/Lc)
Christopher Heydon (1561–1623, England, R)
John Heydon (1629 – after 1670, England, R)
Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002, Norway, T/H) The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas
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 (b. 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 (b. c. 1528, England, G) The Gardener's Labyrinth
Richard Hillary (1919–1943, Australia/England, Bg) The Last Enemy
Laura Hillenbrand (b. 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 (b. 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)
Louisa Gurney Hoare (1784–1836, England, Ed/R)
Philip Hoare (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1959, Australia, N/Nh)
Eric Hoffer (1902–1983, US, Ph) The True Believer
Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England, Ed/T)
Douglas Hofstadter (b. 1945, US, Ps/S) I Am a Strange Loop
Raphael Holinshed (1529–1580, England, H) Holinshed's Chronicles
Tom Holland (b. 1968, England, H) In the Shadow of the Sword
Richard Holmes (b. 1945, England, Bg)
Richard Holmes (1946–2011, England, H)
George Holyoake (1817–1906, England, Ph)
Thomas Homer-Dixon (b. 1956, Canada, Po/Nh)
Hōnen (法然, 1133–1212, Japan, R) Senchakushū
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 (b. 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
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 (b. 1965, US, Ps)
Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769, England, Sp)
Erich Hoyt (b. 1950, US, Nh)
Kenneth Hsu (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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)

J

Ian Jack (b. 1945, Scotland/England, J)
Daphne Jackson (1936–1991, England, N/S)
Wes Jackson (b. 1936, US, Nh)
A. J. Jacobs (b. 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)
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 (b. 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)
Charles Colcock Jones Jr. (1831–1893, US, Po/H)
Daniel Jones (1881–1967, England, L) English Pronouncing Dictionary
Gareth Stedman Jones (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1956, Netherlands/US, H)
Olivia Judson (b. 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

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 (b. 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 (b. 1979, Yemen, Po/J)
Joseph Karo (1488–1575, Spain/Ottoman Galilee, R) Shulchan Aruch
Mollie Katzen (b. 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 (b. 1964, US, C/Nh)
Herbert Kelly (1860–1950, England, R)
Kevin Kelly (b. 1952, US, Nh/I) Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World
Maeve Kelly (b. 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 (b. 1959, England, J)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (b. 1954, US, Po/Nh) Crimes Against Nature
Johannes Kepler (1571–1630, Austria/Germany, M/N) Mysterium Cosmographicum
Ian Kershaw (b. 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 (b. 1973, England, R/Lc)
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131, Persia, M/N)
Tracy Kidder (b. 1945, US, I/Bg)
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855, Denmark, Ph/S) Philosophical Fragments
Garry Kilworth (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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)
Manshi Kiyozawa (清沢満之?, 1863–1903, Japan, R)
Naomi Klein (b. 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)
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 (b. 1957, US, E/S)
Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009, Poland/England, Ph)
Elizabeth Kolbert (b. 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 (b. 1933, Hungary/Germany, Po)
Angus Konstam (b. 1960, Scotland, H)
János Kornai (b. 1928, Hungary, E/Po)
David Korten (b. 1937, US, Po/Nh) When Corporations Rule the World
Hiroshi Koshiba (小柴博, 1884–1925, Japan, Ed)
Joel Kotkin (b. 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 (b. 1932, US, Ar/R)
Bernie Krause (b. 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 (b. 1936, India, Nh)
Corby Kummer (b. c. 1956, US, C)
James Howard Kunstler (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1955, US, Ph/Mu) Turn Off Your Mind
Winona LaDuke (b. 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 (b. 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)
Wilfred G. Lambert (1926–2011, England, H)
Richard Lamm (b. 1935, 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 (b. 1937, US, H)
Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766–1842, France, Po/H) The Memorial of Saint Helena
Bruno Latour (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1932, England, Po)
James Laxer (b. 1941, Canada, Po/H)
Benjamin Lay (1682–1759, England/Pennsylvania, S)
Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854–1934, England, R)
Richard Leakey (b. 1944, Kenya/US, Ar/Nh)
Louisa Leaman (b. 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 (b. 1954, England, B/Nh) Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716, Germany, Po)
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 (b. 1926, Mexico, Ar/H)
Aldo Leopold (1887–1948, US, Ph/Ny) A Sand County Almanac
Jill Lepore (b. 1966, US, H) These Truths: A History of the United States
Lawrence Lessig (b. 1961, US, Lw/Po) The Future of Ideas
Doris Lessing (1919–2013, Southern Rhodesia/England, Lc) Time Bites: Views and Reviews
Normand Lester (b. 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 (b. 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
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 (b. 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 (b. 1965, US, J) Absolutely American
Leon Litwack (b. 1929, 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1919, England, Nh) The Revenge of Gaia
Amory Lovins (b. 1947, US, N/Nh) Reinventing Fire
Ian Lowe (b. 1942, Australia, Nh) Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
Roger Lowenstein (b. 1954, US, B) When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
David Lowenthal (b. 1923, 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 (b. 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 (b. 1965, England, Ag/Nh) Farmageddon
Mark Lynas (b. 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 (b. 1940, England, Bg/Aa)
Ann MacEwen (1918–2008, England, Nh)
Alan Macfarlane (b. 1941, England, Ar/H)
Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976, England, Nh)
Scott MacGillivray (b. 1957, US, D)
James Drummond MacGregor (1759–1730, Scotland/Nova Scotia, R/S)
Edouard Machery (living, US, Ph)
Alasdair MacIntyre (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1950, India, R/Po) Being Different
Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary/France, R)
Chalda Maloff (b. 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 (b. 1955, US, N/Nh)
Michael E. Mann (b. 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 (b. 1925, US, Sp/T)
Richard Manning (b. 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 (b. 1979, US, Nh)
Thomas Marryat (1730–1792, England, M/S)
Philip Marsden (b. 1961, England, T)
George Marshall (b. 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 (b. 1962, US, J)
Hilda Matheson (1888–1940, England, J/F)
John Matteson (b. 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 (b. 1953, US, J)
DeBarra Mayo (b. 1953, US, M)
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872, Italy, Po/S)
Nell McCafferty (b. 1944, Ireland, J/F)
Timothy R. McClanahan (b. 1957, US, N/Nh)
Walter A. McDougall (b. 1946, US, H)
Michael J. McGuire (b. 1947, US, N/Nh)
Alastair McIntosh (b. 1955, Scotland, Nh)
Steve McIntyre (b. 1947, US, Nh)
Ian McKay (b. 1962, England/Scotland, Po/Nh)
Bill McKibben (b. 1960, US, Nh) The End of Nature
Eva McLaren (1852–1921, England, Po/F)
Adam McLean (b. 1948, Scotland, R)
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980, Canada, Ph/S) The Gutenberg Galaxy
Barbara McMartin (1931–2005, US, Nh)
Thomas McNamee (b. 1947, US, Nh)
F. Marian McNeill (1885–1973, Scotland, S/C)
John McPhee (b. 1931, US, J/Nh) Annals of the Former World
Margaret Mead (1901–1978, US, S)
Dennis Meadows (b. 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 (b. 1956, US, N)
Francisco Manuel de Mello (1608–1666, Portugal, Bg/S)
William Melmoth (1665/66–1743, England, R/Lw)
Rigoberta Menchú (b. 1959, Guatemala, F)
Susan Mendus (b. 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
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 (b. 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)
Hugh Miller (1802–1856, Scotland, N/R)
Karl Miller (1931–2014, England, J/Kc)
C. Wright Mills (1916–1962, US, S) The Sociological Imagination
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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1966, Hungary, Fi)
Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903, Germany, H/Lw) History of Rome
George Monbiot (b. 1963, England, J/Nh)
Messenger Monsey (1694–1788, England, M/S)
Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800, England, Lc)
Simon Sebag Montefiore (b. 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 (b. 1977, US, J) The Republican War on Science
Michael Moore (b. 1954, US, J/Po) Stupid White Men
Paul Morand (1888–1976, France, Po/S)
Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, England/Australia, T)
Ethan Mordden (b. 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)
Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan, Po/T)
John Morley (1838–1923, England, Po/Lc)
Desmond Morris (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1970, India/US, M/N) The Emperor of All Maladies
Denis Mukwege (b. 1955, Congo, M/R)
Clare Mulley (b. 1969, England, Bg)
Nadia Murad (b. 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 (b. 1960, England, S)
Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987, Sweden, E/S) An American Dilemma

N

Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910, Brazil, Po)
Ted Nace (b. 1956, US, B/Nh)
Inada Nada (なだいなだ, 1929–2013, Japan, Ps/Lc)
Ralph Nader (b. 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)
Mark E. Neely Jr. (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1929, Canada, J/S) The Canadian Establishment
Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, England, J/G)
Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850–1927, England/Scotland, E/H)
C. W. Nicol (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1943, US, E/Nh)
Helena Norberg-Hodge (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1947, England, Lc)
Kakuzō Okakura (岡倉覚三, 1862–1913, Japan, Fi/Aa)
Daniel Okrent (b. 1948, US, Sp/Po)
William Oldys (1696–1761, England, H)
Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland/England, H)
Jamie Oliver (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1958, Ireland, J)
Riki Ott (b. 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 (b. 1965, US, R)
Luca Pacioli (c. 1447–1517, Italy, Ma/R) De ludo scachorum
Karen A. Page (b. 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
William Paley (1743–1805, England, R/Ph) Natural Theology
Michael Palin (b. 1943, England, T/S) New Europe
Parker Palmer (b. 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 (b. 1943, England/US, H)
Fanny Parkes (Parks, 1794–1875, India/England, T)
David Parlett (b. 1939, England, Sp)
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, Ma/R)
Frédéric Passy (1822–1912, E/Po)
Caroline Paul (b. 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 (b. 1930, England, Bg) The Life of Ian Fleming
F. David Peat (b. 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)
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 (b. 1951, US, B/E)
Ferry Piekart (b. 1974, Netherlands, Sp)
Charles P. Pierce (b. 1953, US, Sp/J)
Melissa Holbrook Pierson (b. 1957, US, T/Sp)
Ben Pimlott (1945–2004, England, H/Bg)
Sharon Pincott (b. 1962, Australia, Nh)
Steven Pinker (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1955, US, Nh/C) The Omnivore's Dilemma
William Pollard (1828–1893, England, R)
Gary Pomerantz (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1959, England, J)
Adam Clayton Powell Sr. (1865–1953, US, R)
Arthur E. Powell (1882–1969, Wales/US, R)
Dennis M. Powers (b. 1942, US, Lw/J)
James Van Praagh (b. 1958, US, R/J)
William H. Prescott (1796–1859, US, H)
Paul Preston (b. 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 (b. 1973, England, Lw/H)
Robert Proud (1728–1813, England/US, H/Po)
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865, France, Ph) What Is Property?
Annie Proulx (b. 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
Robert Michael Pyle (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1951, India/US, M/Ps) Phantoms in the Brain
Ayn Rand (1905–1982, US, Ph) Philosophy: Who Needs It
Jørgen Randers (b. 1945, Norway, Ec/Nh) The Limits to Growth (co-author)
Ray Raphael (b. 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 (b. 1995, England, S)
Simon Reeve (b. 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 (b. 1956, US, J/N)
Zineb El Rhazoui (b. 1982, Morocco/France, J) in French
Richard Rhodes (b. 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 (born 1924, 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 (b. 1943, Australia, H/T)
Matt Ridley (b. 1958, England, J/B)
Alois Riegl (1858–1905, Austria, Fi) Stilfragen
Jeremy Rifkin (b. 1945, US, Ec/S) The Third Industrial Revolution
Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938–2016, England)
Graham Robb (b. 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 (b. 1958, England, H)
Wayne Roberts (b. 1944, Canada, C/Po)
William Robertson (1721–1793, Scotland, H)
David Robinson (b. 1930, England, J/Aa)
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867, England, J/Lc)
Jane Robinson (b. 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 (b. 1957, England/Australia, B/S)
Byron Rogers (b. 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 (b. 1960, US, Nh) The Hype about Hydrogen
Elihu Root (1845–1937, US, Po/Lw)
Jonathan F.P. Rose (b. 1952, US, B/Nh)
Tricia Rose (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1956, Italy/France, N/Ph) Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Barun Roy (b. 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 (b. 1931, 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 (b. 1937, US, Po/Nh)
Nathanael Salmon (1675–1742, England, H/T)
William Salmon (1644–1713, England, M)
Curt Sampson (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1933, Canada, N/Nh)
Simon Schama (b. 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 (b. 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
Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England, R)
J. Michael Scott (b. 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 (b. 1944, England, Ph)
Elizabeth Clare Scurfield (b. 1950, England, L/Ed)
Andrea Seabrook (b. 1974, US, J)
David Sedaris (b. 1956, US, J) Naked
Stephen Sedley (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1952, India, Nh)
Stanislav Edward Shmelev (living, England, Ec/Nh)
Arun Shourie (b. 1941, India, E/Po) Eminent Historians
Dennis Silk (1931–2019, England, Sp/Lc)
Brendan Simms (b. 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
George Sinclair (1787–1834, Scotland/England, G)
Upton Sinclair (1878–1968, US, S/M)
Fred Singer (b. 1924, US, N/Nh)
Alfred Percy Sinnett (1840–1921, England/India, R/Ph) Esoteric Buddhism
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (b. 1938, Liberia, Po)
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England, Bg/Lc)
Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, England, Fi/M)
Robert Skidelsky (b. 1939, England, E)
Alexander Skutch (1904–2004, US, Nh/Ph)
Eugene Sledge (1923–2001, US, Mi/N)
Peter Sloterdijk (b. 1947, Germany, Ph/J) Critique of Cynical Reason
William Smellie (1740–1795, Scotland, P) Encyclopædia Britannica
Vaclav Smil (b. 1943, Canada, Nh/E)
Samuel Smiles (1812–1904, Scotland/England, S/Po)
Jane Smiley (b. 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 (b. 1932, US, E/Bg)
Joseph Smith (1805–1844, US, R) Book of Mormon
Rick Smith (b. 1968, Canada, Nh)
Sydney Smith (1771–1845, England/Scotland, R/J)
Ted Smith (b. 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)
Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, Scotland, Bg)
Gary Snyder (b. 1930, US, Nh)
Yan-kit So (1933–2001, Hong Kong/England, C)
Chunghee Sarah Soh (living, US, H/Po) The Comfort Women
Lawrence Solomon (b. 1948, Canada, Nh) The Deniers
Someshvara III (reigned 1127–1138, India, P) in Sanskrit
David A. Sonnenfeld (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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)
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881, England, R/H)
Diane Stanley (b. 1943, US, E/Bg) Joan of Arc
Johann August von Starck (1741–1816, Germany, R)
Mariana Starke ((1761/62–1838, England, T)
David Starkey (b. 1945, England, H/J)
John Gabriel Stedman (1744–1797, Surinam/England, Mi)
Richard Steele (1672–1729, Ireland/England, J/Po)
Ben Stein (b. 1944, US, J)
John Steinbeck (1902–1968, US, S) Travels with Charley
Sandra Steingraber (b. 1959, US, N/Nh)
Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925, Austria/Germany, R/Ed)
Robert Stevens (b. 1933, England, Lw)
Charles Stevenson (1908–1979, US, Ph) Ethics and Language
Tom Stevenson (b. 1941, England, W)
A. T. Q. Stewart (1929–2010, Northern Ireland, H/Po)
Jon Stewart (b. 1962, US, J/Po) America (The Book)
Rory Stewart (b. 1973, Scotland/England, Po/Cr)
George Stigler (1911–1991, US, E)
Joseph Stiglitz (b. 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. (b. 1960, US, B/Nh)
Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1840–1929, Scotland/England, Lc/F)
Marie Stopes (1880–1958, England, N/F) Married Love
Edward Stourton (b. 1957, England, J)
Lytton Strachey (1880–1932, England, Bg)
Hamon le Strange (1583–1654, England, H/R)
Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England, H)
Kenchō Suematsu (末松謙澄, 1855–1920, Japan, P) in Japanese and English
Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, AD 69 – after 122, Ancient Rome, H) De vita Caesarum
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (1715–1766, Ireland, Lw)
Joseph Sturge (1793–1859, England, S/Po)
Kate Summerscale (b. 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 (b. 1947, Soviet Union/England, Mi/H) in Russian and English
David Suzuki (b. 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)
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
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 (b. 1961, Canada, Ec/Nh)
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (b. 1955, India, J/Nh)
John Thelwall (1764–1834, England, Po/L)
Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897, France, R) The Story of a Soul
Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003, England/Kenya, T) Arabian Sands
Edward J. Thomas (1869–1958, England, R)
Keith Thomas (b. 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
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 (b. 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 (b. 1957, England, H)
Alan Titchmarsh (b. 1949, England, G)
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859, France, Po/H)
Deborah Todd (living, US, J)
Maria Todorova (b. 1949, Bulgaria, H)
Alvin Toffler (b. 1928, 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 (b. 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 (b. 1969, Netherlands, T) Getting Stoned with Savages
Margaret Trudeau (b. 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)
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 (b. 1931, South Africa, R/Po)
Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917, England, Pr)
Hayyim Tyrer (d. 1813, Palestine, R) in Hebrew
Neil DeGrasse Tyson (b. 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 (b. 1942, US, Ed/S)
Paul Valéry (1871–1945, France, Po/Lc)
Henrik Valeur (b. 1966, Denmark, A)
Imre Vallyon (b. 1940, Hungary/New Zealand, R/S) in English
Miklós Vámos (b. 1950, Hungary, J)
Charles Vancouver (c. 1756 – c. 1815, England/US, Ag)
George Vancouver (1757–1798, England, T)
Michael J. Varhola (b. 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 (b. 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 – after 15 BC, Ancient Rome, A)
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1853–1922, England, J/Mi)
Ivan Vladislavić (b. 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 (b. 1964, England, Aa/P) The Hare with Amber Eyes
Frans de Waal (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1924, England, Ph)
Kevin Warwick (b. 1954, England, N/I) March of the Machines
Arthur Waskow (b. 1933, US, Po/R)
Xavier Waterkeyn (b. 1965, Australia, Cr)
John Waters (b. 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 (b. 1929, US, J/H)
Spencer R. Weart (b. 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 (b. 1947, US, J/S) The World Without Us
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (b. 1939, Germany, N/Po)
H. G. Wells (1866–1946, England, P) The Outline of History
Adam Werbach (b. 1973, US, Nh/B)
Léon Werth (1878–1955, France, Fi)
John Wesley (1703–1791, England, R)
Samuel Wesley (1662–1735, England, R)
Tom Wessels (b. 1951, US, Nh)
Rebecca West (1892–1983, Scotland/England, P/T) Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Joyce Wethered (1901–1997, England, Sp/G)
Johann Weyer (1515–1588, Netherlands, M/R) De praestigiis daemonum
Rex Weyler (b. 1947, US, J/R)
Edith Wharton (1862–1937, US, Aa) The Decoration of Houses
Richard Whately (1787–1863, England/Ireland, R/E)
Francis Wheen (b. 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 (b. 1958, Australia, H/Cr)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892, US, S/R)
Richard Whittington-Egan (1924–2016, England, Cr)
Douglas Whynott (b. 1950, US, J)
William Foote Whyte (1914–2000, US, S/Cr) Street Corner Society
Carl Wickland (b. 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)
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 (b. 1950, Wales/England, R/S)
Waldo Williams (1904–1971, Wales, Po) in Welsh and English
Richard T. Williamson (b. 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 (b. 1950, England, Bg/J)
Arthur Wilson (1595–1652, England, H)
Brandon Wilson (b. 1953, US, T)
E. O. Wilson (b. 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 (b. 1954, England, M/T)
Jean Moorcroft Wilson (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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)
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 (b. 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 (b. 1947, US, H/Ec) The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
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 (b. 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 (b. 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)
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
Huang Qing Zhigong Tu (皇清職貢圖, 18th c., China, H)
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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