List of newspaper columnists

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

English-language

Australia

• Andrew Bolt (1959–), The Herald Sun
• Mike Carlton (1946–), The Sydney Morning Herald
• Elizabeth Farrelly, The Sydney Morning Herald
• Danny Katz (1960s–), The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian
• Gavin King (1979– ), The Cairns Post
• Piers Akerman (1950–), The Daily Telegraph

Canada

Living

• Barbara Amiel (1941– ), Toronto Sun, The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph
• Andrew Coyne (1960– ), Financial Post, National Post, The Globe and Mail, CanWest News Service
• John Doyle (1957– ), The Globe and Mail
• Gwynne Dyer (1943– ), self-syndicated
• Allan Fotheringham (1932– ), The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Roughneck
• David Frum (1960– ), National Post
• Robert Fulford (1932– ), National Post
• Marcus Gee The Globe and Mail
• Chantal Hébert (1954– ), Toronto Star
• Michele Landsberg (1935– ), Toronto Star]
• Heather Mallick (1959– ), Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail
• Lawrence Martin (1948– ), The Globe and Mail
• Don Macpherson (1947-), Montreal Gazette
• JJ Mccullough "Washington Post" & YouTube.
• Rex Murphy (1947– ), The Globe and Mail, National Post
• Doug Saunders (1967– ), The Globe and Mail
• Jeffrey Simpson (1949– ), The Globe and Mail
• Mark Steyn (1959– ), The Spectator, Daily Telegraph
• Ellie Tesher (19??– ), Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times
• Margaret Wente (1950– ), The Globe and Mail

Deceased

• Christie Blatchford (1951–2020), National Post
• Peter Worthington (1927–2013)

Dominican Republic

Living

• Geovanny Vicente (1986–), CNN, Infobae

France

• William Pfaff (1928– ), International Herald Tribune

Ghana

Living

• Cameron Duodu (1937–), Mail & Guardian, City Press, Ghanaian Times

• Anis Haffar, Daily Graphic

India

• Bachi Karkaria
• Chetan Bhagat
• Chidanand Rajghatta
• Gurcharan Das
• Harish Iyer
• Jug Suraiya
• Kaberi Gain
• M J Akbar
• Mrinal Chatterjee
• Rafique Zakaria
• Rajdeep Sardesai
• Shobhaa De
• Soli Sorabjee
• Sunita Narain
• Swapan Dasgupta
• Tavleen Singh (1950– ), The Indian Express

Ireland

• Eamon Delaney

Israel

• Dan Margalit (1938– ), Haaretz

Pakistan

• Hassan Nisar, Daily Jang
• Saleem Safi, Daily Jang
• Irfan Husain, Daily Dunya
• Hamid Mir, Daily Jang
• Rauf Kalasra, Daily Dunya
• Syed Shahzaib Haider, The Dayspring

Philippines

• Randy David (19??– ), Philippine Daily Inquirer

South Africa

• Jani Allan (1953– ), Sunday Times

Trinidad and Tobago

• Marion O'Callaghan (1934–2016), Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
• Raoul Pantin (1943–2015), Trinidad Express
• Marina Salandy-Brown, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

United Kingdom

• Barbara Amiel (1940– ), Toronto Sun, The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph
• Bruce Anderson, The Independent
• Terence Blacker (1948– ), The Independent
• Russell Brand (1975– ), The Guardian
• Jeremy Clarkson (1960– ), The Sunday Times and The Sun
• Robert Crampton (1964– ), The Times
• Nigel Dempster (1941–2007), Daily Express, Daily Mail and Private Eye
• Tom Driberg (1905–1976), Daily Express and Reynolds News
• Tony Forrester (1953– ), The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph
• Jonathan Freedland (1967– ), The Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, The Daily Mirror, London Evening Standard
• A. A. Gill (1954–2016), The Sunday Times
• Simon Heffer (1960– ), Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph
• Peter Hitchens (1951– ), Daily Express, The Mail on Sunday
• Simon Jenkins (1943– ), The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Evening Standard
• Bernard Levin (1928–2004), The Times
• Richard Littlejohn (1954– ), The Sun and Daily Mail
• George Monbiot (1963– ), The Guardian
• Matthew Parris (1949– ), The Times
• David Rennie (1971–), Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Economist
• Joan Smith (1953– ), The Guardian
• Mark Steel (1960– ), The Guardian, The Independent
• Jack Trevor Story (1917–1991), The Guardian
• Andrew Sullivan (1963– ), The Sunday Times
• Tom Townsend (1971– ), The Daily Telegraph
• Polly Toynbee (1946– ), The Independent, The Guardian
• Hugo Young (1937–2003), The Sunday Times, The Guardian

United States

A–L

• David Anderson (1975– ), The Richfield Reaper
• Mitch Albom (1958– ), Detroit Free Press
• Mike Barnicle (1943– ), Boston Herald
• Dave Barry (1947– ), Miami Herald
• David Brooks (1961– ), The New York Times
• Rosa Brooks (1970– ), Los Angeles Times
• Scott Burns, Universal Press Syndicate and Dallas Morning News
• Wilson Casey (1954– ), Spartanburg, South Carolina Herald-Journal, King Features Weekly Syndicate
• Mona Charen (1957– ), Creators Syndicate
• Richard Cohen, Washington Post
• Gail Collins (1945– ), New York Times
• Ann Coulter (1961– ), Universal Press Syndicate
• E. J. Dionne (1952– ), Washington Post
• Maureen Dowd (1952– ), New York Times
• Mike Downey (1951– ), Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune
• Tina Dupuy (1978– ), Cagle Cartoons
• Mike Freeman, The Indianapolis Star
• Thomas Friedman (1953– ), New York Times
• Jonah Goldberg (1969– ), USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Tribune Media Services
• Ray Hanania (1953– ), Daily Southtown, Chicago Sun-Times, Southwest News Newspaper Group, Arab News, Jerusalem Post
• Victor Davis Hanson (1953– ), Tribune Media Services
• Froma Harrop (1950– ), Creators Syndicate
• Carolyn Hax (1966– ), Washington Post
• Carl Hiaasen (1943– ), Miami Herald
• Jeff Jacoby (1969– ), Boston Globe
• Michael Kinsley (1951– ), Washington Post
• Nicholas Kristof (1959– ), New York Times
• Paul Krugman (1953– ), New York Times
• Al Lewis (1961– ), Dow Jones Newswires
• Steve Lopez (1953– ), Los Angeles Times

M–Z

• Charlie Madigan (1949– ), Chicago Tribune
• Michelle Malkin (1970– ), Los Angeles Daily News], Seattle Times, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Creators Syndicate
• Tom Meek (1956– ), Gainesville Sun
• Harold Meyerson (1950– ), Washington Post
• Jeffrey Morgan (19??– ), Metro Times
• Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times
• Clarence Page (1947– ), Chicago Tribune
• Kathleen Parker (1952– ), Washington Post Writers Group
• Jeanne Phillips (Abigail van Buren or Dear Abby), (1945– ), Universal Press Syndicate
• Leonard Pitts (1957– ), Miami Herald
• Bill Plaschke (1958–), Los Angeles Times
• Dennis Prager (1948– ), Creators Syndicate
• Ted Rall (1963– ), San Francisco Chronicle Features, Universal Press Syndicate
• Michael Reagan (1945– ), Cagle Cartoons
• Eugene Robinson (1954– ), Washington Post
• Neal Rubin (1955–), Detroit News
• Mary Schmich (1953– ), Chicago Tribune
• Ben Shapiro (1984- ), Patriot Post
• Thomas Sowell (1930– ), Creators Syndicate
• Ellie Tesher (19??– ), Toronto Star
• Cal Thomas (19??– ), Tribune Media Services
• Peter Vecsey (1943–), New York Post
• Geovanny Vicente (1986–), CNN, Infobae
• Gene Weingarten (1951–), Washington Post
• George Will (1941– ), Washington Post Writers Group
• Walter E. Williams (1936-), Creators Syndicate
• Craig Wilson, Saratogian, USA Today

Deceased

Listed chronologically by birth date

• Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855—1940), Dayton Daily News
• Harry Carr (1877–1936), Los Angeles Times
• Will Rogers (1879–1935), New York Times, McNaught Syndicate
• E.V. Durling (1893–1957), King Features Syndicate
• O. O. McIntyre (1884–1938), Gallipolis Tribune, Bridgeport Post, New York Journal-American, Scripps-Howard, McNaught
• Lee Shippey (1884–1969), Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union, Del Mar Surfcomber
• Hedda Hopper (1885–1966), Los Angeles Times, Syndicated Columnist
• Walter Winchell (1897–1972), Vaudeville News, New York Evening Graphic, New York Daily Mirror
• Drew Pearson (1897–1969), Washington Post
• Ward Morehouse (1899–1967), New York Sun
• Ed Sullivan (1901–1974), New York Evening Graphic, New York Daily News
• Lucius Beebe (1902–1966), San Francisco Examiner, New York Herald Tribune
• Matt Weinstock (1903–1970), Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times
• C.H. Garrigues (1903–1974), Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, San Francisco Examiner
• Red Smith (1905–82), New York Times
• Ruth Montgomery (1912–2001), Hearst Headline Service, United Press International
• Irv Kupcinet (1912–2003), Chicago Sun-Times
• Roz Young (1912–2005), Dayton Daily News
• Marj Heyduck (1913–1969), Dayton Daily News
• Charles McCabe (1915–1983), San Francisco Chronicle
• Parke S. Rouse, Jr. (1915–97 ), Newport News, Daily Press
• Herb Caen (1916–1997), San Francisco Chronicle
• Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986), Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times
• Tom Braden (1917–2007 )
• Sylvia Schur (1917–2009), PM
• Emmett Watson (1918–2001), Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers) (1918–2002), Chicago Sun-Times
• Pauline Phillips (Abigail van Buren or Dear Abby) (1918–2013), San Francisco Chronicle, McNaught Syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate
• Jim Murray (1919–1998), Los Angeles Times
• Andy Rooney (1919–2011), Tribune Media Services
• James Jackson Kilpatrick, (1920-2010), journalist, columnist, author, writer and grammarian
• Dick Kleiner (1921–2002), Newspaper Enterprise Association
• Army Archerd (1922–2009), Daily Variety
• Jack Anderson (1922–2005), Syndicated Columnist
• Al Neuharth (1924–2013), USA Today
• Art Buchwald (1925–2007), Washington Post, International Herald-Tribune, Tribune Media Services
• Russell Baker (1925–2018), New York Times
• Erma Bombeck (1927–1996), Dayton Journal Herald, Kettering-Oakwood Times, Newsday Newspaper Syndicate
• L.M. Boyd (1927–2007), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, Crown Syndicate
• James Brady (1928–2009), New York Post, Advertising Age, Crain's New York Business
• Jimmy Breslin (1928–2017), New York Daily News, Long Island Newsday
• Herbert Lyle Mayfield (1929–2012), Greenville Advocate
• William Safire (1929–2009), New York Times
• Robert Novak (1931–2009), "Inside Report", Chicago Sun-Times
• Mike Royko (1932–1997), Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune
• Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), The Playground News, San Francisco Examiner, Rolling Stone
• Roger Ebert (1942–2013), Chicago Sun-Times
• Molly Ivins (1944–2007), Dallas Times-Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Creators Syndicate
• Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994), Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), Washington Post
• Mike McAlary (1957–1998), New York Daily News

French-language

France

• Raymond Aron (1905–1983), Le Figaro, L'Express
• Alain Rémond (1946– ), Télérama, Marianne, La Croix

Italian-language

Italy

• Lucia Annunziata (1950– ), La Stampa
• Fiamma Nirenstein (1945– ), Il Giornale
• Anna Maria Quaini or Mina Mazzini (1940– ), La Stampa
• Marco Travaglio (1964– ), La Republica, L'Unita, L'Espresso

Japanese-language

Japan

• Debito Arudou (1965– ), Japan Times and Japan Today
• Hugh Cortazzi (1924– ), Japan Times

Polish-language

Poland

• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), free-lance

Portuguese-language

Brazil

• Luís Fernando Veríssimo (1936– ), A ilusao
• Arnaldo Jabor (1940– ), Pensador

Portugal

• Miguel Sousa Tavares (1952– ), Expresso
• Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (1974– ), Visão

References

References are given within the articles themselves.