List of non-fiction writers
Appearance
The term non-fiction writer covers vast numbers of fields. The list includes those with a Wikipedia page who had notable non-fiction works published.
- Countries named are where authors worked for long periods.
- Subject codes: A (architecture), Aa (applied arts), Ag (agriculture), Ar (archeology, prehistory), B (business, finance), Bk (books), Bg (biography), 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), 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Henry Adamson (1581–1637, Scotland, H)
- Joy Adamson (1910–1980, Austrian Empire/Kenya, Nh) Born Free
- Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, H)
- 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)
- Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100, Germany, H) 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, British India/England, R) The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary
- 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)
- 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)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836, France, N)
- Moses Amyraut (1596–1664, France, 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)
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russian Empire/Germany, Ps)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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 (1864–1945, Scotland, S)
- Mary Astell (1666–1731, England, F)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- Harold Walter Bailey (1899–1996, Australia/England, L)
- Roland Bainton (1894–1984, US, H)
- J. A. Baker (1926–1987, England, Nh/T)
- Samuel White Baker (1821–1893, England, T/Po)
- 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
- 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)
- Robert Barclay (1648–1690, Scotland, R)
- William Barclay (1546–1608, Scotland/France, Lw)
- William Barclay (c. 1570 – c. 1630, Scotland/France, M/P)
- 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)
- Ferdinánd Barna (1825–1895, Hungary, L)
- John Barnard (d. 1683, England, Bg)
- 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, Po/T) 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
- Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892, England, Nh/T) The Naturalist on the River Amazons
- Carol S. Batey (b. 1955, US, J)
- Helen Bayes (b. 1944, Australia, Ed/R)
- Mary Beard (b. 1955, England, H) The Roman Triumph
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England, Bg/F)
- Christopher Bethell (1773–1859, England/Wales, R)
- Erskine Beveridge (1851–1920, Scotland, H)
- Elizabeth Beverley (19th c., England, D/S)
- L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England, R/Po)
- Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England, R)
- Noah Biggs (mid 17th c., England, M/R)
- J. Brent Bill (b. 1941, US, R)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- Hector Boece (Boethius, 1465–1536, Scotland, Ph/H)
- Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, c. 480–524, Ancient Rome, Ph/H) The Consolation of Philosophy
- Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851–1914, Austrian Empire, E) Capital and Interest
- 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)
- Christopher Booker (b. 1937, England, Nh/J) The Real Global Warming Disaster
- George Boole (1815–1864, England/Ireland, Ma/Ph) The Laws of Thought
- 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)
- 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)
- Käte 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)
- 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)
- Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891, England, S/R)
- William Bragge (1823–1884, England, N/H)
- James Braid (1795–1860, Scotland/England, M/Ps)
- Dionne Brand (b. 1953, Canada, S)
- 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)
- Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England, T/H)
- François Bréda (b. 1956, Romania/France, Lc) in Hungarian
- Ian Bremmer (b. 1969, US, Po)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, R) Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
- 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
- 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)
- Michael Burleigh (b. 1955, England, H/J)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- Fowell Buxton (1786–1845, England, Po/S)
- 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 (born 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)
- Carl Gustav Calwer (1821–1874, Germany, Nh)
- William Camden (1551–1623, England, H)
- L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000, US, P) The Ancient Engineers
- 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)
- 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)
- Nicholas G. Carr (b. 1959, US, B)
- 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)
- Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC – c. AD 50, Ancient Rome, M)
- Pierre Cérésole (1879–1945, Switzerland, Po/R) in French
- Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (b. 1941, India/England, H/Ar)
- 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)
- François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848, France, Po/H)
- Pratap Chatterjee (living, England, Po/Nh)
- Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England, T)
- Beth Chatto (b. 1923, England, G)
- Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989, England, T)
- Kirti N. Chaudhuri (b. 1934, India/England, H)
- 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)
- Mary Chudleigh (1658–1710, England, R)
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965, England, Po/Mi)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- John Conville (c. 1540–1605, Scotland, Bg/R)
- George Combe (1788–1858, Scotland, N)
- Philippe de Commines (1447–1511, Burgundy/France, Ph/H)
- Cyril Connolly (1903–1974, England, Lc) Enemies of Promise
- Anne Conway (1631–1679, England, Ph)
- 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)
- 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
- Thomas B. Costain (1885–1965, Canada, J)
- Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1870, England/France, T/H)
- Charles Cotton (1630–1687, England, Sp)
- Angélique du Coudray (c. 1712–1794, France, M)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland, M)
- Vincent Cronin (b. 1924, England, Bg)
- 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)
- Cormac Cullinan (living, South Africa, Nh/Lw) Wild Law
- Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654, England, M) The English Physitian
- Alexander Cunningham (1814–1893, England/India, Ar)
- Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812–1851, Scotland/India, H)
- Peter Cunningham (1816–1869, England, T/Bg)
- Alice Curwen (c. 1619–1679, England, R)
- John Cutting (b. 1952, Scotland/England, Ps)
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- 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)
- 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)
- Leonard Darwin (1850–1943, England, Po/S)
- Elizabeth David (1913–1992, England, C) A Book of Mediterranean Food
- Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969, Belgium/France, R/T)
- Hilda Ellis Davidson (1914–2006, England, H/R)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Emilia Dilke (1840–1904, England, H/F)
- 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) 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Margaret Drabble (b. 1939, England, Bg/Lc)
- Geoffrey Drage (1860–1955, England, Po/S)
- Nathan Drake (1766–1836, England, P/M)
- John William Draper (1811–1882, US, N/Ph)
- Henry Drummond (1851–1897, Scotland, R)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Gerina Dunwich (b. 1959, US, J/R)
- 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)
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- Eadmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126, England, H/R)
- 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)
- 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)
- Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859, Scotland/India, H)
- Koenraad Elst (b. 1959, Belgium, R/Po)
- Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756, England, L/F)
- Thomas Ellwood (1639–1714, England, R)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- William Fairbairn (1789–1874, Scotland/England, N)
- Thomas Fairchild (c. 1667–1729, England, G)
- Frederick William Fairholt (1814–1866, England, H)
- 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)
- Frederic Farrar (1831–1903, England, R)
- Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England/India, T/S)
- Sidney Bradshaw Fay (1876–1967, US, H)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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/E)
- 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)
- 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)
- Verrius Flaccus (c. 55 BC – AD 20, Ancient Rome, L) De Verborum Significatione
- Tim Flannery (b. 1956, Australia, Nh) The Weather Makers
- Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1992, Ireland, Mu)
- Tilly Fleischmann (1882–1967, Ireland, Mu)
- 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)
- 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)
- Sarah Foot (b. 1961, England, H)
- Edward Forbes (1815–1854, Isle of Man/England, Nh/T)
- Isabella Ford (1855–1924, England, Po/F)
- 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)
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- Donald Gregory (1803–1836, Scotland, H)
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- Guibert of Nogent (c. 1055–1124, France, H/R)
- Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540, Italy, H/Lw)
- Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973, Scotland, T)
- Asriel Günzig (1868–1931, R)
- William Gurnall (1616–1679, England, R/Po)
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- Maria Hack (1777–1844, England, Ed/R)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919, Germany, Nh/Ph)
- Toni Hagen (1917–2003, Switzerland, N/E)
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- Elisabeth Haich (1897–1994, Hungary/Switzerland, R)
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- István Hajnal (1892–1956, Hungary, H/Ar)
- Arai Hakuseki (新井 白石, 1657–1725, Japan, R/Po)
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- Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945, France, Ph/S)
- J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964, England/India, N/Ma) Daedalus; or, Science and the Future
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- Ian Hamilton (1938–2001, England, Lc/Bg)
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- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831, Germany, Ph) Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences
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- Daniel Heinsius (1580–1655, Netherlands, P) in Latin
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- Helmold (c. 1120 – post–1177, Germany, H) in Latin
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- Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1088 – c. 1157, England, H/M)
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- Jenny d'Héricourt (1809–1875, France, M/F)
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- Elias Hicks (1748–1830, New York/US, R)
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- Thomas Hill (b. c. 1528, England, G) The Gardener's Labyrinth
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- Kazuo Hirotsu (広津 和郎, 1891–1968, Japan, Lc)
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- Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012, Germany/US, E/Po)
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- John Hodgkin (1800–1875, England, S/R)
- Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866, England, M)
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- Marshall Hodgson (1922–1968, US, R)
- Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (b. 1959, Australia, N/Nh)
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- Raphael Holinshed (1529–1580, England, H) Holinshed's Chronicles
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- 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
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- Kazushi Hosaka (保坂 和志, b. 1956, Japan, S)
- Samuel Elliott Hoskins (1799–1888, England, H)
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- Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928, England, S/Nh) To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
- 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)
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- Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769, England, Sp)
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- 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
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- Lynn Hunt (b. 1945, US, H)
- Philip Hunton (c. 1600–1682, England, R/Po)
- Richard Hurd (1720–1808, England, R)
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- 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)
- 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)
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- 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
- 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)
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- Ian Jack (b. 1945, Scotland/England, J)
- Daphne Jackson (1936–1991, England, N/S)
- 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)
- 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
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- Rufus Jones (1863–1948, US, R)
- T. Canby Jones (1921–2014, US, R)
- 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
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- Toyohiko Kagawa (賀川 豊彦, 1888–1960, Japan, R/S)
- Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉 覚三, 1862–1913, Japan, Aa)
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- 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
- Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826, Russia, H/Lc)
- Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, Hungary, J/Bg)
- Joseph Karo (1488–1575, Spain/Ottoman Galilee, R) Shulchan Aruch
- Julia Kavanagh (1824–1877, Ireland/France, Bg/S)
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- Carola Oman (1897–1978, England, Bg/H)
- Dermot O'Neill (living, Ireland)
- 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)
- Iris Origo (1902–1988, England/Italy, T/H)
- Shinobu Orikuchi (折口 信夫, 1887–1953, Japan)
- P. J. O'Rourke (b. 1947, US, J)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851, Denmark)
- Garcia de Orta (c. 1501–1568, Portugal) Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India
- Nick Ortner (living, US)
- Samuel Orton (1879–1948, US)
- George Orwell (real name Eric Blair, 1903–1950, England)
- Maurice O'Sullivan (1904–1950, Ireland)
- Fintan O'Toole (born 1958, Ireland, J)
- 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) In Search of the Miraculous
- Frank Owen (1905–1979, England) Guilty Men (co-author)
- Robert Owen (1771–1858, Wales/England)
- Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (1829–1888, England)
- Frédéric Ozanam (1813–1853, France)
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)
- Geoffrey Parker (b. 1943, England/US, H)
- David Parlett (b. 1939, England, Sp)
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, Ma/R)
- Caroline Paul (b. 1963, US, F/Bg)
- Elliot Paul (1891–1958, US, J) Life and Death of a Spanish Town
- Octavio Paz (1914–1998, Mexico, S/Po) The Labyrinth of Solitude
- 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)
- John Pell (1611–1685, England, Ma/Po)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Jacob Post (1774–1855, England, R)
- 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)
- 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
- Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC, Ancient Greece, Ph/M)
Q
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645, Spain, R/Lc)
- 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
- 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 of Growth (co-author)
- 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
- John Ray (1627–1705, England, Nh)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- Anneli Rufus (living, US, J)
- Gaius Musonius Rufus (1st c. AD, Ancient Rome, Ph)
- Ann Rule (1931–2015, US, Cr)
- Alexander Russell (c. 1715–1768, Scotland/England, 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
- 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)
- Nathanael Salmon (1675–1742, England, H/T)
- Curt Sampson (b. 1952, US, J)
- 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)
- 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
- Frank Sayers (1763–1817, England, P)
- 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)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854, Germany, Ph)
- 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)
- 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 Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England, R/E)
- 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)
- 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
- Brendan Simms (b. 1967, Ireland/England, Po)
- 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)
- Alfred Percy Sinnett (1840–1921, England/India, R/Ph) Esoteric Buddhism
- James Sites (b. 1924, US, Po)
- Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England, Bg/Lc)
- Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, England, Fi/M)
- Robert Skidelsky (b. 1939, England, E)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Sprat (1635–1713, England, R)
- Piero Sraffa (1898–1983, Italy/England, E)
- 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)
- Ben Stein (b. 1944, US, J)
- John Steinbeck (1902–1968, US, S) Travels with Charley
- Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925, Austria/Germany, R/Ed)
- 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)
- Bill Stilwell (living, Canada, Nh)
- Max Stirner (1806–1856, Germany, Ph)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- 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)
- G. M. Trevelyan (1876–1962, England, H)
- Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003, England, H)
- Lionel Trilling (1905–1975, US, Lc/E)
- Ralph Waldo Trine (1866–1958, US, R/S)
- 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)
- 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
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- 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)
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- Neil DeGrasse Tyson (b. 1958, US, N)
- William Tytler (1711–1792, Scotland, H/Lc)
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- Kanzō Uchimura (内村 鑑三, 1861–1930, Japan, R)
- 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)
- Yoshimi Usui (臼井 吉見, 1905–1987, Japan, Lc)
- Freda Utley (1898–1978, England/US, Po/H)
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- Andrew Vachss (b. 1942, US, Ed/S)
- Paul Valéry (1871–1945, France, Po/Lc)
- Henrik Valeur (b. 1966, Denmark, A)
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- Miklós Vámos (b. 1950, Hungary, J)
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- George Vancouver (1757–1798, England, T)
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- 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
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- Lizzie Velásquez (b. 1989, US, S/M)
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- 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)
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- Edmund de Waal (b. 1964, England, Aa/P) The Hare with Amber Eyes
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- Helen Waddell (1889–1965, Northern Ireland/England, H/Lc) The Wandering Scholars
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- Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991, England, T)
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- Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832, England, S/F)
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- 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)
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- Izaak Walton (c. 1593–1683, England, Nh/Sp) The Compleat Angler
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- John Waters (b. 1955, Ireland, J/Mu)
- Robert Spence Watson (1837–1911, England, Po/S)
- Rosamund Marriott Watson (1860–1911, England, G/Nh)
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- Léon Werth (1878–1955, France, Fi)
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- Samuel Wesley (1662–1735, England, R)
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- Johann Weyer (1515–1588, Netherlands, M/R) De praestigiis daemonum
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- Richard Whittington-Egan (1924–2016, England, Cr)
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- Knut Wicksell (1851–1926, Sweden, E)
- Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005, US, Cr/S)
- John Wilbur (1774–1856, US, R)
- Samuel Wilderspin (1791–1866, England, E)
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- 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)
- Raymond Williams (1921–1988, Wales/England, S/Po) Culture and Society
- 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)
- 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)
- Garrison W. Wynn (living, US, J/B)
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- Sokō Yamaga (山鹿 素行, 1622–1685, Japan, Ph)
- Hiroo Yamagata (山形 浩生, b. 1964, Japan, I/E)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
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- 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)
- Huang Qing Zhigong Tu (皇清職貢圖, 18th c., China, H)
- Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1879–1957, England, H/Po)
- Helen Zimmern (1846–1934, England/Italy, Lc)
- Alice Zimmern (1855–1939, England, E/H)
- 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)