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