List of lexicographers

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