This list contains people who contributed to the field of lexicography, the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.
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A Maulvi Abdul Haq (India/Pakistan, 1872–1961) Baba-e-Urdu, English-Urdu dictionary Ivar Aasen (Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani (Iraq, c. 738–828) Arabic Ilia Abuladze (Georgia, 1901–1968) Old Georgian Johann Christoph Adelung (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary George J. Adler (Germany/US, 1821–1868) German/English Robert Ainsworth (UK, 1660–1743) Latin Adam Jack Aitken (UK, 1921–1998) Scots language John Michael Allaby (UK, born 1933) English LSP Anthony Allen (UK, late 17th century – 1754) obsolete English words Robert Allen (UK, born 1944) English language general Amerias (Greece, 3rd century BC) Ancient Macedonian Ethan Allen Andrews (US, 1787–1858) Latin Vladimir Anić (Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian general Vaman Shivram Apte (India, 1858–1892) English-Sanskrit Ġużè Aquilina (Malta, 1911–1997) Maltese language Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek Sue Atkins (UK, 1931–2021) English/French bilingual Ali Azaykou (Morocco, 1942–2004) Berber languages
B Albert Bachmann (Switzerland, 1863–1934) Swiss German Francis Bacon (UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science Nathan Bailey (UK, 1691–1742) English Johannes Balbus (Italy, died 1298) Latin Frederick W. Baller (UK, 1852–1922) Chinese Katherine Barber (Canada, 1959–2021) English Edmund Henry Barker (UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages Clarence Barnhart (US, 1900–1993) English general dictionary David Barnhart (US, born 1941) English Robert Barnhart (US, 1933–2007) English Louis Barral (France, 1910–1999) French and Monégasque Grant Barrett (US, born 1970) English dictionary of slang John Barrow (UK, fl. 1735–1774) navigation and science Marcos E. Becerra (Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language Richard Beckett (Australia, 1936–1987) English food guides William Bedwell (UK, 1561–1632) Arabic Ivan Belostenec (Croatia, 1594–1675) Illyrian and Latin Henning Bergenholtz (Denmark, born 1944) Danish LSP dictionary Eric Blom (Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary Thomas Blount (UK, 1618–1679) English Robert Blust (US, 1940–2022) Austronesian languages Jean-Baptiste Boissiere (France, 1806–1885) French thesaurus Peter Bowler (Australia, living) English Abel Boyer (France, c. 1667–1729) French and English Dan Beach Bradley (US, 1845–1923) Siamese Henry Bradley (UK, 1845–1923) English general Jim Breen (Australia, born 1947) Japanese and English Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (UK, 1810–1897) English Francis Brinkley (Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English Nathan Brown (US/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) Assamese and Japanese Aleksander Brückner (Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German Kazimieras Būga (Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian John Bullokar (UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words Robert Burchfield (New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical Arthur Coke Burnell (England and India, 1840–1882), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson Anglo-Indian
C Ambrogio Calepino (Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin Angus Cameron (Canada, 1941–1983) English Joachim Heinrich Campe (Germany, 1746–1818) German Emanuel Nunes Carvalho (UK/US, 1771–1817) Hebrew Edmund Castell (UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages Robert Cawdrey (UK, c. 1538–1604) English Pranas Čepėnas (Lithuania/US, 1899–1980) Lithuanian Mohamed Chafik (Morocco, born 1926) Berber Robert L. Chapman (US, 1920–2002) English Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian David Chubinashvili (Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian Michael Chyet (US, born 1957) Kurdish Saïd Cid Kaoui (Algeria, 1859–1910) Berber Cigerxwîn (Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) Kurdish language Henry Cockeram (UK, 17th century) English and Latin Herbert Coleridge (UK, 1830–1861) English language historical Elisha Coles (UK, c. 1608–1688) English Thomas Cooper (UK, c. 1517–1594) English and Latin Randle Cotgrave (UK, died 1634) English and French John Craig (UK, 1796–1880), English William Craigie (UK/US, 1867–1957) English language historical dictionary Jane Tapsubei Creider (Kenya, ) Nandi language Samuel Ajayi Crowther (Nigeria, 1809–1891) Yoruba
D Vladimir Dahl (Russia, 1801–1872) Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language Charles Anderson Dana (US, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary Frederick William Danker (US, 1920–2012) New Testament Greek lexicon Đào Duy Anh (Vietnam, 1904–1988) Scholarly Vietnamese, Pháp-Việt Từ điển Khudiram Das (India, 1916–2002) Bengali-Santali John Davies (Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin Tomás de Bhaldraithe (Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English William Quinby De Funiak (US, 1901–1981) American and British Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1956) extensive dictionary in Persian Philip Delaporte (Germany/US, 1868–1928) German and Nauruan Francesco della Penna (Italy, 1680–1745) Tibetan and Italian bilingual Susie Dent (UK, born 1964) English Friedrich Christian Diez (Germany, 1794–1876) etymological dictionary of Romance languages Patrick S. Dinneen (Ireland, 1860–1934) Irish and English bilingual Josef Dobrovský (Czechoslovakia, 1753–1829) Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual Jacob Ludwig Döhne (Germany/South Africa, 1811–1879) Zulu and English bilingual Franz Dornseiff (Germany, 1888–1960) German language thesaurus Henry Drisler (US, 1818–1939) Latin dictionary Konrad Duden (Germany, 1829–1911) German language general Edward Dwelly (UK, 1864–1939) Scottish Gaelic Thomas Dyche (UK, late 17th century – 1733) English language spelling
E Eugene Ehrlich (US, 1922–2008) English language general and specialised Ernst Johann Eitel (Germany/China, 1838–1908) Cantonese Chinese dictionary John Eliot (UK/US, 1604–1690) Native American Karim Emami (Iran, 1930–2005) Persian and English Leo James English (Australia/Philippines, 1907–1997) Tagalog and English bilingual Adolf Erman (Germany, 1854–1937) Ancient Egyptian Robert Estienne (France, 1503–1559) Latin thesaurus Daniel Silvan Evans (Wales, 1818–1903) Welsh and English bilingual Avraham Even-Shoshan (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984) Hebrew language general
F Fairuzabadi (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (Basra, 718–791) Arabic language general Fortunato Felice (Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic Christiane Fellbaum (Germany/US, living) German and English cognitive linguistics Jean-François Féraud (France, 1725–1807) French critical dictionary Charles J. Fillmore (US, 1929–2014) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics Stuart Berg Flexner (US, 1928–1990) English dictionary of slang John Florio (England, 1553–1625) comprehensive Italian to English Henrik Florinus (Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual Johann Gottfried Flügel (Germany/US, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual Henry Watson Fowler (UK, 1858–1933) English general Sami Frashëri (also Şemseddin Sâmi) (Ottoman Empire, 1850–1904) Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, French James O. Fraser (UK/China, 1886–1938) Lisu language Wilhelm Freund (Germany, 1806–1894) Latin general Jens Andreas Friis (Norway, 1821–1896) Sami language general Johan Fritzner (Norway, 1812–1893) Old Norse Louis Frolla (Monaco, 1904–1978) French and Monégasque Isaac Kaufmann Funk (US, 1839–1912) English general Antoine Furetière (France, 1619–1688) French universal Frederick James Furnivall (UK, 1825–1910) English historical
G Brent Galloway (US, 1944–2014) Native American languages Cristfried Ganander (Finland, 1741–1790) Finnish general Marie de Garis (UK, 1910–2010) Guernésiais language general dictionary Johannes de Garlandia (UK/France, c. 1190–1270) Latin Bryan A. Garner (US, born 1958) English general and LSP Dirk Geeraerts (Belgium, born 1955) cognitive linguistics Nayden Gerov (Bulgaria, 1823–1900) Bulgarian general Peter Gilliver (UK, born 1964) English historical Rudolph Goclenius (Germany, 1547–1628) Latin LSP Jacob Golius (Netherlands, 1596–1667) Arabic and Persian to Latin Chauncey Allen Goodrich (US, 1790–1860) English general Philip Babcock Gove (US, 1902–1972) English general Louis Herbert Gray (US, 1875–1955) Indo-Iranian languages Jonathon Green (UK, born 1948) English slang Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Germany, 1785–1863) German historical Francis Hindes Groome (UK, 1851–1902) Gypsy Francis Grose (UK, c. 1730–1791) English historical Hermann Gundert (Germany/India, 1814–1893) Malayalam and English bilingual Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (Mexico, 1899–1979) Spanish language Karl Gützlaff (Germany/Thailand/China, 1803–1851) Cambodian and Chinese Bartol Gyurgieuvits (Croatia, 1506–1566) Croatian and Latin bilingual
H Mary Rosamund Haas (US, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai Soleiman Haim (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual Patrick Hanks (UK, 1940–2024) English language general, onomastic, and LSP Johann Ernst Hanxleden (Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese dictionary Orin Hargraves (US, born 1953) English dictionary of slang and rhyme Alexander Harkavy (Belarus/US, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual William Torrey Harris (US, 1835–1909) philosophy, English general Reinhard Hartmann (Austria/UK, 1938–2024) Austrian and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/US, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English Joyce Hawkins (England, 1928–1992) English language general S.I. Hayakawa (Canada/US, 1906–1992), biographical directory of US Congress Benjamin Hedericus (Germany, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek Tom Heehler (US, born 1963) The Well-Spoken Thesaurus Michael Heilprin (Poland/US, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic James Curtis Hepburn (US/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual Charles George Herbermann (Germany/US, 1840–1916) English language LSP Hesychius of Alexandria (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon Johann Christian August Heyse (Germany, 1764–1829) German dictionary of loan words Jack Hibberd (Australia, born 1940) English dictionary of slang Hoke Sein (Myanmar, 1890–1984) Universal Burmese-English-Pali Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese-language general William Holwell (1726–1798), English classicist and cleric Francis Holyoake (UK, 1567–1653) English etymological A. S. Hornby (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English learners' John Camden Hotten (UK, 1832–1873) English slang, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Antônio Houaiss (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese general Richard Howard (US, born 1929) French and English translation August Wilhelm Hupel (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian general Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist) (England, 1823–1897), lead editor of Encyclopædic Dictionary
I Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew lexicon Ibn Manzur (Maghreb Arabia, 1233–1312) Arabic dictionary incorporating earlier Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian bilingual
J Jin Qizong (China, 1918–2004) Jurchen and Chinese bilingual John Jamieson (UK, 1759–1838) Lowland Scots language etymological Marcus Jastrow (Poland, 1829–1903) Talmudic language general Jauhari (Iraq?, 10th century) Arabic language alphabetical Christian Gottlieb Jöcher (Germany, 1694–1758) German biographical John of Genoa → Johannes Balbus Samuel Johnson (UK, 1709–1784) English general, A Dictionary of the English Language Alexander Keith Johnston (UK, 1804–1871) English LSP dictionary and atlas Dafydd Glyn Jones (Wales, born 1941) English and Welsh bilingual Eliza Grew Jones (US/Burma, 1803–1838) Siamese (Thai) and English bilingual Henry Stuart Jones (UK, 1867–1939) Greek and English Michael Josephs (Prussia/UK, 1763–1849), English and Hebrew Adoniram Judson (US/Myanmar, 1788–1850) Burmese and English bilingual Joseph Jungmann (Czechoslovakia, 1773–1847) Czech and German bilingual Daniel Juslenius (Finland, 1676–1752) Finnish general
K Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian general