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- 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 language
 - Ilia Abuladze (Georgia, 1901–1968) Old Georgian
 - Johann Christoph Adelung (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary
 - George J. Adler (Germany/USA, 1821–1868) German and English languages
 - Robert Ainsworth (UK, 1660–1743) Latin language
 - Adam Jack Aitken (UK, 1921–1998) Scots language dictionary
 - John Michael Allaby (UK, born 1933) English LSP dictionary
 - Anthony Allen (UK, 16…–1754) English language dictionary of obsolete words
 - Robert Allen (UK, born 1944) English language general dictionary
 - Amerias (Greece, 3rd century BC) Ancient Macedonian
 - Ethan Allen Andrews (USA, 1787–1858) Latin language
 - Vladimir Anić (Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian language general dictionary
 - Vaman Shivram Apte (India, 1858–1892) English-Sanskrit dictionary
 - Ġużè Aquilina (Malta, 1911–1997) Maltese language
 - Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek
 - Sue Atkins (UK, ?…–…) English and French bilingual dictionary
 - Ali Azaykou (Morocco, 1942–2004) Berber languages
 
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- Francis Bacon (UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science
 - Nathan Bailey (UK, 1691–1742) English language
 - Johannes Balbus (Italy, …–1298) Latin language
 - Frederick W. Baller (UK, 1852–1922) Chinese language
 - Katherine Barber (Canada, born 1959) English language
 - Edmund Henry Barker (UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages
 - Clarence Barnhart (USA, 1900–1993) English language general dictionary
 - David Barnhart (USA, born 1941) English language
 - Robert Barnhart (USA, 1933–2007) English language
 - Louis Barral (France, 1910–1999) French and Monegassian languages
 - Grant Barrett (USA, born 1970) English language dictionary of slang
 - Delfin Carbonell Basset (Spain/USA, born 1938) Spanish and English languages
 - Marcos E. Becerra (Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language
 - Richard Beckett (Australia, 1936–1987) English language food guides
 - William Bedwell (UK, 1561–1632) Arabic language
 - Ivan Belostenec (Croatia, 1594–1675) Illyrian and Latin languages
 - Henning Bergenholtz (Denmark, born 1944) Danish LSP dictionary
 - Eric Blom (Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary
 - Thomas Blount (UK, 1618–1679) English language
 - Robert Blust (USA, born 1940) Austronesian languages
 - Jean-Baptiste Boissiere (France, 1806–1885) French language thesaurus
 - Peter Bowler (Australia, …) English language
 - Abel Boyer (France, c.1667–1729) French and English languages
 - Dan Beach Bradley (USA, 1845–1923) Siamese language
 - Henry Bradley (UK, 1845–1923) English language general dictionary
 - Jim Breen (Australia, born 1947) Japanese and English languages
 - Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (UK, 1810–1897) English language
 - Francis Brinkley (Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English languages
 - Nathan Brown (USA/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) Assamese and Japanese languages
 - Aleksander Brückner (Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German languages
 - Kazimieras Būga (Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian language
 - John Bullokar (UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words
 - Robert Burchfield (New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical dictionary
 - Arthur Coke Burnell (England and India, 1840-1882), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson (“A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”)
 
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- Ambrogio Calepino (Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin language
 - Angus Cameron (Canada, 1941–1983) English language
 - Joachim Heinrich Campe (Germany, 1746–1818) German language
 - Emanuel Nunes Carvalho (UK/USA, 1771–1817) Hebrew language
 - Edmund Castell (UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages
 - Robert Cawdrey (UK, c. 1538–1604) English language
 - Pranas Čepėnas (Lithuania/USA, 1899–1980) Lithuanian language
 - Mohamed Chafik (Morocco, born 1926) Berber language
 - Robert L. Chapman (USA, 1920–2002) English language
 - Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian language
 - David Chubinashvili (Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian language
 - Michael Chyet (USA, born 1957) Kurdish language
 - Cigerxwîn (Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) Kurdish language
 - Henry Cockeram (UK, 17th century) English and Latin languages
 - Herbert Coleridge (UK, 1830–1861) English language historical dictionary
 - Elisha Coles (UK, c.1608–1688) English language
 - Thomas Cooper (UK, c.1517–1594) English and Latin languages
 - Randle Cotgrave (UK, …–1634) English and French languages
 - John Craig (UK, 1796–1880), English language
 - William Craigie (UK/USA, 1867–1957) English language historical dictionary
 
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- Vladimir Dahl (Russia, 1801–1872) Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language
 - Charles Anderson Dana (USA, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary
 - Frederick William Danker (USA, 1920–2012) New Testament Greek lexicon
 - John Davies (Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin bilingual dictionary
 - Tomás de Bhaldraithe (Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English bilingual dictionary
 - William Quinby De Funiak (USA, 1901–1981) American and British English
 - Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1956) Persian language general dictionary
 - Philip Delaporte (Germany/USA, ?…) German and Nauruan languages
 - Francesco della Penna (Italy, 1680–1745) Tibetan and Italian bilingual dictionary
 - Susie Dent (UK, born 1964) English language
 - Friedrich Christian Diez (1794–1876) Etymological dictionary of the Romance Languages
 - Patrick S. Dinneen (Ireland, 1860–1934) Irish and English bilingual dictionary
 - Josef Dobrovský (Czechoslovakia, 1753–1829) Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual dictionary
 - Jacob Ludwig Döhne (Germany/South Africa, 1811–1879) Zulu and English bilingual dictionary
 - Franz Dornseiff ( Germany, 1888–1960) German language thesaurus
 - Henry Drisler (USA, 1818–1939) Latin language dictionary
 - Konrad Duden (Germany, 1829–1911) German language general dictionary
 - Edward Dwelly (UK, 1864–1939) Scottish Gaelic dictionary
 - Thomas Dyche (UK, 16…–1733) English language spelling dictionary
 
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- Eugene Ehrlich (USA, 1922–2008) English language general and specialised dictionaries
 - Ernst Johann Eitel (Germany/China, 1838–1908) Cantonese Chinese dictionary
 - John Eliot (UK/USA, 1604–1690) Native American languages
 - Karim Emami (Iran, 1930–2005) Persian and English languages
 - Leo James English (Australia/Philippines, born 1907) Tagalog and English bilingual dictionary
 - Adolf Erman (Germany, 1854–1937) Ancient Egyptian language
 - Robert Estienne (France, 1503–1559) Latin language thesaurus
 - Daniel Silvan Evans (Wales, 1818–1903) Welsh and English bilingual dictionary
 - Avraham Even-Shoshan (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984) Hebrew language general dictionary
 
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- Fairuzabadi (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive dictionary
 - Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (Basra, 718–791) Arabic language general dictionary
 - Fortunato Felice (Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic dictionary
 - Christiane Fellbaum (Germany/USA ?…–…) German and English cognitive linguistics
 - Jean-François Féraud (France, 1725–1807) French language critical dictionary
 - Charles J. Fillmore (USA, born 1929) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics
 - Stuart Berg Flexner (USA, 1928–1990) English language dictionary of slang
 - John Florio (1553–1625) Comprehensive Italian-to-English dictionary
 - Henrik Florinus (Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual dictionary
 - Johann Gottfried Flügel (Germany/USA, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual dictionary
 - Henry Watson Fowler (UK, 1858–1933) English language general dictionary
 - James O. Fraser (UK/China, 1886–1938) Lisu language
 - Wilhelm Freund (Germany, 1806–1894) Latin language general dictionary
 - Jens Andreas Friis (Norway, 1821–1896) Sami language general dictionary
 - Louis Frolla (France, ?–?) French and Monegassian dictionary
 - Isaac Kaufmann Funk (USA, 1839–1912) English language general dictionary
 - Antoine Furetière (France, 1619–1688) Franch language universal dictionary
 - Frederick James Furnivall (UK, 1825–1910) English language historical dictionary
 
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- Brent Galloway (USA, born 1944) Native American languages
 - Cristfried Ganander (Finland, 1741–1790) Finnish language general dictionary
 - Marie de Garis (UK, born 1910) Guernésiais language general dictionary
 - Johannes de Garlandia (UK/France, c. 1190–1270) Latin language dictionary
 - Bryan A. Garner (USA, born 1958) English language general and LSP dictionary
 - Dirk Geeraerts (Belgium, born 1955) cognitive linguistics
 - Nayden Gerov (Bulgaria, 1823–1900) Bulgarian language general dictionary
 - Peter Gilliver (UK, born 1964) English language historical dictionary
 - Rudolph Goclenius (Germany, 1547–1628) Latin language LSP dictionary
 - Jacob Golius (1596–1667) Arabic-to-Latin and Persian-to-Latin dictionaries
 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich (USA, 1790–1860) English language general dictionary
 - Philip Babcock Gove (USA, 1902–1972) English language general dictionary
 - Louis Herbert Gray (USA, 1875–1955) Indo-Iranian languages
 - Jonathon Green (UK, born 1948) English language dictionary of slang
 - Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Germany, 1785–1863) German language historical dictionary
 - Francis Hindes Groome (UK, 1851–1902) Gypsy language
 - Francis Grose (UK, c.1730–1791) English language historical dictionary
 - Hermann Gundert (Germany/India, 1814–1893) Malayalam and English bilingual dictionary
 - Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (Mexico, 1899–1979) Spanish language
 - Karl Gützlaff (Germany/Thailand/China, 1803–1851) Cambodian and Chinese languages
 - Bartol Gyurgieuvits (Croatia, 1506–1566) Croatian and Latin bilingual dictionary
 
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- Mary Rosamund Haas (USA, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai languages
 - Soleiman Haim (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual dictionary
 - Patrick Hanks (UK, born 1940) English language general, onomastic, and LSP dictionary
 - Johann Ernst Hanxleden (Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese language dictionary
 - Orin Hargraves (USA, born 1953) English language dictionary of slang and rhyme
 - Alexander Harkavy (Belarus/USA, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual dictionary
 - William Torrey Harris (USA, 1835–1909) philosophy, English language general dictionary
 - Reinhard Hartmann (Austria/UK, born 1938) German and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary
 - Hamid Hassani (Iran, born 1968) Persian corpus linguistics, Persian dictionary
 - Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/USA, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English languages
 - S.I. Hayakawa (Canada/USA, 1906 – 1992), biographical directory of US Congress
 - Alison Heard (lexicographer who has appeared on over 100 episodes of Countdown, temporarily replacing Susie Dent)
 - Benjamin Hedericus (Germany?, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek language dictionary
 - Tom Heehler (USA, born 1963) The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
 - Michael Heilprin (Poland/USA, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic dictionary
 - James Curtis Hepburn (USA/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Charles George Herbermann (Germany/USA, 1840–1916) English language LSP dictionary
 - Hesychius of Alexandria (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon
 - Johann Christian August Heyse (Germany, 1764–1829) German language dictionary of loanwords
 - Jack Hibberd (Australia, born 1940) English language dictionary of slang
 - Bretislav Hodek (Czechoslovakia, 1924–2007) English and Czech etymological dictionary
 - Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese language general dictionary
 - Francis Holyoake (UK, 1567–1653) English language etymological dictionary
 - A. S. Hornby (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English language learner’s dictionary
 - John Camden Hotten (UK?, 1832–1873) English language dictionary of slang, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
 - Antônio Houaiss (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese language general dictionary
 - Richard Howard (USA, born 1929) French and English language translation
 - August Wilhelm Hupel (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian language general dictionary
 - Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist) (England, 1823-1897), lead editor of the Encyclopædic Dictionary
 
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- Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew language lexicon
 - Ibn Manzur (1233–1312) Huge Arabic dictionary, mostly compiled from earlier dictionaries by others
 - Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian language bilingual dictionary
 
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- Jin Qizong (China, 1918–2004) Jurchen and Chinese bilingual dictionary
 - John Jamieson (UK, 1759–1838) Lowland Scots language etymological dictionary
 - Marcus Jastrow (Poland, 1829–1903) Talmudic language general dictionary
 - Jauhari (Iraq?, 10th century) Arabic language alphabetic dictionary
 - Christian Gottlieb Jöcher (Germany, 1694–1758) German language biographical dictionary
 - John of Genoa → Johannes Balbus
 - Samuel Johnson (UK, 1709–1784) English language general dictionary, A Dictionary of the English Language
 - Alexander Keith Johnston (UK, 1804–1871) English language LSP dictionary and atlas
 - Dafydd Glyn Jones (Wales, born 1941) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary
 - Eliza Grew Jones (USA/Burma, 1803–1838) Siamese (Thai) and English bilingual dictionary
 - Henry Stuart Jones (UK, 1867–1939) Greek and English bilingual dictionary
 - Adoniram Judson (USA/Myanmar, 1788–1850) Burmese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Joseph Jungmann (Czechoslovakia, 1773–1847) Czech and German bilingual dictionary
 - Daniel Juslenius (Finland, 1676–1752) Finnish language general dictionary
 
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- Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian language general dictionary
 - Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkey, 1005–1102), Uyghur language
 - Bartol Kašić (Croatia, 1575–1650) Croatian and Italian bilingual dictionary
 - John Samuel Kenyon (USA, 1874–1959) English language dictionary of pronunciation
 - Adam Kilgarriff (UK, 1960-2015) English language and computer lexicography
 - Barbara Ann Kipfer (USA, born 1954) English language general and LSP dictionary
 - Ferdinand Kittel (Germany/India, 1832–1903) Kannada and English bilingual dictionary
 - Friedrich Kluge (Germany, 1856–1926) German language etymological dictionary
 - Grzegorz Knapski (Poland, 1561–1639) Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus
 - Władysław Kopaliński (Poland, 1907–2007) Polish language etymological dictionary
 - Emmanuel Kriaras (Greece, born 1906) Greek language historical dictionary
 - Raphael Kuhner (Germany, 1802–1878) Greek and Latin languages
 - Hans Kurath (Austria/USA, 1891–1992) English language historical dictionary, dialect atlas
 
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- Sita Ram Lalas (India, born 1909) Rajasthani language historical dictionary
 - Edward William Lane (1801–1876) Translation of medieval Arabic dictionaries to English
 - Pierre Larousse (France, 1817–1875) French language general dictionary and encyclopedic dictionary
 - Donald Laycock (Australia, 1936–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea
 - James Legge (UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language
 - George William Lemon (UK, 1726–1797) English language etymological dictionary
 - Matthias von Lexer (Germany, 1830–1892) German language historical dictionary
 - Li Fanwen (China, born 1932) Tangut and Chinese bilingual dictionary
 - Henry Liddell (UK, 1811–1898) Greek and English bilingual lexicon
 - Sven Lidman (Sweden, born 1921) Swedish encyclopedic dictionary
 - Lin Yutang (China/USA, 1895–1976) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Samuel Linde (Poland, 1771–1847) Polish language general dictionary
 - Émile Littré (France, 1801–1881) French language general dictionary
 - Thomas Lloyd (Wales, 1673–1734) Welsh language
 - Elias Lönnrot (Finland, 1802–1884) Finnish and Swedish bilingual dictionary
 
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- Stepan Malkhasyants (Armenia, 1857–1947) Armenian language historical dictionary
 - Francis Andrew March (USA, 1825–1911) comparative linguistics, English language historical dictionary
 - Francis Mason (UK/USA/Burma, 1799–1874) Burmese language
 - Percy C. Mather (UK/China, 1882–1933) Mongolian language dictionary
 - Robert Henry Mathews (Australia/China, 1877–1970) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Johann Mattheson (Germany, 1681–1764) music, German language
 - Erin McKean (USA, born 1971) English language general and LSP dictionary
 - Lambert McKenna (Ireland, 1870–1956) English and Irish bilingual dictionary
 - Walter Henry Medhurst (UK/China, 1796–1857) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Igor Mel’čuk (Russia/Canada, 1932-) French dictionary
 - Gilles Ménage (France, 1613–1692) Etymological dictionary of French
 - Francisci a Mesgnien Meninski (1623–1698) First large Turkish-to-Latin dictionary
 - Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (Switzerland/Germany, 1861–1936) Romance languages
 - Minamoto no Shitagō (Japan, 911–983) Japanese language thesaurus
 - William Chester Minor (Sri Lanka/USA/UK, 1834–1920) English language historical dictionary
 - John Minsheu (UK, 1560–1627) Spanish and English bilingual dictionary, 11-language multilingual dictionary
 - María Moliner (Spain, 1900–1981) Spanish language general dictionary
 - Judah Monis (USA, 1683–1764) Hebrew language
 - Paul Monroe (USA, 1869–1947) English language encyclopedic dictionary
 - Valeriy Morkovkin (Russia, born 1940) Large universal dictionary of Russian language
 - Morohashi Tetsuji (Japan, 1883–1982) Chinese and Japanese bilingual dictionary
 - Robert Morrison (UK/China, 1782–1834) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Mahshid Moshiri (Iran, born 1951) Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries
 - Joseph Moxon (UK, 1627–1691) English LSP dictionary
 - Kārlis Mīlenbahs (Latvia, 1853–1916) Latvian and German bilingual dictionary
 - Wilhelm Max Müller (Germany/USA, 1862–1919) Hebrew language dictionary
 - Monier Monier-Williams (India/UK, 1819–1899) Sanskrit English dictionary
 - Pamela Munro (USA, born 1947) Native American language dictionaries
 - James Murray (UK, 1837–1915) English language historical dictionary
 - Vladimir Müller (Russia, 1880–before 1943) English–Russian dictionary
 
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- Hajime Nakamura (Japan, 1911–1999) Sanskrit and Pali languages
 - Nathan ben Jehiel (Italy, c.1035–1106) Hebrew language dictionary
 - William Allen Neilson (UK/USA, 1869–1946) English language general dictionary
 - Andrew Nelson (USA/Japan, 1893–1975) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Jean Nicot (France, 1530–1600) French language historical dictionary
 - Sandro Nielsen (Denmark, born 1961) Danish language LSP dictionary
 - Nonius Marcellus (Italy, 3rd/4th century) Latin language lexicon
 - Jerry Norman (USA, 1936–2012) Manchu-English dictionary
 
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- Niall Ó Dónaill (Ireland, 1908–1995) Irish and English bilingual dictionary
 - John Ogilvie (UK, 1797–1867) English language general dictionary
 - Charles Talbut Onions (UK, 1873–1965) English language historical dictionary
 - Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (Georgia, 1658–1725) Georgian language general dictionary
 - Oros of Alexandria (Egypt?, 5th century) Ancient Greek language dictionary
 - Osbern of Gloucester (UK, 1123–1200) Latin language etymological dictionary
 - Ōtsuki Fumihiko (Japan, 1847–1928) Japanese language general dictionary
 - Sergei Ozhegov (Russia, 1900–1964) Russian language general dictionary
 
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- Condé Benoist Pallen (USA, 1858–1929) English language encyclopedia
 - Alfredo Panzini (Italy, 1863–1939) Italian language general dictionary
 - Eric Partridge (New Zealand/Australia/UK, 1894–1979) English language dictionary of slang
 - Franz Passow (Germany, 1786–1933) Greek language historical dictionary
 - Hermann Paul (Germany, 1846–1921) German language historical dictionary
 - Andrew Pawley (Australia/New Zealand, born 1941) Austronesian languages
 - Clemente Peani (Italy/India, 1731–1782) Malayalam language dictionary
 - Edmund Peck (Canada, 1850–1924) Inaktitut and English bilingual dictionary
 - Philitas of Cos (Greece, c. 340–285 BC) Ancient Greek language glossary
 - Philo of Byblos (Greece, c. 64–141 AD) Ancient Greek language dictionary of synonyms
 - Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai (India, 1864–1946) Malayalam language dictionary
 - Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski (Poland, USA, born 1921) Polish and English bilingual dictionaries
 - Julius Pollux (Greece?, 2nd century) Ancient Greek language thesaurus
 - Noah Porter (USA, 1811–1892) English language general dictionary
 - Malachy Postlewayt (UK, 1707?–1767) English language LSP dictionary
 
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- Ola Raknes (Norway/USA, 1887–1975) Norwegian and English bilingual dictionary
 - Stanislovas Rapalionis (Lithuania/Germany, 1485–1545) Lithuanian language
 - Rasmus Christian Rask (Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics
 - Allen Walker Read (USA, 1906–2002) English language glossary
 - James Redhouse (UK, 1811–1892) Turkish and English bilingual dictionary
 - Gustaf Renvall (Finland, 1781–1841) Finnish language general dictionary
 - Alain Rey (France, born 1928) French language general and LSP dictionary
 - Barbara Reynolds (UK, born 1914) Italian language dictionary
 - Kel Richards (Australia, born 1946) English language dialect dictionary
 - César-Pierre Richelet (French, 1626–1698) French language general dictionary
 - John Rider (UK/Ireland, 1562–1632) Latin language etymological dictionary
 - William Rider (UK, 1723–1785) English language general dictionary
 - Paul Robert (French, 1910–1980) French language general dictionary
 - Joseph Francis Charles Rock (Austria/USA/PR China, 1884–1962) Naxi and English bilingual dictionary
 - Peter Mark Roget (UK, 1779–1869) English language thesaurus
 - Leo Rosten (Poland–Russia/USA, 1908–1997) Hebrew and English lexicon
 
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- Rachel Saint (USA/Ecuador/Africa, 1914–1994) Waorani language dictionary
 - Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (France, 1697–1781) French language glossary
 - William Salesbury (UK, c. 1520–1600) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary
 - Pekka Sammallahti (Finland, born 1947) Sámi dictionaries
 - Daniel Sanders (Germany, 1819–1897) German language general dictionary
 - Francisco J. Santamaría (Mexico, 1886–1963) Spanish language dictionary of Americanisms
 - Moti Lal Saqi (India, 1936–1999) Kashmiri language dictionary
 - Irene Saunders (US/PR China, ?…–…) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Valentin Schindler (Germany, ?…–1604) Hebrew et al. 5-language dictionary
 - Steinar Schjøtt (Norway, 1844–1920) Norwegian and Danish bilingual dictionary
 - Johann Gottlob Schneider (Germany, 1750–1822) Ancient Greek and German bilingual dictionary
 - Ericus Schroderus (Sweden, 1608–1639) Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual dictionary
 - August Schumann (Germany, 1773–1826) German language dictionary of Saxony
 - Robert Scott (UK, 1811–1887) Ancient Greek and English bilingual dictionary
 - Kurt Heinrich Sethe (Germany, 1869–1934) Ancient Egyptian language
 - Stephen Sewall (USA, 1734–1804) Hebrew language
 - Sextus Pompeius Festus (Roman Empire, 2nd century) Ancient Latin etymological dictionary
 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (Pakistan/Canada, 1917–2005) Urdu language dictionary
 - Jesse Sheidlower (USA, ?…–…) English language historical dictionary
 - Thomas A. Sherwood (USA, 1791–1879) English place names gazetteer
 - David Shulman (USA, 1912–2004) English language historical dictionary
 - Natalia Shvedova (Russia, born 1916) Russian language explanatory dictionary
 - John Simpson (UK, born 1953) English language historical dictionary
 - John McHardy Sinclair (UK, 1933–2007) English corpus linguistics, learner’s dictionary
 - Konstantinas Sirvydas (Lithuania, 1580–1631) Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual dictionary
 - Stephen Skinner (UK/Germany?, 1631–1667) English language etymological dictionary
 - Johan Kristian Skougaard (Norway, 1847–1925) Norwegian and French bilingual dictionary
 - Nicholas Slonimsky (Russia, April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995) Musicology, biography, and literary criticism
 - Benjamin Eli Smith (USA, 1857–1913) English language general and LSP dictionary
 - John Smith (USA, ?…–1809) Hebrew language
 - William Smith (UK, 1813–1893) Greek and Romance languages LSP dictionary
 - William Edward Soothill (UK/China, 1861–1935) Chinese language LSP dictionary
 - Lewis Spence (UK, 1874–1955) English language LSP dictionary
 - Alexander Spiers (UK/France, 1807–1869) English and French bilingual dictionary
 - Izmail Sreznevsky (Russia, 1812–1880) Ancient Russian language historical dictionary
 - Kory Stamper - Modern American/English. Possibly even post modern.
 - Jan Stanisławski (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual dictionary
 - Joakim Stulić (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual dictionary
 
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- John Van Nest Talmage (USA/China, 1819–1892) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
 - Peter Tamony (USA, .1902–1985) English LSP etymology
 - Antoine Thomas (Belgium, 1644–1709) mathematics glossary
 - Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud (Germany/Netherlands, 1899–1988) Javanese and Dutch dictionary
 - Lewis Thorpe (UK, ?…–1977) French language
 - Alf Torp (Norway, 1853–1916) Norwegian and Danish bilingual etymological dictionary
 
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- Martin Ulvestad (Norway/USA, 1865–1942) English–Danish–Norwegian trilingual dictionary
 - Laurence Urdang (USA, 1927–2008) English language general dictionary
 - Dmitry Ushakov (Russia, 1873–1942) Russian language general dictionary
 
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- Oreste Vaccari (Italy/Japan, ?…–1980) Japanese–English bilingual dictionary
 - Louis Gustave Vapereau (France, 1819–1906) French LSP dictionary
 - G. Venkatasubbaiah (India, born 1913) Kannada language general dictionary, Kannada and English bilingual dictionary
 - Verrius Flaccus (Ancient Rome, c. 55 BC – 20 AD) Latin language orthographic dictionary
 - Faust Vrančić (Croatia, 1551–1617) Croatian et al. 5-language dictionary
 
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- Magdi Wahba (Egypt, 1925–1991) Arabic and English bilingual dictionary
 - Noël François de Wailly (France, 1724–1801) French language dictionary of neologisms
 - John Walker (UK, 1732–1807) English language dictionary of rhymes and pronunciation
 - Fr. Paul Walsh (Ireland, 1885–1941) Irish placenames and genealogy
 - John Walters (Wales, 1721–1797) English and Welsh languages
 - Wang Li (China, 1900–1986) Chinese language dictionary of word families
 - Grady Ward (USA, born 1951) English language thesaurus
 - Oliver Wardrop (UK, 1864–1948) Georgian language
 - Noah Webster (USA, 1758–1843) English language general dictionary
 - Edmund Weiner (UK, born 1950) English language historical dictionary
 - William Dwight Whitney (USA, 1827–1894) English language general dictionary, English and German bilingual dictionary
 - Harischandra Wijayatunga (Sri Lanka, born 1931) Sinhala language general dictionary
 - Samuel Wells Williams (USA/China, 1812–1884) Chinese language dictionary, Cantonese language dictionary
 - Miron Winslow (USA/Sri Lanka, 1789–1864) Tamil and English bilingual dictionary
 - Arok Wolvengrey (Canada, ?…–…) Cree and English bilingual dictionary
 - Joseph Emerson Worcester (USA, 1784–1865) English language general and LSP dictionaries
 - Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld (.UK, 1870–1945) English language general dictionary
 
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- Xu Shen (China, c.58–147) Chinese language character dictionary
 
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- Robert W. Young (USA, 1912–2007) Navajo language general dictionary
 - Henry Yule (Scotland and India, 1820-1889), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson (“A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”)
 
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- Ladislav Zgusta (Czechoslovakia/USA, 1924–2007) historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography
 - Ben Zimmer (USA, born 1971) English language visual thesaurus