Famous lexicographers
writer, editor, or compiler of dictionaries
224 people
Denis Diderot
1713
– 1784
· Age 70
Deceased
Samuel Johnson
1709
– 1784
· Age 75
Deceased
Frédéric Mistral
1830
– 1914
· Age 83
Deceased
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
1717
– 1783
· Age 65
Deceased
Ghil'ad Zuckermann
1971
· Age 54
Alive
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883
– 1957
· Age 74
Deceased
Jacob Grimm
1785
– 1863
· Age 78
Deceased
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
1858
– 1922
· Age 64
Deceased
Pierre Bayle
1647
– 1706
· Age 59
Deceased
Ivar Andreas Aasen
1813
– 1896
· Age 83
Deceased
Wilhelm Grimm
1786
– 1859
· Age 73
Deceased
Mahmud al-Kashgari
1029
– 1101
· Age 72
Deceased
Noah Webster
1758
– 1843
· Age 84
Deceased
Lin Yutang
1895
– 1976
· Age 80
Deceased
Kūkai
0774
– 0835
· Age 61
Deceased
Charles Nodier
1780
– 1844
· Age 63
Deceased
Johann Christoph Adelung
1732
– 1806
· Age 74
Deceased
Adamantios Korais
1748
– 1833
· Age 84
Deceased
Josef Dobrovský
1753
– 1829
· Age 75
Deceased
Ahmad Shamloo
1925
– 2000
· Age 74
Deceased
Pierre Larousse
1817
– 1875
· Age 57
Deceased
Sima Guang
1019
– 1086
· Age 67
Deceased
Jean Nicot
1530
– 1605
· Age 75
Deceased
S
Stephanus of Byzantium
0501
– 0600
Deceased
Alexandre de Rhodes
1591
– 1660
· Age 69
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q14972848