Famous translators

person who translates written text from one language to another

1,428 people

All Alive Deceased
Mikhail Lomonosov

Mikhail Lomonosov

1711 – 1765 · Age 53
Deceased
Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

1925 – 1970 · Age 45
Deceased
Al-Biruni

Al-Biruni

0973 – 1048 · Age 75
Deceased
Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin

1929 – 2018 · Age 88
Deceased
Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

1825 – 1895 · Age 70
Deceased
Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

1888 – 1935 · Age 47
Deceased
Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney

1939 – 2013 · Age 74
Deceased
D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence

1885 – 1930 · Age 44
Deceased
Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel

1928 – 2016 · Age 87
Deceased
Paul Heyse

Paul Heyse

1830 – 1914 · Age 84
Deceased
Bertha von Suttner

Bertha von Suttner

1843 – 1914 · Age 71
Deceased
Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

1725 – 1798 · Age 73
Deceased
Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

1606 – 1684 · Age 78
Deceased
Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian

1940 · Age 86
Alive
Tomas Tranströmer

Tomas Tranströmer

1931 – 2015 · Age 83
Deceased
Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész

1929 – 2016 · Age 86
Deceased
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

1940 · Age 85
Alive
Jan Hus

Jan Hus

1369 – 1415 · Age 46
Deceased
Johann Gottfried Herder

Johann Gottfried Herder

1744 – 1803 · Age 59
Deceased
Halldór Laxness

Halldór Laxness

1902 – 1998 · Age 95
Deceased
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

1564 – 1593 · Age 29
Deceased
Sándor Petőfi

Sándor Petőfi

1823 – 1849 · Age 26
Deceased
Alexander Blok

Alexander Blok

1880 – 1921 · Age 40
Deceased
John Donne

John Donne

1572 – 1631 · Age 59
Deceased
Chinghiz Aitmatov

Chinghiz Aitmatov

1928 – 2008 · Age 79
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q333634