20th-century lexicographers

Catalan linguist (1868–1948)

Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)

linguist and writer (1862-1932)

Ukrainian writer (1901–1937)

French linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (1901–1991)

terminologist and industrialist (1898–1977)

Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (, ; 1903 – 22 October 1984) was a Kurdish writer and poet. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Kurdish literature. Many of his poems were later adapted into songs, and his work played an important role in the preservation and development of Kurdish culture and literary heritage.

Spanish librarian and lexicographer (1900-1981)

Swiss philologist and lexicographer (1888–1971)

Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator, editor, publisher (1898–1936)

Breton writer (1900–1978)

Iranian academic (1914–1971)

Russian lexicographer (1900–1964)

Japanese philosopher (1912-1999)

American linguist (1926–1967)

Ukrainian translator (1919–1988)

Japanese linguist (1882–1971)

Albanian historical linguist (1908-1980)

Albanian linguist

Iranian scholar of Persian literature and culture (1904–1970)

Chinese linguist (1900–1986)

Polish lexicographer and linguist (1899–1976)

Brazilian lexicographer (1915-1999)

Japanese sinologist and lexicographer (1883–1982)

Albanian philologist

Albanian linguist

Italian linguist and philologist (1896-1975)

linguist (1903–1991)

Iranian lexicographer and author

Spanish poet (1913–2013)

Israeli linguist (1906-1984)

Japanese linguist (1919–2008)

Ukrainian Canadian linguist and lexicographer

Russian Esperantist (1884–1961)

Moroccan academic and poet (1942–2004)

Japanese novelist (1922–2001)

Lithuanian linguist (1885–1969)

French lexicographer and linguist (1929-2005)

Brazilian academic (1898–1986)

Brazilian philologist and lexicographer

Maltese writer (1911-1997)

Polish lexicographer, publisher, writer and translator (1907-2007)

Iranian writer and journalist

French linguist and Breton nationalist (1921–1999)

Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer (1910–1989)

American lexicographer (1904–1978)

Japanese lexicographer (1913–2004)

Hungarian linguist, educator (1894–1975)

Esperantist priest (1911–1971)

Pakistani linguist, poet, teacher (1932–2008)

Judaism researcher (1874-1946)

Brazilian linguist

French lexicographer (1910–1980)

arabic scholar

lexicographer (1887–1976)

lexicographer (1904–1988)

Syrian historian and writer (1905 - 1987)

Croatian linguist and lexicographer (1930-2000)

lexicographer (1894–1978)

Talmudic scholar