Trope theorists

Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

Marcus Tullius Cicero ( , ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. The extensive writings of Cicero include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics. He is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric". Cicero was educated in Rome and in Greece. He came from a wealthy municipal () family of the Roman

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

American author (1922–2007)

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

French philosopher (1930–2004)

Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the best known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the title "The Father of English History". He served at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles.

Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (; – ) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian ( ), although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen, the latter in older texts.

American author and activist (1952–2021)

British novelist

British novelist (1930–2009)

Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)

American historian (1928–2018)

French philosopher

French literary theorist (1930–2018)

French scholar, scientist and politician (1742-1809)

American philosopher

Early eighteenth century French philosopher and grammarian

Canadian author

American comic book writer

American writer (1793–1876)

Italian writer and historian

American philosopher (1926–2020)

American philosopher

American skeptical investigator

Byzantine grammarian and priest

group of 20th-century Belgian semioticians

ancient Greek grammarian

German rhetorician (1912–1992)

American philosopher (1921–2004)

American literary critic (1912–1994)

American philosopher, born 1949