linguists
44 notable linguists on file — 2 still here, 42 not.
still with us
gone (30 of 42)

J. R. R. Tolkien
deadEnglish writer and philologist
1892 – 1973

Paul Auster
deadAmerican novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter
1947 – 2024

Harriet Martineau
deadEnglish writer and sociologist
1802 – 1876
William Labov
deadAmerican linguist
1927 – 2024
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Iryna Farion
deadUkrainian linguist and politician
1964 – 2024

Renato Corsetti
deadItalian Esperantist
1941 – 2025
Probal Dasgupta
deadformer president of the Universala Esperanto-Asocio
1953 – 2026

Marina Colasanti
deadItalian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist
1937 – 2025
Robin Lakoff
deadAmerican linguist
1942 – 2025
István Nemere
deadHungarian writer and translator
1944 – 2024
Paolo Virno
deadItalian philosopher
1952 – 2025
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Ádám Nádasdy
dead(1947–2026) linguist, literary translator and poet
1947 – 2026
Victor H. Mair
deadAmerican sinologist and linguist
1943 – 2026

Coleman Barks
deadAmerican poet
1937 – 2026
Nancy Dorian
deadAmerican linguist
1936 – 2024
Kazuko Shiraishi
deadJapanese poet
1931 – 2024
Ranko Bugarski
deadSerbian linguist
1933 – 2024

Andrzej Bogusławski
deadPolish linguist
1931 – 2026
Jaan Puhvel
deadAmerican-Estonian linguist
1932 – 2026
Christopher Ehret
deadAmerican historian and linguist
1941 – 2025
Deborah Cameron
deadBritish linguist
1958 – 2026
Stephen Owen
deadAmerican sinologist
1946 – 2026
Daniel Sivan
deadIsraeli linguist
1949 – 2026
Bernd Nothofer
deadGerman linguist and Malayologist
1941 – 2025
Zeynep Korkmaz
deadTurkish scientist
1921 – 2025
Oswald Ducrot
deadFrench linguist
1930 – 2024
Lore Segal
deadAmerican novelist, translator, teacher, children's author
1928 – 2024

John R. Ross
deadAmerican linguist
1938 – 2025
Stephen R. Anderson
deadAmerican linguist
1943 – 2025

Joyce Blau
deadProfessor Emeritus, orientalist
1932 – 2024

