List of women linguists
This is a list of women linguists.
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A. Sumru Özsoy | Turkish academic and linguist | Turkey | |||
Acija Alfirević | Writer and literary translator | 1951-08-12 | |||
Ada Adler | Danish classical scholar | 1878-02-18 | 1946-12-28 | Denmark | |
Ada María Elflein | Argentine writer | 1880-02-22 | 1919-07-24 | Argentina | |
Adele Goldberg | American linguist | 1963-11-09 | United States of America | ||
Adeline Smith | American linguist | 1918-03-15 | 2013-03-19 | ||
Aditi Lahiri | German linguist | 1952-07-14 | India | ||
Ágnes Rapai | Hungarian poet | 1952-03-13 | Hungary | ||
Agnes Wenman, Viscountess Wenman | British viscountess | 1617 | |||
Ágota Bozai | Hungarian writer | 1965 | Hungary | ||
Aisin-Gioro Ulhicun | Linguist | 1958 | People's Republic of China | ||
Aki Shimazaki | Canadian writer | 1954 | Canada | ||
Albena Bakratcheva | Bulgarian Americanist | 1961-07-03 | Bulgaria | ||
Alejandra Pizarnik | Argentinian poet | 1936-04-29 | 1972-09-25 | Argentina | |
Alenka Puhar | Slovenian historian and journalist | 1945-02-04 | Slovenia | ||
Alexandra Aikhenvald | Linguist | 1957-09-01 | Soviet Union Australia |
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Alice Carmichael Harris | American linguist and caucasologist (b. 1947) | 1947-11-23 | |||
Alice Kober | American classical scholar and archaeologist | 1906-12-23 | 1950-05-16 | United States of America | |
Alicia Nitecki | American writer and academic | 1942-01-02 | United States of America | ||
Alicja Sakaguchi | Polish linguist and university professor | 1954 | Poland | ||
Alison Wray | Welsh linguist | ||||
Amalie Münster | Danish poet | 1767 | 1814 | ||
Amanda Aizpuriete | Poet and translator | 1956-03-28 | Latvia | ||
Ambujam Ammal | Indian linguist and veena player | 1899-01-08 | |||
Ana Cristina Cesar | Brazilian poet and translator | 1952-06-02 | 1983-10-29 | Brazil | |
Anabel Torres | Colombian writer | 1948-12-26 | Colombia | ||
Angela Carter | English novelist | 1940-05-07 | 1992-02-16 | United Kingdom | |
Angelika Kratzer | American linguist | ||||
Ann Bannon | Writer | 1932-09-15 | United States of America | ||
Ann Lambton | British historian | 1912-02-08 | 2008-07-19 | United Kingdom | |
Ann-Marie Ivars | Finnish linguist | 1941 | |||
Anna Abrikosova | Soviet linguist (1882-1936) | 1882-01-23 | 1936-07-23 | Soviet Union | |
Anna Bagriana | writer and poet | 1981-03-24 | Ukraine | ||
Anna Bülow | writer, translator, abbess | 1519 | Sweden | ||
Anna Catharina Materna | Danish actor and playwright | 1731-01-25 | 1757-09-03 | Denmark | |
Anna Dybo | Russian linguist | 1959-06-04 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Anna Gutto | Norwegian actor and director | 1977 | United States of America | ||
Anna Maria Goldsmid | British translator and philsnthropist | 1805-09-17 | 1889-02-08 | ||
Anna Morpurgo Davies | British professor and linguist | 1937-06-21 | 2014-09-27 | United Kingdom | |
Anna Siewierska | British linguist | 1955-12-25 | 2011-08-06 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Anna Swanwick | British writer | 1813-06-22 | 1899-11-02 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Anna Vainikka | Linguist | ||||
Anna Wierzbicka | Polish linguist | 1938-03-10 | Poland Australia |
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Anne Bignan | French poet | 1795-08-03 | 1861-11-27 | France | |
Anne Carson | Canadian poet | 1950-06-21 | Canada | ||
Anne Dacier | French scholar and translator | 1645 | 1720-08-17 | France | |
Anne Holtsmark | Norwegian professor of Old Norse studies | 1896-06-21 | 1974-05-19 | Norway | |
Anne-Lisa Amadou | Norwegian literary researcher | 1930-03-04 | 2002-03-19 | Norway | |
Anne-Marie Albiach | French poet and translator | 1937-08-09 | 2012-11-04 | France | |
Anne-Marie de Backer | French writer | 1908-11-02 | 1987-07-05 | France | |
Anneke Brassinga | Dutch writer and translator | 1948-08-20 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
Anneli Ute Gabanyi | Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist | 1942-10-18 | Germany | ||
Annemarie von Gabain | German linguist and art historian | 1901-03-04 | 1993-01-15 | Germany | |
Annie Finch | American poet | 1956-10-31 | United States of America | ||
Annie Zaenen | American linguist | 1941 | |||
Annis Lee Wister | United States translator | 1830-10-09 | 1908-11-15 | ||
Antjie Krog | South African writer and academic | 1952-10-23 | South Africa | ||
Anvita Abbi | Indian linguist, scholar | 1949-01-09 | |||
Arienne Dwyer | American linguist | ||||
Arika Okrent | American linguist | ||||
Åse-Marie Nesse | Norwegian philologist, translator and poet | 1934-04-29 | 2001-07-13 | Norway | |
Assia Djebar | Algerian writer and film director | 1936-06-30 | 2015-02-06 | France | |
Aster Ganno | Ethiopian Bible translator | 1872 | 1964 | ||
Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik | Norwegian journalist and linguist | 1977-10-19 | Norway | ||
Augusta, Lady Gregory | Irish playwright, poet, folklorist | 1852-03-15 | 1932-05-22 | Ireland | |
Augustina Stridsberg | American writer and spy for the soviets | 1892-08-27 | 1978 | Sweden | |
Auli Hakulinen | Finnish linguist | 1941-03-10 | Finland | ||
Azarmi Dukht Safavi | Indian linguist | 1948 | India | ||
Azra Erhat | Turkish writer | 1915-06-06 | 1982-09-06 | Turkey | |
B. T. S. Atkins | Professional lexicographer | 1930-02-26 | |||
Babette Deutsch | American writer | 1895-09-22 | 1982-11-13 | United States of America | |
Bambi Schieffelin | American linguist | United States of America | |||
Barbara Abbott | American linguist | ||||
Barbara Ann Kipfer | American linguist and lexicographer | 1954 | United States of America | ||
Barbara Godard | Canadian academic and translator | 1942 | 2010-05-16 | Canada | |
Barbara Johnson | American literary critic | 1947-10-04 | 2009-08-27 | United States of America | |
Barbara Landau | Cognitive scientist | ||||
Barbara McNamara | American linguist | United States of America | |||
Barbara Partee | American linguist | 1940-06-23 | United States of America | ||
Barbara Reynolds | British academic | 1914-06-13 | 2015-04-29 | United Kingdom | |
Barbara Wright | English translator of modern French literature | 1915-10-13 | 2009-03-03 | United Kingdom | |
Bathsua Makin | English linguist and feminist writer | 1600 | 1675 | United Kingdom | |
Bertha Sneck | American linguist, journalist and translator | 1916-12-03 | 2010-03-01 | United States of America | |
Bettina Gorton | Wife of Australian Prime Minister | 1915-06-23 | 1983-10-02 | United States of America | |
Bhargavi Rao | Indian Telugu language writer and translator | 1944-08-14 | 2008-05-23 | India | |
Bina Štampe Žmavc | writes poems, prose and theatre plays | 1951-10-04 | |||
Birgit Anette Olsen | Linguist | 1944-04-02 | |||
Brigitte D'Ortschy | German Buddhist architect | 1921-05-31 | 1990-07-09 | Germany | |
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval | Historian and linguist | ||||
Brigitte Mral | German rhetoric theorist | 1953 | Sweden | ||
C. M. Mayo | American writer | United States of America | |||
Carla Bazzanella | Italian linguist | 1947-08-06 | Italy | ||
Carme Forcadell | Profession Professor of Catalan language and literature, writer | 1956 | Spain | ||
Carol Chomsky | linguist | 1930-07-01 | 2008-12-19 | United States of America | |
Carol Genetti | American linguist | United States of America | |||
Carol Myers-Scotton | Linguist | 1934 | |||
Carole Chaski | American linguist | 1955 | |||
Catherine A. Fitzpatrick | American writer and activist | 1956 | United Kingdom | ||
Catherine Browman | American linguist | 1945 | 2008 | ||
Catherine Malabou | French philosopher | 1959 | France | ||
Catherine Perret | French philosopher | 1956-07-09 | France | ||
Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen | Norwegian linguist | 1942-12-18 | Norway | ||
Cathy Berberian | Singer | 1925-07-04 | 1983-03-06 | ||
Cecile O'Rahilly | Irish language academic | 1894-12-17 | 1980-05-02 | ||
Cecilia Milow | Swedish writer and translator | 1856 | 1946 | Sweden | |
Chandrika Balan | Indian bilingual writer | 1954-01-17 | India | ||
Charlotte Brooke | Irish writer | 1740 | 1793 | Kingdom of Ireland | |
Charlotte Mary Yonge | English writer | 1823-08-11 | 1901-05-24 | United Kingdom | |
Chintha Lakshmi Sinhaarachchi | Writer | ||||
Christa Dürscheid | Linguist | 1959-10-04 | Germany | ||
Christiane Fellbaum | American linguist | 1950 | Germany | ||
Christiane Nord | German translation scholar | 1943-09-13 | Germany | ||
Christina Berger | Swedish writer | 1784-08-21 | 1852-05-25 | Sweden | |
Christina Kramer | Canadian linguist | Canada | |||
Claire Bowern | Australian linguist | Australia | |||
Clara Bell | English translator | 1834 | 1927 | ||
Clara Holst | Norwegian academic | 1868-06-04 | 1935-11-15 | Norway | |
Clara Janés | Spanish translator | 1940-11-06 | Spain | ||
Clara Nordström | German wrriter and translator | 1886-01-18 | 1962 | Germany | |
Claribel Alegría | Nicaraguan writer | 1924-05-12 | Nicaragua El Salvador |
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Clémence Royer | French philosopher | 1830-04-21 | 1902-02-06 | France | |
Clémentine Nzuji | Congolese poet | 1944-01-21 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
Clotilde Tambroni | Italian linguist | 1758-06-29 | 1817-06-02 | ||
Cole Swensen | Poet, translator, editor, professor | 1955-10-22 | United States of America | ||
Colleen Fitzgerald | American linguist | ||||
Constance Bache | British musician | 1846-03-11 | 1903-06 | United Kingdom | |
Constance Cox | Canadian interpreter | 1881 | 1960 | Canada | |
Constance Dima | Greek writer | 1948-08-18 | Greece | ||
Constance Garnett | translator | 1861-12-19 | 1946-12-17 | ||
Coral Bracho | Mexican poet and translator | 1951-05-22 | Mexico | ||
Cornelia Knight | English writer | 1757 | 1837-12-17 | United Kingdom | |
Cristina Peri Rossi | Uruguayan writer | 1941-11-12 | Uruguay Spain |
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Dagmar Normet | Estonian writer | 1921-02-13 | 2008-10-16 | Estonia | |
Dahlia Ravikovitch | Israeli poet | 1936-11-17 | 2005-08-21 | Israel | |
Davida Karol | actress | 1917-06-20 | 2011-12-09 | Israel | |
Deanna Hammond | Canadian-American translator and linguist | 1942 | 1997 | ||
Deborah Cameron | British linguist | 1958 | |||
Deborah Lifchitz | Expert on Semitic Ethiopian languages | 1907 | 1942 | ||
Deborah Tannen | American sociolinguist | 1945-06-07 | United States of America | ||
Delia Grigore | Romanian Romani writer, philologist, academic and Romani rights activist | 1972-02-07 | Romania | ||
Denise Bernot | Burmese academic | 1922-02-04 | 2016-05-12 | France | |
Diane Massam | Canadian linguist | Canada | |||
Ditlevine Feddersen | Norwegian poet, translator | 1727 | 1803 | Norway | |
Dominique Mainard | French translator and writer | 1967 | France | ||
Donna Gerdts | American linguist | Canada | |||
Donna Jo Napoli | American children's writer and linguist | 1948-02-28 | United States of America | ||
Dora Gabe | Bulgarian writer | 1886-08-26 | 1983-11-16 | Bulgaria | |
Dora Sakayan | linguist specializing in Armenian language | 1931-01-24 | |||
Doris Bartholomew | American linguist | 1930 | United States of America | ||
Doris Debenjak | Slovene linguist and translator | 1936-08-05 | 2013-09-21 | ||
Dorjana Širola | Croatian quizzer | 1972-06-09 | |||
Dorothea Biehl | Danish writer and translator | 1731-06-02 | 1788-05-17 | Denmark | |
Dorothea Bleek | German anthropologist and philologist | 1873-03-26 | 1948-06-27 | South Africa | |
Dorothea Tieck | German translator | 1799 | 1841 | Germany | |
Dorothy Canfield Fisher | American author and social activist | 1879-02-17 | 1958-11-09 | United States of America | |
Draga Ahačič | Slovene actress, film director, translator and publicist. | 1924-07-06 | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ||
Dymphna Clark | Australian language scholar, wife of historian Manning Clark | 1916-12-18 | 2000-05-12 | Australia | |
Dzvinia Orlowsky | American writer and academic | United States of America | |||
Ea Jansen | Estonian historian | 1921-11-14 | 2005-04-20 | Estonia | |
Edith Bone | Hungarian aristocrat and writer | 1889 | 1975 | ||
Edith Grossman | American translator | 1936-03-22 | United States of America | ||
Edith Pargeter | British writer | 1913-09-28 | 1995-10-14 | United Kingdom | |
Edith Stein | Jewish-German nun, theologian and philosopher | 1891-10-12 | 1942-08-09 | Germany | |
Edna W. Underwood | American writer and translator | 1873 | 1961 | United States of America | |
Eeva-Liisa Manner | Finnish writer | 1921-12-05 | 1995-07-07 | Finland | |
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | Irish female poet and writer | 1942-11-28 | Ireland | ||
Eileen Glisan | American linguist | ||||
Einfrid Perstølen | Norwegian psychiatrist | 1917-06-15 | Norway | ||
Ekin Tunçay Turan | Turkish actress | Turkey | |||
Elaine Tarone | American linguist | ||||
Elena Berezovich | Russian linguist | 1966-01-02 | Russia | ||
Elena Fanailova | Russian writer | 1962-12-19 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Elena Kostioukovitch | Russian writer | 1958 | Russia | ||
Elena Mestergazi | Russian academic | 1967-09-08 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Elena Oznobkina | Russian philosopher and human rights activist | 1959-04-25 | 2010-03-14 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Elena Semino | British linguist | 1964-09-09 | |||
Elena Văcărescu | Romanian writer | 1868-09-21 | 1947-02-17 | France Romania |
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Eli Fischer-Jørgensen | Linguist | 1911-02-12 | 2010-02-27 | Denmark | |
Eli Krog | Norwegian publicist and translator | 1891 | 1970 | Norway | |
Elisabet Engdahl | Swedish linguist | 1949-04-10 | Sweden | ||
Elisabeth Couperus-Baud | Dutch writer | 1867-10-30 | 1960-03-18 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Élisabeth Gille | French writer and translator | 1937-03-20 | 1996-09-30 | France | |
Elisabeth Leinfellner | Austrian linguist | 1938-10-14 | 2010-01-04 | ||
Elisabeth of Lorraine | German noblewoman and pioneer of the prose novel | 1395 | 1456-01-17 | ||
Elisabeth of Wied | Romanian writer | 1843-12-29 | 1916-02-18 1916-03-02 |
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Elisabeth Piirainen | German linguist | 1943 | Germany | ||
Elise Charlotte Otté | English linguist and historian | 1818 | 1903 | ||
Elise Reimarus | German scholar | 1735-01-22 | 1805-09-04 | Germany | |
Eliška Krásnohorská | czech feminist author | 1847-11-18 | 1926-11-26 | Czech Republic | |
Eliza Grew Jones | Christian missionary and lexicographer | 1803-03-30 | 1838-03-28 | United States of America | |
Eliza Gutch | English folklore and dialect studies | 1840 | 1931 | ||
Eliza Marian Butler | English scholar of German; linguist and intellectual historian | 1885-12-29 | 1959-11-13 | United Kingdom | |
Elizabeth Anne Finn | founder of Elizabeth Finn Care; wife of James Finn, British Consul in Jerusalem | 1825-03-14 | 1921-01-18 | United Kingdom | |
Elizabeth Benger | British writer | 1775-06-15 | 1827-01-09 | United Kingdom | |
Elizabeth C. Traugott | American linguist | 1939-04-09 | United Kingdom | ||
Elizabeth Carter | English poet, classicist, writer and translator | 1717-12-16 | 1806-02-19 | ||
Elizabeth Cowper | Canadian linguist | 1952 | Canada | ||
Elizabeth Elstob | English linguist and feminist | 1683-09-29 | 1756-05-30 | ||
Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso | New Zealand missionary | 1821-08-29 | 1904-09-02 | New Zealand | |
Elizabeth Hill | British linguist | 1900-10-24 | 1996-12-17 | ||
Elizabeth Mary Jones | Welsh writer, called Moelona | 1877-06-21 | 1953-06-05 | ||
Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright | American translator | 1966-10-03 | United States of America | ||
Elizabeth Sara Sheppard | 19th century British novelist, linguist, poet, and musician | 1830 | 1862 | United Kingdom | |
Elizabeth V. Hume | 1956-10-29 | ||||
Elizaveta Polonskaya | Soviet writer | 1890-06-26 | 1969-01-11 | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
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Ella Cara Deloria | Yankton Dakota Author | 1889-01-31 | 1971-02-12 | United States of America | |
Ella Mary Edghill | British translator | 1881-11-13 | |||
Ellavina Perkins | American linguist | ||||
Ellen Broselow | experimental linguist | ||||
Ellen Contini-Morava | Linguistic anthropologist | ||||
Ellen Doré Watson | American writer | United States of America | |||
Ellen Prince | American linguist | 1944 | 2010-10-24 | ||
Ellendea Proffer | American translator | 1944-11-24 | United States of America | ||
Ellisif Wessel | Norwegian politician | 1866-07-14 | 1949-11-28 | Norway | |
Eloise Jelinek | American linguist | 1924 | 2007 | ||
Elsa Cross | Mexican poet | 1946-03-06 | Mexico | ||
Else Høst | Norwegian historian | 1908 | 1996 | Norway | |
Elżbieta Magdalena Wąsik | Polish linguist | 1961-04-25 | |||
Émilie du Châtelet | French mathematician, physicist, and author | 1706-12-17 | 1749-09-10 | France | |
Emily Nonnen | British writer | 1812 | 1905 | Sweden | |
Erika Fuchs | German translator | 1906-12-07 | 2005-04-22 | Germany | |
Erika Timm | German linguist | 1934 | |||
Erika Vouk | Poet and translator | 1941 | |||
Erin McKean | Lexicographer, dictionary editor | 1971 | |||
Erzsébet Nagy | Hungarian writer and translator | 1927-04-13 | 2008-01-29 | Hungary | |
Esmé Wiegman | Dutch politician | 1975-07-24 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
Estela Canto | Writer and translator | 1916 | 1994 | Argentina | |
Esther Martinez | Tewa language activist, linguist | 1912 | 2006-09-16 | ||
Esther Regina | Spanish actress | 2000s | Spain | ||
Eta Boeriu | Romanian writer | 1923-02-23 | 1984-11-13 | Romania | |
Eugénie Niboyet | French writer and feminist | 1796-09-11 | 1883-01-06 | France | |
Eva Brann | American academic | 1929 | |||
Eva Hajičová | czech linguist | 1935-08-23 | Czech Republic | ||
Eve Sweetser | Professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. | ||||
Eve V. Clark | American linguist | 1942-07-26 | United Kingdom | ||
Evgenia Kamova | Bulgarian journalist | 1928 | 2008 | Bulgaria | |
Fanny de Sivers | Estonian linguist | 1920-10-20 | 2011-06-22 | Estonia | |
Fanny zu Reventlow | German artist and writer | 1871-05-18 | 1918-07-26 | German Empire | |
Fatemeh Rakeei | Iranian politician, linguist, poet | 1954 | Iran | ||
Fatima Sadiqi | Linguist | ||||
Fausta Garavini | Italian writer | 1938 | Italy | ||
Felicitas Goodman | American linguist and anthropologist | 1914-01-30 | 2005-03-30 | Hungary | |
France Martineau | Linguist | 1960 | Canada | ||
Frances Karttunen | American academic | 1942 | United States of America | ||
Frances Winwar | American writer | 1900-05-03 | 1985-07-24 | United States of America | |
Franciszka Arnsztajnowa | Polish poet, playwright, and translator | 1865-02-12 | 1942 | Poland | |
Françoise Massardier-Kenney | American translator | 1954 | United States of America | ||
Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre | French linguist | 1941 | 2007 | France | |
Gabriela Adameșteanu | Romanian novelist | 1942-04-02 | Romania | ||
Gabriela Babnik | Writer, literary critic and translator | 1979 | Germany | ||
Gabriela Bustelo | Spanish author and translator | 1962 | Spain | ||
Gabriela Zapolska | novelist, playwright, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress | 1857-03-30 | 1921-12-21 | Poland | |
Gabriella Hermon | Linguist | ||||
Gail Jefferson | American inventor | 1938-04-22 | 2008-02-21 | United States of America | |
Galina Dzhugashvili | Russian translator | 1938-02-19 | 2007-08-27 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Galina Varlamova | Russian folklorist | 1951-01-18 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Galina Yershova | Russian academic | 1955-03-17 | Russia | ||
Geneviève Massignon | French historian and linguist | 1921-04-21 | 1966-06-09 | France | |
Georgiana Harcourt | British translator | 1807-01-01 | 1886-10-29 | ||
Gerda Grepp | Norwegian journalist and translator | 1907 | 1940-08-29 | Norway | |
Gertrud Pätsch | German ethnologist and philologist | 1910-01-22 | 1994-12-14 | Germany East Germany |
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Gertrude Vakar | Russian translator | 1904 | 1973 | ||
Gili Bar-Hillel | Israeli translator | 1974 | |||
Giuseppa Barbapiccola | Italian writer | 1702 | 1740 | ||
Giustina Renier Michiel | Venetian aristocrat | 1755-10-14 | 1832-04-07 | ||
Gladys Yang | British translator | 1919-01-19 | 1999-11-18 | United Kingdom | |
Grace Jane Wallace | Scottish translator | 1878-03-12 | |||
Greta Knutson | Swedish artist | 1899 | 1983 | Sweden | |
Gunnel Vallquist | Swedish writer and translator, member of the Swedish Academy | 1918-06-19 | 2016-01-11 | Sweden | |
Güzin Dino | Turkish linguist | 1910 | 2013-05-30 | ||
H. T. Lowe-Porter | American translator | 1877 | 1963 | United States of America | |
Hagit Borer | American linguist | ||||
Halina Mierzejewska | Polish linguist | 1922 | 2003 | ||
Halldis Moren Vesaas | Norwegian writer | 1907-11-18 | 1995-09-08 | Norway | |
Hanna Fahl | Swedish writer | 1978-10-23 | Sweden | ||
Hanna Lewis | American linguist | 1931 | |||
Hannah Kilham | Methodist missionary | 1774-08-12 | 1832-03-31 | ||
Hanni Ossott | Venezuelan writer, journalist and translator | 1946-02-14 | 2002-12-31 | Venezuela | |
Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen | Danish philologist | 1948 | Norway | ||
Harriet Martineau | English writer and sociologist | 1802-06-12 | 1876-06-27 | United Kingdom | |
Haruka Orth | American actress | 1981-11-16 | United States of America | ||
Hazel Sampson | American linguist | 1910-05-26 | 2014-02-04 | United States of America | |
Hedda Eulenberg | German translator and writer | 1876-03-06 | 1960-09-13 | Germany | |
Heidi Harley | American linguist | 1969-09-26 | |||
Helen Craig McCullough | American translator and Japanoloigst | 1918 | 1998 | ||
Helen Doron | British linguist and educator | 2000s | United Kingdom | ||
Helen Lane | American translator | 1921 | 2004-08-29 | United States of America | |
Helena Bechlerowa | Writer and translator | 1908-12-02 | 1995-09-18 | Poland | |
Helene Uri | writer and linguist | 1964-12-11 | Norway | ||
Henny Koch | German writer | 1854-09-22 | 1925-06-13 | Germany | |
Henriette Gezundhajt | Professor of French linguistics | 1963 | |||
Hermynia Zur Mühlen | European noble | 1883-12-12 | 1951-03-20 | Austria | |
Herta Müller | German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist | 1953-08-17 | Germany | ||
Hilda Sachs | Swedish writer | 1857-03-13 | 1935-02-26 | Sweden | |
Hiltgunt Zassenhaus | German philologist | 1916-07-10 | 2004-11-20 | United States of America | |
Ida C. Ward | British linguist | 1880-10-04 | 1949-10-10 | United Kingdom | |
Ilija Trojanow | German writer | 1965-08-23 | Germany | ||
Ilona Duczyńska | Hungarian revolutionary historian | 1897-03-11 | 1978-04-24 | ||
Ilse Lehiste | American linguist | 1922-01-31 | 2010-12-25 | ||
Inez De Florio-Hansen | Linguist | 1943 | Germany | ||
Inger Edelfeldt | Swedish writer | 1956 | Sweden | ||
Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir | Icelandic writer | 1942-10-21 | Iceland | ||
Inna Meiman-Kitrossky | Soviet philologist | 1932-10-16 | 1987-02-09 | Soviet Union | |
Irena Klepfisz | Jewish Lesbian author and activist | 1941-04-17 | |||
Irena Tuwim | Poet | 1899 1899-08-22 |
1987 1987-12-07 |
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Irena Žerjal | writer, poet, translator | 1940-04-20 | |||
Irene Heim | American linguist | ||||
Irene Saunders | American lexicographer | ||||
Irina Glushkova | Russian phililogist | 1952-08-09 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit | German japanologist | 1948-08-20 | Germany | ||
Irmengard Rauch | American linguist | 1933-04-17 | United States of America | ||
Iryna Farion | Ukrainian politician | 1964-04-29 | Soviet Union Ukraine |
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Isabel Allende Karam | Cuban diplomat | 2000s | Cuba | ||
Isabel Florence Hapgood | translator and writer | 1851-11-21 | 1928-06-26 | ||
Isabelle de Montolieu | Swiss novelist and translator | 1751-05-07 | 1832-12-29 | Switzerland | |
Iulia Hasdeu | Romanian poet | 1869-11-14 | 1888-09-29 | Romania | |
Ivy Kellerman Reed | American author in the international language Esperanto | 1877-07-08 | 1968-02-07 | United States of America | |
Izabella Trojanowska | Polish journalist | 1929-07-10 | 1995-04-21 | Poland | |
Jacinta Escudos | Salvadoran writer | 1960 | El Salvador | ||
Jacqueline Starer | French translator | 1940 | France | ||
Jacqueline Vaissière | French linguist | ||||
Jaklin Kornfilt | Linguist | Turkey | |||
Jaleh Amouzgar | Irani professor | 1939-12-02 | Iran | ||
Jana Milčinski | Slovenian writer and translator | 1920-12-05 | 2007-04-13 | Slovenia | |
Jana S. Rošker | Slovenian sinologist | 1960-05-21 | |||
Jane Ellen Harrison | British classical scholar, linguist and feminist | 1850-09-09 | 1928-04-15 1928-04-16 |
United Kingdom | |
Jane H. Hill | American linguist | 1939-10-27 | |||
Jane Hirshfield | Poet | 1953-02-24 | United States of America | ||
Jane Zuengler | American academic | United States of America | |||
Janet Dean Fodor | American psycholinguist | 1942-04-02 | |||
Janet Pierrehumbert | American linguist | ||||
Janine Canan | American psychiatrist and writer | 1942-11-02 | United States of America | ||
Janna Gur | Israeli linguist and journalist | 1958 | Israel | ||
Jaroslava Moserová | czech diplomat, doctor and translator | 1930-01-17 | 2006-03-24 | Czech Republic | |
Jean Aitchison | Linguist and writer | 1938 | |||
Jean Berko Gleason | American psycholinguist | 1931 | United States of America | ||
Jean Briggs | 1929-05-28 | 2016-07-27 | Canada | ||
Jean D'Costa | Jamaican writer and linguist | 1937-01-13 | Jamaica | ||
Jeannette Littlemore | linguist | ||||
Jeannie Bell | Australian linguist | Australia | |||
Jelica Šumič Riha | Swedish philosopher | 1958 | |||
Jennett Humphreys | British writer | 1829 | 1917 | ||
Jennifer S. Cole | American linguist | United States of America | |||
Jenny Cheshire | British linguist | ||||
Jenny Hirsch | German writer | 1829-11-25 | 1902-03-10 | German Empire | |
Jessie Little Doe Baird | Linguist | 1963-11-18 | |||
Jila Ghomeshi | Canadian linguist | ||||
Jill Morford | Linguist | ||||
Jiřina Hauková | Czech poet and translator | 1919-01-27 | 2005-12-15 | Czech Republic | |
Jo Giæver Tenfjord | Children's writer | 1918-06-12 | 2007-08-13 | Norway | |
Joan Bresnan | American linguist | 1945-08-22 | United States of America | ||
Joan Bybee | American linguist | 1945-02-11 | United States of America | ||
Joan Lee Tu | Linguist | 1981 | |||
Joan M. Tenenbaum | American academic | 1945 | United States of America | ||
Joan Turville-Petre | British linguist | 1911-05-10 | 2006-03-09 | ||
Johanna Nichols | American linguist | ||||
Jolanta Antas | Polish scientist/professor of linguistics/Jagiellonian University/kraków | 1954 | |||
Josephine Acosta Pasricha | Filipino indologist | 1945-03-26 | Philippines | ||
Josette Rey-Debove | First female lexicographer in France | 1929-11-16 | 2005-02-22 | France | |
Joumana Haddad | Lebanese poet, journalist and activist | 1970-12-06 | Lebanon | ||
Joyce Lussu | Italian writer and translator | 1912-05-08 | 1998-11-04 | Italy | |
Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza | Mexican writer and activist | 1875-01-27 | 1942-07-13 | Mexico | |
Judit Hidasi | Hungarian linguist, japanogist, professor of communication | 1948-07-11 | Hungary | ||
Judit Kormos | Applied linguist | 1970-05-11 | Hungary | ||
Judith Bishop | Australian poet and linguist | 1972 | Australia | ||
Judith Woodsworth | Canadian academic | 1948 | France | ||
Judy Shepard-Kegl | American linguist | ||||
Juliane House | German academic | 1942 | Germany | ||
Juliet Winters Carpenter | American translator | 1948 | |||
Julieta Campos | Mexican writer | 1932-05-08 | 2007-09-05 | Cuba Mexico |
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Junko Itō | American linguist | ||||
Justa Holz-Mänttäri | Finnish translation scholar | 1936 | Germany | ||
Justine Cassell | American linguist, professor and human-computer interaction researcher | 1960-03-19 | |||
Karen Brazell | American translator | 1938-04-25 | 2012-01-18 | ||
Karen Stollznow | Linguist, skeptic | 1976-08-12 | Australia United States of America |
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Karin Lannby | Swedish actress, translator, journalist, poet and spy | 1916-04-13 | 2007-11-19 | Sweden | |
Karolina Proniewska | Polish writer | 1828 | 1859 | ||
Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi | Indian linguist | 1916-09-17 | 2008-06-08 | ||
Katalin É. Kiss | Linguist | 1949-05-31 | Hungary | ||
Katarina Frostenson | Swedish poet, member of the Swedish Academy | 1953-03-05 | Sweden | ||
Katarzyna Jaszczolt | British linguist | ||||
Katayun Mazdapour | Iranian linguist | 1943-03-22 | Iran | ||
Kate Burridge | Australian linguist | Australia | |||
Kate Næss | Poet and translator | 1938 | 1987 | Norway | |
Katharina Reiss | German linguist | 1923-04-17 | Germany | ||
Katharine Gun | Translator and whistle-blower | 1974 | United Kingdom | ||
Katherine Barber | Canadian lexiographer | 1959 | |||
Katherine Prescott Wormeley | American nurse and translator | 1830-01-14 | 1908-08-04 | United States of America | |
Katherine Siva Saubel | Indian leader and scholar | 1920-03-07 | 2011-11-01 | United States of America | |
Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig | American linguist | ||||
Katja Špur | Slovenian writer | 1908-11-20 | 1991-12-18 | Yugoslavia Slovenia |
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Kató Lomb | Hungarian interpreter | 1909-02-08 | 2003-06-09 | Hungary | |
Kay Williamson | British linguist | 1935-01-26 | 2005-01-03 | Nigeria | |
Kazimiera Zawistowska | Polish poet | 1870-01-17 | 1902-02-28 | Poland | |
Kazuko Shiraishi | Japanese poet | 1931-02-27 | Japan | ||
Keren Rice | Canadian linguist | 1949 | Canada | ||
Kersti Merilaas | Estonian writer | 1913-12-07 | 1986-03-08 | Estonia | |
Kira Hall | American linguist and anthropologist | 1962-10-10 | United States of America | ||
Kirsi Kunnas | Finnish author, poet and translator | 1924-12-14 | Finland | ||
Kirsti Koch Christensen | Norwegian linguist | 1940-12-01 | Norway | ||
Klementyna Hoffmanowa | Polish prose writer, popularizer, translator, editor, one of the first Polish writers for children | 1798-11-23 | 1845-09-21 | Poland | |
Kristine Vetulani-Belfoure | Polish translator | 1924-10-01 | 2004-03-25 | Poland United States of America |
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Ksenia Kepping | Russian linguist | 1937-02-07 | 2002-12-13 | ||
L. Z. Sova | Russian linguist | 1937-09-17 | |||
Lady Charlotte Guest | Welsh translator and business woman | 1812-05-19 | 1895-01-15 | United Kingdom | |
Laila Stien | Norwegian writer | 1946-05-16 | Norway | ||
Lakshmi Holmström | British writer and translator | 1935 | 2016-05-06 | India | |
Laleh Bakhtiar | Iranian academic | 1938-07-29 | United States of America | ||
Laura Michaelis | American linguist | ||||
Laura Pavel | Romanian writer | 1968-10-19 | Romania | ||
Laura Poantă | Romanian physician, writer and artist | 1971-03-10 | Romania | ||
LaVerne Jeanne | American linguist | United States of America | |||
Lea Ráskay | Hungarian woman scholar and Dominican nun | ||||
Leanne Hinton | professor of linguistics | United States of America | |||
Leda Mileva | Bulgarian poet and diplomat | 1920-02-05 | 2013-02-05 | Bulgaria | |
Lee Cataldi | Contemporary Australian poet and linguist | 1942 | Australia | ||
Lesley Milroy | American linguist | ||||
Li Jinfang | Chinese linguist | 1963-10 | |||
Lia Wyler | Brazilian translator | 1934-10-06 | Brazil | ||
Lidia Veselitskaya | Russian writer | 1857-03-17 | 1936-02-23 | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
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Lidia Zamenhof | Polish Esperantist | 1904-01-29 | 1942 | Poland | |
Lili Golestan | Iranian translator | 1944-07-14 | Iran | ||
Lili Novy | Slovenian writer | 1885-12-24 | 1958-03-07 | ||
Lilli Gjerløw | Norwegian archivist | 1910-06-19 | 1998-12-04 | Norway | |
Lina Choueiri | Linguist | ||||
Linda Fierz-David | German philologist | 1891 | 1955 | ||
Linda Maria Baros | Romanian writer | 1981-08-06 | Romania France |
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Linde van den Bosch | Dutch linguist | 1963 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
Lisa Block de Behar | Uruguayan linguist | 1937-03-12 | Uruguay | ||
Lise Menn | American linguist | 1941-12-28 | United States of America | ||
Liubov Gurevich | Russian writer | 1866-11-01 | 1940-10-17 | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
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Lola Lemire Tostevin | Canadian writer | 1937-06-15 | Canada | ||
Lore Segal | Novelist, translator, teacher, children's author | 1928-03-09 | United States of America | ||
Loreta Anilionytė | Lithuanian philosopher, writer and translator | ||||
Lourdes Oñederra | writer and linguist | 1958-06-09 | Spain | ||
Luce Irigaray | feminist, philosopher, linguist, psychoanalyst, sociologist and cultural theorist | 1930-05-03 | France Belgium |
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Lucia Graves | British writer and translator | 1943-07-21 | United Kingdom | ||
Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon | British writer | 1821 1821-06-24 |
1869 1869-07-14 |
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Lucille Watahomigie | Hualapai educator and linguist | 1945 | |||
Lucy Lloyd | British folklorist | 1834-11-07 | 1914-08-31 | United Kingdom | |
Lucy Seki | Brazilian linguist | 1941 | Brazil | ||
Ludmila Vassilyeva | Russian scholar | 1942-05-23 | |||
Luise Hercus | Australian linguist | 1926-01-16 | Australia | ||
Lydia Davis | American writer | 1947-07-15 | United States of America | ||
Lydia White | Canadian linguist | ||||
M. Carey Thomas | American suffragist | 1857-01-02 | 1935-12-02 | United States of America | |
Mabel Lee | Australian linguist | Australia | |||
Magli Elster | Norwegian writer | 1912-11-21 | 1993-05-11 | Norway | |
Maguy Kabamba | Confolese writer | 1960-08-03 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
Mahshid Moshiri | Iranian writer | 1951-03-21 | Iran | ||
Malwina Garfeinowa-Garska | literary critic, translator, writer | 1870-10-15 | 1932-09-19 | Poland | |
Mamah Borthwick | American translator | 1869-06-19 | 1914-08-15 | United States of America | |
Manana Antadze | Georgian writer | 1945-08-28 | |||
Mani Rao | Indian poet | 1965-02-28 | |||
Margaret Florey | Australian linguist | Australia | |||
Margaret Hasluck | British scholar | 1885-06-18 | 1948-10-18 | United Kingdom | |
Margaret Langdon | linguist, Native American languages | 2005 | |||
Margaret Mary Vojtko | American linguist, educator, polyglot, and labor unionist | 1930-01-15 | 2013-09-01 | ||
Margaret Masterman | British linguist and philosopher | 1910-05-04 | 1986-04-01 | United Kingdom | |
Margaret Noori | Ojibwe language teacher, poet, and linguist | 1965 | United States of America | ||
Margaret Raine Hunt | British writer | 1831 | 1912 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Margarita Aliger | famous Soviet poet, translator, and journalist | 1915-10-07 | 1992-08-01 | Soviet Union | |
Margarita Kozhina | Russian linguist | 1925-08-01 | 2012-08-11 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Mărgărita Miller-Verghy | Romanian socialite and author | 1865-01-01 | 1953-12-31 | Romania | |
María Catrileo | chilean linguist | 1944 | Chile | ||
Maria Gaetana Agnesi | Italian mathematician and philanthropist | 1718-05-16 | 1799-01-09 | ||
María Goyri de Menéndez Pidal | Spanish hispanist | 1873 | 1955 | Spain | |
María Kodama | writer | 1937-03-10 | Argentina | ||
Maria Luisa Altieri Biagi | Scholar and writer | 1930 | Italy | ||
María Moliner | Spanish lexicographer | 1900-03-30 | 1981-01-21 | Spain | |
Maria Odulio de Guzman | Filipino educator and author | ||||
María Rosa Lida de Malkiel | Philologist | 1910-11-07 | 1962-09-25 | United States of America Argentina |
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Maria Selvaggia Borghini | Poet | 1656-02-07 | 1731-02-22 | ||
Maria Tore Barbina | Italian writer | 1940-07-22 | 2007-08-28 | Italy | |
Marian Robertson Wilson | American musician and writer | 1926 | 2013 | United States of America | |
Mariana Frenk-Westheim | Mexican writer and academic | 1898-06-04 | 2004-06-24 | Mexico | |
Marianna Marquesa Florenzi | Italian philosopher | 1802-11-09 | 1870-04-15 | Kingdom of Italy | |
Marianne McDonald | Philanthropist and Scholar of Latin and Irish texts | 1937 | United States of America | ||
Marianne Mithun | American linguist | 1946 | United States of America | ||
Marie Amelie von Godin | German activist | 1882-03-07 | 1956-02-22 | Germany | |
Marie Colban | Norwegian writer | 1814 | 1884 | Norway | |
Marie Madeleine de Rochechouart de Mortemart | French Abbess | 1645 | 1704-08-15 | France | |
Marie Meyer | American linguist and spy | 1897-04-07 | United States of America | ||
Marie-Louise Sjoestedt | French Celticist | 1900-09-20 | 1940-12-06 | France | |
Marie-Lucie Tarpent | Canadian linguist | ||||
Mariëtte Hamer | Dutch politician, civil servant, educator, trade union leader | 1958-06-07 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė | Lithuanian politician | 1944-04-06 | Lithuania | ||
Marina Boroditskaya | Russian writer | 1954-06-28 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Marina Colasanti | Brazilian writer and translator | 1937-09-26 | Eritrea Brazil |
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Marina Gershenovich | Russian writer | 1960-09-28 | Russia | ||
Marina Palei | Russian writer | 1955-02-01 | Soviet Union Russia Kingdom of the Netherlands |
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Marina Tarlinskaja | Russian linguist | ||||
Marion Frances Chevalier | American linguist | 1902-01-21 | 1990-02-17 | ||
Marja-Liisa Olthuis | Inari Sámi scholar | 1967-08-09 | Finland | ||
Marjory Wardrop | English historian | 1869-11-11 | 1909-12-07 | ||
Marlene Norst | Australian academic | 1930-03-24 | 2010-12-20 | Australia | |
Marta Steinsvik | Norwegian writer | 1877-03-23 | 1950-07-27 | Norway | |
Martha Crago | Canadian linguist | ||||
Martha Hildebrandt | Peruvian politician and linguist | 1925-01-13 | Peru | ||
Martha Ratliff | American linguist | ||||
Martha Young-Scholten | American /British linguist | ||||
Marthe Robert | Writer | 1914-03-25 | 1996-04-12 | France | |
Martine Broda | Writer and poet | 1947-03-17 | 2009-04-23 | France | |
Mary B. Moser | American linguist | 1924-10-12 | 2013-01-13 | ||
Mary Beckman | American linguist | ||||
Mary Boyce | British academic | 1920-08-02 | 2006-04-04 | United Kingdom | |
Mary Bucholtz | American linguist | 1966-10-29 | |||
Mary Collyer | British writer | 1716 | 1762 | United Kingdom | |
Mary Elizabeth Byrne | Irish linguist | 1880-07-02 | 1931-01-19 | Ireland | |
Mary Haas | American linguist; studied historical linguistics, North American languages, Thai | 1910-01-12 | 1996-05-17 | United States of America | |
Mary Howitt | English poet, and author | 1799-03-12 | 1888-01-30 | United Kingdom | |
Mary J. Gregor | American philosopher | 1928-01-01 | 1994-10-31 | United States of America | |
Mary LeCron Foster | American linguist | 1914-02-01 | 2001-12-09 | ||
Mary Louise Booth | American editor, translator and writer | 1831-04-19 | 1889-03-05 | United States of America | |
Mary Snell-Hornby | British-Austrian translator and scholar | 1940-04-02 | United Kingdom | ||
Mary Somerville | Science writer and polymath | 1780-12-26 | 1872-11-28 | United Kingdom | |
Mary Yee | American linguist | 1897 | 1965 | United States of America | |
Marzieh Sotoudeh | Iranian-Canadian writer | 1957 | Iran | ||
Maureen Freely | American writer | 1952 | United States of America | ||
May French Sheldon | Novelist and translator | 1847-05-10 | 1936-02-10 | United States of America | |
Maya Pencheva | bulgarian linguist | 1947-05-03 | |||
Mélanie Fazi | French writer | 1976-11-29 | France | ||
Melissa Bowerman | Dutch linguist | 1942-04-03 | 2011-10-31 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Meredith L. Patterson | American technologist, science fiction author, and journalist | 1977-04-30 | United States of America | ||
Meri Utrio | Finnish journalist | 1918 | 2004 | Finland | |
Merrill Swain | language scholar | ||||
Meta Forkel-Liebeskind | German writer and translator | 1765-02-22 | 1853 | Germany | |
Michèle Causse | French academic | 1936-07-29 | 2010-07-29 | France | |
Michèle Perret | French writer | 1937 | France | ||
Milada Blekastad | Czech translator and writer | 1917 | 2003 | Norway Czech Republic |
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Milena Jesenská | Czech publicist and translator | 1896-08-10 | 1944-05-17 | Czech Republic | |
Milena Žic-Fuchs | Croatian scientist | 1954-08-10 | |||
Minoo Moshiri | Iranian translator | Iran | |||
Mira Mihelič | Slovenian artist | 1912-07-14 | 1985-09-04 | ||
Mira Nábělková | slovak linguist | 1956-03-30 | Slovakia | ||
Mirdza Ķempe | Latvian poet | 1907-02-09 | 1974-04-12 | Russian Empire Latvia Soviet Union |
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Miriam Butt | Linguist | 1966-02-27 | |||
Miriam Meyerhoff | New Zealand sociolinguist. | 1964-05-30 | New Zealand | ||
Miriam Mosessohn | Russian writer | 1841 | 1920-12-18 | Lithuania | |
Mitsou Ronat | French poet, linguist, specialist of literary theory | 1946 | 1984-07-08 | France | |
Mona Baker | Egyptian professor of translation studies | 1953-09-29 | Egypt | ||
Mona Muscă | Romanian politician | 1949-05-04 | Romania | ||
Monica Heller | Canadian linguist | 1955-06 | Canada | ||
Monica Lovinescu | Romanian writer | 1923-11-19 | 2008-04-20 | Romania | |
Monique Nemni | Canadian linguist | 1936 | Canada | ||
Münevver Andaç | Translator | 1917-02-12 | 1998 | ||
Murai Shimako | Japanese playwright | 1928 | |||
Myrna Gopnik | Canadian psychologist and linguist | ||||
Nada El Hage | Lebanese writer | ||||
Nada Klaić | Croatian historian | 1920 | 1988 | ||
Naira Gelashvili | Georgian linguist | 1947-10-28 | |||
Najah al-Attar | Syrian politician | 1933-01-10 | Syria | ||
Najima Rhozali | Moroccan politician | 1960 | Morocco | ||
Nancy Andrew | American Japanologist | 1947-08-17 | 1998-11-29 | United States of America | |
Nancy Condee | American linguist | ||||
Nancy Dorian | American linguist | 1936 | |||
Nancy Huston | Canadian writer | 1953-09-16 | France | ||
Naomi Baron | American linguist | United States of America | |||
Natalia Gvishiani | Russian linguist and scholar | 1959-06-29 | |||
Natalia O'Shea | Russian musician and linguist | 1976-09-03 | Russia | ||
Natalia Shvedova | Russian lexicographer | 1916-12-25 | 2009-09-18 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Natalia Tolstaya | Russian writer | 1943-05-02 | 2010-06-15 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Natalla Arsieńnieva | Belarusian poet | 1903-09-20 | 1997-07-25 | Soviet Union | |
Natalya Gorbanevskaya | Russian poet, translator, and civil rights activist | 1936-05-26 | 2013-11-29 | Soviet Union Poland |
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Netiva Ben-Yehuda | Israeli linguist | 1928-07-26 | 2011-02-28 | Israel | |
Nicole Loraux | French historian | 1943-04-26 | 2003-04-06 | France | |
Niina Ning Zhang | Chinese linguist | ||||
Niki Karimi | Iranian film director and actor | 1971-11-10 | Iran | ||
Nileena Abraham | Indian translator, writer | 1925-07-27 | India | ||
Nina Cassian | Romanian writer | 1924-11-27 | 2014-04-15 | Romania | |
Nina Catach | French linguist | 1923-07-14 | 1997 1997-10-25 |
France | |
Nora England | American Mesoamericanist | 1946-11-08 | |||
Nora Gal | Soviet translator, literary critic, and translation theorist | 1912-04-14 | 1991-07-23 | Soviet Union | |
Norma Mendoza-Denton | sociolinguist and anthropologist | 1968 | United States of America | ||
Nuala Níc Con Iomaire | 2010-07-16 | ||||
Octavie Guichard | French translator | 1719 | 1805 | France | |
Odille Morison | Canadian linguist | 1855-07-17 | |||
Ofelia Zepeda | American linguist | 1954-03-24 | United States of America | ||
Olga Freidenberg | Russian philosopher | 1890-03-15 | 1955-07-06 | ||
Olga Frolova | Russian orientalist and linguist | 1931 | Russia | ||
Olga Kapeliuk | Israeli linguist | 1932 | |||
Olga Kirsch | Israeli poet in afrikaans | 1924-09-23 | 1997-06-05 | South Africa | |
Olga Obukhova | Russian writer | 1941-08-10 | |||
Pamela Faber | American/Spanish linguist | 1950-02-27 | United States of America | ||
Pamela Munro | American lingusit | 1947-05-23 | United States of America | ||
Parashqevi Qiriazi | Albanian linguist | 1880-06-02 | 1970 | Albania | |
Patricia Alice Shaw | Canadian linguist | ||||
Patricia Esteban Erlés | Spanish | 1972 | Spain | ||
Patricia Keating | American linguist | ||||
Penelope Brown | |||||
Pham Thi Hoai | contemporary Vietnamese writer, editor and translator, living in Germany | 1960 | Vietnam | ||
Pola Oloixarac | Writer | 1977 | Argentina | ||
Polonca Kovač | Children's writer and translator | 1937-02-19 | Slovenia | ||
Pooran Farrokhzad | Iranian writer | Iran | |||
Princess Fadia of Egypt | Egyptian princess | 1943-12-15 | 2002-12-28 | Switzerland | |
Pura Santillan-Castrence | Filipino writer and diplomat | 1905-03-24 | 2007-01-15 | Philippines | |
Qurratulain Hyder | Indian writer and academic | 1927-01-20 | 2007-08-21 | India | |
Rachel Bromwich | Scholar on medieval Welsh literature | 1915-07-30 | 2010-12-15 | ||
Rajna Dragićević | Serbian linguist, lexicologist, and lexicographer | 1968 | |||
Rallou Karatza | Romanian culture personality / Greek actor and director | 1778 1799 |
1870 | Romania | |
Randa Jarrar | American writer | 1978 | United States of America | ||
Raymattja Marika | Australian aboriginal leader | 1959 | 2008-05-11 | Australia | |
Ren Powell | American writer | 1966 | United States of America | ||
Rena Torres Cacoullos | Linguist | 2000s | United States of America | ||
Renée A. Blake | American linguist | ||||
Renske Leijten | Dutch politician | 1979-03-17 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
Rhina Toruño Haensly | El Salvador linguist | El Salvador | |||
Rika Lesser | American translator | 1953 | United States of America | ||
Roberta Kevelson | American semiotics scholar | 1931-11-04 | 1998-11-28 | United States of America | |
Robin Lakoff | professor and author | 1942-11-27 | United States of America | ||
Rochelle Lieber | American linguist | ||||
Rochelle Owens | American writer | 1936-04-02 | United States of America | ||
Rosa Maria Assing | German poet | 1783-05-28 | 1840-01-22 | Germany | |
Rosamund Bartlett | British scholar, translator and biographer specializing in Russian literature | United Kingdom | |||
Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen | Mexican lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet | 1899-04-16 | 1979-05-12 | Mexico | |
Rosina Lippi | Novelist, linguist | 1956-01-14 | United States of America | ||
Rosita Sokou | Greek journalist | 1923-09-09 | Greece | ||
Ruqaiya Hasan | Indian linguist | 1931 | 2015-06-24 | India | |
Ruth A. Berman | Israeli linguist | Israel | |||
Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld | Norwegian linguist | 1948-05-08 | Norway | ||
Ruth von Mayenburg | Austrian journalist, writer and translator | 1907-07-01 | 1993-06-26 | Austria | |
Ruth Wodak | Austrian linguist | 1950-07-12 | Austria | ||
Ryoko Sekiguchi | Japanese writer | 1970-12-21 | Japan | ||
Sally Laird | British translator and editor | 1956-05-02 | 2010-07-15 | ||
Samira Negrouche | writer | 1980-09-13 | Algeria | ||
Sandra Chung | American linguist | ||||
Sandra Lee McKay | American linguist | ||||
Sandra Thompson | American linguist | 1941-07-06 | |||
Sara Coleridge | British writer | 1802-12-23 | 1852-05-03 | ||
Sarah Austin | English editor/translator from German | 1793 | 1867-08-08 | United Kingdom | |
Sarah Cameron Sunde | American theatre director | United States of America | |||
Sarah Israelit Groll | Israeli scholar | 1925 | 2007 | ||
Sarah Thomason | American linguist | 2000s | United States of America | ||
Sarojini Mahishi | Indian politician | 2015-01-25 | India | ||
Satvasheela Samant | Indian linguist | 1945-03-25 | 2013-05-01 | India | |
Saveros Pou | Cambodian linguist | 1929-08-24 | Cambodia | ||
Sepideh Jodeyri | Iranian poet | 1976-05-23 | Iran | ||
Sevin Okyay | Turkish writer and translator | 1942 | |||
Shaista Nuzhat | Pakistani linguist | ||||
Shana Poplack | Canadian linguist | ||||
Sharon Inkelas | American linguist | ||||
Shirley Heath | American linguist and anthropologist | 1939-07-26 | United States of America | ||
Sholeh Wolpe | Iranian writer | 1962-03-06 | Iran | ||
Sibel Edmonds | American whistleblower | 1970 | United States of America | ||
Sigrid Lidströmer | Swedish linguist, translator and writer | 1866 | 1942 | Sweden | |
Sigrid Undset | Norwegian writer | 1882-05-20 | 1949-06-10 | Norway | |
Silvina Bullrich | Argentine novelist | 1915-10-04 | 1990-07-02 | Argentina | |
Simin Daneshvar | Iranian writer | 1921-04-28 | 2012-03-08 | Iran | |
Simona Škrabec | Slovenian writer | 1968 | Spain | ||
Siobhán Parkinson | Irish writer | 1954 | Ireland | ||
Snježana Kordić | Croatian linguist | 1964-10-29 | Croatia | ||
Solomiia Pavlychko | Ukrainian literary critic and philosopher | 1958-12-15 | 1999-12-31 | Ukraine | |
Sophia Parnok | Russian writer | 1885-08-11 | 1933-08-26 | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
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Sophie Cabot Black | American poet | 1958 | United States of America | ||
Stephanie Fielding | Linguist | ||||
Susan Ehrlich | Canadian linguist | Canada | |||
Susan Gal | Anthropologist and linguist | 1949 | |||
Susan Herring | Linguist | 1955-05-27 | |||
Susan J. Napier | Professor of the Japanese Program at Tufts University | 1955-10-11 | United States of America | ||
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp | American linguist | 1927-06-27 | United States of America | ||
Susanne Maria Michaelis | Linguist | 1962-03-30 | Germany | ||
Susie Dent | Lexicographer | 1967-09-21 | |||
Suzanne Bachelard | French philosopher | 1919-10-18 | 2007-11-03 | France | |
Suzanne Renaud | French translator | 1889-09-30 | 1964-01-21 | France | |
Suzanne Romaine | 1951 | ||||
Suzette Haden Elgin | American linguist | 1936-11-18 | 2015-01-27 | United States of America | |
Svetlana Burlak | Russian linguist | 1969-06-12 | Soviet Union Russia |
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Syeda Ummehani Ashraf | Linguist | 1949-12-26 | |||
Sylvia Townsend Warner | Writer, poet, activist | 1893-12-06 1893 |
1978-05-01 | United Kingdom | |
Tahereh Saffarzadeh | Iranian academic | 1936 | 2008-10-25 | Iran | |
Taja Kramberger | Slovenian writer | 1970-09-11 | Slovenia | ||
Takako Takahashi | Japanese writer | 1932-03-02 | 2013-07-12 | Japan | |
Tamar Sovran | Hebrew Culture Studies researcher | 1948 | |||
Tamara Erofeyeva | Russian linguist | 1937-06-29 | Russia | ||
Tamara Shakryl | Linguist; activist | 2004 | |||
Tanja Bakić | Poet, writer and translator | 1981-09-14 | Montenegro | ||
Tanja Nijmeijer | Dutch terrorist, political activist and squatter | 1978-02-13 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
Tanya Reinhart | Israeli journalist | 1943 | 2007-03-17 | Israel | |
Tatiana Proskouriakoff | American MAyanist scholar | 1909-01-23 | 1985-08-30 | United States of America | |
Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik | Russian writer, dramatist, poet and translator | 1874-01-24 | 1952-07-27 | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
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Tatyana Elizarenkova | Russian linguist | 1929-09-17 | 2007-09-05 | Russia | |
Teresa Moure | writer | 1969 | Spain | ||
Thekla Knös | Swedish writer | 1815-07-17 | 1880-03-10 | Sweden | |
Thelma D. Sullivan | American Mesoamericanist | 1918 | 1981 | ||
Theraphan Luangthongkum | Thai academic | Thailand | |||
Therese Albertine Luise Robinson | American writer | 1797-01-26 | 1870-04-13 | Germany | |
Til Brugman | Dutch author, poet and linguist | 1888-09-16 | 1958-07-24 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Tista Bagchi | Indian linguist | 1964-10-01 | |||
Tokiko Iwatani | Japanese lyricist, linguist and translator | 1916-03-28 | 2013-10-25 | South Korea | |
Tove Bull | Norwegian linguist | 1945-10-31 | Norway | ||
Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido | Filipino writer | 1912 | 1994 | ||
Tsvia Walden | Israeli linguist | 1946-10-20 | Israel | ||
Ugnė Karvelis | Lithuanian writer | 1935-06-13 | 2002-03-04 | Argentina | |
Una Canger | Linguist | 1938-05-14 | Denmark | ||
Ursula Bellugi | American psychologist | United States of America | |||
Ursule Molinaro | American writer | 1916 | 2000 | United States of America | |
Utako Yamada | Japanese author, illustrator | 1963 | Japan | ||
Valérie de Gasparin | Swiss woman of letters | 1813-09-13 | 1894-06-16 | Switzerland | |
Valerie Martínez | American writer | 1961 | |||
Věra Barandovská-Frank | Czech esperantist | 1952-08-17 | Czech Republic | ||
Vera Rich | British poet | 1936-04-24 | 2009-12-20 | United Kingdom | |
Verena Reichel | German transaltor | 1945-03-21 | Germany | ||
Verna Kirkness | Cree scholar and indigenous language proponent | 1935 | |||
Veronika Tushnova | Russian writer and journalist | 1911-03-14 | 1965-07-07 | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
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Victoria Cirlot | Spanish historian | 1955 | Spain | ||
Victoria Fromkin | American linguist | 1923-05-16 | 2000-02-19 | ||
Viktoria Yartseva | Russian linguist | 1906-11-03 | 1999-09-27 | ||
Vilma Sindona Eichholz | Canadian linguist and Esperantist | 1926 | 1995-07-15 | ||
Virginia Yip | Linguist | ||||
Vivien Law | Law, Vivien Anne, Lady Shackleton (1954–2002), linguistic scholar | 1954 1954-03-22 |
2002 2002-02-20 |
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Wanda Dynowska | Indian writer and activist | 1888-06-30 | 1971-03-20 | Poland Russian Empire |
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Wilga Rivers | academic and writer from Australia | 1919-04-13 | 2007-06-23 | Australia | |
Willa Muir | Scottish novelist, essayist and translator | 1890-03-13 | 1970-05-22 | United Kingdom | |
Yamuna Kachru | Linguist | 1933 | 2013 | India | |
Yanitzia Canetti | Cuban writer | 1967 | Cuba | ||
Yasmina Reza | French actor and writer | 1959-05-01 | France | ||
Yda Hillis Addis | Writer | 1857 | United States of America | ||
Yeda Pessoa de Castro | Brazilian ethnolinguist | 1937 | Brazil | ||
Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova | Russian author and woman of letters | 1743-03-17 | 1810-01-04 | Russian Empire | |
Yoko Matsuoka McClain | Japanese language scholar | 1924-01-01 | 2011-11-02 | Japan | |
Yolanda Lastra | Mexican linguist | 1932 | Mexico | ||
Yuasa Yoshiko | Japanese translator | 1896-12-07 | 1990-10-24 | Japan | |
Yukie Chiri | Yukar transcriber and translator | 1903-06-08 | 1922-09-18 | Japan | |
Yukika Sohma | Japanese scholar | 1912 | 2008-11-08 | Japan | |
Yumiko Kurahashi | Writer | 1935-10-10 | 2005-06-10 | Japan | |
Zara Mints | Russian literary scientist | 1927-07-24 | 1990-10-25 | ||
Zenobia Camprubí | Spanish writer of Catalan and Puerto Rican descent | 1887-08-31 | 1956-10-28 | Spain | |
Zenta Mauriņa | Latvian writer | 1897-12-15 | 1978-04-25 | Latvia | |
Zeynep Ergun | Turkish linguist | 1956 | Turkey | ||
Zeynep Korkmaz | Scientist | 1922-07-05 | Turkey | ||
Zofia Romanowiczowa | Polish writer | 1922-10-18 | 2010-03-28 | Poland | |
Zora Tavčar | writer, essayist and translator | 1928-10-02 | |||
Zora Wolfová | Czech translator from English | 1928-02-20 | 2012-11-29 | ||
Zuzanna Ginczanka | Polish writer | 1917-03-09 | 1945-01 |
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