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English-language

Australia

* Phillip Adams (born 1939), ''The Australian'' * Piers Akerman (born 1950), ''The Daily Telegraph'' *

Janet Albrechtsen Janet Kim Albrechtsen (born 23 September 1966) is an Australian opinion columnist with ''The Australian.'' From 2005 until 2010, she was a member of the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's public broadcaster. Early life ...

(born 1966), ''The Australian'' * Andrew Bolt (born 1959), ''Herald Sun'', Melbourne * Leslie Cannold (born 1965), ''The Age'' Melbourne; ''The Sun Herald , Sydney''; '' Crikey'' *

Mike Carlton Michael James Carlton, (born 31 January 1946) is an Australian former media commentator, radio host, television journalist, author and newspaper columnist. He formerly co-hosted the daily breakfast program on Sydney radio station 2UE with Peter ...

(born 1946), ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' *

Nick Cater Nicholas Charles Cater is a British-born Australian journalist and author who writes on culture and politics. He is a columnist for ''The Australian'' newspaper. Early life and education Cater was born in Billericay, Essex, and grew up in Hyth ...

, ''The Australian'' *

Peta Credlin Peta-Louise Mary Credlin (born 23 March 1971) is an Australian former political advisor who served as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Australia), Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Abbott for his term from September 2013 to September ...

(born 1971), ''The Australian'' *

Henry Ergas Henry Isaac Ergas is an economist who has worked at the OECD, Australian Trade Practices Commission (now the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission) as well as at a number of economic consulting firms. He chaired the Australian Intellectu ...

, ''The Australian'' * Elizabeth Farrelly, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' *

Nikki Gemmell Nikki Gemmell (born 1966) is a best-selling Australian author. She resides in Sydney, Australia. Career Gemmell is the author of fourteen works of fiction and seven non-fiction books. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. Nikki was ...

(born 1966), ''The Australian'' *

Robert Gottliebsen Robert Norman Gottliebsen (born 4 February 1941) is a columnist for '' Business Spectator'' and an economics writer at ''The Australian''. He was the original columnist "Chanticleer" for the '' Australian Financial Review'' and founder of ''Busin ...

(born 1941), ''The Australian'' * Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982), ''The Australian'' *

Danny Katz Danny Katz (born 1963) is a Canadian-born, Jewish Australian columnist and author who writes for ''The Age'' and the '' Sydney Morning Herald''. His column was syndicated in ''The West Australian'' until its unexplained removal in 2016. He is the ...

(born 1960s), ''The Age'' Melbourne; ''The Sydney Morning Herald''; ''The West Australian'' *

Gavin King Gavin Ryan King (born 17 March 1979) is an Australian journalist, founder of news site ''TropicNow'' and author. He was also previously a politician, serving as a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 20 ...

(born 1979), ''The Cairns Post'' * Bjørn Lomborg (born 1965), ''The Australian'' * Brendan O'Neill, ''The Australian'' *

Bernard Salt Bernard Salt is an author, demographer, and since 2002 a regular columnist with ''The Australian'' newspaper. Between 2011 and 2019 he was an adjunct professor at Curtin University Business School, and holds a Master of Arts from Monash Universi ...

, ''The Australian'' *

Niki Savva Niki Savva is an Australian journalist, author, and former senior adviser to prime minister John Howard and treasurer Peter Costello. Early life Savva was born in the village of Choli, Cyprus. Her father Andreas emigrated to Melbourne, Austra ...

, ''The Age''; ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' *

Judith Sloan Judith Sloan (born 22 November 1954)
''Encyclopedia of Australian Science'' is an Australian economist. Sloan was born in Me ...

(born 1954), ''The Australian''

Canada

Living

* Barbara Amiel (born 1940), ''Toronto Sun'', ''The Times'', ''The Sunday Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' * Andrew Coyne (born 1960), ''Financial Post'', ''National Post'', ''The Globe and Mail'', CanWest News Service * John Doyle (born 1957), ''The Globe and Mail'' *

Gwynne Dyer Michael Gwynne Dyer (born 17 April 1943) is a British-Canadian military historian, author, professor, journalist, broadcaster, and retired naval officer. Dyer rose to prominence in the 1980s with the release of his television series ''War'' in 1 ...

(born 1943), self-syndicated * David Frum (born 1960), ''National Post'' * Robert Fulford (born 1932), ''National Post'' *

Marcus Gee Marcus Gee is an urban affairs columnist for ''The Globe and Mail'', Canada's largest national daily newspaper, which he joined in 1991. He was born in Toronto and graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1979 with a degree in modern E ...

''The Globe and Mail'' *

Chantal Hébert Chantal St-Cyr Hébert (born 1954) is a Canadian journalist and political commentator. Life and career Hébert was born on April 24, 1954, in Ottawa, Ontario. She is the oldest of five children. In 1966 her family moved to Toronto where the 12 ...

(born 1954), ''Toronto Star'' *

Michele Landsberg Michele Landsberg OC, (born 12 July 1939) is a Canadian journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist. She is known for writing three bestselling books, including ''Women and Children First'', ''This is New York, Honey!'', and ...

(born 1935), ''Toronto Star'' * Heather Mallick (born 1959), ''Toronto Sun'', ''Toronto Star'', ''The Globe and Mail'' * Lawrence Martin (born 1948), ''The Globe and Mail'' *

Don Macpherson Donald G. McPherson (born April 2, 1965) is a former National Football League and Canadian Football League quarterback. He spent seven seasons in the NFL and CFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Oilers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Ottawa Roug ...

(1947), ''Montreal Gazette'' * Rex Murphy (born 1947), ''The Globe and Mail'', ''National Post'' *

Doug Saunders Douglas Richard Alan Saunders (born 1967) is a British and Canadian journalist and author, and columnist for ''The Globe and Mail'', a newspaper based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the newspaper's international-affairs columnist, and a long ...

(born 1967), ''The Globe and Mail'' * Jeffrey Simpson (born 1949), ''The Globe and Mail'' * Mark Steyn (born 1959), ''The Spectator'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' *

Ellie Tesher Ellie Tesher (born 1941) is a Canadian journalist and advice columnist. Biography Born in Toronto, Ontario, Tesher studied sociology at the University of Toronto. She then worked for the Children's Aid Society in Toronto as a caseworker. In 197 ...

(born 1941), ''Toronto Star'', ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *

Margaret Wente Margaret Wente (born 15 February 1950) is a Canadian journalist and was a long-time columnist for ''The Globe and Mail'' until August 2019. She received the National Newspaper Award for column-writing in 2000 and 2001. In 2012, Wente was found ...

(born 1950), ''The Globe and Mail''

Deceased

* Christie Blatchford (1951–2020), ''National Post'' * Allan Fotheringham (1932–2020), ''The Globe and Mail'', ''National Post'', ''The Roughneck'', ''Maclean's'' *

Peter Worthington Peter John Vickers Worthington (February 16, 1927 – May 12, 2013) was a Canadian journalist. A foreign correspondent with the ''Toronto Telegram'' newspaper from 1956, Worthington was an eyewitness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, an ...

(1927–2013), ''Toronto Telegram'', ''Toronto Sun''

Dominican Republic

* Geovanny Vicente (1986–), CNN, Infobae

France

* William Pfaff (1928–2015), ''International Herald Tribune''

Ghana

Cameron Duodu Martin Cameron Duodu (born 24 May 1937)''Africa Who's Who'', London: Africa Journal for Africa Books Ltd, 1981, pp. 349–50. is a United Kingdom-based Ghanaian novelist, journalist, editor and broadcaster. After publishing a novel, ''The Gab Boys ...

(1937–), ''Mail and Guardian'', ''City Press'' (South Africa), ''Ghanaian Times'' * Anis Haffar, ''Daily Graphic''

India

* Bachi Karkaria * Chetan Bhagat *

Swaminathan Aiyar Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar (born 12 October 1938) is an Indian economist, journalist, and columnist. He is consulting editor for the ''Economic Times'' and writes regularly for the ''Economic Times'' and ''The Times of India''. He is also a ...

* Chidanand Rajghatta *

Gurcharan Das Gurcharan Das (born 3 October 1943) is an Indian author, who wrote a trilogy based on the classical Indian goals of the ideal life. ''India Unbound'' was the first volume (2002), on artha, 'material well-being', which narrated the story of I ...

Harish Iyer Harish Iyer, also known as "Aham", ''hiyer'' and "Harrish Iyer" (born 16 April 1979) is an Indian equal rights activist. Iyer engages in advocacy for a number of causes, including promoting the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transge ...

Jug Suraiya Jug Suraiya is a prominent Indian journalist, author and columnist. He is best known as a satirist and columnist. Suraiya is a former editorial opinion editor and associate editor of the ''Times of India''. He is Delhi-based and schooled at La Ma ...

* Kaberi Gayen (1970–), ''The Daily Star'', ''Prothom Alo'' * M. J. Akbar *

Mrinal Chatterjee ' Mrinal Chatterjee (born 10 February 1961) is an Indian academic and author. He heads the Indian Institute of Dhenkanal. He has authored five academic books on media studies in Odia, including ''History of Journalism in Odisha'' and ''Gloss ...

Rafiq Zakaria Rafiq Zakaria (5 April 1920 – 9 July 2005) was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric. He was closely associated with the Indian independence movement and Indian National Congress party. He was known for his advocacy of tradition ...

(1920–2005), ''The Times of India'' * Rajdeep Sardesai *

Shobhaa De Shobha De (''née'' Rajadhyaksha, formerly Kilachand; born 7 January 1948) is an Indian novelist and columnist. She is best known for her depiction of socialites and sex in her works of fiction, for which she has been referred to as the "Jackie ...

* Soli Sorabjee *

Sunita Narain Sunita Narain (born 1961) is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. Narain is director general of the India-based research institute for the Centre for Sci ...

Swapan Dasgupta Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian journalist and politician. He is influential within the Indian right wing, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Hindu nationalism. He is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. ...

* Tavleen Singh (1950–), ''The Indian Express''

Ireland

Eamon Delaney Eamon Delaney (born 14 July 1962) is an Irish newspaper columnist, author, editor, novelist, journalist and former diplomat. According to the Irish Independent, Delaney's best-selling memoir of life as an Irish diplomat "ruffled feathers" within t ...

Israel

* Dan Margalit (1938–), ''Haaretz''

Pakistan

Hassan Nisar Hassan Nisar ( Punjabi, Urdu: ; born 5 July 1951) is a Pakistani journalist, newspaper columnist, TV news analyst Saleem Safi Saleem Safi (Urdu, ps, ; born 7 March 1968) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist talk show host. He specializes in foreign policy, terrorism, Kashmir conflict, Afghanistan conflict and the politics of Pakistan. He is associated with Jang Me ...

, ''Daily Jang'' *

Irfan Husain Irfan Husain ( ur, عرفان حسین) (5 July 1944 – 16 December 2020) was a Pakistani newspaper columnist and civil servant. He wrote weekly columns for ''Dawn'' newspaper. Husain wrote on a wide range of subjects for newspapers in Pa ...

, ''Daily Dunya'' * Hamid Mir, ''Daily Jang'' * Rauf Klasra, ''Daily Dunya'' * Khurshid Ahmed Nadeem, ''Daily Duniya''

Philippines

Randy David Randolf "Randy" Siongco David (born January 8, 1946) is a Filipino journalist, sociologist, and public intellectual. He is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He currently pens a weekly newspaper colu ...

(19??–), ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kenneth John Kenneth Randolph Vincent John (17 April 1938 – 3 July 2021) was a Vincentian lawyer and newspaper columnist. His column "This Week" appeared in national weekly ''The Vincentian'' over a period of thirty-nine years. Biography Kenneth R ...

(1938–2021), ''The Vincentian''

South Africa

* Jani Allan (1953–), ''Sunday Times''

Trinidad and Tobago

Marion O'Callaghan Marion Patrick Jones (16 August 1931 – 2 March 2016) was a Trinidadian novelist, whose training was in the fields of library science and social anthropology. She is also known by the names Marion Glean and Marion O'Callaghan (her married name). B ...

(1934–2016), ''Trinidad and Tobago Newsday'' *

Raoul Pantin Raoul Pantin (June 5, 1943 – January 15, 2015) was a Trinidad and Tobago journalist, editor, poet and playwright. He penned six plays during his career. Pantin survived the 1990 Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt and terrorist attack, in which he a ...

(1943–2015), ''Trinidad Express'' *

Marina Salandy-Brown Marina Salandy-Brown FRSA, Hon. FRSL, is a Trinidadian journalist, broadcaster and cultural activist. She was formerly an editor and Senior Manager in Radio and News and Current Affairs programmes with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) i ...

, ''Trinidad and Tobago Newsday''

United Kingdom

* Barbara Amiel (1940–), ''Toronto Sun'', ''The Times'', ''Sunday Times'', ''Daily Telegraph'' * Bruce Anderson, ''The Independent'' * Terence Blacker (1948–), ''The Independent'' *

Russell Brand Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian and actor known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. Brand has received three British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer (2006), Best Live Stand-Up (2008), and the award for ...

(1975–), ''The Guardian'' * Jeremy Clarkson (1960–), ''The Sunday Times'' and ''The Sun'' *

Robert Crampton Robert Crampton (born 10 August 1964) is an English journalist. He is also the son of Peter Crampton, former Member of the European Parliament for Humberside. Early life Crampton was born in Blackpool in 1964. His family lived in Solihull fo ...

(1964–), ''The Times'' * Nigel Dempster (1941–2007), ''Daily Express'', ''Daily Mail'' and ''Private Eye'' *

Tom Driberg Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell (22 May 1905 – 12 August 1976) was a British journalist, politician, High Anglican churchman and possible Soviet spy, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1942 to 1955, and again from 195 ...

(1905–1976), ''Daily Express'' and ''Reynolds News'' *

Tony Forrester Anthony R. (Tony) Forrester (born 1953) is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World Bridge Federation World International Master. Forrester was a bridge columnist for ''The Daily Telegraph'' fro ...

(1953–), ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'' *

Jonathan Freedland Jonathan Saul Freedland (born 25 February 1967) is a British journalist who writes a weekly column for ''The Guardian''. He presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series ''The Long View''. Freedland also writes thrillers, mainly under the ...

(1967–), ''The Guardian'', ''Jewish Chronicle'', ''Daily Mirror'', ''Evening Standard'' *

A. A. Gill Adrian Anthony Gill (28 June 1954 – 10 December 2016) was a British journalist, critic, and author. Best known for his food and travel writing, he was also a television critic, was restaurant reviewer of ''The Sunday Times'', wrote for '' Van ...

(1954–2016), ''The Sunday Times'' * Simon Heffer (1960–), ''Daily Mail'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' * Peter Hitchens (1951–), ''Daily Express'', ''The Mail on Sunday'' *

Simon Jenkins Sir Simon David Jenkins (born 10 June 1943) is a British author, a newspaper columnist and editor. He was editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from 1976 to 1978 and of ''The Times'' from 1990 to 1992. Jenkins chaired the National Trust from 20 ...

(1943–), ''The Sunday Times'', ''The Guardian'', ''Evening Standard'' * Bernard Levin (1928–2004), ''The Times'' * Richard Littlejohn (1954–), ''The Sun'' and ''Daily Mail'' * George Monbiot (1963–), ''The Guardian'' * Matthew Parris (1949–), ''The Times'' * David Rennie (1971–), ''Evening Standard'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Economist'' * Joan Smith (1953–), ''The Independent on Sunday'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Telegraph'' *

Mark Steel Mark Steel (born 4 July 1960) is an English author, broadcaster, stand-up comedian and newspaper columnist. He has made many appearances on radio and television shows as a guest panellist, and has written regular columns in ''The Guardian'', '' ...

(1960–), ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'' *

Jack Trevor Story Jack Trevor Story (30 March 1917 – 5 December 1991) was a British novelist, publishing prolifically from the 1940s to the 1970s. His best-known works are the 1949 comic mystery ''The Trouble with Harry'' (which was adapted for Alfred Hit ...

(1917–1991), ''The Guardian'' *

Andrew Sullivan Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 10 August 1963) is a British-American author, editor, and blogger. Sullivan is a political commentator, a former editor of ''The New Republic'', and the author or editor of six books. He started a political blog, ' ...

(1963–), ''The Sunday Times'' *

Tom Townsend Thomas George Townsend (born 19 February 1971) is an English professional bridge player and writer. Personal life Townsend was educated at Wellington College and Cambridge University. He lives in Shepherd's Bush, London, with Polish (in 2022 ...

(1971–), ''The Daily Telegraph'' *

Polly Toynbee Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for ''The Guardian'' newspaper since 1998. She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 19 ...

(1946–), ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'', *

Hugo Young Hugo John Smelter Young (13 October 1938 – 22 September 2003) was a British journalist and columnist and senior political commentator at ''The Guardian''. Early life and education Born in Sheffield into an old recusant Roman Catholic family, h ...

(1937–2003), ''The Guardian, 'The Sunday Times'',

United States

A–L

* Mitch Albom (1958–), ''Detroit Free Press'' *

Mike Barnicle Michael Barnicle (born October 13, 1943) is an American print and broadcast journalist, and a social and political commentator. He is a senior contributor and the veteran columnist on MSNBC's '' Morning Joe''. He is also seen on NBC's ''Today Sh ...

(1943–), ''Boston Herald'' *

Dave Barry David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the ''Miami Herald'' from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic ...

(1947–), ''Miami Herald'' * David Bianculli (19??–), ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', ''New York Post'', ''New York Daily News'' * David Brooks (1961–), ''The New York Times'' *

Rosa Brooks Rosa Brooks ( Ehrenreich; born 1970) is an American law professor, journalist, author and commentator on foreign policy, U.S. politics and criminal justice. She is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law C ...

(1970–), ''Los Angeles Times'' *

Pat Buchanan Patrick Joseph Buchanan (; born November 2, 1938) is an American paleoconservative political commentator, columnist, politician, and broadcaster. Buchanan was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, an ...

(1938–), Creators Syndicate * Scott Burns, Universal Press Syndicate and ''Dallas Morning News'' *

Wilson Casey Wilson Casey is an American columnist, book author, political humorist, entertainer, speaker, and record holder. He earned two Guinness World Records (trivia marathon and radio broadcasting) for a thirty-hour live, continuous broadcast on radio st ...

(1954–), ''Spartanburg, South Carolina Herald-Journal'', King Features Weekly Syndicate * Mona Charen (1957–), Creators Syndicate * Richard Cohen, ''The Washington Post'' * Gail Collins (1945–), ''The New York Times'' * Ann Coulter (1961–), Universal Press Syndicate *

E. J. Dionne Eugene Joseph Dionne Jr. (; born April 23, 1952) is an American journalist, political commentator, and long-time op-ed columnist for ''The Washington Post''. He is also a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a profes ...

(1952–), ''The Washington Post'' * Maureen Dowd (1952–), ''The New York Times'' *

Mike Downey Mike Downey (born August 9, 1951 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and raised in the nearby village of Steger, Illinois) is a retired American newspaper columnist. From 2003 to 2008, Downey wrote the "In the Wake of the News" column for the ''Chica ...

(1951–), ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Chicago Tribune'' *

Tina Dupuy Tina Dupuy is the former communications director for Congressman Alan Grayson, and has been a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist, freelance investigative journalist and comedian. She freelances for ''Los Angeles Times'', ''The Atlantic'', ''Fa ...

(1978–), ''Cagle Cartoons'' * Mike Freeman, ''The Indianapolis Star'' * Thomas Friedman (1953–), ''The New York Times'' * Jonah Goldberg (1969–), ''USA Today'', ''Los Angeles Times'', Tribune Media Services * Ray Hanania (1953–), ''Daily Southtown'', ''Chicago Sun-Times'', Southwest News Newspaper Group, ''Arab News'', ''The Jerusalem Post'' * Victor Davis Hanson (1953–), Tribune Media Services * Froma Harrop (1950–), Creators Syndicate *

Carolyn Hax Carolyn Hanley Hax is an American writer and columnist for ''The Washington Post'' and author of the daily syndicated advice column, ''Carolyn Hax'' (formerly titled ''Tell Me About It''), which features broad relational advice. Originally targeti ...

(1966–), ''The Washington Post'' * Carl Hiaasen (1943–), ''Miami Herald'' * Jeff Jacoby (1969–), ''Boston Globe'' *

Avery Yale Kamila Avery Yale Kamila is an American journalist, vegan columnist and community organizer in the state of Maine. Biography Kamila was born in Westminster, Massachusetts in the 1970s and grew up on an organic farm in Litchfield, Maine. Kamila adopte ...

(197?–), ''Portland Press Herald'' * Michael Kinsley (1951–), ''The Washington Post'' * Nicholas Kristof (1959–), ''The New York Times'' * Paul Krugman (1953–), ''The New York Times'' * Al Lewis (1961–), Dow Jones Newswires *

Steve Lopez Steven M. Lopez (born 1953) is an American journalist and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist who has been a columnist for ''The Los Angeles Times'' since 2001. Life and work Lopez is a native of Pittsburg, California, and attended San Jose Stat ...

(1953–), ''Los Angeles Times''

M–Z

* Charlie Madigan (1949–), ''Chicago Tribune'' * Michelle Malkin (1970–), ''Los Angeles Daily News'', ''Seattle Times'', ''St. Louis Globe-Democrat'', Creators Syndicate * Tom Meek (1956–), ''Gainesville Sun'' * Harold Meyerson (1950–), ''The Washington Post'' * Jeffrey Morgan (19??–), ''Metro Times'' * Patt Morrison, ''Los Angeles Times'' * Clarence Page (1947–), ''Chicago Tribune'' * Kathleen Parker (1952–), ''The Washington Post'' Writers Group *

Jeanne Phillips Jeanne Phillips (; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column '' Dear Abby'' since 2000. She is the daughter of Pauline Esther Phillips, who founded ''Dear Abby'' in 1956 ...

(Abigail van Buren or Dear Abby), (1942–), Universal Press Syndicate * Leonard Pitts (1957–), ''Miami Herald'' *

Bill Plaschke William Paul Plaschke (born September 6, 1958, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American sports journalist who has written for the ''Los Angeles Times'' since 1987. Biography As a child he attended St. Albert the Great Elementary School in Louisvill ...

(1958–), ''Los Angeles Times'' * Dennis Prager (1948–), Creators Syndicate * Ted Rall (1963–), ''San Francisco Chronicle'' Features, Universal Press Syndicate *

Michael Reagan Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945) is an American political commentator, Republican strategist, and former radio talk show host. He is the adopted son of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman. He wo ...

(1945–), Cagle Cartoons *

Eugene Robinson Eugene Keefe Robinson (born May 28, 1963) is a former American football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He spent the majority of his career with the Seattle Seahawks, who signed him as an undrafted free age ...

(1954–), ''The Washington Post'' * Neal Rubin (1955–), ''Detroit News'' * Mary Schmich (1953–), ''Chicago Tribune'' * Ben Shapiro (1984–), ''Patriot Post'' * Kyle Smith (critic) (1966–), ''New York Post'' * Thomas Sowell (1930–), Creators Syndicate *

(1941–), ''Toronto Star'' * Cal Thomas (1942–), Tribune Media Services * Peter Vecsey (1943–), ''New York Post'' *

Gene Weingarten Gene Norman Weingarten (born October 2, 1951) is an American journalist, and former syndicated humor columnist for ''The Washington Post.'' He is the only two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Weingarten is known for both ...

(1951–), ''The Washington Post'' * George Will (1941–), ''The Washington Post'' Writers Group *

Walter E. Williams Walter Edward Williams (March 31, 1936December 1, 2020) was an American economist, commentator, and academic. Williams was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, as well as a syndicated columnist an ...

(1936–2020), Creators Syndicate * Craig Wilson, ''Saratogian'', ''USA Today''

Deceased

Listed chronologically by birth date * John Neal (1793–1876), ''The Baltimore Telegraph'' * Fanny Fern (1811–1872), ''

New York Ledger ''The New York Ledger'' was a weekly story paper published in Manhattan, New York. It was established in 1855 by Robert E. Bonner, by transforming the weekly financial journal called ''The Merchant's Ledger'' that he had purchased in 1851. Bo ...

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Charlotte Reeve Conover Charlotte Reeve Conover (June 14, 1855 – September 23, 1940) was an American author, lecturer, political activist, educator, and "Dayton's historian". Early life and education Conover was born to physician Dr. John Charles and Emma Barlow Re ...

(1855–1940), ''Dayton Daily News'' * Harry Carr (1877–1936), ''Los Angeles Times'' *

Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ...

(1879–1935), ''The New York Times'', McNaught Syndicate * E.V. Durling (1893–1957), King Features Syndicate * O. O. McIntyre (1884–1938), ''Gallipolis Tribune'', ''Bridgeport Post'', ''New York Journal-American'', ''Scripps-Howard, McNaught'' * Lee Shippey (1884–1969), ''Kansas City Star'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''San Diego Union'', ''Del Mar Surfcomber'' * Hedda Hopper (1885–1966), ''Los Angeles Times'', Syndicated Columnist * Walter Winchell (1897–1972), ''Vaudeville News'', ''New York Evening Graphic'', ''New York Daily Mirror'' * Drew Pearson (1897–1969), ''The Washington Post'' *

Ward Morehouse Ward Morehouse (November 24, 1895 – December 7, 1966) was an American theater critic, newspaper columnist, playwright, and author. Life and career Born in Savannah, Georgia, Ward Morehouse first worked as a reporter for ''The Savannah Press ...

(1899–1967), ''New York Sun'' * Ed Sullivan (1901–1974), ''New York Evening Graphic'', ''New York Daily News'' * Lucius Beebe (1902–1966), ''San Francisco Examiner'', ''New York Herald Tribune'' *

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(1903–1970), ''Los Angeles Daily News'', ''Los Angeles Times'' *

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(1903–1974), Los Angeles ''Illustrated Daily News'', ''San Francisco Examiner'' * Red Smith (1905–82), ''The New York Times'' * Ruth Montgomery (1912–2001), Hearst Headline Service, United Press International * Irv Kupcinet (1912–2003), ''Chicago Sun-Times'' * Roz Young (1912–2005), ''Dayton Daily News'' *

Dorothy Kilgallen Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist. After spending two semesters at the College of New Rochelle, she started her career shortly before her 18th birth ...

(1913–1965), ''New York Journal-American'' *

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(1913–1969), ''Dayton Daily News'' * Charles McCabe (1915–1983), ''San Francisco Chronicle'' *

Parke S. Rouse Jr. Parke Shepherd Rouse Jr. (1915 – March 5, 1997) was an American journalist, writer and historian in Tidewater Virginia. Biography Early life Parke S. Rouse Jr. was a native of the Town of Smithfield. He spent most of his childhood in Ne ...

(1915–1997), ''Newport News'', ''Daily Press'' * Herb Caen (1916–1997), ''San Francisco Chronicle'' *

Sydney J. Harris Sydney J. Harris (September 14, 1917 – December 7, 1986) was an American journalist for the ''Chicago Daily News'' and, later, the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. He wrote 11 books and his weekday column, "Strictly Personal", was syndicated in appr ...

(1917–1986), ''Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times'' *

Tom Braden Thomas Wardell Braden (February 22, 1917 – April 3, 2009) was an American CIA official, journalist (best remembered as the author of ''Eight Is Enough'', which spawned a television program), and co-host of the CNN show ''Crossfire''. Inte ...

(1917–2007) *

Sylvia Schur Sylvia Zipser Schur (June 27, 1917 – September 8, 2009) was an American food columnist and innovator. She wrote many cookbooks and has been credited with developing Clamato and Cran-Apple juice. She also wrote recipes for Ann Page and Betty ...

(1917–2009), ''PM'' *

Emmett Watson Emmett Watson (November 22, 1918 – May 11, 2001) was an American newspaper columnist from Seattle, Washington, whose columns ran in a variety of Seattle newspapers over a span of more than fifty years. Initially a sportswriter, he is primari ...

(1918–2001), ''Seattle Times'', ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer * Eppie Lederer ( Ann Landers), (1918–2002), ''Chicago Sun-Times'' * Pauline Phillips ( Abigail van Buren or Dear Abby) (1918–2013), ''San Francisco Chronicle'', McNaught Syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate * Jim Murray (1919–1998), ''Los Angeles Times'' *

Andy Rooney Andrew Aitken Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program '' 60 Minutes'' from 1978 to 201 ...

(1919–2011), Tribune Media Services * James Jackson Kilpatrick, (1920–2010), journalist, columnist, author, writer and grammarian *

Dick Kleiner Richard Arthur Kleiner (March 9, 1921 – February 13, 2002) was an American columnist whose breezy question-and-answer column, "Ask Dick Kleiner," about Hollywood celebrities appeared in hundreds of newspapers across the country. He was also an au ...

(1921–2002), Newspaper Enterprise Association * Army Archerd (1922–2009), ''Daily Variety'' * Jack Anderson (1922–2005), Syndicated Columnist * Al Neuharth (1924–2013), ''USA Today'' * Art Buchwald (1925–2007), ''The Washington Post'', ''International Herald-Tribune'', Tribune Media Services * Russell Baker (1925–2018), ''The New York Times'' * Erma Bombeck (1927–1996), ''Dayton Journal Herald, Kettering-Oakwood Times'', Newsday Newspaper Syndicate *

L. M. Boyd Louis Malcolm (Mal) Boyd, popularly known as L. M. Boyd (June 9, 1927 in Spokane, Washington, USA – January 22, 2007, in Seattle) was a newspaper columnist whose nationally syndicated column was a collection of miscellaneous trivial and amusing f ...

(1927–2007), ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Crown Syndicate *

James Brady James Scott Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the seventeenth White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald Reagan. In 1981, Brady b ...

(1928–2009), ''New York Post'', ''Advertising Age'', ''Crain's New York Business'' * Jimmy Breslin (1928–2017), ''New York Daily News'', ''Long Island Newsday'' *

Herbert Lyle Mayfield Herbert Lyle Mayfield, known generally as Lyle, (March 4, 1929 – March 31, 2012) was an American writer, poet, printer, inventor of musical instruments, and folk musician and composer from Greenville, Illinois. He spent most of his adult life ...

(1929–2012), ''Greenville Advocate'' * William Safire (1929–2009), ''The New York Times'' * Robert Novak (1931–2009), "Inside Report", ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *

Mike Royko Michael Royko Jr. (September 19, 1932 – April 29, 1997) was an American newspaper columnist from Chicago. Over his 30-year career, he wrote over 7,500 daily columns for the ''Chicago Daily News'', the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', and the ''Chicago ...

(1932–1997), ''Chicago Daily News'', ''Chicago Sun-Times'', ''Chicago Tribune'' *

Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement. He rose to prominence with the publication of '' Hell's Angels'' (1967), a book for which he s ...

(1937–2005), ''The Playground News'', ''San Francisco Examiner'', ''Rolling Stone'' *

Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...

(1942–2013), ''Chicago Sun-Times'' * Molly Ivins (1944–2007), ''Dallas Times-Herald'', ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', ''The New York Times'', ''Creators Syndicate'' * Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994), ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' *

Charles Krauthammer Charles Krauthammer (; March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist. A moderate liberal who turned independent conservative as a political pundit, Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns in ''The Washington ...

(1950–2018), ''The Washington Post'' * Mike McAlary (1957–1998), ''New York Daily News''

French-language

France

Raymond Aron Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Aron is best known for his 19 ...

(1905–1983), ''Le Figaro, L'Express'' *

Alain Rémond Alain Rémond is a famous French humor columnist, born in 1946 in Mortain (Manche). Biography Alain Rémond was born into a modest Breton family. He studied philosophy, became a teacher of audiovisual moving later on to film review. In 1973, Al ...

(1946–), ''Télérama, Marianne, La Croix''

Italian-language

Italy

Lucia Annunziata Lucia Annunziata (Sarno, 8 August 1950) is an Italian journalist. Career Born in Sarno (in the Salerno province), at the age of 13 she moved to Salerno, where she attended high school and university, obtaining a degree in History and Philosoph ...

(1950–), ''La Stampa'' *

Fiamma Nirenstein Fiamma Nirenstein (born 18 December 1945 in Florence) is an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and politician. In 2008 she was elected to the Italian Parliament for Silvio Berlusconi's The People of Freedom party and she served as Vice President o ...

(1945–), ''Il Giornale'' * Anna Maria Quaini or Mina Mazzini (1940–), ''La Stampa'' * Beppe Severgnini (1956–), ''Corriere della Sera'' *

Marco Travaglio Marco Travaglio (; born 13 October 1964) is an Italian investigative journalist, writer and opinion leader, editor of the independent journal ''Il Fatto Quotidiano''. Biography Travaglio was born in Turin and earned a degree in history from th ...

(1964–), ''La Republica, L'Unita, L'Espresso''

Japanese-language

Japan

* Debito Arudou (1965–), ''Japan Times'' and ''Japan Today'' * Hugh Cortazzi (1924–2018), ''Japan Times''

Polish-language

Poland

* Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), free-lance

Portuguese-language

Brazil

Luis Fernando Verissimo Luís Fernando Verissimo (born September 26, 1936) is a Brazilian writer. Verissimo is the son of Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo and lived with his father in the United States during his childhood. Best known for his ''crônicas'' and texts o ...

(1936–), ''A ilusao'' * Arnaldo Jabor (1940–2022), ''Pensador''

Portugal

Miguel Sousa Tavares Miguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares (born Porto, 25 June 1952) is a Portuguese lawyer, journalist and writer. The son of poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and lawyer and politician Francisco Sousa Tavares, Miguel received his education in Law ...

(1952–), ''Expresso'' *

Ricardo de Araújo Pereira Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name * Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portug ...

(1974–), ''Visão''

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