Lives listing by occupation: essayist
- Hazlitt, William [the younger] (born 1778–died 1830), English author, essayist, journalist
- Hunt, Leigh (born 1784–died 1859), English author, poet, essayist
- Jackson, Jonathan (born 1743–died 1810), American merchant, civil servant, politician, author, essayist
- Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, Bernard, chevalier d’Her (born 1657–died 1757), French author, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, philosopher, academician
- Mathon de la Cour, Charles Joseph (born 1738–died 1793), French author, essayist, art critic, mathematician, financier
- Mazzuchelli, conte Filippo (flourished 1758–1773), Italian aristocrat, essayist
- Parnell, Thomas (born 1679–died 1718), Irish author, poet, essayist
- Pennington, Reverend Montagu (born 1762–died 1849), English churchman, editor, essayist
- Rose, Samuel (born 1767–died 1804), Scottish lawyer, essayist, literary editor, author
- Talbot, Catherine (born 1721–died 1770), English essayist, poet
- Temple, William Johnston (born 1739–died 1796), Scottish churchman, essayist, author
- Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (born 1694–died 1778), French author, essayist, philosopher
- Webster, Noah [junior] (born 1758–died 1843), American lexicographer, lecturer, teacher, author, lawyer, essayist
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