| Tom Purdom | born 1936 | 1 |
| K. F. (Katherine Frances) Purdon | 1852–1920 | 1 |
| Thomas Purney | 1695–1727 | 1 |
| David Laing Purves | 1838–1873 | 1 |
| George Tybout Purves | 1852–1901 | 1 |
| E. B. (Edward Bouverie) Pusey | 1800–1882 | 1 |
| Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin | 1799–1837 | 12 |
| B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale | 1877–1930 | 3 |
| Eleanor Putnam | 1856–1886 | 1 |
| George Haven Putnam | 1844–1930 | 3 |
| George Palmer Putnam | 1887–1950 | 1 |
| Ruth Putnam | 1856–1931 | 1 |
| George Puttenham | 1529–1590 | 1 |
| Charles Pye | 1777–1864 | 1 |
| Howard Pyle | 1853–1911 | 13 |
| Katharine Pyle | 1863–1938 | 3 |
| Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle | 1871–1921 | 1 |
| William Henry Pyle | 1875–1946 | 1 |
| Louise Clarke Pyrnelle | 1850–1907 | 2 |
| Jaakko Päivärinta | 1847–1902 | 1 |
| Pietari Päivärinta | 1827–1913 | 16 |
| Henri Pène du Bois | 1858–1906 | 1 |
| Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde | 1846–1892 | 1 |
| Ramón Pérez de Ayala | 1880–1962 | 1 |
| Enrique Pérez Escrich | 1829–1897 | 1 |
| Benito Pérez Galdós | 1843–1920 | 13 |
| G. P. (George Payn) Quackenbos | 1826–1881 | 1 |
| William A. (William Alfred) Quayle | 1860–1925 | 1 |
| Eça de Queirós | 1845–1900 | 19 |
| C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne) Quennell | 1872–1935 | 1 |
| Peter Quennell | 1905–1993 | — |
| Antero de Quental | 1842–1891 | 4 |
| Herbert Quick | 1861–1925 | 3 |
| Lemuel Ely Quigg | 1863–1919 | 1 |
| Hugh Quigley | 1819–1883 | 1 |
| Arthur Quiller-Couch | 1863–1944 | 40 |
| Mabel Quiller-Couch | 1865–1924 | 4 |
| M. (Moses) Quinby | 1810–1875 | 1 |
| Josiah Quincy | 1772–1864 | 1 |
| Horacio Quiroga | 1878–1937 | 1 |
| Heinrich August Raabe | 1759–1841 | 1 |
| Wilhelm Raabe | 1831–1910 | 2 |
| Kate Milner Rabb | 1866–1937 | 1 |
| Léonce Rabillon | 1814–1886 | 1 |
| Charles Rabou | 1803–1870 | 1 |
| Sergei Aleksandrovich Rachinskii | 1836–1902 | 1 |
| Jean Racine | 1639–1699 | 4 |
| Arthur Rackham | 1867–1939 | 8 |
| Ann Ward Radcliffe | 1764–1823 | 2 |
| Paul Radin | 1883–1959 | 2 |
| Radziwill, Catherine, Princess | 1858–1941 | 1 |
| Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin | 1840–1915 | 1 |
| Janet Milne Rae | 1844–1933 | 1 |
| John Rae | 1845–1915 | 4 |
| Louis Raemaekers | 1869–1956 | 2 |
| Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin | 1835–1924 | 2 |
| George S. (George Scott) Railton | 1849–1913 | 2 |
| Ferdinand Raimund | 1790–1836 | 8 |
| Allen Raine | 1836–1908 | 2 |
| William MacLeod Raine | 1871–1954 | 18 |
| W. (William) Rainey | 1852–1936 | 8 |
| George Washington Rains | 1817–1898 | 1 |
| Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon) Raisin | 1878–1946 | 1 |
| Robert S. (Robert Sangster) Rait | 1874–1936 | 2 |
| Yacki Raizizun | 1892–1966 | 1 |
| Henry Raleigh | 1880–1945 | 1 |
| Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir | 1861–1922 | 5 |
| Julian Ralph | 1853–1903 | — |
| G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson | 1879–1940 | 14 |
| William Ralston Shedden Ralston | 1828–1889 | 2 |
| Vincente Rama | 1887–1956 | 1 |
| T. (Thottakadu) Ramakrishna Pillai | born 1854 | 1 |
| Ramanuja | 1017–1137 | 1 |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Ramhorst | 1863–1929 | 1 |
| Miguel Ramos Carrión | 1848–1915 | 1 |
| Anders Ramsay | 1832–1910 | 3 |
| Edward Bannerman Ramsay | 1793–1872 | 1 |
| Maria Ramstedt | 1852–1915 | 1 |
| Alfred Ramé | 1826–1886 | 1 |
| Ayn Rand | 1905–1982 | 2 |