Edward Gibbon
English historian, writer, and Member of Parliament
Desiderius Erasmus
Dutch philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance
Jeffrey Eugenides
American novelist and short story writer
Euripides
Tragedian of classical Athens
Frederick Exley
American writer
Anne Fadiman
American essayist and reporter
Michael Faraday
English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry
William Faulkner
American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of his life
Patrick Leigh Fermor
English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot
Elena Ferrante
Pseudonymous Italian novelist