Mathematics Education Group
e-Kyoshitsu was an online learning community in which secondary-school students explored mathematical problems. Its book on infinity grew out of these exchanges, using familiar fractions and decimals to show how discussion and reasoning can open a path into unfamiliar mathematics.
Novelist
E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015) was an American novelist and editor. Born in the Bronx, New York, he worked in publishing before teaching literature and creative writing at institutions including New York University. “Ragtime,” which brings a fictional family together with historical politicians,…
Journalist, novelist, political…
Ece Temelkuran (born 1973) is a Turkish journalist, novelist and political commentator whose work addresses democratic decline, freedom of expression and women’s experiences. Born in Izmir, she began reporting for Cumhuriyet in 1993 and graduated from Ankara University’s Faculty of Law in 1995. Her…
Computer scientist, animation engineer
Ed Catmull is a computer scientist and animation technologist whose work helped develop three-dimensional computer graphics for filmmaking. After earning his doctorate in computer science at the University of Utah and conducting research at the New York Institute of Technology, he was recruited by…
Sky News Economics Editor
Ed Conway (born 1979) is a British journalist and nonfiction author. He is the Economics and Data Editor at Sky News and a regular columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times. Specializing in economics, finance, business, and global affairs, Conway is known for explaining complex economic issues…
Science journalist
Ed Yong (born 1981) is a British-American science journalist and nonfiction author renowned for making complex scientific ideas both accessible and deeply engaging. His work focuses on life science, animal behavior, microbiology, infectious disease, and public health, combining rigorous reporting…
Environmental journalist/translator
Junko Edahiro is a Japanese environmental journalist, researcher, writer, and translator whose work addresses sustainability, local economies, and well-being. She completed a master’s program in educational psychology at the University of Tokyo and works across education and practical projects. Her…
African American researcher, Director…
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (born 1968) is an American political thinker and scholar of religion. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University, where his research focuses on African American studies, religion, and democracy. His best-known book, "Begin Again:…
England Rugby National Team Head Coach
Eddie Jones (born 1960) is an Australian rugby coach. He has served as head coach of the national teams of Australia, Japan, and England, and is widely recognized for leading Japan to its historic victory over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. His best-known book, "Leadership," draws on…
Investor, asset management specialist
Eddie Perkin is an American investor and asset-management executive with twenty-five years of experience leading global investment teams. He formerly served as chief investment officer at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Eaton Vance and is now an independent director on the Invesco mutual fund…
Novelist, poet, critic
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, poet, and literary critic. Widely regarded as a pioneer of detective fiction, horror, and Gothic literature, he profoundly influenced the development of modern mystery and psychological fiction. His best-known story, "The Murders in the Rue…
Short story writer
Edith Pearlman (1936–2023) was an American short-story writer. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, she published her work for decades, primarily in literary magazines and anthologies. Her collection “Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories” was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the…
Historian, classical scholar
Edmund Richardson is a historian of ancient Greece and classical reception, and Professor of Classics at Durham University. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2008 and held positions at Princeton University and the University of Leeds before joining Durham’s Department of…
Educational measurement organization
ETS (Educational Testing Service) is a United States organization working in educational measurement and assessment, test development and delivery, and the production of learning materials. It was established in 1947 as an independent nonprofit organization when the American Council on Education,…
Writer
Edward Ball (1958–) is an American journalist and nonfiction writer. His work explores slavery, race, family history, and the legacy of the American South, often drawing on his own family's past to examine the enduring consequences of slavery and white supremacy. Combining meticulous archival…
Author, playwright, illustrator,…
Edward Carey (1970–) A British novelist, playwright, and illustrator who studied drama at the University of Hull before working in theater and turning to fiction. Beginning with his debut novel "Observatory Mansions," he has created strange, fantastical worlds populated by eccentric characters,…
Financial historian, journalist,…
Edward Chancellor is a financial historian, journalist and investment strategist whose work examines speculation, credit and interest rates. He studied history at Cambridge and Oxford and worked for Lazard Brothers in London in the early 1990s. Drawing on both historical research and financial…
Writer, Screenwriter
Edward Chisholm is a British writer and screenwriter. Born in Dorset, England, he graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and moved to Paris in 2012. While pursuing a writing career, he worked as a waiter, bartender, museum security guard, and market hand. His work has…
Doctor, thinking method researcher,…
Edward de Bono was a physician and author who treated thinking as a skill that can be learned. His medical research led him to examine the mind as a self-organizing system and develop lateral thinking. The model presented in The Mechanism of Mind informed practical methods for generating ideas and…
Journalist
Edward Dolnick is an American journalist and former chief science writer at The Boston Globe. His nonfiction books recount episodes in art, archaeology, and the history of science. “The Rescue Artist” follows the investigation into the theft of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” from a museum in Oslo,…
International relations scholar,…
Edward Fishman is an American foreign policy expert, researcher. He is a Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. His work focuses on economic sanctions, economic statecraft, national security, and geopolitics. Fishman previously served at the…
Mathematician, financial engineer
Edward O. Thorp (1932–) is an American mathematician, investor, and hedge fund manager. He pioneered the application of probability and statistics to both gambling and finance, developing the first mathematically proven card-counting system for blackjack and later becoming an early leader in…
Entomologist, sociobiology/biodiversity…
Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021) was an American biologist, entomologist, and author. A longtime professor at Harvard University, he transformed the study of ants into a broader understanding of sociobiology, biodiversity, and conservation biology. After graduating from the University of Alabama,…
Novelist, short story writer
Edward P. Jones (1950–) is an American novelist and short story writer whose work explores African American lives and communities and the history of slavery. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he portrayed the everyday lives of the city’s Black residents in “Lost in the City,” which won the 1993…
Photographer, painter
Edward Steichen (1879–1973) was a Luxembourg-born American photographer and museum curator. One of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, he first gained recognition as a pioneer of Pictorialism before becoming a celebrated fashion and portrait photographer for *Vogue* and…
Literary researcher, literary critic,…
Edward W. Said (1935–2003) was a Palestinian American literary scholar, cultural critic, and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. A foundational figure in postcolonial studies, he transformed the study of literature, history, and culture through his analysis of…
Novelist, short story writer, essayist
Edwidge Danticat (born 1969) is a Haitian-born American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. She moved to the United States at age twelve and has written extensively about Haitian history and political violence, migration and diaspora, and the ways family memories survive across generations.…
Educator, theologian, writer
Edwin Abbott Abbott was an English educator, theologian, and writer who served as headmaster of the City of London School. His Flatland turns the lives of geometrical figures into an imaginative encounter with higher dimensions, connecting mathematical ideas with questions about the limits of…
Paleontologist
Edwin H. Colbert was an American vertebrate paleontologist who worked for decades at the American Museum of Natural History and taught at Columbia University. His work on Lystrosaurus fossils from Antarctica provided evidence for continental drift. Through research, museum exhibitions, and books…
Naturalist, photographer, writer
Edwin Way Teale (1899–1980) was an American naturalist, photographer, and author. Fascinated by insects and birds from an early age, he devoted his life to observing and documenting the natural world. After graduating from college, he worked as an editor while pursuing a career as a writer and…
Poet, Essayist
Egana Djabbarova (born 1992) is a Russian-born poet, essayist, and scholar raised in an Azerbaijani family in Yekaterinburg. The author of several poetry collections, she was forced to leave Russia in 2024 because of her LGBTQ activism and opposition to the war in Ukraine, and now lives in Hamburg,…
Translator
Taiko Eguchi is a Japanese translator of nonfiction on economics, society, politics, and technology. In Angus Deaton’s “Economics in America,” she introduces a reconsideration of inequality and the role economists play in understanding and shaping society. Marietje Schaake’s “The Tech Coup”…
Novelist, Children’s author,…
Kaori Ekuni (born 1964) is a Japanese novelist, poet, and translator from Tokyo. Renowned for her lyrical prose and delicate psychological insight, she has written extensively about love, family, and the complexities of human relationships. Her major honors include the Murasaki Shikibu Literature…
Novelist, critic
Elaine Castillo is a Filipino American novelist and critic born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Her debut novel, America Is Not the Heart (2018), follows Hero, a woman rebuilding her life with relatives in…
Novelist
Eleanor Catton (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist. Born in Canada and raised in New Zealand, she is known for intricately structured fiction that draws on historical settings and literary traditions. In 2013, she won the Booker Prize for "The Luminaries," becoming the youngest recipient in the…
Writer
Elena Ferrante is an Italian novelist whose true identity remains undisclosed. Widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary writers, she is celebrated for her penetrating explorations of female friendship, family, class, violence, and identity. Her novels, particularly those set in…
Novelist, Artist
Eliot Duncan is an American writer and artist. He studied philosophy at the American University of Paris and graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He is also a co-founder of Slanted House, an international queer art collective. His debut novel, “Ponyboy,” follows a trans man moving through…
Journalist, founder of investigative…
Eliot Higgins (1979–) is a British investigative journalist and the founder of Bellingcat, the pioneering open-source intelligence (OSINT) organization. He has played a leading role in advancing investigative methods that combine satellite imagery, social media, geolocation, and other publicly…
Writer
Elisa Shua Dusapin (1992–) is a Swiss writer of French and Korean heritage who was born in France and raised in Paris, Seoul, and Switzerland. Writing in French, she explores cultural displacement, language barriers, family memory, and the uncertain distance between people through spare, restrained…
Physicist
Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt (1947–2011), commonly known as Eliyahu M. Goldratt, was an Israeli physicist and management consultant who developed the Theory of Constraints (TOC). His approach focuses on identifying the factors that limit an organization’s overall performance. He earned a bachelor’s…
Journalist, Poet
Eliza Griswold (born 1973) is an American journalist, poet, and author. A graduate of Princeton University, she has spent her career reporting on conflict, religion, environmental issues, and human rights. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and has also contributed to The New York Times…
Journalist, Writer
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is an American journalist and nonfiction writer whose work explores the intersections of design, history, culture, and everyday life. A frequent contributor to *The New York Times*, *Harper's*, and *The New Yorker*, she is known for uncovering the human stories behind…
Novelist, short story writer
Elizabeth Graver (1964–) is an American novelist and short-story writer. Born in Los Angeles, she graduated from Wesleyan University and earned an MFA in creative writing from Washington University in St. Louis. Her story collection “Have You Seen Me?” received the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. “The…
Gender researcher, English literature…
Elizabeth Gregory is an American scholar of gender studies and English literature. She is a professor at the University of Houston and director of its Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality. Her research examines the connections among women’s employment, reproductive choice, the timing…
Historian
Elizabeth Hinton is an American historian and author whose research focuses on modern United States history, African American history, race, criminal justice, and social policy. She is Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University. Combining extensive archival research with…
Journalist, author, visiting scholar at…
Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961) is an American journalist and author. A graduate of Yale University, she worked as a reporter for The New York Times before joining The New Yorker as a staff writer. Her reporting focuses on climate change, biodiversity, and the global environmental crisis, combining…
Novelist
Elizabeth McCracken (1966–) is an American novelist and short-story writer who previously worked as a librarian and now holds the James A. Michener Chair in Fiction at the University of Texas at Austin. Her fiction portrays eccentric people living with loss and isolation, combining close…
Novelist
Elizabeth Strout (born 1956) is an American novelist from Maine. Born in Portland and raised in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire, she has drawn extensively on the landscapes and communities of northern New England in her fiction. She made her novel debut with "Amy and Isabelle" in 1998 and…
Novelist
Ellen Currie (1930–2012) was an American fiction writer who worked in advertising while writing short stories. Her work appeared in The New Yorker in the 1950s, but her first published novel, Available Light (untranslated into Japanese), did not appear until 1986. In Moses Supposes (untranslated…
Crime novelist
Elly Griffiths is a British crime novelist whose fiction connects criminal investigations with archaeology, local folklore, literature, and the performing arts. Born Domenica de Rosa in London, she studied English at King’s College London and worked in libraries and magazines before entering…
Biofeedback researcher
Elmer Green was a biofeedback researcher who investigated interactions between mind and body. At the Menninger Foundation, he studied training in physiological self-regulation using feedback from bodily measurements. With Alyce Green, he described this research and its implications for general…
Novelist
Emily Carpenter is an American novelist known for suspense and Southern Gothic fiction. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, she graduated from Auburn University and later worked as an actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes television drama assistant in New York. Her fiction often…
Neuroscientist, psychologist
Emily Falk is an American neuroscientist and psychologist. She is a professor of communication, psychology, and marketing at the University of Pennsylvania and directs its Communication Neuroscience Lab. Her research examines how the brain responds to information and how persuasion and social…
Linguist
Emily M. Bender is an American linguist and a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Washington, where she directs the Computational Linguistics Laboratory. Her research spans syntax, computational linguistics, and the social consequences of natural-language-processing…
TV Critic
Emily Nussbaum (born 1966) is an American television critic and journalist. As a longtime television critic for "The New Yorker," she has written extensively about television drama, comedy, reality programming, and popular culture. Renowned for bringing intellectual rigor to television criticism,…
Novelist, Essayist
Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist acclaimed for her elegant, thought-provoking fiction exploring pandemics, memory, time, chance, and the enduring bonds between people. Blending literary fiction with speculative elements, she has become one of the leading voices in…
Novelist
Emma Cline (born 1989) is an American novelist and short-story writer from California. Her fiction and essays have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and Granta. She made her debut as a novelist with "The Girls" in 2016, which won the Shirley Jackson Award and was…
Musicologist
Emmanuel Reibel (born 1976) is a musicologist whose research examines relationships between music and literature, Romantic aesthetics and the history of discourse about music. His name appears in Japanese as both エマニュエル・レイベル and エマニュエル・レベル. He studied at the École normale supérieure and the Paris…
Historical demographer, family…
Emmanuel Todd (born 1951) is a French historical demographer and anthropologist specializing in family systems. He earned his doctorate in history at the University of Cambridge and worked at France’s National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) from 1984 until his retirement in 2017. His…
Novelist
Shusaku Endo (1923–1996) was a Japanese novelist from Tokyo. He spent part of his childhood in Dalian, then under Japanese rule, and was baptized as a Catholic at the age of twelve after returning to Japan. After studying French literature at Keio University, he continued his studies in France and…
Manga artist
Tatsuya Endo (born 1980) is a Japanese manga artist working in action, fantasy, and comedy. Born in Ibaraki Prefecture, he began submitting manga to Shueisha while in high school and made his professional debut with a one-shot in the spring 2000 issue of Akamaru Jump. His first serialized work,…
Novelist
Toh EnJoe (born 1972) is a Japanese novelist. After studying physics at Tohoku University, he completed a doctoral program at the University of Tokyo and worked as a researcher before making his literary debut in 2007 with "Of the Baseball," which received the Bungakukai New Writers Award. Drawing…
Science journalist, weather forecast…
Eric Berger is an American science journalist and certified meteorologist whose reporting covers spaceflight and weather. After covering science and hurricanes for the Houston Chronicle, he founded Space City Weather in 2015. The Houston forecasting service emphasizes accuracy without hype, helping…
Science journalist/author
Eric Burgess was a science journalist and author who reported extensively on space exploration. He wrote about the Pioneer missions from their earliest stages and published technical and popular accounts of rocketry and spaceflight, bringing the discoveries of planetary exploration to wider…
Picture book author
Eric Carle (1929–2021) was a picture book author and illustrator known for collage made from hand-painted papers and for books incorporating cut-out holes, foldouts, and other interactive features. Born in Syracuse, New York, he moved to Germany with his parents at six and studied at an art school…
Entrepreneur, management thinker
Eric Ries (born 1978) is an American entrepreneur and management thinker. He co-founded IMVU, an online virtual-world company, and drew on his experience as its chief technology officer to develop the Lean Startup method for building businesses under uncertainty. In “The Lean Startup” (2011), he…
Social psychologist
Erich Fromm (1900–1980) was a German-born social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher. Associated with the Frankfurt School, he combined psychoanalysis with social theory to explore human freedom, alienation, and the nature of love. His best-known book, "The Art of Loving," argues that love…
Business scholar, professor at Stanford…
Erik Brynjolfsson is an American economist specializing in the economics of digital technology and artificial intelligence. He is a professor at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He studied applied mathematics and decision sciences at Harvard University and…
Mathematician
Erik Christopher Zeeman was a British mathematician known for topology and catastrophe theory. He founded the mathematics department at the University of Warwick and developed applications of mathematical ideas to biology and the behavioural sciences. His public lectures also helped bring…
Developmental psychologist,…
Erik H. Erikson (1902–1994) was a German-born American psychoanalyst and developmental psychologist. He served on the faculty of Harvard University and became one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century psychology through his theory of psychosocial development. Building on the work of…
Novelist, Nonfiction writer
Erika Krouse (born 1969) is an American fiction writer who spent her middle and high school years in Japan. Alongside short stories and a novel, she has published a memoir drawn from her work as a private investigator. Her first collection, “Come Up and See Me Sometime,” follows young women moving…
Cultural anthropologist
Ernest Becker (1924–1974) was an American cultural anthropologist, social theorist, and author. He earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University and taught at institutions including University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and Simon Fraser University. Renowned for his…
Novelist, poet, 1954 Nobel Prize in…
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was an American novelist and journalist, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Renowned for his concise, understated prose and the literary technique known as the "iceberg theory," Hemingway profoundly shaped modern fiction.…
Diplomat
Ernest Satow (1843–1929) was a British diplomat and scholar of Japan. He arrived in Japan in 1862 as a student interpreter, learned Japanese and became closely involved in diplomatic negotiations during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate. His contacts with officials of the shogunate and the…
Journalist
Ernest Scheyder is an American journalist for Reuters specializing in the energy transition, critical minerals, and the mining industry. His reporting focuses on the competition to secure the raw materials needed for electric vehicles, renewable energy, and other clean technologies, as well as the…
Historian
Ervand Abrahamian is a historian of modern Iran and a distinguished professor emeritus at the City University of New York’s Baruch College and Graduate Center. In “Iran Between Two Revolutions,” he examines the period from the Constitutional Revolution of the early twentieth century to the 1979…
Sociologist
Erving Goffman (1922–1982) was a Canadian-born sociologist whose work transformed the study of everyday social interaction. Influenced by the Chicago School, he developed influential concepts such as self-presentation and social roles, using a dramaturgical approach to explain how people manage…
Educator, journalist
Esther Wojcicki is an educator and journalist whose work centers on journalism education and learning with digital technology. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, she developed a media arts program at Palo Alto High School in California in which students produced newspapers,…
Economist, Professor at Cornell…
Eswar S. Prasad is an Indian economist specializing in international finance, monetary policy, emerging markets, and the Chinese economy. He is a professor at Cornell University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he served at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where…
Psychologist, neuroscientist
Ethan Kross is an American psychologist, neuroscientist, and author. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University. He is a professor of psychology and management at the University of Michigan, where he directs the Emotion &…
Innovation and Entrepreneurship…
Ethan Mollick (born 1975) is an American management scholar specializing in artificial intelligence, innovation, entrepreneurship, and education. He is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of Generative AI Labs at Wharton. After graduating…
Novelist, Editor
Kentaro Eto (born 1999) is a Japanese novelist, editor, and independent publisher. In 2025, he founded his own imprint, Pureko Shobo, through which he oversees every stage of the publishing process, from writing and editing to book design and production. His fiction blends philosophical reflection…
Mathematician
Eugenia Cheng is a British mathematician, educator, author, and concert pianist. She earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and specializes in category theory. As Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she is widely known for making advanced…
Mystery writer
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (born 1988) is an Icelandic crime novelist best known for her internationally acclaimed Forbidden Iceland series. Born and raised in the coastal town of Akranes, she developed a passion for storytelling at an early age after winning a short-story competition as a teenager. She…
Journalist
Eva Dou is an American journalist and nonfiction author. She is a technology reporter for The Washington Post, where she covers China's technology industry, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, cybersecurity, and U.S.–China relations. Before joining The Washington Post, she reported from China…
Historian
Evan Friss is an American historian and a professor of history at James Madison University. He earned his doctorate in history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and specializes in American urban and public history. “The Cycling City: Bicycles and Urban America in the…
Journalist, Writer
Evan Osnos (1976–) is an American journalist. A staff writer for The New Yorker, he writes on China, American politics, and international affairs. After serving as the Chicago Tribune's Beijing correspondent, he gained wide recognition for his reporting on China's transformation and later expanded…
Science writer
Eve K. Nichols wrote about gene therapy and the life sciences. Human Gene Therapy examines inherited disorders, the development of new treatment methods, and the ethical and economic questions surrounding them, placing scientific possibilities alongside the conditions that shape their application.
Businessman, founder of Recruit Co.,…
Hiromasa Ezoe (1936–2013) was a Japanese entrepreneur and the founder of Recruit. Starting with a university newspaper advertising business in 1960, he built Recruit into one of Japan's leading information and human resources companies. By creating new information services for employment, housing,…
Sociologist, Professor Emeritus of…
Ezra Feivel Vogel (1930–2020) was an American sociologist, East Asia scholar. He was the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University. Specializing in the politics, economics, and societies of Japan, China, and Korea, Vogel was one of the world's foremost…
Journalist, political commentator
Ezra Klein (born 1984) is an American journalist, political commentator, and nonfiction author. He is a columnist and podcast host at The New York Times. After launching a political blog for The American Prospect in 2007, he co-founded Vox, where he served as editor-at-large and helped pioneer…