List of newspaper columnists

This is a list of notable newspaper columnists. It does not include magazine or electronic columnists.

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English-language

Australia

• Andrew Bolt (1959–), The Herald Sun
• Mike Carlton (1946–), The Sydney Morning Herald
• Elizabeth Farrelly, The Sydney Morning Herald
• Danny Katz (1960s–), The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian
• Gavin King (1979– ), The Cairns Post
• Piers Akerman (1950–), The Daily Telegraph

Canada

Living

• Barbara Amiel (1941– ), Toronto Sun, The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph
• Andrew Coyne (1960– ), Financial Post, National Post, The Globe and Mail, CanWest News Service
• John Doyle (1957– ), The Globe and Mail
• Gwynne Dyer (1943– ), self-syndicated
• Allan Fotheringham (1932– ), The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Roughneck
• David Frum (1960– ), National Post
• Robert Fulford (1932– ), National Post
• Marcus Gee The Globe and Mail
• Chantal Hébert (1954– ), Toronto Star
• Michele Landsberg (1935– ), Toronto Star]
• Heather Mallick (1959– ), Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail
• Lawrence Martin (1948– ), The Globe and Mail
• Don Macpherson (1947-), Montreal Gazette
• JJ Mccullough "Washington Post" & YouTube.
• Rex Murphy (1947– ), The Globe and Mail, National Post
• Doug Saunders (1967– ), The Globe and Mail
• Jeffrey Simpson (1949– ), The Globe and Mail
• Mark Steyn (1959– ), The Spectator, Daily Telegraph
• Ellie Tesher (19??– ), Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times
• Margaret Wente (1950– ), The Globe and Mail

Deceased

• Christie Blatchford (1951–2020), National Post
• Peter Worthington (1927–2013)

Dominican Republic

Living

• Geovanny Vicente (1986–), CNN, Infobae

France

• William Pfaff (1928– ), International Herald Tribune

Ghana

Living

• Cameron Duodu (1937–), Mail & Guardian, City Press, Ghanaian Times

• Anis Haffar, Daily Graphic

India

• Bachi Karkaria
• Chetan Bhagat
• Chidanand Rajghatta
• Gurcharan Das
• Harish Iyer
• Jug Suraiya
• Kaberi Gain
• M J Akbar
• Mrinal Chatterjee
• Rafique Zakaria
• Rajdeep Sardesai
• Shobhaa De
• Soli Sorabjee
• Sunita Narain
• Swapan Dasgupta
• Tavleen Singh (1950– ), The Indian Express

Ireland

• Eamon Delaney

Israel

• Dan Margalit (1938– ), Haaretz

Pakistan

• Hassan Nisar, Daily Jang
• Saleem Safi, Daily Jang
• Irfan Husain, Daily Dunya
• Hamid Mir, Daily Jang
• Rauf Kalasra, Daily Dunya
• Syed Shahzaib Haider, The Dayspring

Philippines

• Randy David (19??– ), Philippine Daily Inquirer

South Africa

• Jani Allan (1953– ), Sunday Times

Trinidad and Tobago

• Marion O'Callaghan (1934–2016), Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
• Raoul Pantin (1943–2015), Trinidad Express
• Marina Salandy-Brown, 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 (1975– ), The Guardian
• Jeremy Clarkson (1960– ), The Sunday Times and The Sun
• Robert Crampton (1964– ), The Times
• Nigel Dempster (1941–2007), Daily Express, Daily Mail and Private Eye
• Tom Driberg (1905–1976), Daily Express and Reynolds News
• Tony Forrester (1953– ), The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph
• Jonathan Freedland (1967– ), The Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, The Daily Mirror, London Evening Standard
• A. A. Gill (1954–2016), The Sunday Times
• Simon Heffer (1960– ), Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph
• Peter Hitchens (1951– ), Daily Express, The Mail on Sunday
• Simon Jenkins (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 Guardian
• Mark Steel (1960– ), The Guardian, The Independent
• Jack Trevor Story (1917–1991), The Guardian
• Andrew Sullivan (1963– ), The Sunday Times
• Tom Townsend (1971– ), The Daily Telegraph
• Polly Toynbee (1946– ), The Independent, The Guardian
• Hugo Young (1937–2003), The Sunday Times, The Guardian

United States

A–L David Anderson (1975– ), The Richfield Reaper Mitch Albom (1958– ), Detroit Free Press Mike Barnicle (1943– ), Boston Herald Dave Barry (1947– ), Miami Herald David Brooks (1961– ), The New York Times Rosa Brooks (1970– ), Los Angeles Times Scott Burns, Universal Press Syndicate and Dallas Morning News Wilson Casey (1954– ), Spartanburg, South Carolina Herald-Journal, King Features Weekly Syndicate Mona Charen (1957– ), Creators Syndicate Richard Cohen, Washington Post Gail Collins (1945– ), New York Times Ann Coulter (1961– ), Universal Press Syndicate E. J. Dionne (1952– ), Washington Post Maureen Dowd (1952– ), New York Times Mike Downey (1951– ), Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune Tina Dupuy (1978– ), Cagle Cartoons Mike Freeman, The Indianapolis Star Thomas Friedman (1953– ), 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, Jerusalem Post Victor Davis Hanson (1953– ), Tribune Media Services Froma Harrop (1950– ), Creators Syndicate Carolyn Hax (1966– ), Washington Post Carl Hiaasen (1943– ), Miami Herald Jeff Jacoby (1969– ), Boston Globe Michael Kinsley (1951– ), Washington Post Nicholas Kristof (1959– ), New York Times Paul Krugman (1953– ), New York Times Al Lewis (1961– ), Dow Jones Newswires Steve Lopez (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– ), Washington Post Jeffrey Morgan (19??– ), Metro Times Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times Clarence Page (1947– ), Chicago Tribune Kathleen Parker (1952– ), Washington Post Writers Group Jeanne Phillips (Abigail van Buren or Dear Abby), (1945– ), Universal Press Syndicate Leonard Pitts (1957– ), Miami Herald Bill Plaschke (1958–), Los Angeles Times Dennis Prager (1948– ), Creators Syndicate Ted Rall (1963– ), San Francisco Chronicle Features, Universal Press Syndicate Michael Reagan (1945– ), Cagle Cartoons Eugene Robinson (1954– ), Washington Post Neal Rubin (1955–), Detroit News Mary Schmich (1953– ), Chicago Tribune Ben Shapiro (1984- ), Patriot Post Thomas Sowell (1930– ), Creators Syndicate Ellie Tesher (19??– ), Toronto Star Cal Thomas (19??– ), Tribune Media Services Peter Vecsey (1943–), New York Post Geovanny Vicente (1986–), CNN, Infobae Gene Weingarten (1951–), Washington Post George Will (1941– ), Washington Post Writers Group Walter E. Williams (1936-), Creators Syndicate Craig Wilson, Saratogian, USA Today

Deceased

Listed chronologically by birth date

• Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855—1940), Dayton Daily News
• Harry Carr (1877–1936), Los Angeles Times
• Will Rogers (1879–1935), 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), Washington Post
• Ward Morehouse (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
• Matt Weinstock (1903–1970), Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times
• C.H. Garrigues (1903–1974), Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, San Francisco Examiner
• Red Smith (1905–82), 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
• Marj Heyduck (1913–1969), Dayton Daily News
• Charles McCabe (1915–1983), San Francisco Chronicle
• Parke S. Rouse, Jr. (1915–97 ), Newport News, Daily Press
• Herb Caen (1916–1997), San Francisco Chronicle
• Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986), Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times
• Tom Braden (1917–2007 )
• Sylvia Schur (1917–2009), PM
• Emmett Watson (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 (1919–2011), Tribune Media Services
• James Jackson Kilpatrick, (1920-2010), journalist, columnist, author, writer and grammarian
• Dick Kleiner (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), Washington Post, International Herald-Tribune, Tribune Media Services
• Russell Baker (1925–2018), New York Times
• Erma Bombeck (1927–1996), Dayton Journal Herald, Kettering-Oakwood Times, Newsday Newspaper Syndicate
• L.M. Boyd (1927–2007), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, Crown Syndicate
• James Brady (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 (1929–2012), Greenville Advocate
• William Safire (1929–2009), New York Times
• Robert Novak (1931–2009), "Inside Report", Chicago Sun-Times
• Mike Royko (1932–1997), Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune
• Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), The Playground News, San Francisco Examiner, Rolling Stone
• Roger Ebert (1942–2013), Chicago Sun-Times
• Molly Ivins (1944–2007), Dallas Times-Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Creators Syndicate
• Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994), Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), Washington Post
• Mike McAlary (1957–1998), New York Daily News

French-language

France

• Raymond Aron (1905–1983), Le Figaro, L'Express
• Alain Rémond (1946– ), Télérama, Marianne, La Croix

Italian-language

Italy

• Lucia Annunziata (1950– ), La Stampa
• Fiamma Nirenstein (1945– ), Il Giornale
• Anna Maria Quaini or Mina Mazzini (1940– ), La Stampa
• Marco Travaglio (1964– ), La Republica, L'Unita, L'Espresso

Japanese-language

Japan

• Debito Arudou (1965– ), Japan Times and Japan Today
• Hugh Cortazzi (1924– ), Japan Times

Polish-language

Poland

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

Portuguese-language

Brazil

• Luís Fernando Veríssimo (1936– ), A ilusao
• Arnaldo Jabor (1940– ), Pensador

Portugal

• Miguel Sousa Tavares (1952– ), Expresso
• Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (1974– ), Visão

References

References are given within the articles themselves.