humanist - a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts

Frederick James Furnivall, Furnivall - English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)

Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Humboldt - German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)

Friedrich Max Muller, Max Muller, Muller - British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)

James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Murray, James Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray, Murray - Scottish philologist and first lexicographer of the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)

Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask - Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)

Skeat, Walter William Skeat - English philologist (1835-1912)

J.R.R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Tolkien - British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)

Karl Adolph Verner, Verner - Danish philologist (1846-1896)