Birth Chart and Horoscope of 21st century essayists
- Adriaan van Dis
- Alisa Ganieva
- Andrea Molesini
- Anthony Bourdain
- Antonio Escohotado
- Axel Honneth
- Ayako Sono
- Bahram Beyzai
- Ben Bova
- Binyavanga Wainaina
- Botho Strauß
- Brit Bildøen
- Carmen Posadas
- Charlotte Mutsaers
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Christopher Hitchens
- Clara Janés
- Colm Tóibín
- Dagfinn Føllesdal
- David Foster Wallace
- David Wiggins
- Dennis O'Driscoll
- Dieter Henrich
- Donald Davidson (philosopher)
- Doris Lessing
- Espen Stueland
- Faruk Myrtaj
- Franco Scaglia
- Gai Eaton
- Geert van Istendael
- Gelu Vlașin
- Georg Henrik von Wright
- George Dickie (philosopher)
- Gerald Murnane
- Gerald Vizenor
- Gerardo Fernandez Fe
- Gerrit Komrij
- Gilad Atzmon
- Gilles Lipovetsky
- Harry Frankfurt
- Harry Mulisch
- Henk Hofland
- Hilary Mantel
- Ivo Michiels
- Javier Cercas
- John Corcoran (logician)
- John Perry (philosopher)
- John Zerzan
- Jonis Agee
- Joxe Azurmendi
- Juan Arnau
- Juan José Videgain
- Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
- Karl-Otto Apel
- Kate Jennings
- Liliane Wouters
- Lindsay Barrett
- Luciano Gallino
- Luis Aguilar-Monsalve
- Maajid Nawaz
- Manfred Frank
- Margarita Carrera
- Margriet de Moor
- Marine Petrossian
- Mario Cervi
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Martin Lewis (humorist)
- María Seoane
- Massimo Cacciari
- Mikirō Sasaki
- Mina Assadi
- Mirkka Rekola
- N. Scott Momaday
- Nancy Fraser
- Natsuki Ikezawa
- Nikanor Teratologen
- Noam Chomsky
- Oksana Zabuzhko
- Olaug Nilssen
- Orhan Pamuk
- Paul Davies
- Peter Härtling
- Peter Sloterdijk
- Philip Kitcher
- Phạm Xuân Nguyên
- Pia Pera
- Pierre Bourdieu
- Rao Xueman
- Richard Jeffrey
- Richard Wagner (novelist)
- Robert Arp
- Robert C. Solomon
- Robert Reich
- Roberto Calasso
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger
- Roger Crisp
- Ronald Blythe
- Rupert Roopnaraine
- Russell Brand
- Sam Harris
- Seamus Heaney
- Selwyn Cudjoe
- Stig Sæterbakken
- Sydney Shoemaker
- Sándor Csoóri
- Thomas Keneally
- Tommaso Labranca
- Tomonobu Imamichi
- Vera Duarte
- Vicente Alejandro Guillamón
- Wislawa Szymborska
- Wole Soyinka
- Yu Jie
- Zadie Smith