Ernst Wilhelm Theodor Herrmann Hengstenberg, was a German Lutheran churchman and neo-Lutheran theologian from an old and important Dortmund family.

Erwin Rohde was one of the great German classical scholars of the 19th century.

Esaias Tegnér was a Swedish writer, professor of the Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epic Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man. Much is known about him, and he also wrote openly about himself.

Esther Birdsall Darling was an American author and poet; she also opened and ran a sled dog kennel in Alaska.

Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal. She was the first woman elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society.

Ethel Colburn Mayne was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, biographer, literary critic, journalist and translator.

Ethel May Dell Savage, known by her pen name, Ethel M. Dell, was a British writer of over 30 popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939.

Ethel Turner was an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer.

Eugène Brieux, French dramatist, was born in Paris of poor parents.

Eugene Field Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood".