This is a biographical index of scholars and other authors who have written about or studied James Boswell.
| Scholar / Author | Date of birth | Date of death |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Colleer Abbott | April 17, 1889 | September 17, 1971 |
| Margery Bailey | May 12, 1891 | June 17, 1963 |
| Peter S. Baker | 1952 | |
| Philip Baruth | February 10, 1962 | |
| Thomas F. Bonnell | 1953 | |
| Frank Brady | November 3, 1924 | September 2, 1986 |
| David Buchanan | 1933 | |
| James J. Caudle | ||
| Richard C. Cole | April 16, 1926 | March 23, 2013 |
| Thomas Crawford | 1920 | 2014 |
| John Wilson Croker | December 20, 1780 | August 10, 1857 |
| Leo Damrosch | September 14, 1941 | |
| Marlies K. Danziger | February 16, 1926 | February 26, 2018 |
| Lillian de la Torre | March 15, 1902 | September 13, 1993 |
| Frank Delaney | October 24, 1942 | February 21, 2017 |
| John Eglin | ||
| Charles N. Fifer | 1922 | 2012 |
| Iain Finlayson | 1945 | |
| Elizabeth Goldring | ||
| David Hankins | October 1, 1935 | March 10, 2005 |
| Allan Ingram | ||
| Irma S. Lustig | August 31, 1921 | February 5, 2020 |
| Ralph Heyward Isham | July 2, 1890 | June 13, 1955 |
| Andrew Neil Macleod | ||
| George Mallory | June 18, 1886 | June 9, 1924 |
| Peter Martin | 1940 | |
| Rachel McClellan | 1928 | 2009 |
| Hugh M. Milne | ||
| Charles G. Osgood | May 4, 1871 | July 27, 1964 |
| Frederick Albert Pottle | August 3, 1897 | May 16, 1987 |
| Marion S. Pottle | October 23, 1897 | May 24, 1992 |
| Nellie Pottle Hankins | June 4, 1904 | March 22, 1993 |
| Peter Quennell | March 9, 1905 | October 27, 1993 |
| Bruce Redford | 1953 | |
| Joseph W. Reed | 1932 | February 11, 2019 |
| Charles Rogers | April 18, 1825 | September 18, 1890 |
| Charles Ryskamp | October 21, 1928 | March 26, 2010 |
| Terry Seymour | ||
| Richard Sher | March 29, 1948 | |
| Adam Sisman | March 17, 1954 | |
| John Lucius Smith-Dampier | 1875 | December 2, 1958 |
| John Strawhorn | 1922 | August 7, 1997 |
| Paul Tankard | ||
| Chauncey Brewster Tinker | October 22, 1876 | March 10, 1963 |
| Gordon Turnbull | ||
| C. E. Vulliamy | June 20, 1886 | September 4, 1971 |
| Marshall Waingrow | March 26, 1923 | January 25, 2007 |
| Ralph S. Walker | 1904 | 1990 |
| Charles McC. Weis | July 22, 1922 | November 30, 2023 |
| Lucyle Werkmeister | January 16, 1908 | March 4, 1999 |
| Jack Werner | ||
| William K. Wimsatt, Jr. | November 17, 1907 | December 17, 1975 |
| D. B. Wyndham-Lewis | March 9, 1891 | November 21, 1969 |