Great Smokers of History
Writers, generals, scientists, explorers, preachers, saints and pioneers who did their great work with a pipe or a cigar close at hand. Every fact is sourced, and every quote is checked: where we could not find the original record, we say so.
About the prints: we offer a print only where the photograph is in the public domain, so the image is free for anyone to reproduce and sell. Photographs shown here are reference images; prints are made from archive-quality scans. The best-known photographs of Einstein, Tolkien, Lewis, Churchill, MacArthur and Russell are still owned by photographers, agencies or estates, so those figures appear here without a print. Photographs of Tolkien, Lewis and Gregorio Fuentes remain the property of their photographers. Quotes from books and letters still under copyright are described in our own words rather than reproduced. Smoking harms health: see the research in Health Risks and Benefits. For adults 21 and older. Page version 2.3, October 2026.