丹尼尔·笛福（Daniel Defoe 1660-1731），英国作家，新闻记者。英国启蒙时期现实主义小说的奠基人，被誉为英国和欧洲的“小说之父”。代表作《鲁滨逊漂流记》，其后创作了被列为英国文学经典的《摩尔·费兰德斯》《杰克上校》等作品。
Daniel Defoe？(1660—1731), was an English trader, writer, journalist,？pamphleteer？and spy. He is most famous for his novel？Robinson Crusoe. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the？English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as？Aphra Behn？and？Samuel Richardson.？Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works. He was also a pioneer of？business journalism？and economic journalism.
