As far as I can tell from Google, Carlyle wrote one novel, which he published as non-fiction. He was known for writing essays. A writer's reputation, when writing essays, depends on the correctness of his conclusions, not on his style. Carlyle's beliefs are now believed by most people to be incorrect. In any case an essay writer really isn't in this competition. If you want to consider them, though, add Pierre Bayle to the list of once-famous but now forgotten.

I wonder whether the Carlyle Group, a multi-national financial company worth $36 billion, really named themselves after the hotel...