Famous playwrights

person who writes plays

1,326 people

All Alive Deceased
D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence

1885 – 1930 · Age 44
Deceased
Paul Heyse

Paul Heyse

1830 – 1914 · Age 84
Deceased
Plautus

Plautus

Deceased
Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

1606 – 1684 · Age 78
Deceased
Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian

1940 · Age 86
Alive
Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész

1929 – 2016 · Age 86
Deceased
Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl

1860 – 1904 · Age 44
Deceased
Eugène Ionesco

Eugène Ionesco

1909 – 1994 · Age 84
Deceased
Halldór Laxness

Halldór Laxness

1902 – 1998 · Age 95
Deceased
Alexander Blok

Alexander Blok

1880 – 1921 · Age 40
Deceased
Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

1911 – 1983 · Age 71
Deceased
Stanisław Lem

Stanisław Lem

1921 – 2006 · Age 84
Deceased
Patrick Modiano

Patrick Modiano

1945 · Age 80
Alive
Truman Capotas

Truman Capotas

1924 – 1984 · Age 59
Deceased
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

1564 – 1593 · Age 29
Deceased
Jacinto Benavente

Jacinto Benavente

1866 – 1954 · Age 87
Deceased
Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

1810 – 1857 · Age 46
Deceased
Roger Martin du Gard

Roger Martin du Gard

1881 – 1958 · Age 77
Deceased
Henry James

Henry James

1843 – 1916 · Age 72
Deceased
Robert Browning

Robert Browning

1812 – 1889 · Age 77
Deceased
J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

1860 – 1937 · Age 77
Deceased
André Malraux

André Malraux

1901 – 1976 · Age 75
Deceased
Terence

Terence

Deceased
Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott

1930 – 2017 · Age 87
Deceased
W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

1907 – 1973 · Age 66
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q214917