Famous playwrights

person who writes plays

1,326 people

All Alive Deceased
Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

1921 – 2004 · Age 82
Deceased
Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

1672 – 1719 · Age 47
Deceased
Colette

Colette

1873 – 1954 · Age 81
Deceased
Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

1923 – 2007 · Age 84
Deceased
Ivan Franko

Ivan Franko

1856 – 1916 · Age 59
Deceased
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

1902 – 1967 · Age 65
Deceased
Thérèse of Lisieux

Thérèse of Lisieux

1873 – 1897 · Age 24
Deceased
Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

1572 – 1637 · Age 65
Deceased
Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti

1404 – 1472 · Age 68
Deceased
Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci

1941 – 2018 · Age 77
Deceased
Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis

1883 – 1957 · Age 74
Deceased
Robert Musil

Robert Musil

1880 – 1942 · Age 61
Deceased
Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

1599 – 1641 · Age 42
Deceased
Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner

1861 – 1925 · Age 64
Deceased
Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1921 – 1990 · Age 69
Deceased
Heinrich von Kleist

Heinrich von Kleist

1777 – 1811 · Age 34
Deceased
Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome

1859 – 1927 · Age 68
Deceased
Françoise Sagan

Françoise Sagan

1935 – 2004 · Age 69
Deceased
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

1938 – 2025 · Age 87
Deceased
James Franco

James Franco

1978 · Age 47
Alive
Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

1874 – 1946 · Age 72
Deceased
Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

1925 – 2012 · Age 86
Deceased
Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara

1896 – 1963 · Age 67
Deceased
Heinrich Mann

Heinrich Mann

1871 – 1950 · Age 78
Deceased
Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

1928 – 2012 · Age 83
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q214917