Famous writers

person who uses written words to communicate ideas and to produce literary works

9,940 people

All Alive Deceased
James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield

1831 – 1881 · Age 49
Deceased
Sappho

Sappho

Deceased
John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

1806 – 1873 · Age 66
Deceased
William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

1857 – 1930 · Age 72
Deceased
Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

1819 – 1892 · Age 72
Deceased
Epicurus

Epicurus

Deceased
Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

1837 – 1908 · Age 71
Deceased
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

1830 – 1886 · Age 55
Deceased
Stephen King

Stephen King

1947 · Age 78
Alive
Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

1939 – 2026 · Age 86
Deceased
Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

1621 – 1695 · Age 73
Deceased
Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren

1782 – 1862 · Age 79
Deceased
Heraclitus

Heraclitus

Deceased
Jack London

Jack London

1876 – 1916 · Age 40
Deceased
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

1817 – 1862 · Age 44
Deceased
Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca

1898 – 1936 · Age 38
Deceased
Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

1923 – 2023 · Age 100
Deceased
Sean Connery

Sean Connery

1930 – 2020 · Age 90
Deceased
Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

1884 – 1962 · Age 78
Deceased
Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan

1934 – 1996 · Age 62
Deceased
Tacitus

Tacitus

0056 – 0120 · Age 64
Deceased
Václav Havel

Václav Havel

1936 – 2011 · Age 75
Deceased
Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

1660 – 1731 · Age 70
Deceased
Sima Qian

Sima Qian

Deceased
Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

1932 – 2011 · Age 79
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q36180