Famous writers

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

9,940 people

All Alive Deceased
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826 · Age 83
Deceased
Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck

1815 – 1898 · Age 83
Deceased
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

1854 – 1900 · Age 46
Deceased
Adam Smith

Adam Smith

1723 – 1790 · Age 67
Deceased
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

1706 – 1790 · Age 84
Deceased
Lord Byron

Lord Byron

1788 – 1824 · Age 36
Deceased
Laozi

Laozi

Deceased
Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 – 1543 · Age 70
Deceased
Marco Polo

Marco Polo

1254 – 1324 · Age 69
Deceased
Walt Disney

Walt Disney

1901 – 1966 · Age 65
Deceased
George Orwell

George Orwell

1903 – 1950 · Age 46
Deceased
Pythagoras

Pythagoras

Deceased
Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

1899 – 1961 · Age 61
Deceased
Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

1927 – 2014 · Age 87
Deceased
Albert Camus

Albert Camus

1913 – 1960 · Age 46
Deceased
John Locke

John Locke

1632 – 1704 · Age 72
Deceased
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 – 1716 · Age 70
Deceased
Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

1225 – 1274 · Age 49
Deceased
James Joyce

James Joyce

1882 – 1941 · Age 58
Deceased
John Paul II

John Paul II

1920 – 2005 · Age 84
Deceased
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

1813 – 1883 · Age 69
Deceased
Cicero

Cicero

Deceased
J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

1892 – 1973 · Age 81
Deceased
Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

1942 – 2018 · Age 76
Deceased
Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

1924 – 2024 · Age 100
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q36180