Famous writers

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

9,940 people

All Alive Deceased
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1900 – 1944 · Age 44
Deceased
Horace

Horace

Deceased
Anne Frank

Anne Frank

1929 – 1945 · Age 15
Deceased
Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda

1904 – 1973 · Age 69
Deceased
Émile Zola

Émile Zola

1840 – 1902 · Age 62
Deceased
Aesop

Aesop

Deceased
Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyám

1048 – 1131 · Age 83
Deceased
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

1767 – 1848 · Age 80
Deceased
Helen Keller

Helen Keller

1880 – 1968 · Age 87
Deceased
Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

1332 – 1406 · Age 73
Deceased
Hafez

Hafez

1326 – 1389 · Age 63
Deceased
William Blake

William Blake

1757 – 1827 · Age 69
Deceased
Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

1304 – 1368 · Age 63
Deceased
Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann

1875 – 1955 · Age 80
Deceased
Mahathir Mohamad

Mahathir Mohamad

1925 · Age 100
Alive
Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu

Deceased
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

1920 – 1992 · Age 72
Deceased
Octave Mirbeau

Octave Mirbeau

1848 – 1917 · Age 69
Deceased
Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

1667 – 1745 · Age 77
Deceased
Petrarch

Petrarch

1304 – 1374 · Age 69
Deceased
Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

1940 – 1973 · Age 32
Deceased
Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

0756 – 0814 · Age 58
Deceased
Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

1877 – 1962 · Age 85
Deceased
Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung

1912 – 1994 · Age 82
Deceased
Thales

Thales

Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q36180