William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Playwright
1
Julia Donaldson, 76
2
Tracy Letts, 59
3
Eric Bogosian, 72
4
Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
5
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
6
Jonathan Larson (1960-1996)
7
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
8
Johnathan Larson (1960-1996)
9
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
10
Cyrano De Bergerac (1619-1655)
11
Rupert Holmes, 78
12
Willy Russell, 77
13
Neil Simon (1927-2018)
14
Howard Ashman (1950-1991)
15
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
16
Slawomir Mrozek (1930-2013)
17
David Garrick (1717-1779)
18
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
19
Robert Greene (1558-1592)
20
William Wycherley (1641-1716)
21
Trey Anthony, 42
22
Marilyn Vos Savant, 78
23
Suzan-Lori Parks, 61
24
Authors by Age
Authors by Country
William Gilbert (1836-1911)
25
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, 51
26
August Strindberg (1849-1912)
27
Margaret Edson, 63
28
Mark O'Donnell (1954-2012)
29
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
30
August Wilson (1945-2005)
31
Grant Morrison, 65
32
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
33
Martin McDonagh, 55
34
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
35
Barney Simon (1932-1995)
36
David Henry Hwang, 67
37
Anne Caldwell (1867-1936)
38
Berlie Doherty, 81
39
Dennis Kelly, 54
40
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
41
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
42
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
43
Brian Clark (1932-2021)
44
Wole Soyinka, 90
45
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
46
José Rivera, 70
47
Mary Chase (1906-1981)
48
Author Trivia
Authors by US States