William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Playwright
1
Julia Donaldson, 76
2
Jonathan Larson (1960-1996)
3
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
4
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
5
Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
6
Eric Bogosian, 71
7
Tracy Letts, 59
8
Johnathan Larson (1960-1996)
9
Howard Ashman (1950-1991)
10
Cyrano De Bergerac (1619-1655)
11
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
12
Martin McDonagh, 55
13
Willy Russell, 77
14
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, 51
15
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
16
Trey Anthony, 42
17
John Patrick (1905-1995)
18
Berlie Doherty, 81
19
Neil Simon (1927-2018)
20
William Gilbert (1836-1911)
21
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
22
Brian Clark (1932-2021)
23
Slawomir Mrozek (1930-2013)
24
Authors by Age
Authors by Country
Wole Soyinka, 90
25
Tony Harrison, 87
26
Rupert Holmes, 78
27
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
28
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
29
August Wilson (1945-2005)
30
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
31
Noel Coward (1899-1973)
32
Alexander Kluge, 93
33
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
34
William Inge (1913-1973)
35
David Mamet, 77
36
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
37
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
38
Craig Lucas, 73
39
Marilyn Vos Savant, 78
40
Theodor Herzl (1860-1904)
41
José Rivera, 70
42
August Strindberg (1849-1912)
43
Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952)
44
Sue Monk Kidd, 76
45
Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987)
46
Lynne Adams, 78
47
Barney Simon (1932-1995)
48
Author Trivia
Authors by US States