William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Playwright
1
Julia Donaldson, 78
2
Tracy Letts, 61
3
Eric Bogosian, 73
4
Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
5
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
6
Gary Mitchell, 61
7
Jonathan Larson (1960-1996)
8
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
9
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
10
Rupert Holmes, 79
11
José Rivera, 71
12
Grant Morrison, 66
13
Brian Clark (1932-2021)
14
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
15
August Wilson (1945-2005)
16
Marilyn Vos Savant, 80
17
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
18
Wole Soyinka, 92
19
Howard Ashman (1950-1991)
20
Authors by Age
Authors by Country
Johnathan Larson (1960-1996)
21
Berlie Doherty, 83
22
Moss Hart (1904-1961)
23
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
24
John Patrick (1905-1995)
25
Jonathan Sayer, 38
26
Alfred Uhry, 89
27
August Strindberg (1849-1912)
28
Jason Miller (1939-2001)
29
Martin McDonagh, 56
30
Neil Simon (1927-2018)
31
Brendan Behan (1923-1964)
32
Willy Russell, 79
33
Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006)
34
Bonnie Greer (1948-2026)
35
Sarah Kane (1971-1999)
36
Katori Hall, 45
37
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
38
Ama Ata Aidoo (1940-2023)
39
Augusta Ladygregory (1852-1932)
40
Jerome Lawrence (1915-2004)
41
Ray Cooney, 94
42
Peter Nichols (1927-2019)
43
Richard Greenberg (1958-2025)
44
Michael R. Jackson, 45
45
Paula Vogel, 74
46
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
47
María Irene Fornés (1930-2018)
48
Author Trivia
Authors by US States