William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Playwright
1
Tracy Letts, 60
2
Eric Bogosian, 72
3
Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
4
Tom Stoppard (1937-2025)
5
Cicely Hamilton (1872-1952)
6
Julia Donaldson, 77
7
Jonathan Larson (1960-1996)
8
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
9
José Rivera, 70
10
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
11
Gary Mitchell, 60
12
Romulus Zachariah Linney IV (1930-2011)
13
Marilyn Vos Savant, 79
14
John Patrick (1905-1995)
15
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
16
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
17
Noel Coward (1899-1973)
18
Irvine Welsh, 67
19
Brian Clark (1932-2021)
20
Willy Russell, 78
21
Elfriede Jelinek, 79
22
Richard Nelson, 75
23
Howard Ashman (1950-1991)
24
Authors by Age
Authors by Country
William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910)
25
August Schulenburg, 49
26
Rupert Holmes, 78
27
Jason Miller (1939-2001)
28
Martin McDonagh, 55
29
Sky Gilbert, 72
30
Slawomir Mrozek (1930-2013)
31
David E. Talbert, 59
32
Ashfaq Ahmed (1925-2004)
33
John Byrne (1940-2023)
34
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
35
William Inge (1913-1973)
36
Thorbjørn Egner (1912-1990)
37
Barney Simon (1932-1995)
38
Johnathan Larson (1960-1996)
39
Alexander Vampilov (1937-1972)
40
Jeremy O. Harris, 36
41
David Mamet, 78
42
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
43
Horacio Quiroga (1878-1937)
44
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
45
Neil Simon (1927-2018)
46
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
47
John Osbourne (1929-1994)
48
Author Trivia
Authors by US States
