William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Playwright
1
Julia Donaldson, 75
2
Jonathan Larson (1960-1996)
3
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
4
Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
5
Willy Russell, 76
6
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
7
John Byrne (1940-2023)
8
Johnathan Larson (1960-1996)
9
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
10
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
11
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
12
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, 50
13
Noel Coward (1899-1973)
14
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
15
David Mamet, 76
16
Rupert Holmes, 76
17
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
18
Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
19
Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
20
Martin McDonagh, 53
21
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961)
22
Slawomir Mrozek (1930-2013)
23
Grant Morrison, 63
24
Tarell Alvin McCraney, 43
25
Howard Ashman (1950-1991)
26
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
27
Marilyn Vos Savant, 77
28
Neil Simon (1927-2018)
29
Jonathan Sayer
30
Robert Greene (1558-1592)
31
Eric Bogosian, 70
32
Wole Soyinka, 89
33
John Patrick (1905-1995)
34
John B. Keane (1928-2002)
35
Richard Nelson, 73
36
Marc Connelly (1890-1980)
37
Cyrano De Bergerac (1619-1655)
38
Paula Vogel, 72
39
Edward Moore (1712-1757)
40
Jason Miller (1939-2001)
41
Romulus Zachariah Linney IV (1930-2011)
42
Ants Oras (1900-1982)
43
Craig Lucas, 72
44
Paul Foster (1931-2021)
45
Theodor Herzl (1860-1904)
46
Gcina Mhlophe, 65
47
Juozas Grusas (1901-1986)
48
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