Category: Playwrights

Categories: Writers | Occupations by Name

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A

Malcolm Afford 08 Apr 1906 Parkside, South Australia, Australia - 02 Nov 1954

Edward Albee 12 Mar 1928 Virginia, United States - 16 Sep 2016

Marguerite Allan 05 Aug 1894 Montréal, Quebec, Canada - 04 Apr 1942

George (Andrews) Arliss 10 Apr 1868 London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Feb 1946

John Antill 26 Jan 1866 Jarvisfield, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Mar 1937

Howard Ashman 17 May 1950 Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 14 Mar 1991

B

Delia Bacon 02 Feb 1811 Tallmadge, Ohio, United States - 02 Sep 1859

Lording Barry 1580 London, Middlesex, England - 1629

John Bay 30 Nov 1928 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 07 Nov 1982

Francis Beaumont 1584 - 06 Mar 1616

Enoch Bennett 27 May 1867 Hanley,Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Mar 1931

Maurice Bernhardt 22 Dec 1864 Spain - 21 Dec 1928

Eloise (Bibb) Thompson 28 Jun 1880 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 08 Jan 1928

Earl Biggers 26 Aug 1884 Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States - 05 Apr 1933

Patricia (Biow) Broderick 23 Feb 1925 New York, New York, United States - 18 Nov 2003

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 08 Dec 1832 Bjørgan, Kvikne, Hedmark, Norge - 26 Apr 1910

Eugen Bertholt Friedrich Brecht 10 Feb 1898 Augsburg, Königreich Bayern, Deutsches Reich - abt 14 Aug 1956

Louis Bromfield 27 Dec 1896 Mansfield, Ohio, United States - 18 Mar 1956

John Burgoyne 24 Feb 1722 Sutton, Bedfordshire, England - 04 Aug 1792

Mary Burrill 30 Aug 1881 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 13 Mar 1946

Karl Büchner 17 Oct 1813 Goddelau, Germany - 19 Feb 1837

C

Nancy Cato 11 Mar 1917 Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 2000

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Pierre Corneille 06 Jun 1606 Rouen, Normandie, France - 01 Oct 1684

Thomas Corneille 20 Aug 1625 Rouen, Normandie, France - 08 Dec 1709

Noël Coward 16 Dec 1899 Teddington, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1973

D

Gabriele D'Annunzio 12 Mar 1863 Pescara, Italy - 01 Mar 1938

Jean Dalrymple 09 Feb 1902 Morristown, United States of America - 15 Nov 1998

Maria De Camp 17 Jan 1774 Vienna, Austria - 03 Sep 1838

Paul Dickey 12 May 1882 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - 07 Jan 1933

Enrique Discépolo 27 Mar 1901 Buenos Aires, Argentina - 23 Dec 1951

Françoise Dorin 23 Jan 1928 Paris XVII, Seine, France - 12 Jan 2018

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E

José (Echegaray) Echegaray y Eizaguirre 19 Apr 1832 Madrid, España - 04 Sep 1916

Richard (Edwards) Edwardes - 31 Oct 1566

Thomas Eliot 26 Sep 1888 St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 04 Jan 1965

Kenneth Englund 05 May 1914 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 10 Aug 1993

F

Edna Ferber 15 Aug 1885 Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States - 16 Apr 1968

Irving (Fishman) Fiske 05 Mar 1908 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 25 Apr 1990

David French 18 Jan 1939 Coley's Point, Newfoundland - 05 Dec 2010

G

Mabel (Ganson) Luhan 26 Feb 1879 Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA - 13 Aug 1962

David Garrick 19 Feb 1716 Herefordshire, England - 20 Jan 1779

Charles Goddard 26 Nov 1879 Portland, Maine, United States - 11 Jan 1951

William Golding 19 Sep 1911 Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1993

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Cosmo Gordon-Lennox 17 Aug 1869 London, England - 31 Jul 1921

Lola (Graham) Graham Du Bois 11 Nov 1896 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States - 27 Mar 1977

H

Lorraine Hansberry 19 May 1930 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 12 Jan 1965

Gerhart Hauptmann 15 Nov 1862 Bad Salzbrunn, Prussia (now Germany) - 06 Jun 1946

John (Hoeffer) Foster 13 Dec 1903 Richmond, Indiana, United States - 07 Jul 1976

Sylvia (Hofferberg) Regan 15 Apr 1908 New York City, New York, United States - 04 Feb 2003

Ludvig Holberg 03 Dec 1684 Bergen, Norway - 27 Jan 1754

Pieter Cornelisz Hooft bef 16 Mar 1581 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland - 21 May 1647

Sidney Howard 26 Jun 1891 Oakland, California, USA - 23 Aug 1939

William Howells 01 Mar 1837 Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, United States - 11 May 1920

James Hughes 01 Feb 1902 Joplin, Missouri, USA - 22 May 1967

I

Henrik Ibsen 20 Mar 1828 Skien, Grenland, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway - 23 May 1906

Momoko Iko 30 Mar 1940 Wapato, Yakima, Washington, United States - 19 Jul 2020

J

Henry Jones 20 Sep 1851 Granborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Jan 1929

Ruth (Jones) Gordon 30 Oct 1896 Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. - 28 Aug 1985

K

Hiroshi Kashiwagi 08 Nov 1922 Sacramento, California, United States - 29 Oct 2019

Frances Kemble 27 Nov 1809 Newman St, Paddington, Greater London, England - 15 Jan 1893

Frederick (Kittel) Wilson 27 Apr 1945 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States - 02 Oct 2005

L

Coral Lansbury 14 Oct 1929 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 03 Apr 1991

Fritz Leiber 24 Dec 1910 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 05 Sep 1992

Gotthold Lessing 22 Jan 1729 Kamenz - 15 Feb 1781

George Lippard 10 Apr 1822 West Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States - 09 Feb 1854

Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish 1623 Colchester, Essex, England - 15 Dec 1673

M

Charles MacArthur 05 Nov 1895 Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States - 21 Apr 1956

Joséphine Marchand 05 Dec 1861 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Bas-Canada - 02 Mar 1925

Edgar Masters 23 Aug 1868 Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States - 05 Mar 1950

Michael McNally 03 Nov 1939 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States - 24 Mar 2020

Arthur Miller 17 Oct 1915 Harlem (Manhattan), New York - 10 Feb 2005

Thomas Mitchell 11 Jul 1892 Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States - 17 Dec 1962

Thomas Moore abt 28 May 1779 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 25 Feb 1852

Rosa (Murray-Prior) Praed 27 Mar 1851 Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia - 10 Apr 1935

N

Wakako (Nakamura) Yamauchi 24 Oct 1924 Westmoreland, Imperial, California, United States - 24 Aug 2018

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O

Eugene O'Neill 16 Oct 1888 New York City, New York - 27 Nov 1953

Clifford Odets 18 Jul 1906 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 14 Aug 1963

Adam Oehlenschläger 14 Nov 1779 Frederiksberg Sogn, København, Denmark - 20 Jan 1850

Blanche Oelrichs 01 Oct 1890 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA - 05 Nov 1950

P

Pauline (Phelps) Short 13 Nov 1870 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States - 06 Jan 1963

R

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Alisa (Rosenbaum) Rand 02 Feb 1905 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - 06 Mar 1982

Henri (Rothschild) de Rothschild 26 Jul 1872 Paris, Seine, France - 12 Oct 1947

Hélène (Rothschild) van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar 21 Aug 1863 Paris, Seine, France - 17 Oct 1947

Wacław Rzewuski 29 Oct 1706 Rozdół, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth - 27 Oct 1779

S

Hermann Schell 11 Jun 1900 Switzerland - 04 Jan 1972

Johann Christoph Friedrich (Schiller) von Schiller 10 Oct 1759 Marbach am Neckar, Herzogtum Württemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 09 May 1805

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George Shaw 26 Jul 1856 Dublin, Ireland - 02 Nov 1950

Richard Sheridan 30 Oct 1751 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 07 Jul 1816

Henry Siddons 23 Oct 1774 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - 12 Apr 1815

Marvin Simon 04 Jul 1927 The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States - 26 Aug 2018

Clara (Strouse) DeMille 14 Jan 1886 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 10 Sep 1956

Mark Swan 09 Jan 1871 Rockport, Spencer, Indiana, United States - 26 Jan 1942

T

Matthew Taylor 08 Jan 1917 Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States - 02 Nov 1994

Henry Thompson 15 Oct 1833 Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States - 14 Apr 1911

Hooper Toler 28 Apr 1874 Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States - 12 Feb 1947

William Tyler 18 Jul 1757 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 16 Aug 1826

V

Barbara Vernon 25 Jul 1916 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Apr 1978

W

Edgar Franz (Wiener) Wiener de Croisset 22 Jan 1876 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brabant, Belgique - 08 Nov 1937

Thomas Williams 26 Mar 1911 Columbus, Mississippi, USA - 25 Feb 1983

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d

William de Mille 25 Jul 1878 Washington, North Carolina, United States - 05 Mar 1955

Donatien de Sade 02 Jun 1740 Paris, France - 02 Dec 1814

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Daphne (du Maurier) Browning 13 May 1907 Regents Park, London, England - 19 Apr 1989

三

通陽 三島 01 Jan 1897 日本東京府 - 20 Apr 1965

佐

孝丸 佐々木 30 Jan 1898 日本北海道川上郡標茶 - 28 Dec 1986

余

上沅 余 04 Oct 1897 中國湖北荊州 - 30 Apr 1970

別

實 別役 06 Apr 1937 日本満州国 - 03 Mar 2020

和

周 和田 06 Aug 1938 日本東京府 - 23 Apr 2020

大

立裕 大城 19 Sep 1925 日本沖縄県中頭郡中城 - 27 Oct 2020

安

公房 安部 07 Mar 1924 日本東京都北区 - 22 Jan 1993

小

八千代 (小山内) 岡田 03 Dec 1883 日本広島県 - 10 Feb 1962

薰 小山内 26 Jul 1881 日本広島県広島市 - 25 Dec 1928

山

正和 山崎 26 Mar 1934 日本京都府京都市 - 19 Aug 2020

岩

豐雄 (岩田) 獅子 01 Jul 1893 - 13 Dec 1969

川

山之助 (川村) 栗島 05 Apr 1876 日本東京府 - 06 Nov 1945

平

公威 (平岡) 三島 14 Jan 1925 日本東京府 - 25 Nov 1970

武

實篤 武者小路 12 May 1885 日本東京府 - 09 Apr 1976

益

太郞 益田 25 Sep 1875 日本東京府 - 18 May 1953

細

ももこ 細川 abt 1940 - 1968

藤

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菊丸 藤澤 10 Apr 1875 日本東京府 - 29 Nov 1945

遠

琢郞 遠藤 04 Dec 1928 日本神奈川県平塚市 - 07 Feb 2020

長

幹彦 長田 01 Mar 1887 日本東京府 - 06 May 1964

善郞 (長與) 長与 06 Aug 1888 日本東京府 - 29 Oct 1961

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