Playwright
42 celebrities known for playwright.
James Franco
American actor
Born:April 19, 1978
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster
Born:June 4, 1975
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet
Born:April 26, 1564
Died:April 23, 1616
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician
Born:February 26, 1802
Died:May 22, 1885
Tyler Perry
American actor and filmmaker
Born:September 13, 1969
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
Born:May 18, 1970
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer
Born:September 15, 1890
Died:January 12, 1976
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic
Born:January 19, 1809
Died:October 7, 1849
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic
Born:February 7, 1812
Died:June 9, 1870
Steve Martin
American comedian, actor, musician and writer
Born:August 14, 1945
Douglas Adams
British science fiction writer and humorist
Born:March 11, 1952
Died:May 11, 2001
Jules Verne
French writer
Born:February 8, 1828
Died:March 24, 1905
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist
Born:July 21, 1899
Died:July 2, 1961
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher
Born:October 15, 1844
Died:August 25, 1900
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet
Born:November 13, 1850
Died:December 3, 1894
Andy Dick
American comedian and actor
Born:December 21, 1965
Mel Brooks
American comedian, filmmaker, and actor
Born:June 28, 1926
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
Born:May 23, 1933
Kurt Vonnegut
American author
Born:November 11, 1922
Died:April 11, 2007
Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist
Born:October 17, 1915
Died:February 10, 2005
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet
Born:April 2, 1805
Died:August 4, 1875
Ingmar Bergman
Swedish director and screenwriter
Born:July 14, 1918
Died:July 30, 2007
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician
Born:August 28, 1749
Died:March 22, 1832
Mary Shelley
English writer
Born:August 30, 1797
Died:February 1, 1851