Famous Playwrights

This list currently contains 75 personalities which there are for example, Marcel Pagnol, Victor Hugo, Molière, Boris Vian, Jean-Pierre Bacri, William Shakespeare, Albert Camus, Edmond Rostand, Honoré de Balzac, Jean Racine, Voltaire, Jean Anouilh, Sacha Guitry, Denis Diderot, Pierre Corneille, ...

† at 75 years

1899 • 1974

† at 77 years

1910 • 1987

† at ~60 years

~-445 • ~-385

† at 65 years

1902 • 1967

Jean-Pierre Bacri

† at 69 years

Jean-Pierre Bacri

1951 • 2021

† at 83 years

1906 • 1989

George Bernard Shaw

† at 94 years

George Bernard Shaw

1856 • 1950

† at 58 years

1898 • 1956

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

† at 81 years

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

1600 • 1681

† at 46 years

1913 • 1960

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

† at 67 years

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

1732 • 1799

† at 94 years

1913 • 2008

† at 86 years

1868 • 1955

† at 74 years

1889 • 1963

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 77 years

1937 • 2015

† at 48 years

1939 • 1987

Pierre Corneille

† at 78 years

Pierre Corneille

1606 • 1684

Honoré de Balzac

† at 51 years

Honoré de Balzac

1799 • 1850

Tirso de Molina

† at 68 years

Tirso de Molina

1579 • 1648

Alfred de Musset

† at 46 years

Alfred de Musset

1810 • 1857

† at 72 years

1562 • 1635

Alfred de Vigny

† at 66 years

Alfred de Vigny

1797 • 1863

Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

† at 50 years

Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

1838 • 1889

† at 70 years

1713 • 1784

Alexandre Dumas

† at 68 years

Alexandre Dumas

1802 • 1870

Marguerite Duras

† at 81 years

Marguerite Duras

1914 • 1996

† at ~77 years

~-483 • ~-406

Georges Feydeau

† at 58 years

Georges Feydeau

1862 • 1921

† at 88 years

1872 • 1960

Federico García Lorca

† at 38 years

Federico García Lorca

1898 • 1936

† at 75 years

1910 • 1986

† at 61 years

1882 • 1944

† at 42 years

1809 • 1852

† at 72 years

1885 • 1957

† at 75 years

1936 • 2011

† at 83 years

1802 • 1885

† at 78 years

1828 • 1906

† at 84 years

Eugène Ionesco

1909 • 1994

† at 34 years

1873 • 1907

† at 72 years

Eugène Labiche

1815 • 1888

† at 72 years

1950 • 2023

Rainer Maria Rilke

† at 51 years

Rainer Maria Rilke

1875 • 1926

† at 75 years

1688 • 1763

Roger Martin du Gard

† at 77 years

Roger Martin du Gard

1881 • 1958

Died 20 years ago in 2025

† at 89 years

1915 • 2005

† at 51 years

1622 • 1673

† at 79 years

1895 • 1974

Luigi Pirandello

† at 69 years

Luigi Pirandello

1867 • 1936

Alexandre Pouchkine

† at 37 years

Alexandre Pouchkine

1799 • 1837

François Rabelais

† at ~59 years

François Rabelais

~1494 • 1553

† at 59 years

1639 • 1699

† at 50 years

1868 • 1918

† at 76 years

1869 • 1945

Jean-Paul Sartre

† at 74 years

Jean-Paul Sartre

1905 • 1980

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

† at ~69 years

~-4 • 65

Philosophers of antiquity

William Shakespeare

† at 51 years

William Shakespeare

1564 • 1616

† at ~89 years

~-495 • ~-406

August Strindberg

† at 63 years

August Strindberg

1849 • 1912

† at 76 years

1888 • 1965

Rabindranath Tagore

† at 80 years

Rabindranath Tagore

1861 • 1941

† at 44 years

1860 • 1904

Ivan Tourgueniev

† at 64 years

Ivan Tourgueniev

1818 • 1883

† at 67 years

1896 • 1963

† at 39 years

1920 • 1959

† at 95 years

1927 • 2022

† at 83 years

1694 • 1778

Friedrich von Schiller

† at 45 years

Friedrich von Schiller

1759 • 1805

† at 46 years

1854 • 1900

Tennessee Williams

† at 71 years

Tennessee Williams

1911 • 1983

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

† at 82 years

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749 • 1832