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{{Short description|Playwright list}}
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This is a '''list of notable playwrights'''.
'''See also''' Literature; Drama; [[List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth]]; [[Lists of authors]].
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==A==
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===Ab–An===
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*[[George Francis Abbott]] (1887–1995, United States)
*[[Catherine Obianuju Acholonu]] (1951–2014, Nigeria)
*[[Kjeld Abell]] (1901–1961, Denmark)
*[[Paul Ableman]] (1927–2006, England)
*[[Marcel Achard]] (1899–1974, France)
*[[Herbert Achternbusch]] (1938–2022, Germany)
*[[J. R. Ackerley]] (1896–1967, England)
*[[Rodney Ackland]] (1908–1991, England)
*[[Adam de la Halle]] (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
*[[Arthur Adamov]] (1908–1970, France)
*[[Arthur Henry Adams]] (1872–1936, New Zealand/Australia)
*[[Francis Adams (writer)|Francis Adams]] (1862–1893, England)
*[[Marion Adams-Acton]] (1846–1928, Scotland)
*[[Joseph Addison]] (1672–1719, England)
*[[George Ade]] (1866–1944, United States)
*[[Mirza Adeeb]] (1914–1999, Pakistan)
*[[David Adjmi]] (born 1973, United States)
*[[Aeschylus]] (c. 525–456 BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Max Afford]] (1906–1954, Australia)
*[[Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov]] (1904–1941, Russia)
*[[Agathon]] (c. 448 – c. 400 BCE, [[Athens]]) 
*[[Bola Agbaje]] (born c. 1981, England)
*[[Ama Ata Aidoo]] (1940–2023, [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], now Ghana)
*[[George Aiken (playwright)|George L. Aiken]] (1830–1876, United States)
*[[Ayad Akhtar]] (born 1970, United States)
*[[Zoë Akins]] (1886–1958, United States)
*[[Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov]] (1932–2009, Russia/Soviet Union)
*[[Juan Ruiz de Alarcón]] (c. 1581–1639, New Spain, now Mexico)
*[[Edward Albee]] (1928–2016, United States)
*[[Rafael Alberti]] (1902–1999, Spain)
*[[James Albery]] (1838–1889, England)
*[[Vasile Alecsandri]] (1821–1890, Romania)
*[[Grace Alexander]] (1872–1951, United States)
*[[Vittorio Alfieri]] (1749–1803, Italy)
*[[William Alfred]] (1922–1999, United States)
*[[Jay Presson Allen]] (1922–2006, United States)
*[[Jim Allen (playwright)|Jim Allen]] (1926–1999, England)
*[[Woody Allen]] (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg 1935, United States)
*[[Almeida Garrett|Viscount of Almeida Garrett]] (1799–1854, Portugal)
*[[Robert Altman]] (1925–2006, United States)
*[[Alejandro Rodriguez Alvarez]] (1903–1965, Spain)
*[[Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero]] (1871–1938 and 1873–1944, Spain)
*[[Mark Ambient]] (1860–1937, England)
*[[Franco Ambriz]] (living, [[Brooklyn]], New York)
*[[Angelo Ambrogini]] {redirect to [[Angelo Poliziano]]}
*[[Freddie Anderson (writer)|Freddie Anderson]] (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland)
*[[Jane Anderson]] (born c. 1954, United States)
*[[Maxwell Anderson]] (1888–1959, United States)
*[[Robert W. Anderson]] (1917–2009, United States)
*[[Stefan Andres]] (1906–1970, Germany)
*[[Leonid Andreyev]] (1871–1919, Russia)
*[[Livius Andronicus|Lucius Livius Andronicus]] (c. 284 – c. 205 BCE, Ancient Rome)
*[[Maya Angelou]] (1928–2014, United States)
*[[Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky]] (1856–1909, Russia)
*[[Jean Anouilh]] (1910–1987, France)
*[[S. Ansky]] (1863–1920, Russia) in Russian and Yiddish
*[[Ludwig Anzengruber]] (1839–1889, Austria)
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===Ap–Ay===
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*[[Guillaume Apollinaire]] (1880–1918, France)
*[[Jacob M. Appel|Jacob Appel]] (born 1973, United States)
*[[Manuel José Arce]] (1787–1847, [[Federal Republic of Central America]])
*[[William Archibald (playwright)|William Archibald]] (1917–1970) (United States)
*[[Jane Arden (director)]] (1927–1982)
*[[John Arden]] (1930–2012, England)
*[[Reinaldo Arenas]] (1943–1990, Cuba)
*[[Pietro Aretino]] (1492–1556, Italy)
*[[Ludovico Ariosto]] (1474–1533, Italy)
*[[Aristophanes]] (c. 446–385 BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Reginald Arkell]] (1881–1959, England)
*[[Michael Arlen]] (1895–1956, England)
*[[Roberto Arlt]] (1900–1942, Argentina)
*[[Robert Armin]] (c. 1563–1615, England)
*[[Simon Armitage]] (born 1963, England)
*[[Georges Arnaud]] (1917–1987, France)
*[[Carlos Arniches]] (1866–1943, Spain)
*[[Fernando Arrabal]] (born 1932, Spain)
*[[Francisco Arriví]] (1915–2007, [[Puerto Rico]])
*[[Jorge Arroyo]] (born 1959, Costa Rica)
*[[Antón Arrufat]] (1935–2023, Cuba)
*[[Antonin Artaud]] (1896–1948, France)
*[[Sholem Asch]] (1880–1957, Poland/United States) in Yiddish
*[[Oscar Asche]] (1871–1936, Australia)
*[[Werner Aspenström]] (1918–1997, Sweden)
*[[Marie Aspioti]] (1909–2000, Corfu)
*[[Leilah Assunção]] (born 1943, Brazil)
*[[Aubignac]] {redirect to [[François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac]]}
*[[David Auburn]] (born 1969)
*[[Jacques Audiberti]] (1899–1965, France)
*[[Émile Augier]] (1820–1889, France)
*[[:de:Alois Außerer|Alois Außerer]] (1876–1950, Austria)
*[[Arkady Averchenko]] (1881–1925, Russia/Czechoslovakia)
*[[George Axelrod]] (1922–2003, United States)
*[[Rachel Axler]] (living, United States)
*[[Alan Ayckbourn]] (born 1939, England)
*[[Marcel Aymé]] (1902–1967, France)
*[[Jakob Ayrer]] (c. 1543–1605 or 1625, Germany)
*[[Leslie Ayvazian]] (living, United States)
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==B==
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===Ba–Be===
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*[[Georges Baal]] (György Balassa, 1938–2013, Hungary/France)
*[[Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel]] (1894–1941, Russia), in Russian and Yiddish
*[[Ingeborg Bachmann]] (1926–1973, Austria)
*[[Phanuel Bacon]] (1700–1783, England)
*[[Enid Bagnold]] (1889–1981, England)
*[[Hermann Bahr]] (1863–1934, Austria)
*[[Paul Bailey (British writer)|Paul Bailey]] (1937–2024, England)
*[[Annie Baker]] (born 1981, United States)
*[[George Pierce Baker]] (1866–1935, United States)
*[[John Roman Baker]] (born 1944, England)
*[[John L. Balderston|John Lloyd Balderston]] (1889–1954, United States)
*[[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]] (1924–1987, United States)
*[[John Bale]] (1495–1563, England)
*[[Honoré de Balzac]] (1799–1850, France)
*[[Banabhatta]] (7th century CE, India, in Sanskrit)
*[[Francisco Bances Candamo|Francisco Antonio Bances y López-Candamo]] (1662–1704, Spain)
*[[Théodore de Banville]] (1823–1891, France)
*[[John Banks (playwright)|John Banks]] (c. 1650–1706, England)
*[[Imamu Amiri Baraka]] (1934–2014, United States)
*[[Maurice Baring]] (1874–1945, England)
*[[Howard Barker]] (born 1946, England)
*[[James Nelson Barker]] (1784–1858, United States)
*[[Meredydd Barker]] (living, Wales) in Welsh and English
*[[Ernst Barlach]] (1870–1938, Germany)
*[[Peter Barnes (playwright)|Peter Barnes]] (1931–2004, England)
*[[Jeff Baron]] (living, United States)
*[[J. M. Barrie]] (1860–1937, Scotland)
*[[Desmond Barry]] (born 1954, Wales) in English
*[[Philip Barry]] (1896–1949, United States)
*[[Mike Bartlett (playwright)|Mike Bartlett]] (born 1980, England)
*[[Gabriel Barylli]] (born 1957, Austria)
*[[Peter Basch]] (1921–2004, Germany/United States)
*[[Ada Lee Bascom]] (unknown – 1928, United States)
*[[Todd Bash]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Henri Bataille]] (1872–1922, France)
*[[Wolfgang Bauer (writer)|Wolfgang Bauer]] (1941–2005, Austria)
*[[L. Frank Baum]] (1856–1919, United States)
*[[Terry Baum]] (born 1946, United States)
*[[Clifford Bax]] (1886–1962, England)
*[[Peter Bayley (poet)|Peter Bayley]] (1778–1823, England)
*[[Thomas Haynes Bayly]] (1797–1839, England)
*[[Richard Bean]] (born 1956, England)
*[[Pierre de Beaumarchais]] (1732–1799, France)
*[[Francis Beaumont]] (1584/1585–1616, England)
*[[Jim Beaver]] (born 1950, United States)
*[[Samuel Beazley]] (1786–1851, England)
*[[Ulrich Becher]] (1910–1990, Germany)
*[[Jürgen Becker (comedian)|Jürgen Becker]] (born 1959, Germany)
*[[Jurek Becker]] (1937–1997, Poland/Germany)
*[[Francis Beckett]] (born 1945, England)
*[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906–1989, Ireland) in English and French
*[[Henry Becque]] (1837–1899, France)
*[[Richard Beer-Hofmann]] (1866–1945, Austria)
*[[George Beeby]] (1869–1942, Australia)
*[[Chad Beguelin]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Brendan Behan]] (1923–1964, Ireland)
*[[Aphra Behn]] (1640–1689, England)
*[[S. N. Behrman]] (1893–1973, United States)
*[[David Belasco]] (1853–1931, United States)
*[[T. James Belich]] (pseudonym: [[Colorado Tolston]]) (born 1976, United States)
*[[Florence Bell (writer)|Florence Bell]] (1851–1930, England)
*[[Mary Hayley Bell]] (1911–2005, England)
*[[Luis Belmonte Bermúdez|Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez]] (c. 1590 – c. 1650, Spain)
*[[Jacinto Benavente]] (1866–1954, Spain)
*[[Victoria Benedictsson]] (1850–1888, Sweden)
*[[Sem Benelli]] (1877–1949, Italy)
*[[Ramvriksh Benipuri]] (1902–1968, India, in Hindi)
*[[Gottfried Benn]] (1886–1956, Germany)
*[[Alan Bennett]] (born 1934, England)
*[[Arnold Bennett]] (1867–1931, England)
*[[Angelo Beolco]] (1502–1542, Italy)
*[[Hjalmar Bergman]] (1883–1931, Sweden)
*[[Ingmar Bergman]] (1918–2007, Sweden)
*[[Reginald Berkeley]] (1890–1935, England)
*[[Steven Berkoff]] (born 1937, England)
*[[Alois Berla]] (1826–1896, Austria)
*[[Tess Berry-Hart]] (1978, England)
*[[Jean-Jacques Bernard]] (1888–1972, France)
*[[Tristan Bernard]] (1866–1947, France)
*[[William Bayle Bernard]] (1807–1875, England)
*[[Thomas Bernhard]] (1931–1989, Austria)
*[[Henri Bernstein]] (1876–1953, France)
*[[Rudolph Besier]] (1878–1942, England)
*[[György Bessenyei]] (1747–1811, Hungary)
*[[Eva Best]] (1851–1925, United States)
*[[Ugo Betti]] (1892–1953, Italy)
*[[Bahram Beyzai]] (1938–2025, Iran)
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===Bi–By===
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*[[Bernardo Dovizio da Bibbiena]] (1470–1520, Italy)
*[[Isaac Bickerstaffe]] (1735–1812, Ireland)
*[[Sieur de Bigot]] {redirect to [[Jean Palaprat]]}
*[[François Billetdoux]] (1927–1991, France)
*[[André Birabeau]] (1890–1974, France)
*[[Caroline Bird]] (born 1986, England)
*[[Robert Montgomery Bird]] (1806–1854, United States)
*[[Lajos Bíró]] (1880–1948, Hungary/England)
*[[Alexandre Charles Auguste Bisson|Alexandre Bisson]] (1848–1912, France)
*[[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]] (1832–1910, Norway)
*[[Lewis Black]] (born 1948, United States)
*[[Helen Blakeman]] (born 1971, England)
*[[August Blanche]] (1811–1868, Sweden)
*[[Lee Blessing]] (born 1949, United States)
*[[Dharamvir Bharati]] (1926–1997, India) in Hindi
*[[Suessa Baldridge Blaine]] (1860-1932, United States)
*[[Marc Blitzstein]] (1905–1964, United States)
*[[Alexander Blok]] (1880–1921, Russia)
*[[James Boaden]] (1762–1839, England)
*[[Augusto Boal]] (1931–2009, Brazil)
*[[Janka Boga]] (1886–1963, Hungary)
*[[Eric Bogosian]] (born 1953, United States)
*[[George H. Boker]] (1823–1890, United States)
*[[Robert Bolt]] (1924–1995, England)
*[[Louise Bombardier]] (born 1953, Canada)
*[[Valentino Bompiani]] (1898–1992, Italy)
*[[Edward Bond]] (1934–2024, England)
*[[Leslie Bonnet]] (1902–1985, Wales)
*[[Massimo Bontempelli]] (1878–1960, Italy)
*[[Clare Boothe]] (1903–1987, United States)
*[[Wolfgang Borchert]] (1921–1947, Germany)
*[[Péter Bornemisza]] (c. 1535 – 1584, Hungary)
*[[Dion Boucicault]] (1820/1822–1890, Ireland/United States)
*[[Édouard Bourdet]] (1887–1945, France)
*[[Lucien Bourjeily]] (living, Lebanon)
*[[Edmé Boursault]] (1638–1701, France)
*[[John Griffith Bowen]] (1924–2019, India/England)
*[[Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery|Charles Boyle]] (1674–1731, England)
*[[Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery|Roger Boyle]] (1621–1679, Ireland/England)
*[[William Boyle (writer)|William Boyle]] (1853–1923, Ireland)
*[[Oskar Braaten]] (1881–1931, Norway)
*[[Roberto Bracco]] (1861–1943, Italy)
*[[Vitaliano Brancati]] (1907–1954, Italy)
*[[Barbarina Brand]] (1768–1854, England)
*[[Hannah Brand]] (1754–1821, England)
*[[George Brant]] (living, United States) 
*[[Thomas Brasch]] (1945–2001, England/Germany)
*[[Volker Braun]] (born 1939, Germany)
*[[Bertolt Brecht]] (1898–1956, Germany)
*[[Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero]] (1585–1618, [[Dutch Republic]])
*[[Howard Brenton]] (born 1942, England)
*[[Manuel Bretón de los Herreros]] (1796–1873, Spain)
*[[James Bridie]] (1888–1951, Scotland)
*[[Eugène Brieux]] (1858–1932, France)
*[[Anna Beecroft Briggs]] (1860s-1949, Canada/US)
*[[Harold Brighouse]] (1882–1958, England)
*[[Hermann Broch]] (1886–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria)
*[[Max Brod]] (1884–1968) (Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Israel) in German
*[[Richard Brome]] (c. 1590–1652/1653, England)
*[[Arnolt Bronnen]] (1895–1959, Austria)
*[[Peter Brook]] (1925–2022, England)
*[[Kent R. Brown]] (living, United States)
*[[Robert Browning]] (1812–1889, England)
*[[Ferdinand Bruckner]] (1891–1958, Austria)
*[[Christine Brückner]] (1921–1996, Germany)
*[[David-Augustin de Brueys]] (1640–1723, France)
*[[Giordano Bruno]] (1548–1600, Italy)
*[[Georg Büchner]] (1813–1837, Germany)
*[[Leicester Silk Buckingham]] (1825–1867, England)
*[[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|Duke of Buckingham]] (1628–1687, England)
*[[Antonio Buero Vallejo]] (1916–2000, Spain)
*[[Mikhail Bulgakov]] (1891–1940, Russia)
*[[Edward Bullins]] (1935–2021, United States)
*[[Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton]] (1803–1873, England)
*[[John Burgoyne]] (1722–1792, England)
*[[Frances Burney]] (Frances, Mme d'Arblay, 1752–1840, England)
*[[Frances Burney (1776–1828)|Frances Burney]] (1776–1828, England)
*[[Sophia Burrell]] (1753–1802, England)
*[[Leo Butler]] (born 1974, England)
*[[Jez Butterworth]] (born 1969, England)
*[[George Gordon Byron]] (1788–1824, England)
*[[Henry James Byron]] (1835–1884, England)
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==C==
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*[[Gaston de Caillavet]] (1869–1915, France)
*[[Hall Caine]] (1853–1931, England)
*[[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]] (1600–1681, Spain)
*[[Sheila Callaghan]] (born 1973, United States)
*[[Callias (comic poet)|Callias]] (5th century BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Richard Cameron (writer)|Richard Cameron]] (born 1948, England)
*[[Marc Camoletti (playwright)|Marc Camoletti]] (1923–2003, France)
*[[Bartley Campbell]] (1843–1888, United States)
*[[David Campton]] (1924–2006, England)
*[[Albert Camus]] (1913–1961, France)
*[[Hall Caine]] (1853–1931, Isle of Man)
*[[Elias Canetti]] (1905–1994, Bulgaria/England) in German
*[[José de Cañizares]] (1676–1750, Spain)
*[[Denis Cannan]] (1919–2011, England)
*[[Cao Yu (playwright)|Cao Yu]] (1910–1996, China)
*[[Karel Čapek]] (1890–1938, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia) in Czech
*[[Luigi Capuana]] (1839–1915, Italy)
*[[Alfred Capus]] (1858–1922, France)
*[[Ion Luca Caragiale]] (1852–1912, Romania)
*[[Emilio Carballido]] (1925–2008, Mexico)
*[[Louis Carette]] {redirect to [[Félicien Marceau]]}
*[[Henry Carey (writer)|Henry Carey]] (1687–1743, England)
*[[Annibale Caro]] (1507–1566, Italy)
*[[Harriet Frances Carpenter]] (1868/75 – 1956, United States)
*[[Paul Vincent Carroll]] (1900–1968, Ireland/Scotland)
*[[R. C. Carton]] (1853–1928, England)
*[[Jim Cartwright]] (born 1958, England)
*[[William Cartwright (dramatist)|William Cartwright]] (1611–1643, England)
*[[Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland|Elizabeth Cary]] (1585–1639, England)
*[[John Caryll (senior)|John Caryll]] (1625–1711, England)
*[[Alejandro Casona]] (1903–1965, Spain)
*[[Guillén de Castro y Bellvís]] (1569–1631, Spain)
*[[Jane Cavendish]] (1621–1669, England)
*[[Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Margaret Cavendish]] (1623–1673, England)
*[[Susanna Centlivre]] (c. 1667–1723, England)
*[[Miguel de Cervantes]] (1547–1616, Spain)
*[[Linda Chambers (playwright)|Linda Chambers]] (born 1954, United States)
*[[George Chapman]] (c. 1560–1634, England)
*[[Katharine Hopkins Chapman]] (1870/72/73-1930, United States)
*[[Charlotte Charke]] (1713–1760, England)
*[[Mary Coyle Chase]] (1907–1981, United States)
*[[Paddy Chayefsky]] (1923–1981, United States)
*[[Anton Pavlovich Chekhov]] (1860–1904, Russia)
*[[Matilde Cherner]] (1833-1880, Spain)
*[[Andrew Cherry]] (1762–1812, Ireland)
*[[William Rufus Chetwood]] (died 1766, England/Ireland)
*[[Luigi Chiarelli]] (1880–1947, Italy)
*[[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]] (1653–1725, Japan)
*[[Jerome Chodorov]] (1911–2004, United States)
*[[Agatha Christie]] (1890–1976, England)
*[[Eugenia Chuprina]] (born 1971, Ukraine)
*[[Caryl Churchill]] (born 1938, England)
*[[Colley Cibber]] (1671–1757, England)
*[[Giovanni Battista Cini]] (c. 1525–1586, Italy)
*[[Henry Savile Clarke]] (1841–1893, England)
*[[Roy Clarke]] (born 1930, England)
*[[John Clavell]] (1601–1643, England)
*[[Paul Claudel]] (1868–1955, France)
*[[Dick Clement]] (born 1937, England)
*[[Rick Cleveland]] (living, United States)
*[[Lucy Clifford]] (1846–1929, England)
*[[Kitty Clive]] (1711–1785, England)
*[[Aston Cockayne]] (1608–1684, England)
*[[Catharine Trotter Cockburn]] (1679–1749, England)
*[[Jean Cocteau]] (1889–1963, France)
*[[Antonio Coello y Ochoa]] (1611–1652, Spain)
*[[George M. Cohan]] (1878–1942, United States)
*[[Catrin Collier]] (born 1948, Wales) in English
*[[George Colman the Elder]] (1732–1794, England)
*[[John Colton (screenwriter)|John Colton]] (1889–1946, United States/England)
*[[Padraic Colum]] (1881–1972, Ireland/United States)
*[[Rosina Conde]] (born 1954, Mexico)
*[[Pat Condell]] (born 1949, Ireland/England)
*[[William Congreve]] (1670–1729, England)
*[[Richard Conlon]] (born 1965, England)
*[[Marc Connelly]] (1890–1980, United States)
*[[Tony Connor]] (born 1930, England)
*[[Robert Taylor Conrad]] (1810–1858, United States)
*[[Michael Cook (playwright)|Michael Cook]] (1933–1994, Canada)
*[[Thomas Cooke (author)|Thomas Cooke]] (1703–1756, England)
*[[Ray Cooney]] (born 1932, England)
*[[Jacques Copeau]] (1879–1949, France)
*[[François Coppée]] (1842–1908, France)
*[[Simon Corble]] (living, England)
*[[Pierre Corneille]] (1606–1684, France)
*[[Thomas Corneille]] (1625–1709, France)
*[[Joe Corrie]] (1894–1968, Scotland)
*[[Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas]] (United States)
*[[Pietro Cossa]] (1830–1881, Italy)
*[[Georges Courteline]] (1858–1929, France)
*[[Noël Coward]] (1899–1973, England)
*[[Hannah Cowley (writer)|Hannah Cowley]] (1743–1809, England)
*[[Louis O. Coxe]] (1918–1993, United States)
*[[Elizabeth, Princess Berkeley]] (1750–1828, England)
*[[Henry Thornton Craven]] (1818–1905, England)
*[[Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon]] (1674–1762, France)
*[[Martin Crimp]] (born 1956, England)
*[[Michael Cristofer]] (born 1945, United States)
*[[Francis de Croisset]] (1877–1937, France)
*[[Fernand Crommelynck]] (1885–1970, Belgium/France) in French
*[[A. J. Cronin]] (1896–1981, Scotland)
*[[A. F. Cross]] (1863–1940, England)
*[[Rachel Crothers]] (1878–1958, United States)
*[[Russel Crouse]] (1893–1966, United States)
*[[Catherine Crowe]] (1803–1876, England)
*[[Mart Crowley]] (1935–2020, United States)
*[[John Crowne]] (1641–1712, England)
*[[Nilo Cruz]] (born 1960, Cuba/United States) in English
*[[Ramón de la Cruz]] (1731–1794, Spain)
*[[Gergely Csíky]] (1842–1891, Hungary)
*[[Franz Theodor Csokor]] (1885–1969, Austria)
*[[Álvaro Cubillo de Aragón]] (1596–1661, Spain)
*[[Juan de la Cueva]] (c. 1550–1610, Spain)
*[[Tom Cullen]] (born 1985, Wales/England) in English
*[[Richard Cumberland (dramatist)|Richard Cumberland]] (1732–1811, England)
*[[E. E. Cummings]] (1894–1962, United States)
*[[François de Curel]] (1854–1928, France)
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==D==
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*[[Robert Daborne]] (1580?-1628) England)
*[[Stig Dagerman]] (1923–1954, Sweden)
*[[Andrew Dallmeyer]] (1945–2017, Scotland)
*[[Augustin Daly]] (1838–1899, United States)
*[[Clemence Dane]] (1888–1965, England)
*[[George Landen Dann]] (1904–1977, Australia)
*[[Florent Carton Dancourt]] (1661–1725, France)
*[[Clemence Dane]] (1888–1965, England)
*[[Sarah Daniels (playwright)|Sarah Daniels]] (born 1956, England)
*[[Gabriele d'Annunzio]] (1863–1938, Italy)
*[[Bill Dare]] (living, England)
*[[Florence Henrietta Darwin]] (1864–1920, England)
*[[Alphonse Daudet]] (1840–1897, France)
*[[William Davenant]] (1606–1668, England)
*[[Robert Davenport (dramatist)|Robert Davenport]] (fl. 1623–1639, England)
*[[James Kitchener Davies]] (1902–1952, Wales) in Welsh
*[[Robertson Davies]] (1913–1995, Canada)
*[[Jack Davis (playwright)|Jack Davis]] (1917–2000, Australia)
*[[Ossie Davis]] (1917–2005, United States)
*[[Owen Davis]] (1874–1956, United States)
*[[Roxann Dawson]] (born 1958, United States)
*[[Frederic Lansing Day]] (1886–1982) (United States)
*[[April De Angelis]] (born c. 1960, England)
*[[Swadesh Deepak]] (born 1942, India) in Hindi
*[[Eduardo De Filippo]] (1900–1984, Italy)
*[[Paul Dehn]] (1912–1976, England)
*[[Nalini Prava Deka]] (1944–2014, India)
*[[Thomas Dekker (writer)|Thomas Dekker]] (c. 1572–1632, England)
*[[Shelagh Delaney]] (1939–2011, England)
*[[Casimir Delavigne|Casimir-Jean-François Delavigne]] (1793–1843, France)
*[[Barbu Delavrancea]] (1858–1918, Romania)
*[[R. F. Delderfield]] (1912–1972, England)
*[[Giambattista della Porta]] (1535–1615, Italy)
*[[Merrill Denison]] (1893–1975, Canada)
*[[Catalina D'Erzel]] (1897-1950, Mexico)
*[[Lucien Descaves]] (1861–1949, France)
*[[Jean Desmarets]] (1595–1676, France)
*[[Sugathapala de Silva]] (1928–2002), Ceylon/Sri Lanka) in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]
*[[Philippe Néricault Destouches]] (1680–1754, France)
*[[Jacques Deval]] (1894–1972, France)
*[[Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford|Edward de Vere]] (1550–1604, England)
*[[Laxmi Prasad Devkota]] (1909–1959, Nepal)
*[[Juan Bautista Diamante]] (1625–1687, Spain)
*[[Lydia R. Diamond]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Charles Dibdin]] (1745–1814, England)
*[[Thomas John Dibdin]] (1771–1841, England)
*[[Joaquín Dicenta]] (1863–1917, Spain)
*[[Denis Diderot]] (1713–1784, France)
*[[Steven Dietz]] (born 1958, United States)
*[[Salvatore Di Giacomo]] (1860–1934, Italy)
*[[Joe DiPietro]] (born 1961, United States)
*[[Robert Dodsley]] (1703–1764, England)
*[[Lodovico Dolce]] (1508 – c. 1568, Italy)
*[[Maurice Donnay]] (1859–1945, France)
*[[Ariel Dorfman]] (born 1942, Argentina/Chile/United States) in Spanish and English
*[[Earl of Dorset]] {redirect to [[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset]]}
*[[Tankred Dorst]] (1925–2017, Germany)
*[[Louise Doughty]] (born 1963, England)
*[[William Missouri Downs]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Stuart Draper]] (born 1967, England)
*[[Michael Drayton]] (1563–1631, England)
*[[John Drinkwater (playwright)|John Drinkwater]] (1882–1937, England)
*[[William Price Drury]] (1861–1949, England)
*[[John Dryden]] (1631–1700, England)
*[[Marin Držić]] (1508–1587, Republic of Ragusa) in [[Croatian language|Croatian]]
*[[Marcel Dubé]] (1930–2016, Canada) in French
*[[Charles Rivière Dufresny]] (1654–1724, France)
*[[Edmund Duggan (playwright)]] (1862–1938, Australia)
*[[Roger Martin du Gard]] {redirect to [[Roger Martin du Gard|Martin du Gard, Roger]]}
*[[Ashley Dukes]] (1885–1959, England)
*[[Alexandre Dumas, père]] (1802–1870, France)
*[[D Underbelly]] (born late 1990s, United States)
*[[Govind Purushottam Deshpande]] (1938–2013, India) in Marathi
*[[Andrea Dunbar]] (1961–1990, England)
*[[William Duncombe]] (1690–1769, England)
*[[William Dunlap]] (1766–1839, United States)
*[[Antony Dunn]] (born 1973, England)
*[[Marc Dunn]] (born 1978, United States)
*[[Nell Dunn]] (born 1936, England)
*[[Philip Dunning]] (1891–1957, United States)
*[[Lord Dunsany]] (1878–1957, England/Ireland)
*[[Christopher Durang]] (1949–2024, United States)
*[[Marguerite Duras]] (1914–1996, France)
*[[Thomas d'Urfey]] (1653–1723, England)
*[[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]] (1921–1990, Switzerland) in German
*[[Pierre du Ryer]] (1606–1658, France)
*[[Jean Dutourd]] (1920–2011, France)
*[[Utpal Dutta]] (living, India) in Assamese
*[[Henri Duvernois]] (1875–1937, France)
}}

==E==
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*[[Mary Emma Ebsworth]] (1794–1881, England)
*[[José Echegaray]] (1832–1916, Spain)
*[[David Edgar (playwright)|David Edgar]] (born 1948, England)
*[[Margaret Edson]] (born 1961, United States)
*[[Richard Edwardes]] (1525–1566, England)
*[[Dic Edwards]] (born 1953, Wales) in English
*[[Erik Ehn]] (living, United States)
*[[Günter Eich]] (1907–1972, Germany
*[[Joseph, Freiherr von Eichendorff|Baron Joseph von Eichendorff]] (1788–1857, Germany)
*[[Jesse Eisenberg]] (born 1983, United States)
*[[Menna Elfyn]] (born 1952, Wales) in Welsh
*[[T. S. Eliot]] (1888–1965, United States/England)
* [[Lizzie May Elwyn]] ({{flourished|1888-1904}}, American)
*[[Juan del Encina]] (c. 1469–1529/1530, Spain)
*[[Will Eno]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Per Olov Enquist]] (1934–2020, Sweden)
*[[Nick Enright]] (1950–2003, Australia)
*[[Eve Ensler]] (born 1953, United States)
*[[Hans Magnus Enzensberger]] (1929–2022, Germany)
*[[Epicharmus of Kos]] (late 6th – early 5th c. BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst|Paul Ernst]] (1866–1933, Germany)
*[[St. John Ervine]] (1883–1971, Ireland/England)
*[[Louis Esson]] (1878–1943, Australia)
*[[George Etherege]] (c. 1635–1691, England)
*[[Solomon Ettinger]] (1800/1803–1856, Poland) in Hebrew and Yiddish
*[[Eupolis]] (c. 446–411 BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Euripides]] (c. 485 – c. 406 BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Don Evans]] (1938–2003, United States)
*[[Charles Evered]] 1964-, United States)
}}

==F==
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*[[Diego Fabbri]] (1911–1980, Italy)
*[[Émile Fabre]] (1869–1955, France)
*[[Jan Fabricius]] (1871-1964, Netherlands)
*[[Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland]] (1602–1666, England)
*[[Herbert Farjeon]] (1887–1945, England)
*[[Joseph Jefferson Farjeon]] (1883–1955, England)
*[[George Farquhar]] (1677/1678–1707, England)
*[[Simon Farquhar]] (living, Scotland)
*[[Florence Farr]] (1860–1917, England)
*[[Graham Farrow]] (living, England)
*[[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] (1945–1982, Germany)
*[[René Fauchois]] (1882–1962, France)
*[[Jules Feiffer]] (1929–2025, United States)
*[[Elaine Feinstein]] (1930–2019, England)
*[[Edna Ferber]] (1887–1968, United States)
*[[Lucas Fernández (musician)|Lucas Fernández]] (1474–1542, Spain)
*[[Leandro Fernández de Moratín]] (1760–1828, Spain)
*[[Nicolás Fernández de Moratín]] (1737–1780, Spain)
*[[Paolo Ferrari (writer)|Paolo Ferrari]] (1822–1889, Italy)
*[[Lion Feuchtwanger]] (1884–1958, Germany)
*[[Georges Feydeau]] (1862–1921, France)
*[[Nathan Field]] (1587–1620, England)
*[[Henry Fielding]] (1707–1754, England)
*[[Joseph Fields]] (1895–1966, United States)
*[[Graeme Fife]] (living, England)
*[[Alex Finlayson]] (born 1951, United States)
*[[Ronald Firbank]] (1886–1926, England)
*[[Clyde Fitch]] (1865–1909, United States)
*[[George Fitzmaurice (writer)|George Fitzmaurice]] (1877–1963, Ireland)
*[[Gustave Flaubert]] (1821–1880, France)
*[[Martin Flavin]] (1883–1967, United States)
*[[Harvey Fierstein]] (born 1952, United States)
*[[Tim Firth]] (born 1964, England)
*[[Peter Flannery]] (born 1951, England)
*[[James Elroy Flecker]] (1884–1915, England)
*[[Richard Flecknoe]] (c. 1600–1678, England)
*[[Marieluise Fleißer]] (1901–1974, Germany)
*[[Justin Fleming (author)|Justin Fleming]] (born 1953, Australia)
*[[Robert de Flers]] (1872–1927, France)
*[[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]] (1579–1625, England)
*[[Lucille Fletcher]] (1912–2000, United States)
*[[Dario Fo]] (1926–2016, Italy)
*[[Ladislas Fodor]] (1898–1978, Hungary/West Germany)
*[[Antonio Fogazzaro]] (1842–1911, Italy)
*[[Denis Fonvizin|Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin]] (1744/1745–1792, Russia)
*[[Horton Foote]] (1916–2009, United States)
*[[Samuel Foote]] (1720–1777, England)
*[[John Ford (dramatist)|John Ford]] (c. 1586 – post-1639, England)
*[[María Irene Fornés]] (1930–2018, Cuba/United States) in English
*[[Lars Forssell]] (1928–2007, Sweden)
*[[Ugo Foscolo]] (1778–1827, Italy)
*[[Jon Fosse]] (born 1959, Norway)
*[[Norm Foster (playwright)|Norm Foster]] (born 1949, Canada)
*[[Paul Foster (playwright)|Paul Foster]] (1937–2021, United States)
*[[Paul Foucher]] (1810–1875, France)
*[[Tim Fountain]] (born 1967, England)
*[[Charles J. Fourie]] (born 1965, South Africa)
*[[Amy Fox (playwright)|Amy Fox]] (born 1975, United States)
*[[Bruno Frank]] (1887–1945, Germany)
*[[Leonhard Frank]] (1882–1961, Germany/United States)
*[[Ian Fraser (playwright)|Ian Fraser]] (South Africa/United States)
*[[Michael Frayn]] (born 1933, England)
*[[Aleksander Fredro]] (1793–1876, Poland)
*[[David French (playwright)|David French]] (1939–2010, Canada)
*[[Gustav Freytag]] (1816–1895, Germany)
*[[Erich Fried]] (1921–1988, Austria/England) in German
*[[Gertrude Friedberg]] (died 1989, United States)
*[[Bruce Jay Friedman]] (1930–2020, United States)
*[[Brian Friel]] (1929–2015, Ireland)
*[[Ketti Frings]] (1909–1981, United States)
*[[Max Frisch]] (1911–1991, Switzerland)
*[[Christopher Fry]] (1907–2005, England)
*[[Franz Fühmann]] (1922–1984, Germany)
*[[Athol Fugard]] (1932–2025, South Africa)
*[[Ulpian Fulwell]] (1545/1546–1584/1586, England)
*[[Milán Füst]] (1888–1967, Hungary)
}}

==G==
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*[[Jeremy Gable]] (born 1982, United States)
*[[Ram Ganesh Gadkari]] (1885–1919, India)
*[[Zona Gale]] (1874–1938, United States)
*[[Ferdinando Galiani]] (1728–1787, Italy)
*[[John Galsworthy]] (1867–1933, England)
*[[Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta]] (1734–1787, Spain)
*[[Antonio García Gutiérrez]] (1813–1884, Spain)
*[[Federico García Lorca]] (1898–1936, Spain)
*[[David Garnett]] (1892–1981, England)
*[[Robert Garnier]] (1544–1590, France)
*[[David Garrick]] (1717–1779, England)
*[[George Gascoigne]] (1535–1577, England)
*[[Armand Gatti]] (1924–2017, France)
*[[Natalie Gaupp]] (born 1967, United States)
*[[John Gay]] (1685–1732, England)
*[[Michael V. Gazzo]] (1923–1995, United States)
*[[Larry Gelbart]] (1928–2009, United States)
*[[Jack Gelber]] (1932–2003, United States)
*[[Gratien Gélinas]] (1909–1999, Canada) in French
*[[Pam Gems]] (1925–2011, England)
*[[Jean Genet]] (1910–1986, France)
*[[Joel Gersmann]] (1942–2005, United States)
*[[Alice Gerstenberg]] (1885–1972, United States)
*[[Franz Xaver Karl Gewey]] (1764–1819, Austria)
*[[Michel de Ghelderode]] (1898–1962, Belgium) in French
*[[Henri Ghéon]] (1875–1944, France)
*[[Paolo Giacometti]] (1816–1882, Italy)
*[[Giuseppe Giacosa]] (1847–1906, Italy)
*[[Donato Giannotti]] (1492–1573, Italy)
*[[Melissa James Gibson]] (living, Canada)
*[[William Gibson (playwright)|William Gibson]] (1914–2018, United States)
*[[W. S. Gilbert]] (1836–1911, England)
*[[D. B. Gilles]] (living, United States)
*[[William Gillette]] (1855–1937, United States)
*[[Frank D. Gilroy]] (1925–2015, United States)
*[[Antonio Gil y Zárate]] (1793–1861, Spain)
*[[Gina Gionfriddo]] (living, United States)
*[[Jean Giono]] (1895–1970, France)
*[[Giovanni Battista Giraldi|Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio]] (1504–1573, Italy)
*[[Giovanni Giraud]] (1776–1834, Italy)
*[[Jean Giraudoux]] (1882–1944, France)
*[[Lesley Glaister]] (born 1956, England/Scotland)
*[[Susan Glaspell]] (1876–1948, United States)
*[[Josef Alois Gleich]] (1772–1841, Austria)
*[[Richard Glover (poet)|Richard Glover]] (1712–1785, England)
*[[Janusz Głowacki]] (1938–2007, Poland/United States) in Polish and English
*[[John Godber]] (born 1956, England)
*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] (1749–1832, Germany)
*[[Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol]] (1809–1852, Russia)
*[[Abraham Goldfaden|Abraham Haim Lipke Goldfaden]] (1840–1908) (Russia/United States) in Hebrew and Yiddish
*[[James Goldman]] (1927–1998, United States)
*[[Carlo Goldoni]] (1707–1793, Italy)
*[[Oliver Goldsmith]] (1728/1730–1774, Ireland/England)
*[[Witold Gombrowicz]] (1904–1969, Poland/[[Argentina]]) in Polish
*[[Prince Gomolvilas]] (born 1972, United States)
*[[Jeff Goode]] (living, United States)
*[[Jules Eckert Goodman]] (1876–1962, United States)
*[[Frances Goodrich]] (1890–1984, United States)
*[[Jacob Gordin]] (1853–1909, Ukraine/United States) in Russian and Yiddish
*[[Ruth Gordon]] (1896–1985, United States)
*[[Charles Gordone]] (1925–1995, United States)
*[[Catherine Gore]] (1798–1861, England)
*[[Maxim Gorky]] (1868–1936, Russia)
*[[Stephen Gosson]] (1554–1624, England)
*[[Staffan Göthe]] (born 1944, Sweden)
*[[Abraham Dov Ber Gottlober]] (1811–1899, Russia) in Hebrew and Yiddish
*[[Johann Christoph Gottsched]] (1700–1766, Germany)
*[[Olympe de Gouges]] (1748–1793, France)
*[[Carlo Gozzi]] (1720–1806, Italy)
*[[Christian Dietrich Grabbe]] (1801–1836, Germany)
*[[Ed Graczyk]] (born 1941/1942, United States)
*[[Ray Harrison Graham]] (born 1962, England)
*[[David Marshall Grant]] (born 1955, United States)
*[[George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne]] (1666–1735, England)
*[[Harley Granville-Barker]] (1877–1946, England)
*[[Jörg Graser]] (born 1951, Germany)
*[[Günter Grass]] (1927–2015, Germany)
*[[Jacinto Grau Delgado]] (1877–1958, Spain)
*[[Nicholas Stuart Gray]] (1922–1981, England)
*[[Simon Gray]] (1936–2008, England)
*[[Antonio Francesco Grazzini]] (1503–1584, Italy)
*[[Julien Green]] (1900–1998, France/United States) in French
*[[Paul Eliot Green]] (1894–1981, United States)
*[[Richard Greenberg]] (1958–2025, United States)
*[[Frances Nimmo Greene]] (1867-1937, United States)
*[[Graham Greene]] (1904–1991, England)
*[[Robert Greene (16th century)|Robert Greene]] (1558–1592, England)
*[[Elana Greenfield]] (United States)
*[[David Greenspan]] (born 1956, United States)
*[[Lady Augusta Gregory]] (1852–1932) (Ireland)
*[[Martin Greif (poet)|Martin Greif]] (1839–1911, Germany)
*[[David Greig (dramatist)|David Greig]] (Scotland)
*[[Jean-Baptiste Louis Gresset]] (1709–1777, France)
*[[Tom Griffin (playwright)|Tom Griffin]] (1946–2018, United States)
*[[Trevor Griffiths]] (1935–2024, England)
*[[Franz Grillparzer]] (1791–1872, Austria)
*[[Angelina Grimké]] (1805-1879, United States)
*[[David Grimm (playwright)|David Grimm]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Rinne Groff]] (living, United States)
*[[Philip Gross]] (born 1952, England)
*[[Sydney Grundy]] (1848–1914, England)
*[[Andreas Gryphius]] (1616–1664, Germany)
*[[John Guare]] (born 1938, United States)
*[[Stephen Adly Guirgis]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Sacha Guitry]] (1885–1957, France)
*[[Yesim Ozsoy Gulan]] (born 1972, Turkey)
*[[Sachin Gupta (director)|Sachin Gupta]] (born 1978, India) in Hindi
*[[Danai Gurira]] (born 1978, United States)
*[[A. R. Gurney]] (1930–2017, United States)
*[[Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow]] (1811–1878, Germany)
}}

==H==
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*[[Peter Hacks]] (1928–2003, Germany)
*[[Ruth Hale (playwright and actress)|Ruth Hale]] (1908–2003, United States)
*[[Roger Hall (playwright)|Roger Hall]] (born 1939, New Zealand)
*[[Steven Hall (author)|Steven Hall]] (born 1975, England)
*[[Adam de la Halle]] (c. 1237 – c. 1288, France)
*[[Cicely Hamilton]] (1872–1952, England)
*[[Cosmo Hamilton]] (1871–1942, England)
*[[Patrick Hamilton (writer)|Patrick Hamilton]] (1904–1962, England)
*[[Christopher Hampton]] (born 1946, England)
*[[W. David Hancock]] (living, United States)
*[[Peter Handke]] (born 1942, Germany)
*[[William Hanley]] (1931–2012, United States)
*[[Lorraine Hansberry]] (1930–1965, United States)
*[[Haseena Moin]] (1941–2021, Pakistan)
*[[Ernst Hardt]] (1876–1947, Germany)
*[[Edward W. Hardy]] (born 1992, United States)
*[[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]] (born 1947, England)
*[[Johann Hari]] (born 1979, Scotland)
*[[Tony Harrison]] (1937–2025, England)
*[[Moss Hart]] (1904–1961, United States)
*[[Bharatendu Harishchandra]] (1850–1885, India)
*[[Jonathan Harvey (playwright)|Jonathan Harvey]] (born 1968, England)
*[[Ronald Harwood]] (1934–2020, South Africa/England)
*[[Walter Hasenclever]] (1890–1940, Germany)
*[[Christopher Hassall]] (1912–1963, England)
*[[Michael Hastings (playwright)|Michael Hastings]] (1938–2011, England)
*[[Jeffrey Hatcher]] (living, United States)
*[[Richard Hathwaye]] (died 1604, England)
*[[Gerhart Hauptmann]] (1862–1946, Germany)
*[[Václav Havel]] (1936–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic) 
*[[Walter Hawkesworth (playwright)|Walter Hawkesworth]] (c. 1573–1606, England)
*[[Gyula Háy]] (Stefan Faber, 1900–1975, Hungary/Switzerland)
*[[William Hayley]] (1745–1820, England)
*[[Eliza Haywood]] (c. 1693–1756, England)
*[[Colin Henry Hazlewood]] (1823–1875, England)
*[[Friedrich Hebbel]] (1813–1863, Germany)
*[[Peter Hedges]] (born 1962, United States)
*[[Herman Heijermans]] (1864-1924, Netherlands)
*[[Lillian Hellman]] (1905–1984, United States)
*[[Beth Henley]] (born 1952, United States)
*[[Karl Friedrich Hensler]] (1759–1825, Austria)
*[[John Abraham Heraud]] (1799–1887, England)
*[[A. P. Herbert]] (1890–1971, England)
*[[George Herman (playwright)|George Herman]] (1928–2019, United States)
*[[Amy Herzog]] (living, United States)
*[[Nigel Heseltine]] (1916–1995, England)
*[[Dorothy Hewett]] (1923–2002, Australia)
*[[John Heywood]] (c. 1497 – c. 1580, England)
*[[Thomas Heywood]] (early 1570s – 1641, England)
*[[Robert Hichens (writer)|Robert Hichens]] (1864–1950, England)
*[[Tomson Highway]] (born 1951, Canada)
*[[Wolfgang Hildesheimer]] (1916–1991, Germany)
*[[Aaron Hill (writer)|Aaron Hill]] (1685–1750, England)
*[[John Hippisley (actor)|John Hippisley]] (1696–1748, England)
*[[Robert Hitchcock (dramatist)|Robert Hitchcock]] (died 1809, England)
*[[Prince Hoare (younger)|Prince Hoare]] (1755–1834, England)
*[[John Oliver Hobbes]] (Pearl Craigie, 1867–1906, United States/England)
*[[Rolf Hochhuth]] (1931–2020, Germany)
*[[Fritz Hochwälder]] (1911–1986, Austria)
*[[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]] (1874–1929, Austria)
*[[Ludvig Holberg]] (1684–1754, Norway)
*[[Thomas Holcroft]] (1745–1809, England)
*[[Margaret Holford (the elder)|Margaret Holford]] (1757–1834, England)
*[[Arthur Holitscher]] (1869–1941, Hungary/Germany)
*[[Michael Hollinger]] (born 1962, United States)
*[[Constance Holme]] (1880–1955, England)
*[[Rupert Holmes]] (born David Goldstein, 1947, England/United States)
*[[Tom Hood]] (1835–1874, England)
*[[C. J. Hopkins]] (born 1961, United States)
*[[Frederick William Horner]] (1854–1933, Wales) in English
*[[Roy Horniman]] (1874–1930, England)
*[[Ödön von Horváth]] (1901–1938, Austria-Hungary)
*[[Laurence Housman]] (1865–1959, England)
*[[Edward Howard (playwright)|Edward Howard]] (1624–1712, England)
*[[Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle]] (1748–1825, England)
*[[Robert Howard (playwright)|Robert Howard]] (1626–1698, England)
*[[Sidney Howard]] (1891–1939, United States)
*[[Tina Howe]] (1937–2023, United States)
*[[Frank Howson]] (1952–2024, Australia)
*[[John-Michael Howson]] (born 1936, Australia)
*[[Hrotsvitha|Hroswitha of Gandersheim]] (c. 935 – post-973, Germany) in Latin
*[[Dusty Hughes (playwright)|Dusty Hughes]] (born 1947, England)
*[[Langston Hughes]] (1902–1967, United States)
*[[Richard Hughes (British writer)|Richard Hughes]] (1900–1976, England)
*[[Victor Hugo]] (1802–1885, France)
*[[Maureen Hunter]] (born 1948, Canada) in English
*[[Samuel D. Hunter]] (born 1981, United States)
*[[Sándor Hunyady]] (1890–1942, Hungary)
*[[Angela Huth]] (born 1938, England)
}}

==I==
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*[[Henrik Ibsen]] (1828–1906, Norway)
*[[Victor Ido]] (1869-1948, Netherlands)
*[[Elizabeth Inchbald]] (1753–1821, England)
*[[William Inge]] (1913–1973, United States)
*[[The Disobedient Child|Thomas Ingelend]] (fl. 1560, England)
*[[Eugène Ionesco]] (1909–1994, Romania) in French and Romanian
*[[William Henry Ireland]] (1775–1835, England)
*[[David Ives]] (born 1950, United States)
*[[Naomi Iizuka]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Branislava Ilić]] (born 1970, Serbia)
}}

==J==
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*[[Donald Jack]] (1924–2003, England/Canada)
*[[Luigi Jannuzzi]] (born 1952, United States)
*[[Alfred Jarry]] (1873–1907, France)
*[[Elfriede Jelinek]] (born 1946, Austria)
*[[Ann Jellicoe]] (1927–2017, England)
*[[Ida Jenbach]] (fl. 1920s – 1930s, Hungary/Germany)
*[[Jerome K. Jerome]] (1859–1927, England)
*[[Douglas William Jerrold]] (1803–1857, England)
*[[Pamela Hansford Johnson]] (1912–1981, England)
*[[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]] (born 1955, England)
*[[Denis Johnston]] (1901–1984, Ireland)
*[[Arthur M. Jolly]] (born 1969, England)
*[[Henry Arthur Jones]] (1851–1929, England)
*[[Patrick Jones (poet)|Patrick Jones]] (born 1965, Wales) in English
*[[Ben Jonson]] (1572–1637, England)
*[[Rajiv Joseph]] (born 1974, United States)
*[[James Joyce]] (1882–1941, Ireland)
}}

==K==
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*[[Georg Kaiser]] (1878–1945, Germany
*[[Kālidāsa]] (4th–5th c. CE, India) in Sanskrit
*[[Sarah Kane]] (1971–1999, England)
*[[Girish Karnad]] (1938–2019, India) in [[Kannada]] and English
*[[József Katona]] (1791–1830, Hungary)
*[[Lally Katz]] (born 1978, United States)
*[[George S. Kaufman]] (1889–1961, United States)
*[[Moisés Kaufman]] (born 1963, United States)
*[[John B. Keane]] (1928–2002, Ireland)
*[[Barrie Keeffe]] (1945–2019, England)
*[[Dennis Kelly (writer)|Dennis Kelly]] (born 1969, England)
*[[Fanny Kemble]] (1809–1893, England)
*[[János Kemény (author)|János Kemény]] (1903–1971, Romania) in Hungarian
*[[Adrienne Kennedy]] (born 1931, United States)
*[[Margaret Kennedy]] (1896–1967, England)
*[[James Kenney (dramatist)|James Kenney]] (1780–1849, England)
*[[William Kenrick (writer)|William Kenrick]] (c. 1725–1779, England)
*[[Josephine Kermode]] (pseudonym Cushag, 1852–1937, Isle of Man)
*[[Joseph Kesselring]] (1902–1967, United States)
*[[Lyle Kessler]] (living, United States)
*[[Stanley Keyes]] (born 1948, United States)
*[[Henry Killigrew (playwright)|Henry Killigrew]] (1613–1700, England)
*[[Thomas Killigrew]] (1612–1683, England)
*[[William Killigrew (1606–1695)|William Killigrew]] (1606–1695, England)
*[[Thomas Kilroy]] (1934–2023, Ireland)
*[[Sidney Kingsley]] (1906–1995, United States)
*[[Julius Leopold Klein]] (1810–1875, Hungary/Germany) in German
*[[Heinrich von Kleist]] (1777–1811, Germany)
*[[Friedrich Maximilian Klinger]] (1752–1831, Germany)
*[[Václav Kliment Klicpera]] (1792–1859, Austria-Hungary) in Czech
*[[Kevin Kling]] (living, United States)
*[[Alexander Kluge]] (born 1932, Germany)
*[[Frederick Knott]] (1916–2002, England)
*[[Oskar Kokoschka]] (1886–1980, Austria-Hungary, England, Switzerland) in German
*[[Bernard-Marie Koltès]] (1948–1989, France)
*[[Harry Kondoleon]] (1955–1994, United States)
*[[Bernard Kops]] (1926–2024, England)
*[[Apollo Korzeniowski]] (1820–1869, Poland)
*[[August von Kotzebue]] (1761–1819, Germany)
*[[Zygmunt Krasiński]] (1812–1859, Poland)
*[[Karl Kraus (writer)|Karl Kraus]] (1874–1936, Austria)
*[[Helmut Krausser]] (born 1964, Germany)
*[[Franz Xaver Kroetz]] (born 1946, Germany)
*[[Nestor Kukolnik]] (1809–1868, Russia)
*[[Hanif Kureishi]] (born 1954, England)
*[[Tony Kushner]] (born 1956, United States)
*[[Kusumagraj]] (1912–1999, India) in [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
*[[Thomas Kyd]] (1558–1594, England)
}}

==L==
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*[[Neil LaBute]] (born 1963, United States)
*[[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] (1809–1873, England)
*[[Pär Lagerkvist]] (1891–1974, Sweden)
*[[Jun Lana]] (born 1972, Philippines)
*[[Robert Eyres Landor]] (1781–1869, England)
*[[Mary Lewis Langworthy]] (1872-1949, United States)
*[[Jonathan Larson]] (1960–1996, United States)
*[[Stig Larsson (author)|Stig Larsson]] (born 1955, Sweden)
*[[Kirke La Shelle]] (1862–1905, United States)
*[[Else Lasker-Schüler]] (1869–1945, Germany/Palestine/Israel)
*[[Miklós László]] (1903–1973, Hungary/United States)
*[[Francis Lathom]] (1774–1832, England)
*[[Walter Learning]] (1938–2020, Canada)
*[[Hermine Lecomte du Noüy]] (1854-1915, France)
*[[Mary Theresa Ledóchowska]] (1863–1922, Austria)
*[[Harriet Lee (writer)|Harriet Lee]] (1757–1851, England)
*[[Kang Baek Lee]] (born 1947, South Korea)
*[[Nathaniel Lee]] (c. 1653–1692, England)
*[[Richard Nelson Lee]] (1806–1872, England)
*[[Robert E. Lee (playwright)|Robert E. Lee]] (1918–1994, United States)
*[[Sophia Lee]] (1750–1824, England)
*[[Mark Lemon]] (1809–1870, England)
*[[Wayne Lemon]] (living, United States)
*[[Melchior Lengyel]] (1880–1974, Hungary)
*[[Sue Lenier]] (born 1957, England)
*[[Rebecca Lenkiewicz]] (born 1968, England)
*[[Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz]] (1751–1792, Russia/Livonia) in German
*[[Conchi León]] (born 1973, Mexico)
*[[Gotthold Lessing|Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]] (1729–1781, Germany
*[[Reinhard Lettau]] (1929–1996, Germany/United States)
*[[Tracy Letts]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Ira Levin]] (1929–2007, United States)
*[[Caleb Lewis]] (born 1978, Australia)
*[[David Lewis (poet)|David Lewis]] (1682–1760, England)
*[[Leopold David Lewis]] (1828–1890, England)
*[[Saunders Lewis]] (1893–1985, Wales)
*[[Nell Leyshon]] (living, England)
*[[George Lillo]] (1691–1739, England)
*[[David Lindsay-Abaire]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Romulus Linney (playwright)|Romulus Linney]] (1930–2011, United States)
*[[Liz Lochhead]] (born 1947, Scotland)
*[[Oliver W. F. Lodge]] (1878–1955, England)
*[[Thomas Lodge]] (c. 1558–1625, England)
*[[Kenneth Lonergan]] (born 1962, United States)
*[[George William Lovell]] (1804–1878, England)
*[[Stephen Lowe (playwright)|Stephen Lowe]] (born 1947, England)
*[[William Lower (dramatist)|William Lower]] (c. 1610–1662, England)
*[[Mina Loy]] (1882–1966, France/United States)
*[[Craig Lucas]] (born 1951, United States)
*[[Clare Boothe Luce]] (1903–1987, United States)
*[[Charles Ludlam]] (1943–1987, United States)
*[[Ken Ludwig]] (living, United States)
*[[Otto Ludwig (writer)|Otto Ludwig]] (1813–1865, Germany)
*[[Joseph Lunn]] (1784–1863, England)
*[[John Lyly]] (c. 1553 or 1554–1606, England)
}}

==M==
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*[[Ewan MacColl]] (James Henry Miller, 1915–1989, Scotland)
*[[Michael MacLennan]] (born 1968, Canada)
*[[Joseph Macleod]] (1903–1984, England)
*[[Wendy MacLeod]] (born 1959, United States)
*[[Macropedius|George Macropedius]] (1487–1558, Netherlands) in Latin
*[[Imre Madách]] (1823–1864, Hungary)
*[[Rosie Malek-Yonan]] (born 1965, Iran/United States)
*[[Karen Malpede]] (living, United States)
*[[David Mamet]] (born 1947, United States)
*[[Henning Mankell]] (1948–2015, Sweden)
*[[Delarivier Manley]] (c. 1663/1670–1724, England)
*[[Klaus Mann]] (1906–1949, Germany)
*[[Mona Mansour]] (living, United States)
*[[Francis Marbury]] (1555–1611, England)
*[[Frank Marcus]] (1928–1996, England)
*[[William Marchant (playwright)|William Marchant]] (1923–1995, United States)
*[[Donald Margulies]] (born 1954, United States)
*[[Pierre de Marivaux]] (1688–1763, France)
*[[Christopher Marlowe]] (1564–1593, England)
*[[Derek Marlowe]] (1938–1996, England)
*[[Anthony Marriott]] (1931–2014, England)
*[[James Henry Marriott]] (1799–1886, New Zealand)
*[[Christabel Marshall]] (1871–1960, England)
*[[John Marston (playwright)|John Marston]] (1576–1634, England)
*[[John Westland Marston]] (1819–1890, England)
*[[Jane Martin]], pseudonym of unknown (United States)
*[[Steve Martin]] (born 1945, United States)
*[[Bruce Mason]] (1921–1982, New Zealand)
*[[Paul Nicholas Mason]] (born 1958, Canada)
*[[Philip Massinger]] (1583–1640, England)
*[[Mustapha Matura]] (1939–2019, Trinidad)
*[[Robin Maugham]] (1916–1981, England)
*[[W. Somerset Maugham]] (1874–1965, England)
*[[Vladimir Mayakovsky]] (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union)
*[[Marius von Mayenburg]] (born 1972, Germany)
*[[Henry Mayhew]] (1812–1887, England)
*[[Jasper Mayne]] (1604–1672, England)
*[[Cary Mazer]] (living, United States)
*[[Dick McBride (poet)|Dick McBride]] (1928–2012, United States)
*[[Ellen McLaughlin]] (born 1957, United States)
*[[Tarell Alvin McCraney]] (born 1980, United States)
*[[Martin McDonagh]] (born 1970, Ireland)
*[[Greg McGee]] (born 1950, New Zealand)
*[[John McGrath (playwright)|John McGrath]] (1935–2002, England)
*[[Reginald James MacGregor]] (1887–1961, England)
*[[Frank McGuinness]] (born 1953, Ireland)
*[[Robert McLellan]] (1907–1985, Scotland)
*[[Scott McMorrow]] (living, United States)
*[[Terrence McNally]] (1938–2020, United States)
*[[Scott McPherson]] (1959–1992, United States)
*[[Mark Medoff]] (1940–2019, United States)
*[[Charles L. Mee]] (born 1938, United States)
*[[Karl Meisl]] (1775–1853, Austria)
*[[Leonard Melfi]] (1932–2001, United States)
*[[Alex Melrose]] (1865–1944, Australia)
*[[Menander]] (342–291 BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[David Mercer (playwright)|David Mercer]] (1928–1980, England)
*[[Thomas Meriton]] (born 1638, England)
*[[Paul Meritt]] (1843–1895, England)
*[[William Mew]] (1602 – c. 1669, England) in Latin
*[[Adam Mickiewicz]] (1798–1855, Poland)
*[[George Middleton (playwright)|George Middleton]] (1880–1967, United States)
*[[Thomas Middleton]] (1580–1627, England)
*[[Arthur Miller]] (1915–2005, United States)
*[[James Miller (playwright)|James Miller]] (1704–1744, England)
*[[Nellie Burget Miller]] (1875-1952, United States)
*[[Willy Millowitsch]] (1909–1999, Germany)
*[[Henry Hart Milman]] (1791–1868, England)
*[[Jane Milmore]] (1955–2020, United States)
*[[A. A. Milne]] (1882–1956, England)
*[[Anthony Minghella]] (1954–2008, England)
*[[Octave Mirbeau]] (1848–1917, France)
*[[Meg Miroshnik]] (living, United States)
*[[Adrian Mitchell]] (1932–2008, England)
*[[Julian Mitchell]] (born 1935, England)
*[[Mary Russell Mitford]] (Miss Mitford, 1787–1855, England)
*[[Vilhelm Moberg]] (1898–1973, Sweden)
*[[Narendra Mohan]] (1935–2002, India) in Hindi and Punjabi
*[[Caroline Moir]] (living, England)
*[[Molière]] (1622–1673, France)
*[[Ferenc Molnár]] (1878–1952, Hungary/United States)
*[[Natyaguru]] [[Nurul Momen]] (1908–1990, Bangladesh)
*[[William Thomas Moncrieff]] (1794–1857, England)
*[[Thomas Sturge Moore]] (1870–1944, England)
*[[Jose Zorrilla y Moral]] (1817–1893, Spain)
*[[Charles Langbridge Morgan]] (1894–1958, England)
*[[Elaine Morgan]] (1920–2013, Wales)
*[[Peter Morgan]] (born 1963, England)
*[[Félix Morisseau-Leroy]] (Moriso Lewa, 1912–1998, Haiti)
*[[Michael Morpurgo]] (born 1943, England)
*[[Melvyn Morrow]] (born 1942, Australia)
*[[John Mortimer]] (1923–2009, England)
*[[John Maddison Morton]] (1811–1891, England)
*[[Thomas Morton (playwright)|Thomas Morton]] (1764–1838, England)
*[[Tom Morton-Smith]] (born 1980, England)
*[[Tad Mosel]] (1922–2008, United States)
*[[Itamar Moses]] (born 1977, United States)
*[[Peter Anthony Motteux]] (1663–1718, England)
*[[Dimitrios Mpogris]] (1890–1964, Greece)
*[[Sławomir Mrożek]] (1930–2013, Poland/France)
*[[Clara Mulholland]] (1849–1934, Ireland/England)
*[[Heiner Müller]] (1929–1995, Germany)
*[[Brighde Mullins]] (living, United States)
*[[Anthony Munday]] (c. 1560–1633, England)
*[[Kaj Harald Leininger Munk|Kaj Munk]] (1898–1944, Denmark)
*[[Jimmy Murphy (playwright)|Jimmy Murphy]] (living, Ireland)
*[[Tom Murphy (playwright)|Tom Murphy]] (1935–2018, Ireland)
*[[Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)|Tommy Murphy]] (born 1979, Australia)
*[[Robert Musil]] (1880–1942, Austria)
}}

==N==
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*[[Thomas Nabbes]] (1605–1641, England)
*[[Bill Naughton]] (1910–1992, England)
*[[John Neal]] (1793–1876, United States)
*[[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]] (born 1950, United States)
*[[László Németh]] (1901–1975, Hungary)
*[[Johann Nestroy]] (1801–1862, Austria)
*[[Anthony Neilson]] (born 1967, Scotland/England)
*[[Beverley Nichols]] (1898–1983, England)
*[[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]] (1927–2019, England)
*[[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]] (born 1948, England)
*[[János Nyíri]] (1932–2002, Hungary/France)
*[[Jeff Noon]] (born 1957, England)
*[[Lars Norén]] (1944–2021, Sweden)
*[[Marsha Norman]] (born 1947, United States)
*[[Bruce Norris (playwright)|Bruce Norris]] (born 1960, United States)
*[[Richard Norton-Taylor]] (born 1944, England)
*[[Lynn Nottage]] (born 1964, United States)
*[[Alden Nowlan]] (1933–1983, Canada)
*[[János Nyíri]] (1932–2002, Hungary)
}}

==O==
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*[[Dan O'Brien (playwright)|Dan O'Brien]] (born 1974, United States)
*[[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]] (born 1952, England)
*[[Seán O'Casey]] (1880–1964, Ireland)
*[[Eugene O'Neill]] (1888–1953, United States)
*[[Gerlinde Obermeier]] (1942–1984, Austria)
*[[Thomas Odell (writer)|Thomas Odell]] (1681–1749, England))
*[[Clifford Odets]] (1906–1963, United States)
*[[Bolaji Odofin]] (living, Nigeria) in English
*[[Reggie Oliver (writer)|Reggie Oliver]] (born 1952, England)
*[[Han Ong]] (born 1968, Philippines/United States) in English
*[[Onyeka]] (Onyeka Nubia, living, England)
*[[Valantina Abu Oqsa]] (born 1967), Palestine
*[[Emma Orczy]] (Baroness Orczy, 1865–1947, England)
*[[Dael Orlandersmith]] (living, United States)
*[[Joe Orton]] (1933–1967, England)
*[[John Osborne]] (1929–1994, England)
*[[Peter Oswald]] (born 1965, England)
*[[Thomas Otway]] (1652–1685, England)
*[[Gary Owen (playwright)|Gary Owen]] (born 1972, Wales) in English
*[[Rochelle Owens]] (born 1936, United States)
*[[William Henry Oxberry]] (1808–1852, England)
*[[Helen Oyeyemi]] (born 1984, England)
}}

==P==
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*[[Jean Palaprat]] (1650–1721, France)
*[[Morris Panych]] (born 1952, Canada)
*[[Ralph Pape]] (died 2016, United States)
*[[Suzan-Lori Parks]] (born 1963, United States)
* [[Stewart Parker]] (1941–1988, Northern Ireland)
*[[Angelo Parra]] (living, United States)
*[[Gwenlyn Parry]] (1932–1991, Wales) in Welsh
*[[John Patrick (dramatist)|John Patrick]] (1905–1995, United States)
*[[Robert Patrick (playwright)|Robert Patrick]] (1937–2023, United States)
*[[Nick Payne]] (born 1984, England)
*[[George Peele]] (1556–1596, England)
*[[Borislav Pekić]] (1930–1992, Yugoslavia/England) in Serbian
*[[Charles Reece Pemberton]] (1790–1840, Wales/England)
*[[Joachim Perinet]] (1763–1816, Austria) 
*[[Matthew Perry]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Tyler Perry]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Stephen Phillips]] (1864–1915, England)
*[[Eden Phillpotts]] (1862–1960, England)
*[[Arthur Wing Pinero]] (1855–1934, England)
*[[Harold Pinter]] (1930–2008, England)
*[[Luigi Pirandello]] (1867–1936, Italy)
*[[Mary Pix]] (1666–1709, England)
*[[James Planché]] (1796–1880, England)
*[[Alan Plater]] (1935–2010, England)
*[[Plautus]] (c. 254–184 BCE, Ancient Rome)
*[[Ulrich Plenzdorf]] (1934–2007, Germany)
*[[Isaac Pocock]] (1782–1835, England)
*[[Suman Pokhrel]] (born 1967, Nepal)
*[[Elizabeth Polack]] (fl. 1830s, England)
*[[Erno Polgar|Ernő Polgár]] (1954–2018, Hungary)
*[[Alan Pollock]] (born 1962, England)
*[[Sharon Pollock]] (1936–2021, Canada)
*[[Elizabeth Polwheele]] (c.1651–c.1691, England)
*[[John Poole (playwright)|John Poole]] (1786–1872, England)
*[[Cora Scott Pond Pope]] (1856–?, United States)
*[[Henry Porter (playwright)|Henry Porter]] (died 1599, England)
*[[Gordon Porterfield]] (living, United States)
*[[Suzanne Portnoy]] (born 1961, England)
*[[Dennis Potter]] (1935–1994, England)
*[[Reinaldo Povod]] (1960–1994, United States)
*[[Samuel Jackson Pratt]] (1749–1814, England)
*[[Lucy Prebble]] (born 1980, England)
*[[Otto Prechtler]] (1813–1881, Austria)
*[[Thomas Preston (writer)|Thomas Preston]] (1537–1598, England)
*[[Nancy Price]] (1880–1970, England)
*[[J. B. Priestley]] (1894–1984, England)
*[[Bryan Procter]] (Barry Cornwall, 1787–1874, England)
*[[Stanisław Przybyszewski]] (1868–1927, Poland)
*[[Alexander Pushkin]] (1799–1837, Russia)
}}

==Q==
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*[[Abu Khalil Qabbani]] (1835–1902, Syria)
*[[Philippe Quinault]] (1635–1688, France)
}}

==R==
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*[[David Rabe]] (born 1940, United States)
*[[Jean Racine]] (1639–1699, France)
*[[Akbar Radi]] (1939–2007, Iran)
*[[Ferdinand Raimund]] (1790–1836, Austria
*[[Nina Raine]] (living, England)
*[[Mohan Rakesh]] (1925–1972, India) in Hindi
*[[Adam Rapp]] (born 1968, United States)
*[[Nina Rapi]] (born 1962, Greece)
*[[John Rastell]] (John Rastall, c. 1475–1536, England)
*[[Lutz Rathenow]] (born 1952, Germany)
*[[Terence Rattigan]] (1911–1977, England)
*[[Simon Raven]] (1927–2001, England)
*[[Edward Ravenscroft]] (c. 1654–1707, England)
*[[James Reaney]] (1926–2008, Canada)
*[[Keith Reddin]] (born 1956, United States)
*[[Frederic Reynolds]] (1764–1841, England)
*[[Renee Taylor (writer)|Renée]] (1929–2023, New Zealand)
*[[Yasmina Reza]] (born 1959, France)
*[[William Barnes Rhodes]] (1772–1826, England)
*[[Alfred Bate Richards]] (1820–1876, England)
*[[Erwin Riess]] (1957–2023, Austria)
*[[Arnold Ridley]] (1896–1984, England)
*[[Philip Ridley]] (born 1964, England)
*[[Lawrence Riley]] (1896–1974, United States)
*[[Rainer Maria Rilke]] (1875–1926, Austro-Hungarian Empire/Switzerland)
*[[José Rivera (playwright)|José Rivera]] (born 1955, [[Puerto Rico]]) in English
*[[Eigra Lewis Roberts]] (born 1939, Wales) in Welsh
*[[Thomas William Robertson]] (1829–1871, England)
*[[Lennox Robinson]] (1886–1958, Ireland)
*[[Rony Robinson]] (born 1940, England)
*[[David Robson (playwright)|David Robson]] (born 1966, United States)
*[[Isaac Rosenberg]] (1890–1918, England)
*[[Jack Rosenthal]] (1931–2004, England)
*[[Bert V. Royal]] (born 1977, United States)
*[[Hossein Rajabian]] (born 1984, Iran)
*[[Kenneth G. Ross]] (born 1941, Australia)
*[[Edmond Rostand]] (1868–1918, France)
*[[Friederike Roth]] (born 1948, Germany)
*[[Samuel Rowley]] (died c. 1633, England)
*[[William Rowley]] (c. 1585–1626, England)
*[[Gillian Rubinstein]] (Lian Hearn, born 1942, England/Australia)
*[[David Rudkin]] (born 1936, England)
*[[Paul Rudnick]] (born 1957, United States)
*[[John Ruganda]] (1941–2007, Uganda)
*[[Sarah Ruhl]] (born 1974, United States)
*[[Katherine Rundell]] (born 1967, England)
*[[Willy Russell]] (born 1974, England)
*[[Nelson Rodrigues]] (1912–1980, Brazil)
*[[Royce Ryton]] (1924–2009, England)
}}

==S==
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===Sa–Se===
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*[[Suhayl Saadi]] (born 1961, England/Scotland)
*[[Hans Sachs]] (1494–1576, Germany)
*[[Nelly Sachs]] (1891–1970, Sweden)
*[[Peter Sagal]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Bhisham Sahni]] (1915–2003, India) in Hindi
*[[Balkrishna Sama]] (1903–1981, Nepal)
*[[Tori Sampson]] (born 20th century, United States) 
*[[Florencio Sánchez]] (1875–1910, Uruguay)
*[[Francesca Sanders]] (living, United States)
*[[Sally Sara]] (born 1971, Australia)
*[[William Saroyan]] (1908–1981, United States)
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] (1905–1980, France)
*[[Geneviève Savalette]] (1735–1795, France)
*[[Mark Scharf]] (born 1956, United States)
*[[Georges Schehadé]] (1905–1989, Lebanon) in French
*[[Robert Schenkkan]] (born 1953, United States)
*[[Friedrich Schiller]] (1759–1805, Germany)
*[[Guillermo Schmidhuber]] (born 1943, Mexico)
*[[Arno Schmidt]] (1914–1979, Germany)
*[[Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt]] (born 1960, Belgium/France) in French
*[[Arthur Schnitzler]] (1862–1931, Austria)
*[[Werner Schwab]] (1958–1994, Austria)
*[[György Schwajda]] (1943–2010, Hungary)
*[[William Matthew Scott]] (1893–1964, England)
*[[Sandra Seaton]] (living, United States)
*[[David Sedaris]] (born 1956, United States)
*[[Seneca the Younger]] (c. 4 BCE – CE 65, Ancient Rome) in Latin
*[[Ferhan Şensoy]] (1951–2021, Turkey)
}}

===Sg–Sr===
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*[[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]] (1926–2001, England)
*[[Peter Shaffer]] (1926–2016, England)
*[[William Shakespeare]] (1564–1616, England)
*[[Ntozake Shange]] (1948–2018, United States)
*[[John Patrick Shanley]] (born 1950, United States)
*[[Partap Sharma]] (1939–2011, India)
*[[Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck]] (1850–1937, United States)
*[[Lionel Shave]] (1888–1954, Australia)
*[[George Bernard Shaw]] (1856–1950, Ireland/England)
*[[Wallace Shawn]] (born 1943, United States)
*[[Rob Shearman]] (born 1970, England)
*[[Owen Sheers]] (born 1974, Wales) in English
*[[Edward Sheldon]] (1886–1946, United States)
*[[Jane Shepard]] (born 1958, United States)
*[[Sam Shepard]] (1943–2017, United States)
*[[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]] (1751–1816, Ireland/England)
*[[Jonathan Marc Sherman]] (born 1968, United States)
*[[R. C. Sherriff]] (1896–1975, England)
*[[Robert E. Sherwood]] (1896–1955, United States)
*[[George Shiels]] (1881–1949, Ireland)
*[[Christopher R. Shimmin]] (1870–1933, Isle of Man)
*[[Christopher Shinn]] (born 1975, United States)
*[[Rick Shiomi]] (born 1947, Canada)
*[[Dora Adele Shoemaker]] (1873-1962, United States)
*[[Del Shores]] (born 1957, United States)
*[[Larry Shue]] (1946–1985, United States)
*[[Nicky Silver]] (living, United States)
*[[Lazarre Seymour Simckes]] (born 1937, United States)
*[[Neil Simon]] (1927–2018, United States)
*[[Eric Simonson]] (born 1960, United States)
*[[Libby Skala]] (1967–2019, United States)
*[[Bernard Slade]] (1930–2019, Canada)
*[[Juliusz Słowacki]] (1809–1849, Poland)
*[[Roy Smiles]] (living, England)
*[[Anna Deavere Smith]] (born 1950, United States)
*[[Evan Smith (playwright)|Evan Smith]] (living, United States)
*[[Amelia Solar de Claro]] (1836-1915, Chile)
*[[Sophocles]] (c. 497/496–406/405 BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Aaron Sorkin]] (born 1961, United States)
*[[Alfred Soultan]] (born 1946, Hungary/United States)
*[[Gabrielle Soumet]] (1814-1886, France)
*[[Wole Soyinka]] (born 1934, Nigeria)
*[[Ron Sparks (comedian)|Ron Sparks]] (born 1977, Canada)
*[[Biljana Srbljanović]] (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
}}

===St–Sz===
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*[[Adrian Consett Stephen]] (1894–1918, Australia)
*[[Simon Stephens]] (born 1971, England)
*[[Shelagh Stephenson]] (born 1955, England)
*[[Polly Stenham]] (born 1986, England)
*[[Christopher Stollery]] (living, Australia)
*[[Tom Stoppard]] (1937–2025, Czechoslovakia/England)
*[[David Storey]] (1933–2017, England)
*[[August Stramm]] (1874–1915, Germany)
*[[John Strand]] (living, United States)
*[[Botho Strauß]] (born 1944, Germany)
*[[August Strindberg]] (1849–1912, Sweden)
*[[Sara Stridsberg]] (born 1972, Sweden)
*[[Kelly Stuart]] (living, United States)
*[[Preston Sturges]] (1898–1959, United States)
*[[Abhi Subedi]] (born 1945, Nepal)
*[[Robert B Suda]] (born 1978, Hungary/England)
*[[Patrick Suskind|Patrick Süskind]] (born 1949, Germany)
*[[András Sütő]] (1927–2006, Romania) in Hungarian
*[[Alfred Sutro]] (1863–1933, England)
*[[Caridad Svich]] (born 1963, United States)
*[[Robin Swados]] (born 1953, United States)
*[[Jeffrey Sweet]] (born 1950, United States)
*[[John Millington Synge]] (1871–1909, Ireland)
*[[Dezső Szomory]] (Moshe Weisz, 1869–1944, Hungary)
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==T==
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*[[George Tabori]] (1914–2007, Hungary/England/United States/Germany) in English and German
*[[Rabindranath Tagore]] (1861–1941, India) in English
*[[Habib Tanvir]] (1923–2009, India) in Urdu
*[[Jean Tardieu]] (1903–1995, France)
*[[Henry Taylor (dramatist)|Henry Taylor]] (1800–1886, England)
*[[Bernard J. Taylor]] (living, South Africa/United States)
*[[Samuel A. Taylor|Samuel Taylor]] (1912–2000, United States)
*[[Telecleides]] (fl. 440s BCE, Ancient Greece)
*[[Vijay Tendulkar]] (1928–2008, India) in Marathi
*[[Terence]] (c. 195/185 – c. 159 BCE, Ancient Rome)
*[[Tian Han]] (1898–1968, China)
*[[Louie Myfanwy Thomas]] (1908–1968, Wales) in Welsh
*[[Ernest Thompson]] (born 1949, United States)
*[[Judith Thompson]] (born 1954, Canada)
*[[A. A. Thomson]] (1894–1968, England)
*[[Ludwig Tieck]] (1773–1853, Germany)
*[[Harry Tighe]] (1887–1946, Australia)
*[[Dion Titheradge]] (1889–1934, Australia/England/United States)
*[[Lily Tobias]] (1887–1984, Wales) in English
*[[Stephen Tobolowsky]] (born 1951, United States)
*[[Franz Xaver Told]] (1792–1849), Austria
*[[Ernst Toller]] (1893–1939, Germany)
*[[Francis Tolson]] (died 1745/1746, England)
*[[Colorado Tolston]], pseudonym of [[T. James Belich]] (born 1976, United States)
*[[Zlatko Topčić]] (born 1955, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*[[Bartolomé de Torres Naharro]] (c. 1485 – c. 1530, Spain/Italy)
*[[Miles Tredinnick]] (born 1955, England)
*[[Catherine Tregenna]] (living, Wales/England) in English
*[[Kurt Tucholsky]] (1890–1935, Germany)
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==U==
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*[[Nicholas Udall]] (1504–1556, England)
*[[Alfred Uhry]] (born 1936, United States)
*[[Rodolfo Usigli]] (1905–1979, Mexico)
*[[Ken Urban]] (born 1974, United States)

==V==
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*[[Alfonso Vallejo]] (1943–2021, Spain)
*[[Alexander Vampilov]] (1937–1972, Soviet Union)
*[[Jaco Van Dormael]] (born 1957, Belgium)
*[[John Vanbrugh]] (1664–1726, England)
*[[John William Van Druten]] (1901–1957, England)
*[[Jean-Claude van Itallie]] (1936–2021, Belgium/United States)
*[[Billy Van Zandt]] (born 1957, United States)
*[[Johann von Vásáry]] (1899–1963, Hungary)
*[[Lope de Vega]] (1562–1635, Spain)
*[[Richard Vennar]] (1564–1615, England)
*[[Gil Vicente]] (c. 1465 – c. 1536, Portugal)
*[[Gore Vidal]] (1925–2012, United States)
*[[András Visky]] (born 1957, Romania) in Hungarian
*[[Paula Vogel]] (born 1951, United States)
*[[Voltaire|François-Marie Voltaire]] (1694–1788, France)
*[[Joost van den Vondel]] (1587-1679, Netherlands)
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==W==
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*[[Heinrich Leopold Wagner]] (1747–1779, Germany)
*[[Stephen Wakelam]] (living, England)
*[[Derek Walcott]] (1930–2017, Saint Lucia)
*[[Craig Walker (writer)|Craig Walker]] (born 1960, Canada)
*[[George F. Walker]] (born 1947, Canada)
*[[Naomi Wallace]] (born 1960, United States)
*[[Martin Walser]] (1927–2023, Germany)
*[[Robert Walser]] (1878–1956, Switzerland) in German
*[[Agnes Walsh]] (born 1950, Canada)
*[[Saadallah Wannous]] (1941–1997, Syria)
*[[Anne Washburn]] (living, United States)
*[[Dale Wasserman]] (1914–2008, United States)
*[[Wendy Wasserstein]] (1950–2006, United States)
*[[Keith Waterhouse]] (1929–2009, England)
*[[John Webster]] (1580 – c. 1634, England)
*[[Frank Wedekind]] (1864–1918, Germany)
*[[Peter Weiss]] (1916–1982, Germany)
*[[Louise Welsh]] (born 1965, England/Scotland)
*[[Franz Werfel]] (1890–1945, Austrian Empire/Germany/United States)
*[[Henri van Wermeskerken]] (1882-1937, Netherlands)
*[[Timberlake Wertenbaker]] (born 1951, United States/England)
*[[Arnold Wesker]] (1932–2016, England)
*[[Patricia Wettig]] (born 1951, United States)
*[[Peter Whelan (playwright)|Peter Whelan]] (1931–2014, England)
*[[John Whiting]] (1917–1963, England)
*[[Adolf von Wilbrandt]] (1837–1911, Germany)
*[[Oscar Wilde]] (1850–1900, Ireland/England)
*[[Thornton Wilder]] (1897–1975, United States)
*[[Adolfo Wilhelmy]] (1887–1958, Mexico)
*[[Emlyn Williams]] (1905–1987, Wales) in English
*[[Heathcote Williams]] (1941–2017, England) 
*[[Richard Bryn Williams]] (1902–1981, Wales) in Welsh
*[[Roger Williams (playwright)|Roger Williams]] (born 1974. Wales) in English and Welsh
*[[Tennessee Williams]] (1911–1983, United States)
*[[David Williamson]] (born 1942, Australia)
*[[Arthur Wilson (writer)|Arthur Wilson]] (1595–1652, England)
*[[August Wilson]] (1945–2005, United States)
*[[Laurence Wilson]] (born 1970, England)
*[[Lanford Wilson]] (1937–2011, United States)
*[[Tracey Scott Wilson]] (born 1966, United States)
*[[Leah Nanako Winkler]] (born 1985, Japan/United States)
*[[Nicholas Wright (playwright)|Nicholas Wright]] (born 1940, United Kingdom)
*[[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]] {[[Witkacy]]} (1885–1939, Poland)
*[[Karol Wojtyła]] {[[Pope John Paul II]]} (1920–2005, Poland)
*[[Charles Wood (playwright)|Charles Wood]] (1932–2020, Guernsey/England)
*[[Linda Woolverton]] (born 1952, United States)
*[[William Wycherley]] (c. 1641–1716, England)
*[[Stanisław Wyspiański]] (1869–1907, Poland)
*[[Laurence Mark Wythe]] (born 1974, England)
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==Y==
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*[[William Butler Yeats]] (1865–1939, Ireland)
*[[Benjamin Yeoh]] (born 1978, England)
*[[Chay Yew]] (謝耀, living, Singapore/United States)
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==Z==
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*[[Gabriela Zapolska]] (1860–1921, Poland)
*[[Berhanu Zerihun]] (1933/1934–1987, Ethiopia)
*[[Paul Zindel]] (1936–2003, United States)
*[[Émile Zola]] (1840–1902, France)
*[[José Zorrilla]] (1817–1893, Spain)
*[[Carl Zuckmayer]] (1896–1977, Germany/United States/Austria)
*[[Jerzy Żuławski]] (1874–1915, Poland)
*[[Stefan Zweig]] (1881–1942, Austria)
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==See also==
*[[List of Bosnian playwrights]]
*[[British playwrights since 1950|List of British playwrights since 1950]]
*[[List of Canadian playwrights]]
*[[List of French playwrights]]
*[[List of German playwrights]]
*[[List of Irish dramatists]]
*[[List of Jewish American playwrights]]
*[[List of Slovenian playwrights]]
*[[List of playwrights from the United States]]
*[[List of early-modern British women playwrights]]

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