American Playwright
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
| Adolph Green |
December 2, 1914 |
October 23, 2002 |
| Arthur Laurents |
July 14, 1918 |
May 5, 2011 |
| Arthur Miller |
October 17, 1915 |
February 10, 2005 |
| August Wilson |
April 27, 1945 |
October 2, 2005 |
| Beth Henley |
August 8, 1952 |
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| Charles MacArthur |
November 5, 1895 |
April 21, 1956 |
| Christopher Durang |
January 2, 1949 |
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| Clifford Odets |
July 18, 1906 |
August 18, 1963 |
| David A. Stockman |
November 10, 1946 |
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| David Belasco |
July 25, 1853 |
May 14, 1931 |
| David Ives |
1950 |
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| Donald Freed |
1933 |
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| Elfriede Jelinek |
October 20, 1946 |
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| Elmer Rice |
September 28, 1892 |
May 8, 1967 |
| Garson Kanin |
November 24, 1912 |
March 13, 1999 |
| George Ade |
February 9, 1866 |
May 16, 1944 |
| George Seaton |
April 17, 1911 |
July 28, 1979 |
| Harry Segall |
April 10, 1892 |
November 25, 1975 |
| James Kirkwood |
August 22, 1930 |
April 22, 1989 |
| James Pinckney Miller |
December 18, 1919 |
November 1, 2001 |
| Jean Kerr |
July 10, 1923 |
January 5, 2003 |
| Jerome Lawrence |
July 14, 1915 |
February 29, 2004 |
| John Guare |
February 5, 1938 |
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| John Patrick |
May 17, 1905 |
November 7, 1995 |
| Lanford Wilson |
April 13, 1937 |
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| Lorraine Hansberry |
May 19, 1930 |
January 12, 1965 |
| Maxwell Anderson |
December 15, 1888 |
February 28, 1959 |
| Mercy Otis Warren |
September 14, 1728 |
October 19, 1814 |
| Moss Hart |
October 24, 1904 |
December 20, 1961 |
| Neil Simon |
July 4, 1927 |
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| Robert E. Sherwood |
April 4, 1896 |
November 14, 1955 |
| Robert Riskin |
March 30, 1897 |
September 20, 1955 |
| Rose Franken |
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| Sam Shepard |
November 5, 1943 |
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| Sidney Howard |
June 26, 1891 |
August 23, 1939 |
| Wendy Wasserstein |
October 18, 1950 |
January 30, 2006 |
| Zona Gale |
August 26, 1874 |
December 27, 1938 |