Honoré de Balzac20 May 1799, French
French Novelist and Playwright
Friedrich Schiller10 November 1759, German
Poet, Playwright, Historian & Philosopher
Denis Diderot05 October 1713, French
Philosopher
Oliver Goldsmith10 November 1728, Irish, British
Novelist, Playwright, Poet
Frances Burney13 June 1752, British
Novelist
Alfred de Vigny27 March 1797, French
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
Percy Bysshe Shelley04 August 1792, British
Linguist, Poet, Translator, Writer, Playwright,
Alexander Pushkin06 June 1799, Russian
Poet
Christopher Smart11 April 1722, British
Poet
John Burgoyne24 February 1722
Politician, Playwright, Writer, Military personnel
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing22 January 1729, German
Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Poet, Librarian,
Richard Brinsley Sheridan30 October 1751, Irish
Poet, Politician, Librettist, Writer, Playwright
Heinrich von Kleist18 October 1777, German
Playwright, Poet, Short story writer, Novelist,
David Garrick19 February 1717, British
Actor, Playwright, Film producer, Writer,
Richard Steele12 March 1672, Irish
Writer
Carlo Goldoni25 February 1707, Italian
Playwright, Writer, Librettist, Screenwriter,
Hannah More02 February 1745, British
Writer, Poet, Essayist
Felicia Hemans25 September 1793, British
Poet
Charles Maturin25 September 1780, Irish
Writer
Vittorio Alfieri16 January 1749, Italian
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Actor, Translator, Stage
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle10 May 1760, French
Composer, Poet, Writer, Playwright
Emanuel Schikaneder01 September 1751, German
Librettist, Singer, Opera singer, Actor,
Eliza Haywood1693 AD, British
British author
August Wilhelm Schlegel08 September 1767, German
Linguist, Translator, Sanskrit scholar,
Pierre de Marivaux04 February 1688, French
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Novelist
Wolfgang von Kempelen23 January 1734, Hungarian
Engineer, Writer, Painter, Playwright, Chess
Ferenc Kazinczy27 October 1759, Hungarian
Linguist, Writer, Playwright, Poet
Matthew Lewis09 July 1775, British
Novelist
Samuel Foote27 January 1720, British
Playwright, Impresario, Actor, Stage actor, Writer
Pierre de Beaumarchais24 January 1732, French