Honoré de Balzac20 May 1799, French
French Novelist and Playwright
Friedrich Schiller10 November 1759, German
Poet, Playwright, Historian & 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,
Denis Diderot05 October 1713, French
Philosopher, Novelist, Essayist, Encyclopédistes,
Olympe de Gouges07 May 1748, French
Playwright, Journalist, Philosopher, Writer,
John Burgoyne24 February 1722
Politician, Playwright, Writer, Military personnel
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing22 January 1729, German
Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Poet, Librarian,
Heinrich von Kleist18 October 1777, German
Playwright, Poet, Short story writer, Novelist,
Richard Brinsley Sheridan30 October 1751, Irish
Poet, Politician, Librettist, Writer, Playwright
David Garrick19 February 1717, British
Actor, Playwright, Film producer, Writer,
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle10 May 1760, French
Composer, Poet, Writer, Playwright
Hannah More02 February 1745, British
Writer, Poet, Essayist
Carlo Goldoni25 February 1707, Italian
Playwright, Writer, Librettist, Screenwriter,
Emanuel Schikaneder01 September 1751, German
Librettist, Singer, Opera singer, Actor,
August Wilhelm Schlegel08 September 1767, German
Linguist, Translator, Sanskrit scholar,
Vittorio Alfieri16 January 1749, Italian
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Actor, Translator, Stage
Pierre de Marivaux04 February 1688, French
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Novelist
Wolfgang von Kempelen23 January 1734, Hungarian
Engineer, Writer, Painter, Playwright, Chess
Samuel Foote27 January 1720, British
Playwright, Impresario, Actor, Stage actor, Writer
Ferenc Kazinczy27 October 1759, Hungarian
Linguist, Writer, Playwright, Poet
Pierre de Beaumarchais24 January 1732, French