American male dramatists and playwrights

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning eight decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. Allen has received many accolades, including the most wins and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for an Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Allen has also received numerous honors, including an Honorary Golden Lion in 1995, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014. Two of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

US-British poet (1888–1965)

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

German-born novelist (1898–1970)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American author (1922–2007)

American writer and playwright (1885–1951)

Polish-American writer (1904–1991)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

American playwright (1911–1983)

American author (1924-1984)

British-American poet (1907–1973)

American writer and social activist (1901–1967)

American writer (1925–2012)

American writer (1924–1987)

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)

Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)

American filmmaker (1925–2006)

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

American writer

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

Stephen Glenn Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for his work in comedy films, television, and recording, he has received many accolades, including five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for eight Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards. Martin received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Honorary Academy Award in 2013 and an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2015. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.

Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)

American playwright (1928–2016)

German writer (1906–1949)

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

American novelist, playwright and essayist (born 1936)

American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)

American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter

American filmmaker (born 1961)

American actor, playwright and screenwriter (1892-1962)

American comedian and actor (born 1978)

American writer and poet (1836–1902)

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and film editor

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)

American songwriter and composer (born 1980)

American writer (1913–1984)

American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)

American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018)

American writer and producer (born 1970)

American playwright, filmmaker and author (born 1947)

American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic (1932-2007)

Cuban poet/novelist/playwright (1943–1990)

American actor, director and writer (born 1964)

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

Japanese-American actor (1933-2006)

American author and screenwriter (1926-2005)

American actor and playwright

American writer (1868–1950)

American playwright and screenwriter (born 1956)

American novelist (1869–1946)

American playwright and writer (1888–1959)

American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920)

American screenwriter