Most Famous Writers in the World
There are 10,690 notable writers in the dataset, with the most coming from Germany and United States. William Shakespeare holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.
Category All
Citizenship All
WS
William Shakespeare British Playwright 1564 – 1616
#
8
V
Voltaire French Writer 1694 – 1778
#
51
FK
Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist 1883 – 1924
#
53
CD
Charles Dickens British Writer 1812 – 1870
#
54
JR
Jean-Jacques Rousseau French Writer 1712 – 1778
#
55
JR
J. R. R. Tolkien British Writer 1892 – 1973
#
74
AC
Agatha Christie British Playwright 1890 – 1976
#
81
FD
Fyodor Dostoevsky Russian Novelist 1821 – 1881
#
85
SK
Stephen King American Writer Born 1947
#
90
LT
Leo Tolstoy Russian Writer 1828 – 1910
#
92
GG
Gabriel García Márquez Colombian Novelist 1927 – 2014
#
104
MT
Mark Twain American Writer 1835 – 1910
#
110
JV
Jules Verne French Novelist 1828 – 1905
#
120
JA
Jane Austen British Writer 1775 – 1817
#
121
VW
Virginia Woolf British Novelist 1882 – 1941
#
125
AC
Albert Camus French Writer 1913 – 1960
#
129
AC
Anton Chekhov Russian Playwright 1860 – 1904
#
130
HC
Hans Christian Andersen Danish Writer 1805 – 1875
#
132
GO
George Orwell British Novelist 1903 – 1950
#
142
MD
Miguel de Cervantes Spanish Novelist 1547 – 1616
#
151