List of writers

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This is a list of the 600 best-known writers, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Age
301	Maurice MaeterlinckBelgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)	1862–1949
302	Anna AkhmatovaRussian poet (1889–1966)	1889–1966
303	AverroesArab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)	1126–1198
304	Emily BrontëEnglish novelist and poet (1818–1848)	1818–1848
305	Henri PoincaréFrench mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)	1854–1912
306	Joseph ConradPolish-British writer (1857–1924)	1857–1924
307	Leonard CohenCanadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)	1934–2016
308	Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)	1936–2025
309	Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and intellectual (1759–1797)	1759–1797
310	Robert SchumannGerman composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)	1810–1856
311	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf24th president of Liberia	88
312	Jack NicholsonAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1937)	89
313	Salman RushdieIndian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)	born 1947
314	Zhu XiChinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)	1130–1200
315	Antoine LavoisierFrench nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)	1743–1794
316	FerdowsiPersian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)	940–1020
317	Haruki MurakamiJapanese writer (born 1949)	77
318	Karl PopperAustrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)	1902–1994
319	Titus LiviusRoman historian (59 BC – AD 17)	59 BC–17
320	Alice MunroCanadian writer (1931–2024)	1931–2024
321	Arthur C. ClarkeBritish science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)	1917–2008
322	George ClooneyAmerican-French actor and filmmaker (born 1961)	65
323	Lu XunChinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)	1881–1936
324	Mikhail LermontovRussian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)	1814–1841
325	Nadine GordimerSouth African writer (1923–2014)	1923–2014
326	Napoleon IIIPresident of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873)	1808–1873
327	Robert FrostAmerican poet (1874–1963)	1874–1963
328	Shimon PeresIsraeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)	1923–2016
329	Antonio GramsciItalian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)	1891–1937
330	Elfriede JelinekAustrian playwright and novelist	80
331	Franz LisztHungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)	1811–1886
332	Herta MüllerGerman-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)	73
333	HesiodAncient Greek poet of the archaic period	776 BC–701 BC
334	John Paul IPope of the Catholic Church in 1978	1912–1978
335	Pierre-Simon LaplaceFrench mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)	1749–1827
336	Pliny the ElderRoman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)	20–79
337	Stefan ZweigAustrian writer (1881–1942)	1881–1942
338	Tom CruiseAmerican actor and film producer (born 1962)	64
339	XenophonGreek philosopher, historian, and soldier (c.430–355/354 BC)	430 BC–354 BC
340	Amitabh BachchanIndian film actor (born 1942)	born 1942
341	Ayn RandRussian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)	1905–1982
342	Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonNorwegian writer (1832–1910)	1832–1910
343	Emma GoldmanRussian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)	1869–1940
344	Hannah ArendtGerman-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)	1906–1975
345	Ivan BuninRussian writer and poet (1870–1953)	1870–1953
346	Serena WilliamsAmerican tennis player (born 1981)	born 1981
347	Theodor MommsenGerman classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)	1817–1903
348	Erich Maria RemarqueGerman-born novelist (1898–1970)	1898–1970
349	Gabriela MistralChilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)	1889–1957
350	Joseph BrodskyRussian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel laureate (1940–1996)	1940–1996
351	Lope de VegaSpanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)	1562–1635
352	Lucretius1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher	94 BC–55 BC
353	Russell CroweNew Zealand actor	62
354	William JamesAmerican philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)	1842–1910
355	Yasunari KawabataJapanese novelist (1899–1972)	1899–1972
356	Dag HammarskjöldSwedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)	1905–1961
357	Edmund BurkeAnglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)	1729–1797
358	Felix MendelssohnGerman composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)	1809–1847
359	Frédéric MistralProvençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)	1830–1914
360	Keanu ReevesCanadian actor and musician (born 1964)	62
361	Robert BurnsScottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)	1759–1796
362	Sully PrudhommeFrench poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901 (1839–1907)	1839–1907
363	Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)	1893–1930
364	Bing CrosbyAmerican singer and actor (1903–1977)	1898–1977
365	Czesław MiłoszPolish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)	1911–2004
366	Gerhart HauptmannGerman dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)	1862–1946
367	Giosuè CarducciItalian poet and literary critic (1835–1907)	1835–1907
368	Hassan RouhaniPresident of Iran from 2013 to 2021	77
369	Quentin TarantinoAmerican filmmaker and actor (born 1963)	63
370	Samuel Taylor ColeridgeEnglish poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834)	1772–1834
371	Tycho BraheDanish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601	1546–1601
372	Alexander PopeEnglish poet (1688–1744)	1688–1744
373	Anthony HopkinsWelsh actor (born 1937)	88
374	F. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican writer (1896–1940)	1896–1940
375	Jane FondaAmerican actress and activist	88
376	Jean CocteauFrench writer and film director (1889–1963)	1889–1963
377	John WayneAmerican actor (1907–1979)	1907–1979
378	Kurt VonnegutAmerican author (1922–2007)	1922–2007
379	NostradamusFrench seer and astrologer (1503–1566)	1503–1566
380	Octavio PazMexican writer, poet an diplomat (1914–1998)	1914–1998
381	Svetlana AlexievichBelarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)	78
382	Wisława SzymborskaPolish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)	1923–2012
383	John GalsworthyEnglish novelist and playwright (1867–1933)	1867–1933
384	Nagarjuna3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher	150–250
385	Nicolas CageAmerican actor (born 1964)	62
386	Saul BellowCanadian-American writer (1915–2005)	1915–2005
387	Grazia DeleddaItalian novelist (1871-1936)	1871–1936
388	Heinrich BöllGerman writer (1917–1985)	1917–1985
389	Herbert SpencerEnglish philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)	1820–1903
390	Ivo AndrićYugoslav novelist (1892–1975)	1892–1975
391	Jet LiChinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor	63
392	Justinian IEastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)	482–565
393	Melania TrumpFirst Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)	56
394	Sinclair LewisAmerican writer and playwright (1885–1951)	1885–1951
395	Thomas HardyEnglish novelist and poet (1840–1928)	1840–1928
396	Astrid LindgrenSwedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)	1907–2002
397	Garry KasparovRussian chess grandmaster and activist	63
398	Harriet Beecher StoweAmerican abolitionist and author (1811–1896)	1811–1896
399	James CameronCanadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)	72
400	Jean RacineFrench dramatist (1639-1699)	1639–1699