| 100% | BUCHNER | 7 | Georg —, author of plays Danton’s Death and Woyzeck |
| 50% | DORFMAN | 7 | Ariel —, Argentina-born author of stage plays Purgatorio and Death and the Maiden |
| 47% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Author of stage plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan |
| 46% | NEILSIMON | 9 | Author of play and movie Barefoot in the Park |
| 45% | OSCAR | 5 | & 3D Author of stage plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan |
| 44% | SARDOU | 6 | Victorien —, French author of plays Fedora and La Tosca |
| 44% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 43% | JANEJACOBS | 10 | Author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” |
| 43% | ALAN | 4 | Author of stage plays Allelujah! and The Habit of Art |
| 43% | BENTRAVERS | 10 | Author of stage plays Thark and The Bed Before Yesterday |
| 42% | STOPPARD | 8 | Tom —, author of stage plays Jumpers and Travesties |
| 42% | BUTTERWORTH | 11 | Jez —, author of stage plays Mojo and Jerusalem |
| 42% | SHAFFER | 7 | Peter —, author of stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 42% | SNOOWILSON | 10 | Author of stage plays The Grass Widow and The Glad Hand |
| 42% | DAVIDMAMET | 10 | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 42% | NIEN | 4 | ___ Cheng, Chinese author of "Life and Death in Shanghai" |
| 42% | WESKER | 6 | Arnold —, author of stage plays Roots and The Kitchen |
| 42% | BECKETT | 7 | Samuel —, author of stage plays Not I and Breath |
| 42% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 42% | MERCER | 6 | David —, author of stage plays After Haggerty and Flint |
| 42% | PARKS | 5 | Adele —, author of novels Game Over and Playing Away |
| 41% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 41% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LOVESEY | 7 | Peter —, author of novels Rough Cider and Wobble to Death |
| 41% | FRAYN | 5 | Michael —, author of stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off |
| 41% | MCPHERSON | 9 | Conor —, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority |