Playwrights
- Antônio José da Silva - O Judeu (The Jew) (1705–1793)
- Ariano Suassuna (born 1927)
- Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
- Augusto Boal (1931–2009)
- Dias Gomes (1923–1999)
- Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
- Leilah Assumpção (born 1943)
- Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (1845–1898)
- Luiz Duarte (born 1956)
- Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1777–1838)
- Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
- Luís Carlos Martins Pena (1815–1848)
- Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
- Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
- Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
- Qorpo Santo (Joaquim de Campos Leão) (1829–1883)
- Vianinha (1936–1974)
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