August Wilson

August Wilson was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle , which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century. Plays in the series include Fences (1987) and The Piano Lesson (1990), both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984) and Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1988). In 2006, Wilson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

27 April 1945

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1945): Martin Chivers • Terry Willesee

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Alan Reynolds (artist) • Ann Peebles • August Koern • Cecil Day-Lewis • Chris Carpenter • Cristian Romero (Argentine footballer) • Derek Minter • G. K. Butterfield • James Mann (South Carolina politician) • Joe Moakley • Larry Elder • Ludwig Bemelmans • Mihkel Lüdig • Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. • Roman Matsov • Sharlee D'Angelo • William Moseley (actor) • Xavier Worthy

Born in the same month (April 1945): Anne Waldman • Bernie Parent • Caroline McWilliams • Catherine Lara • Catherine Spaak • Cem Karaca • Diana Darvey • Doon Arbus • Doug Clifford • Gopalkrishna Gandhi • Howard Davies (director) • Hugh Hopper • Joël Robuchon • Judy Nunn • Jürgen Drews • Lee Jong-wook • Linda Hunt • Martin Chivers • Peter Hill (journalist) • Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan • Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945)