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): Allen Sothoron • Chiang Ching-kuo • Chris Carpenter • Corey Seager • Frank Bainimarama • Jacques de Bourbon-Busset • Jaime Fresnedi • Kazuyoshi Funaki • Mary Wollstonecraft • Nigel Barker (photographer) • Nikos Zachariadis • Sheena Easton • Terry Willesee • William Hudson (engineer) • William W. Snow

Born in the same month (April 1945): Catherine Spaak • Daniel Cohn-Bendit • Derrick Walker • Diana Darvey • Dick Johnson (racing driver) • Gerry Cottle • Hugh Hopper • Jürgen Drews • Linda Hunt • Mark Wainberg • Martin Chivers • Martyn Lewis • Michael Brandon • Michael J. Smith • Mimi Fariña • Naftali Temu • Olga Karlatos • Ove Bengtson • Rodney Bickerstaffe • Stu Cook • Sylvain Simard • Thein Sein