English poet and playwright, best known for his revenge tragedies. Ford's plays are notable for their poetic diction, exacting sense of beauty, and contemplations over human passions. Ford collaborated on plays with Thomas Dekker and William Rowley. His most famous works include 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, The Broken Heart, and The Lover's Melancholy.

Dramatist, actor, and theater manager. Shortly after the Restoration, Foote was awarded a patent to open the Haymarket Theatre, which he operated until his death.

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian authored Galatée (1783) and Gonsalve de Cordoue (1791).

Priest and bishop of the Church of England and father of John Fletcher, successively holding the titles Dean of Peterborough, Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Worcester, and Bishop of London.

Poet of the Spenserian school and writer of parallel poems in English and Latin.

See Lintot, Catherine.

English playwright of the Jacobean era who famously collaborated with Francis Beaumont, Philip Massinger, and other significant contemporaries, Fletcher also worked with Shakespeare on Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) and Henry VIII (1613?). Fletcher is revered as one of the most influential and prolific dramatists of his time, his fame rivalling that of Shakespeare during their lives. Fletcher succeeded Shakespeare as the primary house playwright for the acting company the King's Men (known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men prior to 1603) following Shakespeare's death in 1616.

English poet and cleric, known as "Giles Fletcher, the Younger." Fletcher's most famous poem, Christ's Victory, and Triumph in Heaven, and Earth, over, and after Death, influenced Milton's Paradise Regained.

As Laird of Saltoun and a member of the Scottish Parliament, Fletcher became known for his political and historical writing.

Member of Parliament, of Tissington Hall. Father of William Fitzherbert, the first Baronet of Tissington.