- Percy MacKaye was born on March 16, 1875 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Puritan Passions (1923) and The Scarecrow (1972). He was married to Marion Homer Morse. He died on August 31, 1956 in Cornish, New Hampshire, USA.
- SpouseMarion Homer Morse(October 8, 1898 - June 1, 1939) (her death, 3 children)
- His most famous play, "The Scarecrow", was made into an American opera in 1945 by Normand and Dorothy Lockwood.
- Playwright and poet. Son of Steele MacKaye.
- His play, "The Scarecrow", recently (October 2005) completed a four-week run in New York; its first staging there in more than thirty years.
- Brother of Benton Mackaye, who built the original Appalachian Trail.
- Henry B. Harris, producer of the original Broadway production of Mackaye's most famous play, "The Scarecrow", was one of the passengers on the Titanic who did not survive.
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