Samuel Beckett was a famous Human artist, a playwright, novelist, and poet, who had a pessimistic nature to his work.
In 2370, Benjamin Sisko referred to Beckett, along with similarily natured Vincent Van Gogh and Y'Raka as an example of pessimistic artists who created something of great worth. Contrary to this view, Gideon Seyetik described their works as "dreary, dark and depressing". (DS9: "Second Sight")
- Samuel Beckett was also the name of the character portrayed by Star Trek: Enterprise star Scott Bakula in the popular science fiction series Quantum Leap.