Voltaire21 November 1694, French
Writer
John Milton09 December 1608, British
Poet, Polemicist, and Civil Servant for the
Jonathan Swift30 November 1667, Irish
Author and Satirist
Daniel Defoe13 September 1660, British
Trader
Alexander Pope21 May 1688, British
John Dryden09 August 1631, British
poet
John Bunyan28 November 1628, British
Writer, Preacher
Cyrano de Bergerac06 March 1619, French
Dramatist and Playwright
Anne Bradstreet20 March 1612, British
Poet
Joseph Addison01 May 1672, British
Essayist & Poet
Aphra Behn10 July 1640, British
Playwright
Andrew Marvell31 March 1621, British
Poet
Alphonsus Liguori27 September 1696, Italian
Philisopher, Spiritual Writer, Theologian
John Gay30 June 1685, British
Dramatist & Poet
Abraham Cowley1618 AD, British
Poet
Angelus Silesius25 December 1624, German
Priest
Edward Young03 July 1683, British
Poet
Giambattista della Porta01 November 1535, Italian
Scholar, Polymath
Moliere15 January 1622, French
Playwright, Actor and Stage Manager
Basho1644 AD, Japanese
Poet
James VI and I19 June 1566
Poet, Writer
Juana Inés de la Cruz12 November 1651, Mexican
Poet, Nun, Writer, Mathematician, Philosopher,
Charles Perrault12 January 1628, French
Writer, Poet, Children's writer, Screenwriter,
Samarth Ramdas1608 AD, Indian
Poet
Charles Atlas30 October 1893, Italian, American
Bodybuilder
Jean de La Fontaine08 July 1621, French
Writer, Poet, Lawyer
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester01 April 1647
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Samuel Richardson19 August 1689, British
Writer, Novelist
John Amos Comenius28 March 1592, Czech
Writer, Linguist, Presbyter, Theologian,
Francesco Redi18 February 1626, Italian
Physician, Naturalist, Poet, Writer, Painter,
Thomas Browne19 October 1605, British
Philosopher, Writer
Isaac Watts17 July 1674, British
Theologian
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Jean Racine22 December 1639, French
Dramatist
William Congreve24 January 1670, British
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Translator
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu15 May 1689
Explorer, Poet, Writer, Playwright
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai18 November 1690, Pakistani
poet
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet27 September 1627, French
Priest, Historian, Theologian, Writer, Cleric,
John Vanbrugh24 January 1664, British
Playwright, Architect, Writer
Nicolas Malebranche06 August 1638, French
Philosopher, Writer, Theologian
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose25 October 1612, Scottish
Poet, Writer
Algernon Sidney15 January 1623, British
Diplomat, Politician, Writer
Colley Cibber06 November 1671
Actor, Playwright, Poet, Writer
Pierre Bayle18 November 1647, French
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher,
William Petty26 May 1623, British
Economist, Mathematician, Philosopher,
Rahman Baba1632 AD, Pakistani
poet, writer
Henry Vaughan17 April 1621, Welsh
Physician, Economist, Poet, Writer
Bernard Mandeville15 November 1670, Dutch
Philosopher, Economist, Writer
Yamamoto Tsunetomo11 June 1659, Japanese
Philosopher, Writer
Ludvig Holberg03 December 1684, Danish, Norwegian
Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Historian,
Dimitrie Cantemir26 October 1673
Anthropologist, Linguist, Historian, Philosopher,
Madame de La Fayette18 March 1634, French
Writer, Salon-holder, Novelist, Screenwriter,
Chikamatsu Monzaemon1653 AD, Japanese
writer, playwright
Pierre de Marivaux04 February 1688, French
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Novelist
Joost van den Vondel17 November 1587, Dutch
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle11 February 1657, French
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, Playwright, Satirist,
William Wycherley1640 AD, British
playwright, writer
Mary Astell12 November 1666, British
Writer, Philosopher, Feminist
William Davenant03 March 1606, British
playwright, poet, writer
Ihara Saikaku1642 AD, Japanese
poet, novelist, writer
Robert Barclay23 December 1648, American
Theologian, Writer
Baltasar Gracian08 January 1601, Spanish
Prose writer
Sor Juana Inés de la CruzMexican
Nun, Women
Samuel Butler03 February 1612, British
Poet
Robert South04 September 1634, British
Theologian
Aaron Hill10 February 1685, British
Poet, Playwright, Essayist
John Dennis16 September 1658, British
Writer, Playwright, Literary critic
Alexander Brome1620 AD, British
Poet, Translator
Pedro Calderon de la Barca17 January 1600, Spanish
Francois de La Rochefoucauld15 September 1613, French
The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu15 May 1689, British
Thomas Traheyron1636 AD, British