Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie15 September 1977, Nigerian
Writer
Joyce Carol Oates16 June 1938, American
Writer
Ron Cephas Jones08 January 1957, American
Actor
Vikram Seth20 June 1952, Indian
Writer
Betty Aberlin30 December 1942, American
Actress
Marjane Satrapi22 November 1969, French, Iranian
Graphic Novelist
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Sherman Alexie07 October 1966, American
Novelist
Wendell Berry05 August 1934, American
Derek Walcott23 January 1930, Saint Lucian
Poet
Michael Ondaatje12 September 1943, Canadian
Canadian poet
Richard Cabral28 August 1984, Mexican, American
Actor
Barbara Kingsolver08 April 1955, American
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Saul Williams29 February 1972, American
Singer, Musician, Poet
John Berger05 November 1926, British
Novelist
Robert LaSardo20 September 1963, American
Actor
Gary Snyder08 May 1930, American
American man of letters
Hélène Cixous05 June 1937, Algerian
Professor
Herta Müller17 August 1953, German
Writer
Ahlam Mosteghanemi13 April 1953, Algerian
Writer
Tomas Tranströmer15 April 1931, Swedish
Poet
Ernesto Cardenal20 January 1925, Nicaraguan
Poet, Revolutionary, Politician, Priest
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
Charles Simic09 May 1938, American
Poet
Aharon Appelfeld16 February 1932, Israeli
Writer
Georges LeBar24 January 1973, Australian
Author
Fleur Adcock10 February 1934, New Zealander
Poet
David Wagoner05 June 1926, American
Poet, Novelist, Professor
Shahabuddin Nagari06 October 1955, Bangladeshi
Poet
Mariela Griffor29 September 1961, Chilean
Poet, Publisher, Diplomat
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Gulzar18 August 1936, Indian
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945, Indian
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967, Indian
Actor
Michael Madsen25 September 1957, American
Actor
Till Lindemann04 January 1963, German
Singer, Actor, Poet, Swimmer, Writer, Carpenter,
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
John Doe25 February 1953, American
Singer
Ursula K. Le Guin21 October 1929, American
American author of novels
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970, Indian
Politician
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946, Indian, Pakistani
Actor
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Johnny Marr31 October 1963, British
Guitarist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Record
Stephenie Meyer24 December 1973, American
American fiction writer
Rupi Kaur04 October 1992, Canadian
Poet
Jill Scott04 April 1972, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Jazz
Ruby Dee27 October 1922, American
Actress
Captain Beefheart15 January 1941, American
Singer
Stephen Gyllenhaal04 October 1949, American
Director
Nikolai Gogol31 March 1809, Russian
Playwright
Julia Cameron04 March 1948, American
Screenwriter, Film director, Novelist, Poet
Takeshi Kitano18 January 1947, Japanese
Film director, Actor, Painter, Owarai tarento,
Alasdair Gray28 December 1934, British
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Exene Cervenka01 February 1956, American
singer
Michel Houellebecq26 February 1956, French
Poet, Film director, Songwriter, Essayist,
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949, British
Poet
Talib Kweli03 October 1975, American
Poet, Musician, Songwriter, Rapper, Singer
Taslima Nasrin25 August 1962, Bangladeshi
Poet, Physician, Novelist, Essayist, Writer,
Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978, Japanese
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Jim Carroll01 August 1949, American
Writer
James Avery27 November 1945, American
Film actor
Michaela Coel01 October 1987, Ghanaian, British
Actress
Tim Armstrong25 November 1965, American
Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Film director, Poet,
Craig Charles11 July 1964, British
Actor
Thurston Moore25 July 1958, American
Musician
Mary Oliver10 September 1935, American
Poet, Writer
Vairamuthu13 July 1953, Indian
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
Nik Kershaw01 March 1958, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Poet
Daniel Tammet31 January 1979, British
Writer
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
Carmine Giovinazzo24 August 1973, American
Actor
Genesis P-Orridge22 February 1950, British
Singer-songwriter
Lanny Poffo28 December 1954, Canadian, Italian, American
Wrestlers
Abbas Kiarostami22 June 1940, Iranian
Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Film
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri18 March 1926, Indian
Author
David Knopfler27 December 1952, British
Singer
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Lawrence Ferlinghetti24 March 1919, American
Officer, Poet, Writer, Publisher, Painter,
Julian Cope21 October 1957, Welsh
Singer-songwriter
Peter Abelard1079 AD, French
Theologian, Philosopher, Composer, Linguist, Poet,
Ernest Cline29 March 1972, American
Novelist
Subcomandante Marcos19 June 1957, Mexican
Politician
Bernie Casey08 June 1939, American
Actor
Mylène Farmer12 September 1961, Canadian, French
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Singer, Actor,
Rita Mae Brown28 November 1944, American
Screenwriter, Poet, Polo player, Novelist,
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958, British
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Al Alvarez05 August 1929, British
Poet, Author, Autobiographer, Literary critic,
K'naan30 May 1978, Canadian, Somalian
Poet
Shelley Berman03 February 1925, American
Comedian
Simon Armitage26 May 1963, British
Poet
Carl Andre16 September 1935, American
Painter, Sculptor, Artist, Writer, Poet
Louise Erdrich07 June 1954, American
Author