Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Poet
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie15 September 1977, Nigerian
Writer
Richard Cabral28 August 1984, Mexican, American
Actor
Joyce Carol Oates16 June 1938, American
Writer
Ron Cephas Jones08 January 1957, American
Actor
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970, Indian
Poet
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Marjane Satrapi22 November 1969, French, Iranian
Graphic Novelist
Chirlane McCray29 November 1954, American
Writer, Social Activist
Wendell Berry05 August 1934, American
Saul Williams29 February 1972, American
Singer, Musician, Poet
Sherman Alexie07 October 1966, American
Novelist
Vikram Seth20 June 1952, Indian
Writer
Derek Walcott23 January 1930, Saint Lucian
Poet
Michael Ondaatje12 September 1943, Canadian
Canadian poet
Robert LaSardo20 September 1963, American
Actor
Gary Snyder08 May 1930, American
American man of letters
Peter Handke06 December 1942, Austrian
Novelist
Barbara Kingsolver08 April 1955, American
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
John Berger05 November 1926, British
Novelist
Hélène Cixous05 June 1937, Algerian
Professor
Betty Aberlin30 December 1942, American
Actress
Herta Müller17 August 1953, German
Writer
Ernesto Cardenal20 January 1925, Nicaraguan
Poet, Revolutionary, Politician, Priest
Al Alvarez05 August 1929, British
Poet
Ahlam Mosteghanemi13 April 1953, Algerian
Writer
Tomas Tranströmer15 April 1931, Swedish
Poet
Charles Simic09 May 1938, American
Poet
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
Aharon Appelfeld16 February 1932, Israeli
Writer
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Fleur Adcock10 February 1934, New Zealander
Poet
David Wagoner05 June 1926, American
Poet, Novelist, Professor
Georges LeBar24 January 1973, Australian
Author
Mariela Griffor29 September 1961, Chilean
Poet, Publisher, Diplomat
Shahabuddin Nagari06 October 1955, Bangladeshi
Poet
Charles Salvador06 December 1952, British
Poet, Autobiographer, Boxer
Jewel23 May 1974, American
Singer-Songwriter
Michaela Coel01 October 1987, Ghanaian, British
Actress
Keren Peles11 March 1979, Israeli
Singer
Michael Madsen25 September 1957, American
Actor
Mod Sun10 March 1987, American
Rapper
James Avery27 November 1945, American
Film actor
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Lawrence Ferlinghetti24 March 1919, American
Officer, Poet, Writer, Publisher, Painter,
Till Lindemann04 January 1963, German
Singer, Actor, Poet, Swimmer, Writer, Carpenter,
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967, Indian
Actor
Rupi Kaur04 October 1992, Canadian
Poet
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945, Indian
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Edna O'Brien15 December 1930, Irish
Novelist
Ruby Dee27 October 1922, American
Actress
Johnny Marr31 October 1963, British
Guitarist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Record
Takeshi Kitano18 January 1947, Japanese
Comedian
Captain Beefheart15 January 1941, American
Singer
Stephen Gyllenhaal04 October 1949, American
Director
Angela Marie DiFranco23 September 1970, American
Singer
Taslima Nasrin25 August 1962, Bangladeshi
Poet, Physician, Novelist, Essayist, Writer,
Craig Charles11 July 1964, British
Actor
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949, British
Poet
Dean Koontz09 July 1945, American
Novelist
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Talib Kweli03 October 1975, American
Poet, Musician, Songwriter, Rapper, Singer
Eduard Limonov22 February 1943, French, Russian
Writer, Dissident, Politician, Poet, Human rights
Jeremy Lloyd22 July 1930, British
Writer
Louise Glück22 April 1943, American
Poet
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946, Indian, Pakistani
Actor
Mary Oliver10 September 1935, American
Poet, Writer
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Serge Monast1945 AD, Canadian
Journalist
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark11 June 1934, Danish, French
Poet, Writer, Visual artist, Pianist
Michel Houellebecq26 February 1956, French
Poet, Film director, Songwriter, Essayist,
Jim Carroll01 August 1949, American
Writer
Dory Previn22 October 1925, American
Singer
Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978, Japanese
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Noname18 September 1991, American
Rapper
David Knopfler27 December 1952, British
Singer
Genesis P-Orridge22 February 1950, British
Singer-songwriter
Derek William Dick25 April 1958, Scottish
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Singer, Composer, Poet
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958, British
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Bernie Casey08 June 1939, American
Actor
Eric Sykes04 May 1923, British
Actor
Ernest Cline29 March 1972, American
Novelist
Nik Kershaw01 March 1958, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Poet
Abbas Kiarostami22 June 1940, Iranian
Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Film
Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
Simon Armitage26 May 1963, British
Poet
Carmine Giovinazzo24 August 1973, American
Actor
Julia Cameron04 March 1948, American
Screenwriter, Film director, Novelist, Poet
Akala01 December 1983, British
Rapper
Rita Mae Brown28 November 1944, American
Writer
K'naan30 May 1978, Canadian, Somalian
Poet
Mary Karr16 January 1955, American
Poet