Chirlane McCray29 November 1954, American
Writer, Social Activist
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Ron Cephas Jones08 January 1957, American
Actor
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie15 September 1977, Nigerian
Writer
Vikram Seth20 June 1952, Indian
Writer
Joyce Carol Oates16 June 1938, American
Writer
Wendell Berry05 August 1934, American
Marjane Satrapi22 November 1969, French, Iranian
Graphic Novelist
Richard Cabral28 August 1984, Mexican, American
Actor
Saul Williams29 February 1972, American
Singer, Musician, Poet
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Sherman Alexie07 October 1966, American
Novelist
Michael Ondaatje12 September 1943, Canadian
Canadian poet
Robert LaSardo20 September 1963, American
Actor
Barbara Kingsolver08 April 1955, American
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Derek Walcott23 January 1930, Saint Lucian
Poet
Betty Aberlin30 December 1942, American
Actress
John Berger05 November 1926, British
Novelist
Gary Snyder08 May 1930, American
American man of letters
Hélène Cixous05 June 1937, Algerian
Professor
Herta Müller17 August 1953, German
Writer
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
Tomas Tranströmer15 April 1931, Swedish
Poet
Ahlam Mosteghanemi13 April 1953, Algerian
Writer
Ernesto Cardenal20 January 1925, Nicaraguan
Poet, Revolutionary, Politician, Priest
Al Alvarez05 August 1929, British
Poet
Charles Simic09 May 1938, American
Poet
Aharon Appelfeld16 February 1932, Israeli
Writer
Fleur Adcock10 February 1934, New Zealander
Poet
David Wagoner05 June 1926, American
Poet, Novelist, Professor
Georges LeBar24 January 1973, Australian
Author
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Mariela Griffor29 September 1961, Chilean
Poet, Publisher, Diplomat
Shahabuddin Nagari06 October 1955, Bangladeshi
Poet
Michaela Coel01 October 1987, Ghanaian, British
Actress
Michael Madsen25 September 1957, American
Actor
James Avery27 November 1945, American
Film actor
Gulzar18 August 1936, Indian
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945, Indian
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946, Indian, Pakistani
Actor
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967, Indian
Actor
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Ursula K. Le Guin21 October 1929, American
Author
John Doe25 February 1953, American
Singer
Jill Scott04 April 1972, American
Singer-songwriter
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Till Lindemann04 January 1963, German
Singer, Actor, Poet, Swimmer, Writer, Carpenter,
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Ruby Dee27 October 1922, American
Actress
Johnny Marr31 October 1963, British
Guitarist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Record
Talib Kweli03 October 1975, American
Poet, Musician, Songwriter, Rapper, Singer
Takeshi Kitano18 January 1947, Japanese
Film director, Actor, Painter, Owarai tarento,
Captain Beefheart15 January 1941, American
Singer
Stephen Gyllenhaal04 October 1949, American
Director
Craig Charles11 July 1964, British
Actor
Vairamuthu13 July 1953, Indian
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Carmine Giovinazzo24 August 1973, American
Actor
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970, Indian
Politician
Dean Koontz09 July 1945, American
Novelist
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949, British
Poet
Dulce María06 December 1985, Mexican
Actor, Singer, Composer, Poet, Vedette, Television
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958, British
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978, Japanese
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Jim Carroll01 August 1949, American
Writer
Thurston Moore25 July 1958, American
Musician
Rupi Kaur04 October 1992, Canadian
Poet
Nik Kershaw01 March 1958, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Poet
Na. Muthukumar12 July 1975, Indian
Poet
Michel Houellebecq26 February 1956, French
Poet, Film director, Songwriter, Essayist,
Win Butler14 April 1980, American
Songwriter, Singer, Composer, Poet, Guitarist
Abbas Kiarostami22 June 1940, Iranian
Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Film
Natasha Trethewey26 April 1966, American
Poet
Genesis P-Orridge22 February 1950, British
Singer-songwriter
Ernest Cline29 March 1972, American
Novelist
Sugathakumari03 January 1934, Indian
Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer
Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
David Knopfler27 December 1952, British
Singer
Rita Mae Brown28 November 1944, American
Screenwriter, Poet, Polo player, Novelist,
Ishmael Reed22 February 1938, American
Poet
Bernie Casey08 June 1939, American
Actor
Mary Oliver10 September 1935, American
Poet, Writer
Julia Cameron04 March 1948, American
Screenwriter, Film director, Novelist, Poet
Irshad Kamil05 September 1971, Indian
Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Karl Kruszelnicki20 March 1948, Australian
Author
Joan Sebastian08 April 1951, Mexican
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Record producer
Louise Erdrich07 June 1954, American
Author
K'naan30 May 1978, Canadian, Somalian
Poet
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931, Indian
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Edna O'Brien15 December 1930, Irish
Novelist
Taslima Nasrin25 August 1962, Bangladeshi
Poet, Physician, Novelist, Essayist, Writer,
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Madeleine L'Engle29 November 1918, American
Author
Mylène Farmer12 September 1961, Canadian, French
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Singer, Actor,
Eric Sykes04 May 1923, British
Actor