Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie15 September 1977, Nigerian
Writer
Joyce Carol Oates16 June 1938, American
Writer
Vikram Seth20 June 1952, Indian
Writer
Sherman Alexie07 October 1966, American
Novelist
Ron Cephas Jones08 January 1957, American
Actor
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Wendell Berry05 August 1934, American
Saul Williams29 February 1972, American
Singer, Musician, Poet
Marjane Satrapi22 November 1969, French, Iranian
Graphic Novelist
Derek Walcott23 January 1930, Saint Lucian
Poet
Richard Cabral28 August 1984, Mexican, American
Actor
Michael Ondaatje12 September 1943, Canadian
Canadian poet
Betty Aberlin30 December 1942, American
Actress
Barbara Kingsolver08 April 1955, American
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Robert LaSardo20 September 1963, American
Actor
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
Tomas Tranströmer15 April 1931, Swedish
Poet
Ernesto Cardenal20 January 1925, Nicaraguan
Poet, Revolutionary, Politician, Priest
Ahlam Mosteghanemi13 April 1953, Algerian
Writer
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
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
Mariela Griffor29 September 1961, Chilean
Poet, Publisher, Diplomat
Shahabuddin Nagari06 October 1955, Bangladeshi
Poet
Georges LeBar24 January 1973, Australian
Author
Tamzin Merchant04 March 1987, British
Actress
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Javed Akhtar17 January 1945, Indian
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Gulzar18 August 1936, Indian
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
Stephen Gyllenhaal04 October 1949, American
Director
John Doe25 February 1953, American
Singer
Till Lindemann04 January 1963, German
Singer, Actor, Poet, Swimmer, Writer, Carpenter,
Ursula K. Le Guin21 October 1929, American
American author of novels
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967, Indian
Actor
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Jill Scott04 April 1972, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Jazz
Stephenie Meyer24 December 1973, American
American fiction writer
Captain Beefheart15 January 1941, American
Singer
Johnny Marr31 October 1963, British
Guitarist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Record
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970, Indian
Politician
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946, Indian, Pakistani
Actor
Nikolai Gogol31 March 1809, Russian
Playwright
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949, British
Poet
Rupi Kaur04 October 1992, Canadian
Poet
Julia Cameron04 March 1948, American
Screenwriter, Film director, Novelist, Poet
Exene Cervenka01 February 1956, American
singer
Michel Houellebecq26 February 1956, French
Poet, Film director, Songwriter, Essayist,
Ruby Dee27 October 1922, American
Actress
Craig Charles11 July 1964, British
Actor
Takeshi Kitano18 January 1947, Japanese
Film director, Actor, Painter, Owarai tarento,
Talib Kweli03 October 1975, American
Poet, Musician, Songwriter, Rapper, Singer
Carmine Giovinazzo24 August 1973, American
Actor
Thurston Moore25 July 1958, American
Musician
Jim Carroll01 August 1949, American
Writer
Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978, Japanese
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Tim Armstrong25 November 1965, American
Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Film director, Poet,
Michaela Coel01 October 1987, Ghanaian, British
Actress
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Vairamuthu13 July 1953, Indian
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Mary Oliver10 September 1935, American
Poet, Writer
Taslima Nasrin25 August 1962, Bangladeshi
Poet, Physician, Novelist, Essayist, Writer,
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958, British
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
Nik Kershaw01 March 1958, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Poet
Bernie Casey08 June 1939, American
Actor
N. Scott Momaday27 February 1934, American
Author
Genesis P-Orridge22 February 1950, British
Singer
Fatima Bhutto29 May 1982, Pakistani
Journalist, Writer, Poet
David Knopfler27 December 1952, British
Singer
Joy Harjo09 May 1951, American
Poet
Abbas Kiarostami22 June 1940, Iranian
Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Film
Lanny Poffo28 December 1954, Canadian, Italian, American
Wrestlers
Mylène Farmer12 September 1961, Canadian, French
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Singer, Actor,
Daniel Tammet31 January 1979, British
Writer
Jim Harrison11 December 1937, American
Poet
Peter Abelard1079 AD, French
Theologian, Philosopher, Composer, Linguist, Poet,
Rita Mae Brown28 November 1944, American
Screenwriter, Poet, Polo player, Novelist,
Ernest Cline29 March 1972, American
Novelist
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
Dulce María06 December 1985, Mexican
Actor, Singer, Composer, Poet, Vedette, Television
Alasdair Gray28 December 1934, British
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Eric Sykes04 May 1923, British
Actor
Julian Cope21 October 1957, Welsh
Singer-songwriter
Simon Armitage26 May 1963, British
Poet
Joan Sebastian08 April 1951, Mexican
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Record producer
John Giorno04 December 1936, American
Poet, Writer
Louise Erdrich07 June 1954, American
Author
John Perry Barlow03 October 1947, American
Poet
Win Butler14 April 1980, American
Songwriter, Singer, Composer, Poet, Guitarist
Mary Karr16 January 1955, American
Poet