Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Poet
William Wordsworth07 April 1770, British
Poet
Robert Frost26 March 1874, American
Poet
Samuel Beckett13 April 1906, Irish
Novelist, Playwright, Theater Director
William Morris24 March 1834, British
Textile Designer, Poet
Charles Baudelaire09 April 1821, French
Poet
Seamus Heaney13 April 1939, Irish
Poet
Kingsley Amis16 April 1922, British
Poet, novelist and lecturer
Barbara Kingsolver08 April 1955, American
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Paul Verlaine30 March 1844, French
Poet
Octavio Paz31 March 1914, Mexican
Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate
Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907, Indian
Poet
A. E. Housman26 March 1859, British
Poet
George Herbert03 April 1593, British, Welsh
Poet
Gabriela Mistral07 April 1889, Chilean
Chilean poet
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio18 April 1809, Indian
Poet
Nizar Qabbani21 March 1923, Syrian
Diplomat
Andrew Marvell31 March 1621, British
Poet
Andrew Lang31 March 1844, Scottish
Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic
Veronica Franco25 March 1546, Italian
Courtesan, Poetess
Caroline Norton22 March 1808, British
Author
Tomas Tranströmer15 April 1931, Swedish
Poet
Ahlam Mosteghanemi13 April 1953, Algerian
Writer
Alfred de Vigny27 March 1797, French
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
John M. Ford10 April 1957, American
Novelist, Writer, Game Designer
Uuno Kailas29 March 1901, Finnish
Poet
Gil Scott-Heron01 April 1949, American
Singer, Writer, Composer, Poet, Pianist
Jill Scott04 April 1972, American
Singer-songwriter
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958, British
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Win Butler14 April 1980, American
Songwriter, Singer, Composer, Poet, Guitarist
Ernest Cline29 March 1972, American
Novelist
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Fanny Crosby24 March 1820, American
Poet
Joan Sebastian08 April 1951, Mexican
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Record producer
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Erica Jong26 March 1942, American
Novelist
Whittaker Chambers01 April 1901, American
Journalist
Frank O'Hara27 March 1926, American
Poet
Lawrence Ferlinghetti24 March 1919, American
Officer, Poet, Writer, Publisher, Painter,
Caresse Crosby20 April 1891, American
Publisher, Writer, Socialite, Poet, Memoirist,
Yue Fei24 March 1103
Poet, Military personnel
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester01 April 1647
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Algernon Charles Swinburne05 April 1837, British
Poet, Writer
Nizam al-Mulk10 April 1018, Iranian, Kosovar
scientist, writer
Christopher Smart11 April 1722, British
Poet
Charles Maurras20 April 1868, French
Author
Billy Collins22 March 1941, American
Poet, Writer, University teacher
Vivian Stanshall21 March 1943, British
Musician
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896, French
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Vayalar Ramavarma28 March 1928, Indian
Author, Lyricist, Songwriter
John Millington Synge16 April 1871, Irish
Playwright, Poet
Ama Ata Aidoo23 March 1942, Ghanaian
Author
Gregory Corso26 March 1930, American
Poet, Novelist, Writer
François Villon01 April 1431, French
poet, writer
Edmond Rostand01 April 1868, French
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Julia Alvarez27 March 1950, American
American-Dominican poet
Gaius Maecenas15 April 0068, Italian, Ancient Roman
Poet
Pietro Aretino19 April 1492, Italian
Poet, Writer, Playwright, Journalist
Ziya Gökalp23 March 1876, Turkish
Sociologist
R. S. Thomas29 March 1913, British, Welsh
Poet
Comte de Lautréamont04 April 1846, French, Uruguayan
Poet, Writer
Tracy K. Smith16 April 1972, American
Poet
Habib Jalib24 March 1928, Pakistani
Poet
Thomas D'Arcy McGee13 April 1825, Canadian, Irish
Politician
Thomas Middleton18 April 1580, British
Playwright, Poet, Writer
Russell Banks28 March 1940, American
Writer
Cazuza04 April 1958, Brazilian
Singer-songwriter, Singer, Composer, Songwriter,
Linda Goodman09 April 1925, American
Astrologer
Howard Staunton01 April 1810, British
Chess Master
George William Russell10 April 1867, Irish
Poet
Robert Brasillach31 March 1909, French
Writer, Journalist, Film critic, Novelist, Poet,
Dorothy Allison11 April 1949, American
Writer
Henry Vaughan17 April 1621, Welsh
Physician, Economist, Poet, Writer
Wilhelm Busch15 April 1832, German
Poet, Painter, Essayist, Writer, Autobiographer
Attila József11 April 1905, Hungarian
Hungarian poet
Korney Chukovsky31 March 1882, Russian
Poet
Bob Kaufman18 April 1925, American
Poet
Nikolay Gumilyov15 April 1886, Russian
Poet
Mark Strand11 April 1934, Canadian, American
Poet
Nicolas Chamfort06 April 1741, French
Writer
Munir Niazi09 April 1928, Pakistani
Poet
Mary Webb25 March 1881, British
Novelist
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben02 April 1798, German
Poet
William Gilmore Simms17 April 1806, American
Writer
Tirso de Molina24 March 1579, Spanish
Playwright, Poet, Writer
Dionysios Solomos08 April 1798, Greek
Poet
Adrian Henri10 April 1932, British
Poet
Hugo Claus05 April 1929, Belgian
Author
Orest Kiprensky24 March 1782, Russian
Poet
Henry Wotton30 March 1568, British
Author
Jens Peter Jacobsen07 April 1847, Danish
Novelist
Michel Leiris20 April 1901, French
Writer
Joel Barlow24 March 1754, American
Poet, Diplomat, Writer
Charles Gavan Duffy12 April 1816, Australian, Irish
Journalist
Francis Ponge27 March 1899, French
Essayist