Henry David Thoreau12 July 1817, American
Writer and Philosopher
Pablo Neruda12 July 1904, Chilean
Chilean poet
Petrarch20 July 1304, Italian
Poet & Philosopher
Jean Cocteau05 July 1889, French
Novelist, Poet, Artist & Filmmaker
Aphra Behn10 July 1640, British
Playwright
Czesław Miłosz30 June 1911, Polish
Poet
John Clare13 July 1793, British
English poet
Wisława Szymborska02 July 1923, Polish
Nobel Laureate in Literature
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay27 June 1838, Indian
Lucille Clifton27 June 1936, American
American poet
Reinaldo Arenas16 July 1943, Cuban
Cuban poet
John Gay30 June 1685, British
Dramatist & Poet
Francesco Petrarch20 July 1304, Italian
Poet, Scholar and Humanist
Edward Young03 July 1683, British
Poet
Mirza Fatali Akhundov12 July 1812, Azerbaijani
Writer and Philisopher
Yanka Kupala07 July 1882, Belarusian, Russian
Poet
Elin Pelin08 July 1877, Bulgarian
Writer
Manuel Ortiz Guerrero16 July 1897, Paraguayan
Poet
Marty Feldman08 July 1934, American
Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Poet
Emma Lazarus22 July 1849, American
Poet, Writer, Journalist
Craig Charles11 July 1964, British
Actor
Iris Murdoch15 July 1919, Irish
Poet, Philosopher, Novelist, Writer, Biographer
Shiv Kumar Batalvi23 July 1936, Indian
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Abbas Kiarostami22 June 1940, Iranian
Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Film
Lafcadio Hearn27 June 1850, Greek, Irish, Japanese
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, University
Kannadasan24 June 1927, Indian
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Vairamuthu13 July 1953, Indian
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Anna Akhmatova23 June 1889, Ukrainian, Russian
Writer, Translator, Literary critic, Poet
Tadamichi Kuribayashi07 July 1891, Japanese
Poet, Writer, Officer
Arthur de Gobineau14 July 1816, French
Racial theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Diplomat,
Peter Orlovsky08 July 1933, American
Poet, Writer, Actor
Paul Laurence Dunbar27 June 1872, American
Writer, Novelist, Playwright, Poet
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Jean de La Fontaine08 July 1621, French
Writer, Poet, Lawyer
Branwell Brontë26 June 1817, British
Painter, Poet, Writer
Nur Muhammad Taraki15 July 1917, Afghan
Politician, Poet, Writer, Journalist
Giacomo Leopardi29 June 1798, Italian
Writer, Poet, Philosopher, Philologist
Na. Muthukumar13 July 1975, Indian
Poet, Lyricist, Writer, Songwriter
Laurie Lee26 June 1914, British
Screenwriter, Poet, Autobiographer, Journalist
Northrop Frye14 July 1912, Canadian
Writer, Philosopher, Educationist, Cleric, Poet,
Hart Crane21 July 1899, American
Poet, Writer
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar18 July 1919, Indian
Poet, Composer, Philosopher, Philanthropist,
Gaston Bachelard27 June 1884, French
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, University teacher
Hannah Szenes17 July 1921, Hungarian
Writer, Poet
Mattie Stepanek17 July 1990, American
Poet, Author, Writer
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12 July 1874, German
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Max Jacob12 July 1876, French
Painter, Poet, Writer, Literary critic
Ingeborg Bachmann25 June 1926, Austrian
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Balamani Amma19 July 1909, Indian
Author
Nagarjun30 June 1911, Indian
Poet, Writer
Luis de Góngora11 July 1561, Spanish
Poet, cleric
Edward Bond18 July 1934, British
Writer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Poet, Theatre
Léon Bloy11 July 1846, French
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Novelist,
Gottfried Keller19 July 1819, Swiss
Swiss poet
Margaret Walker07 July 1915, American
novelist, poet, university teacher, writer
John Flaxman06 July 1755, British
Painter, Poet, Sculptor, Illustrator
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock02 July 1724, German
German poet
Verner von Heidenstam06 July 1859, Swedish
Swedish poet
William Irwin Thompson16 July 1938, American
Historian, Novelist, Poet, Mythographer
Erik Axel Karlfeldt20 July 1864, Swedish
Swedish poet
Ahmad Ali01 July 1910, Pakistani
novelist, poet
Martin Farquhar Tupper17 July 1810, British
Poet, Writer
Richard Henry Stoddard02 July 1825, American
Writer, Poet
Aime Cesaire26 June 1913, French, Martiniquan
Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin14 July 1743, Russian
Poet
Yevgeniy Yevtushenko18 July 1932, Russian