James VI and I(Poet, Writer)
19 June 1566
Arthur Conan Doyle(Physician, Writer, Poet, Cricketer, Novelist, Politician, Essayist, Playwright, Autobiographer, Librettist, Screenwriter, Science fiction writer, Children's writer, Crime writer)
22 May 1859
British
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar(Poet, Philosopher, Politician, Playwright)
28 May 1883
Indian
G. K. Chesterton(Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Autobiographer, Writer, Screenwriter, Philosopher, Biographer, Illustrator, Crime writer)
29 May 1874
British
Rick Riordan(American author)
05 June 1964
American
Nikki Giovanni(Poet, Writer)
07 June 1943
American
Dashiell Hammett(American author)
27 May 1894
American
Viktor Tsoi(Poet, Actor, Singer, Guitarist, Composer, Songwriter)
21 June 1962
Russian
Fatima Bhutto(Journalist, Writer, Poet)
29 May 1982
Pakistani
Giovanni Boccaccio(Writer)
16 June 1313
Italian
Robert Ludlum(American author)
25 May 1927
American
Dorothy L. Sayers(Writer, Translator, Novelist, Playwright, Essayist, Poet)
13 June 1893
British
Philip Kotler(Author)
27 May 1931
American
Josiah Henson(Author)
15 June 1789
American
Countee Cullen(American poet)
30 May 1903
William Butler Yeats(Poet)
13 June 1865
Irish
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark(Poet, Writer, Visual artist, Pianist)
11 June 1934
Danish,French
O. N. V. Kurup(Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter)
27 May 1931
Indian
Ruth Benedict(Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher, Poet, Sociologist, Biographer)
05 June 1887
American
Chico Buarque(Singer, Composer, Poet, Writer, Playwright, Jazz musician, Guitarist, Novelist)
19 June 1944
Brazilian
Julia Ward Howe(Songwriter, poet)
27 May 1819
American
Marina Tsvetaeva(Poet, Writer)
28 May 1892
Russian,Russian
Mark Van Doren(Poet, Autobiographer, Literary critic, University teacher, Professor, Writer, Journalist)
13 June 1894
American
Anne Carson(Linguist, Poet, Translator, Writer, University teacher, Literary critic)
21 June 1950
Canadian
Gérard de Nerval(Writer)
25 May 1808
French
Bülent Ecevit(Politician, Writer, Poet, Translator, Journalist, Diplomat)
28 May 1925
Turkish
John Agard(Playwright, Writer, Poet, Children's writer)
21 June 1949
British
Alfonsina Storni(Poet, Journalist, diarist)
29 May 1892
Argentinian
Paul Beatty(Novelist, Poet)
09 June 1962
American
Rosario Castellanos(Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Screenwriter, University teacher)
25 May 1925
Mexican
Nicolaus Zinzendorf(Priest, Translator, Theologian, Poet, Hymnwriter)
26 May 1700
German
G. Sankara Kurup(Politician, Poet)
03 June 1901
Indian
Varlam Shalamov(Writer)
18 June 1907
Russian
Shane Koyczan22 May 1976
Canadian
Stefan George(poet, writer, linguist, translator)
12 June 1868
German
Kobayashi Issa(Poet, Painter, Writer)
15 June 1763
Japanese
Pär Lagerkvist(Writer, Poet, Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter)
23 May 1891
Swedish
Thomas Hood(Writer, Poet)
23 May 1799
British
Paul Muldoon(Poet, Author, University teacher, Writer)
20 June 1951
Northern Irish
Henri Michaux(Painter, Poet, Writer)
24 May 1899
Belgian,French
Saint-John Perse(Poet, Writer, Diplomat)
31 May 1887
French,Guadeloupean
Ibn-e-Insha(poet)
15 June 1927
Pakistani
Eduardo De Filippo(Film director, Actor, Poet, Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Playwright)
24 May 1900
Italian
René Char(Poet, Writer)
14 June 1907
French
Maria Konopnicka(Writer, poet)
23 May 1842
Polish
Alfred Austin(Poet, Novelist, Writer, Journalist)
30 May 1835
British
Moufdi Zakaria(Poet, Writer, Songwriter)
12 June 1908
Algerian
Adam Zagajewski(poet,novelist)
21 June 1945
Polish
Aleksandr Pushkin(poet,novelist)
06 June 1799
Russian
Karl Adolph Gjellerup(Poet)
02 June 1857
Danish
Sarah Kay(poet)
19 June 1988
American