Walt Whitman31 May 1819, American
Poet & humanist
Ralph Waldo Emerson25 May 1803, American
American Lecturer, Philosopher, Essayist & Poet
Allen Ginsberg03 June 1926, American
Poet
Thomas Hardy02 June 1840, British
Novelist & Poet
Federico García Lorca05 June 1898, Spanish
Poet
Joyce Carol Oates16 June 1938, American
Writer
Kazi Nazrul Islam24 May 1899, Bangladeshi, Indian
National Poet of Bangladesh
Ben Jonson11 June 1572, British
Dramatist, Poet & Actor
Vikram Seth20 June 1952, Indian
Writer
Fernando Pessoa13 June 1888, Portuguese
Thomas Moore28 May 1779, Irish
Poet, Singer, Songwriter, & Entertainer
Joseph Brodsky24 May 1940, Russian
Essayist & Poet
James Weldon Johnson17 June 1871, American
Author
Gwendolyn Brooks07 June 1917, American
Poet
Theodore Roethke25 May 1908, American
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet
Henry Lawson17 June 1867, Australian
Writer
Hélène Cixous05 June 1937, Algerian
Professor
Judith Wright31 May 1915, Australian
Poet, Environmentalist, Campaigner for Aboriginal
W B Yeats13 June 1865, Irish
Poet & Dramatist
Aleksa Šantić27 May 1868, Bosnian
Poet
Augusto Roa Bastos13 June 1917, Paraguayan
Novelist
Oscar Milosz28 May 1877, French
Poet
David Wagoner05 June 1926, American
Poet, Novelist, Professor
Amy Clampitt15 June 1920, American
Poet
James VI and I19 June 1566
Poet, Writer
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883, Indian
Poet, Philosopher, Politician, Playwright
Arthur Conan Doyle22 May 1859, British
Physician, Writer, Poet, Cricketer, Novelist,
G. K. Chesterton29 May 1874, British
Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Autobiographer,
Alexander Pushkin06 June 1799, Russian
Poet
Viktor Tsoi21 June 1962, Russian
Poet, Actor, Singer, Guitarist, Composer,
Dashiell Hammett27 May 1894, American
American author
Giovanni Boccaccio16 June 1313, Italian
Writer
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Bernie Casey08 June 1939, American
Actor
Dorothy L. Sayers13 June 1893, British
Writer, Translator, Novelist, Playwright,
Robert Ludlum25 May 1927, American
American author
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
Philip Kotler27 May 1931, American
Author
Fatima Bhutto29 May 1982, Pakistani
Journalist, Writer, Poet
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark11 June 1934, Danish, French
Poet, Writer, Visual artist, Pianist
Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Julia Ward Howe27 May 1819, American
Songwriter, poet
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931, Indian
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
William Butler Yeats13 June 1865, Irish
Poet
Chico Buarque19 June 1944, Brazilian
Singer, Composer, Poet, Writer, Playwright, Jazz
Anne Carson21 June 1950, Canadian
Linguist, Poet, Translator, Writer, University
Countee Cullen30 May 1903
American poet
Gérard de Nerval25 May 1808, French
Writer
Marina Tsvetaeva28 May 1892, Russian, Russian
Poet, Writer
Bülent Ecevit28 May 1925, Turkish
Politician, Writer, Poet, Translator, Journalist,
Josiah Henson15 June 1789, American
Author
Paul Beatty09 June 1962, American
Novelist, Poet
Mark Van Doren13 June 1894, American
Poet, Autobiographer, Literary critic, University
G. Sankara Kurup03 June 1901, Indian
Politician, Poet
Varlam Shalamov18 June 1907, Russian
Writer
Alfonsina Storni29 May 1892, Argentinian
Poet, Journalist, diarist
Nicolaus Zinzendorf26 May 1700, German
Priest, Translator, Theologian, Poet, Hymnwriter
Stefan George12 June 1868, German
poet, writer, linguist, translator
John Agard21 June 1949, British
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Children's writer
Rosario Castellanos25 May 1925, Mexican
Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Screenwriter, University
Paul Muldoon20 June 1951, Northern Irish
Poet, Author, University teacher, Writer
Kobayashi Issa15 June 1763, Japanese
Poet, Painter, Writer
Pär Lagerkvist23 May 1891, Swedish
Writer, Poet, Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter
Thomas Hood23 May 1799, British
Writer, Poet
Shane Koyczan22 May 1976, Canadian
Henri Michaux24 May 1899, Belgian, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Ibn-e-Insha15 June 1927, Pakistani
poet
Saint-John Perse31 May 1887, French, Guadeloupean
Poet, Writer, Diplomat
Eduardo De Filippo24 May 1900, Italian
Film director, Actor, Poet, Screenwriter,
René Char14 June 1907, French
Poet, Writer
Aleksandr Pushkin06 June 1799, Russian
poet,novelist
Adam Zagajewski21 June 1945, Polish
poet,novelist
Moufdi Zakaria12 June 1908, Algerian
Poet, Writer, Songwriter
Maria Konopnicka23 May 1842, Polish
Writer, poet
Alfred Austin30 May 1835, British
Poet, Novelist, Writer, Journalist
Karl Adolph Gjellerup02 June 1857, Danish
Poet
Sarah Kay19 June 1988, American
poet
Lennart Hellsing05 June 1919, Swedish
Linguist, Poet, Writer, Translator, Children's
Anna Letitia Barbauld20 June 1743, Liechtensteiner, British
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni07 June 1943, American