Oscar Wilde16 October 1854, Irish
Playwright
Aleister Crowley12 October 1875, British
Occultist
Rumi30 September 1207, Afghan, Turkish
Great Poet
Virgil15 October 0070, Ancient Roman
Poet
T. S. Eliot26 September 1888, American
Poet
William Faulkner25 September 1897, American
Writer, Nobel Laureate
Shel Silverstein25 September 1930, American
Poet
Arthur Rimbaud20 October 1854, French
Poet
Harold Pinter10 October 1930, British
Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
E. E. Cummings14 October 1894, American
Poet
Sherman Alexie07 October 1966, American
Novelist
Amiri Baraka07 October 1934, American
Writer
Miguel de Unamuno29 September 1864, Spanish
Writer
Lucretius15 October 0099, Ancient Roman
Philosopher
Wallace Stevens02 October 1879, American
Poet
Alphonse de Lamartine21 October 1790, French
Writer
Ivan Bunin22 October 1870, Russian
Writer
Leigh Hunt19 October 1784, British
English Essayist, Poet & Critic
Mário de Andrade09 October 1893, Brazilian
Poet
John Reed22 October 1887, American
Journalist, Poet
Samuel Coleridge21 October 1772, British
Poet
Fran Levstik28 September 1831, Slovenian
Writer
Mariela Griffor29 September 1961, Chilean
Poet, Publisher, Diplomat
Shahabuddin Nagari06 October 1955, Bangladeshi
Poet
Jože Javoršek20 October 1920, Slovenian
Playwright
Alfred Douglas22 October 1870, British
Poet
Michaela Coel01 October 1987, Ghanaian, British
Actress
Michael Madsen25 September 1957, American
Actor
Stephen Gyllenhaal04 October 1949, American
Director
Talib Kweli03 October 1975, American
Poet, Musician, Songwriter, Rapper, Singer
Rupi Kaur04 October 1992, Canadian
Poet
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Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978, Japanese
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Víctor Jara28 September 1932, Chilean
Teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter
Savitri Devi30 September 1905, French
Writer, Poet
Italo Calvino15 October 1923, Italian, American
Writer, Poet, Politician, Journalist, Reporter,
Majrooh Sultanpuri01 October 1919, Indian
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
John Perry Barlow03 October 1947, American
Poet
Julian Cope21 October 1957, Welsh
Singer-songwriter
Lu Xun25 September 1881, Chinese
Writer, Essayist, Poet, Literary critic,
Ken Saro-Wiwa10 October 1941, Nigerian
Writer, Poet, Screenwriter
Nicholas Roerich09 October 1874, Russian
Philosopher, Painter, Choreographer, Writer,
Adam Mickiewicz24 September 1798, Polish
poet
Mikhail Lermontov15 October 1814, Russian
writer
Vallathol Narayana Menon16 October 1878, Indian
Author
Terry McMillan18 October 1951, American
American author
Ntozake Shange18 October 1948, American
Playwright
Heinrich von Kleist18 October 1777, German
Playwright, Poet, Short story writer, Novelist,
Marsilio Ficino19 October 1433, Italian
Philosopher, Writer, Cleric, Astrologer, Poet
K. Shivaram Karanth10 October 1902, Indian
Author, Poet
Mark Haddon26 September 1962, British
Writer
Peter Ackroyd05 October 1949, British
Writer
Georges Brassens22 October 1921, French
Singer
James Whitcomb Riley07 October 1849, American
Author
Guido von List05 October 1848
Poet, Journalist, Writer, Astrologer
Dory Previn22 October 1925, American
Singer
Vinicius de Moraes19 October 1913, Brazilian
Poet, Singer, Composer, Journalist, Diplomat,
Louis Aragon03 October 1897, French
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
François Mauriac11 October 1885, French
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Roland Penrose14 October 1900, British
Artist
Helen Wills06 October 1905, American
Tennis player, Writer, Autobiographer, Poet
Helen Hunt Jackson15 October 1830, American
Poet
Georg Büchner17 October 1813, Swiss, German
Writer
W. S. Merwin30 September 1927, American
Poet, Writer, Translator
Chand Bardai30 September 1149, Indian
author
Eavan Boland24 September 1944, Irish
Poet
William Empson27 September 1906, British
Literary Critic
Dino Buzzati16 October 1906, Italian
Novelist
Robert Bridges23 October 1844, British
Poet
Vladimir Voinovich26 September 1932, Russian
Author
Michael McClure20 October 1932, American
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Thomas Love Peacock18 October 1785, British
Novelist
Vernon Lee14 October 1856, French, British
Writer
John Cowper Powys08 October 1872, British
Philosopher
Robert Pinsky20 October 1940, American
poet, writer, literary critic
Sohrab Sepehri07 October 1928, Iranian
Painter, Poet, Writer
Diane Ackerman07 October 1948, American
Poet, Author, Writer
Paul Monette16 October 1945, American
Author
Felicia Hemans25 September 1793, British
Poet
P. Kunhiraman Nair04 October 1905, Indian
Thomas Traherne10 October 1636, British
Poet
Aleksis Kivi10 October 1834, Finnish
Finnish author
John Addington Symonds05 October 1840, British
Poet
Okwui Enwezor23 October 1963, Nigerian
Curator
Adam Lindsay Gordon19 October 1833, Australian, Portuguese
Poet
Cherríe Moraga25 September 1952, Mexican
Writer, Poet
Arna Bontemps13 October 1902, American
Author, Writer
Louis Untermeyer01 October 1885, American
Author
Adalbert Stifter23 October 1805, Austrian
Writer
Masaoka Shiki14 October 1867, Japanese
Poet
Alain-Fournier03 October 1886, French
French author
Michael Strange01 October 1890, American
Poet
Elizabeth F. Ellet18 October 1818, American
Writer
Mikhail Naimy17 October 1889, Lebanese
Poet
Robert Fitzgerald12 October 1910, American
Poet