William Shakespeare26 April 1564, British
Writer
Rabindranath Tagore07 May 1861, Indian
Poet
Dante Alighieri30 April 1265, Italian
Poet
Charlotte Bronte21 April 1816, British
Novelist
Phillis Wheatley08 May 1753, American
Poet
Julius Evola19 May 1898, Italian
Philosopher
Robert Browning07 May 1812, British
Poet & Playwright
Alexander Pope21 May 1688, British
Omar Khayyam18 May 1048, Iranian
Mathematician
Dante Gabriel Rossetti12 May 1828, British
Poet
C. Day Lewis27 April 1904, Irish, British
Poet
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
Li Bai19 May 0701, Chinese
Poet
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840, French
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Gary Snyder08 May 1930, American
American man of letters
Joseph Addison01 May 1672, British
Essayist & Poet
Novalis02 May 1772, German
Philosopher & Poet
Assi Rahbani04 May 1923, Lebanese
Composer
Karel Appel25 April 1921, Dutch
Painter, Sculptor, Poet
Charles Simic09 May 1938, American
Poet
Roque Dalton14 May 1935, Salvadoran
Poet
A. C. Benson24 April 1862, British
English essayist
Abraham Valdelomar27 April 1888, Peruvian
Narrator
Ahmad Javad05 May 1892, Azerbaijani
Poet
Amber Tamblyn14 May 1983, American
Actress
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
L. Frank Baum15 May 1856, American
Writer
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Joy Harjo09 May 1951, American
Poet
Louise Glück22 April 1943, American
Poet
Assia Wevill15 May 1927, German
Socialite, Poet
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Derek William Dick25 April 1958, Scottish
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Singer, Composer, Poet
Eric Sykes04 May 1923, British
Actor
Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
Roberto Bolaño28 April 1953, Chilean
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Literary critic
Roger Zelazny13 May 1937, American
Poet
Jenny Berggren19 May 1972, Swedish
Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Poet
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu15 May 1689, British
Writer
W. G. Sebald18 May 1944, German
Writer
Eoin Colfer14 May 1965, Irish
Irish author
Maya Deren29 April 1917, Russian
Filmmaker
Robert Penn Warren24 April 1905, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Rod McKuen29 April 1933, American
Poet
Chūya Nakahara29 April 1907, Japanese
Poet, Writer, Tanka poet, Translator
Constantine P. Cavafy29 April 1863, Egyptian, Greek, British
Poet, Writer, Civil servant, Journalist
Natasha Trethewey26 April 1966, American
Poet
Walter de La Mare25 April 1873, British
Poet
Annie Dillard30 April 1945, American
Author
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900, Indian
Writer, Poet
Edmund Wilson08 May 1895, American
Journalist, Poet, Playwright, Literary critic,
Bharathidasan29 April 1891, Indian
Author
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick02 May 1950, American
Academic Scholar
Geza Rohrig11 May 1967, Hungarian
Actor
Jane Roberts08 May 1929, American
Poet, Writer, Psychic, Science fiction writer,
Sri Sri30 April 1910, Indian
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
José Sarney24 April 1930, Brazilian
Lawyer, Journalist, Politician, Writer, Poet,
Archibald MacLeish07 May 1892, American
Librarian, Poet, Playwright, Writer, University
Utah Phillips15 May 1935, American
Musician, Poet, Street artist, Singer-songwriter,
Sheldon Harnick30 April 1924, American
Poet, Writer, Songwriter, Librettist
Yoshitoshi30 April 1839, Japanese
Engraver, Painter, Poet
Gabriel Okara24 April 1921, Nigerian
Poet
Alejandra Pizarnik29 April 1936, Argentinian
Poet
Randall Jarrell06 May 1914, American
Poet
May Sarton03 May 1912, Belgian, American
Writer, Poet
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon11 May 1911, Indian
Poet, Writer
Kamau Brathwaite11 May 1930, Barbadian
Poet
Yehuda Amichai03 May 1924, German, Israeli
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Educationist, Educator
James Fenton25 April 1949, British
Poet
Yusef Komunyakaa29 April 1947, American
Poet
Charlotte Smith04 May 1749, British
Writer
Yahya Hassan19 May 1995, Danish
Poet
John Crowe Ransom30 April 1888, American
Educator
Aviv Geffen10 May 1973, Israeli
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Record producer,
Bulat Okudzhava09 May 1924, Russian
Poet
Maxim Fadeev06 May 1968, Russian
Singer, Composer, Poet, Songwriter, Record
Tony Harrison30 April 1937, British
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Jessie Redmon Fauset27 April 1882, American
Editor
Pietro Bembo20 May 1470, Italian
Writer, Poet, Librarian, Historian, Translator,
May Ayim03 May 1960, German
Poet
Sterling Brown01 May 1901, American
Professor
Mohsin Naqvi05 May 1947, Pakistani
poet
Wolfgang Borchert20 May 1921, German
Author
Émile Bernard28 April 1868, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886, German
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Robert Creeley21 May 1926, American
Poet, Writer, University teacher
John Keble25 April 1792, British
Poet
Hall Caine14 May 1853, British
Novelist
Edwin Morgan27 April 1920, Scottish
Poet
Carolyn Forché28 April 1950, American
Poet
John Galt02 May 1779, Scottish
Novelist
Edwin Muir15 May 1887, Scottish
Poet
Harry Martinson06 May 1904, Swedish
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Miklos Radnoti05 May 1909, Hungarian
Poet
Ted Kooser25 April 1939, American
Poet