William Shakespeare26 April 1564, British
Writer
Rabindranath Tagore07 May 1861, Indian
Poet
Dante Alighieri30 April 1265, Italian
Poet
Julius Evola19 May 1898, Italian
Philosopher
Alexander Pope21 May 1688, British
Omar Khayyam18 May 1048, Iranian
Mathematician
Robert Browning07 May 1812, British
Poet & Playwright
Dante Gabriel Rossetti12 May 1828, British
Poet
Phillis Wheatley08 May 1753, American
Poet
Li Bai19 May 0701, Chinese
Poet
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
Gary Snyder08 May 1930, American
American man of letters
Joseph Addison01 May 1672, British
Essayist & Poet
Novalis02 May 1772, German
Philosopher & Poet
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840, French
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Assi Rahbani04 May 1923, Lebanese
Composer
A. C. Benson24 April 1862, British
English essayist
Roque Dalton14 May 1935, Salvadoran
Poet
Karel Appel25 April 1921, Dutch
Painter, Sculptor, Poet
Charles Simic09 May 1938, American
Poet
Abraham Valdelomar27 April 1888, Peruvian
Narrator
Charlotte Bronte21 April 1816, British
Novelist
Ahmad Javad05 May 1892, Azerbaijani
Poet
C. Day Lewis27 April 1904, Irish, British
Poet
Amber Tamblyn14 May 1983, American
Actress
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
L. Frank Baum15 May 1856, American
Writer
Eoin Colfer14 May 1965, Irish
Irish author
John Galt02 May 1779, Scottish
Novelist
Natasha Trethewey26 April 1966, American
Poet
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Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
Eric Sykes04 May 1923, British
Actor
W. G. Sebald18 May 1944, German
Writer
Roberto Bolaño28 April 1953, Chilean
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Literary critic
Assia Wevill15 May 1927, German
Socialite, Poet
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu15 May 1689, British
Writer
Roger Zelazny13 May 1937, American
Poet
Jenny Berggren19 May 1972, Swedish
Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Poet
Rod McKuen29 April 1933, American
Poet
Robert Penn Warren24 April 1905, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Constantine P. Cavafy29 April 1863, Egyptian, Greek, British
Poet, Writer, Civil servant, Journalist
Annie Dillard30 April 1945, American
Author
Bharathidasan29 April 1891, Indian
Author
Joy Harjo09 May 1951, American
Poet
Maya Deren29 April 1917, Russian
Filmmaker
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900, Indian
Writer, Poet
Edmund Wilson08 May 1895, American
Journalist, Poet, Playwright, Literary critic,
Jane Roberts08 May 1929, American
Poet, Writer, Psychic, Science fiction writer,
Chūya Nakahara29 April 1907, Japanese
Poet, Writer, Tanka poet, Translator
Archibald MacLeish07 May 1892, American
Librarian, Poet, Playwright, Writer, University
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick02 May 1950, American
Academic Scholar
José Sarney24 April 1930, Brazilian
Lawyer, Journalist, Politician, Writer, Poet,
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon11 May 1911, Indian
Poet, Writer
Utah Phillips15 May 1935, American
Musician, Poet, Street artist, Singer-songwriter,
Yoshitoshi30 April 1839, Japanese
Engraver, Painter, Poet
Sheldon Harnick30 April 1924, American
Poet, Writer, Songwriter, Librettist
May Sarton03 May 1912, Belgian, American
Writer, Poet
Louise Glück22 April 1943, American
Poet
Bulat Okudzhava09 May 1924, Russian
Screenwriter, Poet, Actor, Singer, Writer,
Maxim Fadeev06 May 1968, Russian
Singer, Composer, Poet, Songwriter, Record
John Crowe Ransom30 April 1888, American
Educator
Mohsin Naqvi05 May 1947, Pakistani
poet
James Fenton25 April 1949, British
Poet
Aviv Geffen10 May 1973, Israeli
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Record producer,
Randall Jarrell06 May 1914, American
Poet
Yusef Komunyakaa29 April 1947, American
Poet
Hall Caine14 May 1853, British
Novelist
John Keble25 April 1792, British
Poet
Yehuda Amichai03 May 1924, German, Israeli
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Educationist, Educator
Émile Bernard28 April 1868, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Pietro Bembo20 May 1470, Italian
Writer, Poet, Librarian, Historian, Translator,
Kamau Brathwaite11 May 1930, Barbadian
Poet
Alejandra Pizarnik29 April 1936, Argentinian
Poet
Robert Creeley21 May 1926, American
Poet, Writer, University teacher
Harry Martinson06 May 1904, Swedish
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Tony Harrison30 April 1937, British
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Ludwig Uhland26 April 1787, German
Poet
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886, German
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Gabriel Okara24 April 1921, Nigerian
Poet
Edwin Muir15 May 1887, Scottish
Poet
Wolfgang Borchert20 May 1921, German
Author
Ulrich von Hutten21 April 1488, German
Scholar
Friedrich Rückert16 May 1788, German
Poet
Vicente Aleixandre26 April 1898, Spanish
Spanish poet
Helen Vendler30 April 1933, American
Literary critic, Poet, Journalist
Christian Morgenstern06 May 1871, German
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary editor,
Dorothy Hewett21 May 1923, Australian
Poet
Edwin Markham23 April 1852, American
Poet
Joachim du Bellay01 May 1522, French
Poet
James Clarence Mangan01 May 1803, Irish
Poet
Alfonso Reyes17 May 1889, Mexican
Writer
George Woodcock08 May 1912, Canadian
Writer, Literary critic, Poet, Historian,
Jessie Redmon Fauset27 April 1882, American
Editor