William Shakespeare26 April 1564, British
Writer
Omar Khayyam18 May 1048, Iranian, Persian
Mathematician
Rabindranath Tagore07 May 1861, Indian
Poet and Author
Dante Alighieri30 April 1265, Italian
Poet
Alexander Pope21 May 1688, British
Robert Browning07 May 1812, British
Poet & Playwright
Phillis Wheatley08 May 1753, American
Poet
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
Joseph Addison01 May 1672, British
Essayist & Poet
Gary Snyder08 May 1930, American
American man of letters
Novalis02 May 1772, German
Philosopher & Poet
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840, French
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Roque Dalton14 May 1935, Salvadoran
Poet
Karel Appel25 April 1921, Dutch
Painter, Sculptor, Poet
Charlotte Bronte21 April 1816, British
Novelist
Charles Simic09 May 1938, American
Poet
Assi Rahbani04 May 1923, Lebanese
Composer
A. C. Benson24 April 1862, British
English essayist
Abraham Valdelomar27 April 1888, Peruvian
Narrator
Ahmad Javad05 May 1892, Azerbaijani
Poet
C. Day Lewis27 April 1904, Irish, British
Poet
Fish25 April 1958, Scottish
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Singer, Composer, Poet
Søren Kierkegaard05 May 1813, Danish
Philosopher, Theologian, Poet, Writer, Novelist,
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Julius Evola19 May 1898, Italian
Poet, Racial theorist, Writer, Painter,
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti12 May 1828, British
Poet, Illustrator, Painter, Writer, Artist,
Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
Assia Wevill15 May 1927, German
Socialite, Poet
Roger Zelazny13 May 1937, American
American poet
Roberto Bolaño28 April 1953, Chilean
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Literary critic
Robert Penn Warren24 April 1905, American
poet, novelist, writer, literary critic,
Jenny Berggren19 May 1972, Swedish
Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Poet
Eoin Colfer14 May 1965, Irish
Irish author
W. G. Sebald18 May 1944, German
Writer, Poet, Professor
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José Antonio Primo de Rivera24 April 1903, Spanish
Politician, Poet, Advocate
Maya Deren29 April 1917, Russian
Filmmaker
Constantine P. Cavafy29 April 1863, Egyptian, Greek, British
Poet, Writer, Civil servant, Journalist
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900, Indian
Writer, Poet
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu15 May 1689
Explorer, Poet, Writer, Playwright
Bharathidasan29 April 1891, Indian
Author
Jane Roberts08 May 1929, American
Poet, Writer, Psychic, Science fiction writer,
Chūya Nakahara29 April 1907, Japanese
Poet, Writer, Tanka poet, Translator
Yoshitoshi30 April 1839, Japanese
Engraver, Painter, Poet
Archibald MacLeish07 May 1892, American
Librarian, Poet, Playwright, Writer, University
Edmund Wilson08 May 1895, American
Journalist, Poet, Playwright, Literary critic,
Utah Phillips15 May 1935, American
Musician, Poet, Street artist, Singer-songwriter,
Sheldon Harnick30 April 1924, American
Poet, Writer, Songwriter, Librettist
Bulat Okudzhava09 May 1924, Russian
Screenwriter, Poet, Actor, Singer, Writer,
José Sarney24 April 1930, Brazilian
Lawyer, Journalist, Politician, Writer, Poet,
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle10 May 1760, French
Composer, Poet, Writer, Playwright
May Sarton03 May 1912, Belgian, American
Writer, Poet
Maxim Fadeev06 May 1968, Russian
Singer, Composer, Poet, Songwriter, Record
Tony Harrison30 April 1937, British
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon11 May 1911, Indian
Poet, Writer
Aviv Geffen10 May 1973, Israeli
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Record producer,
Harry Martinson06 May 1904, Swedish
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Yehuda Amichai03 May 1924, German, Israeli
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Educationist, Educator
Pietro Bembo20 May 1470, Italian
Writer, Poet, Librarian, Historian, Translator,
Robert Creeley21 May 1926, American
Poet, Writer, University teacher
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886, German
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Mohsin Naqvi05 May 1947, Pakistani
poet
Vicente Aleixandre26 April 1898, Spanish
Spanish poet
Joachim du Bellay01 May 1522, French
Poet
Christian Morgenstern06 May 1871, German
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary editor,
Helen Vendler30 April 1933, American
Literary critic, Poet, Journalist
Carl Spitteler24 April 1845, Swiss
Poet, Writer
George Woodcock08 May 1912, Canadian
Writer, Literary critic, Poet, Historian,
Claribel Alegría12 May 1924, Nicaraguan
Poet, Journalist
Alice Cary26 April 1820, American
Poet, Author, Novelist, Writer
Emile Verhaeren21 May 1855, French
Belgian poet
Sri Sri30 April 1910, Indian
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Andrey Voznesensky12 May 1933, Russian
poet
Yannis Ritsos01 May 1909, Greek
Greek poet
Émile Bernard28 April 1868, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Ğabdulla Tuqay26 April 1886, Russian
Poet