- male, deceased (1997)
- Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5 1997) was an American poet. Ginsberg is best known for "Howl" (1956), a long poem about the...
- male, deceased (1969)
- Jack Kerouac (pronounced) (March 12 1922 - October 21 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. He is perhaps the best known of a...
- male, 90 years old
- "' Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling"' on March 24, 1919) is an American poet. He is also the co-owner of the City Lights Bookstore and...
- male, 79 years old
- Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), essayist, lecturer, and environmental...
- male, deceased (1986)
- Bob Kaufman (April 18, 1925 - January 12, 1986), born Robert Garnell Kaufman in New Orleans, Louisiana, was an American Beat poet and surrealist...
- male, deceased (1966)
- Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 - August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer, social...
- male, deceased (1998)
- Jack Micheline (born November 6, 1929 in the Bronx, New York; died February 27, 1998 in San Francisco, California) was a Bay Area painter and poet....
- male, deceased (1960)
- Lord Buckley (b. Richard Myrle Buckley, April 5, 1906 Tuolumne, CA; d. November 12, 1960 New York City) was an eccentric, joyous American monologist.
- male, 89 years old
- Ken Nordine (born April 13, 1920) is an American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of "Word Jazz" albums. His deep, resonant...
- male, 76 years old
- Rod McKuen (born April 29, 1933) is a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that...
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