- male, deceased (1616)
- William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's...
- male, deceased (1850)
- William Wordsworth was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with...
- male, deceased (1992)
- John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992) was an American composer. He is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition "4'33",...
- male, 63 years old (Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States)
- Ron Silliman (born August 5,1946 in Pasco, Washington) is a contemporary American poet. He has written and edited 26 books to date. Between 1979 &...
- male, 75 years old
- Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934, Henry County, Kentucky) is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He...
- male, deceased (1678)
- Andrew Marvell (March 31,1621 - August 16,1678) was an English metaphysical poet, and the son of an Anglican clergyman (also named Andrew Marvell)....
- female, deceased (1647)
- Wang Wei was a Chinese woman poet. Orphaned at the age of seven, she became a courtesan in Yangzhou. In later life she was twice married and twice...
- male, 100 years old
- Heinz Erhardt (born February 20, 1909 in Riga; died June 5, 1979 in Hamburg) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet. Heinz...
- male
- David Hamilton is a New Zealand born composer. He is based in Auckland and composed pieces for choirs such as "Irish Blessing". For many of his...
- male, 77 years old
- Michael Anthony, a famous Caribbean author and historian, was born in Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago on February 10, 1932 to Nathaniel Anthony and Eva...
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