Famous poets

person who writes poetry

7,802 people

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Lord Byron

Lord Byron

1788 – 1824 · Age 36
Deceased
George Orwell

George Orwell

1903 – 1950 · Age 46
Deceased
Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

1899 – 1961 · Age 61
Deceased
Albert Camus

Albert Camus

1913 – 1960 · Age 46
Deceased
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 – 1716 · Age 70
Deceased
James Joyce

James Joyce

1882 – 1941 · Age 58
Deceased
John Paul II

John Paul II

1920 – 2005 · Age 84
Deceased
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

1813 – 1883 · Age 69
Deceased
Cicero

Cicero

Deceased
J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

1892 – 1973 · Age 81
Deceased
Matsuo Bashō

Matsuo Bashō

1644 – 1694 · Age 50
Deceased
Ovid

Ovid

Deceased
Li Bai

Li Bai

0701 – 0762 · Age 61
Deceased
Avicenna

Avicenna

0980 – 1037 · Age 57
Deceased
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

1890 – 1976 · Age 85
Deceased
Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

1899 – 1986 · Age 86
Deceased
Jules Verne

Jules Verne

1828 – 1905 · Age 77
Deceased
Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

1865 – 1936 · Age 70
Deceased
Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

1871 – 1922 · Age 51
Deceased
John Lennon

John Lennon

1940 – 1980 · Age 40
Deceased
Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

1868 – 1936 · Age 68
Deceased
Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

1759 – 1805 · Age 45
Deceased
Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

1821 – 1867 · Age 46
Deceased
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

1343 – 1400 · Age 57
Deceased
Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

1946 – 1991 · Age 45
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q49757