Famous poets

person who writes poetry

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All Alive Deceased
John Ruskin

John Ruskin

1819 – 1900 · Age 80
Deceased
J. M. Coetzee

J. M. Coetzee

1940 · Age 86
Alive
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1811 – 1896 · Age 85
Deceased
Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo

1955 – 2017 · Age 61
Deceased
H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

1890 – 1937 · Age 46
Deceased
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 – 1882 · Age 75
Deceased
Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson

1809 – 1892 · Age 83
Deceased
Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas

1834 – 1917 · Age 83
Deceased
Novalis

Novalis

1772 – 1801 · Age 28
Deceased
Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera

1929 – 2023 · Age 94
Deceased
Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Leopardi

1798 – 1837 · Age 38
Deceased
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

1930 – 2008 · Age 78
Deceased
Parmenides

Parmenides

Deceased
Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

1934 · Age 91
Alive
Hadrian

Hadrian

0076 – 0138 · Age 62
Deceased
Richard I of England

Richard I of England

1157 – 1199 · Age 41
Deceased
Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes

Deceased
Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

1932 – 1963 · Age 30
Deceased
Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

1832 – 1888 · Age 55
Deceased
Dario Fo

Dario Fo

1926 – 2016 · Age 90
Deceased
Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

1885 – 1972 · Age 87
Deceased
Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen

1098 – 1179 · Age 81
Deceased
Sergei Yesenin

Sergei Yesenin

1895 – 1925 · Age 30
Deceased
Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek

1890 – 1938 · Age 48
Deceased
Muhammad Iqbal

Muhammad Iqbal

1877 – 1938 · Age 60
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q49757