List of famous poets, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top poets in the world? This includes the most prominent poets, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable poets is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic poets were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned poets.
Items here include everything from Bob Dylan to Paul McCartney.
From reputable, prominent, and well known poets to the lesser known poets of today, these are some of the best professionals in the poet field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous poets ever?" and "What are the names of famous poets?" then you're in the right place. {#nodes}...more
- Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet... more
- Homer (; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος Greek pronunciation: [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the legendary... more
- Jack Kerouac (; born Jean-Louis Kérouac (though he called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de... more
- John Keats (; 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of... more
- Edgar Allan Poe (; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer,... more
- Theodor Seuss Geisel ( or (listen); March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American ... more
- Hans Christian Andersen (; Danish: [hæns kʁæstjæn ˈanɐsn̩] (listen); 2 April 1805 – 4 August... more
- James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist, playwright,... more
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (, also US: GURT-ə, GAYT-ə, -ee; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn... more
- Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer, who... more
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] (listen) or [- ˈniːtsʃə];... more
- Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a... more
- Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (UK: , US: ; French: [aʁtyʁ ʁɛ̃bo] (listen); 20 October 1854 – 10... more
- Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (Spanish pronunciation: [feðeˈɾiko ðel... more
- Geoffrey Chaucer (; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet and author. Widely... more
- Charles Pierre Baudelaire (UK: , US: ; French: [ʃaʁl bodlɛʁ] (listen); 9 April 1821 – 31... more
- Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose... more
- Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri (Italian: [duˈrante deʎʎ aliˈɡjɛːri]; Latin: Dantes),... more
- John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, poet, author, and... more
- Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12... more
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist,... more
- Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American neo-futuristic architect, systems theorist,... more
- Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet, philosopher and... more
- Andrea Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985) is an Indian actress, playback singer, musician and... more
- Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American... more
