Most Famous Poets in the World

There are 2,989 notable poets in the dataset, with the most coming from France and United Kingdom. Victor Hugo holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.

Category All
Citizenship All
VH
Victor Hugo French Poet 1802 – 1885
# 47
EA
Edgar Allan Poe American Poet 1809 – 1849
# 48
JW
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet 1749 – 1832
# 64
OW
Oscar Wilde British Poet 1854 – 1900
# 89
DA
Dante Alighieri Italian Poet 1265 – 1321
# 96
H
Homer Greek Poet Born ?
# 209
JJ
James Joyce Irish Poet 1882 – 1941
# 246
PN
Pablo Neruda Chilean Poet 1904 – 1973
# 251
AP
Alexander Pushkin Russian Poet 1799 – 1837
# 275
AR
Arthur Rimbaud French Poet 1854 – 1891
# 340
R
Rumi Iranian Poet 1207 – 1273
# 423
P
Petrarch Italian Poet 1304 – 1374
# 440
HD
Henry David Thoreau American Poet 1817 – 1862
# 475
FS
Friedrich Schiller German Poet 1759 – 1805
# 483
V
Virgil Roman Poet -70 – -19
# 567
AH
Aldous Huxley British Poet 1894 – 1963
# 597
JK
John Keats British Poet 1795 – 1821
# 605
WW
Walt Whitman American Poet 1819 – 1892
# 676
PB
Percy Bysshe Shelley British Poet 1792 – 1822
# 697
HH
Heinrich Heine German Poet 1797 – 1856
# 701