National
Discover renowned personalities from all walks of life in our comprehensive list of National celebrities. From politicians and activists to entertainers and sports stars, explore the lives and achievements of notable figures who have shaped and inspired the nation.
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Zeca Afonso
 PortugalPortuguese musician
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Albert Bitsius
 SwitzerlandAn outstanding Swiss national writer.
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Johann Arndt
 GermanyGerman Lutheran theologian and religious writer
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Yoshikichi Furui
 JapanJapanese writer and translator
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Pirimkul Kadyrov
 UzbekistanPeople's Writer of Uzbekistan.
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Christopher Brennan
 AustraliaAustralian poet
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Catherine Asaro
 USAAmerican writer.
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Alkman
 GreeceAn ancient Greek poet of the second half of the 7th century BC, a representative of choral lyric poetry.
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Daddy Lumba
Ghanaian singer, hit songwriter and musician
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Max Kalbeck
Germany German poet, musicologist, music critic
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Alain Kervern
 FranceFrench poet
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Eduard Khil
 RussiaSoviet and Russian opera, chamber and pop singer (baritone), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
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Hadamar Laber
Germany German poet.
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Baaba Maal
 SenegalMusician
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Eugenijus Alisanka
 LithuaniaLithuanian poet.
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Wislawa Szymborska
 PolandPolish poetess; winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Alexander Gitovich
Russian poet, translator of Chinese and Korean literature
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Paco El Lobo
France French flamenco musician
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Victor Lidio Jara Martinez
 ChileChilean poet, singer and political activist
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Platon Voronko
Ukrainian Soviet poet
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Charles Calverley
 Great BritainAn English poet nicknamed the "king of parodists"
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Orison Swett Marden
USA American writer
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Krishna Das
USA American singer and musician
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Robert Berns
Great Britain Poet
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Mirra Lohvitskaya
Russia A talented poetess (1869-1905), daughter of the famous scientist and lawyer A. V. Lokhvitsky.
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Raymundus Jordanus
France French writer of the 14th century, theologian
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Yanka Zhurba
 BelarusBelarusian poet, teacher, translator.
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Ulf Gerhard Lundell
 SwedenSwedish writer, poet, songwriter, composer, musician and artist
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Vincenzo Cartari
 ItalyItalian poet.
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Birjan Kojagulov
 KazakhstanKazakh akyn, poet and composer
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Juliusz Slowacki
Poland An outstanding romantic poet
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Kapash Kulysheva
Kazakhstan Soviet and Kazakh singer, teacher, professor
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Rubina Kalantarian
 ArmeniaSinger. People's Artist of Russia, Honored Artist of Armenia.
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Ingrid Yonker
 South AfricaSouth African poetess
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Heinrich Anacker
Switzerland German writer and poet
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Masudzi Ibuse
Japan Outstanding Japanese writer. Winner of the Naoki Prize (1937) and Yomiuri Prize (1950 and 1971).
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Sevda Chingiz Alekperzade
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijani pop and jazz singer
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Roque Dalton
 SalvadorSalvadoran poet, communist
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Zulfia Hananbaeva
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani singer
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Katerina Fayn
Russia Russian poet, playwright.
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Klyaopas Urgelionis
Lithuania Lithuanian poet, literary critic, publicist, prose writer, translator.
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Antonio Guadagnoli
Italy Italian poet
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Ivan Rebrov
Germany Singer
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Nurlybek Baimuratov
Kazakhstan Kazakh Soviet akyn, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR
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Gerrit Achterberg
 NetherlandsDutch poet.
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Olivier La Marche
France French poet and chronicler.
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Geinrich Bebel
Germany German humanist poet, translator, satirist, teacher.
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Gerry Goffin
USA American poet, songwriter
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Kurmangazy Sagurbaev
Kazakhstan National singer
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Shaul Chernihovskiy
 IsraelJewish poet
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