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.

Wlodzimierzs Vysotskiy
Poland
PolandPolish poet, photographer and artist

Gwalchmai ap Meilyr
12th century Welsh poet

Kasim Kaysenov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanPeople's Hero of the Republic of Kazakhstan, laureate of the A. Fadeev International Prize, Kazakh writer, veteran of the Great Patriotic War.

Christian Friedrich Sintenis
Germany
GermanyGerman writer and theologian.

John Clare
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish peasant poet

Zrubavel Gilad
Israel
IsraelIsraeli poet.

Thomas Cooper
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish Chartist poet

Fazıl Husnu Daglarca
Turkey
TurkeyTurkish poet

Horace
Italy
ItalyAncient Roman poet of the "golden age" of Roman literature

Govert Klinkhamer
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch poet.

Bogdan Kravtsiv
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian literary figure, poet and translator

Juraj Cintula
Slovakia
SlovakiaSlovak writer, poet and songwriter

Petar Hektorovic
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian humanist poet

Tezuka Osamu
Japan
Japan"God of Manga", one of the key figures in the history of Japanese culture of the 20th century, creator of the aesthetics and techniques of modern manga and anime

Jaroslav Kalina
Czech Renaissance poet, natural scientist, philosopher, translator

Galeazzo-Flavio Capella
Italy
ItalyItalian writer.

Zoya Gaiday
Singer, People's Artist of the USSR

Zurab Sotkilava
Russia
RussiaGeorgian singer, People's Artist of the USSR, performer of lyric and dramatic parts at the Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, and then at the Bolshoi Theatre, tenor.

Adolph Green
USA
USAAmerican songwriter, screenwriter and actor

Arkadiy Gendler
Moldova
MoldovaAuthor and performer of Jewish songs in Yiddish, folklorist, teacher.

Richard Craschaw
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet

Boris Rubashkin
Czech
CzechSinger and dancer, legendary performer of Russian songs

Heinrich Seidel
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, copper engraver, engineer by profession

Stasys Anglickis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, translator, teacher.

Jorge Guillyn
Spain
SpainSpanish poet, one of the representatives of the ultraist trend in poetry.

Rosalia Kastro
Spain
SpainSpanish writer, wrote in Galician and Spanish.

Imants Ziedonis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian poet

Eugenijus Alisanka
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet.

Molla Vali Vidadi
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani poet and educator of the 18th century

Yehuda Amichai
Israel
IsraelIsraeli poet.

Fanny Crosby
USA
USAPoetess

Vincenzo Cardone
Italy
ItalyItalian poet "lipogrammatist".

Tatyana Petrova
Russia
RussiaSinger

Jan Jakob Lodewijk Ten Kate
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch poet

Nikolay Vorobyov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet.

Karen Kavaleryan
Armenia
ArmeniaFamous Russian songwriter, member of the Moscow Writers Union.

Tulepbergen Kaipbergenov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanUzbek Karakalpak Soviet writer.

Luis de Gongora
Spain
SpainSpanish Baroque poet.

Abdulrahim Tileshup Otkur
Uyghur poet and novelist

Hayashi Kyoko
Japan
JapanJapanese writer

Qovsi Tabrizi
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani poet of the early 17th century

Edouard D'Anglemont
France
FranceFrench poet of the 19th century

Ivan Antun Kaznacic
Dalmatian patriotic poet

Winfried Georg Sebald
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, novelist, essayist, literary historian

Nemir Golland
Russia
RussiaRussian poet, author of two books. Founder of the Magnitogorsk city literary association "Red Sun".

Michael Bank
Russia
RussiaSoviet and Russian pianist, conductor and teacher.

Israel Zangwill
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer and Jewish activist

Tsiprian Norwid
Poland
PolandPolish poet, artist and sculptor

Williams Tennessee
USA
USAAmerican novelist and playwright.

Alkman
Greece
GreeceAn ancient Greek poet of the second half of the 7th century BC, a representative of choral lyric poetry.