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.

Rinat Arkhipov
Rinat Arkhipov
Tatar and Russian poet
Johann Andreas Cramer
Johann Andreas Cramer
Germany
German poet, theologian
Catherine Asaro
Catherine Asaro
USA
American writer.
Wilhelm von Scholtz
Wilhelm von Scholtz
Germany
German poet, writer
Musa Tashmuhamedov
Musa Tashmuhamedov
Uzbekistan
Uzbek Soviet writer
Michael Golodniy
Michael Golodniy
Russia
Soviet poet.
Friedrich von Sallet
Friedrich von Sallet
Germany
German poet
Bernart Ventadorn
Bernart Ventadorn
France
Provençal lyric poet of the 12th century
Maksim Rylskiy
Maksim Rylskiy
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet poet
Asug Kamandar
Asug Kamandar
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Ashug of the 20th century
Roque Dalton
Roque Dalton
Salvador
Salvadoran poet, communist
Frantisek CELAKOVSKY
Frantisek CELAKOVSKY
Czech poet, translator, literary critic. His cycles of poems "Echo of Russian Songs" and "Echo of Czech Songs" have firmly entered the treasury of Czech classical poetry.
Stefan Zizany
Stefan Zizany
Ukraine
Western Russian Orthodox writer and polemicist
Ludvik Utsevich
Ludvik Utsevich
Lithuania
Lithuanian writer, poet, folklorist and ethnographer
Vladimir Holan
Vladimir Holan
Czech
Czech poet and translator.
Giuseppe Chiarini
Giuseppe Chiarini
Italy
Italian poet and critic.
Yury Andruhovich
Yury Andruhovich
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet, prose writer, translator, essayist.
Jorge Barbosa
Jorge Barbosa
Poet and writer from Cape Verde.
Lucius Accius
Lucius Accius
Italy
Ancient Roman tragic poet
Robert Bloomfield
Robert Bloomfield
Great Britain
English folk poet
Paul Fleming
Paul Fleming
Germany
German poet
Konrad von Heimesfurt
Konrad von Heimesfurt
Germany
German writer and poet of the 13th century
Samed Vurgun
Samed Vurgun
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Soviet poet, playwright and public figure.
Giovanni Battista Casti
Giovanni Battista Casti
Italy
Italian poet.
William Wellington G'oba
William Wellington G'oba
South Africa
South African poet, translator and journalist, of Xhosa descent
Tristan Corbiere
Tristan Corbiere
France
French symbolist poet, representative of the group of "damned poets".
Reuven Ben-Yosef
Reuven Ben-Yosef
Israel
Israeli poet
Alber Cossery
Alber Cossery
France
A classic of Franco-Egyptian literature
Albertus Ines
Albertus Ines
Poland
Polish poet
Carl Ludvig Emil Aarestrup
Carl Ludvig Emil Aarestrup
Denmark
Danish lyric poet
William John Courthope
William John Courthope
Great Britain
English writer, biographer and literary historian.
Martselius Martynaytis
Martselius Martynaytis
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet, literary critic, essayist, translator.
Masudzi Ibuse
Masudzi Ibuse
Japan
Outstanding Japanese writer. Winner of the Naoki Prize (1937) and Yomiuri Prize (1950 and 1971).
Nikolay Brown
Nikolay Brown
Russian Soviet poet
Matsumoto Leiji
Matsumoto Leiji
Japan
Writer, one of the founders of modern romantic and fantasy shonen manga
Iakov Yakir
Iakov Yakir
Israel
Bessarabian Jewish writer.
Franciszek Zyglinski
Franciszek Zyglinski
Poland
Krakow poet and artist.
Nikolay Ribalko
Nikolay Ribalko
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet.
Zahariy Abragamovich
Zahariy Abragamovich
Karaite poet.
Hartmann von Aue
Hartmann von Aue
Epic and lyric poet of the German Middle Ages
Ryhor Borodulin
Ryhor Borodulin
Belarus
Belarusian poet, essayist, translator
Stepan Oleynik
Stepan Oleynik
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet poet
Marshall Barer
Marshall Barer
USA
Poet, singer, director, songwriter.
Gerrit Achterberg
Gerrit Achterberg
Netherlands
Dutch poet.
Eugenijus Alisanka
Eugenijus Alisanka
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet.
Alexander Dobrolubov
Alexander Dobrolubov
Russia
Poet
Wawrzyniec Korwin
Wawrzyniec Korwin
Poland
A 16th-century Polish writer known as Novoforensis
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
Poland
Polish poetess
Hayashi Kyoko
Hayashi Kyoko
Japan
Japanese writer
Fransua Arman Sulli-Prudom
Fransua Arman Sulli-Prudom
France
French poet, the first Nobel laureate in literature