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.

Tadeusz Borowski
Poland
PolandPolish poet and novelist

Gulnazar Keldiev
Tajikistan
TajikistanPeople's poet of Tajikistan, member of the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan, member of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan.

Orison Swett Marden
USA
USAAmerican writer

Hal David
USA
USAAmerican lyricist and songwriter

Ana Alcaide
Spain
SpainSpanish musician and singer

Rinat Arkhipov
Tatar and Russian poet

Stanislaw Witkiewicz
Poland
PolandPolish writer, artist and philosopher

Tair Zharokov
Kazakh Soviet poet

Vasiliy Stus
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet, human rights activist, political prisoner, since 2005 - Hero of Ukraine.

Jonas Aystis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet.

Chingiz Abdullayev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanSoviet and Azerbaijani writer

Jan Kohanovskiy
Poland
PolandPolish poet of the Renaissance.

Antanas Baranauskas
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet and linguist.

Dauletkerey Shigaev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanMusician

Nadejda Nazimova
Moldova
MoldovaPeople's Artist of Moldova.

Kazis Puyda
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, prose writer, playwright, translator.

Howard Dietz
USA
USAAmerican songwriter

Jozef Bogdan Zaleskiy
Poland
PolandPolish poet of the "Ukrainian school"

Lev Gordon
Israel
IsraelOutstanding Jewish poet.

Valeriy Levenko
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian Russian-speaking poet, journalist, publicist

Andrey Malushko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet poet, translator

Theodor Kramer
Austria
AustriaAustrian poet

Baaba Maal
Senegal
SenegalMusician

Wislawa Szymborska
Poland
PolandPolish poetess; winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Saint Jami
Tajik-Persian writer, philosopher, musicologist. Jami is considered the finalist of the classical period of poetry in the Persian language.

Buranovskie babushki
Russia
RussiaFolklore group

Usif Chemenzeminly
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani writer

Gim Manjung
South Korea
South KoreaScientist, poet and political figure

Justinus Kerner
Germany
GermanyGerman poet and medical writer

Kennet Gram
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer, whose book “The Wind in the Willows,” written in 1908, brought worldwide fame.

Mariya Serifovic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian folk singer

Valeriy Kurinsky
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian poet and songwriter

Kierra Sheard
USA
USAAmerican Christian singer

Shotaro Ishinomori
Japan
JapanWriter, 'King of Manga', one of the creators and classics of the modern manga industry

Galaktion Tabidze
Georgian Soviet poet, People's Poet of the Georgian SSR (1933), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1944).

Joe Beagle
USA
USASinger and songwriter

Luis Castillo
Italy
ItalyA Spanish writer who wrote about Russia.

Chernorizets Hrabr
Bulgaria
BulgariaMedieval Bulgarian writer, worked at the Preslav book school at the end of the 9th - beginning of the 10th centuries.

Nikolay Brown
Russian Soviet poet

Yumiko Kuraxasi
Japan
JapanJapanese writer

Nikolay Ribalko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet.

Roman Grinkiv
Ukraine
UkraineBandura player, master of making banduras, author of a number of pieces for bandura

Alexander Golemba
Russian Soviet poet, translator

Max Blecher
Romania
RomaniaRomanian poet and prose writer.

Leo Seckendorff
Germany
GermanyGerman poet.

Angelo Poliziano
Italy
ItalyPoet, humanist, court poet, friend of Lorenzo de' Medici, teacher of his sons.

Tahakasi Rumiko
Japan
JapanWriter

Cesare Caporali
Italy
ItalyItalian poet

Viktor Klimenko
Singer

Yosl Lerner
Israel
IsraelJewish poet. Wrote in Yiddish.