This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the
literary world. Included are novelists, poets, playwrights and essayists. However, those who are primarily considered to be philosophers or academic writers can be found on the
lists of thinkers.
| Name | Details | Total |
|---|
| Abdulrazak | 1 author | 1 |
| Abraham | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Achmat | 1 author | 1 |
| Adam | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Adélia | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Adolf | 1 author, 2 poets, 1 author/playwright, 1 author/poet | 5 |
| Adolfo | 1 poet | 1 |
| Adolph | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Aeschylus | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Aesop | 1 fabulist | 1 |
| Agatha | 1 author | 1 |
| Ágota | 1 author | 1 |
| Aharon | 1 author | 1 |
| Ahdaf | 1 author | 1 |
| Ahmad | 1 author | 1 |
| Ain | 1 poet | 1 |
| Aksel | 1 author | 1 |
| Alain | 1 author | 1 |
| Alan | 2 authors | 2 |
| Albert | 2 authors | 2 |
| Alberto | 1 author | 1 |
| Alcaeus | 1 poet | 1 |
| Aldous | 1 author | 1 |
| Aleksandr | 1 author, 2 poets | 3 |
| Aleksandre | 1 author | 1 |
| Alex | 1 author | 1 |
| Alexander | 1 poet | 1 |
| Alexandre | 2 authors | 2 |
| Alfred | 1 playwright, 1 poet | 2 |
| Algernon | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| al-Hasan | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ali | 1 author | 1 |
| Alice | 2 authors, 2 author/poets | 4 |
| Ali-Shir | 1 poet | 1 |
| Alison | 1 author | 1 |
| Allan | 1 author | 1 |
| Allen | 1 poet | 1 |
| Almudena | 1 author | 1 |
| Alona | 1 author | 1 |
| Alphonse | 2 authors | 2 |
| Alvin | 1 author | 1 |
| Ambrose | 1 author | 1 |
| Amélie | 1 author | 1 |
| Amir | 1 poet | 1 |
| Amos | 1 author | 1 |
| Amy | 1 poet | 1 |
| Anacreon | 1 poet | 1 |
| Anaïs | 1 author | 1 |
| Anatole | 1 poet | 1 |
| André | 6 authors | 6 |
| Andrzej | 1 author | 1 |
| Andy | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ángel | 1 author | 1 |
| Angela | 1 author | 1 |
| Anita | 2 authors | 2 |
| Ann | 1 author | 1 |
| Anna | 2 authors, 1 poet, 1 editor | 4 |
| Anne | 7 authors, 2 poets | 9 |
| Annie | 3 authors | 3 |
| Ante | 2 authors | 2 |
| Anthony | 3 authors | 3 |
| Antoine | 1 author | 1 |
| Anton | 2 authors | 2 |
| Antonin | 1 author | 1 |
| Antun | 1 author | 1 |
| Apollonius | 1 poet | 1 |
| Apuleius | 1 author | 1 |
| Archilochus | 1 poet | 1 |
| Aristophanes | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Arna | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Arnon | 1 author | 1 |
| Arsen | 1 poet | 1 |
| Arthur | 2 authors, 2 playwrights, 1 poet | 5 |
| Arundhati | 1 author | 1 |
| Astrid | 1 author | 1 |
| Audre | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| August | 1 author, 2 playwrights | 3 |
| Axel | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ayn | 1 author | 1 |
| Babilina | 1 poet | 1 |
| Bai | 1 poet | 1 |
| Baptiste | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Barbara | 3 authors | 3 |
| Barry | 1 author | 1 |
| Bashevis | 1 author | 1 |
| Bashō | 1 poet | 1 |
| Beatrice | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Beatrix | 1 author | 1 |
| Beecher | 1 author | 1 |
| Ben | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Benito | 1 author | 1 |
| Benjamin | 1 author/playwright/poet | 1 |
| Beppe | 1 author | 1 |
| Bernard | 2 authors, 1 playwright | 3 |
| Bernardine | 1 author | 1 |
| Bernice | 1 author | 1 |
| Bertolt | 1 poet | 1 |
| Bertrice | 1 author | 1 |
| Beryl | 1 author | 1 |
| Bettina | 1 author | 1 |
| Beverly | 1 author | 1 |
| Bjørnstjerne | 1 poet | 1 |
| Blaga | 1 poet | 1 |
| Bob | 1 author | 1 |
| Bohumil | 1 author | 1 |
| Booth | 1 author | 1 |
| Boris | 3 authors | 3 |
| Botho | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Boy | 1 author | 1 |
| Božena | 1 author | 1 |
| Bram | 1 author | 1 |
| Brand | 1 author | 1 |
| Brandon | 1 author | 1 |
| Breyten | 1 author | 1 |
| Bruce | 2 authors | 2 |
| Buckminster | 1 author | 1 |
| Burkhard | 1 author | 1 |
| Butler | 1 poet | 1 |
| Bysshe | 1 poet | 1 |
| Callimachus | 1 poet | 1 |
| Camilla | 1 author | 1 |
| Camille | 1 author | 1 |
| Camilo | 1 author | 1 |
| Candace | 1 author | 1 |
| Carl | 1 author, 1 poet, 1 author/poet | 3 |
| Carlo | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Carlos | 2 authors, 1 author/poet | 3 |
| Carol | 2 authors | 2 |
| Caroline | 1 author | 1 |
| Caryl | 1 author | 1 |
| Cassandra | 1 author | 1 |
| Catherine | 1 author | 1 |
| Cato | 1 author | 1 |
| Celine | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Chabua | 1 author | 1 |
| Charlaine | 1 author | 1 |
| Charles | 4 authors, 2 poets | 6 |
| Charlotte | 1 author | 1 |
| Cheng'en | 1 author | 1 |
| Chimamanda | 1 author | 1 |
| Chinghiz | 1 author | 1 |
| Chinua | 1 author | 1 |
| Chrétien | 1 poet | 1 |
| Christa | 1 author | 1 |
| Christian | 1 author | 1 |
| Christine | 1 poet | 1 |
| Christopher | 2 authors, 1 playwright | 3 |
| Chuck | 1 author | 1 |
| Claribel | 1 author | 1 |
| Claude | 1 author, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Clive | 1 author | 1 |
| Codrin | 1 author | 1 |
| Colette | 1 author | 1 |
| Colin | 1 author | 1 |
| Colleen | 1 author | 1 |
| Colm | 1 author | 1 |
| Colson | 1 author | 1 |
| Conan | 1 author | 1 |
| Connie | 1 author | 1 |
| Conrad | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Constantijn | 1 poet | 1 |
| Corín | 1 author | 1 |
| Cormac | 1 author | 1 |
| Cornelius | 1 author | 1 |
| Countee | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Cremilda | 1 author | 1 |
| Cvetka | 1 poet | 1 |
| Cvijeta | 1 poet | 1 |
| Cynthia | 1 author | 1 |
| Czesław | 1 poet | 1 |
| Dale | 1 author | 1 |
| Dalton | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Damon | 1 author | 1 |
| Dan | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Danai | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Daniel | 2 authors | 2 |
| Danielle | 1 author | 1 |
| Dante | 2 poets | 2 |
| Daphne | 1 author | 1 |
| Dario | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Daša | 1 author | 1 |
| Dashiell | 1 author | 1 |
| David | 6 authors, 1 playwright | 7 |
| Dean | 1 author | 1 |
| Denis | 2 authors | 2 |
| Derek | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Derviš | 2 authors | 2 |
| Dhanpat | 1 author | 1 |
| Diana | 1 author | 1 |
| Diane | 1 author | 1 |
| Dick | 1 author | 1 |
| Diogenes | 1 author | 1 |
| Dixie | 1 author | 1 |
| Djuna | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Dolf | 1 author | 1 |
| Domien | 1 author | 1 |
| Don | 1 author | 1 |
| Donald | 2 authors | 2 |
| Donna | 1 author | 1 |
| Doris | 1 author | 1 |
| Dorothy | 1 author, 1 author/playwright/poet | 2 |
| Douglas | 1 author | 1 |
| Drew | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Dubravka | 1 author | 1 |
| Dudley | 1 poet | 1 |
| Dylan | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ebru | 1 columnist | 1 |
| Eckhart | 1 author | 1 |
| Eddy | 1 author | 1 |
| Edgar | 3 authors | 3 |
| Edith | 1 author | 1 |
| Edmondo | 1 author | 1 |
| Edmund | 1 poet | 1 |
| Edna | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Eduard | 2 authors | 2 |
| Edvin | 1 author | 1 |
| Edward | 1 author, 2 poets | 3 |
| Eemil | 1 author | 1 |
| Ela | 1 author | 1 |
| Eleanor | 1 author | 1 |
| Elena | 1 author | 1 |
| Elfriede | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Elias | 1 author | 1 |
| Elie | 1 author | 1 |
| Elif | 1 author | 1 |
| Elinor | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Elise | 1 poet | 1 |
| Elizabeth | 7 authors, 1 poet | 8 |
| Ellen | 2 authors | 2 |
| Elsa | 1 author | 1 |
| Emil | 1 essayist | 1 |
| Émile | 1 author | 1 |
| Emily | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Emyr | 1 author | 1 |
| Endre | 1 poet | 1 |
| Enheduanna | 1 author | 1 |
| Enid | 2 authors | 2 |
| Enis | 1 author | 1 |
| Enn | 1 author | 1 |
| Ennius | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ephraim | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Eric | 1 author | 1 |
| Erich | 1 author | 1 |
| Erik | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ernest | 1 author | 1 |
| Ernst | 1 author | 1 |
| Etgar | 1 author | 1 |
| Etheridge | 1 poet | 1 |
| Etienne | 1 author | 1 |
| Eudora | 1 author | 1 |
| Eugen | 1 author | 1 |
| Eugene | 2 playwrights | 2 |
| Eugenio | 1 poet | 1 |
| Euripides | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Eyvind | 1 author | 1 |
| Ezra | 1 poet | 1 |
| Faik | 1 author | 1 |
| Fan | 1 author | 1 |
| Farley | 1 author | 1 |
| Fay | 1 author | 1 |
| Federico | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Felix | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Fenimore | 1 author | 1 |
| Ferdinand | 1 author | 1 |
| Ferdowsi | 1 poet | 1 |
| Fernando | 1 poet | 1 |
| Filippo | 1 poet | 1 |
| Flora | 1 author | 1 |
| Florjan | 1 author | 1 |
| Foster | 1 author | 1 |
| Frances | 2 authors | 2 |
| Francine | 2 authors | 2 |
| Francisco | 1 poet | 1 |
| François | 5 authors, 1 poet | 6 |
| Françoise | 1 author | 1 |
| Frank | 5 authors | 5 |
| Frans | 1 author | 1 |
| Franz | 1 author | 1 |
| Frédéric | 1 poet | 1 |
| Frederick | 1 author | 1 |
| Frederik | 1 author | 1 |
| Friedrich | 2 playwrights, 4 poets | 6 |
| Fu | 1 poet | 1 |
| Fyodor | 1 author | 1 |
| Gabriel | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Gabriela | 1 poet | 1 |
| Gabriele | 1 poet | 1 |
| Gaius | 1 poet | 1 |
| Galaktion | 1 poet | 1 |
| Garth | 1 author | 1 |
| Gaspara | 1 poet | 1 |
| Gaston | 1 author | 1 |
| Geoffrey | 2 authors | 2 |
| Georg | 1 poet | 1 |
| George | 6 authors, 1 playwright, 1 author/columnist, 1 author/poet | 9 |
| Georges | 2 authors | 2 |
| Georgia | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Gerald | 1 author | 1 |
| Geraldine | 1 author | 1 |
| Gerard | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Gerbrand | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Gerhart | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Germaine | 2 authors | 2 |
| Gerrit | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Gertrude | 1 author | 1 |
| Giacomo | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Gillian | 1 author | 1 |
| Giorgio | 1 author | 1 |
| Giorgos | 1 poet | 1 |
| Giosuè | 1 poet | 1 |
| Giovanni | 1 author | 1 |
| Giuseppe | 1 author | 1 |
| Goderdzi | 1 author | 1 |
| Godfried | 1 author | 1 |
| Goran | 1 author | 1 |
| Gotthold | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Grace | 1 author | 1 |
| Graham | 3 authors | 3 |
| Grazia | 1 author | 1 |
| Guillaume | 2 poets | 2 |
| Guillermo | 1 author | 1 |
| Gülten | 1 poet | 1 |
| Günter | 1 author | 1 |
| Gustave | 1 author | 1 |
| Gustavo | 1 poet | 1 |
| Guus | 1 author | 1 |
| Guy | 1 author | 1 |
| Gwendolyn | 2 author/poets | 2 |
| Ha | 1 author | 1 |
| Hafez | 1 poet | 1 |
| Halide | 2 authors | 2 |
| Halldór | 1 author | 1 |
| Hanoch | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Hans | 1 author, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Harold | 1 author, 1 playwright, 1 author/playwright/poet | 3 |
| Harper | 1 author | 1 |
| Harriet | 1 author | 1 |
| Harry | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Haruki | 1 author | 1 |
| Hayden | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Hector | 1 author | 1 |
| Hedd | 1 poet | 1 |
| Heinrich | 2 authors, 1 poet | 3 |
| Heleen | 1 author | 1 |
| Helene | 1 poet | 1 |
| Hella | 1 author | 1 |
| Hendrik | 1 author | 1 |
| Henning | 1 author | 1 |
| Henri | 1 author | 1 |
| Henrik | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Henry | 3 authors, 1 poet | 4 |
| Henryk | 1 author | 1 |
| Herman | 2 authors | 2 |
| Hermann | 1 author | 1 |
| Herta | 1 author | 1 |
| Hesiod | 1 poet | 1 |
| Hikmet | 1 author | 1 |
| Hilary | 1 author | 1 |
| Hisham | 1 author | 1 |
| Hodgson | 1 author | 1 |
| Hoimar | 1 author | 1 |
| Homer | 1 poet | 1 |
| Honoré | 1 author | 1 |
| Horace | 1 poet | 1 |
| Hovik | 1 author | 1 |
| Hrvoje | 1 author | 1 |
| Hugo | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Hunter | 1 author | 1 |
| Hüseyin | 1 author | 1 |
| Ian | 3 authors | 3 |
| Ida | 2 authors | 2 |
| Ilya | 1 author | 1 |
| Imme | 1 author | 1 |
| Imre | 1 author | 1 |
| Inés | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ingeborg | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ingrid | 1 poet | 1 |
| Irena | 1 author | 1 |
| Irène | 1 author | 1 |
| Iris | 1 author | 1 |
| Isaac | 2 authors | 2 |
| Isabel | 1 author | 1 |
| Isabelle | 1 author | 1 |
| Ishmael | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Isidore | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ismail | 1 author | 1 |
| Italo | 1 author | 1 |
| Iulia | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ivan | 7 authors | 7 |
| Ivana | 2 authors | 2 |
| Ivica | 1 author | 1 |
| Ivo | 1 author, 1 author/playwright | 2 |
| Jacinto | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Jack | 4 authors | 4 |
| Jackie | 1 author | 1 |
| Jacob | 1 author, 2 poets | 3 |
| Jacqueline | 2 authors | 2 |
| Jacques | 1 poet | 1 |
| Jagoda | 1 author | 1 |
| Jalal ad-Din | 1 poet | 1 |
| James | 9 authors, 2 author/poets | 11 |
| Jamiluddin | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Jan | 1 author, 1 author/poet, 1 playwright/poet | 3 |
| Jancis | 1 author | 1 |
| Jane | 4 authors | 4 |
| Janet | 1 author | 1 |
| Janko | 2 authors | 2 |
| Janusz | 1 author | 1 |
| Jappe | 1 author | 1 |
| Jaroslav | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Jay | 1 author | 1 |
| Jean | 4 authors, 2 playwrights, 1 fabulist, 1 author/poet | 8 |
| Jeaniene | 1 author | 1 |
| Jef | 1 author | 1 |
| Jeffery | 1 author | 1 |
| Jeffrey | 1 author | 1 |
| Jennifer | 2 authors | 2 |
| Jessica | 1 author | 1 |
| Jessie | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Jhumpa | 1 author | 1 |
| Jill | 2 authors | 2 |
| Jilly | 1 author | 1 |
| Jin | 1 author | 1 |
| Jo | 1 author | 1 |
| Joan | 1 author | 1 |
| Jodi | 1 author | 1 |
| Johann | 1 author | 1 |
| Johanna | 1 author | 1 |
| Johannes | 1 author | 1 |
| John | 17 authors, 1 playwright, 4 poets, 1 essayist | 23 |
| Jon | 1 author | 1 |
| Jonathan | 4 authors | 4 |
| Joost | 1 author/poet, 1 playwright/poet | 2 |
| Jordan | 1 author | 1 |
| Jorge | 2 authors | 2 |
| Joris | 1 author | 1 |
| José | 2 authors, 1 playwright | 3 |
| Joseph | 4 authors, 1 poet | 5 |
| Josephine | 1 author | 1 |
| Josh | 1 author | 1 |
| Josip | 1 author | 1 |
| Jostein | 1 author | 1 |
| Jovica | 1 poet | 1 |
| Joy | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Joyce | 1 author | 1 |
| Juan | 1 poet | 1 |
| Juana | 1 poet | 1 |
| Jude | 1 author | 1 |
| Judith | 1 author | 1 |
| Judy | 1 author | 1 |
| Jules | 1 author, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Julia | 1 author | 1 |
| Julian | 1 author | 1 |
| Julijana | 1 author | 1 |
| Julio | 1 author | 1 |
| Juliusz | 1 poet | 1 |
| Junot | 1 author | 1 |
| Jurica | 1 author | 1 |
| Juš | 1 author | 1 |
| Justin | 1 author | 1 |
| Juvenal | 1 poet | 1 |
| Kalidasa | 1 poet | 1 |
| Karel | 1 author | 1 |
| Karen | 1 author | 1 |
| Karl | 3 authors | 3 |
| Kate | 3 authors | 3 |
| Katharine | 1 author | 1 |
| Katherine | 4 authors | 4 |
| Kathleen | 1 author | 1 |
| Kathy | 1 author | 1 |
| Kazuo | 1 author | 1 |
| Kees | 1 author | 1 |
| Ken | 1 author | 1 |
| Kennedy | 1 author | 1 |
| Kenneth | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Kenzaburō | 1 author | 1 |
| Keri | 1 author | 1 |
| Kevin | 1 author | 1 |
| Khaled | 1 author | 1 |
| Khalil | 1 poet | 1 |
| Kingsley | 1 author | 1 |
| Kiran | 1 author | 1 |
| Kjartan | 1 author | 1 |
| Knut | 1 author | 1 |
| Kolau | 1 poet | 1 |
| Konstantine | 1 author | 1 |
| Konstantinos | 1 poet | 1 |
| Korney | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Kristina | 1 poet | 1 |
| Kurt | 1 author | 1 |
| Lada | 1 author | 1 |
| Lado | 1 poet | 1 |
| Laertius | 1 author | 1 |
| Langston | 1 author/playwright/poet | 1 |
| Larry | 1 author | 1 |
| Laura | 2 authors | 2 |
| Laurence | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Lavrenti | 1 author | 1 |
| LaVyrle | 1 author | 1 |
| Lawrence | 1 author | 1 |
| Lee | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Leigh | 1 author | 1 |
| Leitich | 1 author | 1 |
| Leo | 1 author | 1 |
| Leon | 2 authors | 2 |
| Leonida | 1 poet | 1 |
| Leonie | 1 author | 1 |
| Leonora | 1 author | 1 |
| Leopold | 1 author | 1 |
| Leslie | 1 author | 1 |
| Lesya | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Lewis | 1 author | 1 |
| Lilith | 1 author | 1 |
| Linda | 1 poet | 1 |
| Liza | 1 author | 1 |
| Lloyd | 1 author | 1 |
| Lois | 1 author | 1 |
| Lola | 1 poet | 1 |
| Lope | 1 author | 1 |
| Lorenzo | 1 author | 1 |
| Lorraine | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Lou | 1 author | 1 |
| Louis | 3 authors, 1 poet, 1 author/poet | 5 |
| Louisa | 1 author | 1 |
| Louise | 2 poets, 1 author/poet | 3 |
| Lucan | 1 poet | 1 |
| Lucebert | 1 poet | 1 |
| Lucian | 1 author | 1 |
| Lucien | 1 poet | 1 |
| Lucille | 1 author, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Lucinda | 1 author | 1 |
| Lucius | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Lucy | 1 author | 1 |
| Ludovic | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Ludovico | 1 poet | 1 |
| Luigi | 1 playwright, 1 poet | 2 |
| Luís | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Lydia | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Lytton | 1 author | 1 |
| Maarten | 1 author | 1 |
| Madeleine | 1 author | 1 |
| Madelon | 1 author | 1 |
| Magnus | 1 author | 1 |
| Mahmut | 1 poet | 1 |
| Máirtín | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Makepeace | 1 author | 1 |
| Malcolm | 2 authors, 1 author/poet | 3 |
| Manly | 1 author | 1 |
| Mansur | 1 poet | 1 |
| Marcel | 1 author | 1 |
| Marcia | 1 author | 1 |
| Marcus | 1 author | 1 |
| Marente | 1 author/columnist | 1 |
| Marga | 1 author | 1 |
| Margaret | 3 authors, 1 author/poet | 4 |
| Margery | 1 author | 1 |
| Marguerite | 2 authors | 2 |
| Maria | 1 author, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Marianne | 1 poet | 1 |
| Marica | 1 author | 1 |
| Marie | 2 authors, 1 poet | 3 |
| Marija | 1 author | 1 |
| Marilynne | 1 author | 1 |
| Marina | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Mario | 2 authors | 2 |
| Marion | 1 author | 1 |
| Marita | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Màrius | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Marjorie | 1 author | 1 |
| Mark | 1 author | 1 |
| Markus | 1 author | 1 |
| Marlon | 1 author | 1 |
| Marten | 1 author | 1 |
| Martial | 1 poet | 1 |
| Martin | 3 authors | 3 |
| Mary | 6 authors, 1 poet | 7 |
| Mate | 1 author | 1 |
| Matilde | 1 poet | 1 |
| Mato | 1 author | 1 |
| Maud | 1 author | 1 |
| Maureen | 1 author | 1 |
| Maurice | 2 authors, 1 playwright | 3 |
| Max | 1 author | 1 |
| Maxim | 1 author | 1 |
| May | 1 author, 1 playwright/poet | 2 |
| Maya | 1 poet | 1 |
| Melanie | 1 author | 1 |
| Melinda | 1 author | 1 |
| Menander | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Mensje | 1 author | 1 |
| Mercedes | 1 author | 1 |
| Meša | 1 author | 1 |
| Michael | 9 authors, 1 playwright | 10 |
| Michel | 2 authors, 1 essayist | 3 |
| Michèle | 1 author | 1 |
| Mick | 1 author | 1 |
| Mickey | 1 author | 1 |
| Miguel | 2 authors | 2 |
| Mihai | 1 poet | 1 |
| Mihály | 1 poet | 1 |
| Mika | 1 author | 1 |
| Mikha'il | 1 author | 1 |
| Mikhail | 3 authors | 3 |
| Milan | 1 author | 1 |
| Miljenko | 1 author | 1 |
| Milovan | 1 author | 1 |
| Mina | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Mirabai | 1 poet | 1 |
| Mirjam | 1 author | 1 |
| Mirko | 1 author | 1 |
| Miro | 1 author | 1 |
| Miroslav | 1 author | 1 |
| Moderata | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Molly | 1 author | 1 |
| Monica | 1 author | 1 |
| Mordecai | 1 author | 1 |
| Muhammad | 3 poets | 3 |
| Muhsin | 1 author | 1 |
| Murasaki | 1 author | 1 |
| Muriel | 1 author | 1 |
| Nadine | 1 author | 1 |
| Naguib | 1 author | 1 |
| Nalini | 1 author | 1 |
| Naomi | 1 author | 1 |
| Nasir al-Din | 1 author | 1 |
| Natalia | 1 author | 1 |
| Natalie | 1 poet | 1 |
| Natasha | 1 author | 1 |
| Nathaniel | 1 author | 1 |
| Nazım | 1 author | 1 |
| Neale | 2 authors | 2 |
| Nedim | 1 author | 1 |
| Neil | 1 author, 1 author/playwright | 2 |
| Nélida | 1 author | 1 |
| Nella | 1 author | 1 |
| Nelly | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ngaio | 1 author | 1 |
| Ngozi | 1 author | 1 |
| Nicasio | 1 poet | 1 |
| Nicholas | 1 author | 1 |
| Nicolas | 1 poet | 1 |
| Nikki | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Nikolai | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Nikos | 1 author | 1 |
| Nina | 1 author | 1 |
| Nizami | 1 poet | 1 |
| Noel | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Nora | 1 author | 1 |
| Norman | 1 author | 1 |
| Nuri | 1 author | 1 |
| Octave | 1 author | 1 |
| Octavia | 1 author | 1 |
| Octavio | 1 poet | 1 |
| Odysseas | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ogden | 1 poet | 1 |
| Olen | 1 author | 1 |
| Olga | 1 author | 1 |
| Oliver | 1 author | 1 |
| Olivia | 1 author | 1 |
| Olja | 1 author | 1 |
| Omar | 1 poet | 1 |
| Orhan | 1 author | 1 |
| Osamu | 1 author | 1 |
| Oscar | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Otokar | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ovid | 1 poet | 1 |
| Pablo | 1 poet | 1 |
| Pádraic | 1 author | 1 |
| Paolo | 1 poet | 1 |
| Pär | 1 author | 1 |
| Pat | 1 author | 1 |
| Patricia | 2 authors | 2 |
| Patrick | 5 authors | 5 |
| Paul | 6 authors, 4 poets, 1 author/poet | 11 |
| Paula | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Pauline | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Paulo | 1 author | 1 |
| Pavao | 1 author | 1 |
| Pearl | 1 author | 1 |
| Pedro | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Penelope | 2 authors | 2 |
| Penn | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Percy | 1 poet | 1 |
| Peretz | 1 author, 1 playwright/poet | 2 |
| Perez | 1 blogger | 1 |
| Petar | 2 authors | 2 |
| Peter | 5 authors | 5 |
| Petrarch | 1 poet | 1 |
| Petronius | 1 author | 1 |
| Petrou | 1 poet | 1 |
| Philip | 5 authors, 1 poet | 6 |
| Philipp | 1 poet | 1 |
| Phoebe | 1 author | 1 |
| Pia | 1 author | 1 |
| Pierre | 2 playwrights | 2 |
| Pierrette | 1 author | 1 |
| Pieter | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Pindar | 1 poet | 1 |
| Plautus | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Pliny | 1 author | 1 |
| Primo | 1 author | 1 |
| Prosper | 1 author | 1 |
| Prudens | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Quintilian | 1 author | 1 |
| Rabindranath | 1 poet | 1 |
| Rachel | 1 author | 1 |
| Rafael | 1 author | 1 |
| Rahmi | 1 author | 1 |
| Rai | 1 author | 1 |
| Rainer | 1 playwright, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Ralph | 2 authors | 2 |
| Ramón | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ranko | 1 author | 1 |
| Ray | 1 author | 1 |
| Raymond | 4 authors | 4 |
| Rebecca | 1 author | 1 |
| Redmon | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Reginald | 1 author | 1 |
| Remco | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Renate | 1 author, 1 columnist | 2 |
| René | 2 authors | 2 |
| Reşat | 1 author | 1 |
| Reyer | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Rhijnvis | 1 poet | 1 |
| Rice | 1 author | 1 |
| Richard | 9 authors, 1 poet, 1 author/poet | 11 |
| Rick | 1 author | 1 |
| Rider | 1 author | 1 |
| Ring | 1 author/columnist | 1 |
| Roald | 1 author | 1 |
| Robert | 9 authors, 3 poets, 1 author/poet, 1 essayist/poet | 14 |
| Robertson | 1 author | 1 |
| Roddy | 1 author | 1 |
| Roger | 1 author | 1 |
| Rohinton | 1 author | 1 |
| Rollin | 1 author | 1 |
| Romain | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Romesh | 1 author | 1 |
| Ron | 1 author | 1 |
| Ronald | 1 author | 1 |
| Rosamunde | 1 author | 1 |
| Rose | 1 author | 1 |
| Rosina | 1 author | 1 |
| Rubén | 1 poet | 1 |
| Rudolph | 1 author | 1 |
| Rudyard | 1 author | 1 |
| Rumer | 1 author | 1 |
| Rupert | 2 authors, 1 playwright, 1 poet, 1 author/playwright | 5 |
| Russell | 1 author | 1 |
| Rutger | 1 author/columnist | 1 |
| Ruth | 2 authors | 2 |
| Ryūnosuke | 1 author | 1 |
| Saadi | 1 poet | 1 |
| Saba | 1 author | 1 |
| Sabahattin | 1 author | 1 |
| Şadi | 1 author | 1 |
| Safran | 1 author | 1 |
| Saint-John | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sait | 1 author | 1 |
| Saken | 1 author | 1 |
| Şakir | 1 author | 1 |
| Salman | 1 author | 1 |
| Salvatore | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sam | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Samuel | 1 author, 1 playwright, 1 poet, 1 playwright/poet | 4 |
| Sándor | 1 author | 1 |
| Sappho | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sara | 2 authors, 1 poet | 3 |
| Sarah | 2 authors | 2 |
| Sarojini | 1 poet | 1 |
| Saul | 1 author | 1 |
| Savinien | 1 author | 1 |
| Scott | 2 authors, 1 author/poet | 3 |
| Seamus | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Seán | 1 author | 1 |
| Sebastian | 2 authors | 2 |
| Sei | 1 author | 1 |
| Selma | 1 author | 1 |
| Selwyn | 1 author | 1 |
| Seneca | 1 author | 1 |
| Sergei | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sergiusz | 1 author | 1 |
| Sextus | 1 poet | 1 |
| Shams | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sherman | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Sherrilyn | 1 author | 1 |
| Sherwood | 1 author | 1 |
| Shirley | 2 authors | 2 |
| Shmuel | 1 author | 1 |
| Sholem | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Shota | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sidney | 1 author | 1 |
| Siegfried | 1 author | 1 |
| Sigrid | 1 author | 1 |
| Simon | 1 author, 2 author/poets | 3 |
| Simone | 1 author | 1 |
| Simonides | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sinclair | 1 author | 1 |
| Slavenka | 1 author | 1 |
| Slobodan | 2 authors | 2 |
| Snorri | 1 poet | 1 |
| Soman | 1 author | 1 |
| Somerset | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Sonia | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Sophie | 1 author | 1 |
| Sophocles | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Spalding | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Stan | 1 author | 1 |
| Stanisław | 1 author, 1 playwright/poet | 2 |
| Stanley | 1 author, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Statius | 1 poet | 1 |
| Stefan | 1 author | 1 |
| Stendhal | 1 author | 1 |
| Stéphane | 1 poet | 1 |
| Stephen | 2 authors | 2 |
| Stephenie | 1 author | 1 |
| Stieg | 1 author | 1 |
| Sue | 2 authors | 2 |
| Sulkhan | 1 author | 1 |
| Sully | 1 poet | 1 |
| Sunčana | 1 author | 1 |
| Susan | 3 authors, 1 author/playwright | 4 |
| Suzanne | 1 author | 1 |
| Svetlana | 1 author | 1 |
| Sybille | 1 author | 1 |
| Sylvia | 1 poet | 1 |
| Taliesin | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tami | 1 author | 1 |
| Taras | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Taylor | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Terence | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Terry | 1 author | 1 |
| Tess | 1 author | 1 |
| Tessa | 1 author | 1 |
| Tevfik | 1 poet | 1 |
| Thea | 1 author | 1 |
| Theodor | 2 authors | 2 |
| Theodore | 1 poet | 1 |
| Théophile | 1 poet | 1 |
| Thomas | 7 authors, 1 poet | 8 |
| Thornton | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Tibor | 1 author | 1 |
| Tibullus | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tim | 1 author | 1 |
| Timothy | 1 author | 1 |
| Titsian | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tom | 1 author | 1 |
| Tomas | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tomislav | 1 author | 1 |
| Tommaso | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tomson | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Toni | 1 author | 1 |
| Tonke | 1 author | 1 |
| Tor | 1 author | 1 |
| Torquato | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tove | 1 author | 1 |
| Trevor | 1 author | 1 |
| Trezza | 1 author | 1 |
| Tristan | 1 poet | 1 |
| Truman | 1 author | 1 |
| Tulsidas | 1 poet | 1 |
| Umberto | 1 author | 1 |
| Upton | 1 author | 1 |
| Ursula | 1 author | 1 |
| Üzeyir | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Vachel | 1 poet | 1 |
| Václav | 1 author | 1 |
| Vahagn | 1 author | 1 |
| Valmiki | 1 author | 1 |
| Velma | 1 author | 1 |
| Verner | 1 poet | 1 |
| Veronica | 1 author | 1 |
| Vesna | 1 author, 1 poet | 2 |
| Vicente | 1 poet | 1 |
| Victor | 1 author | 1 |
| Viktor | 1 author | 1 |
| Vincas | 1 poet, 1 author/playwright/poet | 2 |
| Vincent | 1 poet | 1 |
| Vine | 1 author | 1 |
| Vinette | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Virgil | 1 poet | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 author | 1 |
| Vítězslav | 1 poet | 1 |
| Vittoria | 1 poet | 1 |
| Vjekoslav | 1 author | 1 |
| Vjenceslav | 1 author | 1 |
| Vladimir | 1 author, 2 poets | 3 |
| Wade | 1 author | 1 |
| Wadsworth | 1 poet | 1 |
| Waldo | 2 authors | 2 |
| Wallace | 2 authors, 1 poet | 3 |
| Walt | 1 poet | 1 |
| Walter | 1 author | 1 |
| Washington | 1 author | 1 |
| Wei | 1 poet | 1 |
| Weldon | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Wendy | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Werner | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Wilbur | 1 author | 1 |
| Wilhelm | 1 author | 1 |
| Willa | 1 author | 1 |
| Willem | 1 author, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| William | 9 authors, 3 poets, 1 author/essayist, 2 author/poets, 1 playwright/poet | 16 |
| Willy | 1 author | 1 |
| Winona | 1 author | 1 |
| Winston | 1 author | 1 |
| Wisława | 1 poet | 1 |
| Witi | 1 author | 1 |
| Władysław | 1 author | 1 |
| Wole | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Wolfgang | 1 author | 1 |
| Wolfram | 1 poet | 1 |
| Wynne | 1 author | 1 |
| Xingjian | 1 author | 1 |
| Xueqin | 1 author | 1 |
| Xun | 1 author | 1 |
| Yan | 1 author | 1 |
| Yanka | 1 poet | 1 |
| Yann | 1 author | 1 |
| Yaşar | 1 author | 1 |
| Yasunari | 1 author | 1 |
| Yehonatan | 1 author | 1 |
| Yong | 1 author | 1 |
| Yosef | 1 author | 1 |
| Yuan | 1 poet | 1 |
| Yukio | 1 author | 1 |
| Zadie | 1 author | 1 |
| Zalman | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Zane | 1 author | 1 |
| Zdena | 1 author | 1 |
| Željko | 1 author | 1 |
| Zitkála-Šá | 1 author | 1 |
| Zoe | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Zora | 1 author | 1 |
| Zoran | 1 author | 1 |
| Zygmunt | 1 poet | 1 |