List of notable spoken word performers

Spoken word is a form of literary art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. Spoken-word is often done with a musical background, but emphasis is kept on the speaker.

Performance poetry

 * Ben Rivera
 * GG Allin
 * William S. Burroughs
 * Brother Dash
 * Laurie Anderson
 * Sofia Baig
 * John M. Bennett
 * Jello Biafra
 * Max Blagg
 * Maximus Parthas
 * Roger Bonair-Agard
 * Derrick C. Brown
 * John Cooper Clarke
 * Ernest Cline
 * Billy Childish
 * Ani DiFranco
 * Big Poppa E
 * HKB FiNN
 * GiGi
 * Allen Ginsberg
 * John Giorno
 * Jesse Glass
 * Hedwig Gorski
 * Tania Guerrera
 * John S. Hall
 * Bradley Hathaway
 * Colin Hay
 * Cecil Hayduke
 * Daniel Higgs
 * Gil Scott-Heron
 * Lauryn Hill
 * Bob Holman
 * Jerome "J-Square" Jones
 * Joolz
 * Anthony Joseph
 * Miranda July
 * Mark Anthony Parker Adkins
 * Alan Kaufman
 * Jack Kerouac
 * Christine Klusko
 * Richard Kostelanetz
 * Shane Koyczan
 * Talib Kweli
 * Newoka LaShelle
 * The Last Poets
 * David Lerner
 * Timothy "Speed" Levitch
 * Eve Libertine
 * Damon Lomax
 * Lydia Lunch
 * Taylor Mali
 * Sam Marshall
 * Kevin Matthews
 * Mighty Mike McGee
 * Gerard McKeown
 * Rove McManus
 * Susan McMaster
 * Salar Moh
 * Anis Mojgani
 * Jim Morrison
 * Colin Morton
 * John Most
 * Ken Nordine
 * Evalyn Parry
 * Malachi Rivers
 * Henry Rollins
 * Ursula Rucker
 * Michael Salinger
 * Steve Sauvé
 * Jill Scott
 * Steve Scott
 * Beau Sia
 * Shihan van Clief
 * Mark E. Smith
 * Patti Smith
 * Nicky Spesh
 * Rod Summers
 * Serj Tankian
 * Tony Tremblay
 * Buddy Wakefield
 * Tom Waits
 * Saul Williams
 * Sheri-D Wilson
 * Emanuel Xavier
 * Tom Winter
 * Jason Wright
 * Mali Woods
 * Amir Sulaiman
 * Pooterone
 * Chuck Britt
 * TRANSVALUE

Comedians and other artists

 * Victor Borge
 * Lenny Bruce
 * Rives
 * Henry Rollins
 * Chris Rock
 * Robin Williams
 * Alan Moore

Actors and actresses

 * Judith Anderson
 * Ed Begley
 * Claire Bloom
 * Richard Burton
 * Jose Ferrer
 * Albert Finney
 * John Gielgud
 * Cedric Hardwicke
 * Dennis Hopper
 * James Mason
 * Siobhán McKenna
 * Laurence Olivier
 * Tyrone Power
 * Vincent Price
 * Anthony Quayle
 * Michael Redgrave
 * Ralph Richardson
 * Maggie Smith
 * William Shatner
 * Miranda July