This List of British poets is a comprehensive list of poets living or writing in Great Britain. English, Scottish and Welsh poets are included; information on nation is given for each poet. If the poet wrote in other than the English language, that information is also given.
- Main article: English poetry
- Main article: Scottish poetry
- Main article: Welsh poetry
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Lascelles Abercrombie
- L. Aaronson (1895-1966), England
- John Abbot (1623-1647 fl.), England
- Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), England
- Dannie Abse (born 1923), Wales
- J.R. Ackerley (1896-1967), England
- Valentine Ackland (1906-1969), England
- Harold Acton (1904-1994), England
- Helen Adam (1909-1993), Scotland
- David Adams (born 1943), England
- Francis Adams (1862-1893), England / Australia
- Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848), England
- Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand / England
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719), England
- Percy Addleshaw (1866-1916), England
- Thomas Ager (1780-1799 fl.), England
- Hamilton Aide (1827-1906), England
- John Aikin (1747-1822), England
- Lucy Aikin (1781-1864), England
- Hew Ainslie (1792-1878), Scotland
- Thomas Aird (1802-1876), Scotland
- Mark Akenside (1721-1770), England
- Sascha Aurora Akhtar (born 1976), Pakistan / England
- William Alabaster (1567-1640), England, Latin
- Mary Alcock (?1741-1798), England
- Alcuin (735-804), England, Latin
- St. Aldhelm (639-709)
- Richard Aldington (1892-1962), England
- Sidney A. Alexander (1866-1948), England
- Henry Alford (1810-1871), England
- Patience Agbabi (born 1965), England
- William Allan (?1780-1804), Scotland
- John Carter Allen (1798-1872), Scotland
- Drummond Allison (1921-1943), England
- Gillian Allnutt (born 1949), England
- Laurence Alma-Tadema (1865-1940), England
- Anthony Alsop (?1670-1726), England
- A. Alvarez (born 1929), England
- Robert Alves (1745-1794), Scotland
- Moniza Alvi (born 1954), England
- NIcholas Amhurst (1697-1742), England
- Kingsley Amis (1922-1995), England
- William Allan (?1780-1804), Scotland
- William Amphlett (1775-1819 fl.), England
- Robert Anderson (1770-1833), England
- John Andrews (1615 fl.), England
- Robert Andrews (1723-1766), England
- Christopher Anstey (1724-1805), England
- Robert Anton (1585-1617 fl.), England
- Simon Armitage (born 1963), England
- John Armstrong (1709-1779), Scotland
- John Armstrong (1771-1797), Scotland
- Martin Armstrong (1882-1974), England
- Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), England
- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), England
- Isidore G. Ascher (1835-1933) Canada / England
- Thomas Ashe (1836-1889), England
- Kenneth Ashley (1887-?), England
- Robert Ashley (1565-1641), England
- Anne Askew (1520-1546), England
- John Askham (1825-1894), England
- Herbert Asquith (1881-1947), England
- Edwin Atherstone (1788-1872), England
- Thomas Atkinson (?1801-1833), Scotland
- William Atwood (?1650-1712), England
- W.H. Auden (1907-1973), England / United States
- Alfred Austin (1835-1913), England
- Robert Aylett (?1583-1635), England
- John Ayloffe (died 1685), England
- Pam Ayres (born 1947), England
- Philip Ayres (1638-1712), England
- Sir Robert Aytoun (1570-1638), Scotland
- William Aytoun (1813-1865), Scotland
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Laurence Binyon
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), England
- Phanuel Bacon (1799-1783), England
- Gibbons Bagnall (1719-1800), England
- Kevin Bailey (born 1954), England
- Philip James Bailey (1816-1902), England
- Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), Scotland
- Henry Baker (1698-1774), England
- William Baldwin (?1518-1563?), England
- Alexander Balfour (1767-1829), Scotland
- James Ballantine (1808-1877), Scotland
- John Bampfylde (1754-1797), England
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), England
- John Barbour (died 1395), Scotland
- Alexander Barclay (?1475-1552), Scotland
- Maurice Baring (1874-1945), England
- George Barker (1913-1991), England; husband of Elizabeth Smart; father of Sebastian Barker
- Les Barker (born 1947), England
- Sebastian Barker (born 1945), England; son of George Barker & Elizabeth Smart
- George Barlow (1847-1914), England
- Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825), England / South Africa
- Barnabe Barnes (1571-1609), England
- William Barnes (1801-1886), England
- Richard Barnfield (1574-1620), England
- Robert Baron (1630-1658), England
- John Barr (1809-1889), Scotland / New Zealand
- Syd Barret (1946-2006), England
- Elizabeth Bartlett (1924-2008), England
- Bernard Barton (1784-1849), England
- William Basse (?1583-1653?), England
- Thomas Bastard (1566-1618), England
- Paul Batchelor (born 1977), England
- Thomas Bateson (c.1570-1630), England
- Elizabeth Bath (1776-1844), England
- Nathaniel Baxter (?1550-1633 fl.), England
- Peter Bayley (?1779-1823), England
- Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839), England
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- James Beattie (1705-1803), Scotland
- William Beattie (1793-1875), Scotland
- Pakenham Beatty (1855-1930), England
- Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), England; brother of Sir John Beaumont
- Joseph Beaumont (1616-1699), England
- Sir John Beaumont (1583-1627), England; brother of Francis Beaumont
- Thomas Beck (?1751-1821), England
- Andrew Becket (1749-1843), England
- Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1804-1849), England
- Saint Bede (672/3-735), England
- Robert Bedingfield (?1720-1768), England
- H.C. Beeching (1859-1919), England
- Thomas Beedome (died 1641?), England
- Patricia Beer (1924-1999), England
- Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956), England
- Aphra Behn (1640-1689), England
- J.J. Bell (1871-1934), Scotland
- Julian Bell (1908-1937), England
- Mackenzie Bell (1856-1930), England
- Martin Bell (1918-1978), England
- William Bell (1731-1816), England
- John Bellenden (1533-1587 fl.), Scotland
- Frances Bellerby (1899-1975), England
- Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), France / England
- William Beloe (1756-1817), England
- Mrs. Bennet (1719-1792), England
- Jim Bennett (born 1951), England
- William Cox Bennett (1850-1895), England
- A.C. Benson (1862-1925), England
- Stella Benson (1892-1933), England
- E.C. Bentley (1875-1956), England
- Elizabeth Bentley (1767-1839), England
- Richard Berengarten (born 1943), England
- Richard Berenger (died 1782), England
- Lionel Thomas Berguer (1789-1831 fl.), England
- Caroline Bergvall (born 1962), England
- George Monck Berkeley (1763-1793), England
- Francis Berry (1915-2006), England
- James Berry (born 1924), England
- John Richard Digby Beste (1806-1885), England
- Matilda Betham (1776-1852), England
- Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984), England
- Paul Bewsher (1894-1966), England
Bi-Bl[]
- Alexander Bicknell (?1750-1796), England
- John Bidlake (1755-1814), England
- Mrs. Bindon (18th century), England
- Peregrine Bingham (1754-1826), England
- Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), England
- Caroline Bird (born 1986), England
- Julia Bird (born 1971), England
- Samuel Bishop (1731-1795), England
- D.M. Black (born 1941), Scotland
- Thomas Blackburn (1916-1977), England
- Mary Dawes Blackett (died 1792), England
- John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895), Scotland
- Thomas Blacklock (1721-1791), Scotland
- R.D. Blackmore (1825-1900), England
- Sir Richard Blackmore (1654-1729), England
- John Arthur Blaikie (born 1849), England
- Robert Blair (1699-1746), Scotland
- William Blake (1757-1827), England
- Susanna Blamire (1747-1794), England
- Laman Blanchard (1804-1845), England
- Peter Bland (born 1934), England / New Zealand
- William John Blew (1808-1894), England
- Mathilde Blind (1841-1896), England
- Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), England
- Edmund Blunden (1896-1974), England
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922), England
Bo-By[]

Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning
- Alan Bold (1943-1998), Scotland
- Henry Bold (1627-1683), England
- Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), Scotland
- William Bond (died 1735), England
- Sean Bonney, England
- Luke Booker (1762-1837), England
- Brooke Boothby (1744-1824), England
- William Boscawen (1752-1811), England
- Keith Bosley (born 1937), England
- James Boswell (1740-1795), Scotland
- William Bosworth (died 1650?), England
- Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948), England
- Barton Bouchier (1795-1865), England
- Joseph Bounden (?1785-1842 fl.), England
- Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), England
- Samuel Bowden (1733-1761 fl.), England
- Jane Bowdler (1743-1784), England
- William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), England
- Arthur Boyars (born 1925), England
- Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601), Scotland
- Nicholas Brady (1659-1726), Ireland / England
- Richard Braithwait (1588-1673), England
- James Bramston (?1694-1744), England
- Hannah Brand (1754-1821), England
- John Brand (1744-1806), England
- Patrick Brandon (born 1965), England
- F.V. Branford (1892-1941), Scotland
- Richard Brathwait (1588-1673), England
- Jane Brereton (1685-1740), Wales
- Thomas Brerewood (died 1748), England
- Nicholas Breton (1542-1626), England
- John Durant Breval (?1680-1738), England
- Robert Bridges (1844-1930), England
- Vera Brittain (1893-1970), England
- Edwin Brock (1927-1997), England
- George Bromby (1790-1827 fl.), England
- Alexander Brome (1620-1666), England
- Joseph Bromehead (1746-1826), England
- Anne Brontë (1820-1849), England
- Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), England
- Emily Brontë (1818–1848), England
- Arthur Brooke (died 1563?), England
- Christopher Brooke (?1566-1628), England
- Frances Brooke (1724-1789), England
- Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), England
- Shirley Brooks (1816-1874), England
- William Broome (1689-1745), England
- Robert Barnabas Brough (1828-1860), England
- Andy Brown (born 1966), England
- Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893), England; son of Oliver Madox Brown
- George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), Scotland
- James Baldwin Brown (1785-1843), England
- John Brown (1715-1766), England
- Oliver Madox Brown (1855-1874), England; son of Ford Madox Brown
- Pete Brown (born 1940), England
- Stewart Brown (born 1951), England
- Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897), Isle of Man
- Tom Brown (1662-1704), England
- William Laurence Brown (1755-1830), Scotland
- Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705-1760), England
- Mary Ann Browne (1812-1845), England
- Maurice Browne (1881-1955), England
- Moses Browne (1704-1787), England
- Thomas Browne (1771-1798), Scotland
- William Browne (1588-1643), England
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), England
- Robert Browning (1812-1889), England
- Alan Brownjohn (born 1931), England
- George Bruce (1909-2002), Scotland
- Michael Bruce (1746-1767), Scotland
- John Brundish (1750-1786), England
- Mary Brunton (1778-1818), Scotland
- Colette Bryce (born 1970), England
- Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762-1837), England
- W. Bryher (1894-1983), England
- Lodowick Bryskett (?1547-1612?), England
- George Buc (?1560-1622), England
- Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901), Scotland
- John Buchannan (1810-1891), England
- Charles Bucke (1741-1846), England
- John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (1648-1721), England
- Alice Mary Buckton (1867-1944), England
- John Bull (?1800-1824 fl.), England
- A.H. Reginald Buller (1874-1944), England
- Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England
- Alfred Bunn (1796-1860), England
- Basil Bunting (1900-1985), England
- John Bunyan (1628-1688), England
- Thomas Burbridge (1816-1892), England
- James Bland Burges (1752-1824), England
- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993), England
- Richard Burns (born 1943), England
- Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland
- Lady Sophia Burrell (?1750-1802), England
- Dan Burt (born 1942), England
- Charles Burton (1793-1866), England
- Charlotte Bury (1775-1861), Scotland
- Samuel Butler (1612-1680), England
- George Butt (1741-1795), England
- William Byrd (1540-1623), England
- James Byrne (born 1977), England
- John Byrom (1692-1763), England
- George Gordon Lord Byron (1788-1824), England
- May C.G. Byron (1861-1936), England; sister of Alice E. Gillington
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Ca-Cl[]

Geoffrey Chaucer
- Richard Caddel (1949-2003), England
- Wathen Call (1817-1890), England
- Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884), England
- Ada Cambridge (1844-1926), England
- Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802), England
- William Cameron (1751-1811), Scotland
- A.Y. Campbell (1885-1958), Scotland
- Roy Campbell (1901-1957), South Africa / England
- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), Scotland
- Thomas Campion (1567-1620), England
- Ann Candler (1740-1814), England
- May Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973), England
- George Canning (1736-1771), England; father of George Canning (1770-1827)
- George Canning (1770-1827), England; son of George Canning (1736-1771)
- William Canton (1845-1926), England
- Edward Capern (1819-1894), England
- Dudley Carew (1903-1981), England
- Richard Carew (1555-1620), England; cousin of Thomas Carew
- Thomas Carew (1595-1639), England; cousin of Richard Carew
- David Carey (1782-1824), Scotland
- Henry Carey (1693-1743), England
- Richard Carleton (died 1638?), England
- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scotland
- James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1827-1905), Scotland
- Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), England
- William Windle Carr (1735-1791 fl.), England
- N.T. Carrington (1777-1830), England
- Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), England
- Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823), England
- William Cartwright (1611-1643), England
- Henry Francis Cary (1772-1844), England
- William Case, Jr. (?1780-1816 fl.), England
- Castalian Band (1580-1600), Scotland
- Edward Caswall (1814-1878), England
- Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937), England
- John Hobart Caunter (1794-1851), England
- Charles Causley (1917-2003), England
- James Cawthorn (1719-1761), England
- Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), England
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1521-1598), England
- Susanna Centlivre (?1669-1723), England
- John Chalkhill (fl. 1600?), England
- Robert Chamberlain (born 1607), England
- William Chamberlayne (1619-1659), England
- George Chapman (1560-1634), England
- Hester Chapone (1727-1801), England
- Henry Chappell (1874-1937), England
- King Charles I (1600-1649), England
- Charles of Orleans (1394-1465), France / England
- Elizabeth Charles (1828-1896), England
- Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), England
- John Chatwin (?1665-1690 fl.), England
- Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400), England
- Nora Chesson (1871-1906), England
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), England
- G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), England
- Henry Chettle (?1564-1607?), England
- Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890-1952)
- Billy Childish (born 1959), England
- Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710), England
- Richard Church (1893-1972), England
- Walter Churchey (1747-1805), Wales
- Charles Churchill (1731-1764), England
- Thomas Churchyard (?1520-1604), England
- Colley Cibber (1671-1757), England
- Paula Claire (born 1939), England
- William Clapperton (?1790-1822 fl.), Scotland
- John Clare (1793-1864), England
- Polly Clark (born 1968), England
- Thomas A. Clark (born 1944), Scotland
- Amy Key Clarke (1892-1980), England
- Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Wales
- H.E. Clarke (born 1852), England
- John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), England
- Brendan Cleary (born 1958), England
- John Cleveland (1613-1658), England
- Caroline Clive (1801-1872), England
- John Close (1816-1891), England
- Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), England
Co-Cy[]

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Samuel Cobb (1675-1713), England
- Bob Cobbing (1920-2002), England
- Elizabeth Cobbold (1765-1824), England; mother of Richard
- Richard Cobbold (1797-1877), England; son of Elizabeth
- James Cock (born 1752), Scotland
- Catharine Cockburn (1649-1729), England
- Joseph Cockfield (?1740-1816), England
- Aston Cokayne (1608-1684), England
- Barry Cole (1936-2014), England
- Margaret Cole (1893-1980), England
- Olivia Cole (born 1981), England
- Thomas Cole (1726-1796), England
- Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), England; son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907), England; great-grandniece of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), England
- Sara Coleridge (1802-1852), England; daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- John Payne Collier (1789-1883), England
- Mortimer Collins (1827-1876), England
- Thomas Collins (1610-1615 fl.), England
- William Collins (1721-1759), England
- Laurence Collinson (1925-1986), Australia / England
- George Colman the elder (1732-1794), England; father of George Colman the younger
- George Colman the younger (1762-1836), England; son of George Colman the elder
- Robert Colvill (?1735-1788), Scotland
- William Combe (1741-1823), England
- Josiah Conder (1789-1855), England
- William Congreve (1670-1729), England
- Paul Conneally (born 1959), England
- Tony Connor (born 1930), England
- Robert Conquest (born 1917), England
- Henry Constable (1562-1613), England
- Eliza Cook (1818-1889), England
- William Cook (died 1824), England
- Thomas Cooke (1703-1756), England
- Thomas Coombe (1747-1822), England
- Edward Cooper (1739-1773 fl.), England
- John Gilbert Cooper (1722-1769), England
- Myles Cooper (1735-1785), England
- Thomas Cooper (1805-1892), England
- Wendy Cope (born 1945), England
- Anthony Copley (1567-1607?), England
- Richard Corbet (1582-1635), England
- Hilary Corke (1921-2001), England
- Frances Cornford (1886-1960), England; great-great-granddaughter of Erasmus Darwin
- F.M. Cornford (1874-1943), England
- John Cornford (1916-1936), England
- Barry Cornwall (1787-1874), England; father of Adelaide Procter
- William Cornysh (1465-1523), England
- Adela Cory (1865-1904), England / India
- William Johnson Cory (1823-1892), England
- John Cosens (1736-1791), England
- George Cotterell (1839-1898), England
- Amos Cottle (1760-1800), England; brother of Joseph Cottle
- Joseph Cottle (1770-1853); brother of Amos Cottle
- Charles Cotton (1630-1687), England
- Nathaniel Cotton (1705-1788), England
- Leslie Coulson (1889-1916), England
- William John Courthope (1842-1917), England
- Peter L. Courtier (1776-1847), England
- Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906), Scotland
- Francis Coutts (1852-1923), England
- William Coward (?1657-1725), England
- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), England
- Hannah Cowley (1743-1809), England
- Dr. William Cowper (1701-1767), England
- William Cowper (1731-1800), England
- George Crabbe (1754-1832), England
- Sir Thomas Craig (1538-1608), Scotland
- Elizabeth Craigmyle (1863-1933), Scotland
- Dinah Maria Craik (1826-1887), England
- Walter Crane (1845-1915), England
- Richard Crashaw (1613-1649), England
- Robert Crawford (born 1959), Scotland
- Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858-1945), England
- Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998), Scotland
- Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869-1952), England
- Ann Batten Cristall (?1768-1795 fl.), England
- Charles Crocker (1797-1861), England
- T.W.H. Crosland (?1865-1924), England
- Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941), England
- Eyre Evans Crowe (1799-1868), England
- William Crowe (1745-1829), England
- Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), England
- Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), England
- Robert Cumming (?1770-1791 fl.), Scotland
- Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scotland; brother of Thomas Mounsey Cunningham
- John Cunningham (1729-1773), Scotland
- Peter Cunningham (died 1805), England
- Robert Cunninghame-Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
- Thomas Mounsey Cunningham (1776-1834), Scotland; brother of Allan Cunningham
- Henry Cust (1861-1917), England
- Olive Custance (1874-1944), England
- John Cutts (1661-1707), England
- Cynewulf (fl. 9th century)
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John Donne
- H.D. (1886-1961), United States / England
- Fred D'Aguiar (born 1960), England
- J.W. Dalby (1799-1880), England
- Peter Dale (born 1938), England
- Thomas Dale (1797-1870), England
- Hew Dalrymple (?1740-1774), Scotland
- John Dalton (1709-1763), England
- George Daniel (1616-1657), England
- George Daniel (1789-1864), England
- Peter Daniel (?1775-1820), England
- Samuel Daniel (1562–1619), England
- John Dart (died 1730), England
- Mary Darwall (1738-1825), England
- Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), England; great-great-grandfather of Frances Cornford
- Elizabeth Daryush (1887-1977), England
- Sir William Davenant (1606-1668), England
- Robert Davenport (1623-1639 fl.), England
- John Davidson (1837-1909), Scotland
- Donald Davie (1922-1995), England
- Idris Davies (1905-1953), Wales
- Sir John Davies (1569-1626), England
- John Davies of Hereford (?1565-1618), England
- Sneyd Davies (1709-1769), England
- W.H. Davies (1871-1940), Wales
- Edward Davison (1898-1970), Scotland
- Francis Davison (?1575-1621), England
- Walter Davison (1581-1608?), England
- Coningsby Dawson (1883-1959), England / United States
- William Dawson (?1700-1735 fl.), England
- Eliza Day (1789-1814 fl.), England
- Jeffrey Day (1896-1916), England
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), England
- Daniel Deacon (?1770-1790 fl.), England
- William Frederick Deacon (1799-1845), England
- Geoffrey Dearmer (1893-1996), England
- Maria De Fleury (1781-1791 fl.), England
- Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), England
- Thomas Dekker (1575-1641), England
- Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
- John Delap (1725-1812), England
- Henry Dell (?1730-1766 fl.), England
- John Denham (1615-1669), England
- Felix Dennis (born 1947), England
- John Dennis (1657-1734), England
- Samuel Dennis (1739-1795 fl.), England
- Thomas Denton (1724-1777), England
- Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954), Scotland
- William Diaper (1685-1717), England
- Charles Dibdin (1768-1833), England
- Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847), England
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870), England
- John Dickenson (?1570-1636?), England
- Eleanor Dickinson (1824-1830 fl.), England
- Josephine Dickinson (born 1957), England
- Peter Didsbury (born 1946), England
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), England
- Isobel Dixon (born 1969), South Africa / England
- Richard Watson Dixon (1833-1900), England
- Bertram Dobell (1842-1914), England
- Sydney Dobell (1824-1874), England
- Austin Dobson (1840-1921), England
- William Dodd (1729-1777), England
- Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), England
- George Bubb Dodington (1691-1762), England
- Robert Dodsley (1703-1762), England
- Pete Doherty (born 1979), England
- Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867), England
- Alfred Domett (1811-1887), England
- Michael Donaghy (1954-2004), England
- John Donaldson, aka Jon Inglis (1921-1989), England
- John Donne (1572-1631), England
- Thomas Doubleday (1790-1870), England
- Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), England
- Gavin Douglas (?1475-1522), Scotland
- Keith Douglas (1920-1944), England
- John F.M. Dovaston (1782-1854), England
- John Dowland (1563-1626), England
- Hugh Downman (1740-1809), England
- Ernest Dowson (1867-1900), England
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Scotland / England
- Camilla Doyle (1888-1944), England
- Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (1810-1888), England
- Nathan Drake (1766-1836), England
- Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823-1894), England
- Michael Drayton (1563-1631), England
- Adam Drinan AKA Joseph Macleod (1903-1984), England
- John Drinkwater (1882-1937), England
- William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649), Scotland
- John Dryden (1631–1700), England
- Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857-1944), England
- Helen Selina Dufferin (1807-1867), England; sister of Caroline Norton
- Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scotland
- Ian Duhig (born 1954), England
- Richard Duke (?1658-1711), England
- William Dunbar (1465-1520), Scotland
- Andrew Duncan (born 1956), England
- John Duncombe (1729-1786), England
- William Arthur Dunkerley (1852-1941), England
- John Dunlop (1755-1820), Scotland
- John Colin Dunlop (1785-1842), Scotland
- Antony Dunn (born 1973), England
- Douglas Dunn (born 1942), Scotland
- James Duport (1606-1679), England
- Jane Duran (born 1944), England
- Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), England
- Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), England
- Edward Dyer (1543-1607), England
- George Dyer (1755-1841), England
- John Dyer (1699-1757), Wales
- Dymock Poets (1911-1914), England
E[]
T.S. Eliot
- Jabez Earle (?1673-1768), England
- James Edmeston (1791-1867), England
- Richard Edwardes (?1523-1566), England
- John Edwards (1745-1792), Wales
- John Edwards (?1772-1845 fl.), England
- Thomas Edwards (1595 fl.), England
- Thomas Edwards (1699-1757), England
- Francis Egerton (1800-1857), England
- Sarah Fyge Egerton (1670-1723), England
- George Eliot (1819-1880), England
- T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), United States / England
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), England
- Charlotte Elliot (1839-1880), Scotland
- Jean Elliot (1727-1805), Scotland
- Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871), England
- Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849), England
- Edwin J. Ellis (1848-1916), England
- George Ellis (1753-1815), England
- John Ellis (1698-1790), England
- Samuel Elsdale (1780-1827), England
- Charles Abraham Elton (1778-1853), England
- Chris Emery (born 1963), England
- Charles Emily (1734-1762), England
- William Empson (1906-1984), England
- D.J. Enright (1920-2002), England
- R.C.K. Ensor (1877-1958), England
- Andrew Erskine (1739-1793), Scotland
- Henry Erskine (1746-1817), Scotland
- Ralph Erskine (1685-1752), Scotland
- Sir George Etherege (1635-1691), England
- Robert Etty (1815 fl.), England
- Robert Etty, England
- Laurence Eusden (1688-1730), England
- Abel Evans (1679-1737), England
- Lewis Evans (1830-1842 fl.), England
- Sebastian Evans (1830-1909), England
- Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885), England
F[]

"Michael Field"
- Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), England
- Sir Geoffrey Faber (1889-1961), England
- Harry Fainlight (1935-1982), England; brother of Ruth Fainlight
- Ruth Fainlight (born 1931), England; sister of Harry Fainlight
- Kingsley Fairbridge (1885-1924), South Africa / England
- Edward Fairfax (?1580-1635), England
- John Fairfax (1930-2009), England
- Harriet Falconar (1774-1791 fl.), England; sister of Maria Falconar
- Maria Falconar (?1771-1791 fl.), England; sister of Harriet Falconar
- William Falconer (1732-1769), Scotland
- Mildmay Fane (1602-1666), England
- Violet Fane (1843-1905), England
- Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834), England
- Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666) England
- U.A. Fanthorpe (1929-2009), England
- Helen Farish (born 1962), England
- Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), England
- John Farrer (1758-1820), England
- Francis Fawkes (1720-1777), England
- Vicki Feaver (born 1943), England
- Elaine Feinstein (born 1930), England
- Owen Felltham (1602-1668), England
- Elijah Fenton (1683-1730), England
- James Fenton (born 1949), England
- Richard Fenton (1746-1821), Wales
- Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), Scotland
- Michael Field, England
- Henry Fielding (1707-1754), England
- Anne Finch (1661-1720), England
- John Finlay (1782-1810), Scotland
- Roy Fisher (born 1930), England
- Charles Fitzgeffrey (1576-1638), England
- Henry Fitzgeffrey (1617-1618 fl.), England
- Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), England
- Thomas Fitzgerald (?1695-1752), England
- William Thomas Fitzgerald (1759-1829), England
- Thomas Flatman (1637-1688), England
- James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915), England
- Richard Flecknoe (?1600-1678?), England
- Wilmington Fleming (1819-1830 fl.), England
- Giles Fletcher the elder (?1548-1611), England
- Giles Fletcher (?1586-1623), England; son of Giles Fletcher the elder
- Ian Fletcher (1920-1988), England
- John Fletcher (1579-1625), England; nephew of Giles Fletcher the elder
- Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650), England; son of Giles Fletcher the elder
- Maria De Fleury (1781-1791 fl.), England
- F.S. Flint (1885-1960), England
- James Foot (1771 fl.), England
- Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939), England
- John Ford (1586-1637), England
- James Fordyce (1720-1796), Scotland
- James Fortescue (1716-1777), England
- Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1770-1842), England
- Adam Foulds (born 1974), England
- Thomas Fowler (1790 fl.), England
- William Fowler (?1560-1612), Scotland
- Charles Fox (1749-1809), England
- William Johnson Fox (1786-1864), England
- Robert Franklin (?1790-1824 fl.), England
- G.S. Fraser (1915-1980), Scotland
- Abraham Fraunce (?1558-1633?), England
- John Free (1711-1791), England
- Thomas Freeman (?1590-1630), England
- J.H. Frere (1769-1846), England
- Anthony Freston (1757-1819), England
- John Fuller (born 1937), England
- Richard Furness (1791-1857), England
- Sarah Fyge (1670-1723), England
- Rose Fyleman (1877-1957), England
G[]

Thomas Gray
- Norman Gale (1862-1942), England
- John Galt (1779-1839), Scotland
- Edward Gardner (1752-1823), England
- Robert Garioch (1909-1981), Scotland
- Richard Garnett (1835-1906), England
- David Garrick (1717-1779), England
- H.W. Garrod (1878-1960), England
- Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719), England
- George Gascoigne (1525-1577), England
- David Gascoyne (1916-2001), England
- John Gay (1685–1732), England
- Edmund Gayton (1698-1666), England
- Alexander Geddes (1737-1802), Scotland
- Thomas Gent (1693-1778), England
- Christopher Gewen (1617-1634 fl.), England
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), England
- Thomas Gibbons (1720-1782), England
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962), England
- Humphrey Gifford (died 1589), England
- Richard Gifford (1725-1807), England
- William Gifford (1756-1826), England
- Thomas Gilbert (1713-1766), England
- Charles Gildon (1665-1724), England
- Joseph Giles (1771 fl.), England
- Robert Gilfillan (1798-1850), Scotland
- George W. Gillespie (died 1847), Scotland & Canada
- William Gillespie (1776-1825), Scotland
- Robert Pearse Gillies (1788-1858), Scotland
- Alice E. Gillington (1863-1934), England; sister of May C.G. Byron
- William Gillum (?1765-1797), England
- John Gilmour (1810-1828), Scotland
- Chrissie Gittins, England
- Duncan Glen (1933-2008), Scotland
- William Glen (1789-1826), Scotland
- Richard Glover (1712-1785), England
- Harold Goad (1878-1956), England
- Sidney Godolphin (?1606-1643), England
- Catherine Grace Godwin (1798-1845), Scotland
- Louis Golding (1895-1958), England
- William Golding (1911-1993), England
- Douglas Goldring (1887-1960), England
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774), England
- John Arthur Goodchild (1851-1914), England
- Henry Goodere (1571-1627), England
- Patrick Gordon (1614-1615 fl.), Scotland
- Sir Arthur Gorges (?1569-1625), England
- Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), England
- Gerald Gould (1885-1936), England
- John Gower (1330-1408), England
- Charles Graham (1774-1796 fl.), England
- James Graham (1612-1650), Scotland
- Robert Cunninghame Graham (1735-1797), Scotland
- W.S. Graham (1918-1986), Scotland
- James Grahame (1765-1811), Scotland
- Simion Grahame (?1570-1614), Scotland
- Anne Grant (1755-1838), Scotland
- Joseph Grant (1805-1835), Scotland
- George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1667-1735), England
- Richard Graves (1715-1804), England
- Robert Graves (1895-1985), England
- David Gray (1838-1861), Scotland
- John Henry Gray (1866-1934), England
- Thomas Gray (1716-1771), England
- Bertie Greatheed (1759-1826), England
- Matthew Green (1696-1737), England
- Edward Burnaby Greene (died 1788), England
- Robert Greene (1558-1592), England
- Andrew Greenfield (1750-1788), Scotland
- Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962), England
- Bill Greenwell (born 1952), England
- Dora Greenwell (1821-1882), England
- Julian Grenfell (1888-1915), England
- William Parr Greswell (1765-1824), England
- Frances Greville (?1727-1789), Ireland / England
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554-1628), England
- Bartholomew Griffin (1596 fl.), England
- Philip Griffin (1741-1785 fl.), England
- Bill Griffiths (1948-2007), England
- Nicholas Grimald (1519-1562), England
- Philip Gross (born 1952), England
- Edward Guilpin (1598-1601 fl.), England
- Thom Gunn (1929-2004), England / United States
- Ivor Gurney (1890-1937), England
- John Gwilliam (1811-1845 fl.), England
- Richard Gwinnett (1676-1717), England
- Brion Gysin (1916-1986), England
H[]
Ha-He[]

Thomas Hardy
- William Habington (1605-1654), England
- Jen Hadfield (born 1978), England
- Thomas Gordon Hake (1809-1895), England
- Joseph Hall (1574-1656), England
- Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943), England
- William Hall (1705-1767), England
- Arthur Hallam (1811-1833), England
- Laurence Hynes Halloran (1765-1831), England
- Alan Halsey (born 1949), England
- Michael Hamburger (1924-2007), England
- Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894), England
- Harriet Hamilton King (1840-1920), England
- George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967), England
- Ian Hamilton (1938-2001), England
- William Gerard Hamilton (1729-1796), England
- William Hamilton (?1665-1751), Scotland
- William Hamilton (1704-1754), Scotland
- Edward Hamley (1764-1834), England
- James Hammond (1710-1742), England
- Thomas Hancock (1783-1849), England
- Elizabeth Hands (1746-1815), England
- Thomas Edwards Hankinson (1805-1843), England
- John Hanmer (1809-1881), England
- Patrick Hannay (1616-1629 fl.), Scotland
- William Harbert (1604-1606 fl.), Wales
- George Hardinge (1743-1816), England
- Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), England
- Henry Harington (1727-1816) England
- Henry Harington (1755-1791), England
- John Harington (1560-1612), England
- Tony Harrison (born 1937), England
- William Harrison (1685-1713), England
- Blind Harry (?1440-1492), Scotland
- David Harsent (born 1942), England
- Walter Harte (1709-1774), England
- John Hartley (1839-1915), England
- F.W. Harvey (1888-1957), England
- Gabriel Harvey (?1545-1630), England
- Lee Harwood (born 1939), England
- Percy Haselden (1895-1916), England
- Sibella Elizabeth Hatfield (1800-1882), England
- Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), England
- Stephen Hawes (?1474-1523), England
- Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), England
- John Hawkesworth (1720-1773), England
- Thomas Hawkins (1575-1640), England
- Thomas Hawkins (1810-1889), England
- William Hawkins (1722-1801), England
- William Hawkins (1772-1786 fl.), England
- Alfred Hayes (1857-1936), England
- Samuel Hayes (1749-1795), England
- William Hayley (1745-1820), England
- Robert Hayman (1575-1629), England
- Henry Headley (1765-1788), England
- George Heath (1844-1869), England
- Robert Heath (1650 fl.), England
- John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006), England
- John Hegley (born 1953), England
- Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), England
- Percy Hemingway (1866-1916), England
- Samuel Henley (1740-1815), England
- William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), England
- Adrian Henri (1932-2000), England
- King Henry VI (1421-1471), England
- King Henry VIII (1491-1547), England
- Robert Henryson (fl. 1460-1500), Scotland, Middle Scots
- John Abraham Heraud (1799-1887), England
- Edward Herbert (1583-1648), Wales / England; brother of George Herbert
- George Herbert (1593-1633), Wales / England; brother of Edward Herbert
- Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
- Nicholas Herbert (1705-11775), England
- William Herbert (1778-1847), England
- Mary Heron (1786-1792 fl.), England
- Robert Herrick (1591-1674), England
- John Herschel (1792-1871), England
- Lord John Hervey (1696-1743), England
- Thomas K. Hervey (1799-1859), England
- Phoebe Hesketh (1909-2005), England
- Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), England
- Rebecca Hey, England
- Thomas Heyrick (1649-1694), England
- Jasper Heywood (1535-1598), England; son of John Heywood
- John Heywood (?1497-1580?), England; father of Jasper Heywood; grandfather of John Donne
- Robert Heywood (?1574-1645), England
- Thomas Heywood (?1570-1650), England
Hi-Hy[]
- Bevil Higgons (1670-1735), England
- Harold Hikins (1919-2003), England; husband of Sylvia Hikins
- Sylvia Hikins , England; wife of Harold HIkins
- Hilarius (1125 fl.), England, Latin
- Aaron Hill (1685-1750), England
- Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016), England
- Robert Hill (1775 fl.), England
- Selima Hill (born 1945), England
- Tobias Hill (born 1970), England
- Arthur Clement Hilton (1851-1877), England
- William Hinchliffe (1692-1752), England
- Benjamin Hoadly (1706-1757), England; brother of John Hoadly
- John Hoadly (1711-1776), England; brother of Benjamin Hoadly
- Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005), England
- Thomas Hoccleve (?1369-1426), England
- Francis Hodgson (1781-1852), England
- Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962), England
- William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916), England
- Barbara Hofland (1770-1844), England
- Michael Hofmann (born 1957)
- James Hogg (1770-1835), Scotland
- David Holbrook (1923-2011), England
- Richard Hole (1746-1803), England
- Margaret Holford (1757-1834), England
- Margaret Holford (1778-1852), England
- Hugh Holland (1571-1633), Wales
- Jane Holland (born 1966), England
- John Holland (1794-1872), England
- Matthew Hollis (born 1971), England
- John Holloway (1920-1999), England
- William Holloway (1761-1854), England
- James Holme (1824 fl.), England
- Robert Holmes (1748-1805), England
- F. Wyville Home (born 1851), Scotland
- Thomas Hood (1799-1845), England
- Jeremy Hooker (born 1941), Wales
- Teresa Hooley (1888-1973), England
- Laurence Hope (1865-1904), England / India
- Charles Hopkins (?1664-1700?), England; brother of John Hopkins
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), England
- John Hopkins (born 1675), England; brother of Charles Hopkins
- Nora Hopper (1871-1906), England
- Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), England / Australia
- Adam Horovitz (born 1971), England; son of Frances Horovitz & Michael Horovitz
- Frances Horovitz (1938-1983), England; mother of Adam Horovitz
- Michael Horovitz (born 1935), England; father of Adam Horovitz
- John Hoskins (1566-1638), England
- A.E. Housman (1859-1936), England
- Laurence Housman (1865-1959), England
- Edward Howard (1624-1689 fl.), England; brother of Robert Howard
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), England
- Nathaniel Howard (1804-1832), England
- Robert Howard (1626-1698), England; brother of Edward Howard
- James Howell (?1594-1666), Wales
- Mary Howitt (1799-1888), England; wife of William Howitt
- Richard Howitt (1799-1869), England; brother of William Howitt
- William Howitt (1792-1879), England; brother of Richard Howitt, husband of Mary Howitt
- Francis Hoyland (1727-1786), England
- Charles Hoyle (?1773-1848), England
- John Clarke Hubbard (1745-1805), England
- Tom Hubbard (born 1950), Scotland
- Huchoun (14th century fl.), Scotland
- John Huckell (1729-1771), England
- George Huddesford (1749-1809), England
- Thomas Hudson (1547-1610 fl.), Scotland
- Thomas Hudson (1709-1788 fl.), England
- Anne Hughes (1784-1795 fl.), England
- Jabez Hughes (?1685-1731), England
- John Hughes (1677-1720), England
- Richard Hughes (1900-1976), England
- Ted Hughes (1930-1998), England
- Robert Hull, England
- T.E. Hulme (1881-1917), England
- Michael Hulse (born 1955), England
- Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), England
- Anne Hunter (1742-1821), Scotland
- James Hurdis (1763-1801), England
- Henrietta Anne Huxley (1825-1914), England
- James Hyslop (1798-1827), Scotland
I[]
- Benjamin Ibbot (1680-1725), England
- Selwyn Image (1849-1930), England
- Mick Imlah (1956-2009), Scotland
- Elijah Barwell Impey (1780-1849), England
- Jean Ingelow (1820-1897), England
- William Henry Ireland (1775-1835), England
- Eyles Irwin (?1751-1817), England / India
J[]

Ben Jonson
- Samuel Richard Jackson (1821-1826 fl.), England
- Giles Jacob (1686-1744), England
- Hildebrand Jacob (1693-1739), England
- Richard Jago (1715-1781), England
- King James I (1394-1437), Scotland
- King James I (1566-1625), England
- Clive James (born 1939), England
- John James (born 1939), Wales
- Richard James (1592-1638), England
- Kathleen Jamie (born 1962), Scotland
- Alexander Hay Japp (1837-1905), Scotland
- John Jefferys (1800 fl.), England
- George Jeffreys (1678-1755), England
- Catherine Jemmat (1714-1766), England
- Alan Jenkins (born 1955), England
- Charles Jenner (1736-1774), England
- Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), England
- James Jennings (1672-1733) England
- Soame Jenyns (1704-1783), England
- William Jerdan (1782-1869), Scotland
- Edward Jerningham (1727-1812), England
- John Johns (1823-1844 fl.), England
- Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), England
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), England
- Arthur Johnston (1579-1641), Scotland, Latin
- Charles Johnston (?1790-1823). England
- David Jones (1895–1974), Wales
- Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), England
- Mary Jones (1707-1778), England
- Patrick Jones (born 1965), Wales
- T. Harri Jones (1921-1965), Wales
- William Jones (1726-1795), Wales
- William Jones (1746-1794), England / India
- Sir William Jones (1746-1794), England
- Ben Jonson (1572-1637), England
- Thomas Jordan (1612-1685), England
- Anthony Joseph (born 1966), Trinidad / England
- Jenny Joseph (born 1932), England
K[]

John Keats
- Kapka Kassabova (born 1973), New Zealand / Scotland
- P.J. Kavanagh (born 1931), England
- Jackie Kay (born 1961), Scotland
- George Keate (1729-1797), England
- John Keats (1795-1821), England
- John Keble (1792-1866), England
- Arthur Kelton (died c. 1550), Wales
- Harry Kemp (1911-1984), England
- May Kendall (1861-1943), England
- Tim Kendall (born 1970), England
- Frank Kendon (1893-1959), England
- Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929), England
- White Kennett (?1700-1740), England
- Charles Kent (1823-1902), England
- John Kenyon (1784-1856), England
- Charles Kerr (1821 fl.), Scotland
- Henry Kett (1761-1825), England
- Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), England
- Anne Killigrew (1660-1685), England
- Arthur Henry King (1910-2000), England
- Edward King (1612-1637), England; Latin
- Henry King (1592-1669), England
- William King (1663-1712), England
- William King (1685-1763), England
- Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), England
- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), India / England
- Ralph Knevet (1600-1671), England
- Anne Cuthbert Knight (1788-1860), Scotland
- E.V. Knox (1881-1971), England
- Isa Craig Knox (1831-1903), Scotland
- William Knox (1789-1825), Scotland
- Thomas Kyd (1558-1594), England
- Francis Kynaston (1587-1642), England
L[]

D.H. Lawrence
- Walter Laidlaw (born 1838), Scotland
- Alexander Laing (1787-1857), Scotland
- Lake Poets (1795-1840), England
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), England
- Charles Lamb (1775-1834), England; brother of Mary Lamb
- James Bland Lamb (1752-1824); see James Bland Burges
- Mary Lamb (1764-1847), England; sister of Charles Lamb
- Thomas Lambe (1762 fl.), England
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838), England
- Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), England
- John Lane (1621 fl.), England
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scotland
- Charles Hartley Langhorne (died 1845), England
- John Langhorne (1735-1779), England; brother of William Langhorne
- William Langhorne (1721-1772), England; brother of John Langhorne
- William Langland (?1332-1386), England
- R.F. Langley (1938-2011), England
- Emilia Lanier (1569-1645), England
- George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1667-1735), England
- Philip Larkin (1922-1985), England
- Michael Laskey (born 1944), England
- D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), England
- Layamon (1200 fl.), England
- Samuel Laycock (1826-1893), England
- Mary Leapor (1722-1746), England
- Edward Lear (1812-1888), England
- John Learmont (1791 fl.), Scotland
- Laurie Lee (1914-1997), England
- Nathaniel Lee (?1653-1692), England
- Sophia Lee (1750-1824), England
- Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845-1907), England
- Edward Cracroft Lefroy (1855-1891), England
- Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), England
- John Lehmann (1907-1987), England
- Chandos Leigh (1791-1850), England
- Helen Leigh (1788 fl.), England
- Richard Leigh (?1649-1728), England
- Robert Leighton (1822-1869), Scotland
- Richard Lely (1723-1727 fl.), England
- Henry Lemoine (1756-1812), England
- Charlotte Lennox (1730-1804), Scotland
- Francis Lenton (1629-1641 fl.), England
- Tom Leonard (born 1944), Scotland
- Laurence Lerner (born 1925), England
- Amy Levy (1861-1889), England
- Alun Lewis (1915-1944), Wales
- Bill Lewis (born 1953), England
- C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), England
- Matthew Gregory Lewis (1555-1818), England
- John Leyden (1775-1811), Scotland
- Catherine C. Liddell (1848-1927), England
- William Liddiard (1773-1841), England
- Richard Linche (1596-1601 fl.), England
- Blanche Elizabeth Lindsay (1844-1912), England
- David Lindsay (?1490-1555?), Scotland
- Eric Linklater (1899-1974), Scotland
- William James Linton (1812-1897), England / United States
- William Lipscomb (1754-1842), England
- William Lisle (?1569-1637), England
- Edward Littleton (died 1733), England
- Charles Lloyd (1775-1839), England
- Evan Lloyd (1734-1776), Wales
- Robert Lloyd (1733-1764), England
- Richard Llwyd (1752-1835), Wales
- Liz Lochhead (born 1947), Scotland
- Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821-1895), England
- Thomas Lodge (?1558-1625), England
- Capell Lofft (1751-1824), England; father of Capell Lofft (1806-1873)
- Capell Lofft (1806-1873), England; son of Capell Lofft (1751-1824)
- John Logan (1748-1788), Scotland
- Christopher Logue (1926-2011), England
- Anne Lok (1530-1607), England; mother of Henry Lok
- Henry Lok (?1553-1608?), England; son of Anne Lok
- James Love (1721-1744), England
- Richard Lovelace (1618-1658), England
- Robert Lovell (?1770-1796), England
- Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957), England
- Robert Lowth (1710-1787), England
- Roddy Lumsden (born 1966), Scotland
- Matthew Luscombe (1776-1846), England
- John Lydgate (1370-1450), England
- John Lyly (1553-1606), England
- Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), England
- Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), Scotland
- George Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773), England
- Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), England
M[]
Ma-Me[]

John Masefield
- James Macaulay (1788 fl.), Scotland
- Rose Macaulay (1881-1958), England
- Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), England
- George MacBeth (1932-1992), Scotland
- Norman MacCaig (1910-1996), Scotland
- Evan MacColl (1808-1898), Scotland / Canada
- Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978), Scotland
- Andrew Macdonald (?1755-1790), Scotland
- Frederika Richardson Macdonald (?1845-1923), England
- George MacDonald (1824-1905), Scotland
- John William Mackail (1859-1945), Scotland
- Charles Mackay (1814-1889), Scotland; father of Eric Mackay
- Eric Mackay (1851-1898), England; son of Charles Mackay
- Colin Maclaurin (?1770-1833), Scotland; son of John MacLaurin
- John Maclaurin (1734-1796), Scotland; father of Colin MacLaurin
- Fiona MacLeod (1855-1905), Scotland
- Joseph Macleod (1903-1984), England
- Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), England
- Hector Macneill (1746-1818), Scotland
- Donald Macpherson (1824 fl.), Scotland
- James Macpherson (1736-1796), Scotland
- Judith Madan (1702-1781), England
- Charles Madge (1912-1996), England
- Wes Magee (born 1939), Scotland
- David Mallet (?1705-1765), Scotland
- Francis Manning (?1674-1738 fl.), England
- Robert Mannyng (1269-1340), England
- Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), England
- Peter Manson (born 1969), Scotland
- Richard Mant (1776-1848), England
- Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), England
- Gervase Markham (1568-1637), England
- Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), England
- Shackerley Marmion (1603-1639), England
- George Marriott (died 1793), England
- James Marriott (?1730-1803), England
- John Marriott (1762-1797), England
- Edward Garrard Marsh (1783-1862), England
- John Marston (1576-1634), England
- John Westland Marston (1819-1890), England
- Philip Bourke Marston (1850-1887), England
- Robert Marston (1614 fl.), England
- Theodore Martin (1860-1909), Scotland
- Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), England
- Sir Frank Marzials (1840-1912), England; brother of Theo Marzials
- Theo Marzials (1850-1920), England; brother of Frank Marzials
- John Masefield (1878-1967), England
- William Mason (1724-1797), England
- Philip Massinger (1583-1640), England
- Edward Powys Mathers (1892-1939), England
- Thomas Maude (1801-1865), England
- Glyn Maxwell (born 1962), England
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scotland
- Thomas May (1595-1630), England
- John Mayne (1759-1836), Scotland
- Chris McCabe (born 1977), England
- William McGonagall (1825-1902), Scotland
- Roger McGough (born 1937), England
- Jamie McKendrick (born 1955), England
- Ian McMillan (born 1956), England
- Thomas Medwin (1788-1869), England
- George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe (1691-1762), England
- William Melmoth (1710-1799), England
- Moses Mendes (died 1758), England
- George Meredith (1828-1909), England
- Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895), England / Australia
- Owen Meredith (1831-1891), England
- Charles Merivale (1808-1893), England
- Herman Charles Merivale (1839-1906), England
- John Herman Merivale (1779-1844), England
- James Merrick (1720-1769), England
- Robert Merry (1755-1798), England
- William Meston (?1688-1745), Scotland
- Metaphysical poets, 17th century, England
- William Meyler (1755-1821), England
- Alice Meynell (1847-1922), England; mother of Francis and Viola Meynell
- Francis Meynell (1891-1975), England; son of Alice Meynell
- Viola Meynell (1885-1956), daughter of Alice Meynell
Mi-My[]

John Milton
- Edward Michelborne (1565-1626), England
- William Mickle (1735-1788), Scotland
- Christopher Middleton (born 1926), England
- Richard Middleton (1882-1911), England
- Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), England
- Albert Midlane (1825-1909), England
- Luke Milbourne (1649-1720), England
- William Millar (1821-1822 fl.), Scotland
- Hugh MIller (1802-1856), Scotland
- Thomas Miller (1807-1874), England
- William Miller (1810-1872), Scotland
- Robert Millhouse (1788-1839), England
- Spike Milligan (1918-2002), England / Ireland
- Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868), England
- Andrew Hervey Mills (1755-1769 fl.), England
- A.A. Milne (1882-1956), England
- George Milner (1820-1824 fl.), England
- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885), England
- John Milton (1608-1674), England
- Sexton Ming (born 1961), England
- Robert Minhinnick (born 1952), Wales
- Laurence Minot (?1300-1352?), England
- Adrian Mitchell (1932-2008), England
- Joseph Mitchell (1684-1738), Scotland
- Jack Mitford (1782-1831), England; cousin of John Mitford
- John Mitford (1781-1859), England; cousin of Jack Mitford
- Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), England
- Tony Mitton (born 1951), England
- John Moat (1936-2014), England
- David Macbeth Moir (1798-1851), Scotland
- Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852-1923), England
- Geraldine Monk (born 1952), England
- William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840-1901), England
- Harold Monro (1879-1932), England
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715), England
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), England
- James Montgomery (1771-1854), England
- Robert Montgomery (1807-1855), England
- Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), England / Canada
- Elizabeth Moody (1737-1814), England
- Anthony Moore (1747-1756 fl.), England
- Dugald Moore (1805-1841), Scotland
- Edward Moore (1712-1757), England
- James Lovell Moore (1791-1811 fl.), England
- Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), England
- Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730-1809), England
- Hannah More (1745-1833), England
- Henry More (1614-1687), England
- Thomas Morell (1703-1784), England
- John Morfitt (1758-1809), England
- Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), Scotland
- Matthew Morgan (1652-1703), England
- Iolo Morganwg (1746-1826), Wales
- Lewis Morris (1701-1765), Wales
- Sir Lewis Morris (1833-1907), Wales
- William Morris (1834-1896), England
- William Motherwell (1797-1835), Scotland
- Sir Andrew Motion (born 1952), England
- Eric Mottram (1924-1995), England
- R.H. Mottram (1883-1971), England
- Thomas Moult (1893-1974), England
- John Moultrie (1799-1874), England
- Edward Moxon (1801-1858), England
- Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Orkney Islands
- Arthur Munby (1828-1910), England
- Anthony Munday (?1560-1633), England
- F.N.C. Mundy (1739-1815), England
- Robert Fuller Murray (1863-1894), Scotland
- Ann Murry (1799-1809 fl.), England
- John Middleton Murry (1889-1957), England
- Ernest Myers (1844-1921), England; brother of Frederic W.H. Myers
- Frederic W.H. Myers (1843-1901), England; brother of Ernest Myers
N[]

Thomas Nashe
- Thomas Nabbes (1605-1641), England
- Constance C.W. Naden (1858-1889), England
- Daljit Nagra (born 1966), England
- Lady Carolina Nairne (1766-1845), Scotland
- Thomas Nashe (1567-1601), England
- Henry Neele (1798-1828), England
- Graham Nelson (born 1968), England
- Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), England
- Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938), England
- Thomas Newcomb (?1686-1765), England
- William Newton (1750-1830), England
- Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890), England
- Charles Newton (1794-1801 fl.), England
- Richard Niccols (1584-1616?), England
- John Nichol (1833-1894), Scotland
- Judith Nicholls (born 1941), England
- Bowyer Nichols (1859-1939), England
- John Nichols (1745-1826), England
- Robert Nichols (1893-1944), England
- John Nicholson (1790-1843), England
- Norman Nicholson (1914-1987), England
- Samuel Nicholson (1598-1602 fl.), England
- Robert Nicoll (1814-1837), Scotland
- James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923), Australia / Scotland
- W. Nisbet (1780-1798 fl.), Scotland
- Roden Noel (1834-1894), England
- Caroline Norton (1808-1877), England
- Eliza Bland Norton (1814-1862 fl.), England
- Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), England
- Jeff Nuttall (1933-2004), England
O[]

Wilfred Owen
- Sean O'Brien (born 1952), England
- John Ogilby (1600-1676), Scotland
- John Ogilvie (1733-1813), Scotland
- John Oldham (1653-1683), England
- John Oldmixon (1673-1742), England
- Alexander Oldys (1636-1708), England
- William Oldys (1696-1761), England
- Amelia Opie (1769-1853), England
- Samuel Marsh Oram (1767-1793), England
- Orinda (1632-1664), England
- Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881), England
- Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951), England
- Alice Oswald (born 1966), England
- George Francis Ottey (1793-1861), England
- Thomas Otway (1652-1685), England
- George Outram (1805-1856), Scotland
- Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613), England
- Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), Wales
- Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (1829-1888), England
- John Oxenham (1852-1941), England
- Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), England
P[]

Alexander Pope
- Ruth Padel (born 1947), England
- Isobel Pagan (?1740-1821), Scotland
- Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), England
- Herbert Edward Palmer (1880-1961), England
- Stephen Panting (?1733-1770?), England
- Thomas Park (1759-1834), England
- Gilbert Parker (1862-1932), Canada / England
- Martin Parker (died 1656?), England
- Ian Parks (born 1959), England
- Charles Parrott (1713-1787), England
- Arthur Parsey (1791-1857), England
- William Parsons (1785-1807), England
- George Pasmore (1781-1816 fl.), England
- Anthony Pasquin (1761-1818), England
- Don Paterson (born 1963), Scotland
- Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), England
- Brian Patten (born 1946), England
- William Pattison (1706-1727), England
- Tom Paulin (born 1949), England
- John Payne (1842-1917), England
- Henry Peacham (?1578-1643?), England
- Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), England
- Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), England
- Pearl Poet (14th century), England
- George Peele (1556-1596), England
- J.D.C. Pellow (1890-1960), England
- Granville Penn (1761-1844), England; brother of John Penn
- John Penn (1760-1834), England; brother of Granville Penn
- Alexander Pennecuik (1652-1722), Scotland
- Alexander Pennecuik (died 1730), Scotland
- Elizabeth Pennington (1732-1759), England
- Thomas Penrose (1742-1779), England
- Thomas Pentycross (1746-1806), England
- J. Percy (1814-1822 fl.), England
- Thomas Percy (1729-1811), England
- Perdita (1758-1800), England
- William Perfect (1737-1809), England
- Peter Pett (1599 fl.), England
- Emily Pfeiffer (1827-1890), England
- Ambrose Philips (1674-1749), England
- John Philips (1676-1709) England
- Katherine Philips (1632-1664), England
- J.S. Phillimore (1873-1926), England
- Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), England
- Stephen Phillips (1864-1915), England
- Charles Philpot (1759-1823), England
- William Philpot (1823-1889), England
- Tom Pickard (born 1946), England
- Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), Canada / England
- John PInkerton (1758-1826), England
- Harold Pinter (1930-2008), England
- Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895-1969), England
- Hester Piozzi (1741-1821), England
- Christopher Pitt (1699-1748), England
- Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), England
- Mary Pix (1666-1709), England
- Victor Plarr (1863-1929), England
- Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), United States / England
- Clare Pollard (born 1978), England
- Jacob Polley (born 1975), England
- Walter Herries Pollock (1850-1926), England
- Robert Pollok (?1798-1827), Scotland
- Richard Polwhele (1760-1838), England
- John Pomfret (1667-1702), England
- George Pooke (1757-1763 fl.), England
- Peggy Poole (1925-2016), England
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744), England
- Jessie Pope (1868-1941), England
- Walter Pope (?1627-1714), England
- Samuel Pordage (1633-1691?), England
- Abraham Portal (1726-1809), England
- Anna Maria Porter (1780-1832), England
- Peter Porter (1929-2010), Australia / England
- Walter Porter (c.1590-1659), England
- Beilby Porteus (1731-1809), England
- Robert Potter (1721-1804), England
- Ezra Pound (1885-1972), United States / England
- Frederick York Powell (1850-1904), England
- John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), Wales
- Thomas Powys (1736-1809), England
- Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839), England
- Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749-1814), England
- Frank Prewett (1893-1962), Canada / England
- Nancy Price (1880-1970), England
- Richard Price (born 1966), Scotland
- F.T. Prince (1912-2003), England
- Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), Scotland / South Africa
- Matthew Prior (1664-1721), England
- Pauline Prior-Pitt, Scotland
- May Probyn (1856-1909), England
- Adelaide Procter (1825-1864), England; daughter of Barry Cornwall
- J.H. Prynne (born 1936), England
- J.N. Puddicombe (1758-1797 fl.), England
- Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950), Wales
- Thomas Purney (1695-1730?), England
- Henry James Pye (1745-1813), England; brother-in-law of Jael Henrietta Pye
- Jael Henrietta Pye (?1737-1782), England; sister-in-law of Henry James Pye
Q[]
- Francis Quarles (1592-1644), England / Canada
- John Quarles (1624-1665), England
- Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), England
- Edward Quillinan (1791-1851), England
R[]

Christina Rossetti
- Dollie Radford (1858-1920), England; wife of Ernest Radford
- Ernest Radford (1857-1919), England; husband of Dollie Radford
- William Radice (born 1951), England
- Craig Raine (born 1944), England
- Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), England
- Sir Walter Raleigh (?1554-1618), England
- Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861-1922), England
- James Ralph (?1705-1762), England
- Allan Ramsay (1686-1758), Scotland
- Thomas Randolph (1605–1635), England
- William Brighty Rands (1823-1882), England
- William John MacQuorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scotland
- John Rannie (1789-1791 fl.), Scotland
- Tom Raworth (born 1938), England
- Sally Read (born 1971), England
- John Edmund Reade (1800-1870), England
- Henry Reed (1914-1986), England
- Deryn Rees-Jones (born 1968), Wales
- Clara Reeve (1729-1807), England
- William Hamilton Reid (died 1826), England
- William Reid (1764-1831), Scotland
- Joseph Relph (1712-1743), England
- Sarah Renou (1815-1838 fl.), England
- John Reynolds (?1588-1655?), England
- John Reynolds (1667-1727), England
- John Hamilton Reynolds (1794-1852), England
- James Rhoades (1841-1943), England
- Ernest Rhys (1859-1946), England
- George Richards (1767-1837), England
- Catherine Eliza Richardson (1777-1853), Scotland
- Charlotte Richardson (1775-1825), England
- John Richardson (1750-1840), England
- William Richardson (1743-1814), Scotland
- Thomas Clio Rickman (1761-1834), England
- Edgell Rickword (1898-1982), England
- Anne Ridler (1912-2001), England
- Glocester Ridley (1702-1774), England
- Denise Riley (born 1948), England
- John Riley (1937-1978), England
- Peter Riley (born 1940), England
- David Rivers (1795-1818 fl.), England
- Michael Roberts (1902-1948), England
- Michael Symmons Roberts (born 1963), England
- William Hayward Roberts (1734-1791), England
- David Robertson (1784 fl.), Scotland
- James Robertson (died 1903), England
- Robin Robertson (born 1955), Scotland
- John Robinson (1765-1771 fl.), England
- Mary Robinson (1758-1800), England
- Thomas Robinson (1621 fl.), England
- Robert Roche (1576-1629), England
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), England
- James Rennell Rodd (1858-1941), England
- Richard Roderick (1710-1756), England
- Sir John Roe (1581-1608), England
- Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), England
- Percy Rolle (1826 fl.), England
- Richard Rolle (?1290-1349), England
- Arthur Reed Ropes (1859-1933), England
- William Roscoe (1753-1831), England; father of Mary Anne Jevons
- William Caldwell Roscoe (1823-1859), England; son of William Stanley Roscoe
- William Stanley Roscoe (1782-1843), England; son of William Roscoe
- Michael Rosen (born 1946), England
- Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918), England
- Adrian Ross (1859-1933), England
- Alexander Ross (1699-1784), Scotland
- Peter J. Ross (born 1964), England
- Ronald Ross (1857-1932), England
- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), England; sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), England; brother of Christina Rossetti
- Robert St. Clair-Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn (1833-1890), Scotland
- Anne Rouse (born 1954), England
- Frances Arabella Rowden (1801-1829 fl.), England
- Henry Rowe (1750-1819), England
- Antony Rowland (born 1970), England
- Edward Rushton (1756-1814), England
- Percy Russell (born 1847), England
- Thomas Russell (1762-1788), England
- William Russell (1741-1793), Scotland
- Thomas Rymer (1641-1713), England
S[]

Sa-Sk[]
- Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (1638-1706), England
- Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (1711-1769), England
- Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963), England
- Thomas Sackville , 1st Earl of Dorset (1536-1608), England
- Thomas Sadler (1761-1773 fl.), England
- Robert St. Clair-Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn (1833-1890), Scotland
- John Salusbury (1567-1612), Wales
- Jacob Sam-La Rose (born 1976), England
- Fiona Sampson (born 1963), England
- Thomas Sanderson (1759-1829), England
- George Sandys (1577-1644), England; uncle of Richard Lovelace
- E.B. Sargant (1855-1935), England
- John Sargent (1750-1831), England
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), England
- Richard Savage (?1697-1743), England
- Samuel Say (1676-1743), England
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), England
- Frank Sayers (1763-1817), England
- Vernon Scannell (1922-2007), England
- Alexander Scott (1520-1582), Scotland
- Alexander Scott (1920-1989), Scotland
- Clement William Scott (1841-1904), England
- Geoffrey Scott (1884-1929), England
- James Scott (1733-1814), England
- John Scott of Amwell (1731-1783), England
- Robert Scott (1764-1765 fl.), England
- Thomas Scott (1705-1775), England
- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scotland
- William Bell Scott (1811-1890), Scotland
- Peter Scupham (born 1933), England
- John Seally (?1747-1795), England
- Sir Owen Seaman (1861-1936), England
- Sir Charles Sedley (1639-1701), England
- Francis Sempill (?1616-1682), Scotland
- James Sempill (1566-1625), Scotland
- Robert Sempill (?1530-1595), Scotland
- Robert Sempill the younger (?1595-1663?), Scotland
- Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Scotland / Canada
- Anna Seward (1747-1809), England' daughter of Thomas Seward
- Thomas Seward (1708-1790), England; father of Anna Seward
- George Sewell (died 1726), England
- Frances Thynne Seymour (1699-1754), England
- Thomas Shadwell (?1642-1692), England
- John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885), Scotland
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), England
- Jo Shapcott (born 1953), England
- William Sharp (1855-1905), Scotland
- Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (1781-1851), England
- Richard Scrafton Sharpe (?1790-1852), England
- Owen Sheers (born 1974), Wales
- John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (1648-1721), England
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), England
- William Shenstone (1714-1763), England
- Richard Shepherd (?1732-1809), England
- Robert Sheppard (born 1955), England
- Samuel Sheppard (1624-1655), England
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), England
- Robert Shiels (died 1753), Scotland
- James Shirley (1596-1666), England
- Walter Shirley (1725-1786), England
- William of Shoreham (14th century), England
- Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862), England
- Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), England
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), England
- Charles Doyne Sillery (1807-1837), Scotland
- Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010), England
- George Augustus Simcox (1841-1905), England
- Iain Sinclair (born 1943), England
- May Sinclair (1863-1946), England
- Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), England; sister of Osbert & Sacheverell Sitwell
- Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), England; brother of Edith & Sacheverell Sitwell
- Sir Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), England; brother of Edith & Osbert Sitwell
- John Skelton (1460-1529), England
- Robin Skelton (1925-1997), England / Canada
- Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903), England
Sl-Sz[]

Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Douglas Sladen (1856-1947), England
- William Slatyer (1587-1647), England
- Christopher Smart (1722-1771), England
- Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986), Canada / England
- Dorothea Smartt (born 1963), England
- Edward Smedley (1750-1825), England
- Edward Smedley (1788-1836), England
- Menella Bute Smedley (1820-1877), England
- Alexander Smith (1830-1867), Scotland
- Catherine Smith (born 1962), England
- Charlotte Smith (1749-1806), England
- Edmund Smith (1672-1710), England
- Elizabeth Smith (1776-1806), England
- Horace Smith (1779-1849), England
- John Smith (1662-1717), England
- John Gibson Smith (1834-1864 fl.), Scotland
- Stevie Smith (1902–1971), England
- Sydney Smith (1771-1845), England
- Thomas Enort Smith (1797-1848 fl.), England
- Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908), England
- William Smith (1596 fl.), England
- Tobias Smollett (1721-1771), Scotland
- Joseph Snow (1813-1845 fl.), England
- William Somerville (1675-1742), England
- Miss Soper, England
- Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895-1915), Scotland
- William Sotheby (1757-1833), England
- William Soutar (1898-1946), Scotland
- James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1827-1905), Scotland
- Caroline Southey (1786-1854), England, wife of Robert Southey
- Robert Southey (1774-1843), England, husband of Caroline Southey
- Saint Robert Southwell (1561-1595), England
- Frederick Charles Spencer (?1796-1831?), England
- Stephen Spender (1909-1995), England
- Ambrose Spenser (1829 fl.), England
- Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), England
- Jean Sprackland (born 1962), England
- Jon Stallworthy (born 1935), England
- John Stammers (born 1954), England
- Thomas Stanley (1625-1678), England
- Richard Steele (1672-1729), England
- Joseph Stennett (1663-1713, England
- James Kenneth Stephen (1859-1892), England
- James Brunton Stephens (1835-1902), Scotland / Australia
- George Stepney (1663-1707), England
- John Sterling (1806-1844), England
- William Bagshaw Stevens (1756-1800), England
- Anne Stevenson (born 1933), England / United States
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scotland
- William Stevenson (1530-1573), England
- Benjamin Stillingfleet (1702-1771), England
- Percival Stockdale (1736-1811), England
- Henry Sewell Stokes (1808-1895), England
- Robert Story (1795-1860), England
- John Strachan (1829 fl.), Scotland
- John Stradling (1563-1637), England
- John Straight (1687-1736), England
- Agnes Strickland (1796-1874), England
- William Strode (1600-1643), England
- Leonard Strong (1896-1958), England
- John Struthers (1776-1853), Scotland
- Muriel Stuart (1889-1967), Scotland
- Frank Pearce Sturm (1879-1942), England
- Sir John Suckling (1609-1642), England
- Paul Summers (born 1967), England
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (?1517-1547), England
- H.S. Sutton (1825-1901), England
- Charles Swain (1801-1874), England
- William Swan (1791-1866), Scotland
- Edmund Lewis Swift (1777-1875), England
- Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), England
- James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897), England
- Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618), England
- Arthur Symons (1865-1945), England
- John Addington Symonds (1840-1853), England
- George Szirtes (born 1948), England
T[]

Alfred Tennyson
- John Tait (1748-1817), Scotland
- F.W. Tancred (1874-1925), England
- Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928), England / United States
- Nahum Tate (1652-1715), Ireland/England
- John Tatham (1632-1664 fl.), England
- Ann Taylor (1782-1866), England; sister of Jane Taylor
- Emily Taylor (1795-1872), England
- George Taylor (1805-1821 fl.), England
- Henry Taylor (1711-1785), England; son of William Taylor (1673-1750)
- Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1866), England
- Jane Taylor (1783-1824), England; sister of Ann Taylor
- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), England
- John Taylor (1580-1653), England
- John Taylor (1757-1832), England
- Tom Taylor (1817-1880), England
- William Taylor (1673-1750), England; father of Henry Taylor (1711-1785)
- William Taylor (1765-1836), England
- James Telfer (1800-1862), Scotland
- Kae Tempest (born 1986), England
- William Temple (1628-1699), England
- Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), England
- Frederick Tennyson (1807-1898), England, brother of Alfred Tennyson
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), England
- John Thelwall (1764-1834), England
- Lewis Theobald (1688-1744), England
- William Thom (1799-1848), Scotland
- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), Wales
- Edward Thomas (1878-1917), Wales
- Elizabeth Thomas (1675-1731), England
- R.S. Thomas (1913-2000), Wales
- Dunstan Thompson (1918-1975), United States / England
- Francis Thompson (1859-1907), England
- Gilbert Thompson (1728-1803), England
- Isaac Thompson (1702-1776), England
- William Thompson (?1712-1766?), England
- Alexander Thomson (1763-1803), Scotland
- Charles Thomson (born 1953), England
- James Thomson (1700-1748), Scotland
- James Thomson (1817-1820 fl.), England
- James Thomson (B.V.) (1834-1882), Scotland
- Wilfrid Thorley (1878-1963), England
- Romaine Joseph Thorn (?1764-1850), England
- George Walter Thornbury (1828-1876), England
- Edward Thurlow (1781-1829), England
- Anthony Thwaite (1930-2021), England
- Chidiock Tichborne (1558-1586), England
- Richard Tickell (1751-1793), England; grandson of Thomas Tickell
- Thomas Tickell (1685-1740), England; grandfather of Richard Tickell
- Terence Tiller (1916-1987), England
- Jane Timbury (1770-1791 fl.), England
- Nick Toczek (born 1950), England
- Robert Tofte (died 1620), England
- J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), England
- Elizabeth Tollet (1694-1754), England
- Charles Tomlinson (born 1927), England
- Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846), England
- George Philip Toosey (died 1795), England
- Augustus Toplady (1740-1778), England
- Angela Topping (born 1954), England
- Cyril Tourneur (?1575-1626), England
- George Townsend (1788-1857), England
- Aurelian Townshend (?1583-1643?), England
- Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798-1868), England
- Thomas Traherne (?1636-1674), England
- Joseph Trapp (1679-1747), England
- Henry Travers (died 1754), England
- Iris Tree (1897-1968), England
- Elizabeth Trefusis (1762-1809), England
- R.C. Trevelyan (1872-1951), England
- John Tripp (1927-1986), Wales
- Alexander Trocchi (1925-1984), Scotland
- Nathaniel Tucker (1750-1807), England
- Martin F. Tupper (1810-1889), England
- George Turberville (?1540-1610?), England
- Gael Turnbull (1928-2004) Scotland
- Gavin Turnbull (1765-1816), Scotland / United States
- Charles Tennyson Turner (1808-1879), England, brother of Alfred Tennyson
- Julian Turner (born 1955), England
- Walter J. Turner (1889-1946), England
- Thomas Tusser (?1524-1580), England
- Katharine Tynan (1861-1931), Ireland / England
- Richard St. John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895), England
U[]
- Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), England
- John Upton (1707-1760), England
- Allen Upward (1863-1926), England
V[]

Thomas Vaux (1509-1556)
- Anna Jane Vardill (1781-1852), England
- Henry Vaughan (1621-1695), Wales
- William Vaughan (1577-1641), Wales
- Thomas Vaux, Baron Vaux (1509-1556), England
- David Vedder (1790-1854), Scotland
- John Veitch (1829-1894), Scotland
- Margaret Veley (1843-1887), England
- Richard Vennar (died 1615), England
- Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902), Ireland
- William Vernon (1757-1761 fl.), England
- Charles Verral (1810-1815 fl.), England
- George Anderson Vetch (1785-1873), Scotland
- Benjamin Victor (died 1778), England / Ireland
W[]

William Wordsworth
- Samuel Waddington (1844-1923), England
- Thomas Wade (1805-1875), England
- John Wain (1925-1994), England
- Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), England
- Anna Louisa Walker (1836-1907), Canada / England
- James Scott Walker (1793-1850), England
- William Sidney Walker (1795-1846), England
- Bryan Waller (1765-1842), England
- Edmund Waller (1606-1687), England
- Martin Walls (born 1970), England / United States
- Horace Walpole (1717-1797), England
- William Walsh (1663-1708), England
- Izaak Walton (1593-1683), England
- Christian Ward (born 1980), England
- Frederick William Orde Ward (1834-1922), England
- Sarah Wardle (born 1969), England
- Anna Laetitia Waring (1823-1910), Wales; daughter of Elijah Waring
- Elijah Waring (1809-1850 fl.), England / Wales; father of Anna Laetitia Waring
- Samuel Miller Waring (1792-1827), England; brother of Elijah Waring
- Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), England
- William Warner (?1558-1609), England
- Bertram Warr (1917-1943), Canada / England
- John Byrne Leicester Warren, Baron de Tabley (1835-1985), England
- Joseph Warton (1722-1800), England
- Thomas Warton (1728–1790), England
- Gilbert Waterhouse (1883-1916), England
- Vernon Watkins (1906-1967), Wales
- Rosamund Marriott Watson (1860-1911), England
- Thomas Watson (1555-1592), England
- Sir William Watson (1858-1935), England
- Alaric Alexander Watts (1797-1864), England
- Isaac Watts (1674-1748), England
- Edwin Waugh (1817-1890), England
- Gregory Lewis Way (1756-1799), England
- Frederic Weatherly (1848-1929), England
- Mary Webb (1881-1927), England
- Charles Webbe (circa 1678), England
- Cornelius Webbe (1813-1837 fl.), England
- Augusta Webster (1837-1894), England
- John Webster (?1580-1634?), England
- Nathaniel Weekes (1752-1785 fl.), England
- John Weever (1576-1632), England
- Dorothy Wellesley (1889-1956), England
- Charles Jeremiah Wells (1799-1879), England
- Leonard Welsted (1688-1747), England
- John Werge (born 1728), England
- Charles Wesley (1707-1788), England; son of Samuel; brother of John & Samuel
- John Wesley (1703-1791), England; son of Samuel; brother of Charles & Samuel
- Samuel Wesley (1662-1735), England; father of Charles, John, & Samuel
- Samuel Wesley (1691-1739), England; son of Samuel; brother of Charles & John
- Gilbert West (1703-1756), England
- Jane West (1758-1852), England
- Paul West (born 1930), England / United States
- Richard West (1716-1742), England
- Richard Westall (1765-1836), England
- Thomas Westwood (1814-1888), England
- R. Wever (1549-1553 fl.), England
- John Whaley (1710-1745), England
- John Whalley (died 1748), England
- Gordon Wharton (born 1929), England
- George Whetstone (?1544-1587?), England
- Anthony Whistler (1714-1754), England
- Henry Kirke White (1785-1806), England
- John Nesbitt White (1788-1805), England
- Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841), England
- William Whitehead (1715-1785), England
- John Whitehouse (1756-1824), England
- Henry Whitfield (1776-1816), England
- Geoffrey Whitney (?1548-1601?), England; brother of Isabella
- Isabella Whitney (1567-1573 fl.), England; sister of Geoffrey
- William Henry Whitworth, England
- David Whyte (born 1955), England
- Anna Wickham (1884-1947), England
- Jeremiah Wiffen (1792-1836), England
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Ireland / England
- William Wilkie (1721-1772), Scotland
- Edward Wilkinson (1600-1603 fl.), England
- John Wilkinson (born 1953), England
- William of Shoreham (14th century), England
- Charles Hanbury Williams (1708-1759), England
- Edward Williams (1746-1826), Wales
- Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827), England
- Hugo Williams (born 1942), England
- John Williams (1761-1818), England
- Sarah Williams (1841-1868), England
- James Brydges Willyams (1772-1820), England
- Walter Leslie Wilmshurst (1867-1939), England
- Clive Wilmer (born 1945), England
- Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), Scotland / United States
- Cornwell Baron Wilson (1797-1846), England
- John Wilson (1785-1854), Scotland
- William Winstanley (?1628-1698), England
- George Wither (1588-1667), England
- Roger Woddis (1917-1993), England
- Michael Wodhull (1740-1816), England
- John Wolcot (1738-1819), England
- Samuel Woodford (1636-1700), England
- George Woodley (1746-1826), England
- Margaret L. Woods (1856-1945), England
- George Woodward (1727-1730 fl.), England
- George M. Woodward (?1760-1809), England
- Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855), England
- Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840-1932), England
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850), England
- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639), England
- William Woty (?1731-1791), England
- Theodore Wratislaw (1871-1933), England
- John Wright (1805-1843?), Scotland
- Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653), England
- Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542), England
- John Huddlestone Wynne (1743-1788), England
Y[]

Benjamin Zephaniah
- Thomas Yalden (1670-1736), England
- Ann Yearsley (1752-1806), England
- Edward Young (1683-1765), England
Z[]
- Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958), England
See also[]
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