Constantine P. Cavafy
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. A major figure of modern Greek literature, he is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. His works and consciously individual style earned him a place among the most important contributors not only to Greek poetry, but to Western poetry as a whole.
29 April 1863
Born on the same birth date (29 April 1863): Mary Theresa Ledóchowska • William Randolph Hearst
Born on the same birth day (29 April): Alfred Hui • Amelia Best • Andre Russell • Edith Brown Clement • Forest Ray Moulton • Georg Carl von Döbeln • Hanne Darboven • Jean-Baptiste Jourdan • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović • Lee Dong-gook • Maurice Strong • Parren Mitchell • Paul Holmes (broadcaster) • Rafael Sabatini • Rob Atkinson • Tom Ewell • Tommy James • Walter Kempowski
Born in the same month (April 1863): Augustus Edward Hough Love • Hemmo Kallio • Ida Freund • Josiah Thomas (politician) • Leopold Berchtold • Linton Hope • Mary Theresa Ledóchowska • Nikolai von Meck • Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine • Raul Pompeia • William Randolph Hearst