Lorna Goodison

Lorna Gaye Goodison CD is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, a leading West Indian writer, whose career spans four decades. She is now Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature/Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, previously serving as the Lemuel A. Johnson Professor of English and African and Afroamerican Studies. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica in 2017, serving in the role until 2020. ^{Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author}

1 August 1947

Born on the same birth date (1 August 1947): Chantal Montellier

Born on the same birth day (1 August): Adam Duritz • Andy Blignaut • Boz Burrell • Coolio • David Brand • Derek Birdsall • Dhani Harrison • Dom DeLuise • Esteban Paredes • George de Hevesy • Giancarlo Giannini • Hans Rott • Haspop • Jackie Ormes • John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen • Junior Agogo • Nathan Fien • Rob Buck • Sebastiano Ricci • Stanley Middleton • Sugawara no Michizane • T. J. Jemison • Walther Gerlach

Born in the same month (August 1947): Alan Lee (illustrator) • Anwar Ibrahim • Danielle Steel • Gavin Pfuhl • Georgios Karatzaferis • Joe Manchin • John Stocker (voice actor) • John Varley (author) • Keith Tippett • Lawrence Wright • Liza Wang • Margareta Winberg • Peter Krieg • Somchai Wongsawat • Temple Grandin • Yumiko Ōshima