Yiannis Ritsos
Yiannis Ritsos was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. While he disliked being regarded as a political poet, he has been called "the great poet of the Greek left".
1 May 1909
Born on the same birth date (1 May 1909): Endel Puusepp
Born on the same birth day (1 May): Alain Bernard • Anna Jarvis • Bradley Roby • Chuck Bednarik • Clint Malarchuk • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas • Emiliano Chamorro Vargas • Ethan Albright • Gordon Greenidge • Horst Schumann • Ignazio Silone • Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen • Johann Jakob Balmer • John Haynes (governor) • Ollie Matson • Otto Kretschmer • Ramzi bin al-Shibh • Sidonie of Bavaria • Sonny Ramadhin
Born in the same month (May 1909): Alfred Kubel • Bob Dyer • Endel Puusepp • Fred Perry • Jacques Canetti • Juan Vicente Pérez • Matt Busby • Nicholas Winton • Wilbur Mills