Lives listing by occupation: poet
- Courtin, père François, abbé Courtin (born 1659–died 1739), French author, poet
- Cowper, Maria Frances Cecilia [née Madan] (born 1726–died 1797), English author, poet, actor
- Cowper, William (born 1731–died 1800), English author, poet
- Creutz, Greve Gustaf Filip (born 1731–died 1785), Finnish author, poet, diplomat, prime minister
- Cromwell, Henry (born 1659–died 1728), English author, poet, translator
- Dallas, Sir George, 1st baronet (born 1758–died 1833), English politician, member of Parliament, political author, poet, political author
- Darwin, Doctor Erasmus (born 1731–died 1802), English physician, scientist, philosopher, botanist, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor, poet
- Day, Thomas (born 1748–died 1789), English lawyer, poet, abolitionist, children’s author, educationalist
- Delaunay, père —, abbé Delaunay (flourished 1750–1786), French poet, author
- Delille, Jacques (born 1738–died 1813), French churchman, poet, academician
- Denham, Sir John (born 1614/1615–died 1669), Irish poet, courtier, politician, member of Parliament, royalist
- Desforges-Maillard, Paul (born 1699–died 1772), French lawyer, poet, academician
- Désorgues, Joseph Théodore (born 1763–died 1808), French poet, songwriter, revolutionary
- Diaper, William (born 1685–died 1717), English author, poet
- Dionis Du Séjour, Mlle — (flourished 1777–1778), French author, poet
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