List of notable spoken word performers

Spoken word is a form of literary art or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. Spoken-word is often done with a musical background, but emphasis is kept on the speaker.

Performance poetry
*Ben Rivera
*GG Allin
*William S. Burroughs
*Brother Dash
*Laurie Anderson
*Sofia Baig
*John M. Bennett
*Jello Biafra
*Max Blagg
*Maximus Parthas
*Roger Bonair-Agard
*Derrick C. Brown
*John Cooper Clarke
*Ernest Cline
*Billy Childish
*Ani DiFranco
*Big Poppa E
*HKB FiNN
*GiGi
*Allen Ginsberg
*John Giorno
*Jesse Glass
*Hedwig Gorski
*Tania Guerrera
*John S. Hall
*Bradley Hathaway
*Colin Hay
*Cecil Hayduke
*Daniel Higgs
*Gil Scott-Heron
*Lauryn Hill
*Bob Holman
*Jerome "J-Square" Jones
*Joolz
*Anthony Joseph
*Miranda July
*Mark Anthony Parker Adkins
*Alan Kaufman
*Jack Kerouac
*Christine Klusko
*Richard Kostelanetz
*Shane Koyczan
*Talib Kweli
*Newoka LaShelle
*The Last Poets
*David Lerner
*Timothy "Speed" Levitch
*Eve Libertine
*Damon Lomax
*Lydia Lunch
*Taylor Mali
*Sam Marshall
*Kevin Matthews
*Mighty Mike McGee
*Gerard McKeown
*Rove McManus
*Susan McMaster
*Salar Moh
*Anis Mojgani
*Jim Morrison
*Colin Morton
*John Most
*Ken Nordine
*Evalyn Parry
*Malachi Rivers
*Henry Rollins
*Ursula Rucker
*Michael Salinger
*Steve Sauvé
*Jill Scott
*Steve Scott
*Beau Sia
*Shihan van Clief
*Mark E. Smith
*Patti Smith
*Nicky Spesh
*Rod Summers
*Serj Tankian
*Tony Tremblay
*Buddy Wakefield
*Tom Waits
*Saul Williams
*Sheri-D Wilson
*Emanuel Xavier
*Tom Winter
*Jason Wright
*Mali Woods
*Amir Sulaiman
*Pooterone
*Chuck Britt
*TRANSVALUE

Comedians and other artists
*Victor Borge
*Lenny Bruce
*Rives
*Henry Rollins
*Chris Rock
*Robin Williams
*Alan Moore

Actors and actresses
*Judith Anderson
*Ed Begley
*Claire Bloom
*Richard Burton
*Jose Ferrer
*Albert Finney
*John Gielgud
*Cedric Hardwicke
*Dennis Hopper
*James Mason
*Siobhán McKenna
*Laurence Olivier
*Tyrone Power
*Vincent Price
*Anthony Quayle
*Michael Redgrave
*Ralph Richardson
*Maggie Smith
*William Shatner
*Miranda July
 
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