Anabel Torres Restrepo (born 26 December 1948) is a Colombian poet and translator.

June 9 - Adolfo León Gómez, Colombian poet (born 1857)

Patricia Ariza is a Colombian poet, playwright and actor.

July 11 - León de Greiff, Colombian poet (b. 1895)

Colombian poets will read poems that celebrate their country's independence.

July 22 - León de Greiff, Colombian poet (d. 1976)

Epifanio Mejía Quijano was a Colombian poet and politician who in his lifetime published over 134 poems.

Luis Vidales (1904-1990) was a Colombian poet and writer.

January 14 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (born 1883)

Gregorio Gutiérrez González (1826-1872) was a Colombian poet.