Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963) was born on January 15, 1902.

Nâzım Hikmet Ran, commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet, was a Soviet poet of Turkish origin, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described as a "romantic communist" and "romantic revolutionary", he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages.