who is a present example of walt whitman but has to have been alive in 1980 and up?
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Adam sandler would be an interesting choice to argue.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), who wrote under the name of Mark Twain, became, in America, a sort of national legend, like Bernard Shaw in England. According to D.C.Browning (p.141), "[h]e was an artist in grotesque and somewhat obvious humour, his style and cadence suggesting a talker rather than a writer. He has been called 'the Lincoln of American literature'."  Twain belongs in the realistic period in American Literature (1865-1900). According to Holman (p.437), "in the work of Mark Twain, of William Dean Howells, and of Henry James, the greatest contributions of the age were made." In addition, from Twain´s work, one may have a good idea of spoken language at the time.
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Robert Frost \nRobert Frost is one the most well-known and respected authors in American literary history. He highly praised for his images of life in New England, and also his traditional meter and form. Frost resisted following the popular trends in literature, and created some of the most important literature of the twentieth century. During his career he has won four Pulitzer Prizes in poetry\n\nor if you want someone that was doing their own thing\n\nJack Kerouac (1922-1969)\n\nKerouac was the key figure of the "beat" movement of the 1950's. His book "On the Road" captured the minds of young readers and brought the work of the "beat" writers into the limelight. His philosophies on writing and lifestyle have been compared with Whitman and Thoreau. Jack Kerouac continues to be one of the most widely read authors from his time and in recent years interest in his work has risen.
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Someone whom I find interesting and a person of intelligece .\nEinstein, Abe Lincoln, Leonardo Da Vinci or Shakespeare (he's real right?)\nOops you said one.\nOkay then, Abraham it is.
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Ronald Reagan. \n\nI remember George Bush Sr. worked 16 hour days pretty frequently.
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How about Marcus and Narcissa Whitman?  \nThe Whitmans were missionaries who traveled to Oregon; Narcissa was one of the first Caucasian women to travel the trail.  \nThere is a rather interesting story about how they died; both were killed by Cayuse Indians who thought the Whitmans were giving medicine only to the white settlers of the area.
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Yers, I believe he is still alive. Although, theoretically, he would be 84 years old by now.
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THE BEATLES --NO DOUBT (a statement / not the group)  BUT HONORABLE MENTION HAS TO GO TO BOB DYLAN
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Tom Delay\nhttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/17/144732/740
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Check out good ol' Wikipedia for a walk down memory lane all the way back to 1926 -- someone having an 80th birthday?  \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_in_music
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Anything by the late, great Barry White or Luther Vandross.
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I do apologize, but, I have answer with a question. What did this person do for a living? Where did this person live? What was their personality like? \n I am a poet, and if you would like me to write a peom for this person, I would be more than happy to.
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George Walker Bush (younger)\nGeorge Herbert Walker Bush (old guy)
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Bernard Rosenberg / cultural historian / post-modernist\n-----------------\nHenry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth century journalist, satirist and social critic, a cynic and a freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century. At one point in his career he was America's favorite pundit and literary critic at the same time.
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Often credited with being the first  "modern president". Rough Riders. Panama Canal. Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the end of the war between Russia and Japan. One of America's greatest presidents.
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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th century. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and can therefore be credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Some of the inventions credited to him were not completely original, but alterations of earlier patents (most famously the light bulb), or were actually the work of his numerous employees. Nevertheless, Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,097 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
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Absolutely not! Was Robert Frost gay? Nope. Walt Whitman? Negative. Ralph Waldo Emerson? Nein. Poetry is simply the ability to express thoughts in art form. Lots of women think it's sexy, in fact. So no way is it gay!\n\nEdit: Oops--Whitman was gay. Sorry. LOL But he just happened to be a gay poet. Writing poetry isn't what made him gay!