Guillaume de Machaut (; sometimes spelled
Machault; c. 1300 – April 1377) was a
medieval French
poet and
composer. He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available. According to
Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, Machaut was "the last great poet who was also a composer". Well into the 15th century, Machaut's poetry was greatly admired and imitated by other poets, including
Geoffrey Chaucer.