List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people

From Academic Kids

This is a partial list of confirmed and debated famous people who were or are lesbian, bisexual, or gay. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation has changed greatly over time— the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. See homosexuality and bisexuality for more about the primary (and by far the most controversial) distinguishing criterion of "lesbigay" people.

Some historical figures on this list wouldn't be considered "lesbigay" by today's standards, but they are included here because they were known to have had same-sex relationships. But even by today's standards, a relationship or two doesn't necessarily mean one is bisexual. Many people who identify as gay or lesbian have had different-gender relationships in their youth, and many who identify as heterosexual have experimented with same-sex relationships. Due to social norms that have remained consistent throughout history, little information about such matters when discussing historical figures is available; therefore, only educated guesses can be made, based on limited evidence.

Controversy

The sexual orientation of famous individuals is often the subject of rumor and reports in the tabloid press. For example, the actor Tom Cruise has been such a case and has pursued libel suits on three occasions. In 1998, he successfully sued a British tabloid that alleged that his marriage to Nicole Kidman was a sham designed to cover up his homosexuality. In another suit, he obtained a default judgment against a gay porn actor (Chad Slater, aka "Kyle Bradford") who had given an interview to a tabloid newspaper in which he claimed he had a sexual relationship with Tom Cruise, and he sued Michael Davis, a magazine publisher, who alleged that he had photographs that would prove Tom Cruise was homosexual: this suit was dropped in exchange for a public statement by Davis that Tom Cruise was heterosexual.

Some homosexual groups (e.g., Outrage!), have followed a policy of outing public figures regularly for political purposes, usually only if that person is publicly anti-gay. However, such a policy is controversial even among lesbigay people because of privacy concerns, potential harm to family relationships, their right to cope with their own sexuality on their own terms, or the risk of discrimination.

For the above reasons inclusion in this list must be supported by the evidence discussed in the person's biography article.

Note that several of the people on this list were prosecuted for their behaviour under existing "sodomy laws".

Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Persons of debated lesbian, gay, or bisexual orientation

Persons of confirmed homosexual or bisexual orientation

The following list includes those people who have confirmed their homosexual or bisexual orientation or whose homosexual or bisexual orientation is not debated.

A

• Louise Abb�ma, French painter, relationship with Sarah Bernhardt
• Berenice Abbott, U.S. photographer
• Achilles, Hero of the Trojan War, lover to Patroclus
• Roberta Achtenberg, US Politician
• Jean Acker, American actress
• Valentine Ackland, British writer
• Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright and costume designer
• Sir Harold Acton, British art writer, aesthete
• Jane Addams, American social reformer
• Aelred of Hexham, Christian saint
• Christina Aguilera, American singer, bisexual
• Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer
• Edward Albee, American Playwright (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
• Alexander the Great, Macedonian King and conqueror of Eurasia, bisexual, had a relationship with Hephaestion, his childhood friend, as well as several wives and male lovers.
• Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician.
• Francesco Algarotti, academic
• Michael Alig, American club icon and murderer.
• Chad Allen, American actor
• Peter Allen, Australian entertainer, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).
• Ted Allen, food and wine guru on Queer Eye
• Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, UK TV industry executive and life member of the House of Lords
• N�stor Almendros, Spanish Academy Award-winning cinematographer
• Pedro Almod�var Spanish director, Oscar winner
• Marc Almond, British singer
• Dennis Altman, Australian writer, educator, gay activist
• Nicholas Amacher, Gay activist
• Scott Amedure, victim in the "Jenny Jones Murder"
• Alejandro Amen�bar, Spanish filmmaker
• Dawn Marie Anderson, bi-sexual American porn actress known as Nina Cherry
• Enza Anderson, Canadian drag queen and political gadfly
• Dame Judith Anderson, actress
• Ruth Anderson, composer
• Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish writer
• Kenneth Anger, American filmaker
• Steve Antin, American actor
• Antinous, Lover of powerful Roman military commander and emperor Hadrian
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Famous Chicana lesbian writer
• Louis Aragon, French poet, bisexual - documented in Ruth Brandon's "Surreal Lives"
• Gregg Araki, director of Doom Generation and The Living End
• Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet, author of "Before Night Falls" (Antes que anochezca)
• Aristomenes, Ancient Greek military commander
• Joan Armatrading, singer-songwriter
• Neil Armfield, Australian theatre director
• Billie Joe Armstrong, singer of the rock group Green Day, bisexual
• Alexis Arquette, American actor
• Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist
• Dorothy Arzner, American film director in classic Hollywood (The Bride Wore Red, Christopher Strong)
• John Ashbery, American poet
• Kaitlyn Ashley, bi-sexual American porn actress
• Sir Frederick Ashton, British choreographer
• Othniel Askew, American assassin
• Asophicus, Lover of Epaminondas
• Kutlug Ataman, Turkish artist
• W. H. Auden, British poet
• Kevin Aviance, dance music singer

B

• Dirk Bach, German comedian
• Francis Bacon, British painter
• Bunyamin Bayram, German comedian
• Joan Baez, American singer, bisexual
• Paul Bailey, British author
• Josephine Baker, Singer, actress, French resistance member during WWII, bisexual
• Long John Baldry, British singer, musician, bisexual
• James Baldwin, American author
• Tammy Baldwin - member of the United States House of Representatives (D - Wisconsin)
• Alan Ball, writer (American Beauty, "Six Feet Under")
• Anura Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
• Tallulah Bankhead, Actress
• Samuel Barber, U.S. composer
• Jillian Barberie, tv hostess, actress, bisexual
• Clive Barker, Author, director, artist, known primarily for his work in the horror genre
• Djuna Barnes, Novelist, bisexual
• Fred Barnes (Frederick Jester Barnes), Musical Hall singer.
• Tim Barnett, New Zealand member of parliament
• Nathalie Barney, poet
• Jean Barraqu�, French composer
• John Barrowman, American actor
• Jos� Luis Barry, Cuban pianist and singer famous on Puerto Rican television and newspapers; came out as gay on one of his El Vocero columns
• Michael Barrymore, British comedian
• Drew Barrymore, America actress, bisexual
• Roland Barthes, French literary theorist
• Paul Bartel, American filmaker
• Jean-Michel Basquiat, NYC graffiti artist, died of overdose in 1988
• Katharine Lee Bates, writer of "America the Beautiful" [1] (http://www.lesgo.com/articles/america.html)
• Terry Baum, American playwright and congressional candidate
• Billy Bean, former major league baseball player
• Amanda Bearse, American actress ("Married...with Children"), director
• Cecil Beaton, British photographer, Tony Award-winning set designer and Academy Award-winning costume designer
• Maria Beatty, American filmmaker
• Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and novelist, bisexual
• Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist (Dykes to Watch Out For)
• Brendan Behan, Irish writer
• Andy Bell, British singer
• Chester Bennington, songwriter, singer in the American band Linkin Park, bisexual
• A C Benson, UK writer of the words 'Land of Hope and Glory'; 2 of his brothers (sons of the Archbishop of Canterbury) were also gay
• Gladys Bentley, American blues singer
• Nate Berkus, American interior designer and regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Christopher Bernau, stage actor known for his Shakespearean roles, as well as roles on soap operas (Alan Spaulding on The Guiding Light)
• Ruth Bernhard, photographer
• Sandra Bernhard, American comedian, singer, author and actor, bisexual
• Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
• Leonard Bernstein, U.S. composer and conductor, bisexual, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).
• Sarah Bettens, leading vocal of K's Choice
• Ole von Beust, mayor of Hamburg
• James Bidgood, US photographer and filmmaker (Pink Narcissus)
• Thom Bierdz, soap opera actor most famous for his role on The Young and the Restless
• Elizabeth Birch, former head of Human Rights Campaign, longtime partner of Hillary Rosen (see below)
• J�n �or (J�nsi) Birgisson, singer and guitarist of Icelandic band Sigur R�s
• Marie-Claire Blais, Quebec novelist
• Ross Bleckner, American artist
• Neil Blewett, Australian Labor politician 1977-94; Minister for Health 1983-91; High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1995-98
• Marc Blitzstein, American theater composer
• Anthony Blunt, British art-historian and traitor
• Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor
• Chastity Bono, American activist, daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono
• Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright (Les feluettes)
• Jane Bowles, American author, married to Paul Bowles
• Paul Bowles, American expatriate author and once composer, married to Jane Bowles, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).
• Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist
• E. E. Bradford, Uranian poet
• Ben Bradshaw, British politician
• Wilfrid Brambell, British actor (Steptoe & Son)
• Dionne Brand, famous lesbian writer and filmmaker
• Marlon Brando, American Actor, bisexual
• Johnny Brandon, British singer popular in the 1950s
• Scott Brison, Canadian member of Parliament and Minister of Public Works and Government Services
• Benjamin Britten, British composer, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).
• David Brock, American journalist and author.
• Romaine Brooks, painter, bisexual
• Nicole Brossard, Quebec poet and novelist
• Bob Brown, Australian senator
• Edward TJ Brown (http://www.geocities.com/edwardtjbrown/), first openly gay candidate for Moorhead, MN city mayor. Activist for human rights, voter's rights and campaign law reform.
• Jm J. Bullock, American TV personality, HIV positive
• Lady Bunny, drag performer
• Guy Burgess, British traitor, Spy
• Glenn Burke, American baseball player
• Chandler Burr, author and journalist
• Raymond Burr, American actor (Perry Mason & Ironside)
• William S. Burroughs, American Beat author (Naked Lunch, Junky)
• Dan Butler, American actor
• Judith Butler
• Spring Byington, American actress

C

• John Cage, highly influential American composer of aleatoric music and partner of Merce Cunningham
• Caligula, Roman emperor, bisexual
• Andrew Calimach, American author of Romanian extraction
• Simon Callow, British actor
• Jean Jacques R�gis de Cambac�r�s, French lawyer and statesman, author of the Code Napol�on
• Rhona Cameron, British Comedienne, TV Presenter
• Tevin Campbell, American R&B musician
• Caphisodorus, Lover of Epaminondas who died with him in battle
• Truman Capote, American author
• Capucine, French actress (The Pink Panther, Walk on the Wild Side)
• Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, Italian Renaissance artist
• Claudia Card, academic
• Edward Carpenter, poet
• Chris Carter, New Zealand Minister of Conservation, Minister of Local Government and Minister for Ethnic Affairs
• Nell Carter, actress/singer (star of Gimme a Break)
• Giacomo Casanova, seducer - bon vivant, bisexual
• Michael Cashman, British actor and politician
• Maggie Cassella, Canadian comedian
• Cazuza, Brazilian singer and poet
• Luis Cernuda, Spanish playwright
• Graham Chapman, British comedian
• Tracy Chapman, singer/songwriter
• Richard Chamberlain, American actor
• Mary Cheney, daughter of U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney
• Marc Cherry, creator of Desperate Housewives
• Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer/actor
• Margaret Cho, American comedian, bisexual
• Wayson Choy, Canadian novelist
• Ralph Chubb, British poet, artist, printer, and prophet
• Louise Veronica Ciccone, (Madonna) American singer, bisexual
• David Cicilline, American politician; Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• Cimon, Ancient Greek military commander, aristocrat, and philanthropist
• Golan Cipel, associate of former New Jersey governor James McGreevey, with whom he had an affair
• James Clark, British ambassador to Luxembourg
• Montgomery Clift, American actor
• Kate Clinton, American comedian
• James Coco, American actor
• Jean Cocteau, French director and artist, lover of Jean Marais
• Roy Cohn, associate of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy
• Colette French novelist, music hall performer, bisexual
• Cyril Collard, French writer, director (Les Nuits Fauves), bisexual
• Russ Conway, British pianist popular in late 1950s and early 1960s
• Anderson Cooper, U.S. journalist and TV news-program host
• Dennis Cooper, US novelist, poet, and critic
• Aaron Copland, American composer, documented in Howard Pollack's biography, Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man
• John Corigliano, American composer
• Douglas Coupland, Canadian Writer, author of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
• Noel Coward, British writer
• Henry Cowell, highly influential American composer
• Wally Cox, American actor and voice of Underdog
• William Craig, owner of PrideVision and OUTtv
• Darby Crash, lead singer of American punk band The Germs
• Gavin Crawford, Canadian television comic
• Rene Crevel, French surrealist author
• Quentin Crisp, British actor, author, and wit
• Richard Cromwell, American actor, was Angela Lansbury's first husband, and best known for his work on Jezebel and Lives of a Bengal Lancer, bisexual
• Rodney Croome, Australian gay activist
• Aleister Crowley, occultist
• Howard Cruse, American underground cartoonist
• Wilson Cruz, American actor and activist
• George Cukor, American film director
• Nancy Culp, American actress (Miss Jane on Beverly Hillbillies)
• Alan Cumming, British actor, bisexual
• Andrew Cunanan, American spree killer, murdered Gianni Versace
• Merce Cunningham, choreographer and partner of John Cage
• Pam Currie, Scottish Socialist Party activist
• John Curry, British figure skater, 1976 Winter Olympics gold medalist
• Catie Curtis, American singer-songwriter

D

• Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen, French novelist and poet
• Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer and cannibal
• Dan Dailey, American actor and dancer
• Anthony Daniels, British actor, and Science Fiction Icon (C-3PO)
• Dave Davies, British rock musician
• Libby Davies, Canadian member of parliament
• Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
• James Dean, American actor, bisexual
• Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer-songwriter
• Ellen DeGeneres, writer, comedian and actor
• Bertrand Delano�, mayor of Paris
• Samuel Delany, science fiction author
• Lea DeLaria, American comedian, jazz singer, author
• Drea de Matteo, American actress, bisexual
• Portia de Rossi, actress
• Guillermo Diaz, American actor
• Andy Dick, American actor and comedian, bisexual
• Janice Dickinson, American model (claims to be 1st supermodel), bisexual [2] (http://www.nndb.com/people/491/000047350/)
• Marlene Dietrich, actress, bisexual
• Ani DiFranco, American folk singer, bisexual
• Diane DiMassa, cartoonist and author, HotHead Paisan, Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist
• Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
• Divine, actor (in many of John Waters' films)
• Dreuxilla Divine, transvestite
• Candas Dorsey, Canadian science fiction author
• Joseph Douc�, psychologist and Baptist minister, founder of the International Lesbian and Gay Association
• Brian Dowling, 2001 British Big Brother winner
• Lord Alfred Douglas, son of John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry and partner of Oscar Wilde.
• Kyan Douglas, grooming guru on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Diane Duane, author, bisexual
• Don Dunstan, Australian Labor politician, Premier of South Australia; married twice; bisexual
• Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor, bisexual
• Andrea Dworkin, American radical feminist

E

• Angela Eagle, British Member of Parliament
• Edward II, king of England, bisexual
• Hilton Edwards, actor, co-founder of Dublin's Gate Theatre, partner of Miche�l MacLiammoir
• Denholm Elliott, actor, bisexual
• Ruth Ellis, lesbian matriarch and only known African-American centenarian lesbian
• Bret Easton Ellis, American writer, bisexual
• Epaminondas, Thebian military commander and statesmen
• Brian Epstein, British, manager of The Beatles
• Melissa Etheridge, American musician
• Uzi Even, first openly gay member of the Israeli Knesset
• Kenny Everett, British DJ and comic
• Rupert Everett, British actor

F

• Lillian Faderman, American author, co-founder of the academic field of Gay & Lesbian History, Pulitzer Prize nominee for "Surpassing the Love of Men"
• Richard Fairbrass, British singer, "Right Said Fred", bisexual
• George Faludy, Hungarian poet and writer (My Happy Days in Hell), bisexual
• Justin Fashanu, British Footballer
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German movie director
• Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, former Tsar of Bulgaria
• Harvey Fierstein, American actor, playwright (Torch Song Trilogy)
• Thom Filicia, home design guru on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Timothy Findley, Canadian novelist and playwright
• Laura Flanders, host on Air America Radio
• David Flint, Australian legal academic, head of the Australian Broadcasting Authority
• Tom Ford, American fashion designer
• E. M. Forster, British author
• Jackie Forster, TV news presenter/journalist and Minorities Research Group member
• Pim Fortuyn, assassinated Dutch politician
• Per-Kristian Foss, Finance Minister of Norway
• Jen Foster, American singer/songwriter
• Michel Foucault, French scholar, partnered with Daniel Defert from 1963 till his death, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Also dated Jean Barraque.
• Jorja Fox, actress (CSI)
• Samantha Fox, British model and one time pop singer
• Virgil Fox, American organist
• Simon Fowler, British vocalist for rock band Ocean Colour Scene
• Barney Frank (D, MA), US Representative
• Aaron Fricke, American gay rights activist who successfully sued his high school for the right to bring his boyfriend to the senior prom.
• Donald Friend, Australian artist
• Stephen Fry, British actor, comedian, and novelist

G

• John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer, convicted of the rape and murder of thirty-three men
• Rudy Galindo, figure skater
• Rene Gallimard, French Diplomat, had 20 year sexual affair with a male Chinese transvestite spy, and claimed he thought the transvestite was a woman
• Jeff Gannon (James Dale Guckert), American propagandist
• Robert Gant, American actor
• Greta Garbo, Swedish actress, bisexual
• Federico Garc�a Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright, martyred in the Spanish Civil War
• Jonas Gardell, Swedish artist and "riksb�g".
• Stephen Gately, Irish singer and ex member of the boyband Boyzone
• Will Geer, American actor (Grandpa Walton)
• David Geffen, music producer and record executive
• Jean Genet, French writer
• Kitty Genovese, crime victim [3] (http://www.mountainpridemedia.org/oitm/issues/2004/04apr2004/editorial.htm)
• Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of US Congressman and 2004 presidential candidate Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt
• Boy George, British musician
• Ashlyn Gere, bisexual American porn actress
• David Gerrold, science fiction writer, inventor of Tribbles
• Andr� Gide, French novelist and Nobel Laureate
• Sir John Gielgud OM CH, Theatre and film actor
• Candace Gingrich, activist, half-sister of former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
• Allen Ginsberg, Beat poet ("Howl")
• Chyna Girl, drag performer and model (BACARDI's Tom, Dick and Harry ad campaign)
• Neil Giuliano, Tempe, Arizona mayor, declared himself homosexual in public
• Claudia Gonson, musician, collaborator with Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
• Luis Gonzalo, Argentine illustrator and designer
• Brad Gooch, American author, biographer, writer, and former model.
• Julie Goodyear, UK television actress (Coronation Street)
• Gorgidas, Theban military leader of the Sacred band of elite troops of paired gay lovers.
• Juan Goytisolo, Spanish writer
• Judy Grahn, American poet
• Barbara Graham, American burglar, had a well-publicized relationship with fellow inmate Donna Prow
• Brian Greig, Australian senator
• Athen Grey, American photographer
• Merv Griffin, American entertainment mogul, former talk show host
• Gustaf Gr�ndgens, German actor and stage director
• Michael Guest, former US ambassador to Romania. Appointed by President Bush in 2001. He resided at the ambassador's residence in Bucharest with his partner Alex Nevarez, who was publicly acknowledged by former Secretary of State Colin Powell at his swearing in.
• Sir Alec Guinness, bisexual actor who was arrested while cottaging in 1948, in the 50's he converted to Catholicism

H

• Hadrian, Powerful Roman military commander and emperor
• Leisha Hailey, American musician and actress
• William Haines, American actor
• Rob Halford, British singer (Judas Priest)
• Radclyffe Hall, British lesbian, author of "The Well of Loneliness"
• Marc Hall, Canadian student and activist
• Dag Hammarskj�ld Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize winner
• George Frideric Handel, German-British composer
• Vincent Hanley, Irish radio DJ who died of an AIDS-related illness
• Kathleen Hanna, American musician, bisexual
• Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright ("A Raisin in the Sun")
• G. H. Hardy, British mathematician
• Lou Harrison, American composer
• Randy Harrison, American actor (Queer As Folk)
• Deborah Harry, singer in the group Blondie, bisexual American singer
• Lorenz Hart, Broadway lyricist, who penned his work with Richard Rodgers
• Brent Hartinger, American young adult literature writer
• Marsden Hartley, American painter
• Nina Hartley, bi-sexual American porn actress
• Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green Party Member of the Scottish Parliament, bisexual
• Richard Hatch, Survivor winner
• Sophie B. Hawkins, musician, bisexual
• Nigel Hawthorne, British actor
• George Hartree, British actor, who took the name of Charles Hawtrey, (not to be confused with Sir Charles Hawtrey, the victorian actor)
• Harry Hay, American gay rights activist, founder of the Mattachine Society
• Bruce Hayes, American gold medalist uring the 1984 Summer Olympics in swimming
• Todd Haynes, director
• Edith Head, American costume designer, winner of 8 Academy Awards
• Anne Heche, American actress, bisexual
• Michael Hendricks, Canadian gay rights activist, half of first couple to legally marry in Quebec
• Hephaestion, Alexander The Great's lover and best friend. Military officer.
• Ty Herndon, American Country & Western singer, bisexual
• Sighsten Herrg�rd, designer, trendsetter. Became the face of AIDS in Sweden.
• Gilbert Herdt, American Anthropologist
• Frank Hershey (aka Franklin Q. Hershey) American automotive designer (1949 Cadillac, 1955 Ford Thunderbird)
• Hibiscus, founder of the all-drag The Cockettes
• Paris Hilton, American socialite, model, and actress, bisexual
• Alan Hollinghurst, British author (The Swimming Pool Library)
• John Holmes, American porn actor, bisexual
• James Hormel, former US ambassador to Luxembourg. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1999.
• A. E. Housman, British poet
• Frankie Howerd, British actor
• Rock Hudson, American actor
• Tanya Huff, Canadian author
• Michael Huffington, American politician, bisexual
• Holly Hughes, Acclaimed Performance Artist, Playwright, One of the "NEA 4"
• Jerry Hunt, American composer from Texas
• Chris Hyndman, Canadian TV personality

I

• Janis Ian, American Singer/songwriter
• Witi Ihimaera, New Zealand author, wrote Whale Rider
• Power Infiniti, International circuit party performance artist
• William Inge, American dramatist
• John Inman, British Comedian / Actor
• Christopher Isherwood, British novelist
• K���k İskender, Turkish poet

J

• Tony Jackson, American pianist and composer
• Max Jacob, poet
• Cheryl Jacques, politician
• Mick Jagger, British singer, bisexual [4] (http://www.nndb.com/people/478/000024406/)
• James I, first Stuart King of England and James VI of Scotland
• Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books
• Michel Jasmin, French-Canadian daytime television talk show host, homosexual
• Lane Janger, producer-director-actor
• Trevor James, American author
• Michael Jeter, American actor, "Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle" of Sesame Street
• Joan Jett, musician
• Sarah Orne Jewett, American author
• Jobriath, American rock singer
• Edmund John, Uranian poet
• Sir Elton John, British singer, musician, composer
• Canon Jeffrey John, Church of England dean
• Jasper Johns, pop artist in the 1960s
• Holly Johnson, British lead singer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Philip Johnson, American architect, 1930s fascist, bisexual
• Angelina Jolie, American actress, bisexual
• Cherry Jones, American actress
• Grace Jones, American actress & singer, bisexual [5] (http://www.nndb.com/people/127/000023058/)
• Janis Joplin, American singer, bisexual
• Jeremy Joseph, British music promoter and organiser of G-A-Y
• Mychal F. Judge, Franciscan priest, WTC terrorism victim

K

• Frida Kahlo, Mexican artist, wife of Diego Rivera, bisexual
• Gorden Kaye, British actor
• Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch Olympic swimmer
• Hape Kerkeling, German comedian
• Maya Keyes, daughter of U.S. politician Alan Keyes
• John Maynard Keynes, British economist
• Bernard King, Australian TV personality, celebrity chef
• Billie Jean King, tennis player, bisexual
• Andrew Kinlochan, member of boy band Phixx
• Sonja Elen Kisa, creator of the now defunct Toki Pona Wikipedia
• The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, Justice of the High Court of Australia
• James Kirkwood, American playwright (A Chorus Line)
• Steve Kmetko, U.S. entertainment journalist
• Jim Kolbe, member of the United States House of Representatives (R-Arizona)
• Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician
• David Kopay, American football player, outed self in autobiography
• Ronnie Kray, One half of the Kray twins
• Carson Kressley, style guru on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Sheila Kuehl, California State Senator and former teenage actress [6] (http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/equalterms/dialogue/2/kuehl.html), [7] (http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/templates/SDCTemplate.asp?pg=senbiography&cp=MemberPage&sln=Kuehl&sdn=23&zrn=Zone)
• Michael K�hnen, German Neo-Nazi leader
• Elvira Kurt, Canadian comedian
• Tony Kushner, playwright (Angels in America)
• Karan Johar, Indian director

L

• Elaine Lancaster, American drag performer
• Wanda Landowska, who revived the harpsichord's popularity, in conjuction with her companion Denise Restout.
• Nathan Lane, American actor and singer
• k.d. lang, Canadian country and blues singer
• Laurier L. LaPierre, Canadian broadcaster and Senator
• Danny La Rue, drag queen
• Derek Laud, British political activist and Big Brother contestant
• Charles Laughton, British actor, bisexual
• Chris Lea, former leader of the Green Party of Canada, first openly gay party leader in Canada
• Ren� Leboeuf, Canadian gay rights activist, half of first couple to legally marry in Quebec
• Mark Leduc, Canadian Olympic medalist/boxing, 1992
• Violette Leduc, French author
• Sook-Yin Lee, Canadian TV personality, former MuchMusic VJ, bisexual
• Annie Leibowitz, American photographer
• Robert Lepage, Canadian playwright, actor and film director
• Hedda Lettuce, drag performer
• Mark Levengod, Swedish TV host
• Jos� Lezama Lima, Cuban poet
• Jesse Liberty, American writer, bisexual
• Lee Liberace, American musician
• Janine Lindemuller, U.S. Porn Actress, bisexual
• Brian Linehan, Canadian TV personality
• Kristanna Loken, actress, model, bisexual
• Audre Lorde, poet, author
• Lance Loud, son on reality television show An American Family, rock singer
• Louis XIII, Bourbon King of France 1610-1643
• Greg Louganis, U.S Olympic high-diver
• Bryan Lourd, Carrie Fisher's ex-husband, CAA principal
• Christopher Lowell, interior decorator [8] (http://www.lgcsc.org/couchpotato.html)
• Matt Lucas, British comedian
• Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (The Mad King)
• Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and The Rhine
• Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian

M

• Ann-Marie MacDonald, Canadian author and playwright
• Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler from Cape Breton
• Mary MacLane, Edwardian-era writer
• Miche�l MacLiammoir actor and co-founder of Dublin's Gate Theatre
• Peter Mandelson, Britain's EU commissioner
• Marjorie Main, American actress best known for portraying Ma Kettle
• Irshad Manji, Canadian journalist, author, and "Muslim Refusenik".
• Erika Mann, cabaret producer, actress
• Klaus Mann,German author
• Thomas Mann, German author
• Charles Manson, convicted murderer, criminal cult leader, bisexual [9] (http://www.nndb.com/people/449/000022383/)
• Marilyn Manson, American singer, bisexual. He is considered bisexual because he had performed oral sex on men for fun according to his autobiography The Long Hard Road out of Hell.
• Robert Mapplethorpe, American artist, photographer
• Jean Marais, French actor, lover of Jean Cocteau
• Josie Maran, US model, bisexual
• Marilyn, British pop star and musician
• Christopher Marlowe, Elizabethan playwright
• David Marr, Australian author, broadcaster and media commentator
• David Marsden, Canadian radio broadcaster and music promoter
• Heather Matarazzo, American actress
• Holly Matcalf, gold medal winner in rowing during the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Johnny Mathis, Singer
• Ney Matogrosso, Brazilian singer
• William Somerset Maugham, British writer and dramatist
• Armistead Maupin, American writer (Tales of the City)
• Am�lie Mauresmo, French tennis player
• Steve May, Arizona state legislator and Army reservist
• Roddy McDowall, British actor and photographer
• Johnny McGovern, AKA "The Gay Pimp" - Comedian and singer
• James McGreevey, U.S. politician and former governor of New Jersey
• Sir Ian McKellen, British actor (X-Men, The Lord of the Rings), gay rights campaigner
• Margaret Mead, anthropologist
• Joe Meek, British record producer
• Meleager (general), Greek military commander
• R�al M�nard, Canadian member of parliament
• Gian Carlo Menotti, U.S. composer
• Kitty Meow, International circuit party Icon
• Rick Mercer, Canadian television comedian
• Freddie Mercury, British musician (Queen)
• Stephin Merritt, New York singer/songwriter for the Magnetic Fields, the Sixths, and the Gothic Archies
• Metrobius
• George Michael, British singer (Wham)
• Tammy Lynn Michaels, U.S. actress, partner of Melissa Etheridge
• Harvey Milk, American politician
• Merle Miller, Presidential biographer
• Andy Milligan, American exploitation film director
• Scott Mills, British Radio DJ
• Vincente Minnelli, onetime husband of Judy Garland, father of Liza Minnelli, bisexual
• Sal Mineo, American actor
• Frank McGuinness, Irish playwright
• Yukio Mishima, Japanese author
• John Cameron Mitchell, American writer and director. Creator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Isaac Mizrahi, Fashion designer, television show host
• Albert Mol, Dutch actor
• Brian Molko, Frontman of British rock band Placebo, bisexual
• Comte Robert de Montesquiou poet, writer, set designer, patron of the arts
• Tyria Moore, love partner of serial killer Aileen Wuornos
• Agnes Moorhead, American actress
• Cherrie Moraga, author on lesbian Hispanic themes
• Richard Morel, singer, music producer
• Rudolph Moshammer
• Jon Moss, British musician
• Lee Mrozak, (Crazy Cabbie) New York radio personality, bisexual
• Megan Mullally, US actress, bisexual
• Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, playwright and poet
• Saki, real name H.H. Munro, Edwardian writer
• Glen Murray, former mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Boris Moiseev, Russian singer

N

• Klaus Nomi, German singer
• Martina Navratilova, Tennis player
• Ted Nebbeling, politician (British Columbia) First Cabinet Minister anywhere to marry his same sex partner.

O

• Sin�ad O'Connor, Irish singer, bisexual (Ryan Confidential, broadcast on RT� 1 on May 29, 2003)
• Ron Odon African-American and mayor of Palm Springs, California
• Daniel O'Donnell, American politician, brother of Rosie O'Donnell
• Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian
• Eoin O'Duffy, Irish police commissioner, leader of the 'Blueshirts' and aide to Michael Collins (Irish leader)
• Paul O'Grady, British television performer
• Andrew Olexander, Australian politician, current member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Pauline Oliveros, composer
• Laurence Olivier, British actor, bisexual
• Stefan Olsdal, Bassist of rock band Placebo
• Brian Orser, Canadian silver medalist at both the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics
• Joe Orton, British playwright
• Cathal � Searcaigh, Irish poet
• Fran�ois Ozon, French writer and film director

P

• Brian Paddick, UK Police Commander and nephew of Hugh Paddick
• Hugh Paddick, British actor
• Juliusz Paetz, Archbishop of Poznan
• Camille Paglia, American author and social critic, bisexual
• Peter Paige, American actor ("Queer as Folk")
• David Paisley, British actor
• Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer
• Chuck Palahniuk, American writer, notably of Fight Club
• Antonia Pantojas, Puerto Rican educator
• Antonio Pantojas, Puerto Rican actor
• Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian director and writer
• Alex Parks, winner of Fame Academy, British singer/songwriter
• Annise Parker, Controller, City of Houston
• Matthew Parris, British journalist and former politician
• Harry Partch, American composer and just intonation instrument inventor
• Robert Patrick, American Off-Off Broadway playwright
• Patroclus, figure of the Trojan War, lover to Achilles
• John Paulk, One time drag queen and hustler, one time leader of the ex-gay movement and ex-President of Exodus International
• Douglas Pearce, lead singer of the goth band Death in June.
• Peter Pears, English singer
• Queen Pen, bisexual rapper
• Anthony Perkins, American actor, bisexual
• Linda Perry, singer
• Roger Peyrefitte, French diplomat and writer
• Philip II of France, French monarch
• Philippe, duke of Orl�ans under Louis XIV
• Phranc, Singer/songwriter, musician and artist
• Pink pop singer, bisexual
• Doug Pinnick American singer and musician ("King's X")
• Danny Pintauro, American actor ("Who's the Boss?")
• Miguel Pi�ero, Puerto Rican playwright, bisexual
• Plato, Greek Philosopher
• Prince Edmond de Polignac, gay composer, husband of lesbian Winnaretta Singer; together they became patrons of the arts
• Marcel Proust Author of In Search of Lost Time
• Carole Pope, Canadian rock singer
• Cole Porter, American Composer and lyricist
• Francis Poulenc, French composer, openly gay from his first serious relationship, that with painter Richard Chanelaire to whom he wrote, "You have changed my life, you are the sunshine of my thirty years, a reason for living and working." He also said, "You know that I am as sincere in my faith, without any messianic screamings, as I am in my Parisian sexuality." (Who's Who, 2001)
• Manuel Puig, Argentine writer

R

• Gilles de Rais, French nobleman and serial killer
• Richard Ramirez, American serial killer, bisexual
• Robert Rauschenberg, American artist
• �yvind Rauset, (Who's Who, 2001)
• Amy Ray, singer, The Indigo Girls
• Charlie Ray, American Entrepenuer, Writer
• Johnnie Ray, American singer, popular in the 1950s, known as the "Cry Guy"
• Nicholas Ray, American film director, bisexual
• John Rechy, American author
• Robert Reed, actor
• Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and former game-show regular
• George Reinholt, soap opera actor (Steve Frame on Another World)
• Rio Reiser, German musician ("Ton Steine Scherben"), bisexual
• Mary Renault, novelist
• Denise Restout, companion of Wanda Landowska
• James Harry Reyos, confessed murderer, stated he was gay on the A&E television channel
• Cecil Rhodes, British financier and colonizer of Africa
• Christopher Rice, American author (son of Anne Rice)
• Adrienne Rich, American poet and critic
• Bill Richardson, Canadian writer and radio broadcaster
• Arthur Rimbaud, French poet
• Herb Ritts, American fashion photographer
• Ian Roberts, Australian Rugby League player
• Anwar Robinson, American Idol contestant
• Gene Robinson, American Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire
• Svend Robinson, former Canadian member of parliament
• Tom Robinson, British rock musician
• Roche-sur-Yon, French prince and King of Poland
• Jai Rodriguez, "culture guru" on Queer Eye
• Ernst R�hm, leader of the Nazi SA (Brownshirts)
• Cesar Romero, actor
• Ned Rorem, composer, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001)
• Hilary Rosen, former CEO of the RIAA, longtime partner of Elizabeth Birch (see above)
• Michael Rowe, Editor Queer Fear II
• Jane Rule, Canadian author
• RuPaul, AKA RuPaul Andre Charles, American drag queen
• Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist, organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, introduced Martin Luther King Jr. to the writings of Mahatma Gandhi and non-violence, fired for being gay

S

• Steven Sabados, Canadian TV personality
• Vita Sackville-West, UK author and poet
• Marquis de Sade, 18th century author and philosopher, bisexual
• Leontine Sagan, Austrian film-maker
• Emily Saliers, singer, The Indigo Girls
• Victor Salva, American writer/director (Jeepers Creepers)
• Ben Sander, a.k.a. Brini Maxwell, drag performer and television host
• Emmanuel Sandhu, Canadian figure skater
• Jeremy Sapienza, World-renowned anarchist
• Dick Sargent, American actor, (second "Darrin" on Bewitched)
• Dan Savage, American columnist
• David Sedaris, American essayist and radio personality
• Shyam Selvadurai, Canadian novelist (Funny Boy)
• Fred Schneider, lead singer of the B-52s
• Joel Schumacher, American film-maker (The Phantom of the Opera (2004 movie))
• Jake Shears, singer for the band the Scissor Sisters
• Pete Shelley, lead singer of British punk band The Buzzcocks
• Matthew Shepard, hate crime victim, violently murdered in Wyoming, subject of Emmy winning films The Laramie Project and The Matthew Shepard Story
• Ned Sherrin, UK broadcaster
• Randy Shilts, US author, journalist and AIDS activist
• Henry Sidgwick, utilitarian philosopher
• Michelangelo Signorile, columnist, advocate, and pundit
• Bill Siksay, Canadian member of parliament
• Mario Silva, Canadian member of parliament
• Bryan Singer, movie director (X-Men)
• Winnaretta Singer, patron of the arts, heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune who married a gay husband
• Siouxsie Sioux, rock and punk rock singer and songwriter, bisexual
• Nirushan Siva, Sri Lankan uthor of Magicland, bisexual
• Jeffrey Smart, Australian painter
• Bessie Smith, American blues singer
• Chris Smith, first openly gay British MP
• Liz Smith (journalist), gossip columnist, bisexual
• George Smitherman, Canadian politician (Ontario cabinet minister) [10] (http://www.365gay.com/newscontent/102303smithermanCabinet.htm)
• Socrates, Greek philosopher
• Simeon Solomon, (1840-1905), British Jewish artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelites and the Aesthetic art movement
• Solon, Greek statesman
• Jimmy Somerville, singer (Bronski Beat, The Communards) (Who's Who, 2001)
• Stephen Sondheim, American musical theater composer and lyricist
• Susan Sontag, American essayist and novelist, usually lesbian but occasionally bisexual
• Dusty Springfield, British pop singer
• Pam St. Clement, UK television actress (Eastenders)
• James St. James, American author and former New York party icon.
• Mia St. John, US boxer, bisexual
• Robert Stadlober, German actor and singer, bisexual
• Barbara Stanwyck, American actress
• Sławek Starosta, Polish gay activist
• Gertrude Stein, American expatriate author, partner of Alice B. Toklas
• Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M.), film producer
• Jim Stork, US politician
• Billy Strayhorn, jazz composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
• Sylvester, American singer (Who's Who, 2001)
• Gerry Studds, US politician
• Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman dictator
• Andrew Sullivan, conservative journalist
• Terry Sweeney, US writer and actor who was a Saturday Night Live cast member in the mid-1980s

T

• Channing Tatum, bisexual. Male model/actor
• Rip Taylor, American comic
• Hordur Torfason, (Who's Who, 2001)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
• Tegan and Sara, Canadian singer/songwriters and sisters
• Neil Tennant, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
• Stephen Tennant, British aristocrat
• Mark Tewksbury, Canadian gold medal winner in the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Scott Thompson, Canadian comedian and actor (Kids in the Hall)
• Virgil Thomson, American theater composer and music critic
• Jeremy Thorpe, leader of British Liberal Party
• William Tatem (Bill) Tilden II, American tennis champion
• Colm T�ib�n, Irish novelist
• Alice B. Toklas, partner of Gertrude Stein, known for her cookbook that contains Brion Gysin's hashish brownies (marijuana)
• Sandi Toksvig, British comedian
• Lily Tomlin, American comedian, actress
• Pussy Tourette, drag performer and singer
• Pete Townshend, guitarist of The Who, self-proclaimed bisexual (under investigation by Scotland Yard for paedophilia)
• Trajan, Roman emperor
• Violet Trefusis, lesbian daughter of King Edward VII's mistress Alice Keppel; lover of Vita Sackville-West
• Michel Tremblay, Canadian writer
• Mark Trevorrow, Australian comedian
• Esera Tuaolo, former NFL player
• Alan Turing, British mathematician, computer scientist and theorist
• Colin Turnbull, British anthropologist, later American citizen, Buddhist
• Stephen Twigg, UK Politician, MP, defeated Michael Portillo in 1997 election
• Oras Tynkkynen, Finnish politician

U

• Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, German activist, author
• Umberto II di Savoia, Italian King

V

• Pierre Valli�res, writer, member of the terrorist FLQ
• Ville Valo, Finish muscian, singer of HIM (band)
• Lupe Valdez, Sheriff - Dallas County, TX
• Michele van Gorp, WNBA player for the Minnesota Lynx
• Chavela Vargas, Mexican singer, who came out as lesbian during an interview with Colombian television
• Gianni Vattimo, Italian philosopher
• Paul Verlaine, French poet
• Jim Verraros, singer, actor, American Idol contestant
• Reginald VelJohnson, actor (the dad on Urkel-based Family Matters)
• Mar�chal de Vend�me, General under Louis XIV
• Compte de Vermandois, Admiral of France
• Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer
• Gore Vidal, American writer
• Luchino Visconti, Italian director
• Hella von Sinnen, German comedienne

W

• Tom Waddell, American sports
• Rufus Wainwright, Canadian/American singer
• Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
• Wanda, American drag performer
• Andy Warhol, American artist and pop art icon
• Patricia Nell Warren, American writer, Front Runner
• Tony Warren, British scriptwriter (creator of Coronation Street)
• John Waters, American film director (Pink Flamingos)
• Sarah Waters, British author (Tipping the Velvet)
• Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State 1937-1943
• James E. West, American politician
• Mae West, American actress, bisexual
• Suzanne Westenhoefer, American comedian
• Guido Westerwelle, Leader of the German liberal party FDP
• James Whale, American film director
• Diane Whipple, victim in the Presa Canario dog mauling trial
• Edmund White, American novelist (A Boy's Own Story)
• Patrick White, Australian novelist and Nobel Prize winner(The Twyborn Affair)
• Walt Whitman, American poet (Leaves of Grass)
• Jane Wiedlin, guitarist/singer for The Go-Go's, bisexual
• Tracey Wigginton, Brisbane's "lesbian vampire murderer"
• Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright and bon vivant, imprisoned after conviction for "gross indecency" for homosexual behavior
• Thornton Wilder, playwright (Our Town) and novelist
• Kenneth Williams, British actor and diarist
• Robbie Williams, British pop singer, bisexual
• Tennessee Williams, American playwright
• Wendy O. Williams, American rocker, bisexual
• Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical archaeologist and art historian
• Paul Winfield, American actor
• Jeanette Winterson, UK author
• Dale Winton, British television presenter
• Michal Witkowski, polish writer
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
• Monique Wittig, academic
• Alexander Wood, merchant and magistrate in Upper Canada; "Founder of Gay Toronto"
• Virginia Woolf, British author
• Klaus Wowereit, mayor of Berlin
• Aileen Wuornos, serial killer, prostitute, bisexual

Y

• Will Young, British pop singer, winner of ITV's 2001 Pop Idol, and singer of the million-selling 2002 single "Anything Is Possible / Evergreen"
• Felix Yusupov, Russian prince

Z

• Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American AIDS activist, The Real World participant

Persons of debated lesbian, gay, or bisexual orientation

The following list includes those who some people legitimately believe there is meaningful evidence the person is or was gay, lesbian or bisexual. This speculation should be supported by documentation or historical record. More information about what is known about each individual's sexuality should be available in the individual's biography.

A

• Nick Adams, American actor
• Akhenaton, Egyptian pharaoh
• Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author
• Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, bisexual
• Aristotle, Greek philosopher
• Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and women's suffrage activist

B

• Elizabeth B�thory, Hungarian countess, serial killer (vampirism)
• Lucecita Ben�tez, Puerto Rican singer
• Miguel Bos�, Spanish singer
• James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States
• Samuel Butler, UK novelist 'Erewhon'
• Lord Byron, poet, bisexual

C

• Julius Caesar, Roman emperor, suggested to have had a relationship with King Nicomedes III of Bithynia
• Roger Casement, Irish patriot
• Nellie Cashman, gold prospector
• Cristian Castro, Mexican singer
• Willa Cather, U.S. novelist
• Marcia Cross, actress, subject of frequent tabloid speculation

D

• Salvador Dal�, Spanish painter
• F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher
• David Dreier, U.S. congressman
• Francis Archibald Douglas, Lord Drumlanrig (1867-1894), Private Secretary to Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Drumlanrig was the eldest son of John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry and elder brother of Lord Alfred Douglas; according to a biography of Oscar Wilde, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde by Neil McKenna, Drumlanrig had a secret affair with Rosebery and committed suicide because this became known to his family.
• Guillaume Dufay, composer

F

• Alejandro Fern�ndez, Mexican singer; according to tabloid, had relationship with Miguel Bos�
• Siegfried Fischbacher, magician
• Edward FitzGerald, poet (informed speculation by at least one authority)
• Errol Flynn, Australian actor, reputed Nazi spy, bisexual
• Susan Flannery, soap opera actress (Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Jodie Foster, American actress
• James Franco, actor
• Frederick the Great, eighteenth-century King of Prussia

G

• Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer
• Prince George, Duke of Kent, British royal (uncle of Queen Elizabeth II)
• Richard Gere, American actor and Tibetan freedom activist
• David Gest, ex-husband of Liza Minelli
• Gustav V of Sweden
• Cary Grant, (Archie Leach) British actor, bisexual [11] (http://comingout.free.fr/gpanac09.htm)); also Hollywood Gays: Conversations With: Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David Lewis by Boze Hadleigh; Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood 1910-1969 by William J. Mann.
• Thomas Gray, English poet

H

• George Frideric Handel, composer
• Richard Bennett Hatfield, Canadian politician (premier of New Brunswick, 1970-1987)
• Hugh Hefner, publicly acknowledged to having gay relationships during the 1970s
• J. Edgar Hoover, director of FBI
• Howard Hughes, American tycoon, film producer, aviator
• Langston Hughes, American poet and dramatist
• Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer

I

• Iggy Pop, musician
• Molly Ivins, columnist

J

• Brian Jones, British guitarist of The Rolling Stones, according to Dave Davies interview in "Uncut"
• Rafael Jose, Puerto Rican singer and show host, "outed" in a Puerto Rican television show

K

• Immanuel Kant, German philosopher
• William R. King, United States Senator and Vice President under Franklin Pierce (unconfirmed)

L

• Orlando Lasso, composer
• T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia), British soldier
• Adam Lazzara, front man of Taking Back Sunday
• John Lennon (according to separate biographies by Geoffrey Giuliano and Albert Goldman)
• Lennox Lewis, retired British boxer
• Matthew Gregory Lewis, British author, diplomat, and parliamentarian
• Abraham Lincoln (1809-1869), Sixteenth President of the United States, as argued in the book The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln (ISBN 0743266390) and suggested by other biographers.
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), French musician and composer
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Renaissance architect, musician, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and artist

M

• Shane MacGowan, Irish punk rocker
• Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand author
• Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican "Psychic" & TV personality
• Joseph McCarthy, U.S. politician, see Rotten page[12] (http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/joseph-mccarthy)
• Michelangelo, Renaissance painter and sculptor
• Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
• Bernard Montgomery, British soldier
• Jim Morrison, American rock singer, according to Stephen Davis' biography Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend
• Morrissey, British singer
• Modeste Mussorgsky, composer
• Frank Murphy, Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

N

• Dave Navarro, musician, bisexual
• Isaac Newton British physicist.
• Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher.
• Cynthia Nixon, American actress

O

• Titus Oates, inventor of the "Popish Plot"

P

• Patrick Pearse, Irish patriot and leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, whose poetry is littered with homoerotic imagery
• Natalie Portman, actress (hinted at same-sex attraction in a magazine interview)
• Paula Poundstone, comedian

Q

R

• Sun Ra, musician
• Richard I, the Lion Hearted, English King
• Richard III, the clubfooted hunchback, English King
• Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas
• Dennis Rodman, athlete, bisexual
• Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), British Prime Minister. Had an affair with Lord Drumlanrig, according to a biography of Oscar Wilde, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, by Neil McKenna.

S

• Camille Saint-Sa�ns, French composer.
• Sandro, Argentine singer
• V�ctor Santiago, mayor in Puerto Rico, accused of sexual harassment by two men
• Sappho, Greek poet: her love poetry to men and women may or may not have autobiographical import
• G. David Schine, aide to Sen. Joseph McCarthy
• Ed Schrock, former U.S. congressman
• Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Solomon, Maynard: "Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini")
• Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer
• William Shakespeare, Elizabethan playwright and poet (had a wife and children; his love sonnets to a man may or may not have autobiographical import.)
• Richard Simmons, America fitness guru
• Oliver Sipple, who saved president Gerald Ford's family, he sued a newspaper for running a story about his sexuality
• Shepard Smith, U.S. cable news anchor
• Kisha Snow, U.S. boxer
• Barbara Stanwyck, U.S. actress (Hadleigh, Boze: "The Celluloid Closet")
• Baron Friedrich von Steuben, German military adviser to American revolution
• Oliver Stone, hinted at past same-sex relationships in a 2004 interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
• Sharon Stone, American actress, bisexual
• Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Consort/husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, reputedly bisexual

T

• Tarkan, Turkish pop singer, was outed with highly speculative photographs by TV station SHOW TV. He has not yet publicly declared his homosexuality nor denied it.
• C�sar Torres, mayor of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, fined 250 dollars for allegedly asking an undercover male police officer for sex

U

V

• Rudolph Valentino, silent actor
• Rudy Vallee, American singer, actor
• Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter. See http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/6232/

W

• Evelyn Waugh, British writer
• Patrick White, Australian writer

X

• Malcolm X, American black nationalist leader, see [13] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1486997,00.html)

Z

Persons no longer identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual

The following list includes people who at one point identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual but no longer do.

• David Bowie, English musician artist and stage/film performer, came out as bisexual later identifying as "closeted heterosexual," Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).
• Stephen Daldry, film director
• Anne Heche, American actress
• Little Richard, American singer and musician, "former bisexual", denounced homosexuality and bisexuality after becoming a Christian minister
• Madonna, came out as bisexual, later denied
• Michael Portillo, British politician and journalist who had gay experiences as a young man
• Lou Reed, American musician, came out as bisexual, later denied - see Victor Bockris' "Transformer"
• Seraphim Rose, informal saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; openly confirmed his homosexuality but later rejected it in order to live in a monastery according to the orthodox faith.
• t.A.T.u., Russian pop duo [14] (http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2004/09/21/4)

See also

• homophobia
• homophobic hate speech
• the closet
• list of transgendered people
• list of bisexuals
• list of people who have denied being gay
• list of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual composers
• list of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual academics
• list of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual Jews
• list of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction and myth
• Gay rights timeline

External links

• Rob's A-Z of famous gay, lesbian and bisexual people (http://gayinfo.tripod.com/)
• Youth First Texas - Famous Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered People (http://www.youthfirsttexas.org/famous_gay_people.html)
• FemBio - Notable Women International includes biographies of lesbians and a search function (http://www.fembio.org/default.shtml)

Sources

• Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. New York: Routledge. ISBN 041522974X.

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