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FAMOUS LGBT PEOPLE
Prominent Individuals in the LGBT
Community
ANCIENT TIMES
Socrates / Greek Philosopher, 400 BC
Sappho / Greek Woman Poet, 600 BC
Aristotle / Greek Philosopher, 384-322 BC
CLASSICS
Michelangelo / Italian Artist, 15th C
Leonardo Da Vinci / Italian Artist and Scientist, 15th C
Christopher Marlowe / English Playwright, 16th C
RULERS
Alexander the Great / Macedonian Ruler, 300 BC
Peter the Great / Russian Czar, 17th-18th C
Frederick the Great / King of Prussia
Left to Right: Truman Capote, Edward Albee, Gertrude Stein
WRITERS
Francis Bacon / English Statesman and Author
T.E. Lawrence / English Soldier and Author
Lord Byron / English Poet
Walt Whitman / US Poet and Author
Oscar Wilde / Irish Author
Marcel Proust / French Author
Gertrude Stein / US Poet and Author
Alice B. Toklas / US Author
James Baldwin / US Author
Herman Melville / US Author
Willa Cather / US Author
Langston Hughes / US Author
E.M. Forster / English Author
Hans Christian Andersen / Danish Author
Ralph Waldo Emerson / US Author
Virginia Woolf / English Author
Tennessee Williams / US Playwright
Rainer Maria Rilke / German Poet
Edward Albee / US Playwright
Armistead Maupin /
US Writer
Rita Mae Brown / US Novelist
Gore Vidal / US Novelist
Allen Ginsberg / US Poet
W.H. Auden / English Poet
Truman Capote / US Writer
Left to Right:
Michael Stipe, Melissa Etheridge, George Michael, Elton John
MUSICIANS
Cole Porter / US Composer
Leonard Bernstein / US Composer
Peter Tchaikovsky / Russian Composer
Melissa Etheridge / US Rock Star
Amy Ray & Emily Saliers / US Musicians (Indigo Girls)
Elton John / English Rock Star
Janis Joplin / US Singer
George Michael /
English Pop Star
Boy George / English
Pop Star
Ani DiFranco / US Musician
Brian Epstein / First
Manager for the Beatles
Liberace / US Pianist and Entertainer
Michael Stipe / US Rock Star (Lead Singer of REM)
Joan Baez / US Musician
Tracy Chapman / US Musician
KD Lang / US Musician
Rufus Wainwright / US Musician
Lance Bass / US Musician (N'Sync)
Brandi Carlisle / US Musician
Clay Aiken / US Musician (American Idol)
ARTISTS/DANCERS
Rudolf Nuryev / Russian Dancer
Andy Warhol / US Artist
Left to Right: Rachel Maddow, Candace Gingrich, John Amaechi
GOVT/POLITICS
John M. Keynes / English Economist
Eleanor Roosevelt / US Stateswoman
Harvey Milk / US Politician
Roberta Achtenburg / US Politician
Barney Frank / US Congressman
Gerry Studds / US Congressman
J. Edgar Hoover / US Director of the FBI
Dag Hammerskjold / Swedish UN Secretary
Patricia Todd / Alabama Legislator
Tammy Baldwin / Wisconsin Congresswomen, US House of Rep
RELIGION
Gene Robinson /
US Episcopal Bishop
Mel White / President & Founder of SoulForce
ACTIVISTS
Bayard Rustin / US Civil Rights Activist w MLK
Angela Davis / US Political Activist
Candace Gingrich / Gay Rights Activist
Kate Kendell / NCLR
Executive Director
Ruth Ellis / Civil Rights
Activist (1899-2000)
Susan B. Anthony / Women's Suffrage
Activist
Left to Right: Lily Tomlin, Portia DeRossi & Ellen DeGeneres, Rock
Hudson
ATHLETES
Martina Navratilova / US Tennis Player
Greg Louganis / US Olympic Swimmer
Billie Jean King / US Tennis Player
Sheryl Swoopes / US Basketball Player
Esera Tuaolo / US NFL
Football Player
John Amaechi /
US NBA Basketball Player
SCIENCE/PHILOSOPHY
Alfred Kinsey /
Researcher, Father of Sexology (1894-1956)
Magnus Hirschfeld, German Physician, sexologist (1868-1935)
Michael Foucault / French Philosopher, Sociologist. Educator (1926-1984)
Deirdre McCloskey / Economist and Economic Historian
NEWS/MEDIA
Rachel Maddow /
US News Commentator (MSNBC)
Anderson Cooper / US Newscaster (CNN)
Suze Orman / US Financial Expert & TV Host
Left to Right:
Oscar Wilde, Barney Franks, KD Lang
ACTORS /
ENTERTAINERS
James Dean / US Film Actor
Montgomery Clift / US Film Actor
Rock Hudson / US Film Actor
Ellen Degeneres / US Actor and Comedian
Lily Tomlin / US Actor and Comedian
B.D. Wong / US Actor
Margaret Cho / US Comedian
Rosie O'Donnell / US Comedian and Actor
Suzanne Westenhofer / US
Comedian
Sandra Bernhardt / US Comedian and Actress
Siegfried and Roy / US Entertainers
Dick Sargent / US Television Actor (2nd Darrin on Bewitched)
Robert Reed / US Television Actor (Mike Brady on Brady Bunch)
John Waters / US Film Maker
Portia de Rossi / US Television Actor
Rupert Everett / English Actor
David Hyde Pierce / US Television Actor
Graham Chapman / English Actor (Monty Python)
Richard Chamberlain / US Actor
George Takei / US Actor (Star Trek)
Cynthia Nixon / US Television Actor (Sex And The City)
Neil Patrick Harris / US Television Actor (Doogie Howser)
Wanda Sykes / US Comedian and Actor
Cherry Jones / US Actor
Meredith Baxter / US Television Actor (Family Ties)
Kelly McGillis / US Movie Actor
John Barrowman / US and UK Actor
Kristy McNichol / US Movie and TV
Actor
OTHER
Mary Cheney / Daughter of US Vice President, Dick Cheney
Chrissy Gephardt / Daughter of US Senator, Richard Gephardt
Chastity Bono / Daughter of Sonny & Cher
Left to Right: Gene Robinson, Amy Ray, Rosie O'Donnell
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