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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Evan Adams
Actor
15-Nov-1966   Smoke Signals
Sam Adams
Politician
3-Sep-1963   Mayor of Portland
Clay Aiken
Singer
30-Nov-1978   American Idol
Alvin Ailey
Dancer
5-Jan-1931 1-Dec-1989 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Edward Albee
Playwright
12-Mar-1928   Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cris Alexander
Photographer
14-Jan-1920 7-Mar-2012 Portrait photographer, Broadway actor
J. Alexander
Model
?   America's Next Top Model
Ross Alexander
Actor
27-Jul-1907 2-Jan-1937 Captain Blood
Horatio Alger
Author
13-Jan-1832 18-Jul-1899 Ragged Dick
Marc Allégret
Film Director
22-Dec-1900 4-Nov-1973 Entrée des Artistes
Chad Allen
Actor
5-Jun-1974   Matthew Cooper on Dr. Quinn
Peter Allen
Singer/Songwriter
10-Feb-1944 18-Jun-1992 I Go To Rio
Ted Allen
TV Personality
20-May-1965   Food & Wine Queer Eye guy
Kevin Allison
Actor
16-Feb-1970   The State
Néstor Almendros
Cinematographer
30-Oct-1930 4-Mar-1992 Mauvaise Conduite
Pedro Almodóvar
Film Director
25-Sep-1951   Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Marc Almond
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jul-1956   Contemporary cabaret vocalist, Soft Cell
John Amaechi
Basketball
26-Nov-1970   Only openly gay ex-NBA player
Hardy Amies
Fashion Designer
17-Jul-1909 5-Mar-2003 Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II
Kenneth Anger
Film Director
3-Feb-1930   Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker
Steve Antin
Actor
19-Apr-1958   Without You I'm Nothing
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher
8-May-1954   The Ethics of Identity
Marshall Applewhite
Religion
17-May-1931 26-Mar-1997 Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide
Emile Ardolino
Film Director
9-May-1943 20-Nov-1993 Dirty Dancing
Reinaldo Arenas
Novelist
16-Jul-1943 7-Dec-1990 El Mundo Alucinante
Alexis Arquette
Actor
28-Jul-1969   Last Exit to Brooklyn
Robert Arthur
Actor
18-Jun-1925 1-Oct-2008 Ace in the Hole
John Ashbery
Poet
28-Jul-1927   Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Howard Ashman
Songwriter
17-May-1950 14-Mar-1991 Beauty and the Beast
Anthony Asquith
Film Director
9-Nov-1902 20-Feb-1968 Pygmalion
W. H. Auden
Poet
21-Feb-1907 29-Sep-1973 The Age of Anxiety
Francis Bacon
Painter
28-Oct-1909 28-Apr-1992 The Screaming Popes
Francis Bacon
Philosopher
22-Jan-1561 9-Apr-1626 Novum Organum
Paul Bailey
Novelist
16-Feb-1937   At The Jerusalem
John Balance
Electronic Musician
16-Feb-1962 13-Nov-2004 Coil
Long John Baldry
Singer
12-Jan-1941 21-Jul-2005 British blues singer, Blues Incorporated
James Baldwin
Novelist
2-Aug-1924 30-Nov-1987 Go Tell It on the Mountain
Alan Ball
Screenwriter
13-May-1957   American Beauty
Samuel Barber
Composer
9-Mar-1910 23-Jan-1981 Adagio for Strings
Clive Barker
Novelist
5-Oct-1952   Hellraiser
R. H. Barlow
Author
18-May-1918 2-Jan-1951 Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft
John Barrowman
Actor
11-Mar-1967   Capt. Jack Harkness
Roland Barthes
Critic
12-Nov-1915 23-Mar-1980 Structuralist literary critic, S/Z
Jürgen Bartsch
Criminal
6-Nov-1946 28-Apr-1976 Teenaged homosexual serial killer
Lance Bass
Singer
4-May-1979   *NSYNC, the Quiet One
Gary Beach
Actor
10-Oct-1947   Broadway actor
Billy Bean
Baseball
11-May-1964   Going The Other Way
James Beard
Chef
5-May-1903 23-Jan-1985 First prominent TV chef
Maurice Béjart
Choreographer
1-Jan-1927 22-Nov-2007 Innovative ballet choreographer
Andy Bell
Singer
25-Apr-1964   Lead singer of Erasure
Jacinto Benavente
Playwright
12-Aug-1866 14-Jul-1954 The Bonds of Interest
Richard Rodney Bennett
Composer
29-Mar-1936   The Mines of Sulphur
Nate Berkus
Designer
17-Sep-1971   Interior decorator, often on Oprah
Wayne Besen
Activist
c. 1971   Truth Wins OUT
Hakim Bey
Author
1945   Temporary Autonomous Zone
Arthur Gary Bishop
Criminal
1951 10-Jun-1988 Utah serial killer of boys
Mr. Blackwell
Critic
29-Aug-1922 19-Oct-2008 Issued an annual "Worst-Dressed List"
Allan Bloom
Philosopher
14-Sep-1930 7-Oct-1992 The Closing of the American Mind
Anthony Blunt
Historian
26-Sep-1907 26-Mar-1983 Art historian, Soviet spy
Dirk Bogarde
Actor
28-Mar-1921 8-May-1999 A Bridge Too Far
David Bohnett
Business
2-Apr-1956   GeoCities cofounder
Matthew Bomer
Actor
11-Oct-1977   Neal Caffrey on White Collar
Gary Bond
Actor
7-Feb-1940 12-Oct-1995 English theatre actor
Edgar Bowers
Poet
2-Mar-1924 4-Feb-2000 For Louis Pasteur
Paul Bowles
Author
30-Dec-1910 18-Nov-1999 The Sheltering Sky
Malcolm Boyd
Religion
8-Jun-1923   Are You Running with Me, Jesus?
James Bridges
Film Director
3-Feb-1936 6-Jun-1993 Urban Cowboy and The Paper Chase
Patrick Bristow
Actor
26-Sep-1962   Peter Barnes on Ellen
Benjamin Britten
Composer
22-Nov-1913 4-Dec-1976 Billy Budd
Bill Brochtrup
Actor
7-Mar-1963   NYPD Blue
David Brock
Journalist
1962   Blinded by the Right
John Browne
Business
20-Feb-1948   CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
David Brudnoy
Radio Personality
5-Jun-1940 8-Dec-2004 Boston talk radio host
Frank Bruni
Journalist
31-Oct-1964   New York Times food critic
Jim J. Bullock
Actor
9-Feb-1955   Monroe on Too Close for Comfort
Victor Buono
Actor
3-Feb-1938 1-Jan-1982 King Tut on Batman
Raymond Burr
Actor
21-May-1917 12-Sep-1993 Perry Mason
Augusten Burroughs
Author
23-Oct-1965   Running With Scissors
David Burtka
Actor
29-May-1975   American theater actor
Dan Butler
Actor
2-Dec-1954   Bob "Bulldog" Brisco on Frasier
Samuel Butler
Author
4-Dec-1835 18-Jun-1902 Erewheon
John Cage
Composer
5-Sep-1912 12-Aug-1992 Experimental composer
Simon Callow
Actor
13-Jun-1949   British theatre actor
Mario Cantone
Comic
9-Dec-1959   Laugh Whore
Truman Capote
Novelist
30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 In Cold Blood
Carleton Carpenter
Actor
10-Jul-1926   Two Weeks: With Love
George Washington Carver
Botanist
c. 1860 5-Jan-1943 Crop rotation and peanut butter
Roger Casement
Activist
1-Sep-1864 3-Aug-1916 Irish revolutionary, gay diarist
Constantine P. Cavafy
Poet
29-Apr-1863 29-Apr-1933 Greek poet in Alexandria
Benvenuto Cellini
Sculptor
1-Nov-1500 13-Feb-1571 Florentine Mannerist goldsmith and sculptor
Luis Cernuda
Poet
21-Sep-1902 5-Nov-1963 Generation of '27
George Chakiris
Actor
16-Sep-1934   West Side Story
Richard Chamberlain
Actor
31-Mar-1935   Dr. Kildare and Shogun
Sam Champion
TV Personality
13-Aug-1961   WABC-TV Weatherman
Graham Chapman
Comic
8-Jan-1941 4-Oct-1989 Monty Python's King Arthur
Ian Charleson
Actor
11-Aug-1949 6-Jan-1990 Chariots of Fire
Alfred Chester
Novelist
7-Sep-1928 1-Aug-1971 The Exquisite Corpse
Craig Chester
Actor
8-Nov-1965   Adam & Steve
Peter Christopherson
Electronic Musician
27-Feb-1955 24-Nov-2010 Sleazy of Throbbing Gristle, Coil
David N. Cicilline
Politician
15-Jul-1961   Congressman, Rhode Island 1st
Anthony Clark
Actor
4-Apr-1964   Greg Warner on Yes, Dear
Van Cliburn
Pianist
12-Jul-1934   Piano prodigy
Montgomery Clift
Actor
17-Oct-1920 23-Jul-1966 From Here to Eternity
James Coco
Actor
21-Mar-1928 25-Feb-1987 Only When I Laugh
Andy Cohen
Film/TV Producer
2-Jun-1968   EVP at Bravo, Watch What Happens: Live
Roy Cohn
Government
20-Feb-1927 2-Aug-1986 Joseph McCarthy's henchman
Steven Cojocaru
Critic
5-Jan-1965   Entertainment Tonight fashion critic
Chris Colfer
Actor
27-May-1990   Kurt Hummel on Glee
Marcus Collins
Singer
15-May-1988   Seven Nation Army
Bill Condon
Film Director
22-Oct-1955   Gods and Monsters
Timothy D. Cook
Business
1-Nov-1960   CEO of Apple
Anderson Cooper
Journalist
3-Jun-1967   Anderson Cooper 360
Aaron Copland
Composer
14-Nov-1900 2-Dec-1990 Fanfare for the Common Man
Antony Cotton
Actor
5-Aug-1975   Sean Tully on Coronation Street
Douglas Coupland
Novelist
30-Dec-1961   Generation X
Noel Coward
Playwright
16-Dec-1899 26-Mar-1973 Design for Living
David Crane
Film/TV Producer
10-Aug-1957   Co-Creator of Friends
Hart Crane
Poet
21-Jul-1899 27-Apr-1932 Industrial and urban poet
Darby Crash
Singer
26-Sep-1958 7-Dec-1980 The Germs
Quentin Crisp
Actor
25-Dec-1908 21-Nov-1999 The Naked Civil Servant
Chris Crocker
Performance Artist
1987   Wants Britney left alone
Wilson Cruz
Actor
27-Dec-1973   Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life
George Cukor
Film Director
7-Jul-1899 23-Jan-1983 My Fair Lady
Andrew Cunanan
Criminal
31-Aug-1969 23-Jul-1997 Murdered Gianni Versace
Merce Cunningham
Dancer
16-Apr-1919 26-Jul-2009 Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Michael Cunningham
Novelist
6-Nov-1952   The Hours
John Curry
Figure Skating
9-Sep-1949 15-Apr-1994 Figure Skater, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
Leonardo Da Vinci
Artist
15-Apr-1452 2-May-1519 Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
Jeffrey Dahmer
Criminal
21-May-1960 28-Nov-1994 Homosexual serial killer cannibal
Drew Daniel
Electronic Musician
1971   Half of Matmos
Charlie David
Actor
9-Aug-1980   Dante's Cove
Jaye Davidson
Actor
21-Mar-1968   The Crying Game
Terence Davies
Film Director
10-Nov-1945   The House of Mirth
Billy De Wolfe
Actor
18-Feb-1907 5-Mar-1974 The Doris Day Show
Richard Deacon
Actor
14-May-1921 8-Aug-1984 The Dick Van Dyke Show
Charles Demuth
Painter
8-Nov-1883 23-Oct-1935 I Saw the Figure Five in Gold
Nick Denton
Publisher
24-Aug-1966   Gawker Media
Christian Dior
Fashion Designer
21-Jan-1905 23-Oct-1957 The 1947 New Look
Divine
Actor
19-Oct-1945 7-Mar-1988 Poodle poop-eating drag queen
Terry Dolan
Activist
1950 28-Dec-1986 Conservative activist
Tom Dooley
Activist
17-Jan-1927 18-Jan-1961 Deliver Us from Evil
Joel Dorius
Educator
4-Jan-1919 14-Feb-2006 Professor fired for gay porn arrest
Kyan Douglas
TV Personality
5-May-1970   Grooming Queer Eye guy
Robert Drivas
Actor
21-Nov-1938 29-Jun-1986 Bad Habits
John E. du Pont
Criminal
22-Nov-1938 9-Dec-2010 Lunatic, murdered wrestler David Schultz
Robert Duncan
Poet
7-Jan-1919 3-Feb-1988 Bending the Bow
Fred Ebb
Musician
8-Apr-1935 11-Sep-2004 Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret
Bret Easton Ellis
Novelist
7-Mar-1964   American Psycho
Perry Ellis
Fashion Designer
3-Mar-1940 30-May-1986 Founder, Perry Ellis International
Roland Emmerich
Film Director
10-Nov-1955   Independence Day
Brian Epstein
Business
19-Sep-1934 27-Aug-1967 Manager of The Beatles
Rob Epstein
Film Director
6-Apr-1955   The Times of Harvey Milk
Wesley Eure
Actor
17-Aug-1951   Land of the Lost
Rupert Everett
Actor
29-May-1959   My Best Friend's Wedding
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Film Director
31-May-1945 10-Jun-1982 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Michael Feinstein
Singer
7-Sep-1956   Revives the Great American Songbook
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Actor
22-Oct-1975   Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family
Harvey Fierstein
Actor
6-Jun-1952   Torch Song Trilogy
Thom Filicia
TV Personality
17-May-1968   Interior Design Queer Eye guy
Siegfried Fischbacher
Magician
13-Jun-1939   Siegfried and Roy
Wayland Flowers
Performance Artist
26-Nov-1939 11-Oct-1988 Madame's puppeteer
Mark Foley
Politician
8-Sep-1954   Congressman from Florida, 1995-2006
Tom Ford
Fashion Designer
27-Aug-1961   Influential Gucci designer
Chet Forrest
Songwriter
31-Jul-1915 10-Oct-1999 Kismet
E. M. Forster
Author
1-Jan-1879 7-Jun-1970 Howards End
Pim Fortuyn
Government
19-Feb-1948 6-May-2002 Assassinated Dutch parliamentary candidate
Michel Foucault
Philosopher
15-Oct-1926 26-Jun-1984 History of Sexuality
Virgil Fox
Organist
3-May-1912 25-Oct-1980 Organist at the Riverside Church
Barney Frank
Politician
31-Mar-1940   Congressman, Massachusetts 4th
Andy Fraser
Bassist
7-Aug-1952   Free
Leonard Frey
Actor
4-Sep-1938 24-Aug-1988 Stage actor, The Boys in the Band
Stephen Fry
Actor
24-Aug-1957   Jeeves and Wooster
D. Carleton Gajdusek
Scientist
9-Sep-1923 12-Dec-2008 Kuru (slow virus infections)
Jeff Gannon
Journalist
22-May-1957   White House shill, $200/hour male escort
Robert Gant
Actor
13-Jul-1968   Ben on Queer as Folk
Luis Alfredo Garavito
Criminal
25-Jan-1957   Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys
Federico García Lorca
Poet
5-Jun-1898 18-Aug-1936 Lament for a Bullfighter
Randy Gardner
Figure Skating
2-Dec-1957   Five-time US pairs figure skating champion
Stephen Gately
Singer
17-Mar-1976 10-Oct-2009 Boyzone
Mark Gatiss
Actor
17-Oct-1966   The League of Gentlemen
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Fashion Designer
24-Apr-1952   Made Madonna's black studded bra
David Geffen
Business
21-Feb-1943   Music and movie industry mogul
Jean Genet
Novelist
19-Dec-1910 15-Apr-1986 Theatre of the Absurd
Boy George
Singer/Songwriter
14-Jun-1961   Karma Chameleon
Stefan George
Poet
12-Jul-1868 4-Dec-1933 Algabal
David Gerrold
Novelist
24-Jan-1944   The Martian Child
Malcolm Gets
Actor
28-Dec-1964   Caroline in the City
John Gielgud
Actor
14-Apr-1904 21-May-2000 Prospero's Books
Allan D. Gilmour
Business
1934   Twice Vice Chairman of Ford
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Todd Glass
Comic
1964   Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap
Peter Glenville
Film Director
28-Oct-1913 3-Jun-1996 Becket
John Glover
Actor
7-Aug-1944   Lionel Luthor on Smallville
Nikolai Gogol
Author
19-Mar-1809 21-Feb-1852 Dead Souls, The Overcoat
John Golding
Critic
10-Sep-1929 9-Apr-2012 Cubism: A History and an Analysis
Robert Gottschalk
Inventor
12-Mar-1918 3-Jun-1982 Wide-screen motion picture technology
Jason Gould
Actor
29-Dec-1966   Son of Streisand and Elliott Gould
David Marshall Grant
Actor
21-Jun-1955   Air America
Thomas Gray
Poet
26-Dec-1716 30-Jul-1771 An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard
Larry Grayson
Comic
31-Aug-1923 7-Jan-1995 Ooh, shut that door!
Glenn Greenwald
Blogger
6-Mar-1967   Political blogger for The Guardian
George Grizzard
Actor
1-Apr-1928 2-Oct-2007 Advise and Consent
Jonathan Groff
Actor
26-Mar-1985   Jesse St. James on Glee
Michael E. Guest
Diplomat
1957   US Ambassador to Romania, 2001-04
Steven Gunderson
Politician
10-May-1951   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1981-97
Thom Gunn
Poet
29-Aug-1929 25-Apr-2004 The Man with Night Sweats
Tim Gunn
TV Personality
29-Jul-1953   Project Runway
Allan Gurganus
Novelist
11-Jun-1947   Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Brion Gysin
Artist
19-Jan-1916 13-Jul-1986 Inventor of the Dreamachine
William Haines
Actor
2-Jan-1900 26-Dec-1973 Hollywood's first openly gay leading man
Rob Halford
Musician
25-Aug-1951   Lead singer of Judas Priest
David M. Halperin
Scholar
2-Apr-1952   One Hundred Years of Homosexuality
Dag Hammarskjold
Diplomat
29-Jul-1905 18-Sep-1961 UN Secretary General, 1953-61
Keith Haring
Painter
4-May-1958 16-Feb-1990 Abstract graffiti and mural artist
E. Lynn Harris
Novelist
20-Jun-1955 23-Jul-2009 Invisible Life
Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
15-Jun-1973   Doogie Howser
Lou Harrison
Composer
14-May-1917 2-Feb-2003 Musical wayfarer
Randy Harrison
Actor
2-Nov-1977   Justin on Queer as Folk
Lorenz Hart
Songwriter
2-May-1895 22-Nov-1943 Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart
L. P. Hartley
Novelist
30-Dec-1895 13-Dec-1972 The Boat
Dan Hartman
Singer/Songwriter
8-Dec-1950 22-Mar-1994 I Can Dream About You
Richard Hatch
TV Personality
8-Apr-1961   Survivor
Nigel Hawthorne
Actor
5-Apr-1929 26-Dec-2001 The Madness of King George
Charles Hawtrey
Actor
30-Nov-1914 27-Oct-1988 Carry On...
Harry Hay
Activist
7-Apr-1912 24-Oct-2002 Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society
Darren Hayes
Singer/Songwriter
8-May-1972   Savage Garden vocalist
Sean Hayes
Actor
26-Jun-1970   Jack McFarland on Will & Grace
Todd Haynes
Film Director
2-Jan-1961   Far From Heaven
Antony Hegarty
Singer
1971   Antony and the Johnsons
Henri III
Royalty
19-Sep-1551 2-Aug-1589 King of France, Poland
Jerry Herman
Composer
10-Jul-1931   Hello Dolly!
Edward Hibbert
Actor
9-Sep-1955   Gil Chesterton on Frasier
Perez Hilton
Columnist
23-Mar-1978   Gossip columnist
David Hockney
Painter
9-Jul-1937   Paintings of LA swimming pools
Phillips Holmes
Actor
22-Jul-1907 12-Aug-1942 The Criminal Code
J. Edgar Hoover
Government
1-Jan-1895 2-May-1972 Director of the FBI, 1924-72
Avery Hopwood
Playwright
28-May-1882 1-Jul-1928 The Bat
Roy Horn
Magician
3-Oct-1944   Siegfried and Roy
Edward Everett Horton
Actor
18-Mar-1886 29-Sep-1970 Prolific 1930s comedic actor
John Hospers
Politician
9-Jun-1918 12-Jun-2011 First Libertarian presidential candidate
A. E. Housman
Poet
26-Mar-1859 30-Apr-1936 A Shropshire Lad
Richard Howard
Poet
13-Oct-1929   Untitled Subjects
Frankie Howerd
Actor
6-Mar-1917 19-Apr-1992 Up Pompeii
Rock Hudson
Actor
17-Nov-1925 2-Oct-1985 Ice Station Zebra
Ross Hunter
Film/TV Producer
6-May-1920 10-Mar-1996 Imitation of Life
Tab Hunter
Actor
11-Jul-1931   Damn Yankees
Robert Indiana
Artist
12-Sep-1928   Creator of the "LO/VE" sculpture
William Inge
Playwright
3-May-1913 10-Jun-1973 Come Back, Little Sheba
John Inman
Actor
28-Jun-1935 8-Mar-2007 Are You Being Served?
Christopher Isherwood
Author
26-Aug-1904 4-Jan-1986 The Berlin Stories
James Ivory
Film/TV Producer
7-Jun-1928   The Remains of the Day
Cheyenne Jackson
Actor
12-Jul-1975   30 Rock
Max Jacob
Poet
12-Jul-1876 5-Mar-1944 Le Cornet à dés
Derek Jacobi
Actor
22-Oct-1938   Claudius on I, Claudius
Marc Jacobs
Fashion Designer
9-Apr-1963   Fired in 1993 after releasing a "Grunge" line
Henry James
Author
15-Apr-1843 28-Feb-1916 Portrait of a Lady
Derek Jarman
Film Director
31-Jan-1942 19-Feb-1994 The Last of England
Alfred Jarry
Playwright
8-Sep-1873 1-Nov-1907 Ubu roi
Tom Jennings
Computer Programmer
1955   Author of FidoNet BBS protocols
Michael Jeter
Actor
26-Aug-1952 30-Mar-2003 Evening Shade
Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
25-Mar-1947   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Jasper Johns
Painter
15-May-1930   Neo-Dadaist painter of US Flag
Holly Johnson
Musician
9-Feb-1960   Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Philip Johnson
Architect
8-Jul-1906 25-Jan-2005 The Glass House
Jay Johnston
Comic
22-Oct-1968   Mr. Show with Bob and David
Leslie Jordan
Actor
29-Apr-1955   Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Chester Kallman
Poet
7-Jan-1921 18-Jan-1975 Librettist, translator
Clinton Kelly
TV Personality
22-Feb-1969   What Not to Wear
George Kelly
Playwright
16-Jan-1887 18-Jun-1974 Craig's Wife
Lindsay Kemp
Dancer
9-May-1938   Dance teacher for Bowie, Kate Bush
Chip Kidd
Designer
1964   Cheese Monkeys
Udo Kier
Actor
14-Oct-1944   Hans in My Own Private Idaho
Tommy Kirk
Actor
10-Dec-1941   The Mickey Mouse Club
James Kirkwood
Novelist
22-Aug-1924 21-Apr-1989 A Chorus Line
Lincoln Kirstein
Author
4-May-1907 5-Jan-1996 Co-Founder, New York City Ballet
Rives Kistler
Judge
c. 1949   Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Randal Kleiser
Film Director
20-Jul-1946   Grease
Steve Kmetko
TV Personality
16-Feb-1953   Boyfriend of Greg Louganis
Jonathan Knight
Singer
29-Nov-1968   New Kids on the Block
T. R. Knight
Actor
26-Mar-1973   George O'Malley on Grey's Anatomy
Jim Kolbe
Politician
28-Jun-1942   Congressman from Arizona, 1985-2007
Larry Kramer
Playwright
25-Jun-1935   The Normal Heart
Ronnie Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 17-Mar-1995 Kray brothers
Carson Kressley
TV Personality
11-Nov-1969   Fashion Queer Eye guy
Tony Kushner
Playwright
16-Jul-1956   Angels in America
Adam Lambert
Singer
29-Jan-1982   American Idol
Nathan Lane
Actor
3-Feb-1956   The Producers
Jack Larson
Actor
8-Feb-1928   The Adventures of Superman
Chi Chi La Rue
Film Director
8-Nov-1959   Transvestite hardcore director
Charles Laughton
Actor
1-Jul-1899 15-Dec-1962 Island of Lost Souls
Arthur Laurents
Playwright
14-Jul-1918 5-May-2011 West Side Story
Edward Lear
Poet
12-May-1812 29-Jan-1888 The Owl and the Pussycat
David Leavitt
Novelist
23-Jun-1961   The Lost Language of Cranes
Rex Lee
Actor
7-Jan-1969   Lloyd on Entourage
John Lehmann
Poet
2-Jun-1907 7-Apr-1987 Thrown to the Woolfs
Reichen Lehmkuhl
TV Personality
26-Dec-1973   The Amazing Race
Don Lemon
Journalist
1-Mar-1966   Anchor, CNN Newsroom
Terry Lester
Actor
13-Apr-1950 28-Nov-2003 The Young and the Restless
Harvey Levin
TV Personality
2-Sep-1951   Prince of the paparazzi
Liberace
Pianist
16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Limahl
Musician
19-Dec-1958   Lead singer for Kajagoogoo
Alain Locke
Author
13-Sep-1886 9-Jun-1954 Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
Danny Lockin
Actor
13-Jul-1943 21-Aug-1977 Stage actor, murdered in 1977
Bjørn Lomborg
Scholar
6-Jan-1965   The Skeptical Environmentalist
James Lord
Author
27-Nov-1922 23-Aug-2009 Giacometti: A Biography
Greg Louganis
Diver
29-Jan-1960   Olympic diver, four gold medals
Arthur Lubin
Film Director
25-Jul-1898 12-May-1995 Phantom of the Opera
Matt Lucas
Actor
5-Mar-1974   Little Britain
Ludwig II
Royalty
25-Aug-1845 13-Jun-1886 Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, 1864-86
Paul Lynde
Comic
13-Jun-1926 10-Jan-1982 Hollywood Square
Luke MacFarlane
Actor
19-Jan-1980   Over There
Luka Magnotta
Criminal Defendant
24-Jul-1982   Allegedly dismembered a Chinese student
George Maharis
Actor
1-Sep-1928   Buzz Murdock on Route 66
Sean Maher
Actor
16-Apr-1975   Dr. Simon Tam on Firefly
Peter Mandelson
Politician
21-Oct-1953   EU Commissioner for Trade
Bradley Manning
Military
17-Dec-1987   Accused of releasing classified documents
Jay Manuel
TV Personality
14-Aug-1972   Judge, America's Next Top Model
Jean Marais
Actor
11-Dec-1913 8-Nov-1998 Beauty and the Beast
Christopher Marlowe
Playwright
6-Feb-1564 30-May-1593 Doctor Faustus
Ricky Martin
Singer
24-Dec-1971   Livin' La Vida Loca
Kerwin Mathews
Actor
8-Jan-1926 5-Jul-2007 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Ross Mathews
Actor
24-Sep-1979   Ross the Intern
Johnny Mathis
Singer
30-Sep-1935   He's as helpless as a kitten up a tree
F. O. Matthiessen
Critic
19-Feb-1902 1-Apr-1950 American Renaissance
Armistead Maupin
Author
13-May-1944   Tales of the City series
David Edward Maust
Criminal
5-Apr-1954 20-Jan-2006 Serial killer of boys
Robert McAlmon
Author
9-Mar-1896 2-Feb-1956 Village: As It Happened
Alec McCowen
Actor
26-May-1925   English Shakespearean actor
Roddy McDowall
Actor
17-Sep-1928 3-Oct-1998 Planet of the Apes
James McGreevey
Politician
6-Aug-1957   Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04
Ian McKellen
Actor
25-May-1939   Gandalf the Grey
Terrence McNally
Playwright
3-Nov-1939   Frankie and Johnny
Joe Meek
Music Producer
5-Apr-1929 3-Feb-1967 Innovative record producer
John Megna
Actor
9-Nov-1952 5-Sep-1995 To Kill a Mockingbird
Ken Mehlman
Government
21-Aug-1966   RNC chairman 2005-07
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Composer
7-Jul-1911 1-Feb-2007 The Saint of Bleecker Street
Rick Mercer
Comic
17-Oct-1969   This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Ismail Merchant
Film/TV Producer
25-Dec-1936 25-May-2005 Co-Founder, Merchant Ivory Productions
William Meredith
Poet
9-Jan-1919 30-May-2007 Partial Accounts
James Merrill
Poet
3-Mar-1926 6-Feb-1995 Nights and Days
Stephin Merritt
Singer/Songwriter
1966   The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths
George Michael
Singer/Songwriter
25-Jun-1963   Faith
Michelangelo
Sculptor
6-Mar-1475 18-Feb-1564 Renaissance sculptor and painter
Harvey Milk
Politician
22-May-1930 27-Nov-1978 Openly gay SF city supervisor
Eric Millegan
Actor
25-Aug-1974   Zack Addy on Bones
James Mitchell
Actor
29-Feb-1920 22-Jan-2010 All My Children
John Cameron Mitchell
Actor
21-Apr-1963   Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Conductor
1-Mar-1896 2-Nov-1960 Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58
Isaac Mizrahi
Fashion Designer
14-Oct-1961   Unzipped
Karl Philipp Moritz
Novelist
15-Sep-1757 26-Jul-1793 Anton Reiser
Bob Mould
Musician
16-Oct-1960   Hüsker Dü frontman
Deroy Murdock
Columnist
1963   Conservative pundit
F. W. Murnau
Film Director
28-Dec-1888 11-Mar-1931 Nosferatu, Sunrise
Ryan Murphy
Screenwriter
9-Nov-1965   Creator, Glee
Michael Musto
Columnist
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George Nader
Actor
19-Oct-1921 4-Feb-2002 Robot Monster
Simon Napier-Bell
Music Producer
22-Apr-1939   British music manager
Klaus Nomi
Singer
24-Jan-1944 6-Aug-1983 New Wave counter-tenor from Mars
Graham Norton
Talk Show Host
4-Apr-1963   The Graham Norton Effect
Ramon Novarro
Actor
6-Feb-1899 30-Oct-1968 Ben-Hur
Ivor Novello
Composer
15-Jan-1893 6-Mar-1951 Keep the Home Fires Burning
Richard Nugent
Author
2-Jul-1906 27-May-1987 Harlem Renaissance writer
Rudolf Nureyev
Dancer
17-Mar-1938 6-Jan-1993 Defected to France from Kirov Ballet
Frank O'Hara
Poet
27-Jun-1926 25-Jul-1966 Meditations in an Emergency
Denis O'Hare
Actor
17-Jan-1962   Larry Harvey on American Horror Story
Peter Orlovsky
Poet
8-Jul-1933 30-May-2010 Beat poet, lover of Allen Ginsberg
Joe Orton
Playwright
1-Jan-1933 9-Aug-1967 Prick Up Your Ears
Wilfred Owen
Poet
18-Mar-1893 4-Nov-1918 Dulce Et Decorum Est
François Ozon
Film Director
15-Nov-1967   Swimming Pool
Peter Paige
Actor
10-Apr-1968   Emmett on Queer as Folk
Chuck Palahniuk
Author
21-Feb-1962   Fight Club
Ron Palillo
Actor
2-Apr-1949 14-Aug-2012 Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter
Carl Panzram
Criminal
28-Jun-1891 5-Sep-1930 Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Kenneth Parnell
Criminal
26-Sep-1932 21-Jan-2008 Kidnapped Steven Stayner
Jim Parsons
Actor
24-Mar-1973   Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Film Director
5-Mar-1922 2-Nov-1975 Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Walter Pater
Critic
4-Aug-1839 30-Jul-1894 Marius the Epicurean
Dennis Peron
Activist
8-Apr-1945   Medical marijuana
Phanocles
Poet
fl. 4th c. BC fl. 4th c. BC Greek elegiac poet
David Hyde Pierce
Actor
3-Apr-1959   Niles on Frasier
Danny Pintauro
Actor
6-Jan-1976   Jonathan Bower on Who's the Boss?
Jack Plotnick
Actor
30-Oct-1968   Xandir on Drawn Together
Jared Polis
Politician
12-May-1975   Congressman, Colorado 2nd
Cole Porter
Composer
9-Jun-1891 15-Oct-1964 I've Got You Under My Skin
Eric Portman
Actor
13-Jul-1901 7-Dec-1969 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Francis Poulenc
Composer
7-Jan-1899 30-Jan-1963 Les dialogues des Carmélites
Reynolds Price
Author
1-Feb-1933 20-Jan-2011 A Long and Happy Life
Marcel Proust
Author
10-Jul-1871 18-Nov-1922 In Search of Lost Time
Manuel Puig
Novelist
28-Dec-1932 22-Jul-1990 Kiss of the Spider Woman
James Purdy
Author
17-Jul-1914 13-Mar-2009 Eustance Chisholm and the Works
Zachary Quinto
Actor
2-Jun-1977   Sylar on Heroes
Raymond Radiguet
Novelist
18-Jun-1903 12-Dec-1923 Le Diable au Corps
Gilles de Rais
Criminal
10-Nov-1404 26-Oct-1440 Fifteenth-century child killer
David Rakoff
Author
27-Nov-1964 9-Aug-2012 Don't Get Too Comfortable
James Randi
Magician
7-Aug-1928   The Amazing Randi
Al Rantel
Radio Personality
14-Oct-1955   Conservative radio host
Irving Rapper
Film Director
16-Jan-1898 20-Dec-1999 Now, Voyager
Terence Rattigan
Playwright
10-Jun-1911 30-Nov-1977 Separate Tables
John Rechy
Author
10-Mar-1934   City of Night
Robert Reed
Actor
19-Oct-1932 12-May-1992 Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch
Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor
13-Jan-1931 25-May-2007 Flamboyant Match Game panelist
Nicola Rescigno
Conductor
28-May-1916 4-Aug-2008 Conductor, Dallas Opera, 1957-90
Harry Revel
Composer
21-Dec-1905 3-Nov-1958 Poor Little Rich Girl
Cecil Rhodes
Business
5-Jul-1853 26-Mar-1902 De Beers
Arthur Rimbaud
Poet
20-Oct-1854 10-Nov-1891 Une Saison en Enfer
Jerome Robbins
Choreographer
11-Oct-1918 29-Jul-1998 West Side Story
Mark A. Robbins
Government
c. 1964   Office of Personnel Management
Thomas Roberts
Journalist
5-Oct-1972   Former CNN Headline News anchor
Gene Robinson
Religion
29-May-1947   Openly gay Episcopalian bishop
Mo Rocca
Comic
28-Jan-1969   Senior correspondent, The Daily Show
Jai Rodriguez
TV Personality
22-Jun-1979   Culture Queer Eye guy
Richard Rodriguez
Essayist
31-Jul-1944   Hunger of Memory
Ernst Roehm
Government
28-Nov-1887 1-Jul-1934 Organizer of Hitler's Brownshirts, the SA
Frederick Rolfe
Author
22-Jul-1860 25-Oct-1913 Baron Corvo
Anthony Romero
Activist
9-Jul-1965   ACLU Executive Director
Cesar Romero
Actor
15-Feb-1907 1-Jan-1994 The Joker on Batman
Don Roos
Screenwriter
14-Apr-1955   The Opposite of Sex
Ned Rorem
Composer
23-Oct-1923   Paris Diary
Sinclair Ross
Novelist
22-Jan-1908 29-Feb-1996 As For Me and My House
Adamo Ruggiero
Actor
9-Jun-1986   Degrassi: The Next Generation
Michael Rumaker
Author
5-Mar-1932   Beat author, The Butterfly
RuPaul
TV Personality
17-Nov-1960   Drag queen supermodel
Bayard Rustin
Activist
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Sai Baba
Religion
23-Nov-1926 24-Apr-2011 Sex-crazed avatar
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion Designer
1-Aug-1936 1-Jun-2008 Christian Dior protege
Victor Salva
Film Director
29-Mar-1958   Jeepers Creepers
Patrick Sammon
Activist
1974   President, Log Cabin Republicans
George Santayana
Philosopher
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Severo Sarduy
Author
25-Feb-1937 8-Jun-1993 De donde son los Cantantes
Dick Sargent
Actor
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Dan Savage
Columnist
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Paul Schäfer
Criminal
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John Schlesinger
Film Director
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Peter Schlesinger
Photographer
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M. C. Schmidt
Electronic Musician
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Fred Schneider
Singer
1-Jul-1951   Lead singer, The B-52's
Joel Schumacher
Film Director
29-Aug-1939   The Lost Boys
James Schuyler
Poet
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David Sedaris
Author
26-Dec-1956   Contributor to This American Life
Maurice Sendak
Author
10-Jun-1928 8-May-2012 Where The Wild Things Are
Glenn Shadix
Actor
15-Apr-1952 7-Sep-2010 Beetlejuice
Adam Shankman
Film Director
27-Nov-1964   Hairspray 2007
Paul Shanley
Religion
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Jake Shears
Singer
3-Oct-1978   Lead singer, Scissor Sisters
Jeremy Sheffield
Actor
17-Mar-1966   Alex Adams on Holby City
Matthew Shepard
Victim
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Randy Shilts
Journalist
8-Aug-1951 17-Feb-1994 Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk
Brian Sibley
Author
14-Jul-1949   Penned dramatizations for LOTR
Bryan Singer
Film Director
17-Sep-1965   X-Men
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
22-Mar-1930   West Side Story
Stephen Spinella
Actor
11-Oct-1956   Love! Valour! Compassion!
Victor Spinetti
Actor
2-Sep-1933 19-Jun-2012 Oh! What A Lovely War
Dan Stamper
Activist
27-Feb-1969   Editor of Viscera! vampire webzine
Darren Star
Film/TV Producer
c. 1961   Creator of Beverly Hills 90210 franchise
Jeffree Star
Model
15-Nov-1985   MySpace "Queen of the Internet"
David Ogden Stiers
Actor
31-Oct-1942   Maj. Winchester on M*A*S*H
Lytton Strachey
Author
1-Mar-1880 21-Jan-1932 Eminent Victorians
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
29-Nov-1915 31-May-1967 Take the A Train
Keith Strickland
Musician
26-Oct-1953   Drummer and guitarist for the B-52s
Gerry Studds
Politician
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Alan Sues
Actor
7-Mar-1926 1-Dec-2011 Laugh-In
Andrew Sullivan
Journalist
10-Aug-1963   The Daily Dish
Grady Sutton
Actor
5-Apr-1906 17-Sep-1995 The Bank Dick
George Takei
Actor
20-Apr-1937   Sulu on Star Trek
John Tartaglia
Actor
16-Feb-1978   Johnny and the Sprites
Rip Taylor
Comic
13-Jan-1934   Walking confetti fountain
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
7-May-1840 6-Nov-1893 Russia's best known composer
Neil Tennant
Musician
10-Jul-1954   Vocalist for Pet Shop Boys
Peter Thiel
Business
11-Oct-1967   Co-Founder of PayPal
Scott Thompson
Actor
12-Jun-1959   The Kids in the Hall
Virgil Thomson
Composer
25-Nov-1896 30-Sep-1989 Four Saints in Three Acts
Bill Tilden
Tennis
10-Feb-1893 5-Jun-1953 Winner of 21 Grand Slam titles
Wolfgang Tillmans
Photographer
16-Aug-1968   If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
21-Dec-1944   Music Director, SF Symphony
Tom of Finland
Artist
8-May-1920 7-Nov-1991 Beefcake fetish artist
Bruno Tonioli
Choreographer
25-Nov-1955   Judge, Dancing with the Stars
Russell Tovey
Actor
14-Nov-1981   George on Being Human
Bobby Trendy
TV Personality
c. 1979   Anna Nicole's tacky designer
Alan Turing
Mathematician
23-Jun-1912 7-Jun-1954 Computing pioneer
James Van Praagh
Paranormal
23-Aug-1958   Spiritualist faker
Gus Van Sant
Film Director
24-Jul-1952   My Own Private Idaho
Carl Van Vechten
Novelist
17-Jun-1880 21-Dec-1964 Patron of the Harlem Renaissance
Gianni Versace
Fashion Designer
2-Dec-1946 16-Jul-1997 Fashion designer murdered by Andrew Cunanan
Bruce Vilanch
Author
23-Nov-1948   The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes
Tom Villard
Actor
19-Nov-1953 14-Nov-1994 Popcorn
Luchino Visconti
Film Director
2-Nov-1906 17-Mar-1976 La Terra Trema
Rufus Wainwright
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jul-1973   Gay Messiah
David I. Walsh
Politician
11-Nov-1872 11-Jun-1947 Governor and Senator from Massachusetts
Gok Wan
TV Personality
9-Oct-1974   How to Look Good Naked
Andy Warhol
Artist
6-Aug-1928 22-Feb-1987 Pop Art movement
Michael Warner
Scholar
c. 1958   Fear of a Queer Planet
Matthew Waterhouse
Actor
19-Dec-1961   Adric from Doctor Who
John Waters
Film Director
22-Apr-1946   Hairspray
Ian Watkins
Singer
8-May-1976   H from STEPS
Richard Wattis
Actor
25-Feb-1912 1-Feb-1975 English comic actor
Rembert Weakland
Religion
2-Apr-1927   Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1977-2002
Johnny Weir
Figure Skating
2-Jul-1984   Olympic figure skater
Glenway Wescott
Novelist
11-Apr-1901 22-Feb-1987 The Pilgrim Hawk
James E. West
Politician
28-Mar-1951 22-Jul-2006 Former Mayor of Spokane
Edvard Westermarck
Anthropologist
20-Nov-1862 3-Sep-1939 The Origin & Development of Moral Ideas
James Whale
Film Director
22-Jul-1889 29-May-1957 Frankenstein
Edmund White
Author
13-Jan-1940   The Joy of Gay Sex
Patrick White
Novelist
28-May-1912 30-Sep-1990 Riders in the Chariot
T. H. White
Author
29-May-1906 17-Jan-1964 The Once and Future King
Walt Whitman
Poet
31-May-1819 26-Mar-1892 Leaves of Grass
Thornton Wilder
Novelist
17-Apr-1897 7-Dec-1975 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Kenneth Williams
Actor
22-Feb-1926 15-Apr-1988 Carry on...
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
26-Mar-1911 25-Feb-1983 The Glass Menagerie
Kevin Williamson
Screenwriter
14-Mar-1965   Scream
Henry Willson
Business
31-Jul-1911 2-Nov-1978 Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele
Angus Wilson
Novelist
11-Aug-1913 31-May-1991 Hemlock and After
Lanford Wilson
Playwright
13-Apr-1937 24-Mar-2011 The Hot L Baltimore
Johann Winckelmann
Archaeologist
9-Dec-1717 8-Jun-1768 Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums
Sherwin T. Wine
Religion
25-Jan-1928 21-Jul-2007 Humanistic Judaism
Paul Winfield
Actor
22-May-1941 7-Mar-2004 Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
26-Apr-1889 29-Apr-1951 Destroyed metaphysics
David Wojnarowicz
Artist
14-Sep-1955 22-Jul-1992 One Day This Kid
B. D. Wong
Actor
24-Oct-1960   Oz, Law & Order: SVU
Monty Woolley
Actor
17-Aug-1888 6-May-1963 The Man Who Came to Dinner
Cornell Woolrich
Novelist
4-Dec-1903 25-Sep-1968 The Bride Wore Black
Robert Wright
Songwriter
25-Sep-1914 27-Jul-2005 Kismet
Peter Wyngarde
Actor
23-Aug-1933   Jason King
Vern Yip
TV Personality
27-Jun-1968   Interior decorator on Trading Spaces
Huang Yong
Criminal
c. 1974 26-Dec-2003 Prolific Chinese serial killer
Will Young
Singer
20-Jan-1979   UK Pop Idol winner
Franco Zeffirelli
Film Director
12-Feb-1923   Romeo and Juliet



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