I have been compiling a list of gay people past and present from various postings on soc.motss and personal information. I have incomplete information on several of them and I am sure that there are many interesting people missing from this list. Some of the original information from soc.motss postings has gone missing during compilation, regretably, so if you recognize some of the details, don't assume that I have all of it from a particular posting. I would appreciate any help in filling in the missing information or adding new people to the list. Please e-mail me with the information. I will post a revised list once I have added the new information. Thanks, Darrell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some "famous" historical gay figures and their positions: Alexander the Great (Macedonian ruler) 356 - 323 BC Alger Jr. Horatio (US author) 1832 - 1899 Andersen Hans Christian (Danish author) 1805 - 1875 Anthony Susan B. (women's rights advocate) Aristotle (Greek philosopher) 384 - 322 BC Auden W.H. (British/US poet/author) Bacon Francis (British philosopher/statesman) Baldwin James Behan Brendan (Irish author) 1923 - 1964 Bennett Michael Bernhardt Sandra (US entertainer) Bernstein Leonard Botticelli Sandro (Italian painter) 1444? - 1510 Bowie David (British singer) 1947 - Boyd Malcolm (US theologian) 1923 - Britten Benjamin Brown Rita Mae (author) Buchanan James Butler Samuel (British author) 1835 - 1902 Byron Lord (aka Gordon, George) (British author) Caesar Julius (Roman emperor) 100 - 44 BC Capote Truman Cather Willa (author) Cellini Benvenuto (Italian goldsmith) 1500 - 1571 Christina (Swedish queen) 1626 - 1689 Cocteau Jean (French author) 1889 - 1963 Cohn Roy (asshole US lawyer) Colette Conner Bart (Olympic gymnast) Corvo Baron (aka Ralfe, Frederick) (British author) Coward Noel Curtis Tony (US actor) Cushman Charlotte (US actor) 1816 - 1876 Danson (?) Ted (US actor) Dean James (US actor) Diaghilev Sergei Dickenson Emily (author) Ellis Perry (designer) Erasmus Desiderius Erickson (sp?) Arthur (Canadian architect) Euripides (Greek dramatist) 480? - 406? BC Evans Maurice (actor) Ferron (musician) Forster E.M. (British author) 1879 - 1970 Fox Bernard (actor) Frank Barney (US congressman) Frederick the Great (Prussian king) 1712 - 1786 Fuller Margaret Genet Jean (French playwright) 1909 - Gide Andre (French author) 1869 - 1951 Ginsberg Allan (US poet) 1926 - Gordon George see Byron, Lord Grant Cary (US actor) Graves Michael (US architect) Griffin Merv (US entertainer) Gustavus III (Swedish king) 1746 - 1792 Hadrian (Roman emperor) 76 - 138 AD Hall Radclyffe Hammerskjold Dag (Swedish U.N. secretary-general) Hansberry Lorrraine Haring Keith (artist) Hellman Lillian (author) Hockney David (artist) Hudson Rock Hughes Langston (poet) Isherwood Christopher (British author) 1904 - James I (British king) 1566 - 1625 John Elton (British singer) 1947 - Johnson Philip (US architect) Joplin Janis (US singer) 1943 - 1970 Julius III (Italian pope) 1487 - 1555 Keynes John Maynard (British economist) 1883 - 1946 Klein Calvin (designer) Kuhle Sheila James (US actor) Laughton Charles Lawrence T.E. (British soldier/author) Lorca Federico Garcia Louganis Greg (Olympic diver and hunk) Lowell Amy (poet) Lully Jean-Baptiste (French composer) 1632 - 1687 Lynde Paul (entertainer) Marlowe Christopher (British playwright) 1564 - 1593 Maugham W. Somerset (playwright/novelist) McCarthy Joseph (asshole US senator) Melville Herman Michelangelo (Italian painter/sculptor) Milk Harvey (US politician activist) Millay Edna St. Vincent (poet) Miller Merle (US author) 1919 - Millett Kate (US author) 1934 - Milton John (British author) 1608 - 1674 Mishima Yukio Montezuma II Moorhead Agnes (actor) Navratilova Martina (tennis player) Nicholson Harold (British author/diplomat) Nijinsky Vaslav (Russian ballet dancer) 1890 - 1950 Paris Bob Pasolini Pier Paolo (Italian film director) 1922 - 1975 Peter the Great (Russian czar) 1672 - 1725 Plato Porter Cole Proust Marcel (French author) 1871 - 1922 Ralfe Frederick see Corvo, Baron Richard I the Lion-hearted (British king) 1157 - 1199 Richard II (British king) 1367 - 1400 Rimbaud Arthur (French poet) 1854 - 1891 Robinson Svend (Canadian politician) Rohm Ernst (German Nazi leader) 1887 - 1934 Roosevelt Eleanor Rustin Bayard Sackville-West Victoria (British author) 1892 - 1962 Sappho (Greek poet) c. 600 BC Sargent Dick (US actor) Sebastian (Catholic saint) Smith Bessie (US blues singer) 1894 - 1937 Socrates (Greek philosopher) 470? - 399 BC Sophocles (Greek playwright) 496? - 406 BC Stein Gertrude (US author) 1874 - 1946 Studds Gerry (US congressman) Swinburne Algernon (British poet) 1837 - 1909 Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich (Russian composer) 1840 - 1893 Tilden Bill (US tennis player) 1893 - 1953 Toklas Alice B. (US author/cook) 1877 - 1967 Tolstoy Leo (Russian author) Tomlin Lily (US entertainer) Turing Alan (mathmetician) Verlaine Paul (French poet) 1844 - 1896 Vidal Gore Warhol Andy We-Wha Whitman Walt (US poet) 1812 - 1892 Wilde Oscar (British playwright) 1854 - 1900 Williams Tennesee (US playwright) 1911 - Wittgenstein Ludwig Woolf Virginia (British author) 1882 - 1941 Yourcenou Margherite Zeno of Elea (Greek philosopher) 5th century BC da Vinci Leonardo (Italian painter/scientist) de Stael Madame (French author) 1766 - 1817 von Humboldt Alexander (German naturalist) 1769 - 1859 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------