Here is a list of GLBT people from all throughout history. I don't know their exact orientation, so if you know, feel free to let me know.
alexander the great king of macedonia who conquered greece, persia and egypt
hans christian andersen writer, "the princess and the pea," "the ugly duckling"
ann queen of britain
susan b. anthony women's rights reformer
marie antoinette queen of france
mark antony roman soldier, orator and politician
aristotle greek philosopher
joan baez singer
tallullah bankhead actress, "lifeboat"
clive barker horror writer and filmmaker, "nightmare on elmstreet"
billy bean baseball player for the san diego padres
ludwig von beethoven composer
sandra bernhard comedian
chastity bono activist, daughter of sonny and cher
david bowie rock star and actor
boy george pop star, culture club member
marlon brando actor, starred in movies such as "the godfather"
rita mae brown novelist, author of "rubyfruit jungle"
dan butler actor, bulldog on "frasier"
lord byron poet
truman capote novelist, "breakfast at tiffany's"
casanova adventurer, legendary lover
willa cather novelist, "o, pioneers!"
julius ceaser roman emperor
tracy chapman african-american folksinger
margaret cho comedian
christina queen of sweeden
christopher ciccone artist brother of madonna
kate clinton comedian
noel coward playwrite and actor, "private lives"
aleister crowely occult figure
tony curtis actor, "some like it hot"
st. jeanne d'arc patron saint of france
leonardo da vinci renaissance inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer. created the "mona lisa"
james dean actor, "rebel without a cause"
ellen degeneres comedian, actress, starred in the hbo movie "if these walls could talk 2" and her sitcom "ellen"
depeche mode new wave band
marquis de sade french soldier and writer, renouned for his sexual 'perversions'
andy dick comedian, actor, "news radio," "the andy dick show"
emily dickenson poet
ani difranco folk musician
divine actor, female impersonatror, "hairspray," "polyester," "pink flamingos"
donatello renaissance sculptor
amelia earhart aviator
edward ii king of britain
melissa etheridge rock singer
rupert everett actor, starred in movies such as "a room with a view"
perry farrell lead singer of "jane's addiction"
harvey fierstein actor, playwrite and female impersonator, creator and star of "torch song trilogy" on stage and screen
errol flynn actor, "the adventures of robin hood"
e.m. forester novelist, "a room with a view"
anne heche actress
rudy galindo champion figure skater
greta garbo actress, "camille"
allen ginsberg poet
cary grant actor, "an affair to remember"
hadrian roman emperor, "hadrian's wall"
radclyffe hall novelist, "the well of lonliness"
george frederic handel composer
keith haring artist
nathanial hawthorne novelist, "the scarlet letter"
henry III king of france
j. edgar hoover director of the fbi, criminologist, government official
a.e. housman writer and poet
rock hudson actor, "pillow talk"
langston hughes writer, poet
tom hulce actor, academy award winner, played mozart in the movie "amadeus"
patricia ireland president of the national organization for women (now)
henry james novelist, "the portrait of a lady"
james i king of britain
james vi king of britain
elton john pop star
cleve jones creator of the aids memorial quilt
janice joplin singer
frida kahlo painter
danny kaye actor, "hans christian andersen"
billie jean king pro tennis champion
steve kmetko tv anchor on e! entertainment
nathan lane actor on television, movies, and broadway, "the producers"
k.d. lang singer
t.e. lawrence "lawrence of arabia"
liberace pianist
greg louganis diver, olympic gold medalist
louis viii king of france
little richard rock singer (claims a christian conversion, however, expelled his homosexuality)
audre lorde african-american poet and activist
christopher marlowe playwrite, poet, contemporary of shakespeare
kristi mcnichol actress, "little darlings" and "empty nest"
margaret mead anthropologist
herman melville novelist, "moby dick"
george michael singer
michelangelo renaissance painter, architect, poet, sculptor, creator of the "pieta," "david" and painter of the "sistine chapel" ceiling.
harvey milk gay rights activist, politician
machiavelli italian political theorist, "the prince"
johnny mathis singer
sir ian mckellen award winning actor, starred in "gods and monsters" and "x-men"
moliere playwright, "the bourgeois gentlemen"
montezuma ii aztec ruler
martina navratilova tennis champion
nero roman emperor
florence nightengale nurse and humanitarian in the crimean war
lawrence olivier actor, "spartacus," "rebecca"
anthony perkins actor, "psycho"
peter the great russian czar
phranc punk and folk singer
plato greek philosopher
iggy pop rock star
pope benedict ix catholic pope
cole porter songwriter, composer, "you're the top"
ma rainey blues singer
raphael renaissance painter
richard i the lion hearted king of britain
richard ii king of britain
eleanor roosevelt first lady, activist, representative of the united states in the u.n.
rupaul actor, singer, female impersonator
yves saint-laurent fashion designer
george sand novelist, "indiana"
sappho poet from lesbos
dick sargent actor, second darren on the tv sitcom "bewitched"
siegfried and roy magicians
william shakespeare playwright, poet, "hamlet," "romeo and juliet," "macbeth"
bessie smith blues singer
socrates greek philosopher
barbara stanwyk actress, "christmas in connecticut," "meet john doe"
getrude stein author, "the autobiography of alice b. tonklas"
michael stipe lead singer of r.e.m.
peter tchaikovsky composer, "romeo and juliet," "swan lake," "the nutcracker"
alfred lord tennyson poet, novelist, "idylls of the king"
scott thompson comedian, "the kids in the hall"
lily tomlin comedian and actress, "9 to 5"
alice b. tonklas partner of gertrude stein
rudolph valentino actor, "the sheik"
gianni versace fashion designer
the village people disco musical group
voltaire philosopher and writer, "candide"
john waters filmmaker, "hairspray," "pink flamingos" and "polyester"
alice walker novelist, "the color purple"
horace walpole first prime minster of england
andy warhol painter
walt whitman poet, "leaves of grass"
william iii king of britain
oscar wilde novelist and playwright, "the picture of dorian gray," "the importance of being ernest"
tennesse williams playwright, "a streetcar named desire," "cat on a hot tin roof"
virginia woolfe poet, novelist, "orlando"
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