GREAT GAY BRITONS: THE CANDIDATES

 

This list includes gay men and lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals, transvestites and impersonators of the opposite sex, and people whose homosexuality has been credibly inferred since their deaths. It also includes heterosexuals who have benefited the gay community by their work, their looks, or their value as role models, or who have opposed homosexuality in a counterproductive way.

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LEO ABSE  (1917-  )  Politician and author. Backbench Labour MP for thirty-nine years; famously got more legislation on to the statute book than any other backbencher. It was he who piloted through the House of Commons the 1967 Act partially decriminalising male homosexual acts. In 2000 he married a Polish electrician aged 33.

 

J R ACKERLEY  (1896-1967)  Author & literary editor

http://www.queertheory.com/histories/a/ackerley_jr.htm

 

PETER ACKROYD  (1949-  )  Author

http://lidiavianu.scriptmania.com/peter_ackroyd.htm

 

Sir HAROLD ACTON  (1904-94)  Historian and aesthete

http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/oxpoetry/index/ia.html

 

JOHN MARK AINSLEY  (1963-  )  Tenor

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=ainsley

 

WAHEED ALLI, Lord Alli  (1964-  )  Media boss and politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/waheedalli.html

 

MARC ALMOND (1956-  )  Pop singer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/marcalmond.html

 

HARRY ANDREWS  (1911-89)  Actor

http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Harry&actor_last=Andrews

 

RICHARD ARMSTRONG  (1943-  )  Conductor and Music Director http://www.scottishopera.org.uk/html/armstrong_interview.html

 

W H AUDEN  (1907-73)  Poet

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/whauden.html

 

FRANCIS BACON, 1st Baron Verulam & Viscount St Albans  (1561-1626)  Scholar and Lord Chancellor

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/francisbacon1561.html

 

FRANCIS BACON  (1909-92)  Artist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/francisbacon.html

 

Sir ROBERT BADEN POWELL  (1857-1941)  Soldier. Founder of Scouting

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Lord%20Baden-Powell

 

J M (Sir James) BARRIE  (1860-1937)  Author

http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=1561

 

NEIL BARTLETT  (1958-  )  Author, dramatist, theatre director, theatre manager

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/neilbartlett.html

 

Dame SHIRLEY BASSEY  (1937-  )  Singer

http://home2.planetinternet.be/verjans/Singing_Divas/Stories/Bio_Shirley_Bassey.htm

 

STANLEY BAXTER  (1926-  )  Comedian and pantomime dame

http://www.tartans.com/articles/famscots/baxters.html

 

AUBREY BEARDSLEY  (1872-98)  Illustrator and writer

http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/beardsley.html

 

Sir CECIL BEATON  (1904-80)  Artist, designer and diarist

http://www.staleywise.com/collection/beaton/beaton.html

 

ANDY BELL  (1964-  )  Pop singer

http://content.gay.com/channels/arts/musicorner/andy_bell.html?from=arts_inc

 

A C BENSON  (1862-1925)  Scholar, teacher, author and diarist

http://print.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0807051.html

 

E F BENSON  (1867-1940)  Brother of the above. Novelist

http://www.geocities.com/soho/nook/7665/bio.html

 

Monsignor R H BENSON  (1871-1914)  Brother of the above. Novelist and Catholic priest

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0079.html

 

HUMPHREY BERKELEY  (1926-94)  Politician, author, charity administrator, chairman UK United Nations Association. As gay Tory MP, was original sponsor of what became the 1967 Act; lost his seat as a result and later joined Labour, then SDP, then Labour again. Probably the earliest public figure to denounce Jeffrey Archer. Creator of The Life and Death of Rochester Sneath, a classic hoax.

 

TIM BERNERS-LEE  (1955-  )  Creator of the Internet

http://pluto.ksi.edu/~cyh/ba519/Berners.html

 

CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS  (1948-  )  Actor, director and pantomime dame

http://62.173.67.141/joseph/photos/biggins.shtml

 

Sir MICHAEL BISHOP  (1942-  )  Company chairman  http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,1371,717767,00.html

 

Rabbi LIONEL BLUE  (1930-  )  Religious broadcaster and author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/lionelblue.html

 

Sir (later stripped of knighthood) ANTHONY BLUNT  (1907-83)  Art historian and Soviet agent

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/anthonyblunt.html

 

WILFRED BLUNT  (1901-87)  Brother of the above. Artist, teacher, biographer, horticultural historian, promoter of italic handwriting. Wrote notable two-volume autobiography, Married to a Single Life and Slow on the Feather

 

Sir DIRK BOGARDE  (1921-99)  Film star and author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/dirkbogarde.html

 

MARC BOLAN  (1947-77)  Pop singer

http://www.netmemorials.co.uk/MarcBolan.htm

 

BETTE BOURNE  (date of birth?)  Actor

http://eurogay.co.uk/article/0900/bette.html

 

MATTHEW BOURNE  (1960-  )  Dancer and choreographer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/matthewbourne.html

 

DAVID BOWIE  (1947-  )  Pop singer and songwriter, actor, video and film producer

http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/

 

BOY GEORGE  (1961-  )  Pop star and disc jockey

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/boygeorge.html

 

BEN BRADSHAW  (1960-  )  Politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/benbradshaw.html

 

WILFRED BRAMBELL  (1912-1985)  Actor

http://www.memorabletv.com/articles/articlessteptoeandson.htm

 

BENJAMIN BRITTEN, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh  (1913-76)  Composer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/benjaminbritten.html

 

RUPERT BROOKE  (1887-1915)  Poet

http://info.ox.ac.uk/jtap/tutorials/intro/brooke/

 

OSCAR BROWNING  (1837-1923)  Historian, teacher and outsize personality; founder of what’s now the Cambridge University Department of Education.  Obsessive cultivator of royalty; in face of stiff competition, most egregious old queen in Edwardian Cambridge. Left voluminous archives, still not fully explored.

 

JULIE BURCHILL  (1959-  )  Journalist and author

http://website.lineone.net/~jon.simmons/julie/

 

ANTHONY BURGESS  (1917-93)  Author, most relevantly of Earthly Powers

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/burgess.htm

 

GUY BURGESS  (1910-63)  Journalist, television producer, double agent

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/guyburgess.html

 

PETE BURNS  (1959-  )  Pop singer

http://franck.cnudde.free.fr/doa.fr/PersonnalFile.htm

 

EDWARD BURRA  (1905-76)  Painter and ballet designer

http://www.scolarfineart.com/pages/biography/10.html

 

PETER BURTON  (1945-  )  Publisher, editor, author, anthologist – an ubiquitous figure in the world of British gay writing.

 

DOUGLAS BYNG  (1893-1987)  Cabaret artist and pantomime dame

http://www.footlight.com/artist.cfm?artist_id=9297&cat_id=5

 

George Gordon, 6th LORD BYRON  (1788-1824)  Poet http://www.queertheory.com/histories/b/byron_lord.htm

 

SIMON CALLOW  (1949-  )  Actor and author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/simoncallow.html

 

RHONA CAMERON  (1965-  )  Comedian and broadcaster

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/rhonacameron.html

 

BEA CAMPBELL  (1947-  )  Journalist, broadcaster and social commentator

http://www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au/speeches/campbell.htm

 

MICHAEL CAMPBELL  (1924-84)  Author

http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/c/Campbell,M/life.htm

 

NAOMI CAMPBELL  (1970-  )  Supermodel

http://www.askmen.com/women/models/17_naomi_campbell.html

 

EDWARD CARPENTER  (1844-1929)  Social reformer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/edwardcarpenter.html

 

HUMPHREY CARPENTER  (1946-  )  Author, broadcaster, musician

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/presenters/h_carpenter.shtml

 

Sir (later stripped of knighthood) ROGER CASEMENT  (1864-1916)  Consular official and Irish nationalist

http://www.rte.ie/millennia/people/casementroger.html

 

MICHAEL CASHMAN  (1950-  )  Actor, gay activist, politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/michaelcashman.html

 

Robert Stewart, VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH  (1769-1822)  Politician

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/c-eight/castlerea.htm

 

GRAHAM CHAPMAN  (1941-89)  Monty Python performer and writer

http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/chapman/memorial.shtml

 

BRUCE CHATWIN  (1940-89)  Travel writer and novelist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/brucechatwin.html

 

OSSIE CLARK  (1942-96)  Fashion designer and diarist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/ossieclark.html

 

JULIAN CLARY  (1959-  )  Comedian, actor, television compere

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/julianclary.html

 

ANDREW CLEMENTS  (date of birth?)  Novelist

http://www.gaymenspress.co.uk/gmpshop/default.asp?back=528&pos=8&Sin=1145&cart=678885394&ref=&sub=27&ID=1145

 

PETER COLES  (1963-  )  Astrophysicist

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzpc/

 

Richard COLES  (1962-  )  Musician, composer, writer and broadcaster

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/presenters/richard-coles.shtml

 

JOAN COLLINS  (1933-  )  Actor

http://www.joancollins.net/Biography/Biography.html

 

MARIE CORELLI  (1855-1924)  Novelist

http://www.queertheory.com/histories/c/corelli_marie.htm

 

NOEL COWARD  (1899-1973)  Actor, dramatist, composer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/noelcoward.html

 

QUENTIN CRISP  (1908-99)  Author, actor and wit

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/quentincrisp.html

 

EDWINA CURRIE  (1946-  )  Politician, writer & broadcaster

http://edwina.currie.co.uk/html/general_info.htm

 

JOHN CURRY  (1949-94)  Skater

http://www.queertheory.com/histories/c/curry_john.htm

 

STEPHEN DALDRY  (1961-  )  Stage and film director

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1216863.stm

 

Sir PETER MAXWELL DAVIES  (1934-  )  Composer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/maxwelldavies.html

 

RUSSELL T DAVIES  (born circa 1962)  Television writer

http://www.queerarchive.com/uschat02.htm

 

TERENCE DAVIES  (1945-  )  Film and television director

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/terencedavies.html

 

EVAN DAVIS  (1962-  )  Economist and television journalist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/2278082.stm

 

LES DAWSON  (1931-93)  Comedian

http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/dawson.htm

 

NICHOLAS DE JONGH  (1938-  )  Theatre critic and historian

http://www.mckellen.com/writings/920319guardian.htm

 

EDWARD DENT  (1876-1957)  Musicologist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/edwarddent.html

 

NORMAN DOUGLAS  (1868-1952)  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/normandouglas.html

 

BRIAN DOWLING  (1978-  )  Television personality

http://www.briandowling.net/

 

TOM DRIBERG, Lord Bradwell  (1905-76)  Journalist and politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/tomdriberg.html

 

CAROL ANN DUFFY  (1965-  )  Poet

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/carolannduffy.html

 

MAUREEN DUFFY  (1933-  )  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/maureenduffy.html

 

ALAN DUNCAN  (1957-  )  Politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/alanduncan.html

 

PETER DUNCAN  (1954-  )  Much-fancied Blue Peter presenter

http://www.rock10.demon.co.uk/up+vvsu/pd/

 

ANGELA EAGLE  (1961-  )  Politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/angelaeagle.html

 

EDWARD II  (1284-1327)  Monarch

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/edwardii.html

 

ELIZABETH I  (1533-1603)  Monarch

http://www.elizabethi.org/elizabethiprofile/

 

HAVELOCK ELLIS  (1859-1939)  Sex researcher, doctor and scholar

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/havelockellis.html

 

KEVIN ELYOT  (1951-  )  Dramatist and actor

http://www.artsworld.com/books-film/biographies/d-f/elyot,-kevin.html

 

BRIAN EPSTEIN  (1934-67)  Pop manager

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/brianepstein.html

 

KENNY EVERETT  (1944-95)  Disc jockey and comedian

http://www.radioacademy.org/halloffame/everett_k/

 

RUPERT EVERETT  (1960-  )  Actor and writer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/ruperteverett.html

 

RICHARD FAIRBRASS  (1953-  )  Pop singer and television presenter

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/richardfairbrass.html

 

U(rsula) A FANTHORPE  (1929-  )  Poet

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/uafanthorpe.html

 

JUSTIN FASHANU  (1961-98)  Footballer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/justinfashanu.html

 

RONALD FIRBANK  (1886-1926)  Novelist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/ronaldfirbank.html

 

E M FORSTER  (1879-1970)  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/emforster.html

 

DANNY FOSTER  (born circa 1980)  Pop singer

http://www.hearsayfanclub.co.uk/members.htm

 

STEPHEN  FRY  (1957-  )  Author, actor, comedian

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/stephenfry.html

 

PATRICK GALE  (1962-  )  Novelist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/patrickgale.html

 

JOHN GALLIANO  (1960-  )  Fashion designer

http://www.vogue.co.uk/whos_who/John_Galliano/default.html

 

STEPHEN GATELEY  (1976-  )  Pop singer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/stephengately.html

 

PIERS GAVESTON, Earl of Cornwall  (1284-1312)  Favourite of Edward II

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Gaveston

 

CHRIS GEARY  (1976-  )  Model and photographer

http://www.chrisgeary1.fsnet.co.uk/

 

DUSTIN GEE  (1942?-86)  Comedy partner of Les Dennis.

 

Sir JOHN GIELGUD  (1904-2000)  Actor and director

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/johngielgud.html

 

GILBERT (1943-  ) & GEORGE (1942-  ) Artists

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/gilbertngeorge.html

 

VICTORIA GILLICK  (date of birth?)  Roman Catholic social critic, nominated presumably just to annoy her.

 

DUNCAN GRANT  (1885-1978)  Painter

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/duncangrant.html

 

JULIA GRANT  (date of birth?) Transsexual who came to fame through the TV documentary series A Change of Sex and the book Just Julia and is well known on the Manchester scene.

 

RUSSELL GRANT  (1952-  )  Astrologer and broadcaster

http://www.live-astro.com/features/company/astrologerroyal.shtml

 

THOMAS GRAY  (1716-71)  Poet

http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/gray.htm

 

LARRY GRAYSON  (1923-95)  Comedian and gameshow host

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/larrygrayson.html

 

ANTONY GREY  (1928-  )  Gay activist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/antonygrey.html

 

Sir ALEC GUINNESS  (1914-2000)  Actor and author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/alecguinness.html

 

THOM GUNN  (1929-  )  Poet

http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=110

 

RADCLYFFE HALL  (1883-1943)  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/johnhall.html

 

MAGGI HAMBLING  (1945-  )  Artist

http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/wellfurlong/art/hambling.htm

 

GILBERT HARDING  (1907-60)  Broadcaster

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/hardinggilb/hardinggilb.htm

 

L P HARTLEY  (1895-1972)  Novelist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/lphartley.html

 

RUSSELL HARTY  (1934-88)  Broacaster

http://www.northflow.fsnet.co.uk/Russell%20Harty.htm

 

JONATHAN HARVEY  (1968-  )  Dramatist

http://www.inyerface-theatre.com/archive9.html

 

Sir NIGEL HAWTHORNE  (1929-2001)  Actor

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/nigelhawthorne.html

 

CHARLES HAWTREY  (1914-88)  Actor

http://www.carryonline.com/carry/hawtrey.html

 

HARRY HAY  (1912-2002)  Gay activist

http://www.queertheory.com/histories/h/hay_harry.htm

 

John, LORD HERVEY of ICKWORTH  (1696-1743)  Courtier, poet and memoirist

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140273646/026-3532716-0366017

 

PATRICK HIGGINS  (born 1956)  University teacher, author of Heterosexual Dictatorship and compiler of A Queer Reader.

 

HINGE AND BRACKET  (George Logan (born 1940s?) and Patrick Fyffe (1942?-2002))

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1985265.stm

 

DAVID HOCKNEY  (1937-  )  Artist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/davidhockney.html

 

ANDREW HODGES  (1949-  )  Mathematician and author

http://www.synth.co.uk/main.html

 

Sir HOWARD HODGKIN  (1932-  )  Artist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/howardhodgkin.html

 

ALAN HOLLINGHURST  (1954-  )  Novelist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/hollinghurst.html

 

The Right Reverend RICHARD HOLLOWAY  (1933-  )  Bishop and Primus.  Broadcaster and author

http://www.durand-gallery.com/html/RichardHoll.html

 

GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS  (1844-89)  Poet and priest.

http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~gbrandal/Illum_html/Hopkins.html

 

TREVOR HORN  (1949-  )  Pop producer

http://www.trevor-horn.de/

 

KENNETH HORNE  (1907-69)  Comedian and businessman

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Horne

 

A E HOUSMAN  (1859-1936)  Poet and classical scholar

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/aehousman.html

 

ARTHUR HOWARD   (1910-95)  Comic actor. More than seventy film credits. Best remembered as the downtrodden teacher Mr Pettigrew in the Fifties comedy series Whacko! which came to a premature end after he was convicted of cottaging.

 

BRIAN HOWARD  (1905-58)    Poet and critic

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/brianhoward.html

 

FRANKIE HOWERD  (1917-92)  Comedian

http://www.carryonline.com/carry/howerd.html

 

HUFFTY McPhail  (date of birth?)  Geordie comedian and singer. Former presenter of The Word television series.

 

ALASTAIR HUME  (born circa 1959)  Aids activist. Founder member of Scottish Aid Monitor and former director of the Aids Quilt in the UK.

 

JOHN INMAN  (date of birth?)  Actor and pantomime dame

http://www.johninman.co.uk/biography.html

 

CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD  (1904-86)  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/isherwood.html

 

EDDIE IZZARD  (1962-  )  Comedian and actor

http://film.guardian.co.uk/Player/Player_Page/0,4159,97011,00.html

 

Sir MICK JAGGER  (1943-  )  Pop singer

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bio.asp?oid=3104&cf=3104

 

JAMES I of England & VI of Scotland  (1566-1625)  Monarch

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/jamesi.html

 

The Reverend Canon ERIC JAMES  (1925-  )  Anglican priest, Canon of Southwark and St Alban’s, Extra Chaplain to the Queen. Well known religious broadcaster on BBC radio. His coming out made the television news; he subsequently revealed Enoch Powell’s early homosexuality. Associated with the Lesbian & Gay Support Network.

 

DEREK JARMAN  (1942-94)  Film director and designer, artist and diarist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/derekjarman.html

 

Sir ELTON JOHN  (1947-  )  Pop singer and songwriter

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/eltonjohn.html

 

ADAM JOHNSON  (1965-93)  Admired poet. Best known for his collection The Playground Bell and its title poem, an account of his gay experiences in Manchester, London and Amsterdam. Died of Aids aged 28.

 

HOLLY JOHNSON  (1960-  )  Pop singer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/hollyjohnson.html

 

YOOTHA JOYCE  (1927-80)  Actor

http://www.geocities.com/supermeguk/Yootha_Joyce.html

 

ALBERT KENNEDY  (1973?-89)  Victim of queerbashers. Commemorated by the Albert Kennedy Trust for homeless lesbian and gay teenagers

http://194.202.210.8/ (link for the Trust)

 

JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, 1st Lord Keynes of Tilton  (1883-1946)  Economist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/jmkeynes.html

 

FRANCIS KING  (1923-  )  Author

http://www.pen.org.uk/public/news/francis_king.htm

 

The Reverend RICHARD KIRKER  (date of birth?)  Anglican clergyman

http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~aruge/kirker.html

 

Horatio, LORD KITCHENER of Khartoum & of Broome  (1850-1916)  Field Marshal

http://www.findarticles.com/m1373/11_49/57748066/p1/article.jhtml

 

KIT LAMBERT  (1935-81)  Pop manager

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/kitlambert.html

 

CHARLES LAUGHTON  (1899-1962)  Actor and director

http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/l/001.html

 

T E LAWRENCE  (1888-1935)  Archaeologist, author and soldier

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/telawrence.html

 

EDWARD LEAR  (1812-88)  Author and painter

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/edwardlear.html

 

DENIS LEMON  (1945-94)  Magazine proprietor, editor and journalist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/denislemon.html

 

BERNARD LEVIN  (1928-  )  Journalist, broadcaster and author. For thirty years one of the most influential commentators in Britain and, from an unusually early date, a frequent defender of gay rights.

 

KEN LIVINGSTONE  (1945-  )  Politician

http://www.galha.org/press/2000/05_05.html

 

CHRIS LOWE  (1959-  )  Pop musician and songwriter

http://www.muse.ie/051199/interview/psb.html

 

EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH  (1933-  )  Art critic, writer, poet, photographer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/edwardluciesmith.html

 

JOANNA LUMLEY  (1946-  )  Actor and role model

http://www.tmaw.co.uk/joannal.html

 

Sir CAMERON MACKINTOSH  (1946-  )  Producer of musicals

http://www.c2gmedia.com/examples/martin/cameron_bio.htm

 

SEAN MAGUIRE  (1976-  )  Actor, singer and heartthrob

http://www.seanmaguire.co.uk/new_profile.htm

 

PETER MANDELSON  (1953-  )  Politician

http://www.petertatchell.net/celebrities/peter%20mandelson.htm

 

MIRIAM MARGOLYES  (1941-  )  Actor

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/miriammargolyes.html

 

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE  (1564-93)  Dramatist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/marlowe.html

 

Sir EDWARD MARSH  (1872-1953)  Civil servant, scholar, patron of poetry and art

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/edwardmarsh.html

 

ARTHUR MARSHALL  (1910-89)  Writer and broadcaster

http://users.netmatters.co.uk/ju90/fin.htm

 

STEVE MARTLAND  (1959-  )  Composer

http://www.chriscaldwell.co.uk/martland.html

 

ANGELA MASON  (1944-  )  Gay rights campaigner

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/angelamason.html

 

IVAN MASSOW  (1967-  )  Businessman and political activist.

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/ivanmassow.html

 

ROBIN (2nd Viscount) MAUGHAM  (1916-81)  Author and anti-slavery campaigner

http://www.q.co.za/2001/2001/03/15-tea.html

 

William SOMERSET MAUGHAM  (1874-1965)  Novelist and playwright

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/wsmaugham.html

 

EWAN McGREGOR  (1971-  )  Much fancied actor

http://www.ewanspotting.com/bio/bio.html

 

Sir IAN McKELLEN  (1939-  )  Actor and gay activist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/ianmckellen.html

 

MALCOLM McLAREN  (1946-  )  Impresario and style guru

http://books.guardian.co.uk/top10s/top10/0,6109,99329,00.html

 

ALEXANDER McQUEEN  (born 1970)  Fashion designer

http://www.vogue.co.uk/whos_who/Alexander_McQueen/default.html

 

ROBERT MEDLEY  (1905-94)  Painter. Lifelong friend of Auden, who listed Medley as one of his five ‘real loves’. Designer for Group Theatre in Thirties. Played the Roman emperor in Jarman’s Sebastiane. Won a major art prize shortly before his death.

 

GEORGE MELLY  (1926-  )  Jazzman and author

http://www.thestage.co.uk/paper/0234/0301.shtml

 

FREDDIE MERCURY  (1946-91)  Pop and rock singer and songwriter

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/freddiemercury.html

 

GEORGE MICHAEL  (1963-  )  Pop singer and songwriter

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/georgemichael.html

 

CHRISTOPHER MILLARD  (1872-1927)  Literary scholar

http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/tartarus/millard.html

 

OSCAR MOORE  (1960-96)  Journalist and novelist

http://www.tvstest.com/pwa/theman/theman.asp

 

EDWIN MORGAN  (1920-  )  Poet and translator

http://www.edwinmorgan.com/bio_index.html

 

JAN MORRIS  (1926-  )  Author

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/profile_jan_morris.shtml

 

MORRISSEY  (1959-  )  Pop singer and songwriter

http://members.tripod.com/~Rapava/moz.html

 

RAYMOND MORTIMER  (1895-80)  ‘The Last Highbrow’. Critic of art and literature, associate of the Bloomsbury Group, literary editor of New Statesman, senior reviewer on Sunday Times. The range of his influence is shown by the Raymond Mortimer Collection at Princeton University, which includes his correspondence with no fewer than twenty of our other candidates.

 

ALISON MOYET  (1961-  )  Singer

http://213.86.54.13/alisonmoyet/html/biography.htm

 

MUFFIN THE MULE  (1934-55)  Television puppet

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/muffin/muffin.htm

 

SCOTT NEAL  (1978-  )  Actor

http://www.scottneal.com/bio.html

 

Sir ISAAC NEWTON  (1642-1727)  Mathematician and scientist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/isaacnewton.html

 

BEVERLEY NICHOLS  (1898-1983)  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/beverleynichols.html

 

JOHN NICHOLSON  (1964-  )  Newsreader and television presenter

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/johnnicolson.html

 

Sir HAROLD NICOLSON  (1886-1968)  Diplomat, politician and author

http://www.queertheory.com/histories/n/nicolson_harold.htm

 

GRAHAM NORTON  (1963-  )  Comedian and chat show host

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/grahamnorton.html

 

IVOR NOVELLO  (1893-1951)  Actor, playwright, composer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/ivornovello.html

 

DERMOT O’LEARY  (1973-  )  Broadcaster

http://www.geocities.com/cerocious/indexdermot2.html

 

DEREK OGG QC  (1954-  )  Lawyer and gay activist

http://www.advocates.org.uk/web/adv/00000385.htm

 

JOE ORTON  (1933-67)  Playwright, novelist and diarist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/joeorton.html

 

WILFRED OWEN  (1893-1918)  Poet

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/wilfredowen.html

 

BRIAN PADDICK  (born circa 1958)  Police officer

http://www.urban75.org/paddick/

 

HUGH PADDICK  (1915-2000)  Comedian and actor

http://shergoodforest.com/biocentral/paddickh.html

 

ANDY PANDY  (1950-  )  Television puppet

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/watchwm/watchwm.htm#Andy Pandy

 

MATTHEW PARRIS  (1949-  )  Journalist and broadcaster

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/bookshelf/story/0,9061,801310,00.html

 

NICK PARTRIDGE  (1957-  )  Gay welfare coordinator and campaigner

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/nickpartridge.html

 

WALTER PATER  (1839-94)  Scholar and author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/walterpater.html

 

Sir PETER PEARS  (1910-86)  Tenor

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/peterpears.html

 

The PET SHOP BOYS  (Chris Lowe (1959-  ) and Neil Tennant (1954-  )) Pop stars, also nominated separately

http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/pet_shop_boys/bio.jhtml

 

ARTHUR PIGOU  (1877-1959)  Mountaineer and economist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/arthurpigou.html

 

William PITT THE YOUNGER  (1759-1806)  Prime Minister

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/williampitt.html

 

MICHAEL PORTILLO  (1953-  )  Politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/michaelportillo.html

 

DENNIS PRICE  (1915-73)  Actor

http://theavengers.tv/forever/pnote-price.htm

 

Sir TERENCE RATTIGAN  (1911-77)  Dramatist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/terencerattigan.html

 

SIMON RAVEN  (1927-2001)  Author http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=72441

 

The Right Reverend DEREK RAWCLIFFE  (1921-  )  Anglican Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway in the Eighties (previously headmaster in Solomon Islands and Archdeacon of Melanesia). First British bishop to come out. Suspended from his post as an honorary assistant bishop in 1996 for conducting same-sex blessing ceremonies.

 

JEREMY REED  (date of birth?)  Poet, novelist, writer on pop culture

 http://www.creationbooks.com/text-author.html

 

DAVID REES  (1936-93)  Award-winning writer for young people (Storm Surge, The Exeter Blitz, The Green Bough of Liberty, etc). Novelist, best known for The Milkman’s On His Way which attracted controversy while Section 28 was going through Parliament. Wrote scaldingly frank autobiography Not For Your Hands. Died of Aids.

 

MARY RENAULT  (1905-83)  Novelist

http://www.outuk.com/index.html?http://www.outuk.com/content/features/alexander/

 

RICHARD I (THE LIONHEART)  (1157-1199)  Monarch

http://www.hfac.uh.edu/gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/KingRichard-I/KingRichard-I.html

 

Sir CLIFF RICHARD  (1940-  )  Singer and actor. (Denies he is homosexual)

http://www.heathcliffmusical.com/dm280396.html

 

TOM ROBINSON  (1950-  )  Pop musician, singer, songwriter, gay activist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/tomrobinson.html

 

FREDERICK ROLFE (BARON CORVO)  (1860-1913)  Author

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/374605

 

ROBBIE ROSS  (1869-1918)  Journalist, art dealer and critic. Wilde’s first male lover (probably) and his faithful supporter and literary executor. Also the friend and supporter of Wilfred Owen.

 

JOHNNY ROTTEN  (1956-  )  Punk rocker

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rotten

 

A L ROWSE  (1903-97)  Historian, biographer and poet

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/alrowse.html

 

J F ROXBURGH  (1888-1954)  Schoolmaster. Housemaster at Lancing College, in charge of Tom Driberg and Evelyn Waugh; then the founding Headmaster of Stowe School, educating the likes of George Melly and Noel Annan.  A particularly influential teacher.

 

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD STAFF   A fine body of men

 

CONRAD RUSSELL, 2nd Earl Russell  (1921-  )  Historian and politician

http://www.politicallinks.co.uk/POLITICS2/BIOG/ld_BIOGS/bio.asp?id=1958

 

George (DADIE) RYLANDS  (1902-99)  Shakespeare scholar and director.  Founder, Marlowe Society and Cambridge Arts Theatre. Associate of the Bloomsbury Group. A major influence on many celebrated actors and directors, notably John Gielgud, Peter Hall, John Barton, Trevor Nunn.

 

LEONARD SACHS  (mid 20th century)  Actor and music hall revivalist. Co-founder, Players Theatre. Master of ceremonies on TV show The Good Old Days.

 

VITA SACKVILLE-WEST  (1892-1962)  Poet, novelist and biographer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/vitasackvillewest.html

 

SAKI  (H H Munro, 1870-1916)  Writer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/saki.html

 

SIEGFRIED SASSOON  (1886-1967)  Poet

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/sassoon.html

 

LILY SAVAGE (Paul O’Grady, 1955-  )  Drag queen and broadcaster

http://www.geocities.com/lilysavage_uk/paulogrady.html

 

NORMAN SCOTT  (1940-  )  Horse trainer and former model

http://offthetelly.users.btopenworld.com/reviews/2002/jeremythorpe.htm

 

JOHN SESSIONS  (1953-  )  Actor, comedian and impressionist

http://www.totalcress.co.uk/stellastreet/sessions.htm

 

BRIAN SEWELL  (born 1930s?)  Art critic and columnist

http://www.dannyrose.com/speakers/Brian_Sewell.htm

 

AIDEN SHAW  (1966-  )  Poet and novelist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/aidenshaw.html

 

Sir ANTHONY SHER  (1949-  )  Actor and novelist

 http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/antonysher.html

 

NED SHERRIN  (1931-  )  Producer, director, broadcaster, actor and author

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/sherrin_biog.shtml

 

LABI SIFFRE  (1945-  )  Pop singer, songwriter and poet

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/labisiffre.html

 

MARK SIMPSON  (1965-  )  Journalist and author

http://www.marksimpson.com/pages/about.html

 

VALERIE SINGLETON  (1937-  )  Broadcaster and travel writer

http://speakers-uk.com/profile.phtml?id=279&act_id=5&sid=75

 

Sir OSBERT SITWELL  (1892-1969)  Author

http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/sitwello.htm

 

CHRIS SMITH  (1951-  )  Politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/chrissmith.html

 

Dame Ethel SMYTH  (1858-1944)  Composer and suffragist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/ethelsmyth.html

 

CHRISTOPHER SNODE  (born circa 1958)  Outstandingly beautiful British diver of the Seventies and Eighties.

 

JIMMY SOMERVILLE  (1961-  )  Pop singer, composer, actor and gay activist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/jimmysomerville.html

 

JOHN SPARROW  (1906-92)  Scholar and bibliophile

http://www.ralphmag.org/BQ/sparrow1.html

 

LADY DIANA SPENCER  (Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-97)  Campaigner on Aids and landmines. Global icon

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/diana01.html

 

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD  (1939-99)  Pop singer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/dustyspringfield.html

 

PAM ST CLEMENT  (1943-  )  Actor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters/pat_e_fact.shtml

 

DAVID STARKEY  (1945-  )  Historian and broadcaster

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/davidstarkey.html

 

DAVID STEEL, Lord Steel of Aikwood  (1938-  )  Politician. Presumably nominated for his record on gay issues

http://www.aikwoodscottishborders.com/final/lordst~1.htm

 

PATRICK STEWART  (1940-  )  Actor

http://members.tripod.com/~PatrickStewart/patstbio.html

 

LYTTON STRACHEY  (1880-1932)  Biographer and essayist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/lyttonstrachey.html

 

ANDREW SULLIVAN  (born circa 1960)  Journalist and author in US and UK.  Ex-editor, New Republic

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/andrewsullivan.html

 

J A SYMONDS  (1840-93)  ‘The first British scholar of lesbian and gay issues’

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/johnsymonds.html

 

PETER TATCHELL  (1952-  )  Activist, social worker and writer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/petertatchell.html

 

Dame ELIZABETH TAYLOR  (1932-  )  Actor and Aids campaigner

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Liz_Taylor/liz.htm

 

NEIL TENNANT  (1954-  )  Pop singer and songwriter

http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/pet_shop_boys/bio.jhtml

 

JEREMY THORPE  (1929-  )  Politician

http://bookshop.libdems.org.uk/author.jsp?ID=205

 

VESTA TILLEY, Lady de Frece  (1864-1952)  Male impersonator

http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/vesta.htm

 

TINKY WINKY  (1996-  )  Character in TV programme Teletubbies

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/tinkywinky.html

 

Sir MICHAEL TIPPETT  (1905-98)  Composer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/michaeltippett.html

 

SANDY TOKSVIG  (1959-  )  Comedian

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/sanditoksvig.html

 

BARRY TOOK  (1928-2002)  Comedy scriptwriter and performer (presumably nominated for writing ‘Julian & Sandy’ for Round the Horne)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1903696.stm

 

PATRICK TREVOR-ROPER  (1916-  )  Eye specialist

http://www.adam-carr.net/008.html

 

ALAN TURING  (1912-54)  Mathematician and computer scientist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/alanturing.html

 

STEPHEN TWIGG  (1966-  )  Politician

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/stephentwigg.html

 

KEITH VAUGHAN  (1912-77)  Artist and diarist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/keithvaughan.html

 

SID VICIOUS  (1957-79)  Punk rocker

http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember.2/SidViciousBio.html

 

GEORGE VILLIERS, Marquess of Buckingham  (1592-1628)  Favourite of James I

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/georgevilliers.html

 

TOM WAKEFIELD  (1936-96)  Novelist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/tomwakefield.html

 

HORACE WALPOLE, 4th Earl of Orford  (1717-97)  Writer, politician, Gothic revivalist

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/horacewalpole.html

 

Sir HUGH WALPOLE  (1884-1941)  Author

http://www.shawfest.com/playbill/acklandwalpolebio.html (scroll down)

 

DENTON WELCH  (1915-48)  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/dentonwelch.html

 

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD  (1941-  )  Fashion designer and punk pioneer

http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=145

 

JAMES WHALE  (1889-1957)  Film and theatre director

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/jameswhale.html

 

STEPHEN WHITTLE  (1955-  )  Law lecturer. Transsexual, campaigner for transsexual rights

 http://www.ftm-intl.org/Hist/Bios/whittle.html

 

ANN WIDDECOMBE  (1947-  )  Politician. Nominated for ‘her sterling work for a homo constituent’

http://www.conservatives.com/people/person.cfm?PersonID=4791

 

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE  (1759-1833)  Politician. Opponent of slavery. Reasons for nomination not known

http://www.acton.org/research/libtrad/wilberforce.html

 

OSCAR WILDE  (1854-1900)  Dramatist, novelist, poet and wit

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/oscarwilde.html

 

PETER WILDEBLOOD  (1923-99)  Journalist and author, television producer, gay rights campaigner

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/peterwildeblood.html

 

Father H(arry) A WILLIAMS  (1919-  )  Cambridge theologian. Priest, monk, influential religious author. Wrote openly gay autobiography Some Day I’ll Find You.

 

KENNETH WILLIAMS  (1926-88)  Actor, comedian, writer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/kennethwilliams.html

 

ROBBIE WILLIAMS  (1974-  )  Pop singer and songwriter

http://www.robbiewilliams.co.uk/

 

Sir ANGUS WILSON  (1913-91)  Author

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/awilson.htm

 

JEANETTE WINTERSON  (1959-  )   Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/jeanettewinterson.html

 

John, LORD WOLFENDEN  (1906-85)  Chairman of Home Office inquiry which recommended partial decriminalisation of homosexuality

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/stafflag/wolfenden.html

 

VIRGINIA WOOLF  (1882-1941)  Author

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/virginiawoolf.html

 

FRANK WYNNE  (date of birth?)  Publisher of Deadline magazine (home of Tank Girl), journalist, author, wit, raconteur and translator of (among others) Michel Houllebecq’s Atomised and Dominique Sigaud’s Somewhere In A Desert.

 

WILL(IAM) YOUNG  (1979-  )  Pop singer

http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/willyoung.html