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For future reference, I have decided to keep the latest version of this list at:
http://www.davidjoy.org/iomfats/famous.txt
Please let me know if you contributed to this list so I can add your name to that page.
Chad ALLEN (1974->>) American actor.
Hans Christian ANDERSEN (1805-1875); Danish author and poet.
ARISTOTLE (384-322 BC) Athenian philosopher.
Wystan Hugh AUDEN (1907-1973) British poet.
James BALDWIN (1924-1987) American novelist.
Lionel BART (1930-1999) British composer & lyricist.
Dirk BOGARDE (1921-1999) ; British movie actor.
Wilfrid BRAMBELL (1912-1985) ; Irish character actor.
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976) ; British classical composer.
Eric BROUMAN (?- >>) ; American comic entertainer & magician.
Michelangelo BUONAROTTI (1475-1564) Renaissance sculptor, artist, poet.
Raymond BURR (1917-1993) ; Canadian movie & TV actor.
William S. BURROUGHS (1914-1997); American novelist.
Simon CALLOW (1949- >>) ; British movie, TV & theatrical actor.
Truman CAPOTE (1924-1984) American writer.
Edward CARPENTER (1844-1929) ; British poet & philosopher.
Richard CHAMBERLAIN (1934- ) American actor.
Graham CHAPMAN (1941-1989); British comedian and writer.
Julian CLEARY (1959->>) British TV personality.
Montgomery CLIFT (1920-1966) ; American movie & theatrical actor.
Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990) American composer.
Noel COWARD (1899-1973) ; British playwright, actor & songwriter.
John CURRY (1949-1994); British ice skater.
Stephen DALDRY (1961- >>) ; British movie & theatrical director.
DANA INTERNATIONAL Israeli transgendered singer, Eurovision winner.
Leonardo DA VINCI (1452-1519) ; Italian architect, sculptor, painter, inventor & all-round genius.
Jaye DAVIDSON (1968- >>); British former actor (born in USA).
Russell T. DAVIES (1963- >>) ; British TV writer & producer.
Samuel R. DELANEY (1942->>); American science fiction author.
Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth DOLBEN (1848-1867) British poet.
Thomas DOOLEY (1927-1961); American humanitarian and doctor.
Hagai EL'AD (?1969/70->>); Israeli director-general of the Jerusalem Open House.
Brian Samuel EPSTEIN (1934-1967) British Businessman and Beatles manager.
EURYALUS & NISUS (ancient Greece) ; Trojan characters in Virgil's Aeneid.
Kenny EVERETT [Maurice Cole] (1943-1995); British DJ and entertainer.
Justin FASHANU (1961-1998 ); British soccer player.
Mark FEEHILY (1980->>) Irish singer (Westlife)
Edna FERBER (1885-1968; American novelist & playwright.
Edward Morgan FORSTER (1879-1970); British novelist and essayist.
Barney FRANK (1940->>) ; American politician.
Stephen FRY (1957->>); British wit, author, actor and film-maker.
GANYMEDE (ancient Greek mythology); Trojan prince, Greek god and lover of Zeus.
Greta Lovisa [Gustafson] GARBO (1905-1990) Swedish movie actress.
Jean GENET (1910-1986); French writer & political activist.
Jason GOULD (1966- >>); American movie actor.
Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961) Australian/American pianist & composer.
Arthur John GUILGUD [also Gielgud] (1904-2000) British actor.
Alec GUINNESS (1914-2000) British Movie actor.
Traianus Caesar HADRIANUS Augustus (76-138 ); Roman emperor.
Russell HARTY (1934-1988; British TV presenter.
Sir Nigel HAWTHORNE (1929-2001) British actor.
Gerard Manley HOPKINS (1844-1889) British poet.
Frankie HOWERD [Francis Alex Howard] (1917-1992); British comedian and comic actor.
Rock HUDSON (1925-1985) American actor.
Tab HUNTER (1931->>) American actor & singer.
Christopher ISHERWOOD (1904-1986) British/American novelist & playwright.
Derek JARMAN (1942-1994); British film director, stage designer, artist, and writer.
Philip JOHNSON (1906-2005); American architect.
Chester KALLMAN (1921-1975); American poet, librettist & translator.
John Maynard KEYNES (1883-1946); British economist.
Billy Jean KING (1943->>); American tennis ace.
William Rufus KING (1786-1853) American vice-president.
Friedrich Alfred KRUPP (1854-1902) German industrialist.
Wladzio LIBERACE (1919-1987); American pianist & entertainer.
Greg LOUGANIS (1960->>); American diver.
LUDVIG II (1845-1886) King of Bavaria.
Thomas MANN (1875-1955); German novelist & essayist.
Robert MAPPLETHORPE (1946->>); American photographer.
Miriam MARGOLYES (1941->>); British actress.
Christopher MARLOWE (1564-1593) British poet, dramatist, drunkard & spy.
Somerset MAUGHAM (1874-1965) British novelist.
Armistead MAUPIN (1944->>) American novelist.
Nicholas McGEGAN (??->>) English musician and orchestral conductor.
Stephen MERRITT (1966->>) American songwriter.
Harvey MILK (1930-1978); American politician and gay rights activist.
Hector Hugh MONROE [Saki] (1870-1916) British writer & novelist.
Gian-Maria del MONTE [Julius III] (1487-1555) Italian pope.
Stephen Patrick MORRISSEY (1959->>) English popular singer.
Alec NEWMAN (born Mark) (1974->>); British actor.
Ivor NOVELLO [David Ivor DAVIES] (1893-1951) British composer and lyricist.
Joe ORTON (1933-1967) British playwright.
Bob PARIS (1983->>) American bodybuilder & activist.
Anthony PERKINS (1932-1992) American actor.
Troy D. PERRY (1940->>); American founder of the Metropolitan Community Church.
Danny PINTAURO (1976->>); American TV & theatrical actor.
Edward PLANTAGENET [Edward II] (1284-1327); English king.
Cole PORTER (1891-1964); American songwriter.
Marcel PROUST (1871-1922); French novelist & essayist.
Mary RENAULT (1905-1983); British novelist.
Christopher RICE (1978->>); American author.
Arthur RIMBAUD (1854-1891); French poet.
Elio di RUPO (1951->>) Belgian politician.
Camille SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921); French classical composer.
Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828 ); Austrian composer.
John Michael STIPE (1960->>); Founding member of American rock band R.E.M..
Billy STRAYHORN (1915-1967); American pianist & composer.
James STUART (1566-1625) [James VI of Scotland & I of England]; British king.
George Hosato TAKEI (1937->>) American actor.
Pyoter Ilyitch TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893); Russian classical composer.
Jeremy THORPE (1929->>) British politician.
Michael TIPPETT (1905-199; British classical composer.
Alan TURING (1912-1954); British mathematician & computer pioneer.
Dr. Tom WADDELL (1937-1987); Doctor, gymnast and founder of the Gay Games.
Rufus WAINWRIGHT (1973->>); Canadian-American singer-songwriter.
James WHALE (1889-1957) British movie director.
Walt WHITMAN (1819-1892); American poet.
Kenneth WILLIAMS (1926-1988 ); British comic movie & radio actor.
Tennessee WILLIAMS (1911-1983); American playwright.
George WINDSOR (1902-1942); British Royal; 4th son of George V.
Jeanette WINTERSON (1959->>) British novelist.
Peter WYNGARDE (1933->>); British/French TV actor.
Marguerite YOURCENAR (1903-1987); Belgian/French novelist.
Franco ZEFFIRELLI (1923->>) Italian movie & opera director.
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