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As an irregular lurker, I wasn't sure who had already been in the spotlight, so I have had to review all of the previous posts. It was quite a task, and having done the work (and tarted the list up a bit!) it seems a good idea to make the information available to others. I've found 42 names, and brief details of each are listed below.
Wystan Hugh AUDEN (1907-1973); British Poet.
James BALDWIN (1924-1987); American Novelist.
Dirk BOGARDE (1921-1999); British Film Actor.
Wilfrid BRAMBELL (1912-1985); Irish Character Actor.
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976); British Classical Composer.
Eric BROUMAN (?- >>); American Comic Entertainer.
Raymond BURR (1917-1993); Canadian Film and Television Actor.
Simon CALLOW (1949- >>); British Film, Television and Theatrical Actor.
Edward CARPENTER (1844-1929); British Socialist Poet and Philosopher.
Montgomery CLIFT (1920-1966); American Film and Theatrical Actor.
Noel COWARD (1899-1973); British Playwright, Actor and Songwriter.
Stephen DALDRY (1961- >>); British Film and Theatrical Director.
Leonardo DA VINCI (1452-1519); Italian Architect and All-Round Genius.
Russell T. DAVIES (1963- >>); British Relevision Writer and Producer.
EURYALUS and NISUS (Ancient Greece); Trojan characters in Virgil's Aeneid.
Edna FERBER (1885-1968); American Novelist and Playwright.
Barney FRANK (1940- >>); American Politician.
Jean GENET (1910-1986); French Writer and Political Activist.
Jason GOULD (1966- >>); American Film Actor.
Russell HARTY (1934-1988); British Television Presenter.
Christopher ISHERWOOD (1904-1986); British/American Novelist.
Chester KALLMAN (1921-1975); American Poet, Librettist and Translator.
John Maynard KEYNES (1883-1946); British Economist.
Wladzio LIBERACE (1919-1987); American Pianist and Entertainer.
Thomas MANN (1875-1955); German Novelist and Essayist.
Danny PINTAURO (1976- >>); American Television and Theatrical Actor.
Edward PLANTAGENET (1284-1327); King Edward II of England.
Cole PORTER (1891-1964); American Songwiter and Composer.
Marcel PROUST (1871-1922); French Novelist and Essayist.
Mary RENAULT (1905-1983); British Novelist.
Arthur RIMBAUD (1854-1891); French Poet.
Camille SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921); French Classical Composer.
Billy STRAYHORN (1915-1967); American Pianist, Composer and Arranger.
James STUART (1566-1625); King James VI of Scotland and James I of England.
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893); Russian Classical Composer.
Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998); British Classical Composer.
Alan TURING (1912-1954); British Mathematician and Computer Pioneer.
Walt WHITMAN (1819-1892); American Poet.
Kenneth WILLIAMS (1926-1988); British Comic Film and Radio Actor.
Tennessee WILLIAMS (1911-1983); American Playwright.
George WINDSOR (1902-1942); British Royal; Fourth Son of King George V.
Peter WYNGARDE (1933- >>); British/French Television Actor.
For the record, I've stuck to a single forename except where the full name or initials are commonly used (eg Auden, Keynes) and have shown only the spheres in which each had significant involvement - one stage appearance doesn't qualify for listing as a theatrical actor.
I can't trace a birth year for Eric Brouman, nor can I establish what the 'T' in Russell T. Davies (creator of Queer as Folk) stands for. If you can fill these blanks or correct any errors, please respond to the post.
Any views on whether the final list would be a useful addition to the site?
If Timmy is interested, I'd be willing to provide three-line mini biographies identifying their various claims to fame.
Oh, and this has taken so long that you'll have to wait another day for the next Famous Gay!
L'Ecossais Pensif.
PS - In each case the smileys should read '8/close bracket/semicolon. I don't know why they appeared automatically and I can't figure out how to suppress the little varmints. All advice welcome!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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