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As a public service I post here an updated list of all the personalities that we have had so far in this series (with grateful acknowledgements to the posters who started this list).
Chad ALLEN (1974- ) US Actor
Wystan Hugh AUDEN (1907-1973) ; British Poet.
James BALDWIN (1924-1987) ; American Novelist.
Lionel BART (1930-1999) UK composer and lyricist.
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.
Michelangelo BUONAROTTI (1475-1564) Renaissance sculptor, artist, painter, poet.
Raymond BURR (1917-1993) ; Canadian Film and Television Actor.
Simon CALLOW (1949- >>) ; British Film, Television and Theatrical Actor.
Truman CAPOTE (1924-1984) American writer.
Edward CARPENTER (1844-1929) ; British Socialist Poet and Philosopher.
Richard CHAMBERLAIN (1934- ) US Actor
Julian Clary (1959->>) UK TV personality
Montgomery CLIFT (1920-1966) ; American Film and Theatrical Actor.
Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990) US Composer
Noel COWARD (1899-1973) ; British Playwright, Actor and Songwriter.
Stephen DALDRY (1961- >>) ; British Film and Theatrical Director.
DANA INTERNATIONAL Israeli transgendered singer, Eurovision contestant.
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.
Mark FEEHILY (1980 - ) Irish Singer (Westlife)
Edna FERBER (1885-196 ; American Novelist and Playwright.
Barney FRANK (1940- >>) ; American Politician.
Jean GENET (1910-1986); French Writer and Political Activist.
Jason GOULD (1966- >>); American Film Actor.
Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961) Australian/American pianist & composer
Russell HARTY (1934-198; British Television Presenter.
Sir Nigel HAWTHORNE (1929-2001) British Actor
Rock HUDSON (1925-1985) American actor.
Tab HUNTER (1931->>) American actor and singer.
Christopher ISHERWOOD (1904-1986) British/American Novelist.
Chester KALLMAN (1921-1975); American Poet, Librettist and Translator.
John Maynard KEYNES (1883-1946); British Economist.
William Rufus KING (1786-1853) American Vice President.
Wladzio LIBERACE (1919-1987); American Pianist and Entertainer.
King LUDVIG II (1845-1886) King of Bavaria, castlebuilder.
Thomas MANN (1875-1955); German Novelist and Essayist.
Robert MAPPLETHORPE (1946->>); American photographer.
Christopher MARLOWE (1564-1593) UK Poet, dramatist, drunkard, spy.
Somerset MAUGHAM (1874-1965) UK Novelist.
Armistead MAUPIN (1944->>) American novelist.
Hector Hugh MONROE [Saki] (1870-1916) UK writer and novelist.
Gian-Maria del MONTE [Julius III] (1487-1555) Italian pope.
Joe ORTON (1933-1967) UK playwright.
Bob PARIS (1983->>) American bodybuilder and activist.
Anthony PERKINS (1932-1992) American actor.
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.
Elio di RUPO (1951->>) Belgian politician.
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.
Jeremy THORPE (1929->>) UK politician.
Michael TIPPETT (1905-199; British Classical Composer.
Alan TURING (1912-1954); British Mathematician and Computer Pioneer.
James WHALE (1889-1957) UK movie director.
Walt WHITMAN (1819-1892); American Poet.
Kenneth WILLIAMS (1926-198; British Comic Film and Radio Actor.
Tennessee WILLIAMS (1911-1983); American Playwright.
George WINDSOR (1902-1942); British Royal; Fourth Son of King George V.
Jeanette WINTERSON (1959->>) UK novelist.
Peter WYNGARDE (1933- >>); British/French Television Actor.
Franco ZEFFIRELLI (1923->>) Italian movie and opera director.
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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