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To help Marc in his search for the next Famous Gay here is a consolidated list of all those who have been featured in this series so far. (I hope there are no errors or omissions.)
Chad ALLEN (1974->>) American actor.
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, painter, poet.
Raymond BURR (1917-1993) ; Canadian movie & TV actor.
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.
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.
Russell T. DAVIES (1963- >>) ; British TV writer & producer.
Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth DOLBEN (1848-1867) British poet.
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.
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.
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.
LUDVIG II (1845-1886) King of Bavaria.
Nicholas McGegan ()
Thomas MANN (1875-1955); German novelist & essayist.
Robert MAPPLETHORPE (1946->>); American photographer.
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.
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.
Joe ORTON (1933-1967) British playwright.
Bob PARIS (1983->>) American bodybuilder & activist.
Anthony PERKINS (1932-1992) American actor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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marc
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A "famous gay person" can not be very famous or even famous at all if one has to search for him/her.
Therefore there must not be any more famous gay persons.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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There is a disconnect there.
They may be famous to one perosn or grouping but not to another. Fame is not global, as we have seen.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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marc
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Not at all a disconnect......
A point of termination......
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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>A "famous gay person" can not be very famous or even famous at all if one has to search for him/her.
>Therefore there must not be any more famous gay persons.
That doesn't follow at all.
Why can't you know of a famous person without knowing they are gay? Isn't that precisely what we're aiming for -- that gay people are "normal people" and their sexuality is irrelevant to their role in society? So even if we assume that they have never kept their sexuality hidden (and it would of course be rude to make allegations about people who have never made a pronouncement on their sexuality) it might take a little searching to discover that they are gay.
Yes, maybe they are not famous for being gay but that doesn't stop them being a famous gay person.
Anyway, for the record, I can personally think of several people I could have used, but they are so obvious that it wouldn't present any sort of challenge. But I'm ready to use them if I can't come up with anyone else next time it's my turn.
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Am I going mad or are half of the more recent ones missing?
Jaye DAVIDSON, former British actor (admittedly really only a one-hit wonder)
John CURRY, British figure skater
Ivor NOVELLO [real name David Ivor DAVIES], British actor, songwriter and playwright
Hans Christian ANDERSON, Danish author and poet
I've only gone as far back as the beginning of January so I'm not sure if there are any others missed out.
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