Jane Addams (1860-1935): Pioneering social reformer who founded Hull House in Chicago.
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Danish Poet and Writer
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906): U.S. women’s rights activist.
W.H. Auden (1907-1973) British Poet and Writer
Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British Statesman and Writer
James Baldwin (1924-1987) African-American Writer and Civil Rights Activist
E Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): U.S. composer, West Side Story.
Lord Byron (1788-1824) British Poet
Julius Caesar (100-44BCE): Roman emperor and conqueror
Truman Capote (1924-1984) Euro-American Author
Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) British Author and Gay Rights Pioneer
Willa Cather (1873-1947) Euro-American Writer and Critic
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) French Writer and Filmmaker
Roy Cohn (1927-1986): U.S. lawyer for Joseph McCarthy and right-wing power broker.
Aaron Copland (1900-1990): U.S. composer, Appalachian Spring.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian Renaissance Artist, Teacher, Scientist and Inventor
James Dean (1931-1955): U.S. film actor, Rebel without a Cause.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1896): U.S. poet.
Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992): German-born film actress, The Blue Angel
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937): U.S. aviator.
Malcom Forbes (1919-1990): U.S. publisher and capitalist.
E.M. Forster (1879-1970) British Writer
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) Euro-American Writer and Journalist
Loraine Hansberry (1930-1965): U.S. playwright, Raisin in the Sun.
J. Edgar Hoover (1898-1972): FBI director.
Rock Hudson (1925-1985): Hollywood star, Pillow Talk.
Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) British Author
Frieda Kahlo (1907-1954) Mexican Artist and Activist
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) British Economist and Nobel Prize Winner
T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (1888-1935) British Soldier
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) African-American Writer and Activist
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) British Writer and Dramatist
Margaret Mead (1901-1978): U.S. anthropologist and writer.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) Euro-American Writer
Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) British Singer/songwriter/musician
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian Renaissance Artist and Sculptor
Harvey Milk (1930-1978) Euro-American Politician
Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950) Russian Ballet Dancer
Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) Russian dancer
Plato (427?-347 BCE): Greek philosopher
Cole Porter (1893-1964) Euro-American Composer
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French Writer
Bayard Rustin (1910-87) African-American Civil Rights, Labor Rights, & Peace Activist/Leader
Bessie Smith (1894-1937) African-American Blues Singer and Entertainer
Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) British Composer, Writer, and Activistv
Stephen Sondheim (1930- ): Broadway composer and lyricist
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) Euro-American Writer and Art Collector
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997): U.S. activist.
Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967): African-American jazz giant and frequent collaborator with Duke Ellington.
Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian Composer
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Euro-American Philosopher, Naturalist, and Peace Activist
Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967) Euro-American Writer
Alan Turing (1912-1954) British Mathematician and Computer Scientist
Gianni Versace (1946-1997): Italian designer
Andy Warhol (1930-1987) Euro-American Pop Artist
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Euro-American Poet
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Writer and Dramatist
Tennessee Williams (1914-1983) Euro-American Dramatist
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British Writer and Publisher