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Index by year of birth

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

2450 b, C,

Egypt

NiankhkhnumandKhnumhotep

Makeup Artist

Manicurists to the Pharaoh

2284 b, C,

Egypt

Pepi II Neferkare

Politician

Pharaoh

638 b, C,

Greece

Solon

Politician

Democracy

620 b, C,

Greece

Sappho

Poet

“Ode to Aphrodite”

570 b, C,

Samos

Polycrates

Soldier

Tyrant of Samos

470 b, C,

Greece

Socrates

Philosopher

Socratic Method

427 b, C,

Greece

Plato

Philosopher

The Republic

418 b, C,

Thebes

Epaminondas

Soldier

General

382 b, C,

Macedonia

Philip II

Soldier

Defeated Athens and Thebes

356 b, C,

Macedonia

Alexander the Great

Soldier

Created an empire

100 b, C,

Rome

Caesar, Julius

Soldier

Emperor

27 b, C,

China

Ai Ti

Politician

Emperor of China

76

Rome

Hadrian

Soldier

Emperor

111

Turkey

Antinous

Consort

Became a god

280

Rome

Serge and Bacchus

Cleric

Saints

747

Persia

Nuwas, Abu

Poet

Khamriyyat

774

Japan

Kūkai

Cleric

Shingon and shudo

811

Macedonia

Basil I

Politician

Emperor

971

Afghanistan

Mahmud

Soldier

Invaded India 17 times

1012

Italy

Benedict IX

Cleric

Pope

1033

Italy

Anselm, Saint

Cleric

Archbishop of Canterbury

1035

France

Marbod

Cleric

Bishop of Rennes

1050

France

Baldric of Dol

Cleric

Archbishop of Dol

1050

France

Ralph, Archbishop

Cleric

Archbishop of Tours

1056

UK

William II

Politician

King of England

1100

UK

Hilarius

Poet

“To a Boy of Anjou”

1110

UK

Aethelred, Saint

Cleric

Abbot of Rievaulx

1140

France

Longchamp, William

Cleric

Bishop of Ely

1157

UK

RichardtheLion-Hearted

Soldier

King of England

1284

UK

Edward II

Politician

King of England

1320

Persia

Hafez

Poet

Ghazals

1363

Japan

Zeami Motokiyo

Playwright

Noh theatre

1386

Italy

Donatello

Artist

David

1405

Spain

Juan II

Politician

King of Castile

1414

Italy

Sixtus IV

Cleric

Pope

1417

Italy

Paul II

Cleric

Pope

1433

Italy

Ficino, Marsilio

Philosopher

Theologia Platonica

1443

Italy

Julius II

Cleric

Pope

1445

Italy

Botticelli, Sandro

Artist

Sistine Chapel (portions)

1452

Italy

Leonardo da Vinci

Artist

Mona Lisa

 



YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1454

Italy

Poliziano

Poet

Favola d’Orfeo (first play in Italian)

1466

Netherlands

Erasmus, Desiderius

Cleric

Greek New Testament

1475

Italy

Leo X

Cleric

Pope

1475

Italy

Michelangelo

Artist

Sistine Chapel

1479

Russia

Vasily III

Politician

Grand prince of Moscow

1487

Italy

Julius III

Cleric

Pope

1497

Italy

Berni, Francesco

Poet

Bernesque poetry

1500

Italy

Cellini, Benvenuto

Artist

Autobiography

1503

Italy

Varchi, Benedetto

Author

Storia di Firenze

1504

UK

Udall, Nicholas

Playwright

Ralph Roister Doister

1514

Austria

Rheticus, Georg Joachim

Scientist

“No Rheticus, No Copernicus”

1519

France

Bèze, Theodore

Cleric

Early Calvinist

1521

Japan

Takeda Shingen

Politician

Daimyo

1526

France

Muret, Marc-Antoine

Teacher

Lectures in Paris

1527

Japan

Kōsaka Masanobu

Soldier

Battle of Kawanakajima

1533

France

Montaigne,MichelEyquemde

Author

Essais

1534

Japan

Oda Nobunaga

Soldier

Conquered most of Japan

1539

Spain

Pérez , Antonio

Politician

Secretary of State

1543

Japan

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Politician

Shogun

1551

France

Henri III de Valois

Politician

King of France

1561

UK

Bacon, Francis

Philosopher

Novum Organum

1564

UK

Marlowe, Christopher

Playwright

Dr, Faustus

1564

UK

Shakespeare, William

Playwright

Sonnets

1566

UK

James I

Politician

King of Great Britain

1571

Italy

Caravaggio,Michelangelo

Artist

Card Players

1590

France

Viau, Théophile de

Poet

“Pyrame et Thisbé”

1592

France

Boisrobert,FrançoisLeMételde

Politician

Founder of the French Academy

1601

France

Louis XIII

Politician

King of France

1604

Japan

Tokugawa Iemitsu

Politician

Shogun

1622

France

Molière, Jean Baptiste

Playwright

Greatest playwright of France

1626

Sweden

Christina

Politician

Queen of Sweden

1631

UK

Philips, Katherine

Poet

The matchless Orinda

1632

France

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Composer

Alceste

1640

France

Philippe I

Soldier

Duc d’Orleans

1642

Japan

Ihara Saikaku

Author

Koshoku ichidai otoko

1643

UK

Newton, Isaac

Scientist

Newton’s Laws

1651

Mexico

Cruz, Juana Inez de la

Poet

Reply to Sister Philotea

1663

France

Eugene of Savoy

Soldier

Prince and General

1665

UK

Anne

Politician

Queen of England

1671

Italy

Gastone, Gian

Politician

Last of the Medicis

1672

Russia

Peter the Great

Politician

Tsar of Russia

1682

Sweden

Charles XII

Soldier

King

1685

Germany

Handel, George Frideric

Composer

Messiah

1696

UK

Hervey, John

Politician

Memoirs

1698

Italy

Metastasio

Poet

“Olimipiade”


YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1712

Italy

Algarotti, Francesco

Philosopher

Essays on the Fine Arts

1712

Prussia

Frederick the Great

Soldier

King

1715

France

Vauvenargues,LucdeClapiers

Marquis de

Soldier

War of the Polish Secession

1716

UK

Gray, Thomas

Poet

“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard“

1717

Germany

Winckelmann, Johann J,

Archaeologist

History of the Art of Antiquity

1717

UK

Walpole, Horace

Author

The Castle of Otranto

1720

UK

Foote, Samuel

Playwright

The Nabob

1726

Prussia

Henry of Prussia

Soldier

King of the US (almost)

1729

France

SuffrendeSaintTropez,Pierre-

André de

Soldier

Admiral

1730

Prussia

Steuben,FriedrichWilhelmvon

Soldier

Valley Forge

1739

UK

Butler, Eleanor

Author

Diaries

1747

UK

Seward, Anna

Poet

“Llangollen Vale”

1753

France

Cambacérès,JeanJacques-Régis

Politician

Napoleonic Code

1755

US

Coxe, Tench

Business

Delegate to Continental Congress

1756

France

Raucourt

Actress

Comédie francaise

1757

West Indies

Hamilton, Alexander

Politician

Secretary of the Treasury

1759

UK

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Author

Vindication of the Rights of Women

1760

France

DuPonceau,Pierre-Étienne

Soldier

Secretary to von Steuben

1760

UK

Beckford, William

Author

Vathek

1760

US

Sampson, Deborah

Soldier

Continental Army

1766

Switzerland

Staël, Madame de

Author

Corinne

1769

France

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Soldier

Emperor of France

1769

Germany

Humboldt,Alexandervon

Scientist

Kosmos

1769

Ireland

Castlereagh, Viscount

Politician

Leader of the House of Commons

1775

UK

Lewis, Matthew

Playwright

The Monk

1777

France

Récamier, Julie

Socialite

Récamier daybed

1777

Germany

Kleist, Heinrich von

Playwright

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

1779

US

Decatur, Stephen

Soldier

Defeated the Macedonian

1780

China

Wu Tsao

Poet

“The Orchid Boat”

1780

India

Singh, Maharaja Ranjit

Politician

Lion of Punjab

1786

US

King, William R,

Politician

Vice President US

1788

UK

Byron, Lord

Poet

Childe Harold

1790

France

Custine, Marquis de

Author

Empire of the Czar

1791

Austria

Grillparzer, Franz

Playwright

Das Goldene Vliess

1791

US

Buchanan, James

Politician

President US

1793

France

Changarnier, Nicholas

Soldier

General

1796

Germany

Platen, August von

Poet

Sonnets on Venice

1798

France

Dorval, Marie

Actress

Trente Ans

1803

Germany

Liebig, Count Justus von

Scientist

Organic Chemistry

1804

France

Sand, George

Author

Elle et Lui

1804

US

Bennett, John C,

Cleric

Chief advisor to Joseph Smith, Jr,

1805

Denmark

Andersen,HansChristian

Author

The Ugly Duckling

1806

France

Lamorcière, Christophe

Soldier

French general

1807

US

Hammond, James Henry

Politician

US Senator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1809

Russia

Gogol, Nikolai

Author

Dead Souls

1809

UK

FitzGerald, Edward

Poet

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

1809

UK

Tennyson, Alfred

Poet

“Charge of the Light Brigade”

1809

US

Lincoln, Abraham

Politician

President US

1810

Poland

Chopin, Frederic

Composer

“Minute Waltz”

1812

UK

Lear, Edward

Poet

“The Owl and the Pussy-cat”

1813

US

Beecher, Henry Ward

Cleric

Seven Lectures to Young Men

1819

US

Melville, Herman

Author

Moby-Dick

1819

US

Whitman, Walt

Poet

Leaves of Grass

1820

US

Anthony, Susan B,

Politician

Women’s suffrage

1821

UK

Burton, Richard

Explorer

Arabian Nights

1822

France

Bonheur, Rosa

Artist

The Horse Fair

1822

Ireland

Nicholson, John

Soldier

Hero of Delhi

1822

UK

Lushington, Franklin

Judge

Chief Magistrate of London

1823

Germany

Charles I

Politician

King Karl of Württemberg

1825

Germany

Ulrichs, Karl

Author

Early gay rights activist

1825

US

Taylor, Bayard

Author

Joseph and His Friend

1826

US

Foster, Stephen

Composer

“Oh! Susanna”

1828

Ireland

Cleburne, Patrick R,

Soldier

Confederate Major General

1829

US

Gottschalk,LouisMoreau

Composer

“Cakewalk”

1830

UK

Leighton, Baron Frederic

Artist

Cimabue Finding Giotto

1830

US

Dickinson, Emily

Poet

“Wild Nights, Wild Nights!”

1831

US

Sitting Bull

Politician

Sioux Chief

1832

US

Alger, Horatio

Author

Ragged Dick

1833

UK

Gordon,Charles“Chinese”

Soldier

Defense of Khartoum

1835

France

Saint-Saëns, Camille

Composer

“Danse Macabre”

1835

UK

Butler, Samuel

Author

Erewhon

1837

Germany

Marées, Hans von

Artist

Frescos in Naples

1837

UK

Browning, Oscar

Author

History of England

1837

UK

Swinburne,AlgernonCharles

Poet

“The Flogging Block”

1839

Russia

Mussorgsky, Modest

Composer

Pictures at an Exhibition

1839

Russia

Przhevalsky, Nikolai

Explorer

First maps of Siberia

1839

UK

Pater, Walter

Author

History Of The Renaissance

1840

CzechRepublic

Vacano, Emil Mario

Entertainer

Famous circus performer

1840

Russia

Tchaikovsky, Peter

Composer

Swan Lake

1840

UK

Solomon, Simeon

Artist

Popular English painter

1840

UK

Symonds,JohnAddington

Author

Renaissance in Italy

1841

UK

Stanley, Henry Morton

Explorer

Found Dr, Livingstone

1843

US

James, Henry

Author

The Golden Bowl

1843

US

Stoddard,CharlesWarren

Author

Cruising Under Crescent

1844

France

Verlaine, Paul

Poet

Invectives

1844

UK

Carpenter, Edward

Author

The Healing of Nations

1845

Germany

Ludwig II

Politician

King of Bavaria

1847

Germany

Eulenburg,PrincePhilipp

Politician

Adviser to Kaiser Wilhelm II

1847

UK

Rosebery

Politician

Prime Minister


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1848

UK

Shepard, Jesse

Musician

Villa Montezuma

1849

US

Riley, James Whitcomb

Poet

“The Ol’ Swimmin’ Hole”

1849

US

We’wha

Two-Spirit

Zuni Man-Woman

1850

Ireland

Kitchener, Lord

Soldier

British Commander in Chief

1850

Russia

Kovalevsky, Sophia

Scientist

Prix Bordin for Mathematics

1851

US

Chopin, Kate

Author

Bayou Folk

1852

UK

Esher, Lord

Soldier

Reorganized the military

1853

Scotland

MacDonald, Hector

Soldier

British Major-General

1853

UK

Rhodes, Cecil

Business

Diamond mines

1854

France

Lyautey, Hubert

Soldier

Marshal of France

1854

France

Rimbaud, Arthur

Poet

The Drunken Boat

1854

Germany

Krupp, Friedrich A,

Business

Munitions factories

1854

Ireland

Wilde, Oscar

Author

The Importance of Being Earnest

1855

UK

Corelli, Marie

Author

Memoirs

1856

Germany

Gloeden,BaronWilhelmvon

Photographer

Taormina photos

1856

UK

Paget, Violet

Author

Hauntings

1857

Germany

Allers, Christian Wilhelm

Artist

Club Eintracht

1857

UK

Baden-Powell, Robert

Soldier

Founded Boy Scouts

1857

US

Fuller, Henry Blake

Author

The Cliff-Dwellers

1857

US

Thomas, M, Carey

Teacher

President of Bryn Mawr College

1858

Sweden

Lagerlöf, Selma

Author

Nobel Prize

1858

UK

Smyth, Dame Ethel

Composer

The Wreckers

1859

UK

Housman, A, E,

Poet

“A Shropshire Lad”

1859

US

Bates, Katharine Lee

Poet

“America the Beautiful”

1860

Scotland

Barrie, James M,

Author

Peter Pan

1860

UK

Rolfe, Frederick William

Author

Hadrian the Seventh

1860

US

Addams, Jane

Politician

Nobel Peace Prize

1860

US

Warren, Edward Perry

Business

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

1861

Austria

Ferdinand I

Politician

Tsar of Bulgaria

1862

UK

Dickinson, Goldsworthy

Teacher

Dictionary of National Biography

1862

US

Wharton, Edith

Author

Keeping up with the Joneses

1863

Egypt

Cavafy, Constantine

Poet

“That’s the Man”

1863

Netherlands

Couperus, Louis

Author

De Berg van Licht

1863

Spain

Santayana, George

Philosopher

Dominations and Powers

1863

US

Cram, Ralph Adams

Architect

US Military Academy

1863

US

Woolley, Mary Emma

Teacher

President of Mount Holyoke College

1864

Ireland

Casement, Roger

Politician

Rebel leader

1864

Ukraine

Redl, Colonel Alfred

Soldier

Chief of Counter-Intelligence

1866

Spain

Benavente, Jacinto

Playwright

Nobel Prize

1867

Germany

Hamilton, Edith

Author

Mythology

1867

Germany

Ives, George

Author

Order of Chaeronea

1867

Germany

Rathenau, Walther

Business

Foreign Minister

1867

SouthAfrica

Mathebula, Nongoloza

Soldier

Regiment of the Hills

1867

UK

Johnson, Lionel

Poet

Ireland and Other Poems

1868

Austria

Douglas, Norman

Author

South Wind


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1868

Germany

George, Stefan

Poet

Blatter fur die Kunst

1868

Germany

Hirschfeld, Magnus

Author

Sexual History of the World

1868

Uganda

Mwanga

Politician

King of Buganda

1869

France

Gide, André

Author

Nobel Prize for Literature

1870

Myanmar

Saki

Author

Reginald

1870

UK

Douglas, Alfred

Author

Oscar Wilde’s lover

1871

France

Proust, Marcel

Author

In Search of Lost Time

1872

Russia

Chicherin,GeorgiVasilevich

Politician

Commissar for Foreign Affairs

1872

Russia

Diaghilev, Sergey

Producer

Ballets Russes

1872

US

Adams, Maude

Actress

Peter Pan

1872

US

Walsh, David

Politician

Senator

1873

France

Colette,Sidonie-Gabrielle

Author

Cheri

1873

US

Cather, Willa

Author

Pulitzer Prize

1874

Germany

Leyendecker, J, C,

Artist

Arrow Collar Man

1874

UK

Maugham, W, Somerset

Author

The Razor’s Edge

1874

US

Brooks, Romaine

Artist

Natalie Barney

1874

US

Lowell, Amy

Poet

What’s O’Clock?

1874

US

Stein, Gertrude

Author

How to Write

1874

Venezuela

Hahn, Reynaldo

Composer

Director of Paris Opera

1875

France

Ravel, Maurice

Composer

Bolero

1875

Germany

Mann, Thomas

Author

Death in Venice

1875

UK

Crowley, Aleister

Author

The Book of The Law

1876

France

Jacob, Max

Author

La Défense de Tartuffe

1876

Spain

Falla, Manuel de

Composer

El Amor Brujo

1876

US

Barney, Natalie Clifford

Poet

Romaine Brooks’ lover

1877

UK

Agate, James

Critic

Ego

1877

UK

Vivien, Renée

Poet

“Toward Lesbos”

1877

US

Duncan, Isadora

Dancer

Modern Dance

1877

US

Hartley, Marsden

Artist

“Log Jam”

1877

US

Toklas, Alice B,

Author

Autobiography

1878

UK

Arden, Elizabeth

Business

Cosmetics

1879

Ireland

Pearse, Patrick

Politician

Easter Rising

1879

Poland

Landowska, Wanda

Musician

Harpsichord

1879

Russia

Nazimova, Alla

Actress

Salome

1879

UK

Charlton, L, E, O,

Soldier

General

1879

UK

Forster, E, M,

Author

A Passage to India

1879

US

Luhan, Mabel Dodge

Author

Backgrounds

1880

France

Fersen, Adelsward

Author

Hymnaire d’Adonis

1880

Spain

Azaña, Manuel

Politician

President of Spain

1880

UK

Hall, Radclyffe

Author

Well of Loneliness

1880

UK

Strachey, Lytton

Author

Eminent Victorians

1880

US

Grimké, Angelina Weld

Journalist

Rachel

1880

US

Van Vechten, Carl

Photographer

Harlem photos

1881

Netherlands

Haan, Jacob Israël de

Poet

“An endless desire for friendship”

1881

Turkey

Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal

Politician

President of Turkey


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1882

UK

Woolf, Virginia

Author

Mrs, Dalloway

1882

Ukraine

Szymanowski, Karol

Composer

King Roger

1883

France

Chanel, Coco

Designer

Chanel No, 5

1883

UK

Keynes, John Maynard

Economist

A Treatise on Money

1883

UK

Winwood, Estelle

Actress

Tallulah Bankhead

1883

US

Demuth, Charles

Artist

Watercolors

1883

US

Maxwell, Elsa

Business

Famous parties

1884

NewZealand

Walpole, Hugh

Author

Lauritz Melchior

1884

US

Griffes,CharlesTomlinson

Composer

Symphony in Yellow

1884

US

Roosevelt, Eleanor

Politician

First Lady

1884

US

Teasdale, Sara

Poet

Rivers to the Sea

1885

Russia

Parnok,SophiaYakovlevna

Poet

Roses of Pieria

1885

Scotland

Grant, Duncan

Artist

Queen Mary (rejected)

1886

Iran

Nicolson, Harold

Politician

Member of Parliament

1886

UK

Firbank, Ronald

Author

Inspired Joe Orton

1886

UK

Sassoon, Siegfried

Author

The Weald of Youth

1886

US

Anderson, Margaret

Publisher

Little Review

1886

US

Byington, Spring

Actress

OscarnominationforBestSupportingActress

1886

US

Doolittle, Hilda

Poet

Sea Garden

1886

US

Horton, Edward Everett

Actor

Fractured Fairy Tales

1886

US

Locke, Alain

Teacher

Harlem Renaissance

1886

US

Rainey, “Ma”

Musician

The Mother of the Blues

1887

Germany

Röhm, Ernst

Soldier

Leader of Stormtroopers

1887

UK

Brooke, Rupert

Poet

“Tiare Tahiti”

1887

UK

Fontanne, Lynn

Actress

Dulcy

1887

US

Beach, Sylvia

Business

Shakespeare & Company

1887

US

Benedict, Ruth

Anthropologist

Patterns of Culture

1888

Germany

Murnau, F, W,

Director

Nosferatu

1888

Germany

Winsloe, Christa

Author

The Child Manuela

1888

NewZealand

Mansfield, Katherine

Poet

The Garden Party

1888

UK

Lawrence, T, E,

Soldier

Lawrence of Arabia

1888

US

Woolley, Monty

Actor

The Pied Piper

1889

Austria

Sagan, Leontine

Director

Mädchen in Uniform

1889

Austria

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Philosopher

Tractus Logico-Philosophicus

1889

France

Cocteau, Jean

Poet

La Belle et la Bête

1889

Scotland

Reith, John

Business

First Chairman of BBC

1889

UK

Heard, Gerald

Philosopher

The Ascent of Humanity

1889

UK

Whale, James

Director

Frankenstein

1889

US

Pangborn, Franklin

Actor

A Girl, A Guy, and a Gob

1889

US

Spellman, F, Cardinal

Cleric

Archbishop of New York

1889

US

Webb, Clifton

Actor

Laura

1890

Denmark

Melchior, Lauritz

Musician

Heldentenor

1890

Ukraine

Nijinsky, Vaslav

Dancer

Les Sylphides

1890

US

Main, Marjorie

Actress

Ma Kettle

1891

UK

Goulding, Edmund

Director

Oscar: Grand Hotel


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1891

US

Porter, Cole

Composer

“Let’s Do It”

1891

US

Shawn, Ted

Choreographer

Dance We Must

1892

Ireland

O’Duffy, Eoin

Soldier

IRA Chief of Staff

1892

Russia

Erté

Designer

Art Deco

1892

Russia

Tsvetaeva, Marina

Poet

The Magic Lantern

1892

UK

Sackville-West, Vita

Author

All Passion Spent

1892

UK

Sitwell, Osbert

Author

Autobiography

1892

US

Barnes, Djuna

Author

Nightwood

1892

US

Flanner, Janet

Journalist

Letter from Paris

1892

US

Millay, Edna St, Vincent

Poet

Pulitzer Prize

1892

US

Sullivan, Harry Stack

Psychiatrist

Interpersonal Approach

1892

US

Welles, Sumner

Politician

Undersecretary of State

1893

France

Acosta, Mercedes de

Author

ConqueredMarleneDietrichandGretaGarbo

1893

Germany

Cornell, Katharine

Actress

The Green Hat

1893

Italy

Gadda, Carlo Emilio

Author

Il Castello di Udine

1893

UK

Warner, SylviaTownsend

Author

Mr, Fortune’s Maggot

1893

US

Lunt, Alfred

Actor

Clarence

1893

US

McClintic, Guthrie

Producer

Katherine Cornell

1893

US

Thompson, Dorothy

Journalist

On the Record

1893

US

Tilden, Bill

Athlete

Tennis champion

1893

Wales

Novello, Ivor

Actor

The Lodger

1894

Netherlands

Arondeus, Willem

Soldier

Nazi resister

1894

Poland

Negri, Pola

Actress

Madame Bovary

1894

US

Kinsey, Alfred

Scientist

Kinsey Institute

1894

US

Mabley, “Moms”

Entertainer

Comic

1894

US

Smith, Bessie

Musician

Empress of the Blues

1895

Austria

Freud, Anna

Psychoanalyst

Hampstead Child Therapy Centre

1895

Italy

Valentino, Rudolph

Actor

The Sheik

1895

Russia

Yesenin, Sergey

Poet

“Ispoved Khuligana”

1895

Russia

Yezhov, Nikolai

Politician

NKVD Secret Police

1895

US

Hart, Lorenz

Composer

Rodgers and Hart musicals

1895

US

Hoover, J, Edgar

Politician

Director of FBI

1895

US

Hunter, Alberta

Musician

Blues singer

1896

France

Montherlant, Henry de

Author

Les Olympiques

1896

Greece

Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Conductor

New York Philharmonic

1896

Russia

Massine, Léonide

Dancer

The Red Shoes

1896

UK

Ackerley, J, R,

Author

My Dog Tulip

1896

US

Thomson, Virgil

Composer

Four Saints in Three Acts

1896

US

Waters, Ethel

Musician

“Heat Wave”

1897

Australia

Anderson, Dame Judith

Actress

Rebecca

1897

Australia

Orry-Kelly, John

Designer

Three Oscars and Cary Grant’s lover

1897

France

Aragon, Louis

Poet

La Semaine Sainte

1897

UK

Sprott, Sebastian

Psychologist

Maynard Keynes

1897

US

Arzner, Dorothy

Director

Dance, Girl, Dance

1897

US

Cowell, Henry

Composer

Tone clusters


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1897

US

Wilder, Thornton

Playwright

Our Town

1898

Latvia

Eisenstein, Sergei

Director

Potemkin

1898

Spain

Lorca, Federico García

Poet

Romancero Gitano

1898

UK

Lawrence, Gertrude

Actress

The Glass Menagerie

1898

UK

Waugh, Alec

Author

Invented the cocktail party

1898

US

Abbott, Berenice

Photographer

Changing New York

1898

US

Leisen, Mitchell

Director

Swing High, Swing Low

1898

US

Scott, Randolph

Actor

My Favorite Wife

1899

France

Poulenc, Francis

Composer

Les Biches

1899

Mexico

Novarro, Ramon

Actor

Ben-Hur

1899

UK

Coward, Noël

Playwright

“Mad About the Boy”

1899

UK

Laughton, Charles

Actor

Mutiny on the Bounty

1899

UK

Le Gallienne, Eva

Actress

National Medal of the Arts

1899

UK

MacLiammóir, Michéal

Producer

The Gate Theatre

1899

US

Crane, Hart

Poet

“The Bridge”

1899

US

Cukor, George

Director

Oscar: My Fair Lady

1900

France

Crevel, René

Author

Dadaist

1900

UK

Mountbatten, Louis

Soldier

SupremeAlliedCommanderofSoutheastAsia

1900

US

Arthur, Jean

Actress

The Talk of the Town

1900

US

Arvin, Newton

Author

Biography of Melville

1900

US

Copland, Aaron

Composer

Billy the Kid

1900

US

Haines, William

Actor

The Marines Are Coming

1900

US

Halliburton, Richard

Explorer

Travel books

1901

Germany

Dietrich, Marlene

Actress

Blue Angel

1901

US

Gable, Clark

Actor

The King of Hollywood

1901

US

Mead, Margaret

Anthropologist

Coming of Age in Samoa

1902

Spain

Cernuda, Luis

Poet

Los Placeres Prohibidos

1902

UK

Asquith, Anthony

Director

The Importance of Being Earnest

1902

US

Bankhead, Tallulah

Actress

Private Lives

1902

US

Beebe, Lucius

Journalist

This New York

1902

US

Geer, Will

Actor

Grandpa Walton

1902

US

Hughes, Langston

Poet

Shakespeare in Harlem

1902

US

Plunkett, Walter

Designer

Gone With The Wind

1903

Belgium

Yourcenar, Marguerite

Author

Memoirs of Hadrian

1903

France

Colbert, Claudette

Actress

Palm Beach Story

1903

France

Nin, Anaïs

Author

Novel of the Future

1903

Russia

Horowitz, Vladimir

Musician

Pianist

1903

Russia

Kolmogorov,AndreyNikolaevich

Scientist

Probability theory

1903

SouthAfrica

Plomer, William

Author

Turbott Wolfe

1903

UK

Connolly, Cyril

Editor

Horizon

1903

UK

Rowse, A, L,

Author

Homosexuals in History

1903

UK

Waugh, Evelyn

Author

Brideshead Revisited

1903

US

Adrian

Designer

The look of MGM

1903

US

Beard, James

Chef

Cookbooks

1903

US

Cullen, Countee

Poet

“The Black Christ”


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1903

US

Minnelli, Vincente

Director

Oscar: Gigi

1903

US

Munson, Ona

Actress

Belle Watling in Gone With the Wind

1904

Mexico

Novo, Salvador

Poet

The War of the Fatties

1904

Spain

Dalí, Salvador

Artist

Surrealist paintings

1904

UK

Beaton, Cecil

Photographer

Oscar: My Fair Lady Design

1904

UK

Gielgud, John

Actor

Oscar: Arthur

1904

UK

Grant, Cary

Actor

Bringing Up Baby

1904

UK

Isherwood, Christopher

Author

Cabaret

1904

Ukraine

Lifar, Serge

Dancer

Paris Opera Ballet

1904

US

Cadmus, Paul

Artist

The Fleet’s In!

1904

US

Rogers, Buddy

Actor

Wings

1904

US

Zerbe, Jerome

Photographer

Vodka martini

1905

France

Vigo, Jean

Director

Zero de Conduite

1905

Sweden

Garbo, Greta

Actress

Ninotchka

1905

UK

Renault, Mary

Author

The Charioteer

1905

US

Blitzstein, Marc

Playwright

Cradle Will Rock

1905

US

Crawford, Joan

Actress

Mildred Pierce

1905

US

Hughes, Howard

Business

Hughes Aircraft

1905

US

Wright, Russell

Designer

American Modern Dinnerware

1905

Wales

Williams, Emlyn

Playwright

Night Must Fall

1906

China

Puyi

Politician

The last emperor

1906

Italy

Visconti, Count Luchino

Director

Palme D’Or: The Leopard

1906

US

Baker, Josephine

Musician

Conquered Paris

1906

US

Johnson, Philip

Architect

Crystal Cathedral

1906

US

Sutton, Grady

Actor

The Great Moment

1907

France

Peyrefitte, Roger

Author

Les Amitiés Particulières

1907

Mexico

Kahlo, Frida

Artist

Self-portraits

1907

UK

Auden, W, H,

Author

National Medal for Literature

1907

UK

Blunt, Anthony

Art Historian

Surveyor of the King’s pictures

1907

UK

du Maurier, Daphne

Author

The Birds

1907

UK

Lehmann, John

Editor

New Writing

1907

UK

Olivier, Laurence

Actor

Rebecca

1907

US

Darrow, John

Actor

The All American

1907

US

Kirstein, Lincoln

Producer

New York City Ballet

1907

US

Lynes, George Platt

Photographer

Kinsey Institute photos

1907

US

Romero, Cesar

Actor

The Joker

1907

US

Stanwyck, Barbara

Actress

The Lady Eve

1908

UK

Beaumont, “Binkie”

Producer

The West End

1908

UK

Crisp, Quentin

Author

Naked Civil Servant

1908

UK

Redgrave, Michael

Actor

The Lady Vanishes

1908

UK

Watson, Peter

Editor

Horizon

1908

US

Raymond, Gene

Actor

Married to Jeanette MacDonald

1908

US

White, Minor

Photographer

Frost on Window

1909

Ireland

Bacon, Francis

Artist

Pope Innocent X

1909

UK

Spender, Stephen

Poet

Editor of Horizon


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1910

France

Genet, Jean

Author

The Blacks

1910

UK

Pears, Peter

Musician

Tenor, inspired Benjamin Britten

1910

US

Alsop, Joseph

Journalist

The Missile Gap

1910

US

Barber, Samuel

Composer

“Adagio for Strings”

1910

US

Bowles, Paul

Author

The Sheltering Sky

1910

US

Brown, Margaret Wise

Author

Goodnight Moon

1910

US

Cromwell, Richard

Actor

Young Mr, Lincoln

1910

US

Holland, Joseph

Actor

Mercury Theatre

1910

US

Kelly, Patsy

Actress

Tony: No No Nanette

1910

US

Sharaff, Irene

Designer

Five Oscars

1911

Italy

Menotti, Gian Carlo

Composer

The Island God

1911

UK

Burgess, Guy

Soldier

Double agent

1911

UK

Cooper, Douglas

Business

Patron of the arts

1911

UK

Rattigan, Terence

Playwright

The Browning Version

1911

US

Bishop, Elizabeth

Poet

Poet Laureate

1911

US

Goodman, Paul

Author

Growing Up Absurd

1911

US

Ray, Nicholas

Director

Rebel Without a Cause

1911

US

Walters, Charles

Director

Easter Parade

1911

US

Williams, Tennessee

Playwright

A Streetcar Named Desire

1911

US

Willson, Henry

Business

Beefcake

1911

US

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

Athlete

Founder of the LPGA

1912

Belgium

Sarton, May

Poet

The House by the Sea

1912

UK

Hay, Harry

Politician

Founded Mattachine Society

1912

UK

Turing, Alan

Scientist

Early computers

1912

UK

White, Patrick

Author

Nobel Prize for Literature

1912

US

Cage, John

Composer

4’ 33”

1912

US

Cheever, John

Author

Falconer

1912

US

Nikolais, Alwin

Choreographer

National Medal of Arts

1912

US

Rustin, Bayard

Politician

Aide to Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr,

1913

Australia

Browne, Coral

Actress

Killing of Sister George

1913

Austria

Lamarr, Hedy

Actress

Spread Spectrum Radio

1913

France

Marais, Jean

Actor

La Belle et la Bête

1913

UK

Britten, Benjamin

Composer

Young Person’s Guide

1913

US

Cregar, Laird

Actor

The Lodger

1913

US

Inge, William

Playwright

Bus Stop

1913

US

Kaye, Danny

Actor

Hans Christian Andersen

1914

US

Burroughs, William S,

Author

Naked Lunch

1915

China

Welch, Denton

Author

Maiden Voyage

1915

France

Barthes, Roland

Philosopher

The Death of the Author

1915

UK

Price, Dennis

Actor

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1915

US

Holiday, Billie

Musician

“Strange Fruit”

1915

US

Strayhorn, Billy

Composer

“Take the A Train”

1916

UK

Gysin, Brion

Artist

The dreamachine

1916

US

Billings, Lem

Business

Fizzies

1916

US

Johnson, Van

Actor

Two Girls and a Sailor


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1916

US

Raye, Martha

Actress

Alice

1916

US

Wynn, Keenan

Actor

Dr, Strangelove

1917

Canada

Burr, Raymond

Actor

Perry Mason, Ironsides

1917

UK

Howerd, Frankie

Actor

Up Pompeii!

1917

US

Bowles, Jane

Author

The Iron Table

1917

US

McCullers, Carson

Playwright

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1918

US

Bernstein, Leonard

Conductor

West Side Story

1918

US

Heath, Gordon

Actor

Deep Are the Roots

1918

US

Jenkins, Walter

Politician

ChiefofStaffforPresidentLyndonJohnson

1918

US

Laurents, Arthur

Playwright

West Side Story

1918

US

Robbins, Jerome

Choreographer

West Side Story

1918

US

Susann, Jacqueline

Author

Valley of the Dolls

1919

Ireland

Murdoch, Iris

Author

Under the Net

1919

UK

Mills, Freddie

Athlete

Boxing champion

1919

US

Carswell, G, Harold

Judge

US Supreme Court nominee

1919

US

Cunningham, Merce

Choreographer

Fielding the Sixes

1919

US

Forbes, Malcolm

Publisher

$2 million party in Tangier, 1990

1919

US

Liberace

Musician

Liberace Museum

1919

US

Tucker, Forrest

Actor

F Troop

1920

US

Claiborne, Craig

Chef

Cookbooks

1921

UK

Bogarde, Dirk

Actor

Victim

1921

UK

Rawcliffe, Derek

Cleric

Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway

1921

US

Clift, Montgomery

Actor

Red River

1921

US

Deacon, Richard

Actor

Mel on Dick Van Dyke Show

1921

US

Dennis, Patrick

Author

Auntie Mame

1921

US

Highsmith, Patricia

Author

Strangers on a Train

1921

US

Holliday, Judy

Actress

Born Yesterday

1921

US

Kulp, Nancy

Actress

Miss Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies

1921

US

Nader, George

Actor

Ellery Queen

1922

Austria

Gernreich, Rudi

Designer

Topless bathing suit

1922

Italy

Cardin, Pierre

Designer

Neckties

1922

Italy

Pasolini, Pier Paolo

Director

Decameron

1922

UK

Elliott, Denholm

Actor

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1922

US

Garland, Judy

Actress

The Wizard of Oz

1922

US

Kerouac, Jack

Author

On The Road

1923

India

Anderson, Lindsay

Director

Oscar: Thursday’s Children

1923

Italy

Zeffirelli, Franco

Director

Romeo and Juliet

1923

US

Boyd, Malcolm

Cleric

Running With Me, Jesus?

1923

US

Rivers, Larry

Artist

Abstract Paintings

1923

US

Rorem, Ned

Composer

Nantucket Songs

1923

US

Smith, Liz

Journalist

Gossip column

1924

UK

Lambert, Gavin

Screenwriter

The Loved One

1924

US

Baldwin, James

Author

Giovanni’s Room

1924

US

Brando, Marlon

Actor

On the Waterfront

1924

US

Capote, Truman

Author

In Cold Blood


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1924

US

Cox, Wally

Actor

Brando’s roommate

1924

US

Kirkwood Jr, , James

Author

A Chorus Line

1924

US

Wood, Ed

Director

Plan 9 From Outer Space

1925

Canada

Griffin, Merv

Entertainer

Wheel of Fortune producer

1925

Japan

Mishima Yukio

Author

Sun and Steel

1925

US

Beck, Julian

Producer

The Living Theatre

1925

US

Granger, Farley

Actor

Strangers on a Train

1925

US

Hudson, Rock

Actor

Movies with Doris Day

1925

US

Moore, Charles

Architect

Beverly Hills Civic Center

1925

US

Rauschenberg, Robert

Artist

Album cover for Talking Heads

1925

US

Vidal, Gore

Author

The City and The Pillar

1926

France

Foucault, Michel

Philosopher

History of Sexuality

1926

UK

Schlesinger, John

Director

Oscar: Midnight Cowboy

1926

UK

Williams, Kenneth

Actor

Carry On, friend of Joe Orton

1926

US

Ginsberg, Allen

Poet

“Howl”

1926

US

Hoiby, Lee

Composer

The Scarf

1926

US

Louis, Murray

Choreographer

Dance as an art form

1926

US

Lynde, Paul

Actor

Hollywood Squares

1926

US

Merrill, James

Poet

Pulitzer Prize

1926

US

O’Hara, Frank

Poet

A City Winter

1926

US

Tryon, Tom

Actor

In Harm’s Way

1927

US

Anger, Kenneth

Director

Scorpio Rising

1927

US

Cohn, Roy

Attorney

US Senate HUAC counsel

1927

US

Donaldson, Herb

Judge

S, F, Municipal Court

1927

US

Ray, Johnnie

Musician

“Cry”

1928

France

Chazot, Jacques

Choreographer

Star dancer at Opera Comique

1928

Lithuania

Harvey, Laurence

Actor

I Am a Camera

1928

UK

Richardson, Tony

Director

Oscar: Tom Jones

1928

US

Albee, Edward

Playwright

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1928

US

Chester, Alfred

Author

Jamie Is My Hearts Desire

1928

US

Ivory, James

Director

Oscar: Howard’s End

1928

US

McDowall, Roddy

Actor

Friend of Liz Taylor

1928

US

Maharis, George

Actor

Route 66

1928

US

Warhol, Andy

Artist

Brillo boxes

1929

UK

Brophy, Brigid

Author

Hackenfeller’s Ape

1929

UK

Gunn, Thom

Poet

MacArthur Fellowship

1929

UK

Osborne, John

Playwright

Look Back In Anger

1929

US

Button, Dick

Athlete

Olympic skater

1929

US

Coco, James

Actor

Only When I Laugh

1929

US

Galley Jr, , Howard E,

Cleric

Book of Common Prayer

1929

US

Rich, Adrienne

Poet

National Book Award

1930

Spain

Almendros, Néstor

Cinematographer

Oscar for cinematography

1930

UK

Hawthorne, Nigel

Actor

The Madness of King George

1930

US

Hansberry, Lorraine

Playwright

A Raisin in the Sun

1930

US

Johns, Jasper

Artist

Three Flags


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1930

US

Milk, Harvey

Politician

San Francisco Board of Supervisors

1930

US

Nabors, Jim

Actor

Gomer Pyle

1930

US

Sargent, Dick

Actor

Bewitched

1930

US

Schippers, Thomas

Conductor

Spoleto

1930

US

Sondheim, Stephen

Composer

Into the Woods

1931

Canada

Rule, Jane

Author

The Desert Of The Heart

1931

France

Capucine

Actress

The Pink Panther

1931

Scotland

Fraser, John

Actor

Repulsion

1931

UK

Sherrin, Ned

Producer

That Was The Week That Was

1931

US

Adams, Nick

Actor

Pillow Talk

1931

US

Ailey, Alvin

Choreographer

American Dance Theatre

1931

US

Cino, Joe

Producer

Caffé Cino

1931

US

Dean, James

Actor

Rebel Without a Cause

1931

US

Hormel, James

Business

Ambassador to Luxembourg

1931

US

Hunter, Tab

Actor

Polyester

1931

US

McKinney, Stewart B,

Politician

Congressman

1931

US

Ram Dass

Philosopher

Be Here Now

1931

US

Reilly, Charles Nelson

Actor

Charlotte’s Web

1932

Argentina

Puig, Manuel

Author

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1932

UK

Hodgkin, Howard

Artist

New Worlds postage stamp

1932

US

Halston, Roy

Designer

Couture

1932

US

Little Richard

Musician

“Tutti Frutti”

1932

US

Michals, Duane

Photographer

Homage to Cavafy

1932

US

Perkins, Anthony

Actor

Psycho

1932

US

Reed, Robert

Actor

Dad on The Brady Bunch

1933

UK

Epstein, Brian

Business

Managed The Beatles

1933

UK

Kray, Ronnie

Criminal

The Kray Twins

1933

UK

Orton, Joe

Playwright

Entertaining Mr, Sloane

1933

US

Judge, Mychal

Cleric

Chaplain FDNY

1933

US

McKuen, Rod

Poet

The Beautiful Strangers

1933

US

Sontag, Susan

Author

AIDS and Its Metaphors

1934

Australia

Stigwood, Robert

Producer

The Bee Gees, Grease

1934

UK

Bates, Alan

Actor

Far From the Madding Crowd

1934

UK

Bennett, Alan

Playwright

The History Boys

1934

UK

Hebborn, Eric

Artist

Master forger

1934

US

Apolinar, Danny

Composer

“Your Own Thing”

1934

US

Bachardy, Don

Artist

Portraits of Christopher Isherwood

1934

US

Lorde, Audre

Poet

Undersong

1934

US

Millett, Kate

Author

Sexual Politics

1934

US

Rechy, John

Author

City Of Night

1935

Germany

Fichte, Hubert

Author

The History of Sensibility

1935

US

Chamberlain, Richard

Actor

King of the Miniseries

1935

US

Esquerita

Musician

“Gollie Gollie Annie Mae”

1935

US

Kopkind, Andrew

Journalist

The Nation Senior Writer

1935

US

Kramer, Larry

Playwright

The Normal Heart


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1935

US

Mathis, Johnny

Musician

“Chances Are”

1935

US

Presley, Elvis

Musician

“Hound Dog”

1936

Algeria

St, Laurent, Yves

Designer

Couture

1936

India

Merchant, Ismail

Producer

Oscar: Howard’s End

1936

US

Bridges, James

Director

The China Syndrome

1936

US

Jordan, Barbara

Politician

1976DemocraticConventionkeynotespeech

1937

UK

Hockney, David

Artist

Opera sets

1937

US

Bauman, Robert

Politician

Congressman

1937

US

Carr, Allan

Producer

Grease

1937

US

Chambers, Jane

Playwright

Last Summer at Bluefish Cove

1937

US

Dennis, Sandy

Actress

Oscar:Who’s AfraidofVirginiaWoolf?

1937

US

Randall, Bob

Playwright

6 Rms Riv Vu

1937

US

Studds, Gerry

Politician

Congressman

1937

US

Takei, George

Actor

Star Trek

1937

US

Waddell, Tom

Athlete

Decathlon champion

1937

US

Wilson, Lanford

Playwright

Burn This

1938

Russia

Nureyev, Rudolf

Dancer

Ken Russell’s Valentino

1938

UK

Jacobi, Derek

Actor

I, Claudius

1938

US

Bartel, Paul

Director

Eating Raoul

1938

VirginIslands

Griffith, Emile

Athlete

Middleweight boxing champ

1939

UK

McKellen, Ian

Actor

Bent

1939

UK

Napier-Bell, Simon

Business

Wham! Manager

1939

UK

Springfield, Dusty

Musician

A Girl Called Dusty

1939

US

Bakker, Jim

Cleric

The PTL Club

1939

US

Boone Jr, , Ashley

Business

President of Distribution at Fox

1939

US

McNally, Terrence

Playwright

The Ritz

1939

US

Mineo, Sal

Actor

Rebel Without a Cause

1939

US

Schumacher, Joel

Director

Flatliners

1939

US

Sherman, Martin

Playwright

Bent

1939

US

Tomlin, Lily

Actress

Nine to Five

1939

US

Tune, Tommy

Dancer

Nine Tonys

1940

Palestine

Stevens, David

Screenwriter

Breaker Morant

1940

US

Ellis, Perry

Designer

Ties

1940

US

Frank, Barney

Politician

Congressman

1940

US

Gallin, Sandy

Business

Superagent

1940

US

Mackie, Bob

Designer

Sultan of Sequins

1940

US

White, Mel

Author

Jerry Falwell’s ghost writer

1941

Canada

Menard, Pierre

Musician

Founded Vermeer Quartet

1941

NewCaledonia

Higgins, Colin

Director

Harold and Maude (Writer)

1941

UK

Chapman, Graham

Comedian

Monty Python

1941

UK

Hope, Dr, David

Cleric

Archbishop of York

1941

UK

Margolyes, Miriam

Actress

Harry Potter

1941

US

Bandy, Way

Makeup Artist

Nancy Reagan’s face

1941

US

Carlos, Wendy

Musician

Switched on Bach

1941

US

Kirk, Tommy

Actor

Disney films


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1941

US

Kuehl, Sheila James

Politician

Speakerprotempore,CaliforniaAssembly

1941

US

Sipple, Oliver

Soldier

Saved President Gerald Ford’s life

1941

US

Smith, Jerry

Athlete

All-pro tight end

1941

US

Spoto, Donald

Author

AlfredHitchcockandPrestonSturgesBiographies

1942

Austria

Kobal, John

Author

JohnKobalPresentsTheTop100Movies

1942

Peru

Monk, Meredith

Musician

Turtle Dreams

1942

UK

Jarman, Derek

Director

Queer Edward II

1942

US

Cammermeyer, Greta

Medical

V, A, Nurse of the Year

1942

US

Delany, Samuel R,

Author

Jewels of Aptor

1942

US

Diller, Barry

Producer

Fox Pictures

1942

US

Hinson, Jon

Politician

Congressman

1942

US

Klein, Calvin

Designer

Underwear

1942

US

Kopay, David

Athlete

NFL running back

1942

US

Wigginton, Eliot

Teacher

Foxfire, Teacher of the Year

1943

UK

Jagger, Mick

Musician

Their Satanic Majesties’ Request

1943

US

Ardolino, Emile

Director

Sister Act, Dirty Dancing

1943

US

Bennett, Michael

Choreographer

A Chorus Line

1943

US

Burton, Gary

Musician

Vibes for Stan Getz

1943

US

Geffen, David

Producer

Gay Lesbian Serices Center

1943

US

Joplin, Janis

Musician

Pearl

1943

US

King, Billie Jean

Athlete

Won Wimbledon six times

1943

US

Ludlam, Charles

Playwright

Ridiculous Theatre Company

1943

US

Matlovich, Leonard

Soldier

Air Force sergeant

1944

Australia

Allen, Peter

Composer

“I Go to Rio”

1944

Austria

Berger, Helmut

Actor

The Damned

1944

UK

Everett, Kenny

Entertainer

The Kenny Everett Video Show

1944

US

Brown, Jay

Medical

PresidentoftheAssociationofBlackCardiologists

1944

US

Brown, Rita Mae

Author

Rubyfruit Jungle

1944

US

Davis, Angela Y,

Teacher

Freedom

1944

US

Flagg, Fannie

Author

Fried Green Tomatoes

1944

US

Glover, John

Actor

Chocolate War

1944

US

Hendryx, Nona

Musician

LaBelle

1944

US

Maupin, Armistead

Author

Tales Of The City

1944

US

Sylvester

Musician

Disco

1944

US

Tilson-Thomas, Michael

Conductor

San Francisco Symphony

1944

US

Walker, Alice

Author

The Color Purple

1945

UK

Davies, Terence

Director

Distant Voices, Still Lives

1945

US

Divine

Actor

Pink Flamingos

1945

US

Lehman, Bruce

Attorney

Lawyer of the Year

1945

US

Monette, Paul

Author

National Book Award

1945

US

Ryder, Mitch

Musician

“Devil with a Blue Dress On”

1946

Germany

Fassbinder,RainerWerner

Director

Querelle

1946

Italy

Versace, Gianni

Designer

Clothing line

1946

Puerto Rico

Woodlawn, Holly

Actress

Trash

1946

UK

Faithfull, Marianne

Musician

“As Tears Go By”


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1946

UK

Mackintosh, Cameron

Producer

The Phantom of the Opera

1946

US

Gore, Lesley

Musician

“It’s My Party”

1946

US

Ireland, Patricia

Politician

President of NOW

1946

US

Mapplethorpe, Robert

Photographer

Portrait of Patti Smith

1946

US

Mixner, David

Politician

MoratoriumtoEndtheWarinVietnam

1946

US

Preston, Billy

Musician

Keyboards on Let It Be

1946

US

Silkwood, Karen

FactoryWorker

Exposed nuclear danger

1946

US

Waters, John

Director

Polyester

1946

US

Weber, Bruce

Photographer

Calvin Klein ads

1946

US

Wenner, Jann

Publisher

Rolling Stone

1946

Zanzibar

Mercury, Freddie

Musician

Queen

1947

Australia

Connelli, Judi

Entertainer

Into the Woods

1947

UK

Bowie, David

Musician

Low

1947

UK

John, Elton

Musician

“Your Song”

1947

US

Antolin, Teddy

Hairdresser

Hairdresser to the Stars

1947

US

Batts, Deborah

Judge

Federal District Court Judge

1947

US

Boswell, John

Teacher

ChairmanofYalehistorydepartment

1947

US

McCormick, Dale

Politician

State Senator

1947

US

McCorvey, Norma

Roe v, Wade

Plaintiff

Roe v, Wade court decision

1947

US

Paglia, Camille

Author

Sexual Personae

1947

US

Robinson, Gene

Cleric

Bishop of New Hampshire

1947

US

Tobias, Andrew

Author

Managing Your Money

1948

Netherlands

Fortuyn, Pim

Politician

Party leader

1948

US

Dallesandro, Joe

Actor

Trash

1948

US

Smith, Willi

Designer

Willi Wear

1949

Scotland

Charleson, Ian

Actor

Chariots of Fire

1949

SouthAfrica

Sher, Antony

Actor

Stanley

1949

Spain

Almodóvar, Pedro

Director

Oscar: All About My Mother

1949

UK

Ackroyd, Peter

Author

London: The Biography

1949

UK

Callow, Simon

Actor

Maurice

1949

UK

Curry, John

Athlete

Olympic and world champion

1949

UK

Finch, Nigel

Director

Stonewall

1949

US

Davis, Brad

Actor

Midnight Express

1949

US

Gorman, Greg

Photographer

Movie posters

1949

US

Leibovitz, Annie

Photographer

Rolling Stone covers

1949

US

Near, Holly

Musician

Lifelines

1950

Australia

Enright, Nick

Playwright

Lorenzo’s Oil

1950

Mexico

Gabriel, Juan

Musician

Sold more than 40 million albums

1950

Norway

Foss, Per-Kristian

Politician

Prime Minister of Norway

1950

UK

Cashman, Michael

Politician

Member of European Parliament

1950

UK

Robinson, Tom

Musician

“Glad to Be Gay”

1950

US

Ashman, Howard

Composer

Oscar: The Little Mermaid

1950

US

Hutton, Kate

Scientist

LA’s favorite seismologist

1950

US

Kalkin, Gary

Business

Disney Vice President


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1950

US

Rollins, Howard

Actor

Soldier’s Story

1951

UK

Halford, Rob

Musician

Judas Priest

1951

US

Gunderson, Steven

Politician

Congressman

1951

US

Ian, Janis

Musician

“At Seventeen”

1951

US

Kritsick, Stephen M,

Veterinarian

Good Morning America

1951

US

Schneider, Fred

Musician

B-52s

1951

US

Shilts, Randy

Journalist

And The Band Played On

1952

France

Schneider, Maria

Actress

Last Tango in Paris

1952

UK

Barker, Clive

Director

Hellraiser

1952

UK

Barrymore, Michael

Entertainer

My Kind of People

1952

US

Burke, Glenn

Athlete

L, A, Dodgers outfielder

1952

US

Perry, Ralph M,

Teacher

Rhode Island Teacher of the Year

1952

US

Ritts, Herb

Photographer

Notorious

1952

US

Sherwood, Bill

Director

Parting Glances

1952

US

Van Sant, Gus

Director

Drugstore Cowboy

1953

Germany

Wowereit, Klaus

Politician

Mayor of Berlin

1953

US

Dutt, Hank

Musician

Kronos Quartet

1953

US

Feniger, Susan

Chef

City Restaurant

1953

US

Hulce, Tom

Actor

Amadeus

1953

US

Strickland, Keith

Musician

B-52s

1953

US

Villard, Tom

Actor

The Trouble With Dick

1953

US

Williams, Pete

Journalist

Pentagon spokesperson

1953

US

Wilson, Ricky

Musician

B-52s

1954

UK

Tennant, Neil

Musician

Pet Shop Boys

1954

US

Butler, Dan

Actor

Bulldog on Frasier

1954

US

Fierstein, Harvey

Playwright

Torch Song Trilogy

1954

US

Travolta, John

Actor

The Boy in the Bubble

1955

Germany

Emmerich, Roland

Director

Independence Day

1955

UK

Shelley, Pete

Musician

The Buzzcocks

1955

US

Bernhard, Sandra

Actress

Madonna

1955

US

Condon, Bill

Director

Gods and Monsters

1955

US

Knuckles, Frankie

Musician

DJ

1955

US

Rose, Felipe

Musician

Village People

1956

China

Cheung, Leslie

Musician

Summer Romance

1956

Czechoslovakia

Navrátilová, Martina

Athlete

Won Wimbledon nine times

1956

UK

Almond, Marc

Musician

Soft Cell

1956

UK

Hytner, Nicholas

Director

Director of the National Theatre

1956

UK

Mathias, Sean

Director

Bent

1956

US

Cornwell, Patricia

Author

Postmortem

1956

US

Feinstein, Michael

Musician

Ira Gershwin catalog

1956

US

Jones, Cherry

Actress

Doubt

1956

US

Kushner, Tony

Playwright

Angels In America

1956

US

Lane, Nathan

Actor

The Producers

1956

US

Morris, Mark

Dancer

MacArthur Grant

1956

US

Sedaris, David

Author

DressYourFamilyinCorduroyandDenim


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1957

UK

Fry, Stephen

Author

The Liar

1957

US

Ball, Alan

Screenwriter

American Beauty

1957

US

McGreevey, Jim

Politician

Governor of New Jersey

1957

US

Riggs, Marlon

Director

Tongues Untied

1957

US

Rudnick, Paul

Playwright

Jeffrey, Addams Family

1957

US

Simmons, Roy

Athlete

NY Giants offensive tackle

1958

Ireland

Shaw, Fiona

Actress

Aunt Petunia

1958

UK

Barnett, Tim

Politician

NZ government whip

1958

US

Bearse, Amanda

Actress

Married With Children

1958

US

DeGeneres, Ellen

Comedian

Ellen

1958

US

DeLaria, Lea

Entertainer

Arsenio Hall Show

1958

US

Haring, Keith

Artist

Swatch watch design

1958

US

Jett, Joan

Musician

“I Love Rock ’n Roll”

1958

US

Lieberman, Nancy

Athlete

Basketball silver medal

1958

US

Madonna

Musician

Erotica

1958

US

Rudin, Scott

Producer

The Hours

1959

Canada

Thompson, Scott

Entertainer

Kids in the Hall

1959

UK

Burns, Pete

Musician

Dead or Alive

1959

UK

Everett, Rupert

Actor

Another Country

1959

UK

Morrissey

Musician

The Smiths

1959

UK

Winterson, Jeanette

Author

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

1959

US

Graff, Todd

Actor

Dominic and Eugene

1959

US

Pierce, David Hyde

Actor

Frasier

1959

US

Roos, Don

Director

The Opposite of Sex

1959

US

Shaiman, Marc

Composer

“Blame Canada”

1960

UK

Bourne, Matthew

Choreographer

Swan Lake

1960

UK

Johnson, Holly

Musician

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

1960

US

Gia

Model

Cosmo cover

1960

US

Louganis, Greg

Athlete

Olympic gold medal winner

1960

US

McManus, Michael

Soldier

Colin Powell’s bodyguard

1960

US

Marshall, Rob

Director

Chicago

1960

US

Mould, Bob

Musician

Hüsker

1960

US

RuPaul

Musician

Supermodel

1960

US

Stipe, Michael

Musician

R, E, M,

1960

US

Sweeney, Terry

Actor

Saturday Night Live

1961

Canada

lang, k, d,

Musician

Grammies

1961

Malaysia

Beale, Simon Russell

Actor

Hamlet

1961

Scotland

Somerville, Jimmy

Musician

The Communards, Bronski Beat

1961

UK

Boy George

Musician

Culture Club

1961

UK

Daldry, Stephen

Director

The Hours

1961

UK

Fashanu, Justin

Athlete

Top British footballer

1961

UK

Wiggs, Josephine

Musician

The Breeders

1961

US

Etheridge, Melissa

Musician

Grammies

1961

US

Haynes, Todd

Director

Far From Heaven

1961

US

Leavitt, David

Author

Lost Language of Cranes


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1961

US

Mizrahi, Isaac

Designer

Unzipped

1962

UK

Davis, Evan

Economist

Dragon’s Den

1962

US

Brock, David

Journalist

Blinded by The Right

1962

US

Bruce, Tammy

Broadcaster

Tammy Bruce Show

1962

US

Foster, Jodie

Actress

Silence of the Lambs

1962

US

Livingston, Jennie

Director

Paris is Burning

1962

US

O’Donnell, Rosie

Comedian

The Queen of Nice

1962

US

Oldham, Todd

Designer

Ivana Trump’s dresses

1962

US

Wong, B, D,

Actor

M, Butterfly

1963

Iran

Abdoh, Reza

Director

Quotations From a Ruined City

1963

Ireland

Norton, Graham

Comedian

So Graham Norton

1963

UK

Davies, Russell T,

Producer

Doctor Who

1963

UK

Michael, George

Musician

Sex

1963

UK

Sullivan, Andrew

Editor

The New Republic

1963

US

LaChapelle, David

Photographer

Hotel LaChapelle

1963

US

Saliers, Emily

Musician

Indigo Girls

1964

Canada

Leduc, Mark

Athlete

Olympic boxer

1964

UK

Alli, Waheed

Business

The Big Breakfast

1964

UK

Bell, Andy

Musician

Erasure

1964

US

Bottum, Roddy

Musician

Faith No More

1964

US

Ray, Amy

Musician

Indigo Girls

1965

Scotland

Cumming, Alan

Actor

Anniversary Party

1965

US

Singer, Bryan

Director

The X-Men film franchise

1966

India

Gohil, Manvendrasinh

Politician

Coming out

1966

US

Drudge, Matt

Journalist

The Drudge Report

1966

US

Nixon, Cynthia

Actress

Sex and the City

1967

Scotland

Barrowman, John

Actor

Torchwood

1968

US

Cho, Margaret

Comedian

All American Girl

1968

US

Davidson, Jaye

Actor

The Crying Game

1968

US

Tuaolo, Esera

Athlete

Super Bowl

1969

US

Arquette, Alexis

Actor

Pulp Fiction

1969

US

Zuniga, José M,

Soldier

Soldier of the Year

1970

US

Phoenix, River

Actor

Stand By Me

1971

US

Rapp, Anthony

Actor

Rent

1972

Chile

Amenábar, Alejandro

Director

The Others

1972

US

Armstrong, Billie Joe

Musician

Green Day

1973

UK

Burrows, Saffron

Actress

Deep Blue Sea

1973

US

Harris, Neil Patrick

Actor

Doogie Howser, MD

1973

US

Maddow, Rachel

Broadcaster

The Rachel Maddow Show

1973

US

Wainwright, Rufus

Musician

“I’m a-Runnin’”

1974

US

Allen, Chad

Actor

Our House

1975

US

Jolie, Angelina

Actress

Brad Pitt

1976

Ireland

Gateley, Stephen

Musician

Boyzone

1978

US

Aiken, Clay

Musician

American Idol

1978

US

Hilton, Perez

Journalist

PerezHilton, com


 

 

 

 

 

 

YearofBirth

Birthplace

Name

Profession

Accomplishment

1979

France

Mauresmo, Amélie

Athlete

Worldnumberonefemaletennisplayer

1979

UK

Doherty, Pete

Musician

Babyshambles

1979

US

Bass, Lance

Musician

’N Sync

1980

Netherlands

Kenkhuis, Johan

Athlete

Olympic bronze medal

1986

US

Lohan, Lindsay

Actress

Mean Girls

1988

Australia

Mitcham, Matthew

Athlete

Olympic gold medal

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