List of LGBT people from London explained

This is a list of notable LGBT people from the city of London.

Activists

• Michael C. Burgess^[1]
• Jennifer Fear
• Peter Tatchell

Aviation and military

• James Wharton (author)
• Ethel Mary Smyth^[2]

Arts and entertainment

Actors

• Stephen Fry
• Ian McKellen
• Sir John Gielgud
• Kenneth Williams
• Saffron Dominique Burrows^[3]
• Amanda Donohoe
• Sophie Ward
• Jill Esmond

Artists

• Duncan Grant

Comedians

• Alan Carr

Culinary arts

• Yotam Ottolenghi^[4]
• Peter Gordon^[5]

Dance

• Frederick Ashton^[6]
• Matthew Bourne
• Frederic Franklin
• Wayne Sleep

DJs

• Samantha Ronson

Film

• Derek Jarman
• Anthony William Lars Asquith
• John Schlesinger
• Isaac Julien

Music

• Boy George
• Freddie Mercury (1946-1991)
• George Michael (1963-2016)
• Marc Almond
• Mika
• Pete Burns
• Rylan Clark-Neal
• Samantha Fox
• Thomas Adès
• Will Young
• Stephen Hough

Television

• Paul O'Grady
• Graham Norton
• Dale Winton

Theatre

• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Visual arts

Business

• John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
• Caroline Cossey^[7]

Science, mathematics and technology

• Alan Turing
• Colin Turnbull
• James Joseph Sylvester

Sports

• Tom Daley

Writers

• Edward Morgan Forster
• Oscar Wilde
• Siegfried Sassoon
• Lytton Strachey
• Radclyffe Hall
• Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
• Joe Randolph "J. R." Ackerley
• Peter Ackroyd
• Daniel Tammet
• Colin MacInnes
• Daphne du Maurier

Notes and References

1. Book: Lucas, Ian . OutRage!: An Oral History . . 1998 . 9780304333578 . . 22 . Google Books.
2. Web site: Stories Of LGBT Men And Women From The First World War. 2021-09-06. Imperial War Museums. en.
3. Web site: Famous Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People Born in London. 2021-09-06. Ranker. en.
4. Web site: 2013-08-03. Yotam Ottolenghi: why I'm coming out as a gay father. 2021-08-19. the Guardian. en.
5. Web site: 2019-05-19. What's it like to live with a chef?. 2021-08-19. the Guardian. en.
6. Web site: LGBTQ Ballet Dancers - QueerBio.com. 2021-09-07. queerbio.com.
7. Web site: Tula: The Transsexual Bond Girl . 2022-10-27 . the Original James Bond 007 Fan Site - Universal Exports . en-US.