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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
- Annie Adams Fields (1834-1915) early American feminist
- Kathy Acker (1947-1997), American writer
- Christina Aguilera American musician
- Ruthie Alcaide contestant on The Real World: Hawaii
- Krista Allen American actress
- Tracie Andrews English murderer
- Summer Altice American model and actress
- Sophie Anderton English model
- Louis Aragon (1897–1982), French poet
- Gregg Araki, American filmmaker
- Elizabeth Arden (1881-1966) Canadian born founder of cosmetic empire
- Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972), American singer. He was quoted as saying "I think I've always been bisexual" in a "January 24, 1995" interview in The Advocate.
- Zoe Akins (1886-1953) American playwright
B
- David Bacon American actor
- Joan Baez American musician
- Bai Ling (born 1970), Chinese-born actress
- Josephine Baker (1906–1974), Singer, actress, French resistance member during WWII
- Marina Baker, British model, author, politician
- Bonnie Lee Bakley (1956-2001) late wife of Baretta star, Robert Blake. He was her 10th husband
- Tallulah Bankhead American actress, socialite and wit.
- Jillian Barberie (born 1966), TV hostess, actress, mentioned experiences with both sexes on Howard Stern show
- Brigitte Bardot French actress
- Djuna Barnes (1892-1982), American writer
- Roseanne Barr American comedian and actor
- Amanda Barrie English actress
- Drew Barrymore (born 1975) American actress
- Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614) 'Countess Dracula', perhaps had sex with her openly bisexual aunt Klara
- Lisa Bavington bodybuilder
- Bianca Beauchamp fetish model
- Sybille Bedford, (1911-2006) British writer
- Aphra Behn (ca 1640-1689) English writer
- Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) American anthropologist
- Michael Bennett (1943-1987) American musical theater director, choreographer, and dancer .
- Crystal Bernard American actress
- Ruth Bernhard German photographer
- Sandra Bernhard (born 1955), American comedian and actress
- Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) French actress
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French philosopher; New Yorker article describes relations with both sexes
- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), American conductor and composer
- Thane Bettany, English actor, "divorced in 1993 and now lives with his partner, Andy Little"
- Henrietta Bingham daughter of the former American ambassador in London
- Björk, Icelandic musician
- Linda Blair American actor
- Gillian Bonner American model
- Lizzie Borden American filmmaker
- Nicole Borud contestant on season 3 America's Next Top Model.
- Angela Bowie American model and writer, former wife of David Bowie
- Jane Bowles (1917-1973) American writer
- Marlon Brando, actor 1924–2004. The Gay Book of Lists quotes Brando in a 1976 interview as saying "Like a large number of men, I too have had homosexual experiences, and I am not ashamed."
- Susie Bright American writer and sex activist
- Louise Brooks American actress
- Romaine Brooks (1874-1970), American painter, lover of Gabriele d'Annunzio and Natalie Barney
- Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) English writer
- Melanie Brown, aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice, formerly of the Spice Girls
- Coral Browne (1913-1991), Australian actress, married to Vincent Price
- Carrie Brownstein guitarist and vocalist in the band Sleater-Kinney
- Lady Frances Brudenell, the widowed Duchess of Newburgh, is supposed to have ruled a social circle of tribades in Dublin, her primary lover being Lady Allen
- Gioia Bruno Italian born American musician
- Julie Burchill, English journalist and writer
- William S. Burroughs, American writer of the beat era.
- Saffron Burrows, (born 1973), British actress
- Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey) (1865 or 1866–1960), English novelist and translator, lover of Lady Ottoline Morrell
- Spring Byington (1886-1971) American actress
- Lord Byron (1788–1824) English poet
C
- Calamity Jane (1848-1903) Wild west performer and rebel
- Elspeth Cameron Canadian writer
- Margarethe Cammermeyer American soldier
- Capucine (1931–1990) was a French actress
- Gia Carangi (1960-1986), American model
- Judy Carne English actress, on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Dora Carrington (1893-1932) English painter
- Nell Carter (1948-2003) American actor
- Lisa Carver American musician and author
- Marilyn Chambers American porn star
- Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) Writer
- Cher American singer and actress
- Neneh Cherry Swedish musician
- Christina (1626-1689) Queen of Sweden
- Margaret Cho (born 1968), American comedian. A New York Time article notes that she is "outspokenly liberal, feminist and bisexual."
- Helene Cixous French writer and theorist
- Jan Clausen American writer
- Claudette Colbert (1903 – 1996), French-American actress
- Kyla Cole Slovakian model
- Colette+ French novelist and actress
- Patricia Cornwell American mystery writer
- Joan Crawford (1904-1977) American actress
- Aleister Crowley+, British author, poet, occultist, bon viveur.
- Warren Cuccurullo, Musician
- Alan Cumming (born 1965), Scottish actor. Interviewer: "You've been married, but now you live with a man." Cumming: "I think of myself as bisexual, because I find women attractive. I don't relate to gay men who are horrified by the thought of a woman's body."
- Rebecca Cummings (born 1970), American porn star
- Adrianne Curry (born 1982) Discussed her sexual orientation on the January 17, 2006 broadcast of Howard Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio
- Wendy Curry, American bisexual activist, vice-president of BiNet USA
- Julie Cypher American film director ex-partner of Melissa Etheridge
D
- Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish painter.
- Lili Damita (1901-1994) French actress
- Beverly D'Angelo American actress
- Dame Darcy American cartoonist, musician
- Bella Darvi (1928-1971) Polish born actor
- Dave Davies (born 1947), British rock musician
- Libby DaviesCanadian Member of Parliament
- Michelle Deighton contestant on America's Next Top Model
- Andy Dick (born 1965) American comedian
- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet
- Janice Dickinson American model
- Marlene Dietrich+ (1901–1992), German actress, entertainer and singer.
- Ani DiFranco (born 1970), American folk singer
- Betty Dodson American sex educator
- Amanda Donohoe English actress
- Michaela Dornonville de la Cour Swedish musician
- Diane Duane, author
- Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) English author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn
- Isadora Duncan (1887-1927) American dancer
- Eleanora Duse (1859-1924) Italian actor
- James Duval American actor
- Clea DuVall American actress
- Deborah Dyer (aka "Skin") English singer
E
- Bret Easton Ellis American writer
- Edith Ellis (1861-1916) wife of Havelock Ellis
- Laurie Toby Edison American photographer
- Linda Ellerbee American journalist
- Eve Ensler American author of the Vagina Monologues
- Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) wife of Napoleon III, lover of Ethel Smyth
- Rupert Everett actor
F
- Tiffani Faison runner-up on Top Chef
- Marianne Faithfull, (born 1946), English singer and actress
- Brenda Fassie (1964-2004) South African singer
- Frances Faye (1912-1991) American singer
- Melissa Ferrick (1971-) American singer "From a sexuality point of view, I’m more attracted to women than I am men. But I have been attracted to men in my life."
- Leonor Fini (1908-1996) Argentinian surrealist artist
- Linda Fiorentino American actor, admitted to same sex experimentation
- Isla Fisher Australian actor
- M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992) American writer
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) American activist
- Althea Flynt (1953-1987) Wife of Larry Flynt
- Jane Fonda American actress, admitted threesomes while married to Roger Vadim, but said was unwilling
- Samantha Fox English model and singer, now considers herself lesbian
- Kay Francis (1905-1968) American actress
- Dawn Fraser Australian Olympic swimmer
G
- Zsa Zsa Gabor Hungarian-born actress
- Greta Garbo, Swedish American actress
- Judy Garland American actress and singer
- Alison Garrigan American actor who plays male and female roles
- Erica Gavin American film actress, most famous for starring in Russ Meyer's Vixen and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
- Will Geer, American actor, best known for the role of Grandpa Walton in The Waltons; married and had children, had affair with Harry Hay prior to marriage
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806)
- Thea Gill Canadian actress interviews indicate bisexual identification
- Nan Goldin American photographer
- Claudia Gonson American musician, drummer with The Magnetic Fields
- Julie Goodyear British actress, once on Coronation Street
- Nikki Grahame British model and Big Brother contestant
- Eileen Gray (1878-1976) Irish designer and architect
- Jim Gray, Ulster loyalist paramilitary leader, nicknamed "Doris Day"
- Devin Grayson American comic book writer
- Jennifer Grey American actress
- Inka Grings German soccer player
H
- Marilyn Hacker American poet, married to Samuel R. Delany
- Bianca Hagenbeek Dutch Big Brother contestant
- Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, English singer, former Spice Girl
- Emma, Lady Hamilton (1761-1815) wife of Lord Nelson
- Linda Hamilton American actress
- Kathleen Hanna American musician
- Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) American playwright
- Debbie Harry, (born 1945), American musician and actress: "I am probably more heterosexual than I am homosexual, or even bisexual."
- Veronica Hart American porn actress and producer
- Nina Hartley, one of the few pornstars who identifies as bi, outside of her career.
- Sophie B. Hawkins American musician
- Harry Hay, early gay rights activist, founded Mattachine society, married to a woman
- H.D. (1886-1961) American poet
- Anne Heche+ (born 1969), American actress
- Nona Hendryx, American singer, solo and with Labelle
- Camilla Henemark Swedish musician
- Katharine Hepburn American actress, said by her biographer Darwin Porter to have had affairs with Claudette Colbert, Greta Garbo, Judy Holliday and Judy Garland.
- Josephine Herbst (1892-1969) American novelist
- Missy Higgins, Australian Singer, prefers not to discuss her sexuality, but says, "I think everyone is a bit bi-sexual but not everyone admits it. Or not everyone has realised it yet."
- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) American writer
- Paris Hilton American heiress, socialite, and actress
- Hannah Hoch (1889-1978) German artist
- Billie Holiday (1915-1959) American singer
- Xaviera Hollander Dutch writer
- Judy Holliday American actress.
- Laurel Holloman, American actress: "I always consider myself bisexual; from the minute I was sixteen, I said that in interviews... I've made a commitment. It's to a man. If you wanna call me heterosexual, fine."'
- Libby Holman (1904 - 1971) American torch singer
- Magdalen Hsu-Li Canadian musician
- Karla Homolka Canadian murderess
- Jannica Honey Swedish artist
- Brenda Howard American bisexual activist
- Howard Hughes, American aviator and film producer
- Simon Hughes, British Liberal Democrat politician
- Loraine Hutchins American writer and activist
- Josephine Hutchinson (1903–1998) American actress.
- Trina Schart Hyman (1939-2004) American artist
I
- Janis Ian American musican
- Kirsten Imrie English model
- Patricia Ireland (born 1945), American feminist, former president of NOW
- Maja Ivarsson, Swedish musician, lead singer with The Sounds, described by an interviewer as "charismatic bisexual lead singer Maja Ivarsson".
J
- Janet Jackson American musician
- Jenna Jameson+ (born 1974), American porn star who discussed her bisexuality in autobiography, How to Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
- Elke Jeinsen German model
- Jessicka, artist, musician Jack Off Jill, Scarling.
- Elton John, musician: "Elton John disclosed his bisexuality in 1976 in a Rolling Stone magazine interview. He married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on Valentine's Day, 1984, but they divorced four years later. John later renounced the bisexual claim and announced he was gay."
- Gwen John (1876-1939) Welsh artist
- G.B. Jones, artist, filmmaker, musician (Fifth Column)
- Grace Jones American model and musician
- Angelina Jolie (born 1975), American actress: "When Barbara Walters asked her if she was bisexual, Jolie responded: 'Of course.'"
- Janis Joplin (1943-1970) American musician
- Jordon English model aka Katie Price
- June Jordan (1936-2002) American poet and author
- Miranda July American musician
K
- Lani Ka'ahumanu American writer and activist
- Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), Mexican painter
- Eugene Kalinsky Russian trial lawyer, involved in the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the only Americans to ever have been executed for espionage.
- Candye Kane swing, rockabilly, and blues singer, and former porn actress.
- Alex Kapranos English lead singer and guitarist of Franz Ferdinand
- Kim Kärnfalk Sweidsh musician
- Pat Kavanagh literary agent, wife of writer Julian Barnes, lover of Jeanette Winterson
- Kerri Kendall American model
- Jack Kerouac American novelist of the Beat era.
- Billie Jean King, tennis player
- Florence King American writer and misanthrope
- Alfred Kinsey (1894–1956), American biologist and human sexuality research scientist
- Mia Kirshner Canadian actress; has hinted at bisexuality in interviews
- Oksana Kolesnikova Russian pianist
- Sylvia Kristel Dutch-born actress
- Nancy Kulp (1921-1991) American actress; played Miss Jane Hathaway in the Beverly Hillbillies
L
- Honey Labrador American model and actor
- Sheela Lambert American writer and activist
- Adrian Lamo (born 1981), hacker, journalist
- Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) French artist
- Gertrude Lawrence English actress and singer
- Georgette Leblanc (1875-1941) French singer
- Kelly LeBrock American actress, slept with Janice Dickinson, according to Janice
- Sook-Yin Lee Canadian musician and filmmaker
- Lung Leg American actor and cult
- Hudson Leick American actress
- Carol Leifer writer, Jerry Seinfeld's ex-girlfriend
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) Polish born artist
- Jesse Liberty (born 1955), Author, programmer. Self-described "happily married bisexual."
- Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989) Canadian actress
- Janine Lindemulder American pornstar
- Iyari Limon Mexican-American actress
- Lucy Liu (born 1968), American-Chinese actress; talked of openness to bisexuality, while refusing labels
- Karina Lombard actress; has hinted at bisexuality in interviews
- Rebecca Loos, media personality
- Courtney Love American musician
- Jacqueline Lovell American adult movie actor
- Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1963) American arts patron
- Regina Lund Swedish musician
- Dajana Lööf Swedish musician
M
- Colin MacInnes (1914-1976) British writer and journalist
- Mary MacLane (1881-1929) Canadian writer
- Robert McAlmon (1896-1956) American writer and publisher
- Madonna American singer and actress
- Maria Maggenti American film director
- Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) rumored to have had same-sex affairs
- Marjorie Main (1890-1975) American actress, Ma Kettle
- Leslie Mancia contestant on America's Next Top Model
- Camryn Manheim American actress, famous heterosexual
- Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealand born writer
- Shae Marks American model and actor
- Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1774) English courtier, rumored to be lover of Queen Anne
- Lebo Mathosa (1977-2006) South African kwaito singer .
- Drea de Matteo, American actress: "enjoys dating men but also indulges her sexual desires with female friends."
- Jenny McCarthy American actress
- Carson McCullers (1917-1967) American writer
- Norma McCorvey Roe of Roe v Wade
- Kelly McGillis American actress
- Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and writer
- Medusa hip hop singer
- George Melly+ English Jazz singer and art critic
- Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), singer of rock band Queen. One source refers to him as homosexual—he is quoted as calling himself "gay as a daffodil"—one as a heterosexual pretending to be bisexual
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet, playwright
- Marilyn Miller (1898-1936) American musical star
- Kate Millett feminist and writer
- Carmen Miranda (1909-1955) Portuguese born singer and dancer
- Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) Nobel prize winning Chilean poet, 'smoking vibrator' not found
- Sharon Mitchell, American pornstar
- Brian Molko singer of rock band Placebo
- Marilyn Monroe(1926-1962) American actress
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) English writer
- Alanis Morissette Canadian musician
- Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938) English aristocrat and society hostess
- Kate Moss model
- Edwina Mountbatten, heiress, socialite, relief-worker and the wife of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
- Megan Mullally American actress
- Misty Mundae American actress
- Doris Muramatsu, Girlyman band member
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), English writer, academic, and philosopher,
- Josie Maran, American supermodel and actress, who stated in a 2000 interview that she has had sex with women, most notably Jenna Jameson.
N
- Kathy Najimy American comedienne and actress
- Bif Naked Canadian musician
- John F. Nash, Jr. American mathematician, subject of "A Beautiful Mind"
- Dave Navarro, American rock musician, has experimented with both sexes, but does not consider himself gay or bisexual
- Martina Navratilova Czech-born American tennis player
- Alla Nazimova (1879-1945) Ukraine born actress
- Me'Shell NdegéOcello German born musician
- Holly Near American musician, does not identify herself by label bisexual
- Judy Nelson former lover of Martina Navratilova
- Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) Kiev born American artist
- Olivia Newton-John Australian musician and actress
- Tila Nguyen Singapore born model
- Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent
- Anais Nin (1903-1977) American writer born in France
- Cynthia Nixon American actress
- Laura Nyro (1947-1997) American musician
O
- Robin Ochs American writer and activist
- Sinéad O'Connor Irish musician
- Nuala O'Faolain Irish writer
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) American painter
P
- Camille Paglia American writer and academic
- Anita Pallenberg German model, actress and fashion designer
- Amanda Palmer of the duo The Dresden Dolls
- Elaine Parent (1942-2002) "world's most wanted woman"
- Betty Parsons (1900-1982) American artist and gallery owner
- Estelle Parsons American actress
- Eva Pauwels Belgian model TV personality
- Barbara Payton (1927-1967) American actor
- Peaches Canadian musician
- Anthony Perkins (1932-1992) American actor, star of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
- Katharine Philips (1631-1664) English poet
- Édith Piaf (1915-1963) French singer, lover of Marlene Dietrich
- Pink (Alecia Moore), American pop/punk singer/musician
- Patrice Pike, American singer
- Dana Plato (1964-1999) American actor
- Cole Porter legendary American composer and songwriter
- Natalie Portman American actress, indicated her openness to bisexuality in interviews
- Liane de Pougy (1869-1950) French dancer and courtesan
- Moana Pozzi (1961-1994) Italian pornstar
- Lisa Marie Presley, Musician daughter of Elvis Presley.
- Katie Price (aka Jordan), British model
- Billie Piper British actress and ex-singer
Q
- Carol Queen American writer and sexologist
- Queen Pen, American rap singer
R
- Ma Rainey (1886-1939) American blues singer
- Natacha Rambova (1897-1966) Rudolph Valentino's wife
- Suze Randall English fetish photographer
- Rie Rasmussen Danish model, actor, and filmmaker .
- Anthony Rapp American actor
- Nicole Rayburn American actor
- Pauline Reage, French author of the Story of O
- Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), English actor
- Debbie Reynolds American actor
- Adrienne Rich American poet
- Tony Richardson (1928-1991) English film director
- Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952) American actress, playwright, novelist
- Michelle Rodriguez actress, girlfriend of Kristanna Loken, said experimented with both sexes
- Rebecca Romijn American actress
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) Former first lady
- Linda Rosing Swedish model and Big Brother contestant
- Ida Rubinstein (1885-1960), Russian dancer, and Belle Époque beauty
- Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) American poet
S
- Rachel Sage American musician
- Jennifer Saginor writer, daughter of Hugh Hefner's doctor
- Ève Salvail Canadian model and actress
- George Sand(1804-1876) French writer
- Sapphire, African-American poet and author, born Ramona Lofton
- Sappho (c. 600 b.c.) Greek poet
- Margarett Sargent (1892-1978) American artist
- Jessica Savitch (1947-1983) American journalist
- Maria Schneider French actress
- Rebecca Scott American model
- Daniela Sea actress; appears on The L-Word
- Peggy Seeger American folk singer
- Chloe Sevigny American actress. "I've questioned issues of gender and sexuality since I was a teenager, and I did some experimenting."
- Anne Sexton (1928-1974) American poet
- Sarah Shahi actress, has said she has experimented with girls in the past, but claims to be straight
- Ally Sheedy American actress
- Alice Sheldon (1915-1987)American sci-fi writer, used pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr
- Michelle Shocked American musician
- Judee Sill (1944-1979) American musician
- Victoria Silvstedt model
- Skin real name Deborah Dyer of band Skunk Anansie English musician
- Ione Skye English actor, daughter of Donovan
- Shante Smalls aka Paradigm of hip hop duo BQE
- Anna Nicole Smith American model
- Bessie Smith (1894-1937) American blues singer
- Julie K. Smith American model
- Liz Smith American journalist
- Joan Snyder American artist
- Valerie Solanas (1936-1988) would-be assassin of Andy Warhol
- Jill Sobule American musician
- Susan Sontag (1933-2004) American writer
- Muriel Spark (1918–2006), British novelist, married to a man from 1937-44, subject of lesbian rumors
- Georgina Spelvin American actor
- Federique Spigt Dutch musician
- Dusty Springfield said she was "right down the middle"
- Annie Sprinkle American sex activist
- Kinnie Starr American musician
- Jamie Stewart musician with band Xiu Xiu
- Sting British singer, said, "It's very simple. Everybody's bisexual."
- Michael Stipe, Lead singer of the alternative rock band R.E.M. "Stipe did reveal that he does not identify as straight, gay or bisexual, that his sexuality is very fluid and that he desires and has relationships with both men and women."
- Mia St. John American boxer
- Helena Stenback Miss Sweden 2003
- Alix Strachey (1892-1973) English translator of Freud with husband James Strachey
- Jacqueline Susann (1918-1974) American writer
T
- Cecilia Tan American erotic writer and activist
- Lili Taylor American actress; personal quote when asked of her sexual orientation: "it seems like we're all bisexual"
- Lynn Thomas American model
- Tristan Taormino American sex educator
- Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) American poet
- Brooke Thompson “Pumpkin” from VH1’s Flavor of Love
- Patty Trossel Dutch singer and composer
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) Russian poet
- Corin Tucker, lead singer and guitarist for the band Sleater-Kinney
V
- Patricia Velásquez, Venezuelan fashion model
W
- A'Lelia Walker (1885-1931) American socialite and hostess
- Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple"
- Rebecca Walker American author and activist
- Laurie Wallace American model and actress
- Sophie Ward English actor
- Ethel Waters (1896-1977) American blues singer
- Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) English writer
- Dreya Weber American actress; describes herself as bisexual as 'omnisexual'
- Margaret Webster (1905-1972) American theater actor, producer and director.
- Rosemary West British serial killer
- Carrie Westcott American model
- Mike White American actor
- Jane Wiedlin, guitarist for the Go-Go's
- Dolly Wilde (1895-1941) niece of Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde+ (1844–1900), Irish writer
- Rachel Williams American model
- Carnie Wilson American singer, confessed, "I was with a woman when I was about 15 to 16 years old, I was really horny and I would fantasize about boobs."
- Peta Wilson Australian model and actress, said she is attracted to women
- Miljuschka Witzenhausen Dutch VJ
- Virginia Woolf, English writer
- Kate Worley (1958-2004) American comic book writer
- Aileen Wuornos+, serial killer
Y
- Mary Anne Yates (1728–87) English actress, president of a club of lesbians in London
Z
- Babe Zaharias (1914-1956) American athlete
- Victoria Zdrok Ukrainian-born model
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- Leonardo da Vinci, famous artist who was trialled for having taken part in several gay relationships, many of his portraits explore androgyny, homosexuality and the male form.
- David Bowie (born 1947) "came out" as bisexual in the 1970s, renounced his bisexuality in the 1980s most likely due to the AIDS scare.
- Caravaggio, Baroque painter
- Kurt Cobain (1967–1994), rumours of his bisexuality started after an interview in a gay magazine in which he stated: "I could be bisexual... If I wouldn't have found Courtney (Love), I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle."
- Cary Grant (1904–1986), actor - this was well-known throughout Hollywood and there were several articles alluding to his preferences, including a recently-published one in The New Yorker magazine.
- Marilyn Manson - Controversial American singer/songwriter who in his autobiography makes many blatant declarations of same-sex encounters and affection, namely toward long-time friend, collaborator, bandmember, and ex-bassist, Twiggy Ramirez; also supposedly romantically or physically linked at one time to Trent Reznor. Presently, Manson is married to Dita von Teese and has publicly had numerous female love-interests in spite of bisexual rumours or affirmations.
- Hugh Hefner, publicly acknowledged to having gay relationships during the 1970s
- Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003): according to biographer Anne Edwards
- Jonathan, prince of ancient Israel, bisexual, lover of King David
- Brian Jones, original lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones - according to interview with Dave Davies in UNCUT magazine
- Julius Caesar, dictator of the Roman Republic (according to Cicero, Bibulus, Gaius Memmius)
- Alfred Kinsey (according to biographer James Jones)
- Abraham Lincoln (see The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln)
- John Lennon (according to separate biographies by Geoffrey Giuliano and Albert Goldman), implied in interview in Rolling Stone magazine
- Michelangelo, famous Italian sculptor, artist, architect and poet - many of his writings were clearly homoerotic in nature.
- Jim Morrison, American rock singer, according to biographer Stephen Davis
- Friedrich Nietzsche (according to biographer Joachim Kohler's "Zarathustra's Secret")
- Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), English actor/director of stage and film (according to his widow Joan Plowright and biographers Donald Spoto and Terry Coleman)
- River Phoenix, according to biographer Brian J. Robb.
- Nicholas Ray, film director
- Lou Reed - "came out" as bisexual in 1970s, renounced his bisexuality in the early 1980s (according to biographer Victor Bockris)
- Cesar Romero (1907–1994), actor, most famous for playing role of The Joker in television's Batman of the sixties. He once called fellow actor Tyrone Power "his greatest love."
- Kelly Ripa - American actress/talkshow host, makes frequent sexual suggestions about females on her talkshow.
- Sappho (married a man, and gave birth, but wrote love poems to women)
- Randolph Scott - actor primarily in Westerns of the 1930s-60s, according to Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon 2
- Malcolm X, African-American political activist, see
- Alexander the Great - Highly disputed by both ancient and modern historians.
References
- Time Out (UK) 6-13 December 1995, pg. 18-22, by Marina Baker, "Bunny Talks"
- Herring, Phillip (1995). Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-140-17842-2.
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