Monday, August 27, 2007

Famous GLBT people in history

Lambda.org has a webpage which list some famous gays in history:

http://www.lambda.org/famous.htm

Such people as:

Alexander the Great, Macedonian Ruler, 300 B.C.
Socrates, Greek Philosopher, 400 B.C.
Sappho, Greek Woman Poet, 600 B.C.
Hadrian, Roman Emperor, 1st-2nd c.
Richard the Lionhearted, English King, 12th c.
Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Monk, Philosopher
Francis Bacon, English statesman, author
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia
Lord Byron, English poet, 18th c.
Walt Whitman, U.S. poet, author, 19th c.
Oscar Wilde, Irish author, 19th c.
Marcel Proust, French author, 20th c.
Colette, French author, 20th c.
Gertrude Stein, U.S. poet, author, 20th c.
Alice B. Toklas, U.S. author, 20th c.
Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish author, 20th c.
Cole Porter, U.S. composer, 20th c.

Posted by Tom at 10:08 AM

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