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This list of bisexual people includes notable people who identify or have been identified as bisexual.
Name | Dates | Nationality | Comments | Reference |
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Bif Naked | born 1971 | Canadian | Musician | [1] |
Bernard Natan | 1886–1942 | French, Romanian | Early pornographic film actor and director; later worked in mainstream cinema; died in Auschwitz | [2] |
Alla Nazimova | 1879–1945 | Russian-American | Crimean-born actress | [3] |
Meshell Ndegeocello | born 1968 | American | German-born musician | [4] |
Louise Nevelson | 1899–1988 | Ukrainian | Kyiv-born American artist | [5] |
Anne-Marie Nicholson | born 1991 | English | Musician | [6] |
Harold Nicolson | 1886–1968 | English | Diplomat, author, politician, husband of bisexual Vita Sackville-West | [7] |
Anaïs Nin | 1903–1977 | American | Writer born in France | [8] [9] |
Cynthia Nixon | born 1966 | American | Actress | [10] |
Nica Noelle | born 1976 | American | Pornographic actress, adult film director, sex columnist, and businesswoman | [11] |
Rosaleen Norton | 1917–1979 | Australian | Artist and occultist | [12] |
Tegan Nox | born 1994 | Welsh | Professional wrestler | [13] |
Laura Nyro | 1947–1997 | American | Musician | [14] |
Name | Dates | Nationality | Comments | Reference |
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Frank Ocean | born 1987 | American | Rapper, singer | [15] |
Robyn Ochs | born 1958 | American | Writer and activist | [16] |
Nuala O'Faolain | 1942–2008 | Irish | Writer | [17] |
Sofi Oksanen | born 1977 | Finnish | Writer | [18] [19] |
Musa Okwonga | born 1979 | British | Writer and musician | [20] [21] |
Laurence Olivier | 1907–1989 | British | Actor | [22] [23] [24] |
Bree Olson | born 1986 | American | Pornographic actress and adult model | [25] |
April O'Neil | born 1987 | American | Pornographic actress | [26] |
Alfred d'Orsay | 1801–1852 | French | Amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion | [27] |
Joan Osborne | born 1962 | American | Musician | [28] [29] |
Rick Owens | born 1962 | American | Fashion designer | [30] |
Name | Dates | Nationality | Comments | Reference |
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Svante Pääbo | born 1955 | Swedish | Evolutionary geneticist, head of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology's Neanderthal genome project | [31] |
Lady Caroline Paget | 1913–1973 | British | Socialite, actress, married to bisexual Sir Michael Duff | [32] |
Camille Paglia | born 1947 | American | Writer and academic | [33] [34] |
Anita Pallenberg | born 1944 | German | Model, actress and fashion designer | [35] |
Amanda Palmer | born 1976 | American | Lead singer and pianist of The Dresden Dolls | [36] |
Marco Pannella | born 1930 | Italian | Politician | [37] |
Anna Paquin | born 1982 | New Zealander | Actress | [38] [39] |
Sergei Parajanov | 1924–1990 | Armenian | Soviet film-maker | [40] |
Elaine Parent | 1942–2002 | American | "World's most wanted woman" | [41] |
Betty Parsons | 1900–1982 | American | Artist and gallery owner | [42] |
Peaches | born 1968 | Canadian | Musician | [43] |
Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio | born 1959 | Italian | Politician | [44] |
Katharine Philips | 1631–1664 | English | Poet | [45] |
Édith Piaf | 1915–1963 | French | Singer, alleged lover of Marlene Dietrich | [46] |
Patrice Pike | born 1970 | American | Singer | [47] [48] |
Aubrey Plaza | born 1984 | American | Actress and comedian | [49] |
Pocah | born 1994 | Brazilian | Singer-songwriter | [50] |
Mimi Pollak | 1903–1999 | Swedish | Actress and director; love of Greta Garbo's life | [51] |
Cole Porter | 1891–1964 | American | Composer and songwriter | [52] |
Dawn Porter | born 1979 | British | Television presenter; "I have had sexual experiences with girls before, and am quite open about it." | [53] |
Liane de Pougy | 1869–1950 | French | Dancer and courtesan | [54] |
Name | Dates | Nationality | Comments | Reference |
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Carol Queen | born 1958 | American | Author, editor, sociologist, sexologist, feminist, and pornographic actress | [55] [56] [57] |
Name | Dates | Nationality | Comments | Reference |
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Ma Rainey | 1886–1939 | American | Blues singer | [58] |
Natacha Rambova | 1897–1966 | American | Rudolph Valentino's wife | [59] |
Dee Dee Ramone | 1951–2002 | American | Musician | [60] [61] |
Sara Ramirez | born 1975 | Mexican–American | Actress, singer-songwriter | [62] |
Anthony Rapp | born 1971 | American | Actor, known for his role in the musical Rent | [63] |
Simon Raven | 1927–2001 | English | Writer | [64] |
Johnnie Ray | 1927–1990 | American | Singer, songwriter, and pianist | [65] |
Pauline Réage | 1907–1998 | French | Author of Story of O | [66] |
Michael Redgrave | 1908–1985 | English | Actor | [67] |
Lou Reed | 1942–2013 | American | Musician | [68] |
Mikhaela Reid | born 1980 | American | Cartoonist | [69] |
Lili Reinhart | born 1996 | American | Actress | [70] |
Tony Richardson | 1928–1991 | English | Film director | [67] |
Arthur Rimbaud | 1854–1891 | French | Poet | [71] |
Jerome Robbins | 1918–1998 | American | Choreographer of West Side Story | [72] |
Elizabeth Robins | 1862–1952 | American | Actress, playwright, novelist | [73] |
Tom Robinson | born 1950 | British | Musician and broadcaster | [74] |
Martin Rossiter | born 1970 | Welsh | Musician, formerly with band Gene | [75] [76] |
Ida Rubinstein | 1885–1960 | Russian | Dancer and Belle Époque beauty | [77] |
Muriel Rukeyser | 1913–1980 | American | Poet | [78] |
Joshua Rush | born 2001 | American | Actor | [79] |
Ryan Russel | born 1992 | American | American football player | [80] |
Renato Russo | 1960–1996 | Brazilian | Singer/songwriter with Legião Urbana | [81] |
Lee Ryan | born 1983 | British | Singer, member of boy band Blue | [82] |
Sara Ryan | born 1971 | American | Writer | [83] |
Name | Dates | Nationality | Comments | Reference |
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Umberto Saba | 1883–1957 | Italian | Poet | [84] |
Jaime Sáenz | 1921–1986 | Bolivian | Poet, novelist, and short story writer | [85] |
Françoise Sagan | 1935–2004 | French | Playwright, novelist ( Bonjour Tristesse ), screenwriter | [86] |
Rachael Sage | born 1971 | American | Songwriter | [87] |
Pam St. Clement | born 1942 | English | Actress on EastEnders | [88] |
Ali Saleem | born 1981 | Pakistani | Television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist | [89] |
Ola Salo | born 1977 | Swedish | Singer with The Ark | [90] |
Ève Salvail | born 1973 | Canadian | Model | [91] [92] |
George Sand | 1804–1876 | French | Writer | [93] |
Sapphire | born 1950 | American | Writer | [94] |
Savannah | 1970–1994 | American | Pornographic actress; had affairs with men and women in her personal life | [95] [96] |
Maria Schneider | 1952–2011 | French | Actress | [97] |
Annette Schwarz | born 1984 | German | Pornographic actress, adult model, and businesswoman | [98] |
Ann Scott | born 1965 | French | Writer, model | [99] |
Paul Scott | 1920–1978 | English | Writer ( The Raj Quartet ) | [100] |
Daniela Sea | born 1977 | American | Musician, artist, juggler, The L Word actress | [101] |
Emma Seligman | born 1995 | Canadian | Screenwriter and film director | [102] |
Stephanie Sellars | born 1976 | American | Columnist (New York Press), writer, actress, singer | [103] [104] |
Vikram Seth | born 1952 | Indian | Author and poet | [105] |
Kevin Sharkey | born 1962 | Irish | Painter and celebrity | [106] [107] |
Alia Shawkat | born 1989 | American | Actress | [108] |
George Shelley | born 1993 | British | Singer, songwriter (former member of boy band Union J), radio presenter and actor | [109] |
Pete Shelley | 1955–2018 | British | Singer, songwriter and guitarist with the Buzzcocks | [110] |
Michelle Shocked | born 1962 | American | Musician | [111] |
Nerina Shute | 1908–2004 | English | Writer | [112] |
Sia | born 1975 | Australian | Musician, voice actress, producer | [113] [114] |
Kate Siegel | born 1982 | American | Actress, screenwriter | [115] |
Judee Sill | 1944–1979 | American | Musician | [116] |
Kyrsten Sinema | born 1976 | American | Politician (United States Senate - Dem) | [117] |
Lilly Singh | born 1988 | Canadian | Actress, comedian, YouTube personality | [118] |
Liz Smith | born 1923 | American | Gossip columnist | [119] |
Jill Sobule | born 1961 | American | Musician | [111] |
Susan Sontag | 1933–2004 | American | Writer, filmmaker, and activist | [120] |
Anna Span | born 1971 | English | Porn director, politician | [121] [122] |
Humphrey Spender | 1910–2005 | English | Photographer, artist, architect, brother of Stephen | [123] |
Stephen Spender | 1909–1995 | English | Poet, novelist and essayist, brother of Humphrey | [124] |
Dusty Springfield | 1939–1999 | English | Singer | [111] |
Stacia | born 1952 | Irish | "Happily bisexual" dancer for rock group Hawkwind | [125] |
Barbara Stanwyck | 1907–1990 | American | Actress | [126] |
Kinnie Starr | born 1970 | Canadian | Musician | [127] |
Jan Steckel | born 1962 | American | Writer | [128] |
Marc Stevens | 1943–1989 | American | Pornographic actor, erotic dancer, and memoirist | [129] |
Jamie Stewart | born 1978 | American | Frontman of American experimental group Xiu Xiu | [130] |
Steve Strange | 1959–2015 | Welsh | Musician, singer with Visage | [131] |
Rebecca Sugar | born 1987 | American | Animator, screenwriter and musician, creator of Steven Universe | [132] |
India Summer | born 1975 | American | Pornographic actress and adult model | [133] |
Ron Suresha | born 1958 | American | Editor of Bi Men: Coming Out, a Lammy Award finalist | [134] |
Jacqueline Susann | 1918–1974 | American | Author of Valley of the Dolls | [135] |
Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman is an American financial advisor, author, and podcast host. In 1987, she founded the Suze Orman Financial Group. Her work as a financial advisor gained notability with The Suze Orman Show, which ran on CNBC from 2002 to 2015.
The bisexual community, also known as the bi+, m-spec, bisexual/pansexual, or bi/pan/fluid community, includes members of the LGBT community who identify as bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, polysexual and sexually fluid. As opposed to hetero- or homosexual people, people in the bisexual community experience attraction to more than one gender.
Bisexual erasure, also called bisexual invisibility, is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, the news media, and other primary sources.
The first English-language use of the word "bisexual" to refer to sexual orientation occurred in 1892.
The history of bisexuality concerns the history of the bisexual sexual orientation. Ancient and medieval history of bisexuality, when the term did not exist as such, consists of anecdotes of sexual behaviour and relationships between people of the same and different sexes. A modern definition of bisexuality began to take shape in the mid-19th century within three interconnected domains of knowledge: biology, psychology and sexuality. In modern Western culture, the term bisexual was first defined in a binary approach as a person with romantic or sexual attraction to both men and women. The term bisexual is defined later in the 20th century as a person who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females, or as a person who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to people regardless of sex or gender identity, which is sometimes termed pansexuality.
The Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with bisexual content. The award can be separated into three categories: bisexual fiction, bisexual nonfiction, and bisexual poetry. Awards are granted based on literary merit and bisexual content, and therefore, the writer may be homo-, hetero-, or asexual.
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