| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jane Addams |
Activist |
6-Sep-1860 |
21-May-1935 |
Founder of Hull House |
| Allison Adler |
Relative |
30-May-1967 |
|
Partner of Sara Gilbert |
| Margaret Anderson |
Author |
24-Nov-1886 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Founder of the Little Review |
| Katharine Anthony |
Author |
27-Nov-1877 |
20-Nov-1965 |
Biographer, The Lambs |
| Dorothy Arzner |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1897 |
1-Oct-1979 |
Craig's Wife |
| Tammy Baldwin |
Politician |
11-Feb-1962 |
|
Congresswoman, Wisconsin 2nd |
| Djuna Barnes |
Novelist |
12-Jun-1892 |
18-Jun-1982 |
Modernist poet, Nightwood |
| Amanda Bearse |
Actor |
9-Aug-1958 |
|
Marcy on Married with Children |
| Alison Bechdel |
Cartoonist |
10-Sep-1960 |
|
Dykes to Watch Out For |
| Cydney Bernard |
Relative |
1953 |
|
Former partner of Jodie Foster |
| Elizabeth Bishop |
Poet |
8-Feb-1911 |
6-Oct-1979 |
North & South |
| Chaz Bono |
Relative |
4-Mar-1969 |
|
Transgender offspring of Sonny and Cher |
| Jane Bowles |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1917 |
4-May-1973 |
Two Serious Ladies |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley |
Author |
3-Jun-1930 |
25-Sep-1999 |
The Mists of Avalon |
| Donna Brazile |
Author |
15-Dec-1959 |
|
Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager |
| Sophonisba Breckinridge |
Activist |
1-Apr-1866 |
30-Jul-1948 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
| Alicia Bridges |
Singer |
15-Jul-1953 |
|
I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round) |
| Rita Mae Brown |
Author |
28-Nov-1944 |
|
Rubyfruit Jungle |
| Tammy Bruce |
Radio Personality |
19-Aug-1962 |
|
Right-wing radio pundit, columnist |
| Bryher |
Novelist |
2-Sep-1894 |
28-Jan-1983 |
The Fourteenth of October |
| Judith Butler |
Scholar |
24-Feb-1956 |
|
Gender Trouble |
| Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS |
| Brandi Carlile |
Musician |
1-Jun-1981 |
|
American country rock singer, The Story |
| Willa Cather |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1873 |
24-Apr-1947 |
O Pioneers! |
| Mary Cheney |
Relative |
14-Mar-1969 |
|
Lesbian daughter of Dick Cheney |
| Miss Cleo |
Paranormal |
12-Aug-1962 |
|
Psychic fraud takes VISA, M/C |
| Ivy Compton-Burnett |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1884 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Pastors and Masters |
| Chris Connor |
Singer |
8-Nov-1927 |
29-Aug-2009 |
Jazz singer, I Miss You |
| Cat Cora |
Chef |
c. 1968 |
|
Iron Chef America |
| Patricia Cornwell |
Novelist |
9-Jun-1956 |
|
Crime novelist, Postmortem |
| Carol A. Corrigan |
Judge |
16-Aug-1948 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Angela Davis |
Activist |
26-Jan-1944 |
|
Black Panther, teacher, professor |
| Ellen DeGeneres |
Comic |
26-Jan-1958 |
|
Ellen |
| Beth Ditto |
Singer |
1981 |
|
The Gossip |
| Carol Ann Duffy |
Poet |
23-Dec-1955 |
|
Mean Time |
| Andrea Dworkin |
Activist |
26-Sep-1946 |
9-Apr-2005 |
Anti-pornography activist |
| Melissa Etheridge |
Musician |
29-May-1961 |
|
Come To My Window |
| Fannie Flagg |
Comic |
21-Sep-1944 |
|
Fried Green Tomatoes |
| Janet Flanner |
Journalist |
13-Mar-1892 |
7-Nov-1978 |
The New Yorker |
| Clementine Ford |
Actor |
29-Jun-1979 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Jodie Foster |
Actor |
19-Nov-1962 |
|
The Silence of the Lambs |
| Kathleen Freeman |
Actor |
17-Feb-1919 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Gen. Burkhalter's sister |
| Kitty Genovese |
Victim |
7-Jul-1935 |
13-Mar-1964 |
Allegedly killed by collective apathy |
| Sara Gilbert |
Actor |
29-Jan-1975 |
|
Darlene on Roseanne |
| Judy Gold |
Comic |
15-Nov-1962 |
|
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother |
| Lesley Gore |
Singer |
2-May-1946 |
|
Well-known crying advocate |
| Leisha Hailey |
Singer |
11-Jul-1971 |
|
The L Word |
| Edith Hamilton |
Educator |
12-Aug-1867 |
31-May-1963 |
The Greek Way |
| Joan Hammond |
Singer |
24-May-1912 |
26-Nov-1996 |
Operatic soprano |
| Sandra Haynie |
Golf |
4-Jun-1943 |
|
Winner of 4 Majors |
| Amber Heard |
Actor |
22-Apr-1986 |
|
And Soon The Darkness |
| Alexandra Hedison |
Actor |
10-Jul-1969 |
|
Ex-GF of Ellen DeGeneres |
| Harriet Goodhue Hosmer |
Sculptor |
9-Oct-1830 |
21-Feb-1908 |
19th c. American sculptor in Rome |
| Alberta Hunter |
Singer |
1-Apr-1895 |
17-Oct-1984 |
Downhearted Blues |
| Helen Hull Jacobs |
Tennis |
6-Aug-1908 |
2-Jun-1997 |
Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles |
| Sarah Orne Jewett |
Author |
3-Sep-1849 |
24-Jun-1909 |
The Country of the Pointed Firs |
| Joanna Johnson |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Dec-1961 |
|
Creator of Hope & Faith |
| Cherry Jones |
Actor |
21-Nov-1956 |
|
The Heiress |
| Barbara Jordan |
Politician |
21-Feb-1936 |
17-Jan-1996 |
Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech |
| Patsy Kelly |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
24-Sep-1981 |
Freaky Friday |
| Sheila Kuehl |
Politician |
9-Feb-1941 |
|
Dobie Gillis and ex-California State Senator |
| Selma Lagerlöf |
Author |
20-Nov-1858 |
16-Mar-1940 |
First female Nobel Prize for Literature |
| kd lang |
Singer |
2-Nov-1961 |
|
Majuscule-deficient lesbian singer |
| Fran Lebowitz |
Author |
27-Oct-1950 |
|
Social satirist, Metropolitan Life |
| Eva Le Gallienne |
Actor |
11-Jan-1899 |
3-Jun-1991 |
New York Civic Repertory Theater |
| Virginia L. Linder |
Judge |
c. 1949 |
|
Justice, Oregon Supreme Court |
| Audre Lorde |
Author |
18-Feb-1934 |
17-Nov-1992 |
A Burst of Light |
| Amy Lowell |
Poet |
9-Feb-1874 |
12-May-1925 |
What's O'Clock |
| Jane Lynch |
Actor |
14-Jul-1960 |
|
Cheerleading coach on Glee |
| Rachel Maddow |
TV Personality |
1-Apr-1973 |
|
The Rachel Maddow Show |
| Miriam Margolyes |
Actor |
18-May-1941 |
|
The Age of Innocence |
| Jeannette Marks |
Poet |
16-Aug-1875 |
1964 |
The Merry Merry Cuckoo |
| Heather Matarazzo |
Actor |
10-Nov-1982 |
|
Welcome to the Dollhouse |
| Amelie Mauresmo |
Tennis |
5-Jul-1979 |
|
Franco-lesbian tennis player |
| Kristy McNichol |
Actor |
11-Sep-1962 |
|
1970s girl teen idol |
| Tammy Lynn Michaels |
Actor |
26-Nov-1974 |
|
Tess on Committed |
| Martina Navratilova |
Tennis |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
Nine-time Wimbledon winner |
| Alla Nazimova |
Actor |
22-May-1879 |
13-Jul-1945 |
Blood and Sand |
| Diana Nyad |
Swimmer |
22-Aug-1949 |
|
Long distance swimmer |
| Kate O'Brien |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1897 |
13-Aug-1974 |
The Land of Spices |
| Rosie O'Donnell |
Talk Show Host |
21-Mar-1962 |
|
The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
| Mary Oliver |
Poet |
10-Sep-1935 |
|
American Primitive |
| Pauline Oliveros |
Composer |
2-Jun-1932 |
|
Composer, Deep Listener |
| Suze Orman |
Author |
5-Jun-1951 |
|
The Road to Wealth |
| Annise Parker |
Politician |
17-May-1956 |
|
Mayor of Houston |
| Sarah Paulson |
Actor |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Down with Love |
| Linda Perry |
Singer |
15-Apr-1965 |
|
Rock chick singer and producer |
| Kate Pierson |
Singer |
27-Apr-1948 |
|
Vocalist for the B-52s |
| Christine C. Quinn |
Politician |
25-Jul-1966 |
|
Speaker, New York City Council |
| Amy Ray |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Apr-1964 |
|
The Indigo Girls |
| Mary Renault |
Novelist |
4-Sep-1905 |
13-Dec-1983 |
The Last of the Wine |
| Sally Ride |
Astronaut |
26-May-1951 |
23-Jul-2012 |
First American woman in space |
| Samantha Ronson |
Disc Jockey |
7-Aug-1977 |
|
Girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan |
| Hilary Rosen |
Lobbyist |
22-Oct-1958 |
|
CEO of the RIAA, 1998-2003 |
| Portia de Rossi |
Actor |
31-Jan-1973 |
|
Nelle Porter on Ally |
| Patricia Rozema |
Film Director |
20-Aug-1958 |
|
Mansfield Park |
| Jane Rule |
Author |
28-Mar-1931 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Desert of the Heart |
| Joanna Russ |
Author |
22-Feb-1937 |
29-Apr-2011 |
The Female Man |
| Emily Saliers |
Musician |
22-Jul-1963 |
|
The Indigo Girls |
| Sapphire |
Novelist |
4-Aug-1950 |
|
Push |
| May Sarton |
Poet |
3-May-1912 |
16-Jul-1995 |
Plant Dreaming Deep |
| Rose Schneiderman |
Labor Leader |
16-Apr-1882 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Union leader of the 1920s-'50s |
| Daniela Sea |
Actor |
1977 |
|
Max Sweeney on The L Word |
| Fiona Shaw |
Actor |
10-Jul-1958 |
|
British theatre actress |
| Patty Sheehan |
Golf |
27-Oct-1956 |
|
Winner of 6 majors |
| Jenny Shimizu |
Model |
16-Jun-1967 |
|
Lezbopunk bike-dyke |
| Johanna Sigurdardottir |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Iceland |
| Ali Smith |
Author |
24-Aug-1962 |
|
There But For The |
| Annie Sprinkle |
Pornstar |
23-Jul-1954 |
|
Pornstar turned performance artist |
| Gertrude Stein |
Author |
3-Feb-1874 |
27-Jul-1946 |
Avant-garde writer, salon |
| Vivian M. Stephenson |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
COO of Williams-Sonoma, 2003-06 |
| May Swenson |
Poet |
28-May-1913 |
4-Dec-1989 |
Another Animal |
| Wanda Sykes |
Comic |
7-Mar-1964 |
|
Wanda at Large |
| Tristan Taormino |
Columnist |
9-May-1971 |
|
Anal sex authority |
| Alice B. Toklas |
Relative |
30-Apr-1877 |
7-Mar-1967 |
Gertrude Stein's lover |
| Lily Tomlin |
Actor |
1-Sep-1939 |
|
Laugh-In |
| Guinevere Turner |
Actor |
23-May-1968 |
|
Preaching to the Perverted |
| Kirsten Vangsness |
Actor |
7-Jul-1972 |
|
Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds |
| Chavela Vargas |
Singer |
17-Apr-1919 |
5-Aug-2012 |
Ranchera singer |
| Lillian Wald |
Activist |
10-Mar-1867 |
1-Sep-1940 |
Henry Street Settlement |
| Jeanette Winterson |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1959 |
|
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit |
| Chely Wright |
Country Musician |
25-Oct-1970 |
|
Shut Up And Drive |
| Marguerite Yourcenar |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1903 |
17-Dec-1987 |
Mémoires d'Hadrien |