Happy June Birthdays!
Born This Way On This Day
June isn’t just for “Pride Month” and the start of summer—it’s also a time to celebrate the birthdays of some LGBTQ historical heroes and Queer Pioneers:
06-01 = Brandi Carlile (1981- ) = American singer-songwriter
06-01 = Ferron (1952- ) = Canadian singer-songwriter
06-02 = Brent Hawkes (1950- ) = Canadian pastor and activist
06-02 = Gilbert Baker (1951-2017) = American artist
06-02 = Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) = French aristocrat and politician
06-02 = Wentworth Miller (1972- ) = English-born American actor
06-02 = Zachary Quinto (1977- ) = American actor
06-03 = Alla Nazimova (1879-1945) = Russian actor
06-03 = Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) = American beat poet
06-03 = Anderson Cooper (1967- ) = American journalist and tv personality
06-03 = George Quaintance (1902-1957) = American artist and illustrator
06-03 = Josephine Baker (1906-1975) = American dancer, singer and actor
06-04 = Clare Atwood (1866-1962) = British artist
06-04 = Jack Baker (1942- ) = American activist
06-04 = Val McDermid (1955- ) = Scottish suspense novel writer
06-04 = Wu Tsang (1982- ) = American filmmaker, artist and performer
06-05 = Andrew George Scott (1842-1880) = Irish-Australian folk hero
06-05 = Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) = Spanish poet and director
06-05 = Geena Rocero (1983- ) = Filipino-born American model
06-05 = Gustáv Slamečka (1959- ) = Czech politician
06-05 = Johannes von Thurn and Taxis (1926-1990) = German businessman
06-05 = John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) = British economist and intellectual
06-05 = Laurie Anderson (1947- ) = American performance artist and musician
06-05 = Lisa Cholodenko (1964- ) = American film and television writer-director
06-05 = Suze Orman (1951- ) = American financial advisor, author, and tv host
06-05 = Tony Richardson (1928-1991) = English film director
06-05 = Troye Sivan (1995- ) = Australian actor and singer
06-06 = Annie Adams Fields (1834-1915) = American writer
06-06 = Harvey Fierstein (1952- ) = American actor and playwright
06-06 = Sandra Bernhard (1955- ) = American comedian, actor, singer and writer
06-06 = Thomas Mann (1875-1955) = German writer
06-06 = Ty Defoe (1984- ) = Native American artist, activist, and writer
06-06 = Violet Trefusis (1894-1972) = English writer and socialite
06-07 = Anne McClain (1979- ) = American engineer, officer, and astronaut
06-07 = Dean Deblois (1970- ) = Canadian filmmaker and animator
06-07 = James Ivory (1928- ) = American film director
06-08 = Donna Deitch (1945- ) = American filmmaker
06-08 = Kim Stolz (1983- ) = American model and tv personality
06-08 = Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) = French novelist
06-09 = Bülent Ersoy (1952- ) = Turkish singer and actor
06-09 = Cole Porter (1891-1964) = American composer and songwriter
06-09 = Parinya Charoenphol (1981- ) = Thai boxer, model and actor
06-09 = Scott Kennedy (1965-2013) = American comedian and activist
06-10 = Dustin Lance Black (1974- ) = American filmmaker
06-10 = Frederick Kovert (1899-1949) = American actor and photographer
06-10 = Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) = American children's writer
06-10 = Violet Oakley (1874-1961) = American artist and LGBTQ ally
06-11 = Elle Pérez (1989- ) = American photographer
06-11 = Mario Silva (1966- ) = Portuguese-Canadian scholar and politician
06-11 = Renée Vivien (1877-1909) = British poet
06-12 = Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) = American writer
06-12 = Egon Schiele (1890-1918) = Austrian expressionist painter
06-12 = Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) = British artist
06-12 = Jim Nabors (1930- ) = American actor and singer
06-13 = Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) = Portuguese writer and philosopher
06-13 = Paul Lynde (1926-1982) = American comedian and actor
06-14 = Boy George (1961- ) = British singer-songwriter
06-14 = Paul O'Grady (1955-2023) = British comedian and drag performer
06-15 = Bif Naked (1971- ) = Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
06-15 = Neil Patrick Harris (1973- ) = American actor and director
06-16 = Henry Paget (1875-1905) = British nobleman and eccentric
06-16 = Jenny Shimizu (1967- ) = American model and actor
06-16 = Joe McElderry (1991- ) = British singer and model
06-16 = Lou Sullivan (1951-1991) = American author and trans activist
06-17 = Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) = American writer and photographer
06-17 = Clodovil Hernandes (1937-2009) = Brazilian designer and politician
06-17 = Evelyn Irons (1900-2000) = Scottish journalist and war correspondent
06-17 = Phyllida Lloyd (1957- ) = English theatre and film director
06-17 = Steven Davies (1986- ) = English cricketer
06-18 = Agnes Goodsir (1864-1939) = Australian artist
06-19 = Elisabeth Marbury (1856-1933) = theatrical/literary agent and author
06-19 = James Vi + I (1566-1625) = King of Scotland, England, and Ireland
06-20 = Allan Bell (1947- ) = Manx politician and Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
06-20 = David France (1959- ) = American filmmaker and journalist
06-20 = E. Lynn Harris (1955-2009) = American Author
06-20 = Edie Windsor (1929-2007) = American activist and IMB tech manager
06-20 = John Beresford Fowler (1906-1977) = English interior designer
06-21 = Kate Brown (1960- ) = American politician and Governor of Oregon
06-21 = Lana Wachowski (1965- ) = American filmmaker
06-21 = Meredith Baxter (1947- ) = American actor and producer
06-22 = Gwen John (1876-1939) = Welsh artist
06-22 = Jimmy Somerville (1961- ) = Scottish pop singer
06-22 = Václav Fischer (1954- ) = Czech-German businessman and politician
06-23 = Alan Turing (1912-1954) = English mathematician and computer scientist
06-23 = Hubert "Jay" Stowitts (1892-1953) = American artist and dancer
06-23 = Jason Mraz (1977- ) = American singer-songwriter
06-24 = Beanie Feldstein (1993- ) = American actor
06-24 = Christabel Marshall (1871-1960) = English educator and poet
06-24 = Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) = British Army officer and administrator
06-24 = Pierre Commoy (1950- ) = French artist (Pierre et Gilles)
06-24 = Stacy Sykora (1977- ) = American volleyball player
06-25 = Al Parker (1952-1992) = American adult film actor and director
06-25 = George Michael (1963-2016) = British singer-songwriter
06-25 = Larry Kramer (1935-2020) = American playwright, novelist, and activist
06-26 = Sean Hayes (1970- ) = American actor and comedian
06-26 = Virginia Apuzzo (1941- ) = American activist
06-28 = David Kopay (1942- ) = American football player
06-28 = Jim Kolbe (1942- ) = American politician
06-28 = Mike White (1970- ) = American actor and filmmaker
06-28 = Sunil Babu Pant (1972- ) = Nepalese politician and activist
06-29 = Henry Gerber (1892-1972) = German-American activist
06-29 = Prince Egon Von Fürstenberg (1946-2004) = German socialite
06-30 = Alan Joyce (1966- ) = Australian business executive
06-30 = Paris Barclay (1956- ) = American director-producer
06-30 = Reginald Brett (1852-1930) = British historian and politician