Lists of bisexual people

This is a list of bisexual people. See List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people as of 2006 for a similar list that also includes gay men and lesbians.

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• Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• Louis Aragon (1897–1982), French poet
• Gregg Araki, American filmmaker
• Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972), American singer. One version of his Wikipedia article quotes him as saying "I think I've always been bisexual" in a "January 24, 1995" interview in The Advocate.
• David Bacon American actor
• Josephine Baker (1906–1974), Singer, actress, French resistance member during WWII [3]
• Marina Baker, British model, author, politician
• Jillian Barberie (born 1966), TV hostess, actress, mentioned experiences with both sexes on Howard Stern show[4]
• Drew Barrymore (born 1975) American actress[5]
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French philosopher; New Yorker article describes relations with both sexes[6]
• Thane Bettany, English actor, "divorced in 1993 and now lives with his partner, Andy Little"[7]
• Björk, Icelandic musician [8]
• 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."
• Golden Brooks (born 1970), actress
• Julie Burchill, English journalist and writer [9]
• Lord Byron (1788–1824)
• Gia Carangi (1960-1986), American model
• Margaret Cho (born 1968), American comedian. A New York Time article notes that she is "outspokenly liberal, feminist and bisexual."
• Claudette Colbert (1903 – 1996), French-American actress
• Colette+, novelist, 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."[10]
• 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[11]
• Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish painter.
• Dave Davies (born 1947), British rock musician
• Marlene Dietrich+ (1901–1992), German actress, entertainer and singer.
• Ani DiFranco (born 1970), American folk singer
• Diane Duane, author
• James Duval actor
• Cary Elwes, British actor
• Marianne Faithfull+, (born 1946), English singer and actress
• Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer [12]
• 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
• Debbie Harry, (born 1945, American musician and actress: "I am probably more heterosexual than I am homosexual, or even bisexual."[13]
• Nina Hartley, one of the few pornstars who identifies as bi, outside of her career.
• Harry Hay, early gay rights activist, founded Mattachine society, married to a woman
• Anne Heche+ (born 1969), American actress
• Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy, [14]
• Missy Higgins, Australian Singer
• Laurel Holloman+, American actress
• Howard Hughes, American aviator and film producer
• Simon Hughes, British Liberal Democrat politician[15]
• Patricia Ireland (born 1945), American feminist, former president of NOW
• Maja Ivarsson+, Swedish musician, lead singer with The Sounds
• Jenna Jameson+ (born 1974), American porn star who discussed her bisexuality in autobiography, How to Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
• G.B. Jones, artist, musician, filmmaker
• Angelina Jolie+ (born 1975), American actress
• Frida Kahlo+ (1907–1954), Mexican painter
• Billie Jean King+, tennis player
• Adrian Lamo (born 1981), hacker, journalist
• Jesse Liberty+ (born 1955), Author, programmer
• Drea de Matteo, actress: "enjoys dating men but also indulges her sexual desires with female friends."[16]
• Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and writer
• George Melly+ English Jazz singer and art critic
• Freddie Mercury+(1946–1991), singer of rock band Queen
• Sharon Mitchell+, American pornstar
• Brian Molko+ singer of rock band Placebo
• Edwina Mountbatten, heiress, socialite, relief-worker and the wife of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma[17]
• Doris Muramatsu, Girlyman band member [18]
• Iris Murdoch+ (1919–1999), English writer, academic, and philosopher
• Dave Navarro+, American rock musician
• Queen Pen+, rapper
• Pink (Alecia Moore), American pop/punk singer/musician
• Sapphire, Penname of African-American poet and author [19]
• Muriel Spark+(1918–2006), British novelist, married to a man from 1937-44[20], subject of lesbian rumors[21].
• Michael Stipe+, Lead singer of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
• Corin Tucker+, lead singer and guitarist for the band Sleater-Kinney
• Hal Turner+, media personality, white supremacist
• Patricia Velásquez, Venezuelan fashion model
• Alice Walker+, author of "The Color Purple"
• Rebecca Walker, author and activist
• Mike White American actor
• Jane Wiedlin+, guitarist for the Go-Go's
• Oscar Wilde+ (1844–1900), Irish writer
• Aileen Wuornos+, serial killer

Disputed

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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.
• 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."
• Tom Cruise (born 1962), American actor, mega-moviestar. It has long been rumored that Cruise has been bi for several years and that is what could have contributed to the break-up of his marriages to Hollywood actresses, Mimi Rogers and most recently to Nicole Kidman.
• James Dean (1931-1955), American actor, it is highly disputed by many sources whether Dean was gay or bisexual. the popular belief of James Dean's bisexuality is because of his long term serious crush, his girlfriend at the particular time, and the disputed belief he had a homosexual encounter. But many close male friends of James Dean and his girlfriend of the time claim he wasn't gay. But a number of friends, Hollywood stars and biographers have all compiled evidence to say that he is.
• Liam Fox, British Conservative politician & Shadow Defence Secretary (according to widespread rumours since October 2005 which he has refused to deny)
• 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
• Mick Jagger (born 1943), lead singer of The Rolling Stones, was allegedly found naked in bed by Angela Bowie with her naked husband, "bisexual" rock-legend David Bowie (see above). It has long been rumored Mick was bisexual, but he has never confirmed it. In his ex-lover Marianne Faithfull's autobiography, Mick is portrayed as having slight bisexual tendencies.
• 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")
• Peter North, a porn star rumored to be bisexual because he has performed in numerous gay porn movies at the beginning of his career. Also many of his former girlfriends have made the accusations that he is bisexual also.
• River Phoenix, according to biographer Brian J. Robb.
• Nicholas Ray
• Lou Reed - "came out" as bisexual in 1970s, renounced his bisexuality in the early 1980s (according to biographer Victor Bockris)
• Keanu Reeves (born 1964), Canadian-English-American film actor. His sexual orientation is matter of dispute according to some interviews he gave. Keanu Reeves had always been rumored to be gay or bisexual, but he always maintained the ambiguity about his heterosexuality. He refuses to answer if he is homosexual or bisexual.[22] [23] [24] [25]
• 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."
• Simon Rex - actor, former MTV personality, publicly only dates women, but has appeared in gay-themed pornography. Brad Posey, the director of the gay-themed films that Rex appeared in, claims that he performed oral sex on Rex.
• Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (born 1977), says he is open to the possibility.
• 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
• William Shakespeare wrote love poems that some believe were to both men and women. Also a lot of his plays have homosexual connotations.
• Anna Nicole Smith, model, has been rumored to have had affairs with women. This has been verified by Margaret Cho during one of her stand-up shows where she described putting Smith against the wall and kissing her for an extended period.
• Malcolm X, African-American political activist, see [26]
• Alexander the Great - Highly disputed by both ancient and modern historians.