English LGBTQ rights activists

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a British cultural icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor best known for portraying the title character in all eight films of the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2011.

George Michael was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Michael was known as a creative force in songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023. The Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004.

British actor (born 1939)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

English occultist (1875–1947)

English association football player (born 1990)

Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before gaining recognition as part of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, appearing together in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). His later television roles include Kingdom (2007–2009), Bones (2007–2017), and It's a Sin (2021). Fry was the original host of the comedy panel show QI (2003–2016), for which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. In 2006, the British public ranked Fry number 9 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.

British diver

English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)

English politician (born 1945); Mayor of London from 2000 until 2008

British-American television personality

Jonathan Stuart Bailey is an English actor known for his dramatic, comedic, and musical roles on stage and screen. His accolades include a Laurence Olivier Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award and four Actor Awards. He was included by Time magazine in their Time 100 Next list of the world's most influential artists and was named as People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2025.

British musician

English utopian socialist, poet and activist (1844–1929)

British singer and actor

English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (1892–1988)

British film director and artist (1942-1994)

English actress

British singer

British poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)

British actress (born 1963)

British natural scientist and author (1908-2005)

British actor

British archaeologist (1910-1996)

English-American journalist, writer, blogger

British feminist

British actress (1954–1994)

British journalist and activist for transgender rights

British soul singer, songwriter and record producer

British gay rights & political activist (1960-1987)

English singer-songwriter

British singer/songwriter and actress

British computer scientist (1930–2009)

English rugby union player

English writer and activist

British racing car driver (born 1981)

German-born English writer (1867-1950)

Zimbabwean LGBTQ+ activist

English model, activist, and writer

English model and activist

English pornographic actress (1945-1979)

English television presenter and lesbian rights activist (1926-1998)

British writer and activist

British comedian

British activist (born 1954)

English author

former Director-General of the BBC (born 1944)

British politician (born 1965)

English broadcaster and journalist (1939–2013)

British peer (born 1961)

writer and performer

British humanist (1923-2020)

British actress

English writer, editor, and social reformer (1868–1940)

British writer (1946–2022)

British Liberal Democrat politician and transgender activist

British journalist and activist

British politician (born 1950)