List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: I–J

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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

This is a partial list of confirmed famous people who were or are gay, lesbian or bisexual. Famous people who are simply rumored to be gay, lesbian or bisexual, are not listed.

The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. A number of different classification schemes have been used to describe sexual orientation since the mid-19th century, and scholars have often defined the term "sexual orientation" in divergent ways. Indeed, several studies have found that much of the research about sexual orientation has failed to define the term at all, making it difficult to reconcile the results of different studies.^[1][2][3] However, most definitions include a psychological component (such as the direction of an individual's erotic desire) and/or a behavioural component (which focuses on the sex of the individual's sexual partner/s). Some prefer to simply follow an individual's self-definition or identity. See homosexuality and bisexuality for criteria that have traditionally denoted lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people.

The high prevalence of people from the West on this list may be due to societal attitudes towards homosexuality. The Pew Research Center's 2003 Global Attitudes Survey found that "[p]eople in Africa and the Middle East strongly object to societal acceptance of homosexuality. But there is far greater tolerance for homosexuality in major Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Opinion in Europe is split between West and East. Majorities in every Western European nation surveyed say homosexuality should be accepted by society, while most Russians, Poles and Ukrainians disagree. Americans are divided – a thin majority (51 percent) believes homosexuality should be accepted, while 42 percent disagree."^[4]

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I

Novelist Christopher Isherwood

Rock musician Maja Ivarsson

Name	Lifetime[5]	Nationality	Notable as	Notes[6]
Paul Iacono	b. 1988	American	Actor	G[7]
Janis Ian	b. 1951	American	Folk musician	L[8]
Witi Ihimaera	b. 1944	New Zealand	Author	G[9]
William Inge	1913–1973	American	Playwright, novelist	G[10]
Per Imerslund	1912–1943	Norwegian	Nazi socialist soldier, writer	G[11]
John Inman	1935–2007	English	Actor	G[12]
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	b. 1983	Austrian	Ski jumper	L[13]
Doug Ireland	b. 1946	American	Journalist, blogger	G[14]
Jim Ireton	b. ?	American	Politician	G[15]
Evelyn Irons	1900–2000	Scottish	Journalist	L[16]
Håkan Isacson	1958–2002	Swedish	Intelligence agent	G[17]
Richard Isay	b. 1934	American	Author, psychiatrist	G[18]
Sharon Isbin	b. 1956	American	Classical musician	L[19]
Taiga Ishikawa	b. 1974	Japanese	Politician, activist	G[20]
Sam Irvin	b. 1956	American	Director	G[21]
Elisabeth Irwin	1880–1942	American	Educator, psychologist, reformer	L[22]
Christopher Isherwood	1904–1986	English	Author	G[23]
Arturo Islas	1938–1991	American	Academic	G[24]
Maja Ivarsson	b. 1979	Swedish	Rock musician (The Sounds)	B[25]
George Cecil Ives	1867–1950	British	Poet, writer, penal reformer, gay rights campaigner	G[26]
James Ivory	b. 1928	American	Filmmaker	G[27]
Harish Iyer	b. 1979	Indian	activist	G[28]
Boris Izaguirre	b. 1965	Venezuelan	Writer	G[29]

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J

Actor and theatre director Derek Jacobi

Illustrator and author Tove Jansson

Musician Elton John

Architect Philip Johnson

Actress Angelina Jolie

Singer-songwriter Janis Joplin

Name	Lifetime[5]	Nationality	Notable as	Notes[6]
Jessie J	b. 1988	English	Singer-songwriter	B[30]
Paul Jabara	1948–1992	American	Actor, singer-songwriter	G[31]
Max Jacob	1876–1944	French	Poet, painter, writer, critic	G[32]
Sir Derek Jacobi	b. 1938	English	Actor, director	G[33]
Helen Jacobs	1908–1997	American	Professional tennis player	L[34]
Marc Jacobs	b. 1963	American	Fashion designer	G[35]
Cheyenne Jackson	b. 1975	American	Actor	G[36]
Jill Jackson	b. 1980	Scottish	Singer-songwriter	L[37]
Cheryl Jacques	b. 1962	United States	Politician, LGBT rights activist	L[38]
Hans Henny Jahnn	1894–1959	German	Playwright, novelist	B[39]
Afdhere Jama	b. 1978	Somalian	Writer	G[40]
Aiden James	b. 1982	American	Singer-songwriter	G[41]
Duncan James	b. 1979	English	Singer, Songwriter	B[42]
Jeremy James	b. 1978	American	Singer/songwriter	G[43]
Margot James	b. 1958	English	Politician, entrepreneur	L[44]
Sylvester James	1948–1988	American	Musician and drag artiste	G[45]
Jesse Jane	b. 1980	American	Porn star	B[46]
Claude Janiak	b. 1948	Swiss	Politician	G[47]
Tove Jansson	1914–2001	Finnish	Author	L[48]
Derek Jarman	1942–1994	English	Film director	G[49]
Alfred Jarry	1873–1907	French	Playwright	G[50]
Karla Jay	b. 1947	American	Professor, LGBT rights activist	L[51]
Lorri Jean	b. ?	American	LGBT rights activist	L[35]
Walter Jenkins	1918-1985	American	special assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson	B[52]
Shyla Jennings	b. 1989	American	Porn Star	B[53][53]
Drake Jensen	b. 1970	Canadian	country singer-songwriter	G[54]
Christian Jessen	b. 1977	British	Medical doctor and Television presenter.	G.[55]
Michael Jeter	1952–2003	American	Actor	G[56]
Geri Jewell	b. 1956	American	Actor and Comedian	L[57]
Sarah Orne Jewett	1849–1909	American	Author	L[58]
Barbara Jezeršek	b. 1986	Slovenian	Skier	L[59]
Patria Jiménez	b. 1957	Mexican	Politician, first openly lesbian member of the Congress of Mexico	L[60]
Phil Jimenez	b. 1970	American	Comic artist	G[61]
Emperor Jing of Han	188- 141 BC	Chinese (Han Dynasty)	Head of state	B[62]
Laurie Jinkins	b. ?	American	Politician	L[63]
Peter Jöback	b. 1971	Swedish	Singer	G[64]
Jobriath	1946–1983	American	Rock musician	G[65]
Percy Jocelyn	1764–1842	Irish	Anglican Bishop of Clogher	G[66]
Edmund John	1883–1917	English	Uranian poet	G[67]
Elton John	b. 1947	English	Musician	G[68]
Jeffrey John	b. 1953	English	Anglican priest	G[69]
Jasper Johns	b. 1930	American	Artist	G[70]
Christine Johnson	b. 1968	American	Politician	L[71]
Craig Johnson	b. ?	American	Film director, screenwriter	G[72]
Darren Johnson	b. 1966	English	Politician	G[73]
Fenton Johnson	b. 1954	American	Author	G[74]
Glory Johnson	b. 1990	American	Basketball player	L[75]
Holly Johnson	b. 1960	English	Musician	G[76]
Lionel Johnson	1867–1902	English	Poet	G[77]
Philip Johnson	1906–2005	American	Architect	G[78]
Sonia Johnson	b. 1936	American	Feminist activist and writer	L[79]
Frances Benjamin Johnston	1864–1952	American	Photographer	L[80]
Justine Joli	b. 1980	American	Porn Star	B[81][82][83]
Angelina Jolie	b. 1975	American	Actor	B[84]
Aled Haydn Jones	b. 1976	Welsh	Radio DJ	G[85]
Bill T. Jones	b. 1952	American	Dancer, choreographer	G[86]
Cherry Jones	b. 1956	American	Actor	L[87]
Cleve Jones	b. 1954	American	Activist	G[88]
G. B. Jones	b. 1965	Canadian	Artist, filmmaker	B[89]
Mike Jones	b. 1957	American	Personal trainer and former male prostitute	G[90]
Randy Jones	b. 1952	American	Musician (Village People)	G[91]
Rosie Jones	b. 1959	American	Golfer	L[92]
Wolfgang Joop	b. 1944	German	Fashion Designer	B[93]
Janis Joplin	1943-1970	American	Singer	B[94]
Barbara Jordan	1936–1996	American	U.S. Representative from Texas	L[95]
Leslie Jordan	b. 1955	American	Actor	G[96]
Orlando Jordan	b. 1980	American	Professional wrestler	B[97]
Marcel Jouhandeau	1888–1979	French	Writer	G[98]
Mychal F. Judge	1933–2001	American	Franciscan priest, FDNY chaplain, "Saint of 9/11".	G[99]
Rafe Judkins	b. 1983	American	Reality show contestant	G[100]
Isaac Julien	b. 1960	English	Installation artist, filmmaker, director	G[101]
Miranda July	b. 1974	American	Performance artist, filmmaker, writer	B[102]
Sabine Jünger	b. 1973	German	Politician	L[103]
Jolie Justus	b. 1971	American	Politician	L[104]
Claude Jutra	1930–1986	Canadian	Film-maker	G[105]
Patrick Juvet	b. 1950	Swiss	Singer	B[106]

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