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List of transgender people

This list consists of notable people who identify as transgender. The individual listings note the subject's nationality and main occupation.

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In many non-Western and ancient or medieval societies, transgender people are seen as a different gender in itself, and there is a separate category for them, one that is different from the binary 'men' and 'women'. They are often described collectively as 'third genders.' These societies traditionally have separate social spaces for third gender people, which are separate from both men's social spaces and women's social spaces.

Some of the persons listed here crossdressed during wartime for various purposes.

It should also be noted that transgender people are by definition not "transvestites" or "drag performers" because the latter do not live or identify their gender as being different to the gender assigned at birth consistently in their daily lives.

A

  • Marja-Sisko Aalto (b. 1954), Finnish Evangelic-Lutheran priest
  • Alexander James Adams, American musician, singer and songwriter
  • Calpernia Addams (b. 1971), American actress, author, and entrepreneur
  • Aderet (b. 1976), Israeli pop singer
  • Tamara Adrián, Venezuelan politician
  • Leelah Alcorn (1997–2014), 17-year-old American artist and suicide victim
  • Harry Allen (1882–1922), Pioneer period Pacific Northwest transgender man known for flouting social norms
  • Rebecca Allison (b. 1946), American cardiologist, president-elect of Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
  • Nadia Almada (b. 1977), Portuguese winner of Big Brother UK series 5
  • Barbra Amesbury (b. 1948), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Charlie Anders, American author
  • Luke Anderson, South African-born winner of Big Brother UK series 13
  • Jacob Anderson-Minshall, American transgender author
  • Nahshon Dion Anderson (b. 1978), award-winning writer, actor, and model as well as Human Rights activist, survived a brutal assault at age 19.
  • Erica Andrews (1969–2013) aka Erica Salazar, Mexican-born American international and national beauty pageant title winner, drag performer, actor and entrepreneur
  • Buck Angel, American transman porn star
  • Carla Antonelli (born 1960), Spanish actress, activist, and legislator
  • Nikki Araguz (born 1975), American marriage equality activist and public speaker
  • Gwen Araujo (1985–2002), American teenager
  • Valerie Arkell-Smith (1895–1960), British writer and entertainer
  • Alexis Arquette (1969—2016) American actress and musician
  • Victoria Arellano (1984–2007), Mexican immigrant to the US who died in an immigration detention facility
  • Nina Arsenault (b. c. 1975), Canadian writer
  • April Ashley (b. 1935), English model
  • Estelle Asmodelle (b. 1964), Australian actress, author, and dancer

    • B

  • Mianne Bagger (b. 1966), Danish golfer
  • Jenny Bailey, English politician, former Mayor of Cambridge
  • Ben Barres, American neurobiologist
  • James Barry (1789/1799–1865), British military surgeon and Inspector General in charge of military hospitals
  • Thomas Beatie (b. 1974), became known as the "Pregnant Man"
  • Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad (b. 1949), Norwegian physician, family therapist, sexologist
  • S. Bear Bergman (b. 1974), Jewish American writer and performance artist
  • Danielle Bunten Berry (1949–1998), American software developer
  • Georgina Beyer (b. 1957), New Zealander politician
  • Alexandra Billings (b. 1962), American actress, singer, and educator
  • Maddie Blaustein (1960–2008) American voice actress
  • Alejandra Bogue (b. 1965), Mexican film, television and stage actress
  • Chaz Bono (b. 1969), American singer and activist
  • Justin Vivian Bond (b. 1963), American singer-songwriter, performance artist
  • Kate Bornstein (b. 1948), American author, performance artist, and gender theorist
  • Jennifer Finney Boylan (b. 1958), American author and activist, previously an award-winning professor of English at Colby College
  • M. C. Brennan (b. 1969), American author, filmmaker and performer
  • Namoli Brennet, American folk singer
  • Aleshia Brevard, American film, TV, and theater actress, author, and professor
  • Zac Brewer American trans gender author
  • Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax (1916–1994), American Gospel tenor
  • Blake Brockington (1996–2015), 18-year-old American activist, student, and suicide victim
  • Sarah Brown (politician), British politician
  • Harrison Browne, Hockey player for Buffalo Beauts
  • Sara Davis Buechner (b. 1964), American musician
  • Cidny Bullens (b. 1955), American musician
  • Balian Buschbaum (b. 1980), German pole vaulter and two time European Championship bronze medalist
  • Alec Butler, Canadian writer
  • Mya Byrne (b. 1978), American folk/rock musician

    • C

  • Mauro Cabral, Argentinian intersex and trans advocate, academic, and co-director of Global Action for Trans Equality.
  • Meryn Cadell, Canadian writer and musician
  • Patrick Califia (b. 1954), American writer
  • Loren Cameron (b. 1959), American photographer/visual artist
  • Mina Caputo (b. 1973), singer for Life of Agony.
  • Micha Cárdenas (b. 1977), American artist/theorist and lecturer of Visual Arts and Critical Gender Studies at UCSD
  • Wendy Carlos (b. 1939), American composer and electronic musician
  • Carmen Carrera (b. 1985), American reality television personality, drag performer, actress and model
  • Lynda Cash (b. ?), English Navy officer
  • Albert Cashier (1843–1915), Irish-born Union Army soldier
  • Candis Cayne (b. 1971), American actress and performance artist
  • Chen Lili (b. 1980), Chinese transgender woman
  • Choi Han-bit, South Korean model
  • Cindy Thái Tài, Vietnamese singer, model
  • Mary Elizabeth Clark (b. 1938), Episcopal sister
  • Angela Clayton, British physicist and activist
  • Jamie Clayton, American model and actress
  • Roberta Close (b. 1964), Brazilian model
  • Coccinelle (1931–2006), French singer and entertainer
  • Raewyn Connell (b. 1944), Australian sociologist and academic
  • Joanne Conte American politician and radio show host
  • Lynn Conway (b. 1938), American computer scientist and electrical engineer
  • T Cooper, American novelist
  • Ruby Corado, American LGBT rights activist
  • Caroline Cossey, professional name "Tula" (b. 1954), English model, actress, and author
  • Jayne County, American musician
  • Roberta Cowell (1918–2011), World War II fighter pilot, and the first British trans woman to have undergone gender reassignment
  • Laverne Cox, American actress, producer, and advocate
  • Brittany CoxXx (1978-2016), American trans woman porn star
  • Kate Craig-Wood (b. 1977), British IT entrepreneur
  • Jackie Curtis (1947–1985), American actress and writer

    • D

  • Christine Daniels (1957–2009), American writer
  • Candy Darling (1944–1974), American performer
  • Gia Darling, Guatemalan-born American adult entertainer
  • Florencia De La V (b. 1976), Argentine actress
  • Vicky de Lambray (d. 1986), English prostitute, conman
  • Baby Dee (b. 1953), American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and performance artist
  • Michael Dillon (1915–1962), British physician
  • Michelle Dumaresq, Canadian bicycle racer
  • Diane Marie Rodriguez Zambrano, Ecuadorian activist, In 2009 created a legal precedent in favor of Trans and Intersex population. During the General Elections in Ecuador 2013, became the first candidate openly transgender person and even LGBTI person to run for elected office in Ecuador.

    • E

  • Elizabeth Eden (1946-1987), American trans woman
  • Lili Elbe (1882–1931), Danish transwoman
  • Felicia Elizondo (b. 1946), American LGBT activist
  • Chevalier d'Eon (1728–1810), French diplomat
  • Eli Erlick (b. 1995), American trans activist
  • Erika Ervin (b. 1979) American transgender model, fitness trainer, and actress
  • Bülent Ersoy (b. 1952), Turkish singer and actress
  • Rüzgar Erkoçlar (b. 1986), Turkish actor and model.

    • F

  • Issa Fazli (b. 1968), Pakistani-American paralegal
  • Leslie Feinberg (1949-2014), American author and activist
  • Maxine Feldman (1945-2007), American singer and activist
  • Jamie Fenton (b. 1964), American software-engineer and video game writer
  • Bibiana Fernández (b. 1954), Spanish actress and model
  • Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet (1912–1991), Scottish doctor, farmer, 11th Baronet of Craigievar
  • Tyler Ford (b. 1990), American writer, public speaker, and activist
  • Lydia Foy (b. 1947), Irish dentist and transgender rights activist
  • Ina Fried (b. 1974), American author and senior writer for CNET Networks
  • Phyllis Frye (b. 1946), American, the first openly transgender judge appointed in Texas.

    • G

  • Ketty Gabriele (b. 1982), reputed Italian mafia figure
  • Dorce Gamalama (b. 1963), Indonesian entertainer
  • Natalie van Gogh (b. 1974), Dutch professional racing cyclist.
  • General Tito Aníbal da Paixão Gomes (d. 2007), Portuguese scam artist
  • Gigi Gorgeous (b. 1992) Canadian-American model and YouTube personality
  • Laura Jane Grace (b. 1980), American lead singer and guitarist for punk rock band Against Me!
  • Jamison Green (b. 1948), American writer and educator
  • Anna Grodzka (b. 1954), Polish politician, the first transsexual MP in European history.

    • H

  • Jamie Lee Hamilton (b. 1955), Canadian aboriginal activist and politician
  • Jan Hamilton (b. 1965), British soldier.
  • Harisu (b. 1975), South Korean model, singer, and actress
  • Deborah Hartin (1933–2005), American lecturer and activist
  • Lauren Harries (b. 1978), English child prodigy
  • Alan L. Hart (1890–1962) Physician, researcher, writer
  • Ian Harvie American Comedian
  • Anohni, British-born lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons
  • Rebecca Heineman (b. 1963), Computer video game programmer
  • Adela Hernandez, first transgender person elected to political office in Cuba
  • Sandra Mara Herzer (1962–1982), Brazilian counter culture writer and poet
  • Rita Hester, American murder victim and inspiration for the first Transgender Day of Remembrance
  • Stephanie Hirst, Radio & Television Presenter/Broadcaster
  • Stacey Hollywood (b. 1968), American actor, model, nightclub promoter, performance artist
  • Mary Ann Horton, computer expert
  • Tyra Hunter (c. 1970–1995), American hairdresser

    • I

  • Dana International (b. 1972), Israeli singer
  • Kim Coco Iwamoto, Hawaii politician
  • Eddie Izzard, English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer

    • J

  • Andrea James (b. 1967), American entrepreneur, filmmaker, and activist
  • Kimber James (b. 1988), American former pornographic actress
  • Jennell Jaquays (b. 1956), American game designer and artist
  • Sir Lady Java (b. 1943), American stage performer, actress, activist
  • Caitlyn Jenner (b. 1949), American Olympics athlete and television personality
  • Jazz Jennings (b. 2000), American activist and TV/YouTube personality
  • Natasha Jiménez, Costa Rican trans and intersex human rights activist.
  • Jin Xing (b. 1967), Chinese dancer
  • Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), American trans activist
  • Nireah Johnson (1986–2003), African American murder victim
  • Jeffrey Catherine Jones (b. 1944), American painter and comic book artist
  • Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989), American transsexual
  • Michelle Josef (b. 1954), Canadian musician
  • Joanna Jet (b. 1961), British transsexual porn actress and producer

    • K

  • Christina Kahrl, American sportswriter
  • Aya Kamikawa (b. 1968), Japanese politician
  • Roz Kaveney (b. 1949), British writer
  • Julia Kaye (b. 1988), American illustrator
  • Aidan Key (b.1964), American K–12 educator, community organizer, author
  • Isis King (b. 1985), American model, fashion designer
  • Victoria Kolakowski (b. 1961), American judge
  • Andreas Krieger (b. 1966), German athlete

    • L

  • Joy Ladin, the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution
  • Lady, Korean transgender pop group
  • Vicci Laine (b. 1960), American female impersonator/transsexual performer, celebrity impersonator, singer, and HIV/Aids activist
  • Greer Lankton (1958–1996), American artist
  • Stacie Laughton, American politician
  • Gigi Lazzarato (b. 1992) (professionally known as Gigi Gorgeous), YouTube personality, actress, model, television personality, socialite
  • Lee Si-yeon (b. 1979), South Korean actress
  • Yasmin Lee, (b. 1983), Thai-born actress and adult entertainer
  • Paris Lees, (born 1987/1988[1]) a British journalist, radio presenter and transgender rights activist. [2]
  • Amanda Lepore, American transsexual icon and model
  • Alicia Liu, Taiwanese model
  • Vladimir Luxuria (b. 1965), Italian politician and actress
  • Cam Lyman (1932 – c. 1987), American dog breeder
  • Liu Shihan (born 1989), Chinese model.

    • M

  • Trevor MacDonald, Canadian author, public speaker, and healthcare researcher
  • Kellie Maloney, British boxing promoter, television personality
  • Chelsea Manning (b. 1987), American, US soldier, convicted spy and whistleblower
  • Mimi Marks, American entertainer
  • Shabnam Mausi, Indian politician
  • Lily McBeth (b. 1934), American educator
  • Sarah McBride (b. 1990), American LGBT advocate
  • Deirdre McCloskey (b. 1942), American economist
  • CeCe McDonald (b. 1989), American, imprisoned 2012–2014 after fatally stabbing an attacker.
  • Amanda Milan (c. 1974–2000), American prostitute and murder victim
  • Cate McGregor Australian senior military officer
  • Tiq Milan, American writer, public speaker activist, and strategic media consultant.
  • Riley Carter Millington, British actor
  • Miriam (b. c. 1981), Mexican reality TV star and adult entertainer
  • Janet Mock (b. 1983), American writer, transgender rights activist, author and the former staff editor of People magazine's website
  • Casey Mongillo (b. 1987), American voice actress, activist and YouTube personality
  • Micheline Montreuil, Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician
  • Angela Morley (1924–2009) English composer and conductor
  • Jan Morris (b. 1926), British historian and writer
  • Nizah Morris (1955–2002), American entertainer
  • Chris Mosier (b. 1980), American athlete
  • Anwen Muston, British Labour Party politician, and the first openly transgender woman to be elected to represent Labour

    • N

  • Ataru Nakamura (b. 1985), Japanese singer
  • Nisha Ayub (b. 1979), a Malaysian transgender rights activist; first transwoman to be awarded with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award in 2016
  • Remy Noe (b. 1974), a English landscape artist
  • Bell Nuntita, Best known as a participant in the show Thailand's Got Talent, Bell is a Thai transgender actress, singer, entertainer, and radio DJ

    • O

  • Terri O'Connell, American automobile racer
  • Anne Ogborn, transgender activist.
  • Pepe Julian Onziema, Ugandan LGBT rights activist
  • Dylan Orr (b. 1979), political appointee

    • P

  • Caroline Paige (b. 1961), Royal Air Force soldier
  • Dee Palmer (b. 1937), English musician from Jethro Tull
  • Pauline Park (b. 1960), American transgender activist
  • Charley Parkhurst (1812–1879), American stagecoach driver
  • Ophelia Pastrana, (b. 1982) Colombian Physicist, LGBT Activist, entrepreneur and Social media personality.
  • Nicole Louise Pearce (b. 1964), Australian child murderer
  • Andreja Pejić (b. 1991) Australian model of Bosnian Croat and Bosnian Serb ethnicity
  • Kim Petras (b. 1992), German pop singer
  • Yasmine Petty, American fashion model and actress
  • Misty Plowright (b. 1982/3), first transgender woman to be a nominee to the House of Representatives from a major political party
  • Rachel Pollack (b. 1945), American author
  • Midge Potts, American political activist
  • Fay Presto, British magician
  • Virginia Prince, American pharmacologist, transgender activist, and author
  • Jennifer N. Pritzker, billionaire, member of the Pritzker family.

    • R

  • Jordan Raskopoulos (b. 1982), Australian comedian and singer in The Axis of Awesome
  • Stu Rasmussen (b. 1948), first openly transgender Mayor in the United States
  • Renée Richards (b. 1934), American athlete and physician
  • Vicki Richter, American transgender porn actress
  • Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002), American transgender activist
  • Monica Roberts, American writer, blogger, and trans rights advocate
  • Eva Robin's (b. 1958), Italian actress and activist
  • Allyson Robinson, who served as Army officer Daniel Robinson, American LGBT rights activist*
  • Geena Rocero (b. 1983/1984), Filipina model and activist
  • Terri Rogers (1937–1999), English ventriloquist
  • Geraldine Roman (b. 1967), Phillipine Congresswoman
  • Rebecca Root (b. 1969), British actress
  • Martine Rothblatt (b. 1954), American lawyer and author
  • Joan Roughgarden (b. 1946), American biologist
  • Henry Rubin (b. 1966), American sociologist
  • Angelica Ross, American businesswoman, actress, and activist
  • Carmen Rupe (1936–2011), New Zealand/Australian entertainer and activist

    • S

  • Trish Salah, Canadian poet, labour activist and educator
  • Bamby Salcedo, American LGBT rights activist
  • Ali Saleem (b. c. 1979), Pakistani television personality
  • Ryan Sallans (b 1979), American LGBT activist and public speaker
  • Antonia San Juan (b. 1961), Spanish actress and director
  • Fulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval (d. 2004) Peruvian transsexual
  • Harmony Santana, American film actress
  • Jeanette Schmid (1924–2005), Czech whistler
  • Scott Turner Schofield (b. c. 1981), American writer and performer
  • Lauren Scott (b. 1963), American civil rights activist and politician
  • Julia Serano (b. 1967), Writer, performer, speaker and activist
  • Kemal Shahin (b. 1985), Cypriot reality television participant
  • Lucas Silveira, Canadian rock musician
  • Dawn Langley Simmons (1937–2000), British American writer
  • Amanda Simpson (b. 1961), political appointee
  • Nikki Sinclaire (b. 1968), English parliamentarian
  • Misty Snow (b. 1985), First transgender nominee to the United States Senate from a major political party
  • Theresa Sparks (b. 1949), American politician and entrepreneur
  • Rae Spoon (b. 1982), Canadian musician
  • Susan Ashley Stanton (b. 1959), American politician
  • Allanah Starr, Cuban-born American adult entertainer
  • Jahna Steele (1958–2008) American showgirl, actress, writer
  • Abby Stein, American writer, speaker and activist
  • Sandy Stone (b. c. 1940s) American educator
  • Margaret Stumpp (b. 1952), American executive
  • Michelle Suárez Bértora (b. 1983), Uruguayan lawyer and politician
  • Lou Sullivan (1951–1991), American author and activist
  • Schlitze Surtees (1901 – 1971), also known as "Schlitzie," American sideshow performer and actor

    • T

  • Lea T (b. 1981), Brazilian fashion model
  • Jenna Talackova, Canadian model and beauty pageant contestant
  • Audrey Tang (b. 1981), Taiwanese free software programmer
  • Maddie Taylor (b. 1966), American voice actress
  • Brandon Teena (1972–1993), American murder victim; subject of the film Boys Don't Cry
  • Terre Thaemlitz (b. 1968), American musician, DJ and transgender educator
  • Nong Thoom (b. 1981), Thai athlete, model, and actress
  • Billy Tipton (1914–1989), American musician
  • Tista Das (b. 1976), Indian actress
  • Manuela Trasobares (b. 1962), Spanish artist and politician
  • Zoey Tur (b. 1960) American TV reporter, scientist, and helicopter pilot

    • U

  • Karen Ulane (1941–1989), American pilot fired by Eastern Airlines; discrimination case set Title VII precedent for transsexual people

    • V

  • Kelly van der Veer (b. 1980), Dutch reality television participant
  • Vaniity (b. 1973), Mexican-American pornstar
  • Rose Venkatesan, (b. 1980), Famous Indian Tamil TV anchor
  • Jennifer Ventimilia, American TV writer
  • Venus Flytrap, Thai "kathoey" pop group

    • W

  • Lana Wachowski (b. 1965), American filmmaker, producer, comic book writer, screenwriter, co-director of the Matrix films.
  • Lily Wachowski (b. 1967), American film and TV director, screenwriter, producer, comic book writer, video game director, video game writer.
  • Ramon Te Wake, New Zealand television presenter
  • Weiwha (1849–1896), Zuni two-spirit
  • Stephen Whittle, OBE, PhD (b. 1955), British lawyer, writer, educator and transsexual activist
  • Sophie Wilson, British computer scientist
  • Joanne Wingate (b. 1960), English soldier
  • Holly Woodlawn (1946–2015), Puerto Rican actor and performer

    • Y

  • Marie-Pier Ysser (b. 1935), French entertainer and academic

    • References

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