This is a list of drag kings, sometimes known as male impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. A drag king is a person who dresses in masculine clothes and hides their regular features (through such things as breast binding) for special occasions, often to perform, entertain, or engage in social activism. Many, but not all, drag kings are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Performers
Stage name Name Nationality NotesAdam AllJen PowellAlexander the Great "Bert" WhitmanAlberta Whitman "Whitman Sisters (biography)", Library of CongressVaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America, Volume 1, , pp. 1199–1200Bessie BonehillBetsey BonehillBig DDeanna FleysherBuck Wylde Burlington Bertie Ella Shields Charles Annie Hindle / Charles Galin KingStephanie Galindo Diane Torr Diane Torr Dick Von Dyke Dirk Diggler Deb Pearce Drag King ColeTemi Wilkey E. L. Brown Lillyn Brown "Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2014. Ella Wesner Ella Wesner Gillian Rodger, " He Isn't a Marrying Man: Gender and Sexuality in the Repertoire of Male Impersonators, 1870–1930", in Sophie Fuller, Lloyd Whitesell, eds. Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity (Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2002) pp. 109-110. Elvis Herselvis Leigh Crow Ethan SwordMaximiliano Naturali Florence HinesFlorence Hines Gladys BentleyGladys BentleyHenlo BullfrogJoy TaneyHercuSleazeMeags Fitzgerald Hetty King Winifred Emms Drag!: Male and Female Impersonators on Stage, Screen and Television: An Illustrated World History Hugo Grrrl George Fowler Jake SavageCamille O'GradyJarvis HammerJohnny ScienceJohnny ScienceKathleen CliffordKathleen CliffordKen PolletElena RamírezKing MolassesMo / King Perka $exxxLandon CiderKristine Bellaluna Lil’ Test Ease Kemah Bob LoUis CYfer Lucy Jane Parkinson Macha Elizabeth Marrero Waddell, Robert. "Profile: Elizabeth Marrero. This Drag King Is Sinfully Delicious." Puerto Rico Sun (San Juan, PR) April 14, 2007.Majic DykeMelisa Meseguer Minnie Tittell Brune Minnie Tittell Brune Murray HillBusby Murray GallagherNico ElskerNicolás Otero Pepi Litman Pesha Kahane Pressure KSexy GalexyKaren Leigh Gillingham Stormé DeLarverie Viva May Thomas Silvio Di Baci TenderoniJanelle Felix The Teenage Ho-Dads Radio Sloan & Rachel Carns Tuna MeltTheo Pactong Vesta Tilley Matilda Alice Powles Vico SuaveVico OrtizWang NewtonMei-yin /
See also List of drag queens List of drag groups Lesburlesque
References
External links List of Drag Performers archived link at draglistings.com