This is a list of notable LGBTQ people from the city of London.
Activists Michael C. Burgess Jennifer Fear Peter Tatchell
Aviation and military James Wharton (author) Ethel Mary Smyth
Arts and entertainment
Actors Stephen Fry Ian McKellen Sir John Gielgud Kenneth Williams Saffron Dominique Burrows Amanda Donohoe Sophie Ward Jill Esmond
Artists Duncan Grant Bisila Noha, ceramic artist and director of the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre Charles Rose, New Zealand artist
Comedians Alan Carr
Culinary arts Yotam Ottolenghi Peter Gordon
Dance Frederick Ashton Matthew Bourne Frederic Franklin Wayne Sleep
Drag kings and queens
DJs Samantha Ronson
Film Derek Jarman Anthony William Lars Asquith John Schlesinger Isaac Julien
Internet personalities
Music Boy George Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) George Michael (1963-2016) Marc Almond Mika Pete Burns Rylan Clark-Neal Samantha Fox Thomas Adès Will Young Stephen Hough
Photography
Reality television
Television Paul O'Grady Graham Norton Dale Winton
Theatre Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Visual arts
Business John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946)
Education
Felons
Philanthropy and nonprofits
Politics and law
Religion
Science, mathematics and technology Alan Turing Colin Turnbull James Joseph Sylvester
Sports Tom Daley
Writers Edward Morgan Forster Oscar Wilde Siegfried Sassoon Lytton Strachey Radclyffe Hall Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) Joe Randolph "J. R." Ackerley Peter Ackroyd Daniel Tammet Colin MacInnes Daphne du Maurier
See also
References