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The people on this list have been selected because their fame or notoriety is in some way due or connected to their transgender identity or behaviour. Each person in this list has hir own Wikipedia article, where each subject can be studied in much greater detail. The individual listings note the subject's nationality and main occupation, especially if the person is known for reasons other than hir transgenderism.

It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of those people who lived before the 20th century, since most of the modern concepts of gender were not developed until the second half of the century. In many non-Western societies, there is no separation of transgender people from the rest of the gay/lesbian/bisexual population. Some of the persons listed here crossdressed during wartime for various purposes.

A

 * Courtney Act (b. 1981), Australian singer and gender illusionist
 * Calpernia Addams (b. 1971), American actress, author, and entrepreneur
 * Nadia Almada (b. 1977), Portuguese reality television participant
 * Charlie Anders, American author
 * Enza Anderson, Canadian drag performer
 * Buck Angel, American porn star
 * Gwen Araujo (1985-2002), American transsexual girl
 * Valerie Arkell-Smith (1895-1960), British soldier
 * Alexis Arquette (b. 1969), American actor and musician
 * 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
 * Dana Baitz, Canadian musician
 * Herculine Barbin (1838-1868), French hermaphrodite
 * Ben Barres, American neurobiologist
 * James Barry (1795-1865), British surgeon
 * Danielle Bunten Berry (1949-1998), American software developer
 * Georgina Beyer (b. 1957), New Zealander politician
 * Alexandra Billings, American actress, singer, and educator
 * Joan Jett Blakk, American drag performer
 * Maddie Blaustein (b. 1960) American voice actress
 * Sister Boom-Boom, American drag performer
 * Sylvia Boots, Cuban actress
 * Kate Bornstein (b. 1948), American author, performance artist, and gender theorist
 * Ana Paula Botelho (b. c. 1983), actress
 * Jennifer Finney Boylan (b. 1958), American author and educator
 * Namoli Brennet, American folk singer
 * Sam Brodie, Scottish reality television participant
 * Sara Davis Buechner (b. 1964), American musician
 * Lady Bunny (b. 1962), American drag performer
 * Charles Busch (b. 1954), American actor and writer

C

 * Meryn Cadell, Canadian writer and musician
 * Patrick Califia (b. 1954), American writer
 * Loren Cameron (b. 1959), American photographer
 * Wendy Carlos (b. 1939), American composer and electronic musician
 * The Lady Chablis (b. 1957), American drag performer
 * Angela Clayton, British physicist and activist
 * Roberta Close (b. 1964), Brazilian model
 * Coccinelle (1931-2006), French actress and entertainer
 * Lynn Conway (b. 1938), American computer scientist and electrical engineer
 * Caroline Cossey (b. 1954), English model, actress, and author
 * Jayne County, American musician
 * Roberta Cowell (b. 1921), British transsexual
 * Jackie Curtis (1947-1985), American actress and writer
 * Molly Cutpurse (b. 1952), English author

D

 * Candy Darling (1944-1974), American performer
 * Vaginal Davis (b. 1969), American drag performer
 * Kimberly Devine (b. 1975), American actress
 * Michael Dillon (1915-1962), British physician
 * Divine (1945-1988), American actor and drag performer
 * Dreuxilla Divine (b. 1974), Puerto Rican drag performer
 * Colin Kennedy Donovan, American writer and activist
 * Michelle Dumaresq, Canadian bicycle racer

E

 * Ethyl Eichelberger (1945-1990) American drag performer, actor, and performance artist
 * Elagabalus (c. 203-222), Roman emperor
 * Lili Elbe (1882-1931), Danish transsexual
 * Julian Eltinge (1881-1941), American drag performer
 * Chevalier d'Eon (1728-1810), French diplomat
 * Bülent Ersoy (b. 1952), Turkish singer
 * Jade Esteban Estrada (b. 1975), American performance artist

F

 * Leslie Feinberg (b. 1949), American author and activist
 * Bibiana Fernández (b. 1954), Spanish actress and model
 * Chiya Fujino (b. 1962), Japanese writer

G

 * Jamison Green (b. 1948), American writer and educator

H

 * Harisu (b. 1975), Korean model, singer, and actress
 * Lauren Harries (b. 1978), English child prodigy
 * Jenny Hiloudaki (b. 1968), Greek model
 * Alina María Hernández (b. 1970), Cuban actress
 * Clover Honey, American drag performer
 * Mary Ann Horton, software developer
 * House of Diabolique, drag performer
 * Barry Humphries (b. 1934), Australian comedian
 * Tyra Hunter (c. 1970-1995), American transsexual

I

 * Dana International (b. 1962), Israeli singer
 * Eddie Izzard (b. 1962), British comedian and actor

J

 * Andrea James (b. 1967), American entrepreneur, filmmaker, and activist
 * Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1962), American activist
 * Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989), American transsexual
 * Michelle Josef (b. 1954), Canadian musician

K

 * Kamikawa Aya, Japanese politician
 * Roz Kaveney, British writer
 * Andreas Krieger (b. 1966), German athlete

L

 * Mado Lamotte, Canadian drag performer
 * Chi Chi LaRue (b. 1959), American movie director
 * Danny La Rue (b. 1927), Irish drag performer
 * Lisa Lawrence (b. 1970), American actress
 * Jennifer Jane Leitham, American musician
 * Sophia Lamar, Cuban actress, model, and singer
 * L.E. Leone, American writer and musician
 * Amanda Lepore, American transexual icon and model
 * Hedda Lettuce, American drag performer
 * Miss Shangay Lily (b. 1963), Spanish drag performer
 * Shirley Q Liquor, American drag performer
 * Vladimir Luxuria (b. 1965), Italian politician and actress
 * Cam Lyman (1932-c. 1987) American dog breeder
 * Lypsinka (b. 1955), American drag performer

M

 * Christine Mancini, American model
 * Mimi Marks, American entertainer
 * Deirdre McCloskey (b. 1942), American economist
 * Siobhan Meow (b. 1956), American radio personality
 * Annah Moore (b. 1966), American musician, artist, and author
 * Angela Morley (b. 1924), English composer and conductor
 * Jan Morris (b. 1926), British historian and writer

O

 * Terri O'Connell, American automobile racer.
 * Paul O'Grady (b. 1955), English comedian

P

 * Dee Palmer (b. 1937), English musician
 * Pauline Pantsdown, Australian drag performer and musician
 * Grayson Perry (b. 1960), English artist
 * Charles Pierce (1926-1999), American drag performer
 * Rachel Pollack (b. 1945), American author
 * Genesis P-Orridge (b. 1950), English musician, performer, and artist
 * Fay Presto, British magician

R

 * Jennifer Diane Reitz (b. 1959), American computer programmer and cartoonist
 * Renee Richards (b. 1934), American athlete and physician
 * Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002), American transgender activist
 * Terri Rogers (1937-1999), English ventriloquist
 * Martine Rothblatt (b. 1954), American lawyer and author
 * Joan Roughgarden (b. 1946), American biologist
 * RuPaul (b. 1960), American drag performer
 * Craig Russell (1948-1990), Canadian female impersonator and actor

S

 * Jason Saffer, American comedian and drag performer
 * Ali Saleem (b. c. 1979), Pakistani television personality
 * Antonia San Juan (b. 1961), Spanish actress and director
 * Fulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval (d. 2004) Peruvian transsexual
 * José Sarria (b. 1922), American drag performer
 * Jeanette Schmid (1924-2005), Czech whistler
 * Scott Turner Schofield (b. c. 1981), American writer and performer
 * Shabnam Mausi, Indian politician
 * Kemal Shahin (b. 1985), Cypriot reality television participant
 * Steve Stanton (b. 1959), American politician
 * Sandy Stone (b. c. 1940s) American educator
 * Margaret Stumpp (b. 1952), American executive

T

 * 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
 * Pussy Tourette, American drag performer and singer
 * Brandon Teena (1972-1993), American transsexual boy

U

 * Miss Understood (b. c. 1981), American drag performer and entrepreneur
 * Pieter Dirk Uys (b. 1945), South African playwright, comedian and political satirist

V

 * Kelly Van Der Veer (b. 1980), Dutch reality television participant

W

 * Stephen Whittle, OBE, PhD (b. 1955). British lawyer, writer, educator and transsexual activist
 * Helen Wong, (b. 1973) Chinese actress
 * Holly Woodlawn (b. 1946), Puerto Rican actor and performer
 * Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1924-1978), American filmmaker

X

 * Jin Xing (b. 1967), Chinese dancer

In film and television

 * Azure C. on The City, played by Carlotta Chang
 * Bree in Transamerica played by Felicity Huffman
 * Claire on Barbershop: The Series, played by Sheryl Lee Ralph
 * Hayley Cropper on Coronation Street, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Henry "Hildegarde" Desmond on Bosom Buddies. played by Peter Scolari
 * Frank N. Furter in Rocky Horror Show and Rocky Horror Picture Show
 * Herbert Garrison on South Park, voiced by Trey Parker
 * Judge Constance Harm on The Simpsons, voiced by Jane Kaczmarek
 * Emily Howard on Little Britain, played by David Walliams
 * Geraldine Jones on The Flip Wilson Show, played by Flip Wilson
 * Ava Moore on Nip/Tuck, played by Famke Janssen
 * Montana Moorhead in Soapdish, played by Cathy Moriarty
 * Cherry Peck on Nip/Tuck, played by Willam Belli
 * Hedwig Robinson in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, played by John Cameron Mitchell
 * Roni on All of Us played by Tyra Banks
 * Edith 'Edie' Stokes on The Jeffersons played by Veronica Redd
 * Nao Tsurumoto on 3 Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei, played by Aya Ueto
 * Kip "Buffy" Wilson in Bosom Buddies, played by Tom Hanks
 * Zarf on All My Children, played by Jeffrey Carlson

In literature and mythology

 * Achilles from Greek mythology - disguised as a young girl in Lycomedes' court
 * Alfhild from Norse mythology
 * Alucard from Hellsing: The Dawn
 * Baron Ashura from Go Nagai's Mazinger Z series
 * Brihannala from the Hindu epic Mahabharata
 * Caeneus from Ovid's Metamorphoses
 * Iphis from Ovid's Metamorphoses
 * Roberta Muldoon from John Irving's The World According to Garp, also a 1982 film
 * Nuriko from the manga series Fushigi Yūgi
 * Orlando from Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography, also a 1992 film
 * Princess Ozma from L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz universe
 * Stephen from Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness
 * Tiresias from Greek mythology
 * Pauline Urthiel from Larry Niven's Known Space universe
 * Dono Vorrutyer from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga books
 * Guan Yin, the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Compassion

In other media

 * Birdo from Super Mario Bros 2
 * Bridget from the Guilty Gear game series
 * Reni Wassulmaier from the Grand Theft Auto video game series