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List of bisexual people including famous people who identify as bisexual and deceased people who have been identified as bisexual.
A
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
B
Name
Dates
Nationality
Comments
Reference
Joan Baez
1941 -
American
Singer
[ 18]
Bai Ling
1970 -
American
Actress
[ 19]
Josephine Baker
1906 - 1975
French
American-born singer and entertainer
[ 20]
Marina Baker
1967 -
English
Writer and politician
[ 21]
Canaan Banana
1936 - 2003
Zimbabwe
Politician. First president of Zimbabwe
[ 22]
Tallulah Bankhead
1902 - 1968
American
Actress
[ 23]
Jillian Barberie
1966 -
Canadian
Television presenter
[ 24]
Alexander Bard
1961 -
Swedish
Musician
[ 25] [ 26]
Jean-Pierre Barda
1967 –
Swedish
Musician and actor
[ 27] [ 28]
Lia Bardeen
1979 –
American
Contestant on Top Chef
[ 29] [ 30]
Djuna Barnes
1892 - 1982
American
Writer
[ 31]
Amanda Barrie
1935 -
English
Actress on Coronation Street , Cleo in Carry on Cleo
[ 32]
Drew Barrymore
1975 -
American
Actress
[ 33]
Alan Bates
1934 - 2003
English
Actor
[ 34] [ 35]
Jennifer Baumgardner
1970 -
American
Writer, journalist
[ 36]
Jaime Bayly
1965 -
Peruvian
Writer
[ 37]
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 - 1986
French
Philosopher
[ 38]
Sybille Bedford
1911 - 2006
English
Writer
[ 39]
Aphra Behn
1640 - 1689
English
Writer and spy
[ 40]
Dario Bellezza
1944 – 1996
Italian
Poet
[ 41]
Ruth Benedict
1887 - 1948
American
Anthropologist
[ 42]
Brenda Benet
1945 - 1982
American
Actress. Wife of Bill Bixby , lover of Tammy Bruce
[ 43] [ 44]
Michael Bennett
1943 - 1987
American
Director, choreographer, and dancer.
[ 45]
Helmut Berger
1944 -
Austrian
Actor
[ 46]
Ruth Bernhard
1905 - 2006
German
Photographer
[ 47]
Sarah Bernhardt
1844 - 1923
French
Actress
[ 48]
Leonard Bernstein
1918 - 1990
American
Composer and conductor
[ 49]
Amy Bloom
1953 -
American
Writer
[ 50]
Anthony Blond
1928 - 2008
English
Publisher and author
[ 51]
Lizzie Borden
1958 -
American
Filmmaker
[ 52]
Angela Bowie
1950 -
American
Model, writer, musician, ex-wife of David Bowie
[ 53]
David Bowie
1947 -
English
Musician
[ 54]
Jane Bowles
1917 - 1973
American
Writer. Wife of Paul Bowles
[ 55]
Paul Bowles
1910 - 1999
American
Composer and Author. Husband of Jane Bowles
[ 56]
Adolf Brand
1874 – 1945
German
Writer and LGBT activist
[ 57]
Marlon Brando
1924 - 2004
American
Actor
[ 58]
M. C. Brennan
1969 -
American
Writer and performer
[ 59]
Rupert Brooke
1887 - 1915
English
Poet
[ 60]
Louise Brooks
1906 - 1985
American
Actress
[ 61]
Romaine Brooks
1874 - 1970
American
Painter
[ 62]
Brigid Brophy
1929 - 1995
English
Writer
[ 63]
Coral Browne
1913 - 1991
Australian
Actress, wife of Vincent Price
[ 64]
Carrie Brownstein
1974 -
American
Musician
[ 65]
Gioia Bruno
1963 -
American
Musician
[ 66]
Louise Bryant
1885 – 1936
American
Radical journalist, played by Diane Keaton in Reds
[ 67]
Kathleen Bryson
1968 -
American
Writer, filmmaker
[ 68]
William S. Burroughs
1914 - 1997
American
Writer
[ 69]
Saffron Burrows
1973 -
English
Actress
[ 70]
Rachel Kramer Bussel
1975 -
American
Author, columnist, editor, and sex educator
[ 71]
Dorothy Bussy
1865/6 - 1960
English
Writer
[ 72]
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
English
Poet
[ 73]
C
Margaret Cho
D
Actor Andy Dick
E
F
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