American actor and politician Albert Dekker was BOTD in 1905, dying in 1968 after a (gay?) BDSM encounter went wrong (or very right). Read more here. #albertdekker #bornonthisday #maybegays #bdsm
Lesbian adjacent American writer Shirley Jackson, best known for her psychological horror story “The Lottery” and her novel “The Haunting of Hill House”, was BOTD [14 December] in 1916. #shirleyjackson #bornonthisday #maybegays #thelottery #hauntingofhillhouse
American actress and MaybeGay Mary Martin, who originated the lead roles in Broadway musicals “South Pacific” and “The Sound of Music” and had a long term, um, friendship with actress #JanetGaynor, was BOTD in 1913. #marymartin #bornonthisday #maybegays
American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain, was BOTD in 1835. Biographers have speculated about Twain’s possible bisexuality and the undercurrent of homoerotic longing in his novel “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. #marktwain #bornonthisday #maybegays
English aristocrat, politician and writer Winston Churchill, who, like many men of his class, had a number of “musical” encounters with male friends including #IvorNovello, with was BOTD in 1874. #winstonchurchill #bornonthisday #maybegays
Cute preppy bisexual American murderer Erik Menendez, who with his older brother Kyle brutally murdered their parents and was sentenced to life imprisonment, was BOTD in 1970, turning 55 today. #erikmenendez #bornonthisday #maybegays #menendezbrothers
Spanish composer and Maybe Gay Manuel de Falla was BOTD in 1876. #manueldefalla #maybegays #bornonthisday
English military commander Bernard Montgomery was BOTD [17 November] in 1887. Renowned for his leadership of Allied Forces during WW2, Monty had a series of passionate attachments to young men throughout his life. #bernardmontgomery #monty #maybegays #bornonthisday
English military commander Bernard Montgomery was BOTD [17 November] in 1887. Renowned for his leadership of Allied Forces during WW2, Monty had a series of passionate attachments to young men throughout his life. #bernardmontgomery #monty #maybegays #bornonthisday
Fruity Iraqi monarch Crown Prince Abd al-Ilāh of Hejaz was BOTD in 1913 and was murdered during the Iraqi revolution of 1958. #abdalilah #bornonthisday #maybegays #iraq
New Zealand television host and politician Lockwood Smith was BOTD in 1948. #lockwoodsmith #maybegays #bornonthisday
Scottish writer and cocktease Robert Louis Stevenson, best known for his books “Treasure Island” and the queer-inflected “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” was BOTD in 1850. #robertlouisstevenson #maybegays #bornonthisday
Algerian-Roman theologian and writer Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was BOTD in 354. #saintaugustine #augustineofhippo #maybegays
English filmmaker and Maybe Gay Anthony Asquith, best known for his films “Pygmalion”, “The Browning Version” and “The Importance of Being Earnest”, was BOTD in 1902. #anthonyasquith #maybegays #bornonthisday
American writer and MaybeGay Stephen Crane, best known for his Civil War-set novel “The Red Badge of Courage”, was BOTD in 1871. #stephencrane #redbadgeofcourage #americancivilwar #bornonthisday #maybegays
English actress Elsa Lanchester, best known as the beehived lady-monster of “Bride of Frankenstein” and wife of closeted gay actor #CharlesLaughton, was BOTD [28 October] in 1902. #elsalanchester #maybegays #brideoffrankenstein #bornonthisday
Dutch scholar, theologian and youthful homosexual Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD [28 October] in 1466. #desideriuserasmus #bornonthisday #maybegays #erasmus
English-born teen murderess Juliet Hulme, latterly known as the crime novelist Anne Perry, was BOTD [28 October] in 1938. #juliethulme #bornonthisday #maybegays #heavenlycreatures
English actress Elsa Lanchester, best known as the beehived lady-monster of “Bride of Frankenstein” and wife of closeted gay actor #CharlesLaughton, was BOTD in 1902. #elsalanchester #maybegays #brideoffrankenstein #bornonthisday
Dutch scholar, theologian and youthful homosexual Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. #desideriuserasmus #bornonthisday #maybegays #erasmus
English teen murderess Juliet Hulme, latterly known as the crime novelist Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. #juliethulme #bornonthisday #maybegays #heavenlycreatures
English aristocrat, socialite, sculptor and possible lesbian Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. #anneseymourdamer #bornonthisday #maybegays
English aristocrat, socialite, sculptor and possible lesbian Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. #anneseymourdamer #bornonthisday #maybegays
Discreetly bisexual English actress Sybil Thorndike, best known for originating the lead role in #GeorgeBernardShaw’s play “Saint Joan”, was BOTD in 1882. #sybilthorndike #maybegays #bornonthisday
Welsh painter, lithographer and probable homosexual Count Albert de Belleroche was BOTD in 1864. #albertdebelleroche #maybegays #bornonthisday
Welsh painter, lithographer and probable homosexual Count Albert de Belleroche was BOTD in 1864. #albertdebelleroche #maybegays #bornonthisday
German singer-songwriter, actress and model Nico, ice-cool chanteuse of The Velvet Underground, white supremacist and possible dyke, was BOTD in 1938. #nico #velvetunderground #bornonthisday #maybegays
German writer, philosopher and MaybeGay Friedrich Nietzsche, whose writings predicted the death of God and the rise of Fascism, was BOTD in 1844. #friedrichnietzsche #maybegays #bornonthisday
English writer, broadcaster and MaybeGay Pelham Grenville (P. G.) Wodehouse, best known for his Jeeves & Wooster comic novels, was BOTD in 1881. #pgwodehouse #bornonthisday #maybegays #jeevesandwooster