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Albert Dekker American actor and politician Albert Dekker was BOTD in 1905. Born in Brooklyn, he originally studied medicine before pursuing a career in acting. Beginning in summer stock, he starred on Broadway …

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

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Shirley Jackson American writer Shirley Jackson was BOTD in 1916. Born in San Francisco, California, her family relocated to Rochester, New York, when she was a teenager. She studied at Syracuse University, where …

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

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Mary Martin American actress Mary Martin was BOTD in 1913. Born in Weatherford, Texas, she showed an early talent for performance, and began singing as professionally as a child. Married at 17, she gave birth …

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

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Mark Twain American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain, was BOTD in 1835. Born in Florida, Missouri, he was raised in a port town on the Mississippi River, which inspire…

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

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Winston Churchill English aristocrat, politician and writer Winston Churchill was BOTD in 1874. Born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the ancestral home of the Duchy of Marlborough, he had a typically aristocratic…

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

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Erik Menendez American murderer Erik Menendez was BOTD in 1970. Born in Gloucester Township, New Jersey, he was the youngest son of José and Kitty Menendez, a successful middle-class couple. Erik and his elder b…

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

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Manuel de Falla Spanish composer Manuel de Falla was BOTD in 1876. Born Manuel María de los Dolores Falla y Matheu in Cádiz to a prosperous middle-class family, he showed an early talent for music. In 1900, his fa…

Spanish composer and Maybe Gay Manuel de Falla was BOTD in 1876. #manueldefalla #maybegays #bornonthisday

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Bernard Montgomery English military commander Bernard Montgomery, later 1st Viscount Montgomery, was BOTD in 1887. Born in London to an Ulster-Scots aristocratic family, he was raised in Tasmania, Australia when his …

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

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Bernard Montgomery English military commander Bernard Montgomery, later 1st Viscount Montgomery, was BOTD in 1887. Born in London to an Ulster-Scots aristocratic family, he was raised in Tasmania, Australia when his …

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

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Prince Abd al-Ilāh Iraqi monarch Crown Prince Abd al-Ilāh of Hejaz was BOTD in 1913. Born in aṭ-Ṭāʾif in the Kingdom of Hejaz, he was the eldest son and heir of Hāshimite king  ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn. In 1925, Ḥusayn was us…

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

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Lockwood Smith New Zealand television host and politician Lockwood Smith was BOTD in 1948. Born in Paparoa, he was educated at private schools in Auckland, and studied animal science at the University of Adelaide…

New Zealand television host and politician Lockwood Smith was BOTD in 1948. #lockwoodsmith #maybegays #bornonthisday

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Robert Louis Stevenson Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was BOTD in 1850. Born in Edinburgh to a middle-class family with aristocratic connections, he was educated by private tutors due to his frequent illnesses, a…

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

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Augustine of Hippo Algerian-Roman theologian and writer Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was BOTD in 354. Born in the Roman province of Numidia (in modern-day Algeria) to a Romanised Berber family, …

Algerian-Roman theologian and writer Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was BOTD in 354. #saintaugustine #augustineofhippo #maybegays

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Anthony Asquith English filmmaker Anthony Asquith was BOTD in 1902. The son of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and aristo-socialite Margot Tennant, he had a privileged upbringing, attending Winchester Colle…

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

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Stephen Crane American writer Stephen Crane was BOTD in 1871. Born in Newark, New Jersey, the youngest of 14 children, his father died when he was eight and he was raised by his elder siblings. A talented studen…

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

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Elsa Lanchester English actress Elsa Lanchester was BOTD in 1902. Born Elsa Sullivan in London to unmarried Socialist parents, she studied dance in Paris as a child with Isadora Duncan. After World War One, she be…

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

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Erasmus Dutch scholar and theologian Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. Born in Rotterdam, the illegitimate son of a Catholic priest, he was educated in monastic schools, and later joined the Order of St…

Dutch scholar, theologian and youthful homosexual Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD [28 October] in 1466. #desideriuserasmus #bornonthisday #maybegays #erasmus

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Anne Perry English writer and murderer Juliet Hulme, latterly known as Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. Born in London, she suffered from tuberculosis as a child and was sent to South Africa to improve her healt…

English-born teen murderess Juliet Hulme, latterly known as the crime novelist Anne Perry, was BOTD [28 October] in 1938. #juliethulme #bornonthisday #maybegays #heavenlycreatures

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Elsa Lanchester English actress Elsa Lanchester was BOTD in 1902. Born Elsa Sullivan in London to unmarried Socialist parents, she studied dance in Paris as a child with Isadora Duncan. After World War One, she be…

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

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Erasmus Dutch scholar and theologian Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. Born in Rotterdam, the illegitimate son of a Catholic priest, he was educated in monastic schools, and later joined the Order of St…

Dutch scholar, theologian and youthful homosexual Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. #desideriuserasmus #bornonthisday #maybegays #erasmus

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Anne Perry English writer and murderer Juliet Hulme, latterly known as Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. Born in London, she suffered from tuberculosis as a child and was sent to South Africa to improve her healt…

English teen murderess Juliet Hulme, latterly known as the crime novelist Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. #juliethulme #bornonthisday #maybegays #heavenlycreatures

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Anne Seymour Damer English aristocrat, socialite and sculptor Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. Born in Sevenoaks, Kent to an aristocratic family, she was the cousin and god-daughter of politician and writer (and …

English aristocrat, socialite, sculptor and possible lesbian Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. #anneseymourdamer #bornonthisday #maybegays

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Anne Seymour Damer English aristocrat, socialite and sculptor Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. Born in Sevenoaks, Kent to an aristocratic family, she was the cousin and god-daughter of politician and writer (and …

English aristocrat, socialite, sculptor and possible lesbian Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. #anneseymourdamer #bornonthisday #maybegays

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Sybil Thorndike English actress Sybil Thorndike was BOTD in 1882. Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the daughter of an Anglican vicar, she showed an early interest in music, training as a classical pianist at th…

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

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Albert de Belleroche Welsh painter and lithographer Count Albert de Belleroche was BOTD in 1864. Born in Swansea, the son of the Marquis de Belleroche, he inherited his father’s title aged three following his fat…

Welsh painter, lithographer and probable homosexual Count Albert de Belleroche was BOTD in 1864. #albertdebelleroche #maybegays #bornonthisday

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Albert de Belleroche Welsh painter and lithographer Count Albert de Belleroche was BOTD in 1864. Born in Swansea, the son of the Marquis de Belleroche, he inherited his father’s title aged three following his fat…

Welsh painter, lithographer and probable homosexual Count Albert de Belleroche was BOTD in 1864. #albertdebelleroche #maybegays #bornonthisday

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Nico German singer-songwriter, actress and model Christa Päffgen, better known as Nico, was BOTD in 1938. Born in Cologne to a wealthy mercantile family, she grew up during the Second World War, in whic…

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

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Friedrich Nietzsche German writer and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was BOTD in 1844. Born in Röcken in the Kingdom of Prussia to a conservative Lutheran family, he was raised by his mother and aunts after his fathe…

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

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P. G. Wodehouse English writer and broadcaster Pelham Grenville (P. G.) Wodehouse was BOTD in 1881. Born in Guildford, Surrey to an aristocratic family, he was sent to boarding school aged five while his parents m…

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

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