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  1. Peter Anastos
  2. Walter Arlen
  3. Becca Balint
  4. Samuel Barber
  5. Andy Cohen
  6. John D’Emilio
  7. Colman Domingo
  8. Billie Eilish
  9. Cecilia Gentili
  10. Jeffrey Gibson
  11. Nikki Giovanni
  12. Lily Gladstone
  13. Mel Heifetz
  14. Sir Lady Java
  15. Ella Jenkins
  16. ABilly Jones-Hennin
  17. Ellsworth Kelly
  18. Karl Lagerfeld
  19. Troy Masters
  20. Sarah McBride
  21. T. J. Osborne
  22. Ted Osius
  23. Ann Philbin
  24. Chappell Roan
  25. Harper Steele
  26. Breanna Stewart
  27. Arthur Tress
  28. Cy Twombly
  29. Ocean Vuong
  30. Abby Wambach
  31. Lanford Wilson

Composer

Walter Arlen
Composer & Holocaust Survivor
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Samuel Barber
20th Century Composer
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Leonard Bernstein
Composer
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John Cage
Composer
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Frédéric Chopin
Composer & Suffragette
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Aaron Copland
Composer
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Lesley Gore
Singer & Composer
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Jerry Herman
Award-Winning Composer 
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Billie Holiday
Singer
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Michael R. Jackson
Pulitzer-Winning Playwright
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Freddie Mercury
Rock Star
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John Cameron Mitchell
Actor and Director
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Cole Porter
Songwriter
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Ethel Smyth
Composer & Suffragette
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Stephen Sondheim
Theatrical lyricist and composer
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Billy Strayhorn
Composer
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
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