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  1. Giorgio Armani
  2. Gabriel Attal
  3. Alvin Baltrop
  4. Frieda Belinfante
  5. Michael Bennett
  6. Rachel Crandall-Crocker
  7. Barry Diller
  8. Ernestine Eckstein
  9. Laïla El-Métoui
  10. Edward Enninful
  11. Andrea Gibson
  12. Marsden Hartley
  13. Muhsin Hendricks
  14. Patricia Highsmith
  15. Robert Joffrey
  16. Julie Johnson
  17. Lani Ka’ahumanu
  18. King James I
  19. Calvin Klein
  20. Abraham Lincoln
  21. Chris Pappas
  22. Pauline Park
  23. Paul Rudolph
  24. Amber Ruffin
  25. St. Vincent
  26. Jessica Stern
  27. Charles Sumner
  28. Jewel Thais-Williams
  29. Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
  30. Alok Vaid-Menon
  31. Edmund White

HIV/AIDS

Zackie Achmat
South African Activist
2013 Icon
Alvin Ailey Jr.
Choreographer
2009 Icon
Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban Author
2013 Icon
Michael Bennett
Choreographer & Director
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Brian Bond
Activist and Government Official
2016 Icon
Melvin Boozer
Gay Pioneer          
2018 Icon
John Boswell
Historian
2006 Icon
Glenn Burke
Athlete
2012 Icon
Michael Callen
AIDS Activist
2014 Icon
Tseng Kwong Chi
Photographer
2014 Icon
André De Shields
Actor & Singer
2022 Icon
Felicia Elizondo
Transgender Activist & Author
2020 Icon
Michel Foucault
Philosopher
2009 Icon
Rudy Galindo
Olympic Figure Skater
2014 Icon
Keith Haring
Artist
2006 Icon
Bob Hattoy
Gay Rights Pioneer
2021 Icon
Essex Hemphill
Poet and Activist
2016 Icon
Jerry Herman
Award-Winning Composer 
2021 Icon
Rock Hudson
Award-Winning Actor
2019 Icon
Marsha P. Johnson
Stonewall Veteran
2017 Icon
Bill T. Jones
Dancer and choreographer
2008 Icon
Cleve Jones
Founder of NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
2008 Icon
Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Author/AIDS Activist
2010 Icon
Liberace
Pianist & Entertainer
2021 Icon
Lance Loud
First Out Reality Star
2022 Icon
Greg Louganis
Olympic gold medalist
2008 Icon
Robert Mapplethorpe
Photographer
2008 Icon
Leonard Matlovich
Soldier/Activist
2006 Icon
Freddie Mercury
Rock Star
2014 Icon
James Merrill
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
2022 Icon
Paul Monette
Author and HIV/AIDS Activist
2009 Icon
Simon Nkoli
South African Activist
2013 Icon
Rudolf Nureyev
International Ballet Star
2022 Icon
Marlon Riggs
Filmmaker
2013 Icon
Herb Ritts
Acclaimed Photographer
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Vito Russo
Film Historian 
2013 Icon
Randy Shilts
Author and AIDS journalist
2008 Icon
Peter Staley
AIDS Activist
2017 Icon
Tom Stoddard
Equality Attorney
2015 Icon
Lou Sullivan
Transgender Activist     
2014 Icon
Sylvester
Singer and Songwriter
2014 Icon
Bruce Voeller
Biologist and AIDS Activist
2016 Icon
Tom Waddell
Athlete
2012 Icon
Perry Watkins
Pioneering Military Activist
2018 Icon
Phill Wilson
AIDS Activist
2006 Icon
Pedro Zamora
AIDS Activist
2011 Icon
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