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  • Angela Morley on Random Most Famous Trans People from History

    (#22) Angela Morley

    • Dec. at 85 (1924-2009)

    Angela Morley was a classical composer who also became famous for her work as a soundtrack artist for television and film. She was nominated for two Academy Awards, and several Emmy nominations for her work on popular TV shows like Dallas and Dynasty.

    She worked for many years under the name Walter Stott, and returned to the industry following gender reassignment therapy, continuing her successful career.

  • Lili Elbe on Random Most Famous Trans People from History

    (#6) Lili Elbe

    • Dec. at 49 (1882-1931)

    Born in Denmark in 1882, Elbe was not only trans, but also a lesbian. She met her wife, Gerda, at college, and they moved to Paris to be artists together. Elbe first started dressing in women's clothes to fill in for Gerda's female models, but was so comfortable in ladies' attire that she transitioned to doing so full-time.

    Gerda became modestly famous in the Paris art scene for her portraits of beautiful women in high fashion attire, all of which were modeled by Lili.

  • Chevalier d'Eon on Random Most Famous Trans People from History

    (#1) Chevalier d'Eon

    • Dec. at 82 (1728-1810)

    Born in 1728, the Chevalier d'Eon had an illustrious career as a French spy and diplomat. After spending roughly the first half of his life as a man, the Chevalier began appearing at Queen Elizabeth's court dressed as a woman, claiming to have been assigned female at birth, and demanding to be recognized as such by the French government (an autopsy following the Chevalier's death showed the Chevalier had in fact been assigned male at birth).

    The Chevalier was such a well-known figure that the term "eonism" enjoyed a brief vogue as a descriptor for those displaying transgender or genderfluid characteristics.

  • Charley Parkhurst on Random Most Famous Trans People from History

    (#14) Charley Parkhurst

    • Dec. at 67 (1812-1879)

    Born in 1812 and raised in an orphanage, Charley Parkhurst moved to California and became a stagecoach driver. Charley was assigned female at birth, but lived his life as a man, and was successful as a rancher, coach driver, and farmer. His gender assignment at birth was unknown to most of his friends and associates until after his death.

  • Harry Allen on Random Most Famous Trans People from History

    (#10) Harry Allen

    Harry Allen was a public figure of great renown in the early American West, popping up in pioneer newspapers with frequency throughout the Northwestern U.S. Openly declaring his identity as a man who was assigned female at birth, Allen was a bit of a roustabout, and was often being arrested for petty crimes such as fist fighting, public drunkenness, "throwing a spittoon at a saloon man," and occasional prostitution.

    The news media was rather unfairly vicious to Allen, reporting with salacious glee on his "shameful" lifestyle, which no doubt contributed to his eventual, tragic suicide at age 40.

  • Jean d'Arc on Random Most Famous Trans People from History

    (#4) Jean d'Arc

    • Dec. at 38 (1409-1447)

    The gender and sexuality identity of French crusader Jean d'Arc (better known to non-French-speakers as Joan of Arc) has long been the subject of intense debate among historians and religious figures alike. The Christian crusader adamantly refused to wear women's clothing or to style her hair in the female-appropriate style of the time. It's unclear to modern historians what implications Jean d'Arc's devotion to cross-dressing may have had regarding her gender identity or sexuality, but this was considered a very serious, blasphemous offense at the time, so the fact that she stuck to it so fiercely has certainly aroused questions. When confronted about her choice to dress exclusively in male attire, Jean reportedly said: "As for women's clothing, I shall not put it on until it please God."

    Transgender author and theorist Leslie Feinberg characterizes Joan of Arc as an early, formidable "transgender warrior" in her book Transgender Warriors: Making History From Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman.

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Transgender refers to these people who have different gender cognition from their physiological gender. In 1949, trans people were named transexualis for the first time. In the 1960s, the word transsexuality was more widely known. In the 1990s people used the word, transgender. Many people think this is a short history. However, trans people undoubtedly have a long history. It is obvious that some people feel precarious to their physiological gender, including some famous historical figures.

The random tool lists 24 of the most famous historical figures who were trans people, some of them are committed to appearing or living with another gender, which was often identified as homosexuality.

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