Matt & Andrej Kowalsky "Biographies of Famous GLTB People (Or who tried it at least once...)" lists an extensive collection of short biographies, with an indication in the headline for each entry if the country of origin, dates and main occupation or claim to queer fame. The list below is a selection from the full listing of those who are described as "activists" or social reformers, who are no longer alive.
For a companion listing of those who are listed as "living" (at least at the time of posting), see the entry at "Ir's a Queer World").
For a companion listing of those who are listed as "living" (at least at the time of posting), see the entry at "Ir's a Queer World").
| Austria | ||
| Handl, Michael | Activist | |
| Brazil | ||
| de Oliveira, Francisco | Activist | |
| Mascarenhas, João António de Souza | Activist | |
| Canada | ||
| Coates, Dr. Randy | AIDS researcher | |
| Courte, Bernard René | Activist, writer | |
| Egan, Jim | Activist | |
| Flood, Maurice | Activist | |
| Hislop, George | Activist | |
| Hodder, Wilson | Activist | |
| Irwin, Maureen | Social activist, lobbysit GLTB rights | |
| Merrill, Michael | Gay activist | |
| France | ||
| Ignasse, Gérard Bach | Activist, lecturer | |
| Meyer-Genton, Jean Pierre | Activist | |
| Germany | ||
| Brand, Adolf | Activist, publisher | |
| Friedlaender, Benedict | Gay rights advocate | |
| Heymann, Linda Gustava | Radical feminist, memoirist | |
| McLean, Sharley | Lesbian activist | |
| Italy | ||
| Consoli, Massimo | Activist | |
| Netherlands | ||
| Brongersma, Edward | Activist | |
| Manus, Rosa | Feminist, suffragist | |
| Michiels van Kessenich, Floris | Gay activist | |
| Puerto Rico | ||
| Capetillo Perone, Luisa | Feminist | |
| Singapore | ||
| Chew, Paddy | AIDS activist | |
| South Africa | ||
| Nkoli, Simon | Anti-apartheid, gay-rights & AIDS activist | |
| Spain | ||
| Cardin, Alberto | Essayist, activist | |
| Sweden | ||
| Hellman, Allan | Activist | |
| Switzerland | ||
| Meier, Karl "Rolf" | Gay activist | |
| UK | ||
| Carpenter, Edward | Reformer, poet, philosopher | |
| Cave, Dudley Scott | Gay rights campaigner | |
| Craig, Paul | Activist | |
| Hill, Octavia | Social reformer | |
| Mackworth, Margaret | Suffragette | |
| Mellors, Bob | Activist | |
| USA | ||
| Addams, Jane | Social reformer | |
| Anthony, Susan B. | Women's rights advocate - [+ Anna Dickinson] | |
| Baker, Donald F. | Activist | |
| Baker, Ken | Gay activist | |
| Ben, Lisa | Activist, singer/songwriter | |
| Blackwell, Alice Stone | Activist, feminist | |
| Boozer, Melvin | Activist, politician | |
| Call, Harold L. | Activist | |
| Cameron, Barbara | Activist | |
| Campbell, Bobbi | AIDS activist | |
| Channell, Carl "Spitz" | Fundraiser for Nicaraguan contras | |
| Chapman Catt, Carrie | Suffragist | |
| Cooke, Welmore Alfred | Activist | |
| Dewson, Mary "Molly" | Economist, political organizer | |
| Di Sabato, Joe | Activist | |
| Donaldson, Stephen | Activist | |
| Durham, Pat | Activist | |
| Ellis, Ruth | African-American activist | |
| Foster, Jim M. | Gay activist | |
| Gerber, Henry | Activist | |
| Gittings, Barbara | Lesbian activist, editor, bibliographer | |
| Hardwick, Michael | Activist | |
| Henningson, Burt | Activst | |
| Herzenberg, Joseph | Historian, political activist | |
| Hetrick, Emery | Activist, educator | |
| Hutchins, Grace | Labour-reform activist | |
| Inman, Richard A. | Gay activist | |
| Marot, Helen | Labor activist | |
| Martin, Robert | Activist | |
| Nyathi, Pangi | Gay activist |
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