Queers in History: January 23rd in Queer History

Born this day:

Sergei Eisenstein  (1898 –  1948) Russian
Director / Producer / Screenwriter

Randolph Scott (1898 – 1987 ) US
Actor

Joyce Grant (1924 – 2006 )South African
Actor

Pierre Bourgault ( 1934 – 2003)  Canadian
Politician / Author / Actor / Journalist

Patrick Fyffe [Dame Hilda Bracket] ( 1942 – 2002 ) UK
Comedian / Singer / Entertainer

Gary Burton ( 1943 –  )US
Musician

Kyle Rae ( 1954 – ) Canadian
Politician / Activist

And those who died:

Samuel Barber (1910 –1981 ) US
Composer, and life partner of the composer and librettist Juan Carlo Menotti

Alfredo Ormando ( 1958 – 1998 ) Italian
Author and gay Catholic, who committed suicide by setting himself alight in St Peter's Square, Rome, in protest against the Catholic doctrines against homosexuality.

Nell Carter ( 1948 – 2003 ) US
Actor

Earl Wild (1915 – 2010) US
Pianist