| First Name | Last Name | Descriptor | Life Status | Place of Birth | Place of Death | Other City Connections |
| Alvin | Ailey, Jr. | Choreographer | Deceased | Rogers, Texas | New York, New York | |
| John | Cage | Composer | Deceased | Los Angeles, California | New York, New York | Seattle |
| Ruth | Ellis | Activist | Deceased | Springfield, Illinois | Michigan | Detroit |
| Rainer | Fassbinder | Film Director | Deceased | Bad Wrishofen, Bavaria, Germany | Munich, Germany | |
| Michel | Foucault | Philosopher | Deceased | Poitiers, France | Paris, France | San Francisco |
| Harry | Hay | Activist | Deceased | Worthing, England | San Francisco, California | Los Angeles |
| Magnus | Hirschfield | Social Scientist | Deceased | Kolberg, Poland | Nice, France | |
| Zora Neale | Hurston | Author | Deceased | Notasulga, Alabama | Fort Pierce, Florida | New York, Washington, DC |
| Alfred | Kinsey | Sex Researcher | Deceased | Hoboken, New Jersey | Bloomington, Indiana | Boston |
| Paul | Monette | Author | Deceased | Lawrence, Massachusetts | Los Angeles, California | Boston |
| Pauli | Murray | Attorney | Deceased | Baltimore, Maryland | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | New York |
| Robert | Rauschenberg | Painter | Deceased | Port Arthur, Texas | Captiva Island, Florida | New York |
| Jerome | Robbins | Choreographer | Deceased | New York, New York | New York, New York | Los Angeles |
| Yves | St. Laurent | Fashion Designer | Deceased | Oran, Algeria, Africa | Paris, France | |
| John | Amaechi | Pro Basketball Player | Living | Boston, Massachusetts | Los Angeles, Orlando | |
| Tammy | Baldwin | Congresswoman | Living | Madison, Wisconsin | Washington, DC | |
| Jasper | Johns | Painter | Living | Augusta, Georgia | New York | |
| Cherry | Jones | Actress | Living | Paris, Tennessee | NY, Boston. L.A., Pittsburgh | |
| Kate | Kendell | Attorney | Living | Salt Lake City, San Francisco | ||
| k.d. | lang | Singer | Living | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Los Angeles | |
| Rachel | Maddow | Commentator | Living | Castro Valley, California | San Francisco, NY | |
| Deirdre | McCloskey | Economist | Living | Chicago, Boston | ||
| Joan | Nestle | Historian | Living | New York, New York | ||
| Todd | Oldham | Designer | Living | Corpus Christi, Texas | New York | |
| Suze | Orman | Financial Expert | Living | Chicago, Illinois | San Francisco, New York | |
| Christine | Quinn | NYC Council Speaker | Living | Glen Cove, New York | New York | |
| Hilary | Rosen | Commentator | Living | New York, Washington, DC | ||
| Esera | Tuaolo | Pro Football Player | Living | Honolulu, Hawaii | Minneapolis (home), Atlanta | |
| Urvashi | Vaid | Activist | Living | New Delhi, India | Boston, NY, Washington, DC | |
| Gus | Van Sant | Film Director | Living | Louisville, Kentucky | Providence, Los Angeles | |
| B.D. | Wong | Actor | Living | San Francisco, California | Los Angeles, New York |