See also persons in London, and in Wales/Ireland/Scotland.
- Gentleman Jack (Anne) Lister (1791 – 1848) landowner and colliery owner near Halifax, Yorkshire. De facto marriage to local heiress. Book
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- Walter Sholto Douglas (1790 - 1830) writer, friend of Mary Shelley. GVWW Wikipedia
- James Barry (1795 – 1865) military surgeon in South Africa, Malta, Crimea, Canada. Outed at death. GVWW Wikipedia Book
- Micky Jacob (1884 – 1964) novelist. GVWW Book
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- Victor Barker (1895 – 1960) fraudster, exhibited as freak in Blackpool. Book Wikipedia
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- Bill Allen (1906 – 1949) mill worker, Bolton, Lancashire. Claimed gender operation in 1935. Convicted of murder of neighbour and hanged 1949. GVWW Book
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- Norma Jackson (1906 - ?) arrested 1931 and sentenced to 18 months hard labour for ‘procuring another to commit a gross indecency’ by living with a man as his wife. GVWW Book
- Mark Weston (1906 - ?) female shot-put and javelin champion before transition. GVWW Wikipedia
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- Michael Dillon (1915 – 1962) doctor, Buddhist monk, died in India. Book Wikipedia
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- Judy Cousins (1917 -1993) soldier, sculpter, ran SHAFT. GVWW
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- Roberta Kelly (1918 – 1993) postal worker, artist. GVWW
- Georgina Somerset (1923 – 2013) dentist, author of 1st book on transsexuality. GVWW LGBTHistory
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- Carol Riddell (193? - ) sociologist, early gender theorist. GVWW
- April Ashley (1935 - ) performer, model, restaurateur. 1970 divorce removed female legal status from all UK trans women until Gender Recognition Act. Book Wikipedia Blog
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- Terri Rogers (1937 – 1999) ventriloquist, designer of magic tricks. GVWW AllAboutMagicians
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- Mark Rees (1942 - ) activist, councillor, Press for Change. GVWW LGBTHistory
- Alice Purnell (1943 - ) Beaumont Society, Gendys conferences. GVWW
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- Vicky de Lambray (1950 – 1986) sex worker, involved with spies, murdered. GVWW Wikipedia
- Adèle Anderson (1952 - ) musician, actress. GVWW Wikipedia
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- Caroline Cossey/Tula (1954 - ) model, appealed to European Court of Human Rights re legal right to be female. GVWW Wikipedia
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- Christine Burns (1954 - ) computer consultant, Press for Change Wikipedia
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- Phaedra Kelly (1955 - ) International Gender Transient Affinity. GVWW
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- Stephen Whittle (1955 - ) Professor of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University. Press for Change. Wikipedia Blog
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- Julia Grant (1957 - ) BBC documentary followed her transition, Manchester activist. Book TGZone
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- Jane Fae (1957 - ) journalist. GVWW Blog
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- Joanne Wingate (1960 - ) Sergeant Major. GVWW Wikipedia
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- Kate Stone (1969 - ) scientist GVWW
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- Kate Craig-Wood (1977 - ) entrepreneur, GIRES Wikipedia
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