List of famous polyamorous people
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Because of the difficulty in distinguishing between romantic historical relationships and sexual relationships between friends, this list is based on a broad usage of polyamory that includes the latter. For more specific information, see individual pages and the included external references.
- Natalie Barney, writer and poet
- Simone de Beauvoir (author), Jean-Paul Sartre (screenwriter and novelist), and Olga Kosakiewicz (actress)
- Warren Buffett[1], investor
- CT Butler, a founder of Food Not Bombs
- Paxus Calta, activist
- Dora Carrington, painter
- Robert Crumb & Aline Kominsky, cartoonists
- Amelia Earhart, aviator
- Robert A. Heinlein, author
- Patricia Ireland activist, feminist, author, former president of NOW
- Augustus John, artist
- Alfred Kinsey, researcher
- William Marston & Elizabeth Marston (creators of Wonder Woman), and Olive Byrne
- Kevin C Mason, Painter
- E. Nesbit, author and activist
- Eric S. Raymond[2], technologist
- Vita Sackville-West (author), Harold Nicolson (politician), and various other members of the Bloomsbury Group[3][4]
- Erwin Schrödinger, physicist
- Percy Shelley, English romantic poet
- Lytton Strachey, writer and critic
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, lyrical poet and playwright
- Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer
- Robyn Trask, Managing Director and Editor of Loving More[5]
- David Rovics, activist and singer/songwriter[6]
- Vincent M. Wales, novelist and founder of Polyamory Awareness & Acceptance Ribbon Campaign
- Dieter Wedel, movie director (English)[7][8]
- Nan Wise, poly therapist and author
- Victoria Woodhull, suffragist
- Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart and Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, cofounders of Church of All Worlds, publishers of Green Egg magazine, Neopagan authors and speakers
Many historical figures had multiple simultaneous relationships that nevertheless would not be considered "polyamorous" by modern usage because they lacked 'full knowledge and consent'. In Victorian England, for instance, the difficulty and stigma of divorce often left a rich man's wife with little option but to tolerate his mistresses, who in turn might be dependent on him for financial support. Such relationships are not included in this list.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ See NY Times article: Buffet, Business section, 2006-09-01.
- ^ See RAYMOND, Eric S, Sex Tips: Introduction.
- ^ See Bloomsboory, Mantex.
- ^ See RANDLE, Denise, Bloomsbury.
- ^ See the Love More website.
- ^ See ROVICS, David MySpace webpage.
- ^ See Biographie, Stern Magazin.
- ^ See also Interview to Passauer Neue Presse, January 4th, 2006,
