Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of his most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant. He afterwards became a gay icon due to his flamboyant personality, fashion sense and wit. His iconic status was occasionally controversial due to his remarks about subjects like the AIDS crisis, inviting censure from gay activists including human-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

25 December 1908

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Born in the same month (December 1908): Alfred Hershey • Amon Göth • Baby Face Nelson • Celia Johnson • Elizabeth Alexander (scientist) • Elliott Carter • Giacomo Manzù • Helmut Gollwitzer • John A. Volpe • Magnus Pyke • Miklós Szabó (middle-distance runner) • Morey Amsterdam • Olivier Messiaen • Pierre Graber • Remedios Varo • Simon Wiesenthal • Willard Libby