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This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. A drag queen is a person, usually a man, who dresses (or "drags") in female clothes and make-up for special occasions and usually because they are performing and/or entertaining. The term comes from Polari, a subset of English slang that was popular in some gay communities in the early part of the 20th century. Drag meant "clothes", and originated from Shakespeare's time when only men performed live theater.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Only those subjects who are notable enough for their own articles should be included here.
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Barbette
DQ
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Julian Eltinge
Harvey Fierstein
Miss Shangay Lily
John Epperson
Miss Coco Peru
RuPaul
Stage name Name Lifetime[1] Nationality Notes
Courtney Act Shane Jenek b. ? Australian [2]
  J. Alexander b. ? American [3]
  Joey Arias b. ? American [4]
  Kevin Aviance b. 1968 American [5]
  Jim Bailey b. 1949 American [6]
Shirley Temple Bar Declan Buckley b. ? Irish [7]
Barbette Vander Clyde 1899—1973 American [8]
Jackie Beat Kent Fuher b. ? American [9]
  Milton Berle 1908—2002 American [10]
Joan Jett Blakk Terence Smith b. ? American [11]
Sister Boom-Boom Jack Fertig b. ? American [12]
Cookie Buffet Christopher Dyer b. 1970 American [13]
Lady Bunny Jon Ingle b. 1962 American [14]
Lady Chablis Benjamin Edward Knox b. 1957 American [15]
Peaches Christ Joshua Grannell b. ? American [16]
Mary Dale Charles Busch b. 1954 American [17]
Vaginal Davis Clarence Dennis Williams b. 1969 American [18]
Pollo Del Mar Paul E. Pratt b. ? American [19]
Flotilla DeBarge Kevin Joseph Rennard b. ? American [20]
Diabolique Derrick Michael b. ? American [21]
Divine Glen Milstead 1945—1988 American [22]
Dreuxilla Divine   b. 1974 Puerto Rican [23]
Donnarama Vince Pincente b. 1985 Canadian [24]
  Issan Dorsey 1933—1990 American [25]
DQ Peter Andersen b. 1973 Danish [26]
Ethyl Eichelberger James Roy Eichelberger 1945—1990 American [17]
Julian Eltinge William Julian Dalton 1881—1941 American [27]
  Rickard Engfors b. 1976 Swedish [28]
Dame Edna Everage Barry Humphries b. 1934 Australian [29]
  Bassem Feghali b. 1977 Lebanese [30]
  Harvey Fierstein b. 1952 American [31]
Trauma Flintstone Joe Collins b. ? American [32]
Regina Fong Reg Bundy 1941—2003 English [33]
Miss Opal Foxx Benjamin Smoke 1960—1999 American [34]
Sky Gilbert Schuyler Lee Gilbert, Jr b. 1952 Canadian [35]
Evie Harris Jack Plotnick b. 1968 American [36]
Heklina   b. ? American [37]
Clover Honey Clover Kevin Welsh b. ? American [38]
Britney Houston   b. ? American [39]
Margo Howard-Howard Robert Hesse 1935—1988 American [40]
  Jimmy James b. ? American [41]
  Frankie Jaxon 1895—1944 American [42]
Jazzmun Nichcalo Dion Crayton b. ? American [43]
Joan-E Robert Kaiser b. ? Canadian [44]
Marsha P. Johnson   1945—1992 American [45]
Kelly Liam Kyle Sullivan b. 1973 American [46]
Kiki, of Kiki and Herb Justin Bond b. 1963 American [47]
Mado Lamotte Luc Provost b. ? [48]
Chi Chi LaRue Larry David Paciotti b. 1959 American [49]
Danny LaRue Daniel Patrick Carroll b. 1927 Irish [27]
Francis Leon Patrick Glassey 1844—? American [50]
Leonid the Magnificent Leonid Filatov b. 1973 Russian [51]
Hedda Lettuce Steven Polito b. ? American [52]
Shangay Lily   b. 1963 Spanish [53]
  Christer Lindarw b. 1953 American [54]
Shirley Q. Liquor Chuck Knipp b. ? American [55]
  Charles Ludlam 1943—1987 American [56]
Lypsinka John Epperson b. 1955 American [57]
Jean Malin Gene Malin 1908—1933 American [58]
  Frank Marino b. 1965 American [59]
Walterina Markova Walter Dempster, Jr. 1922—2005 Filippino [60]
Brini Maxwell Ben Sander b. 1969 American [61]
Varla Jean Merman Jeffery Roberson b. ? American [62]
Akihiro Miwa Maruyama Akihiro b. 1935 Japanese [63]
Silvetty Montilla Silvio Cássio Bernardo b. 1967 Brazilian [64]
The Widow Norton José Sarria b. 1922 or 1923 American [65]
Deborah Ombres Javier Díaz b. 1975 Spanish [66]
Glennda Orgasm Glenn Belverio b. 1966 American [67]
Panti   b. ? Irish [7]
Pauline Pantsdown Simon Hunt b. ? Australian [68]
Coco Peru Clinton Leupp b. ? American [69]
  Charles Pierce 1926—1999 American [27]
Pollyfilla Colin McLean b. 1978 New Zealander [70]
Sister Roma   b. 1962 American [71]
RuPaul RuPaul Andre Charles b. 1960 American [72]
  Craig Russell 1948—1990 Canadian [73]
Donna Sachet Kirk Reeves b. ? American [74]
Samantha Sammy Duddy 1945—2007 Irish [75]
Lily Savage Paul O'Grady b. 1955 English [27]
Verka Serduchka Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko b. 1973 Ukranian [76]
Shequida Gary Hall b. ? American [77]
Shirley Ed Wood 1924—1978 American [78]
Mable "Madea" Simmons Tyler Perry b. 1969 American [79]
  Richard Skipper b. ? American [80]
James St. James James Clark b. 1966 American [81]
Jolene Sugarbaker Jason Saffer b. ? American [82]
Sylvester   1947—1988 American [83]
Taboo! Stephen Tashjian b. 1959 American [84]
Pussy Tourette   b. ? American [85]
Frau Martha Wäber Hansy Vogt b. ? German [86]
Wanda Wisdom Bradley Traynor b. 1975 American [87]

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