Intersex people are born with sex characteristics, such as genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies".
Intersex people have many different gender identities, and so there is no presumption that people on this list have any particular sex assigned at birth, nor any particular gender identity.
This list consists of well-known intersex people. The individual listings note the subject's main occupation or source of notability.
Notable intersex people
A
Carlett Brown Angianlee, Naval officer, considered likely to be the first African American to undergo SRS. Eden Atwood, U.S. jazz musician, actor, and an advocate for the civil rights of people born with intersex traits. Kitty Anderson, Icelandic intersex activist who regularly engages in advocacy/policy work and is the co-chair of OII Europe.
B
Karl M. Baer (1885–1956), German-Israeli author, social worker, suffragette and Zionist. Nubia Barahona, a ten-year-old American girl murdered in 2011. Herculine Barbin, the 19th century memoirs of this French intersex person were published by Michel Foucault in 1980. Barbin's birthday, November 8, is now observed as Intersex Day of Remembrance. Janik Bastien-Charlebois, Quebecois sociologist, researcher and activist. Max Beck, U.S. activist and participant in the demonstration on October 26, 1996, that led to the establishment of Intersex Awareness Day. Aleksander Berezkin (), Russian intersex immigrants activist with Klinefelter syndrome. Maddie Blaustein, American voice actor and comic creator known for her roles as Meowth in Pokémon and E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, content creator for Second Life. Tony Briffa, Australian intersex and human rights activist; world's first out intersex Mayor and first publicly elected out intersex person. Current co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia, and Vice-President and former President of the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia. Alec Butler, Canadian playwright and filmmaker.
C
Mauro Cabral, Argentinian intersex activist, writer, co-director of GATE
Jeff Cagandahan, a Filipino intersex human rights activist at Intersex Asia who successful appealed for a change of name and gender on his birth certificate. Lady Colin Campbell, UK author and socialite. Morgan Carpenter, Australian intersex activist who created the modern intersex flag which features a purple circle and yellow background, he is the co-executive director of Intersex Human Rights Australia. Eleno de Céspedes, a 16th-century intersex person in Spain. Dutee Chand, Indian athlete who successfully challenged IAAF regulations preventing her from running. Cheryl Chase, also known as Bo Laurent, U.S. intersex activist and founder of the Intersex Society of North America. Hiker Chiu, founder of Oii-Chinese. Caroline Cossey, English model. Cary Gabriel Costello, U.S. associate professor of sociology and advocate for transgender and intersex rights. Roberta Cowell, British racing driver and pilot.
D
Lisa Lee Dark, Welsh opera singer and voice actress. Georgiann Davis, U.S. sociology scholar and researcher on intersex issues. Vaginal Davis, U.S. genderqueer performing artist, painter, composer and writer. Fiore de Henriquez (1921–2004), Italian-British sculptor. Tiger Devore, U.S. clinical psychologist, educator on intersex issues since 1984, appears in the short film XXXY (2000). Foekje Dillema (1926–2007), Dutch track and field athlete. Arisleyda Dilone, U.S. Latina film director and actor. Betsy Driver, Mayor of Flemington, New Jersey; intersex activist and first intersex elected official in the United States. Karl Dürrge (also known as Maria Dorothea Derrier: 1780–1835), Prussian intersex man and human subject in medical research.
E
Lili Elbe (1882–1931), Danish transgender and intersex woman, one of the earliest transgender women to receive sex reassignment surgery.
F
Florian-Ayala Fauna, American artist, musician, and music producer. Favorinus of Arelate (c. 80 – c. 160 AD), a Roman sophist and philosopher who flourished during the reign of Hadrian. Fernanda Fernández (1755–unknown), Spanish intersex person. Sir Ewan Forbes (1912–1991), UK noble, formerly Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill and 11th Baronet of Craigievar. Crystal Frasier, American artist and game designer, and also a trans woman.