42 Celebs We Bet You Didn't Know Are Transgender

Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox aren't the only famous and successful transgender celebrities in the world. Hither are others to know.

Yance Ford

Yance Ford'due south résumé includes 10 years every bit a producer at the PBS documentary showcase "POV." He as well made University Accolade history in 2018 by becoming the first trans manager to be nominated for an Oscar for "Strong Island."

Balian Buschbaum

Balian Buschbaum, built-in Yvonne Buschbaum, is a former female German pole vaulter. Here, he attends KARE Design at the New Faces Award Manner at Rheinterrasse with German dancer Sarah Latton on July 22, 2013, in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Jamie Clayton

Jamie Clayton is a transgender actress and model all-time known for her part in the Netflix series "Sense8." Hither, she attends the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Jupiter Ascending" at TCL Chinese Theatre on February. two, 2015, in Hollywood.

Trace Lysette

Trace Lysette is best know for her roles in the Amazon original series "Transparent," the NBC drama pilot "The Curse of the Fuentes Women" and Starz'due south one-act "Blunt Talk." Here, she attends the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2016.

Andreja Pejic

Andreja Pejic, born Andrej Pejic, is a Serbian-born model who has walked the runway for the likes of Marc Jacobs and Jean-Paul Gaultier -- both in men's and women'due south shows. Here, she attends the 2016 amfAR New York Gala in Manhattan on Feb. 10, 2016.

Kye Allums

Kye Allums, born Kyler Kelcian Allums, played on George Washington Academy's women's basketball team while he came out in 2010 as the commencement openly transgender NCAA Sectionalization I player. Here, he attends the premiere screening of the MTV and Logo Television documentary "Laverne Cox Presents: The T Give-and-take" on Oct. xvi, 2014, at the Paramount Screening Room in Manhattan.

Alexis Arquette

Actress and cartoonist Alexis Arquette -- sister of actors David, Patricia, Rosanna and Richmond Arquette -- was named Robert Arquette at nativity. Her long roster of film roles includes Fourth Homo in "Pulp Fiction" and George in "The Wedding Vocaliser." She died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 at age 47.

Janet Mock

Boob tube personality, writer and transgender abet Janet Mock, who spent five years as an editor at People Magazine, was born Charles Mock. Here, she attends the 2015 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on July 15, 2015.

Chaz Bono

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Born Guiltlessness Bono, the just kid of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz Salvatore Bono publicly transitioned from female person to male between 2008 and 2010.

Gigi Gorgeous

Giselle Loren "Gigi" Lazzarato -- ameliorate known equally Gigi Gorgeous -- was built-in Gregory Allan Lazzarato. The extra, model and YouTube sensation famously introduced Miley Cyrus at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. Hither, she arrives on the VMA red carpet in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2015.

Lana Wachowski

Lana Wachowski, one of two siblings backside hits such as "The Matrix" serial and "Cloud Atlas," was born Laurence.

Lilly Wachowski

Lilly Wachowski, born Andy Wachowski, announced she is transgender in March 2016, joining her older sibling of the filmmaking duo backside "The Matrix" franchise, Lana Wachowski, born Laurence Wachowski. Lilly Wachowski, 48, said her conclusion was prompted past a journalist from the Daily Mail service, a British tabloid, who tried to coerce her into an interview about her transition.

Hari Nef

Transgender actress Hari Nef is all-time know for her roles in "Transparent," "Hellaware" and "Crush." Here, she attends the Jeffrey Fashion Cares 13th Annual Fashion Fundraiser at the Intrepid Body of water-Air-Space Museum on April 4, 2016, in Manhattan. In May 2015, she became the starting time transgender model signed to IMG Models, an international agency.

Ian Harvie

Ian Harvie, named Janet at nascency, is a transgender stand-up comedian and actor who is best known for his role on the Amazon TV series "Transparent." Here, he arrives at the Television Academy Honors at The Montage Hotel on May 27, 2015, in Beverly Hills.

Kitana 'Kiki' Rodriguez

Kitana "Kiki" Rodriguez is best know for her function in the groundbreaking 2015 transgender drama "Tangerine."

Isis King

Fashion model and designer Isis King, a former contestant on "America's Next Superlative Model," was built-in Darrell Walls. Hither, she attends Logo Idiot box's "Laverne Cox Presents: The T Give-and-take" screening in New York on October. 16, 2014.

Candis Cayne

Actress Candis Cayne, built-in Brendan McDaniel, starred in the ABC drama "Dirty Sexy Money." Here, she attends the 2015 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on July 15, 2015.

Jazz Jennings

Jazz Jennings, born Jared Jennings, is a teen reality TV star (TLC's "I Am Jazz") and author who was diagnosed with gender identity disorder at historic period 5. Hither, she attends the ESPY Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on July fifteen, 2015.

Erika Ervin, aka 'Amazon Eve'

Erika Ervin, whose birth name is William, is — Credit: AP / Charles Sykes

Erika Ervin, whose nascency name is William, is a transgender model and actress best known for her office on the F/Ten TV series "American Horror: Freak Show" and the Netflix series "Hemlock Grove." At 6 feet, 8 inches alpine, Ervin, known professionally as Amazon Eve, earned a place in the Guiness Book of Globe Records as the tallest model in the earth. Here, she attends the Play tricks/FX Emmy Awards after-party on Sunday, Sept. xx, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox, born Roderick Laverne Cox, is best known for her portrayal of transgender character Sophia Burset on Netflix's "Orange Is the New Blackness." Fun fact: In flashbacks, Sophia's pre-transition cocky, Marcus, is played past Cox's existent-life identical twin brother, Reginald Lamar Cox, who is listed equally Yard. Lamar in the credits. Here, she attends the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2016.

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Marie Jenner, born Bruce Jenner, is a retired Olympic golden-medal-winning decathlete, reality Television set star and member of the Kardashian family via union to Kris Jenner. Here, she participates in Eastward!'southward "I Am Cait" panel at the NBCUniversal Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 14, 2016.

Christine Jorgensen

Christine Jorgensen, who was born George William Jorgensen Jr. in the Bronx and for a fourth dimension lived in Massapequa, in 1951 became the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery. She is seen here in 1953. Jorgensen, who had been a World War Two soldier, died of cancer in 1989 at age 62.

Renée Richards

Lawn tennis actor Renée Richards, born Richard Raskind, fought -- all the way to the U.Due south. Supreme Court -- for the right to play professional lawn tennis as a woman at the 1977 U.Southward. Open up. She won. Here, she is seen in July 1977.

Jenna Talackova

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Afterward being disqualified from competing in the Miss Universe Canada competition, Jenna Talackova, built-in Walter Talackova, successfully challenged the decision in 2012 and avant-garde to the finals. Hither, she is seen on Apr iii, 2012.

Amanda Lepore

Amanda Lepore, built-in Armand Lepore, is a transgender model, vocalist and performer who bills herself every bit having "the near expensive body on Earth," presumably a reference to the cost of plastic surgery. Here she poses for a photo backstage at The Blonds manner evidence during MADE Fashion Week Fall 2015 at Milk Studios in New York Metropolis on Feb. 18, 2015.