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Revision as of 19:54, 1 June 2005 by 70.144.140.117 (talk) (→Entertainers)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This is a list of famous people who are known to have or to have had the virus known as HIV, including those who have died (whether from AIDS or another cause).
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Athletes
- Arthur Ashe, (1943-1993), tennis player and social activist; infected via transfusion during heart surgery
- Esteban De Jesus, (1951-1990), world champion boxer
- Magic Johnson, probably most famous for his public announcement in 1991 that he had been infected with the virus HIV and would retire from basketball
- Greg Louganis, diver; knew he was HIV-positive since 1988, announced it in 1995
- Tommy Morrison world champion boxer, tests in 1996 revealed he was HIV-positive, automatically retiring him from boxing as a competitor; underwent a technique known as "sperm washing", designed to allow HIV-positive people to have HIV-negative children
- Rubén Palacios world champion boxer
- Tim Richmond(1955-1989), NASCAR driver. Won 7 races in 1986 and finished 3rd in points.
Entertainers
- Peter Allen, (1944-1992), screen and stage entertainer
- Néstor Almendros (1930-1992), cinematographer
- Emile Ardolino (1943-1993), filmmaker (Sister Act, Dirty Dancing)
- Howard Ashman (1950-1991), film songwriter
- Rick Aviles (1952-1995), American actor
- Andy Bell, lead singer of the pop group Erasure
- Michael Bennett, (1943-1987), choreographer
- Christopher Bernau, (1940-1989), actor (Guiding Light)
- John Bindon, (1943-1993), British Actor
- Amanda Blake, (1929-1989), played Kitty Russell (saloon owner, Miss Kitty) (Gunsmoke)
- Sandra Brea, (d. 2000), Brazilian television actress
- Joseph Breen, soap opera star (As the World Turns)
- Jim J. Bullock, television actor (Too Close for Comfort)
- Geoffrey Burridge, (1949-1987), British Actor
- Carlos Busquets, Puerto Rican astrologer
- Merritt Butrick, (1959-1989), actor
- Ian Charleson (1950-1990), British actor and star of the film (Chariots of Fire) (1981)
- Cyril Collard, (1957-1993), French writer/actor/director of Les Nuits fauves (Savage Nights)
- Patrick Cowley, (1950-1982), synthecizer artist
- Robbin Crosby, (1960-2002), guitarist for rock band Ratt; HIV-infected by a tainted needle while addicted to heroin; died of AIDS-related causes
- Brad Davis, (1949-1991), American actor (Midnight Express)
- Bobby Debarge, (1945-1995), American singer
- Patrick Esposito Di Napoli (d. 1994), Canadian musician (Les Colocs)
- Kiki Djan (1957-2004), Ghanian singer
- Eazy-E, (1963-1995), rapper, member of NWA
- Denholm Elliott, (1922-1992), distinguished British actor
- Kenny Everett, (1944-1995), British actor and disc jockey
- Wayland Flowers, (1939-1988), entertainer, puppeteer (Wayland Flowers and Madame, Madame's Place)
- Richard Frank, (1953-1995), American actor (Anything But Love)
- Leonard Frey, (1938-1988), Acted in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway and in the movie
- Thomas Fuccello, (1936-1993), American actor (Dallas)
- Christopher Gillis, (1951-1993), dancer and choreographer, Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Kevin Peter Hall (1955-1991), played the title role in Predator opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Anthony Hamilton, (1952-1995), actor also known as Tony Hamilton
- Dan Hartman, (1950-1994), American, singer, songwriter and record producer
- Ofra Haza, (1957-2000), Israeli pop singer
- John Hargreaves, (1945-1996), Australian actor
- Fred Hersch (born 1955), jazz pianist
- René Highway (1954-1990), Canadian Cree actor and dancer
- Rock Hudson, (1925-1985), Hollywood star, first major American celebrity whose AIDS diagnosis became public knowledge
- Richard Hunt, (1951-1992), Muppet performer (Beaker, Scooter, Statler)
- Paul Jabara, (1948-1992, American Actor (Hair) and songwriter of Donna Summer's Last Dance
- Derek Jarman, (1942-1994), film director, made the film Blue while blind (as a result of AIDS related causes)
- Holly Johnson, lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Michael Jeter (1952-2003), actor (Sesame Street)
- Larry Kert, (1930-1991), Broadway performer (West Side Story)
- Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996), Polish film director who passed away due to an open-heart surgery and complications with AIDS
- Fela Kuti (1938-1997), Nigerian musician and political activist, died from AIDS-related heart failure
- Paul Lekakis, singer and actor, best known for his 1987 #1 dance single "Boom, Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"
- Liberace, (1919-1987), pianist
- Lar Lubovitch, (1943-), choreographer, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
- Jimmy McShane (1957-1995), British/Irish singer known as Baltimora
- Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), singer and musician; died from bronchial pneumonia (his death from AIDS-related causes led to The Mercury Phoenix Trust anti-AIDS charity and the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness)
- Andy Milligan, (1929-1991), director of exploitation movies
- Jacques Morali, (1947-1991), disco composer and co-creator of the Village People
- Timothy Patrick Murphy, (1959-1988), American actor (Dallas)
- Klaus Nomi, (1944-1983), singer, died of AIDS-related illness in 1983, one of the first celebrities to die of this disease
- Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993), dancer
- Chuck Panozzo, rock guitarist (Styx)
- Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), pneumonia, brought on by AIDS
- Dack Rambo, (1941-1994), American actor
- Gene Anthony Ray (1962-2003), actor (Fame), complications of a stroke
- Robert Reed, (1932-1992) actor on The Brady Bunch
- Tony Richardson, (1928-1991), British actor
- Arthur Russell, (1951-1992), musician
- Franklyn Seales, (1952-1990), American actor (Silver Spoons)
- Tommy Sexton (1955-1993), Canadian television comedian
- Ray Sharkey, (1952-1993), American actor
- Hugo Soto (1954-1994), Argentine actor
- Jermaine Stewart, (1957-1997), American singer, liver cancer caused by AIDS.
- Michael Sundin, (1961-1989), British children's television presenter and actor, died from AIDS-related complications
- Sylvester, (1944-1988), disco artist and drag performer
- Ron Vawter (1949-1994), actor; died from a heart attack
Politicians
- Brian Huskins, Canadian political candidate
- Peter McWilliams, author and libertarian activist
- Chris Smith, former UK Secretary of State for Culture
Pornographic films performers
- Keith Anthoni (1952-1991)
- Keith Ardent
- Miss Arroyo
- Ben Barker (1951-1995)
- Flex Deon Blake
- Scott Bond
- Brad Braverman
- Tony Bravo (1958-1990)
- Jeremy Brent
- Arthur Bressan, Jr. (1943-1987)
- Chris Burns (1958-1995)
- Buster (1956-1991)
- Chad Connors
- Dave Connors
- Jake Corbin (1963-1992)
- Luc Coulton (1959-1993)
- Pierce Daniels (1958-1995)
- Johnny Dawes (1955-1989)
- Jessica Dee (b. 1978)
- Morelle DeKeigh
- Lisa De Leeuw (1958-1993)
- Ken Diamond
- Melchor Diaz
- Glenn Dime (d. 1992)
- Ed Dinakos (1954-1994)
- Casey Donovan (1943-1987)
- Nick Elliot (1942-1990)
- Lon Flexx (1965-1995)
- Mason Flynt
- Brett Ford
- Geoffrey Karen Dior (d. 2004)
- Roy Garret (1955-1992)
- Ryder Hansen (1957-1989)
- Bil Henson (1963-2002), accidential heroin overdose
- Bill Harrison (1947-1991)
- Chuck Holmes (1945-2000)
- John Holmes (1944-1988)
- Kurt Houston (1964-1997)
- Darren James
- Tom Katt
- Steve Kennedy
- Jon King (1963-1995)
- Jim King (1955-1986)
- Jesse Koehler (1957-1988)
- Tim Kramer (1958-1992)
- Steve Kreig
- Chris Ladd (1960-1990)
- Lance (1962-1991)
- Lei Lani
- Jeff Lawrence (1950-1994)
- Richard Locke (1941-1996)
- Clint Lockner (1943-1993)
- Steve Loignon
- Lucky Luc (1951-1992)
- Luke (1959-1989)
- Craig Markle (d. 1993)
- Val Martin
- Lisa Meléndez (d. 1999)
- "Nice" Kevin Mooney (1973-2004)
- Jim Moore (1961-1988)
- Wade Nichols (d. 1985)
- Scott O'Hara (1961-1998)
- Sparky O'Toole (1967-1999)
- Jeff Palmer
- Al Parker (1952-1992)
- Paul Pellettieri
- Jaap Penrat
- Brad Peters (1958-1994)
- Christopher Rage (1948-1991)
- Tyler Regan
- Lee Richards (1951-1985)
- Nick Rogers
- Lara Roxx
- Zeff Ryan (d. 1992)
- Lee Ryder (1959-1991)
- Tommy Saxx
- Bob Shane (1961-1987)
- Joe Simmons (1959-1995)
- Jason Steele (1950-1995)
- Glenn Steers (1958-1994)
- Marc Stevens (d. 1989)
- Alex Stone (1959-1996)
- Eric Stryker (1954-1988)
- Steve Taylor (1954-1994)
- Steve Taylor (1940-1986)
- Chet Thomas (1959-1997)
- Jim Ed Thompson (1946-1988)
- Kip Tyler (d. 1995)
- Marco Rossi
- Frank Vickers (1948-1991)
- Darryl Weld (1965-1991)
- Ryan Wagner
- Chris Williams (1967-1991)
- Joey Yale (1949-1986)
- Garg,English Porn Star
Writers and artists
- Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), novelist
- Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992), science fiction writer; infected by transfused blood during heart surgery
- Ron Athey, performance artist
- Mike Davis (d. 1986)
- Michel Foucault, (1926-1984), philosopher
- Hervé Guibert, (1955-1990), novelist
- Keith Haring, (1958-1990), artist
- Gibson Kente, (1932-2004), playwright
- Larry Kramer, novelist and playwright
- Michael McDowell (1950-1999), screenwriter and novelist
- James Merrill, (1926-1995), poet
- Paul Monette (1945-1995), novelist and poet
- Barabara Samson
- Dennis Schuetz (d. 1989), novelist
- Andrew Sullivan, conservative journalist
Others
- Rebekka Armstrong, HIV educator and former Playboy Playmate
- Omar Q. Beckins, (1957-1989) medical researcher who contracted AIDS in a lab accident
- Kimberly Bergalis (1968-1991), first known doctor-to-patient transmission
- Dave Brindle, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist
- David Brudnoy, (1940-2004), Boston radio talk show host, merkel-cell carcinoma unrelated to AIDS
- Gia, (1960-1986), model, died of complications resulting from AIDS in 1986, at the age of 26
- Tina Chow, (1951-1992), restauranteur and model
- Roy Cohn, (1927-1986), lawyer
- Joey DiPaolo, who contracted AIDS by a blood transfusion at the age of four, activist.
- Gaëtan Dugas, famous as the subject of an early epidemiological study into HIV/AIDS
- Eve van Grafhorst
- Halston, (1932-1990), American fashion designer
- Sighsten Herrgård, Swedish fashion designer
- Nkosi Johnson, AIDS advocate
- Lance Loud, (1951-2001), part of the reality TV show, PBS' An American Family
- Suzi Lovegrove
- Troy Lovegrove
- Makgatho Mandela, son of Nelson Mandela
- Robert Mapplethorpe, (1946-1989), photographer
- Margrethe (Grethe) Rask, (1930-1977), Danish physician and surgeon, first non-African known to have died from AIDS.
- Stephanie Ray, AIDS advocate
- Tim Richmond, (1955-1989), NASCAR driver
- Mitch Rosario, (1972-2003), hairdresser to celebrities such as Ricky Martin and Paulina Rubio
- Max Robinson, (1939-1988), American Broadcasting Corporation journalist
- Steve Rubell, owner of Studio 54 disco in the 1970s
- Willi Smith, (1948-1987), American fashion designer
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