List of HIV-positive people

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).

Athletes

• Arthur Ashe (1943-1993), tennis player and social activist; infected via transfusion during heart surgery
• John Curry (1949-1994), figure skating champion, died of AIDS-related illness
• Esteban De Jesus (1951-1990), world champion boxer
• Rudy Galindo (b. 1969), figure skating champion
• Magic Johnson (b. 1959), 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 (b. 1960), diver; knew he was HIV-positive since 1988, announced it in 1995
• Tommy Morrison (b. 1969), 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 men 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.
• Trevis Smith (b. 1976), linebacker for the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders

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, (b. 1964), 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), actress (Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke)
• Sandra Brea, (d. 2000), Brazilian television actress
• Joseph Breen, (b. 1958), soap opera star (As the World Turns)
• Jim J. Bullock, (b. 1955), television actor (Too Close for Comfort)
• Geoffrey Burridge, (1949-1987), British Actor
• Carlos Busquets, Puerto Rican astrologer
• Merritt Butrick, (1959-1989), actor
• Cazuza, (1958-1990), Brazilian singer, composer and poet, died of AIDS-related illness
• 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), synthesizer 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, (b. 1960), lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Michael Jeter (1952-2003), actor (Open Range, The Green Mile)
• Larry Kert, (1930-1991), Broadway performer (West Side Story)
• 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
• John Megna (1952-1995), actor; died from AIDS, played Dill Harris in the 1962 "To Kill a Mockingbird"
• 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 bassist (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, producer and director
• 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
• Charlotte Valandrey, (b. 1968), French actrice (Rouge baiser)
• Ron Vawter (1949-1994), actor; died from a heart attack

Politicians

• Brian Huskins, Canadian political candidate
• Larry McKeon, only openly gay member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• 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)
• Tricia Devereaux (b. 1975)
• Ken Diamond
• Melchor Diaz
• Glenn Dime (d. 1992)
• Ed Dinakos (1954-1994)
• Geoffrey Karen Dior (1967-2004)
• Casey Donovan (1943-1987)
• Nick Elliot (1942-1990)
• Lon Flexx (1965-1995)
• Mason Flynt
• Brett Ford
• Nathan "the Bus Stop" Luksa
• 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 Stryker
• Will Clark
• Matthew Rush
• 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
• Joseph Beam, anthologist
• Leigh Bowery, (1961-1994), performance artist, fashion designer, dancer, model
• Mike Davis
• Melvin Dixon, author
• Michel Foucault, (1926-1984), philosopher
• Hervé Guibert, (1955-1990), novelist
• Keith Haring, (1958-1990), artist
• Essex Hemphill, author
• Gibson Kente, (1932-2004), playwright
• Larry Kramer, novelist and playwright
• Christine Maggiore, writer
• Michael McDowell (1950-1999), screenwriter and novelist
• James Merrill, (1926-1995), poet
• Douglas Rezek
• Paul Monette (1945-1995), novelist and poet
• Marlon Riggs, author and video producer
• Assoto Saint, author
• Barabara Samson
• Dennis Schuetz (d. 1989), novelist
• Andrew Sullivan, conservative journalist
• Félix González-Torres, (1957-1996), conceptual artist
• Marco Vassi, (1937-1989), pornographic writer
• LeRoy Whitfield, (1969-2005), writer and activist [1]
• David Wojnarowicz, (1954-1992), artist, writer and activist

Others

• David Acer (19??-1990), the Florida dentist who infected Kimberly Bergalis and 5 other patients.
• Rebekka Armstrong, HIV educator and former Playboy Playmate
• Johnson Aziga, Canadian man charged with first-degree murder for having unprotected sex with two women without disclosing his HIV status
• Omar Q. Beckins, (1957-1989) medical researcher who contracted AIDS in a lab accident
• Kimberly Bergalis (1968-1991), first known doctor-to-patient transmission
• Allan Bloom (1930-1992), political philosopher and academic
• 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, (b. 1979) contracted AIDS by a blood transfusion at the age of four, activist.
• Gaëtan Dugas, (1953-1984), famous as the subject of an early epidemiological study into HIV/AIDS
• Eve van Grafhorst, (d. 1993)
• Halston, (1932-1990), American fashion designer
• Sighsten Herrgård, (1943-1989), Swedish fashion designer
• Nkosi Johnson, (1989-2001), AIDS advocate
• Patrick Kelly, designer
• Lance Loud, (1951-2001), part of the PBS reality TV show An American Family
• Suzi Lovegrove
• Troy Lovegrove
• Makgatho Mandela, (1950–2005), son of Nelson Mandela
• Robert Mapplethorpe, (1946-1989), photographer
• Sgt. Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988), decorated Vietnam War veteran; fought the US military in 1975 for the right to serve as an openly gay man
• Ernesto Pimentel, Peruvian, Chola Chabuca
• Margrethe (Grethe) Rask, (1930-1977), Danish physician and surgeon, first non-African known to have died from AIDS.
• Stephanie Ray, AIDS advocate
• Mitch Rosario, (1972-2003), hairdresser to celebrities such as Ricky Martin and Paulina Rubio
• Max Robinson, (1939-1988), American Broadcasting Corporation journalist
• Steve Rubell, (1943-1989), owner of Studio 54 disco in the 1970s
• Eliza Jane Scovill, (2002-2005) at the age of three, from untreated AIDS-related pneumonia. Her mother, Christine Maggiore, wrote a book titled What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS was Wrong? and father Robin Scovill directed a movie, The Other Side of AIDS to encourage HIV+ people to refuse standard treatment.
• Willi Smith, (1948-1987), American fashion designer
• Ryan White, (1971-1990), See Ryan White CARE Act ([2])
• Pedro Zamora, (1972-1994), The Real World participant

See also

• List of cancer patients
• List of people

External links

• Dead Porn Stars
• Gay Porn Star bios