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List of famous people who have suffered from or died of cancer
This is a list of people who have suffered from or died of cancer. To all Wikipedians: If you know of anyone famous or notable who has had cancer and is not on this list, feel free to add that person's name to it.
Entertainment
- Bud Abbott, actor
- Ansel Adams, photographer
- Claude Akins, actor
- Jack Albertson, actor
- Steve Allen, actor, composer, writer
- Stephen Ambrose, historian
- Pedro Armendáriz, actor
- Desi Arnaz - (March 2, 1917 - December 2, 1986) -- actor and bandleader
- Hal Ashby, actor, director, editor, producer
- Chet Atkins, composer, musician
- Tex Avery, animator
- Chuck Barris, game show host, producer, writer
- Paul Bartel, actor, director, writer, producer
- Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
- Richard Barthelmess, actor
- Count Basie, musician, composer
- Clyde Beatty, circus performer, hunter
- Melvin Belli, attorney, actor
- Jack Benny, actor, comedian
- Ingrid Bergman, actress
- Milton Berle, actor, comedian
- Bill Bixby - Actor, who played The Incredible Hulk on television
- Harry Blackstone Jr., magician
- Art Blakey, musician
- Humphrey Bogart, actor
- Ray Bolger, actor, dancer
- Richard Boone, actor
- Lucy Boscana, actress
- Barry Bostwick, actor
- Jacques Brel, actor, composer, director, writer
- Tod Browning, actor, director, writer, producer
- Yul Brynner, actor
- Anthony Burgess, writer
- Raymond Burr, actor
- Pedro Cabrera (1938-2002) Cuban actor and director who starred for many years in Puerto Rico's television. He survived cancer but succumbed to another disease in 2002.
- Cantinflas, actor
- Eric Carr - (1946-1991) - Drummer for the rock band Kiss
- Leo Carrillo, actor
- Rosa Carrillo - (1960-2002) Univision news anchor.
- Leo G. Carroll, actor
- Gower Champion, dancer, choreographer
- Lon Chaney, actor
- Graham Chapman, actor, composer, writer, producer (Monty Python)
- Paddy Chayefsky, writer, producer
- Nat King Cole, singer, musician
- John Coltrane, musician, composer
- Chuck Connors, actor
- Gary Cooper, actor
- Joan Crawford, Actress
- Richard Crenna, actor
- Scatman Crothers, actor
- Celia Cruz, singer
- Bill Cullen, game show host
- Michael Curtiz, director, writer, producer
- Peter Cushing, actor
- Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989) -- actress
- Sammy Davis Jr., actor, singer
- Robert De Niro, actor (prostate cancer)
- Walt Disney, writer, producer, voice actor, animator
- Jimmy Dorsey, Big band leader
- Vince Edwards, actor
- Duke Ellington, composer, musician
- Joe Eszterhas, writer, producer, director
- Peter Falk, actor
- Fernandel, actor, director, producer
- Vicente Fernandez, singer
- José Ferrer, actor
- John Ford, cinematographer, director, writer, editor, producer, actor
- Andres Garcia Dominican born Mexican national who is a soap opera (telenovela) super star
- George Gershwin -- musician, composer
- Tom Green, comedian
- Fred Gwynne, comedian, Herman Munster
- Joan Hackett - actress
- George Harrison -- musician
- Rex Harrison
- Audrey Hepburn
- Bill Hicks, comedian
- Carmita Jimenez, Puerto Rican singer
- Funky Joe, Puerto Rican television and radio gossiper.
- Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor
- Michael Landon actor
- Jack Lemmon- February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001 Actor and Pianist
- Linda McCartney - first wife of Sir Paul McCartney
- Bob Marley - musician
- Zeppo Marx - (February 25, 1901 - November 30, 1979) - actor
- Gary Merrill - (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990) -- actor
- Elizabeth Montgomery -Actress
- Sharon Osbourne - wife of Ozzy Osbourne
- Edith Piaf - (1915-1963) Famous French singer
- Gilda Radner - comedian
- Robert Reed - actor, played Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch
- Lee Remick - actress
- Jason Robards - (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) -- actor
- Rod Roddy - (1938-2003) announcer, The Price is Right
- Fred Rogers - (1928-2003) - Presbyterian minister known for "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" children's television show
- Joan Sebastian - Famous Mexican northern music singer
- Ann Sheridan- Actress 1915-1967
- Robert Stack- actor, 1919-2003, died of unrelated cause.
- Ramon Valdez- (1923-1988), Mexican actor
- Raúl Vale- Venezuelan born Mexican comedian
- Barry Watson - star of 7th Heaven
- John Wayne - actor
- Wesley Willis - singer
- Kerri Yascheshyn- (1985-2003)-- aspiring actress whose friendship with Madonna made the newspaper headlines across Canada.
- Loretta Young- (1913-2000)-- actress
- Frank Zappa (1940-1993), composer and musician
- Warren Zevon (1947-2003), musician and songwriter
Literature & Journalism
- James Baldwin writer
- Robert Bloch writer
- John Diamond Times columnist and broadcaster
- Faith Fancher, (1950 - October 19, 2003), television journalist and breast cancer awareness activist
- Ted Hughes - (August 17, 1930 October 29, 1998) -- poet
- Stan Rice - (1943 - December 9, 2002), poet and artist
- Edward Said, (+ 2003, also a musician)
- Charles Sheffield , physicist and author
- Carol Shields, (+ 2003) writer
- (b. 1968), wikipedian
Sports
- Lyle Alzado, American football player
- Roone Arledge, broadcaster
- Lance Armstrong, cyclist
- Don Baylor, baseball player and coach
- Bobby Bonds baseball player and coach
- Brett Butler baseball player
- Edna Campbell basketball player, Sacramento Monarchs
- Ty Cobb, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Julie Cronin Horse Racing jockey
- Eric Davis baseball player
- Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Dave Dravecky baseball player
- Dan Duva (+ 1996) boxing manager
- Heather Farr LPGA golfer
- Curt Flood baseball player who helped create free agency in sports.
- Bayard Forrest former NBA player, Seattle Supersonics and Phoenix Suns.
- Zach Gowen, wrestler
- Scott Hamilton figure skater
- Ray Harford, British Association football player
- John Kruk baseball player
- Mario Lemieux hockey player
- Mickey Mantle baseball player
- Wesley Mouzon (+2003) boxer
- Roger Neilson. NHL hockey coach
- Walter Payton American football player
- Kim Perrot (+1999) WNBA basketball player, Houston Comets
- Barry Sheene (1950-2003) world motocross champion
- Mel Stottlemyre major league baseball player and coach
- Darryl Strawberry baseball player
- Dick Tiger world champion boxer
- Rudy Tomjanovich former NBA player and head coach of the Houston Rockets
- Jim Valvano (+ 1993) college basketball coach
Politics
- Willy Brandt German politician
- Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy Onassis - (July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994)
- Cai E, protagonist of anti-Yuan movement
- Claire Chennault, United States general
- Chou En-lai, Chinese Communist leader and Premier of China
- Moshe Dayan, Israeli General, politician
- Bob Dole, US presidential candidate
- John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State
- King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
- Rudy Giuliani - former Mayor of New York
- King Hussein
- Lester Maddox- former governor of Georgia
- Lila Mayoral- former first lady of Puerto Rico (+2003)
- Richard Nixon- American President
- Thelma Catherine (Pat) Ryan Nixon- American first lady - (March 16, 1912 - June 22, 1993)
- Henri d'Orleans, Count of Paris - (July 5, 1908 - June 19, 1999)
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran - (October 26, 1919 - July 27, 1980)
- Evita Peron- first lady of Argentina
- King George VI of the United Kingdom - (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952)
- King Paul of Greece - (December 14, 1901 - March 6, 1964)
- Colin Powell
- Donald Regan
- Winthrop Rockefeller Governor of Arkansas (1912-1973)
- John Savage premier of Nova Scotia (1932-2003)
- Ulysses Simpson Grant - (April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) -- U.S. President
- Mary Stanfield (+1977) former first lady of Nova Scotia
- Paul Tsongas, Massachusetts state senator and US Presidential candidate
Religion
Science
Business
Symbols
Criminals
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