List of HIV-positive people
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Athletes
- Arthur Ashe (1943-1993), tennis player and social activist; infected in 1983 via blood 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), former point guard for the basketball team the Los Angeles Lakers
- Greg Louganis (b. 1960), Olympic 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
- 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
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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 of the Broadway production of A Chorus Line
- 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
- Merritt Butrick, (1959-1989), actor
- Michael Callen, (1955-1993), Singer, songwriter, AIDS activist and author, Michael is recognized as a co-inventor of safe(r) sex.
- 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, (1956-1995), 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 as Motel 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
- Jerry Herman (born 1933), Broadway composer (Hello, Dolly!, Mame)
- 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
- 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
- Sharon Redd, (1945-1992), American disco singer
- 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
- Paul Shenar, (1936-1989), American actor
- Hugo Soto (1954-1994), Argentine actor
- Michael Staniforth, (1945-1987), British stage 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
- Ricky Wilson (1953-1985), original member of The B-52's
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Politicians
- Sheldon Andelson, (died 1987) University of California Regent
- Brian Huskins, Canadian political candidate
- Peter McWilliams (1949-2000), author and libertarian activist
- Chris Smith, former UK Secretary of State for Culture
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Pornographic films performers
- Keith Anthoni (1952-1991)
- Miss Arroyo
- Ben Barker (1951-1995)
- Scott Bond (d. 1993)
- Tony Bravo (1958-1990)
- Arthur Bressan, Jr. (1943-1987)
- Chris Burns (1958-1995)
- Buster (1956-1991)
- Jake Corbin (1963-1992)
- Luc Coulton (1959-1993)
- Pierce Daniels (1958-1995)
- Johnny Dawes (1955-1989)
- Jessica Dee (b. 1978)
- Lisa De Leeuw (1958-1993)
- Tricia Devereaux (b. 1975)
- 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)
- 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
- Jon King (1963-1995)
- Jim King (1955-1986)
- Jesse Koehler (1957-1988)
- Tim Kramer (1958-1992)
- Chris Ladd (1960-1990)
- Lance (1962-1991)
- Jeff Lawrence (1950-1994)
- Richard Locke (1941-1996)
- Clint Lockner (1943-1993)
- Lucky Luc (1951-1992)
- Luke (1959-1989)
- Craig Markle (d. 1993)
- 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)
- Al Parker (1952-1992)
- Brad Peters (1958-1994)
- Adam Porn (1966-1991)
- Christopher Rage (1948-1991)
- Johnny Rahm (1965-2004) suicide by hanging
- Rip Razor (1966-1989)
- Lee Richards (1951-1985)
- Lara Roxx
- Zeff Ryan (d. 1992)
- Lee Ryder (1959-1991)
- 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)
- Frank Vickers (1948-1991)
- Darryl Weld (1965-1991)
- Chris Williams (1967-1991)
- Joey Yale (1949-1986)
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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
- Leigh Bowery, (1961-1994), performance artist, fashion designer, dancer, model
- Bruce Chatwin, (1940-1989), a British novelist and travel writer
- Michel Foucault, (1926-1984), philosopher
- Hervé Guibert, (1955-1990), novelist
- Keith Haring, (1958-1990), artist
- Peter Hujar, (1934-1987), American photographer
- Gibson Kente, (1932-2004), playwright
- Larry Kramer, novelist and playwright
- Didier Lestrade, French journalist and author
- Christine Maggiore, writer
- Michael McDowell (1950-1999), screenwriter and novelist
- Thom McGinty (d 1994), much loved performance artist of Dublin, known as The Diceman
- James Merrill, (1926-1995), poet
- Paul Monette (1945-1995), novelist and poet
- Marlon Riggs (1957-1994), author and video producer
- Dennis Schuetz (d. 1989), novelist
- Randy Shilts (1951-1994), American journalist and author
- Andrew Sullivan, conservative journalist
- Pier Vittorio Tondelli, (1955-1991), Italian writer
- Félix González-Torres, (1957-1996), conceptual artist
- Marco Vassi, (1937-1989), pornographic writer
- Edmund White, (b. 1940), novelist, short-story writer and critic
- LeRoy Whitfield, (1969-2005), writer and activist [1]
- David Wojnarowicz, (1954-1992), artist, writer and activist
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Others
- David Acer (19??-1990), the Florida dentist who infected Kimberly Bergalis and 5 other patients.
- Rebekka Armstrong (b. 1967), HIV educator and former Playboy Playmate
- Johnson Aziga (b. 1956), Canadian man charged with first-degree murder for having unprotected sex with two women without disclosing his HIV status
- 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
- Bobbi Campbell (1952-1984), "Karposi's Sarcoma Poster Boy," First Public Person With AIDS, Early AIDS activist, and Founding member of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
- 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
- Althea Leasure Flynt (1953-1987), wife of publishing magnate and Hustler founder Larry Flynt, as well as a Hustler co-publisher.
- Elizabeth Glaser, (d. 1994) wife of Starsky and Hutch actor Paul Michael Glaser
- 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 (1954-1990), American fashion designer
- Lance Loud (1951-2001), part of the PBS reality TV show An American Family
- Suzi 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
- Margrethe (Grethe) Rask (1930-1977), Danish physician and surgeon, first non-African known to have died from AIDS.
- Randy Ray (b. 1979) Hemophiliac and AIDS activist
- Ricky Ray (1977-1992) Hemophiliac and AIDS activist
- Robert Ray (1978-2000) Hemophiliac and AIDS activist
- Stephanie Ray (b. 1986), 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), infant daughter of AIDS dissident Christine Maggiore
- 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
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See also
HIV - HIV structure and genome - HIV test - Antiretroviral drug - WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease - CDC Classification System for HIV Infection - HIV Disease Progression Rates - HIV vaccine - International AIDS Conferences - International AIDS Society - World AIDS Day - AIDS origin - AIDS pandemic - List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate - AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa - AIDS in India - AIDS in the United States - Treatment Action Campaign - UNAIDS - List of AIDS-related topics - Timeline of AIDS - Common misconceptions about HIV and AIDS - Oral polio vaccine AIDS hypothesis - Reappraisal of HIV-AIDS Hypothesis - Duesberg hypothesis - NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt - List of HIV-positive people - People With AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement - AIDS Museum - HIV-positive fictional characters
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