List of HIV-positive people
Television star Pedro Zamora did much to promote understanding of people living with HIV in the USA
This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the pathogen that causes AIDS, including those who have died.
UNAIDS and the WHO estimate that, as of December 2005, the number of people living with HIV has reached its highest level, at around 38.6 million.[1] More than 25 million others have died of AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) since it was first recognized in 1981,[1] making the epidemic one of the most destructive in recorded history.
HIV is usually transmitted through sex or drug use, and is often associated with marginalized groups such as gay men, drug users and sex workers. For these reasons, and also because of unfounded fears of contagion, people living with HIV are frequently subjected to stigma and discrimination.[2] Publicity campaigns around the world have aimed to counter HIV-related prejudices and misconceptions and to replace them with an accurate understanding that helps to prevent new infections. These efforts have been greatly aided by various celebrities — including American basketball star Magic Johnson and South African judge Edwin Cameron — who have publicly announced that they are HIV-positive.[3]
Acting (film & television)
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Blake | (1929–1989) | American actress best remembered for her role as Kitty Russell in the television series Gunsmoke. | [4] |
| JM J. Bullock | (1955—) | American actor who starred in the sitcom Too Close for Comfort. | [5] |
| Merritt Butrick | (1959–1989) | American actor best remembered for playing Captain Kirk's son in 2nd & 3rd Star Trek films. | [6] |
| Ian Charleson | (1949–1990) | British actor whose best-known role was the part of athlete Eric Liddell in the film Chariots of Fire. | [7] |
| Brad Davis | (1949–1991) | American actor, played the part of Billy Hayes, in the film Midnight Express. | [8] |
| Robert Drivas | (1938–1986) | American film, television and stage actor. | [9] |
| Denholm Elliott | (1922–1992) | British actor; won three BAFTA awards as best supporting actor for Trading Places, A Private Function and Defence of the Realm, as well as an Academy Award nomination for A Room with a View. | [4] |
| Leonard Frey | (1938–1988) | American Broadway and film actor, earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof. | [4] |
| Tom Fuccello | (1936–1993) | American actor, known for his role as Dave Culver in the television series Dallas. | [10] |
| Kevin Peter Hall | (1955–1991) | Tall American actor, played in Predator and Harry and the Hendersons. | [11] [12] |
| Rock Hudson | (1925–1985) | American actor, first major American celebrity to publicly disclose HIV status. | [13] |
| Michael Jeter | (1952–2003) | American film and theatre, won a Tony Award in 1990 for the musical Grand Hotel. | [4] |
| Irving Allen Lee | (1948–1992) | American soap opera and musical actor. | [14] |
| John Megna | (1952–1995) | American former child actor, To Kill a Mockingbird. | [15] |
| Cookie Mueller | (1949–1989) | American actor and writer who featured in many of filmmaker John Waters' early films. | [7] |
| Timothy Patrick Murphy | (1959–1988) | American actor, played the role of Mickey Trotter in the television series Dallas | [4] |
| David Oliver | (1962–1991) | American actor, played in Another World and A Year in the Life | [16] |
| Ilka Tanya Payan | (1943–1996) | Dominican born American actress, attorney and activist. She was one of the first Latino celebrities to publicly disclose her status. | [17] |
| Anthony Perkins | (1932–1992) | American actor best known for his role as Norman Bates in the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. | [4] |
| Keith Prentice | (1940–1992) | American theatre and soap opera actor. | [18] |
| Kurt Raab | (1941–1988) | German actor known for his work with cult film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. | [19] |
| Dack Rambo | (1941–1994) | American actor who played in the television series Dallas. | [4] |
| Gene Anthony Ray | (1962–2003) | American actor and dancer; best known for his portrayal of the street smart dancer Leroy in the 1980 motion picture Fame and the television spin-off. | [20] |
| Robert Reed | (1932–1992) | American actor; played the role of Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch. | [4] |
| Tony Richardson | (1928–1991) | British actor; received two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Picture) for Tom Jones(1963). | [4] |
| Larry Riley | (1952–1992) | American actor; played the role of Frank Williams in the soap opera Knots Landing | [7] |
| Howard Rollins | (1950–1996) | American actor, nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Ragtime | [21] |
| Tommy Sexton | (1955–1993) | Canadian actor and comedian. | [22] |
| Ray Sharkey | (1952–1993) | American actor; won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in The Idolmaker. | [4] |
| Paul Shenar | (1936–1989) | American film and theatre actor; played in the film Scarface. | [4] |
| Stephen Stucker | (1947–1986) | American actor and comedian; best known for the Airplane! films. | [4] |
| Tom Villard | (1953–1994) | American actor. | [4] |
AIDS activists
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zackie Achmat | (1962—) | South African AIDS activist; founder and chairman of the Treatment Action Campaign. | [23] |
| Rebekka Armstrong | (1967—) | American former Playboy Playmate and HIV/AIDS educator. | [24] |
| Michael Callen | (1955–1993) | American AIDS activist, author and singer songwriter. In 1983 he testified before the President's Commission on AIDS and before both houses of Congress. | [25] |
| Bobbi Campbell | (1952–1984) | American AIDS activist and one of the first people to publicly acknowledge his HIV infection. | [26] |
| Paddy Chew | (1960–1999) | Singaporean AIDS activist. He was the first person in Singapore to publicise his HIV-positive status. | [27] |
| Dolzura Cortez | (19??–19??) | Filipina AIDS activist. She was the first person in the Philippines to publicise her HIV-positive status. | [28] |
| Joey DiPaolo | (1979—) | American AIDS activist who won a court case to remain at his school. He co-founded the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation. | [29] |
| Gugu Dlamini | (1962–1998) | South African AIDS activist stoned to death by her neighbors after revealing she was HIV positive. | [30] |
| Alison Gertz | (1966–1992) | American AIDS activist. She was voted Woman of the Year by Esquire magazine. | [31] |
| Elizabeth Glaser | (1947–1994) | American AIDS activist for pediatric causes, and wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser. She co-founded the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. | [32] |
| Nkosi Johnson | (1989–2001) | South African child, who made a powerful impact on public perceptions of the pandemic and its effects before his death at the age of twelve. | [33] |
| Christine Maggiore | (19??—) | American AIDS dissident. Her 3-year-old daughter died of complications of AIDS. Maggiore had not taken medication to prevent transmission of HIV to her daughter, as she does not believe that HIV causes AIDS. | [34] |
| Eliana Martinez | (1981–1989) | American girl whose mother appealed a court ruling that the girl would only be allowed to be in school if she would be in a glass cage during classes. | [35] |
| Simon Nkoli | (1957–1998) | South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist. | [36] |
| Agnes Nyamayarwo | (19?—) | Ugandan nurse, became an AIDS activist when the disease devastated her family. | [37] |
| Ricky Ray Robert Ray Randy Ray | (1977–1992) (1978–2000) (1979—) | American brothers who were the subject of a federal court battle against the De Soto County School Board to allow them to attend public school despite their diagnoses. | [38] |
| Jorge Saavedra Lopez | (19??—) | Mexican AIDS activist and director of CENSIDA, Mexico's top AIDS agency, since 2003. | [39] |
| Sarah Jane Salazar | (1975–2000) | Filipina AIDS activist. | [40] |
| Beatrice Were | (1966?—) | Ugandan AIDS activist and co-founder of the non-governmental organization NACWOLA. | [41] |
| Ryan White | (1971–1990) | American teenager and AIDS activist. The Ryan White Care Act, a federal legislation that addresses the unmet health needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, was named after him. | [42] |
Business
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen D. Hassenfeld | (1942–1989) | American businessman best known for being the chairman and chief executive officer of Hasbro from 1980 until 1989 | [43] |
| Steve Rubell | (1943–1989) | American owner of legendary New York City disco Studio 54. | [4] |
| Ed Savitz | (1942–1993) | American businessman convicted of sexually abusing children. | [44] |
Criminal transmission of HIV
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Aziga | (1956—) | Ugandan-born Canadian resident of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, notable as the first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for transmitting HIV, after the deaths of two women he had infected. | [45] |
| Henry Cuerrier | (19??—) | Canadian man convicted of aggravated assault for knowingly exposing two women to HIV. | [46] |
| Anthony Whitfield | (1972?—) | American sentenced to 178 years in prison for 12 counts of first-degree assault, after exposing women to HIV. | [47] |
Film, television and radio
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Adair | (1943–1996) | American documentary filmmaker. | [48] |
| Néstor Almendros | (1930–1992) | Spanish born cinematographer, director and human rights activist; won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film Days of Heaven. | [49] |
| Emile Ardolino | (1943–1993) | American film director and producer; directed the films Dirty Dancing and Sister Act. | [50] |
| Howard Ashman | (1950–1991) | American playwright and lyricist; along with music composer Alan Menken he received two Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and two Oscars for best song for the films The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. | [51] |
| Dave Brindle | (19??—) | Canadian television journalist; anchor for CBC Newsworld. | [52] |
| David Brudnoy | (1940–2004) | American talk radio host in Boston from 1976 to 2004. | [53] |
| Kenny Everett | (1944–1995) | British disc jockey and television entertainer; starred and wrote in his own music and comedy television series The Kenny Everett Television Show. | [54] |
| Colin Higgins | (1941–1988) | American screenwriter, director, and producer; wrote the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude. | [7] |
| Richard Hunt | (1951–1992) | American Muppet puppeteer; played the character of Scooter on The Muppet Show. | [55] |
| Derek Jarman | (1942–1994) | British film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. | [56] |
| Peter Jepson-Young | (1957–1992) | Canadian medical doctor who promoted AIDS and HIV awareness and education in the early 1990s through his regular segment on CBC Television news broadcasts. | [57] |
| Melvin Lindsey | (1955–1992) | American radio and television personality in the Washington, D.C. area; pioneered the radio format Quiet storm. | [58] |
| Roy London | (1943–1993) | American acting coach, actor and director. | [59] |
| Lance Loud | (1951–2001) | American columnist; best known for his role in An American Family, widely considered television's first reality show. | [60] |
| Michael McDowell | (1950–1999) | American novelist and screenwriter. | [61] |
| Andy Milligan | (1929–1991) | American playwright, screenwriter and film director. | [62] |
| Marlon Riggs | (1957–1994) | American author and documentary filmmaker. | [63] |
| Max Robinson | (1939–1988) | American journalist; was the first African American network news anchor for ABC World News Tonight. | [64] |
| Anthony Sabatino | (1944–1993) | American art director, won an Emmy Award for his work on the television show Fun House. | [65] |
| Murray Salem | (1950–1998) | American television actor and screen writer; wrote the script for the film Kindergarten Cop. | [66] |
| Bill Sherwood | (1952–1990) | American filmmaker, known for the film Parting Glances. | [7] |
| Jack Smith | (1932–1989) | American underground film director. | [7] |
| Michael Sundin | (1961–1989) | British television presenter and actor; was presenter of the BBC children television show Blue Peter. | [67] |
| Joseph Vasquez | (1962–1995) | American independent filmmaker. | [68] |
| Pedro Zamora | (1972–1994) | American television personality; cast member of MTV's The Real World reality series. | [69] |
Music
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Allen | (1944–1992) | Australian born songwriter and singer; wrote the expatriate's anthem "I Still Call Australia Home". | [4] |
| Andy Bell | (1964—) | British musician; singer of the Synth Pop duo Erasure. | [70] |
| Black Randy | (19??–198?) | American leader of west coast art-punk soul band Black Randy And The Metrosquad. | [71] |
| Jorge Bolet | (1914–1990) | Cuban pianist and conductor, well remembered for his performances and recordings of large-scale Romantic music. | [72] |
| Cazuza | (1958–1990) | Brazilian singer and composer. | [73] |
| Stuart Challender | (1947–1991) | Australian conductor; second Australian-born Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (1987-91), | [74] |
| Patrick Cowley | (1950–1982) | American synthesizer artist. | [75] |
| Robbin Crosby | (1960–2002) | American guitarist nicknamed "The King", member of the glam metal band Ratt. | [76] |
| Tony De Vit | (1957–1998) | British club disc jockey | [77] |
| Kiki Djan | (1957–2004) | Ghanian singer, member of the musical band Osibisa. | [78] |
| Eazy-E | (1963–1995) | American rapper, member of gangsta rap band N.W.A. | [79] |
| Youri Egorov | (1954–1988) | Soviet classical pianist, defected to the United States. | [11] [80] |
| Tom Fogerty | (1941–1990) | American musician who played rhythm guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival, elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band. | [81] |
| Andy Fraser | (1952—) | British musician who played bass guitar in the influential 1970s group Free. Wrote the hit "All Right Now". | [82] |
| Ray Gillen | (1959–1993) | American singer, best known for his work with the bands Black Sabbath and Badlands. | [83] |
| Kenny Greene | (19??–2001) | American singer. | [84] |
| Howard Greenfield | (1936–1986) | American songwriter; was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991. | [85] |
| Steven Grossman | (1952–1991) | American singer-songwriter from the 1970's. | [86] |
| Calvin Hampton | (1938–1984) | American organist and sacred music composer. | [87] |
| Dan Hartman | (1950–1995) | American singer, songwriter and record producer. | [4] |
| Ofra Haza | (1957–2000) | Israeli singer; gained international recognition with the single "Im Nin'Alu". | [88] |
| Jerry Herman | (1933—) | American composer/lyricist; composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. | [89] |
| Fred Hersch | (1955—) | American contemporary jazz pianist. | [90] |
| Paul Jabara | (1948–1992) | American actor and songwriter: wrote Donna Summer's Oscar-winning hit "Last Dance". | [91] |
| Paul Jacobs | (1930–1983) | American pianist. | [7] |
| Jobriath | (1946–1983) | American Glam Rock musician. | [92] |
| Holly Johnson | (1960—) | British singer, former lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. | [93] |
| Bernard Kabanda | (1959–1999) | Ugandan guitarist. | [11] [94] |
| Fela Kuti | (1938–1997) | Nigerian musician and political activist. | [95] |
| Hector Lavoe | (1946–1993) | Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer. | [96] |
| Liberace | (1919–1987) | American pianist and entertainer. | [97] |
| Philly Lutaaya | (1951–1989) | Ugandan composer and musician, AIDS prevention activist in Africa. | [98] |
| Billy Lyall | (1953–1989) | British keyboard player; member of Pilot (band) and the Bay City Rollers. | [99] |
| Freddie Mercury | (1946–1991) | British lead singer of the band Queen. | [100] |
| Jacques Morali | (1947–1991) | French disco composer, and co-creator of the Village People. | [4] |
| Alan Murphy | (1953–1989) | English guitarist. Worked, among others, with Kate Bush and Level 42. | [101] |
| Klaus Nomi | (1944–1983) | German countertenor singer. | [102] |
| Stephen Oliver | (1950–1992) | English composer; known for his operas. | [103] |
| Chuck Panozzo | (1948—) | American bass player; founding member of the rock band Styx. | [104] |
| Lonnie Pitchford | (1955–1998) | American blues musician and instrument maker. | [105] |
| Louis Potgieter | (1951–1993) | South African singer, fronted the German novelty act Dschinghis Khan. | [106] |
| Sharon Redd | (1945–1992) | American disco singer. | [107] |
| Scott Ross | (1951–1989) | American harpsichordist. | [108] |
| Frankie Ruiz | (1958–1998) | Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer. | [109] |
| Arthur Russell | (1951–1992) | American disco artist and cellist. | [110] |
| Renato Russo | (1960–1996) | Brazilian founder and leader of the rock band, Legião Urbana. | [111] |
| Jermaine Stewart | (1957–1997) | American pop singer. | [4] |
| Sylvester | (1944–1988) | American disco artist and drag performer. | [112] |
| Ricky Wilson | (1953–1985) | American guitarist; original member of The B-52's. | [113] |
Politics and law
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Cameron | (1953—) | South African Supreme Court of Appeal judge. | [114] |
| Roy Cohn | (1927–1986) | American lawyer; came to prominence during the investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy into alleged Communism in the U.S. government, especially the Army-McCarthy Hearings. | [115] |
| Greg Harris | (19??—) | American politician from Illinois. | [116] |
| Richard A. Heyman | (1935–1994) | American politician; mayor of Key West, Florida in 1983-85 and 1987-89. | [117] |
| Michael Kühnen | (1955–1991) | German leader of the neo-Nazi scene. | [118] |
| Makgatho Mandela | (1950–2005) | South African attorney; was the son of former South African president Nelson Mandela. | [119] |
| Larry McKeon | (1944—) | American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives. | [120] |
| Stewart McKinney | (1931–1987) | American Congressman; represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his death. | [121] |
| Chris Smith | (1951—) | British Labour Party politician; member of the House of Lords and former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. | [122] |
Pornographic film industry
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Anthony | (1967—) | American pornographic film performer. | [123] |
| Brooke Ashley | (1973—) | South Korean born American pornographic film performer. | [124] |
| Jessica Dee | (1978—) | American pornographic film performer; see Darren James entry. | [125] |
| Tricia Devereaux | (1978—) | American pornographic film performer. | [126] |
| Karen Dior | (1967–2004) | American transvestite pornographic film performer. | [127] |
| Casey Donovan | (1943–1987) | pornographic film performer. | [128] |
| John Holmes | (1944–1988) | American pornographic film performer; one of the most famous male porn stars of all time. | [124] |
| Darren James | (1964—) | American pornographic film performer; infected Lara Roxx, Miss Arroyo and Jessica Dee, causing an international pornography-industry AIDS scare. | [128] |
| John King | (1963–1995) | American pornographic film performer. | [128] |
| Miss Arroyo | (1977—) | American pornographic film performer; see Darren James entry. | [129] |
| Wade Nichols | (1946–1985) | American pornographic film performer and soap opera actor; committed suicide after learning he was infected with HIV. | [130] |
| Scott O'Hara | (1961–1998) | American pornographic film performer, poet and editor/publisher. | [128] |
| Al Parker | (1952–1992) | American pornographic film performer, director and producer. | [131] |
| Johnny Rahm | {1965–2004) | pornographic film performer. | [132] |
| Lara Roxx | (19??—) | Canadian pornographic film performer; see Darren James entry. | [128] |
| Aiden Shaw | (1966—) | British pornographic film performer. | [133] |
| John Stagliano | (1951—) | American pornographic film performer; best known for his Buttman series of films, which is credited with sparking the gonzo adult film genre. | [134] |
| Joey Stefano | (1968–1994) | American pornographic film performer; was a model in Madonna's book Sex. | [135] |
| Marc Wallice | (1959—) | American pornographic film performer. | [124] |
Scientifically notable infections
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly Bergalis | (1968–1991) | American woman who alleged she had contracted HIV from her dentist. | [136] |
| Gaëtan Dugas | (1953–1984) | French-Canadian flight attendant who became known as "Patient Zero". | [137] |
| Arvid Noe | (1947–1976) | Norwegian sailor famous for being one of the first humans known to have died from AIDS. | [138] [139] |
| Veronica Prego | (19??—) | Argentine-American medical doctor who became infected with HIV in 1983 when she pricked her finger with an infected needle. | [140] |
| Margrethe P. Rask | (1930–1977) | Danish physician and surgeon, one of the first non-Africans known to have died from AIDS. | [141] |
Sports
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Ashe | (1943–1993) | American tennis player and social activist; won three Grand Slam titles. | [142] |
| Glenn Burke | (1952–1995) | Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics. | [143] |
| John Curry | (1949–1994) | British figure skater who won the Olympic and World Championships in 1976. | [144] |
| Esteban De Jesus | (1951–1989) | Puerto Rican boxer; world lightweight champion. | [145] |
| Rudy Galindo | (1969—) | American figure skater; won a bronze medal at the 1996 World Championships. | [146] |
| Bill Goldsworthy | (1944–1996) | American ice hockey player; played in the National Hockey League for fourteen seasons. | [147] |
| Magic Johnson | (1959—) | American basketball player; was named to the NBA All-Star team twelve times. | [148] |
| Greg Louganis | (1960—) | American Olympic diver; best known for winning back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3m and 10m events. | [149] |
| Robert McCall | (19??–1991) | Canadian figure skater; won a bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. | [150] |
| Ondrej Nepela | (1951–1989) | Slovak figure skater, was Olympic champion in 1972. | [151] |
| Tim Richmond | (1955–1989) | American NASCAR racing driver. | [152] |
| Roy Simmons | (1956—) | American athlete who played for the National Football League. | [153] |
| Jerry Smith | (1943–1987) | American professional football player; tight end for the Washington Redskins. | [154] |
| Trevis Smith | (1976—) | American professional football player with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. | [155] |
| Tom Waddell | (1937–1987) | American Olympic athlete; founded the Gay Games | [156] |
| Robert Wagenhoffer | (1960–1999) | American figure skater; won a silver medal at the 1982 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. | [157] |
| Alan Wiggins | (1958–1991) | American Major League Baseball player. | [158] |
Theatre and dance
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Ailey | (1931–1989) | American modern dancer and choreographer. | [159] |
| A. J. Antoon | (1944–1992) | American stage director who won a Tony award in 1972 for directing the play That Championship Season. | [7] |
| Rick Aviles | (1952–1995) | American Stand-up comedian and actor. | [4] |
| Tony Azito | (1948–1995) | American dancer and character actor. | [160] |
| Alan Bowne | (1945–1989) | American playwright and author. | [161] |
| Michael Bennett | (1943–1987) | American musical theater director, choreographer, and dancer; was the choreographer of the Broadway production of A Chorus Line. | [4] |
| Robert Chesley | (1943–1990) | American playwright, theater critic and musical composer. | [7] |
| Martin de Maat | (1948–2001) | American teacher and artistic director at The Second City in Chicago. | [162] |
| Jorge Donn | (1947–1992) | Argentinian ballet dancer with the Maurice Béjart ballet company and artistic director of the Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century. | [7] |
| Ulysses Dove | (1947–1996) | American contemporary choreographer. | [163] |
| Ethyl Eichelberger | (1945–1990) | American drag performer, playwright and actor. | [7] |
| Wayland Flowers | (1939–1988) | American entertainer and ventriloquist. | [164] |
| Christopher Gillis | (1951–1993) | dancer and choreographer; formed the Paul Taylor Dance Company. | [165] |
| Choo San Goh | (1948–1987) | Singaporean choreographer of ballet. | [7] |
| Hibiscus | (19??–1983) | Founder of the psychedelic drag queen troupe The Cockettes. | [166] |
| René Highway | (1954–1990) | Canadian Cree actor and dancer. | [167] |
| John Hirsch | (1930–1989) | Hungarian-Canadian theatre director | [168] |
| Robert Joffrey | (1930–1988) | American dancer, teacher, producer, and choreographer. | [169] |
| Gibson Kente | (1932–2004) | South African playwright; known as the Father of Black Theatre in South Africa. | [170] |
| Larry Kert | (1930–1991) | American Broadway performer; played in West Side Story and Company. | [171] |
| Charles Ludlam | (1943–1987) | American actor and playwright. | [7] |
| Jean-Louis Morin | (1953–1995) | Canadian choreographer and dancer | [172] |
| Willi Ninja | (1961–2006) | American dancer and choreographer; best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris is Burning. | [173] |
| Rudolf Nureyev | (1938–1993) | Russian ballet dancer; is regarded as one of the greatest male dancers of the 20th century. | [174] |
| Michael Peters | (1948–1994) | American choreographer; choreographed the fifteen-minute Michael Jackson music video "Thriller". | [175] |
| Craig Russell | (1948–1990) | Canadian female impersonator. | [7] |
| John Sex | (19??–1989) | American cabaret singer and performance artist. | [11] [176] |
| Ron Vawter | (1949–1994) | American actor; founding member of the artists ensemble The Wooster Group. | [177] |
Visual arts and fashion
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Almaraz | (1941–1989) | Mexican-American artist and an early proponent of the Chicano street arts movement. | [7] |
| Way Bandy | (1941–1986) | Celebrity makeup artist. | [7] |
| Crawford Barton | (1943–1993) | American photographer whose work is known for documenting the blooming of the openly gay culture in San Francisco, in the 1960s and 1970s. | [63] |
| Leigh Bowery | (1961–1994) | Australian performance artist, fashion designer, dancer and model. | [103] |
| Gia Carangi | (1960–1986) | American supermodel of the late 1970s and early 1980s. | [178] |
| Tina Chow | (1951–1992) | Restaurateur and model. | [179] |
| Perry Ellis | (1940–1986) | American fashion designer; his name still represents the sportswear fashion house he founded in the mid-1970s. | [180] |
| Vincent Fourcade | (1934–1992) | French American interior designer. | [7] |
| Félix González-Torres | (1957–1996) | Cuban artist. | [181] |
| Halston | (1932–1990) | American fashion designer. | [182] |
| Keith Haring | (1958–1990) | American artist social activist whose work responded to the New York street culture of the 1980s. | [183] |
| Sighsten Herrgård | (1943–1989) | Swedish fashion designer; first Swedish celebrity to publicize his HIV-positive status. | [184] |
| Peter Hujar | (1934–1987) | American photographer. | [185] |
| Robert Mapplethorpe | (1946–1989) | American photographer. | [186] |
| Frank Moore | (1953–2002) | American artist; designer of the red ribbon symbol of AIDS awareness. | [187] |
| Tommy Nutter | (1943–1992) | British Savile Row tailor and fashion designer. | [7] |
| Felix Partz | (1945–1994) | Canadian artist, member of the artist collective General Idea. | [188] |
| Herb Ritts | (1952–2002) | American photographer and video director. | [4] |
| Willi Smith | (1948–1987) | American fashion designer. | [189] |
| Jorge Zontal | (1944–1994) | Canadian artist, member of the artist collective General Idea. | [188] |
| David Wojnarowicz | (1954–1992) | American artist, writer and activist. | [7] |
Writing
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam D'Allesandro | (1956–1988) | American poet and fiction writer. | [190] |
| Gordon Stewart Anderson | (1958/9–1991) | Canadian writer whose novel The Toronto You Are Leaving was published by his mother 15 years after his death. | [191] |
| Reinaldo Arenas | (1943–1990) | Cuban novelist who committed suicide while living in New York. | [192] |
| Jean Paul Aron | (1925–1988) | French writer and journalist; First person of renown in France to die of AIDS. | [193] |
| Isaac Asimov | (1920–1992) | Russian-born American author and biochemist, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. He became infected with HIV through a tainted blood transfusion during his 1983 triple heart bypass surgery. | [194] |
| Simon Bailey | (1955–1995) | British Anglican priest and writer. | [195] |
| John Boswell | (1947–1994) | American historian and a professor at Yale University. | [196] |
| Harold Brodkey | (1930–1996) | American author whose works include the memoir This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death, which documents his battle with AIDS. | [4] |
| Bruce Chatwin | (1940–1989) | British novelist and travel writer, best known for the influential In Patagonia. | [197] |
| Cyril Collard | (1957–1993) | French writer, actor and director of his autobiographical novel and film Les Nuits fauves (Savage Nights). | [198] |
| Serge Daney | (1944–1992) | French influential film critic. | [7] |
| Tory Dent | (1958–2005) | American poet, art critic and commentator on the AIDS crisis. | [199] |
| Michel Foucault | (1926–1984) | French philosopher and writer; known for his critical studies of various social institutions. | [200] |
| Hervé Guibert | (1955–1990) | French writer and filmmaker. | [201] |
| Essex Hemphill | (1957–1995) | American poet and activist. | [202] |
| Guy Hocquenghem | (1944–1988) | French writer and philosopher | [11] [203] |
| Arturo Islas | (1938–1991) | Mexican-American professor of English and writer. | [204] |
| Larry Kramer | (1935—) | American dramatist, author and gay rights activist. | [205] |
| Didier Lestrade | (1958—) | French journalist and author. | [206] |
| Peter McGehee | (1955–1991) | American-born Canadian writer | [207] |
| Peter McWilliams | (1940–2000) | American writer and libertarian activist. | [208] |
| James Merrill | (1926–1995) | American Pulitzer Prize winning poet. | [209] |
| Ernest Matthew Mickler | (1940–1988) | American author of the cookbook White Trash Cooking. | [210] |
| Paul Monette | (1945–1995) | American novelist and poet. | [211] |
| John Preston | (1945–1994) | American author of gay erotica and an editor of gay nonfiction anthologies. | [212] |
| Vito Russo | (1946–1990) | American gay activist, film historian and author. | [7] |
| Barbara Samson | (19??—) | French poet who was infected with HIV at the age of seventeen. Her story was made into the French television film Being Seventeen. | [213] |
| Dick Scanlan | (1961—) | American librettist, writer and actor. | [214] |
| Nicholas Schaffner | (1953–1991) | American author, wrote books about Pink Floyd and The Beatles. | [215] |
| Jay Scott | (1949–1993) | Canadian film critic. | [216] |
| Randy Shilts | (1951–1994) | American journalist and author; wrote the book And the Band Played On which documented the outbreak of AIDS in the United States. | [4] |
| Andrew Sullivan | (1963—) | British-American journalist and blogger. | [217] |
| Yvonne Vera | (1964–2005) | Zimbabwean author. | [218] |
| Matthew Ward | (1951–1990) | American English/French translator noted for his 1989 rendition of Albert Camus' The Stranger. | [219] |
| Edmund White | (1940—) | American novelist, short-story writer and critic. | [220] |
| LeRoy Whitfield | (1969–2005) | American writer and AIDS activist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS. | [221] |
Miscellaneous
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Andelson | (1931–1987) | American regent of the University of California. | [222] |
| Kuwasi Balagoon | (19??–1986) | American member of the Black Liberation Army. | [223] |
| Nozipho Bhengu | (1974–2006) | South African who became famous for opting not to take antiretroviral medication after being influenced to do so by health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. | [224] |
| Althea Flynt | (1953–1987) | American; wife of publishing magnate and Hustler founder Larry Flynt. | [225] |
| Eve van Grafhorst | (1982–1993) | Australian child, forced to migrate to New Zealand due to ostracism from her local community in Australia. | [226] |
| David Hampton | (1964–2003) | American con artist. His story became the inspiration for a play and later a movie, titled Six Degrees of Separation. | [227] |
| Terry Higgins | (1945–1982) | One of the first British people to die of AIDS; gave his name to the Terrence Higgins Trust. | [228] |
| Gervase Jackson-Stops | (1947–1995) | British architectural historian and journalist. | [103] |
| Michael Lupo | (1953–1995) | Italian serial killer, in revenge of him contracting HIV he murdered four homosexuals. | [229] |
| Leonard Matlovich | (1943–1988) | American decorated Vietnam War veteran, fought U.S. military in 1975 for the right to serve as an openly gay man. | [230] |
| Kongulu Mobutu | (1970?–1998) | Son of Mobutu Sese Seko, former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; officer in the presidential guard. | [231] |
| Lucille Teasdale-Corti | (1929–1996) | Canadian physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who worked in Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country. | [232] |
| Ösel Tendzin | (19??–1990) | American Buddhist regent. | [233] |
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