List of cancer patients

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.

Table of contents

1 Entertainment 2 Literature & Journalism 3 Sports 4 Politics 5 Religion 6 Science 7 Business 8 Symbols 9 Criminals

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.
• 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

• 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
• user:Mkweise (b. 1968), wikipedian

• 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

• 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

• Philip Berrigan priest
• St. Charlie (1918-1963)
• Pope John XXIII
• Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), monk and notable author of English language books on Hinduism

• Rachel Carson, biologist, author of Silent Spring
• Enrico Fermi, physicist
• Richard Feynman, physicist
• Rosalind Franklin, contributor to the discovery of the structure of DNA
• An Wang, early Chinese-born American computer pioneer
• John von Neumann, mathematician and computer pioneer

• Gianni Agnelli, (1921-2003) - Italian industrialist

• Milivi Adams (1997-2002) young symbol of the battle many Vieques citizens had against the stay of the military in their island.

• Aniello DelaCrosse
• Meyer Lansky (1902-1983)
• Abu Nidal (1937-2002)
• Jack Ruby