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Table of contents
1 Entertainers
2 Athletes
3 Religion
4 Politics
5 Others

Entertainers

Athletes

  • Arthur Ashe, tennis player and social activist; infected via transfusion during heart surgery
  • Esteban De Jesus world champion boxer
  • Magic Johnson - 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 - diver, knew he was HIV-positive since 1988, announced it in 1995
  • Tommy Morrison 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+ people to have HIV- children.
  • Ruben Palacios world champion boxer

Religion

Politics

Others

See also: AIDS Memorial Quilt, AIDS, HIV, list of people, list of cancer patients