Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 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 user:Mkweise (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 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 Science 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 Business Gianni Agnelli, (1921-2003) - Italian industrialist Symbols Milivi Adams (1997-2002) young symbol of the battle many Vieques citizens had against the stay of the military in their island. Criminals Aniello DelaCrosse Meyer Lansky (1902-1983) Abu Nidal (1937-2002) Jack Ruby This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.