List of famous 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 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
• 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
• Richard Crenna, actor
• Scatman Crothers, actor
• Celia Cruz, singer
• Bill Cullin[?], 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Jason Robards[?] - (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) -- actor
• 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.
• Raul Vale[?]- Venezuelan born Mexican comedian
• Barry Watson[?] - star of 7th Heaven[?]
• John Wayne - actor
• 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

Literature & Journalism

• James Baldwin writer
• Robert Bloch writer
• John Diamond[?] Times columnist and broadcaster
• Ted Hughes - (August 17, 1930 October 29, 1998) -- poet
• Stan Rice - (1943 - December 9, 2002), poet and artist
• Charles Sheffield , physicist and author
• 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.
• Scott Hamilton[?] figure skater
• John Kruk[?] baseball player
• Mario Lemieux hockey player
• Mickey Mantle baseball player
• Roger Neilson. NHL hockey coach
• Walter Payton American football player
• Kim Perrot[?] (+1999) wnba[?] basketball player
• Barry Sheene (1950-2003) world motocross champion
• Mel Stottlemyre[?] major league baseball player and coach
• Darryl Strawberry baseball player
• Dick Tiger[?] boxer
• Rudy Tomjanovich[?] former NBA player and 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
• 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)
• Donald Regan
• John Savage premier of Nova Scotia (1932-2003)
• Ulysses Simpson Grant - (April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) -- U.S. President
• 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

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)
• Jack Ruby