List of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
Famous people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Living
- Alan Alda, American actor.
- Steve Alten, American author.
- Alex Band, American singer.
- Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor.
- Andy Barrie, Canadian radio personality.
- Ed Begley Jr., American actor.
- Aidy Boothroyd, British footballer and football manager.
- Allan Border, Australian cricketer and commentator.
- Cait Brennan, American musician and screenwriter.
- Roberto Carcelen, Peruvian-American cross-country skier.
- Rory Cellan-Jones, British journalist.
- Greg Cipes, American voice actor.
- Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter.
- Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor.
- Justin Currie, Scottish singer.
- Neil Diamond, American singer.
- Frank Elstner, German television moderator and entertainer
- Joe Ely, American musician.
- Brett Favre, American football player.
- Ranulph Fiennes, British explorer and writer.
- Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor.
- Gerald Ganglbauer, Austrian publisher.
- Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager.
- Brian Grant, American basketball player.
- Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist.
- Morten Harket, Norwegian singer.
- Fergus Henderson, English chef.
- Dom Irrera, American actor and comedian.
- Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist.
- Martha Johnson, Canadian singer.
- Mick Jones, English guitarist.
- Richie Kavanagh, Irish singer.
- Billy Kennedy, American basketball coach.
- Jansher Khan, Pakistani squash player.
- Michael Kinsley, American journalist and commentator.
- Bernie Kosar, American football player.
- Steve Ludzik, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
- Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler.
- Mark Mardell, British broadcaster.
- Leonard Maltin, American film critic and film historian.
- Paul Mayhew-Archer, British radio and television comedy producer and writer.
- Steve McCoy, American radio host.
- Barry Melrose, Canadian-American ice hockey player and broadcaster.
- Antanas Mockus, Colombian politician.
- Robert Mueller, American lawyer and former FBI director.
- Jeremy Paxman, British broadcaster.
- Valerie Perrine, American actress and model.
- Brent Peterson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
- Davis Phinney, American cyclist.
- Bill Plaschke, American sports journalist.
- Bill Rasmussen, American sports director.
- Ed Rendell, American politician.
- Mark Richt, American college football coach.
- Freddie Roach, American boxer.
- Linda Ronstadt, American singer.
- Guy Scott, Zambian politician, acting President of Zambia.
- José E. Serrano, American politician.
- Rick Shapiro, American comedian and actor.
- Paul Sinha, British comedian.
- John Stapleton, British journalist and television presenter
- Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist.
- Kevin Tighe, American actor.
- Glenn Tipton, English guitarist.
- Lars von Trier, Danish film director and screenwriter.
- John Walker, New Zealand runner.
Deceased
- Muhammad Ali, American boxer.
- Brock Adams, American politician.
- Jack Anderson, American columnist.
- Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
- Jim Backus, American actor.
- Roger Bannister, English Olympic runner and neurologist.
- Joanne Chory, American plant biologist and geneticist.
- José Bernal, Cuban-American artist.
- Sir John Betjeman, CBE, British poet.
- Boyi Bhimanna, Indian poet.
- Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king.
- Whit Bissell, American actor.
- Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer.
- Jack Buck, American sportscaster.
- George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States.
- Lou Butera American professional pool player.
- Roger Caron, Canadian bank robber.
- Owen Chamberlain, American physicist.
- Barney Childs, American composer and teacher.
- Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Dutch prince.
- Alf Clausen, American film and television composer.
- Joe Cook, American actor.
- Jeff Cook, American guitarist.
- George Coulouris, English actor.
- André Courrèges, French fashion designer.
- Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter.
- Harry Dalton, American baseball executive.
- Joyce Davidson, Canadian-American television personality and producer.
- Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician.
- Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian writer and humorist.
- Basil D'Oliveira, South African-born English cricketer.
- James Doohan, Canadian actor.
- Robert Downey Sr., American filmmaker and actor.
- Lesley Elliott, New Zealand domestic violence and abuse campaigner.
- Lane Evans, American politician.
- William Everson, American poet.
- Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator.
- Doug Furnas, American Professional Wrestler and Powerlifter
- Booth Gardner, American politician.
- Michael Gerson, American journalist and speechwriter.
- Carlos Gomes, Portuguese footballer.
- Billy Graham, American evangelist.
- Walter Gretzky, Canadian philanthropist and author.
- Lizzie Grey, American singer.
- Grace Griffith, American singer.
- Andrew Grove, American businessman.
- Lou Groza, American football player.
- Shay Healy, Irish songwriter and broadcaster.
- Nathan Heard, American novelist.
- George Roy Hill, American film director.
- Chester Himes, American writer.
- Bob Hoskins, English actor.
- Masud Husain Khan, Indian linguist.
- Josefa Iloilo, Fijian politician, President of Fiji.
- Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia.
- Sir Alec Issigonis, British-Greek car designer.
- Mary Jackson, American actress.
- David Jacobs, British radio and television presenter.
- Dave Jennings, American football player.
- Ba Jin, Chinese writer.
- Pope John Paul II, Polish pope.
- Dean Jones, American actor.
- Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and author.
- Pauline Kael, American film critic.
- Casey Kasem, American radio disc jockey and voice actor.
- Frank Kelly, Irish actor.
- Ray Kennedy, English footballer.
- Deborah Kerr, British actress.
- Guy Kibbee, American actor.
- George Kirby American comedian.
- Jimmy Knepper, American jazz trombonist.
- Steve Kragthorpe, American football coach.
- Ted Kroll, American professional golfer.
- Gerald M. Levin, American businessman.
- James Levine, American conductor.
- Richard Lewis, American comedian and actor.
- John Lindsay, American politician.
- Walter Lord, American author.
- Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman and revolutionary.
- Margo MacDonald, Scottish politician.
- Luis Marden, Italian-American photographer.
- Carlo Maria Martini, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, theologian and biblical exegete.
- Ferdy Mayne, German actor.
- William Masters, American gynaecologist and sex researcher.
- Eugene McCarthy, American politician.
- Joseph M. McDade, American politician and former Congressman from NE Pennsylvania.
- Ralph McQuarrie, American artist.
- Tony Mendez, American CIA Officer portrayed in Argo.
- Zell Miller, American former governor of the state of Georgia.
- Alois Mock, Austrian politician.
- Leo Monahan, American sports journalist.
- Kenneth More, English actor.
- Knowlton Nash, Canadian television journalist and author.
- Giulio Natta, Italian chemist.
- Dame Anna Neagle, English actress.
- Ozzy Osbourne, English singer.
- Norman Panama, American writer, producer and director.
- Joe Pasternak, American film director.
- Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator.
- George Perles, American football player, defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, head football coach at Michigan State University.
- Ray Perrault, Canadian politician who served as Senator from British Columbia.
- Enoch Powell, British politician.
- Larry Powers, American bodybuilder.
- Vincent Price, American actor, also had lung cancer.
- Hans Ras, Dutch linguist and academic.
- Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor.
- John Rosenbaum, American artist.
- M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and best-selling author.
- Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States.
- Matt Robinson, American actor.
- Masa Saito, Japanese professional wrestler.
- Leonid Shamkovich, USSR Chess Grandmaster.
- Walter Sisulu, South African freedom fighter.
- Sir Osbert Sitwell, English writer.
- A. J. P. Taylor, British historian and writer.
- Jerry Sloan, American professional basketball player and former Member of NBA.
- Jean-Louis Tauran, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Roman Curia.
- Terry-Thomas, English actor.
- Meldrim Thomson Jr., Republican Governor of New Hampshire.
- Richard Thompson, American illustrator and Reuben-award-winning cartoonist.
- Jeremy Thorpe, British politician and leader of the Liberal Party.
- Pat Torpey, American drummer for the band Mr. Big.
- Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada.
- Mo Udall, Member of the US House of Representatives.
- Tim Wall, Australian cricketer.
- George Wallace, American politician and former governor of Alabama.
- Maurice White, American singer, musician, founder of R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire.
- Albert Whitlock, British motion picture matte artist.
- Edward Winter, American actor.
- Harvey D. Williams, African-American U.S. Army major general and activist, Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Army.
- Robin Williams, American actor.
- Richard Winters, American War Hero. WWII veteran and basis for book Band of Brothers and the subsequent HBO miniseries.
- Farnsworth Wright, American editor.
- Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter.