This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS, including those who have died. AIDS is a pandemic.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, 84.2 million [64.0–113.0 million] people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 40.1 million [33.6–48.6 million] people have died of HIV.
Globally, 38.4 million [33.9–43.8 million] people were living with HIV at the end of 2021. An estimated 0.7% [0.6-0.8%] of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions.
The WHO African Region remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 25 adults (3.4%) living with HIV and accounting for more than two-thirds of the people living with HIV worldwide.
HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including vaginal, anal, and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. Because of lack of public acceptance, people infected with HIV are frequently subjected to stigma and discrimination. [1] Publicity campaigns around the world have aimed to counter HIV-related prejudices and misconceptions and to replace them with an accurate understanding that helps to prevent new infections. These efforts have been aided by various celebrities – including American basketball star Magic Johnson and South African judge Edwin Cameron – who have publicly announced that they are HIV-positive. [2]
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Adams | (1947–1991) | British actor who appeared in King's Royal | [3] |
| Charlie Barnett | (1954–1996) | American actor and comedian who starred in the television series Miami Vice and the 1983 film D.C. Cab | [4] |
| Christopher Bernau | (1940–1989) | American actor who starred in the television series Dark Shadows | [5] |
| Amanda Blake | (1929–1989) | American actress, known for her role as Kitty Russell in the television series Gunsmoke | [6] [7] |
| Sandra Bréa | (1952–2000) | Brazilian actress and model, regarded as one of Brazil's main sex symbols of the 1970s | [8] |
| Jim J. Bullock | (born 1955) | American actor who starred in the sitcoms Too Close for Comfort and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | [9] |
| Stephan W. Burns | (1954–1990) | American actor who starred in the film Herbie Goes Bananas and the television mini-series The Thorn Birds | [10] |
| Merritt Butrick | (1959–1989) | American actor, known for playing Captain Kirk's son in the films Star Trek , Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . | [11] |
| Ian Charleson | (1949–1990) | British actor, known for playing the role of athlete Eric Liddell in the film Chariots of Fire | [12] |
| Yoni Chen | (1953–1995) | Israeli actor who performed the role of Batz on the puppet show Parpar Nechmad and dubbed the voices of characters on animated shows and films into the Hebrew language, most notably Looney Tunes | [13] |
| Keith Christopher | (1957–1998) | American actor and singer, known for playing HIV-positive characters on NBC soap opera Another World and CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light | [14] [15] [16] |
| Brad Davis | (1949–1991) | American actor, known for playing the part of Billy Hayes in the film Midnight Express | [17] |
| Robert Drivas | (1938–1986) | American film, television and stage actor | [18] |
| Denholm Elliott | (1922–1992) | British actor, known for his performances in the films Trading Places , A Private Function , Defence of the Realm and A Room with a View | [6] |
| René Enríquez | (1933–1990) | Nicaraguan-American actor, known for his role in the 1980s television series Hill Street Blues | [19] |
| Richard Frank | (1953–1995) | American television and motion picture actor, known for playing the role of Father Vogler in the film Amadeus | [20] |
| Leonard Frey | (1938–1988) | American Broadway and film actor, known for his performance as Motel Kamzoil in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof | [6] |
| Tom Fuccello | (1936–1993) | American actor, known for his role as Dave Culver in the television series Dallas | [21] |
| Leslie Graves | (1959–1995) | American actress, known for playing Brenda Clegg in the soap opera Capitol from 1982 to 1984 | [22] |
| Kevin Peter Hall | (1955–1991) | American actor, known for his roles in the films Predator and Harry and the Hendersons | [23] [24] |
| Antony Hamilton | (1952–1995) | Australian actor, model and dancer, known for his roles in Cover Up and the 1988 revival of Mission Impossible . | [25] |
| Christian Haren | (1935–1996) | American actor and model, known for portraying the Marlboro Man in print advertisements. | [26] |
| Rock Hudson | (1925–1985) | American actor, first major public figure to publicly disclose his HIV status. | [27] |
| Michael Jeter | (1952–2003) | American film and theatre actor, known for his role on the sitcom Evening Shade and his performance as Otto Kringelein in the musical Grand Hotel , for which he received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical | [6] |
| Larry Kert | (1930–1991) | American film and theatre actor | [28] |
| Hans Kesting | (born 1960) | Dutch film, theatre and television actor. | [29] |
| Rémi Laurent | (1957–1989) | French actor, known for playing Laurent Baldi in the French-Italian movie La Cage aux Folles . | [30] |
| Sirpa Lane | (1952–1999) | Finnish actress and model, known for starring in the films La Bête (1975), Nazi Love Camp 27 (1977) and The Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982) | [31] [32] |
| Irving Allen Lee | (1948–1992) | American soap opera and musical actor | [33] |
| Cláudia Magno | (1958–1994) | Brazilian actress and dancer | [2] |
| Tom McBride | (1952–1995) | American actor and model, best known for his role in Friday the 13th Part 2 and for his modeling stint as the Marlboro Man | [34] |
| Dursley McLinden | (1965–1995) | British actor; the lead character of Ritchie Tozer (played by Olly Alexander) in the 2021 AIDS drama series It's a Sin was inspired by him | [35] |
| John Megna | (1952–1995) | American former child actor, known for his role as Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird | [36] |
| Steve Moore | (1954–2014) | American comedian whose 1997 HBO special Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking focused on finding the humor in life with HIV | [37] |
| Lesego Motsepe | (1974–2014) | South African actress and AIDS activist | [38] [39] [40] [41] |
| Cookie Mueller | (1949–1989) | American actor and writer who appeared in many of filmmaker John Waters' early films | [12] |
| Timothy Patrick Murphy | (1959–1988) | American actor, known for playing the role of Mickey Trotter in the television series Dallas | [6] |
| Jeffrey Mylett | (1949–1986) | American actor, known for his roles in the films Godspell and My Man Adam | [6] |
| Nisha Noor | (1962–2007) | South Indian actress; starred in the Tamil films Kalyana Agathigal (1985) and Iyer the Great (1990) | [42] |
| David Oliver | (1962–1991) | American actor, known for his roles in Another World and A Year in the Life | [43] |
| Ilka Tanya Payán | (1943–1996) | Dominican-born American actress, attorney and activist; she was one of the first Latino celebrities to publicly disclose her HIV-positive status. | [44] |
| Mark Patton | (born 1958) | American actor best known for portraying Jesse Walsh in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | [45] |
| Anthony Perkins | (1932–1992) | American actor best known for his role as Norman Bates in the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho | [6] |
| Danny Pintauro | (born 1976) | American actor best known for his role as Jonathan in the 1980s sitcom Who's the Boss? | [46] |
| Werner Pochath | (1939–1993) | Austrian actor | [47] [48] |
| Billy Porter | (born 1969) | American actor | [49] |
| Keith Prentice | (1940–1992) | American theatre and soap opera actor | [50] |
| Kurt Raab | (1941–1988) | German actor known for his work with film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder | [51] |
| Dack Rambo | (1941–1994) | American actor who played Jack Ewing in the television series Dallas | [6] |
| Gene Anthony Ray | (1962–2003) | American actor and dancer; best known for his portrayal of the street smart dancer Leroy in the 1980 motion picture Fame and its television spin-off. | [52] |
| Robert Reed | (1932–1992) | American actor, known for playing the role of Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch . | [6] |
| Tony Richardson | (1928–1991) | British film director, known for his 1963 film Tom Jones , for which he received two Academy Awards | [6] |
| Larry Riley | (1952–1992) | American actor, known for playing the role of Frank Williams in the soap opera Knots Landing | [12] |
| Howard Rollins | (1950–1996) | American actor, nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Ragtime | [53] |
| Sean Sasser | (1968–2013) | American actor who appeared on MTV's The Real World: San Francisco , AIDS activist, and pastry chef | [54] |
| Franklyn Seales | (1952–1990) | St. Vincent-born American actor, known for his role in the sitcom Silver Spoons | [55] |
| Tommy Sexton | (1955–1993) | Canadian actor and comedian | [56] |
| Ray Sharkey | (1952–1993) | American actor, known for his performance in The Idolmaker , for which he won a Golden Globe Award | [6] |
| Charlie Sheen | (born 1965) | American actor | [57] |
| Paul Shenar | (1936–1989) | American film and theatre actor, known for his role as Alejandro Sosa in the 1983 film Scarface | [6] |
| Hugo Soto | (1953–1994) | Argentine film and theatre actor | [58] |
| Dennis Cleveland Stewart | (1947–1994) | American film and television actor and professional dancer; best known for his role as Leo in the 1978 film Grease | [59] |
| Stephen Stucker | (1947–1986) | American actor and comedian; best known for the Airplane! films | [6] |
| Taína | (born 1975) | Puerto Rican television personality | [60] |
| Steve Tracy | (1952–1986) | American actor, best known for his role in Little House on the Prairie | [61] |
| Charlotte Valandrey | (1968–2022) | French actress and author | [62] |
| José De Vega | (1934–1990) | American actor, best known for playing Chino in both the Broadway and 1961 film versions of West Side Story | [63] |
| Tom Villard | (1953–1994) | American actor; played Jay Bostwick in the TV series We Got It Made | [6] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zackie Achmat | (born 1962) | South African AIDS activist; founder and chairman of the Treatment Action Campaign | [64] |
| Noriyasu Akase | (died 1991) | Japanese AIDS activist; he was the first person in Japan to publicize his HIV-positive status | [65] [66] |
| Rebekka Armstrong | (born 1967) | American former Playboy Playmate and HIV/AIDS educator | [67] |
| Rick Bébout | (1950–2009) | Canadian AIDS activist, journalist and memoirist | [68] |
| Richard Berkowitz | (born 1955) | American activist and author | [69] |
| Gina Brown | (born 1966) | American activist and social worker, working to decriminalize HIV status in the Southern U.S. | [70] [71] |
| Marvelyn Brown | (born 1984) | American activist and author | [72] |
| Bruce Burnett | (1954–1985) | New Zealand AIDS activist | [73] |
| Peter Busse | (1958–2006) | South African AIDS activist and educator; one of the first openly HIV-positive South Africans; co-founded Township AIDS Project (TAP) and the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) | [74] |
| Gideon Byamugisha | (born 1959) | First openly HIV positive religious leader in Africa; founder of ANERELA and winner of the 2009 Niwano Peace Prize | [75] [76] |
| Michael Callen | (1955–1993) | American AIDS activist, author and singer–songwriter; co-founder of PWA Health Group and the Community Research Initiative (now ACRIA); testified before the President's Commission on AIDS and both houses of the United States Congress in 1983 | [77] [78] [79] |
| Bobbi Campbell | (1952–1984) | American AIDS activist and one of the first people to publicly acknowledge his HIV infection | [80] |
| Paddy Chew | (1960–1999) | Singaporean AIDS activist; he was the first person in Singapore to publicise his HIV-positive status | [81] |
| Dolzura Cortez | (19??–1992) | Filipina AIDS activist; she was the first person in the Philippines to publicise her HIV-positive status | [82] |
| Spencer Cox | (1968–2012) | American AIDS activist who helped facilitate the development of protease inhibitors | [83] |
| Tyler Curry | (born 1983) | American HIV activist and columnist | [84] |
| Leigh Davids | (1979–2019) | South African AIDS activist | [85] [86] [87] |
| Joey DiPaolo | (born 1979) | American AIDS activist who won a court case to remain at his school; co-founder of the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation | [88] |
| Gugu Dlamini | (1962–1998) | South African AIDS activist who was beaten to death shortly after disclosing her diagnosis | [89] [90] |
| Jim Foster | (1934–1990) | American LGBTQ rights and Democratic Party activist, co-founder of the Society for Individual Rights, an early homophile organization | [91] [92] |
| Robert Frascino | (1952–2011) | American HIV specialist physician, immunologist, and HIV/AIDS advocate; co-founder of the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation | [93] [94] |
| Stephen Gendin | (1966–2000) | American AIDS activist involved in ACT UP and other groups; columnist for POZ magazine | [95] |
| Alison Gertz | (1966–1992) | American AIDS activist; voted Woman of the Year by Esquire | [96] |
| Elizabeth Glaser | (1947–1994) | American AIDS activist for pediatric causes and co-founder of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | [97] |
| Gregg Gonsalves | (born 1964 or 1965) | American AIDS activist, worked with ACT UP in the 1980s and 1990s, now codirector of the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale University | [98] |
| Jahnabi Goswami | (born 1976) | Indian AIDS activist and first woman in Northeast India to declare her HIV status | [99] |
| Eve van Grafhorst | (1982–1993) | Australian-born New Zealand AIDS campaigner; infected at birth via blood transfusions | [100] |
| Thomas Hannan | (1950–1991) | American AIDS activist and co-founder of PWA Health Group and the Community Research Initiative (now ACRIA) | [78] [79] |
| Bob Hattoy | (1950–2007) | Government employee and activist on issues related to gay rights, AIDS and the environment | [101] |
| Nkosi Johnson | (1989–2001) | South African child, who made a powerful impact on public perceptions of the pandemic and its effects before his death at the age of twelve | [102] |
| Cleve Jones | (born 1954) | American LGBT and AIDS activist, who conceived of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt; portrayed in the 2008 film Milk | [103] |
| Christine Kafando | (born 1971 or 1972) | Burkinabé HIV/AIDS activist | [104] |
| David Kirby | (1957–1990) | American HIV/AIDS activist and subject of a well-known photograph taken at his deathbed; the image was published in Life magazine, which called it the "picture that changed the face of AIDS" | [105] |
| Bill Kraus | (1947–1986) | American LGBT and AIDS activist and congressional aide; portrayed by Ian McKellen in the HBO film And the Band Played On | [106] |
| Michael Lynch | (1944–1991) | Canadian AIDS activist, professor, poet, and journalist | [107] |
| Prudence Nobantu Mabele | (1971–2017) | South African AIDS activist | [108] [109] |
| Cass Mann | (1948–2009) | AIDS activist/dissident and founder of the holistic AIDS charity Positively Healthy | [110] |
| Eliana Martinez | (1981–1989) | American girl whose mother appealed a court ruling that she could only be allowed to be in school if she were in a glass cage during classes | [111] |
| Tim McCaskell | (born 1951) | Canadian AIDS activist and co-founder of AIDS Action Now! | [112] [113] |
| Ronnie Mutimusekwa | (1955–1992) | First Zimbabwean AIDS activist | [114] |
| Simon Nkoli | (1957–1998) | South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist | [115] |
| Connie Norman | (1949–1996) | American AIDS activist | [116] |
| Rory O'Neill | (born 1968) | Irish drag queen and gay rights activist; also known by his stage names Panti, Panti Bliss and Pandora Panti Bliss | [117] |
| Paul Popham | (1941–1987) | American AIDS activist, co-founder and president of Gay Men's Health Crisis from 1981 until 1985 | [118] |
| Paul Rapoport | (1940–1987)) | American lawyer and gay rights activist, co-founder of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center and Gay Men's Health Crisis | [119] |
| Ricky Ray Robert Ray Randy Ray | (1977–1992) (1978–2000) (1979–2023) | American brothers who were the subject of a federal court battle against the DeSoto County school board to allow them to attend public school despite their diagnoses. | [120] |
| Josh Robbins | (born 1983) | American HIV activist who published a video on YouTube of being told of his HIV diagnosis in January 2012 | [121] [122] |
| Vito Russo | (1946–1990) | American gay activist, film historian and writer; author of The Celluloid Closet chronicling the history of depictions of homosexuality in film | [12] |
| Jorge Saavedra | (born 1958) | Mexican AIDS activist and director of CENSIDA, Mexico's HIV-prevention government agency, since 2003 | [123] |
| Linda Scruggs | (born 1964) | American HIV activist, founding member of the Positive Women's Network USA and a founding member of the US National Black Woman HIV Network | [124] |
| Jim St. James | (1954–1990) | Canadian actor and activist best known for starring in a series of HIV/AIDS awareness commercials on Canadian television in the 1980s, and as the subject of a biography by journalist June Callwood | [125] |
| Pedro Julio Serrano | (born 1974) | Puerto Rican LGBT and AIDS activist and the first openly HIV-positive and openly gay person to run for public office in Puerto Rico | [126] |
| Herbert de Souza | (1935–1997) | Brazilian human rights and HIV/AIDS activist | [127] |
| Peter Staley | (born 1961) | American HIV/AIDS-LGBT rights activist, known for his work with ACT UP and founding both the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the educational website AIDSmeds.com | [128] |
| Tonie Walsh | (born 1960) | Irish civil rights activist, journalist and founder of Irish Queer Archive | [129] |
| Beatrice Were | (born c. 1966) | Ugandan AIDS activist and co-founder of the non-governmental organization NACWOLA | [130] |
| Ryan White | (1971–1990) | American teenager and AIDS activist; the Ryan White Care Act, a federal law that addresses the unmet health needs of persons infected with HIV/AIDS in the United States, was named after him | [131] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vasily Aleksanyan | (1972–2011) | Russian lawyer and businessman, former Executive Vice President of Yukos oil company, jailed as a suspected accomplice to tax evasion and money laundering; allegedly denied treatment in jail | [132] |
| Stephen D. Hassenfeld | (1942–1989) | American businessman best known for being the chairman and chief executive officer of Hasbro from 1980 until 1989 | [133] |
| Chuck Holmes | (1945–2000) | American businessman founder of gay pornography studio Falcon Entertainment | [134] |
| Gordon Montador | (1950–1991) | Canadian book editor and publisher | [135] |
| Steve Rubell | (1943–1989) | American owner of New York City disco Studio 54 | [6] |
| Sean Strub | (born 1958) | American magazine publisher, founder of POZ magazine | [136] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Aziga | (born 1956) | Ugandan-born Canadian, notable as the first person to be charged with, and convicted of, first-degree murder in Canada for transmitting HIV, after the deaths of two women he had infected | [137] |
| Nadja Benaissa | (born 1982) | German female pop singer who was convicted of knowingly infecting a number of her lovers | [138] |
| Henry Cuerrier | (19??–) | Canadian man convicted of aggravated assault for knowingly exposing two women to HIV | [139] |
| Carl Leone | (born c. 1976) | Canadian businessman found guilty of 15 counts of aggravated sexual assault for not informing his partners of his HIV status | [140] |
| Andre Chad Parenzee | (born c. 1971) | South African-born man convicted in Australia on three counts of endangering human life through having unprotected sex without informing his partners of his HIV status | [141] |
| Trevis Smith | (born 1976) | American Canadian football player with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, jailed for aggravated sexual assault | [142] |
| Valentino Talluto | (born 1984) | Italian accountant convicted of thirty transmissions of HIV and sentenced to 24 years imprisonment | [143] |
| Nushawn Williams | (born 1976) | American who infected 13 women with HIV; imprisoned for reckless endangerment and statutory rape | [144] |
| Jonathan Carl | (born c.1983) | British man convicted of rape and reckless transmission of HIV and sentenced to 17 years imprisonment; the Metropolitan Police warned that he may have hundreds of victims. | [145] |
| Daryll Rowe | (born c.1991) | British man convicted of infecting five men he had unprotected sex with and sabotaging the condoms of another five in Brighton and Northumberland; sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 12 years imprisonment. | [146] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Adair | (1943–1996) | American documentary filmmaker | [147] |
| Néstor Almendros | (1930–1992) | Spanishcinematographer, director and human rights activist; won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film Days of Heaven | [148] |
| John-Manuel Andriote | (born 1958) | American journalist | [149] |
| Emile Ardolino | (1943–1993) | American film director and producer; directed the films Dirty Dancing and Sister Act | [150] |
| Howard Ashman | (1950–1991) | American playwright and lyricist; along with music composer Alan Menken, he received two Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and two Oscars for Best Song for the films The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (the latter was released posthumously) | [151] |
| Rob Astbury | (1948–2017) | Former Australian television sports presenter | [152] |
| Trinity K. Bonet | (born 1991) | American drag queen who competed on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race | [153] |
| Arthur J. Bressan Jr. | (1943–1987) | American director, writer and producer, best known for directing the 1985 film Buddies , the first film about the AIDS epidemic | [154] |
| Dave Brindle | (born 19??) | Canadian television journalist; anchor for CBC Newsworld | [155] |
| David Brudnoy | (1940–2004) | American talk radio host in Boston from 1976 to 2004 | [156] |
| Tom Cassidy | (1950–1991) | Business anchor for CNN and founder of the weekend show Pinnacle in 1982 | [157] |
| Cyril Collard | (1957–1993) | French film director and writer, best known for his film Savage Nights , one of the first French films about AIDS | [158] |
| Charity Kase | (born 1996) | British drag performer who competed on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK | [159] |
| Jacques Demy | (1931–1990) | French film director, best known for his films The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort | [160] |
| Venus D-Lite | (born 1983) | American drag queen who competed on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race | [161] |
| Kenny Everett | (1944–1995) | British disc jockey and television entertainer; starred and wrote in his own music and comedy television series The Kenny Everett Television Show | [162] |
| Amos Guttman | (1954–1993) | Israeli film director; an openly gay man, he was a pioneer of LGBT cinema in Israel | [163] |
| Vincent Hanley | (1954–1987) | Irish RTÉ radio DJ and television presenter | [164] |
| Teo Hernández | (1939–1992) | Mexican filmmaker | [165] |
| Colin Higgins | (1941–1988) | American screenwriter, director, and producer; wrote the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude | [12] |
| Richard Hunt | (1951–1992) | American Muppet puppeteer; played the character of Scooter on The Muppet Show | [166] |
| Derek Jarman | (1942–1994) | British film director, stage designer, artist, and writer | [167] |
| Peter Jepson-Young | (1957–1992) | Canadian medical doctor who promoted AIDS and HIV awareness and education in the early 1990s through his regular segment on CBC Television news broadcasts | [168] |
| Lawrence Kasha | (1933–1990) | American theatre producer and director, playwright and television producer | |
| Fana "Khabzela" Khaba | (1968–2004) | South African radio DJ and host; subject of the book Khabzela: The Life And Times Of A South African | [169] |
| Thierry Le Luron | (1952–1986) | French humorist and impressionist | [170] |
| Lexi Love | (born 1990) | American drag performer who competed on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . | [171] |
| Melvin Lindsey | (1955–1992) | American radio and television personality in the Washington, D.C. area; pioneered the Quiet Storm radio format | [172] |
| Roy London | (1943–1993) | American acting coach, actor and director | [173] |
| Lance Loud | (1951–2001) | American television personality and magazine columnist, known for his role in An American Family , widely considered the first reality TV show. | [174] |
| James K. Lyons | (1960–2007) | American actor and film editor, known for editing The Virgin Suicides and editing and co-writing Velvet Goldmine | [175] |
| Sonia Martínez | (1963–1994) | Spanish actress and television presenter, best known as a cat member of the children's television series Sabadabada (1983–1984) | [176] [177] [178] |
| Curt McDowell | (1945–1987) | American underground filmmaker | [179] |
| Michael McDowell | (1950–1999) | American novelist and screenwriter | [180] |
| Andy Milligan | (1929–1991) | American playwright, screenwriter and film director | [181] |
| CJ de Mooi | (born 1969) | British actor, writer, former professional quizzer and television personality | [182] |
| Ongina | (born 1982) | American drag queen and HIV activist, known for competing in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ; became one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV-positive | [183] |
| Q | (born 1998) | American drag queen, competed on the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race | [184] |
| Norman René | (1951–1996) | American film director and producer | [185] |
| Marlon Riggs | (1957–1994) | American author and documentary filmmaker | [186] |
| Max Robinson | (1939–1988) | American journalist, known for being the first African American network news anchor, co-anchoring ABC's World News Tonight from 1978 to 1983 | [187] |
| Anthony Sabatino | (1944–1993) | American art director, known for his work on the television show Fun House , for which he won an Emmy Award | [188] |
| Murray Salem | (1950–1998) | American television actor and screenwriter; wrote the script for the film Kindergarten Cop | [189] |
| Bill Sherwood | (1952–1990) | American filmmaker, known for the film Parting Glances . | [12] |
| Jack Smith | (1932–1989) | American underground film director, best known for the avant-garde movie Flaming Creatures . | [12] |
| Michael Sundin | (1961–1989) | British television presenter and actor; presented the BBC children television show Blue Peter | [190] |
| Jonathan Van Ness | (born 1987) | American hairdresser, podcaster, and television personality; cast member on Netflix's Queer Eye series | [191] |
| Esther Valiquette | (1962–1994) | Canadian documentary filmmaker ( The Measure of Your Passage ) | [192] |
| Joseph Vásquez | (1962–1995) | American independent filmmaker | [193] |
| Ron Walters | (1938–1994) | American make-up artist; won three Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for two more in the category Outstanding Makeup | [194] |
| Pedro Zamora | (1972–1994) | American television personality; cast member of MTV's The Real World reality series. | [195] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Allen | (1944–1992) | Australian singer songwriter-singer; wrote the expatriate anthem "I Still Call Australia Home". | [6] |
| Keith Barrow | (1954–1983) | American disco/soul singer-songwriter | [6] |
| Andy Bell | (born 1964) | British musician; lead vocalist of the synthpop duo Erasure | [196] |
| Nadja Benaissa | (born 1982) | German musician; member of the girl group No Angels | [197] |
| Andy Bey | (1939–2025) | American jazz musician | [198] |
| Black Randy | (1952–1988) | American leader of west coast art-punk soul band Black Randy and the Metrosquad | [199] |
| Jorge Bolet | (1914–1990) | Cuban pianist and conductor, known for his performances and recordings of large-scale romantic music | [200] |
| Mykki Blanco | (born 1986) | American rapper, performance artist, poet and LGBT activist | [201] |
| Cazuza | (1958–1990) | Brazilian singer and composer | [202] |
| Stuart Challender | (1947–1991) | Australian conductor; second Australian-born Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony (1987–91) | [203] |
| Mel Cheren | (1933 –2007) | American music executive, founder of West End Records | [204] |
| David Cole | (1963–1995) | American dance music producer, part of C+C Music Factory | [205] |
| Patrick Cowley | (1950–1982) | American electronic music artist | [206] |
| Robbin Crosby | (1959–2002) | American guitarist and member of glam metal band Ratt | [207] |
| Tony De Vit | (1957–1998) | British club disc jockey | [208] |
| Bobby DeBarge | (1956–1995) | American singer, member of the R&B bands DeBarge and Switch | [209] |
| Paul Delph | (1957–1996) | Singer-songwriter, producer, engineer and studio musician | [210] |
| Kiki Djan | (1957–2004) | Ghanaian singer, member of the musical band Osibisa | [211] |
| Eazy-E | (1963–1995) | American rapper, member of gangsta rap group N.W.A | [212] |
| Youri Egorov | (1954–1988) | Soviet and Monegasque classical pianist; defected to the Netherlands in 1976 | [23] [213] |
| Patrick Esposito Di Napoli | (1964–1994) | French Canadian singer | [214] |
| Brenda Fassie | (1964–2004) | South African singer-songwriter, dancer and activist | [215] [216] [217] |
| Tom Fogerty | (1941–1990) | American musician who played rhythm guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival; elder brother of lead singer John Fogerty | [218] |
| Andy Fraser | (1952–2015) | British musician who played bass guitar in the 1970s group Free | [219] |
| Michael Friedman | (1975–2017) | American composer and lyricist; wrote the Broadway musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | [220] |
| Ray Gillen | (1959–1993) | American singer, best known for his work with the bands Black Sabbath and Badlands | [221] |
| Paul Giovanni | (1933–1990) | American playwright, actor, director, singer and musician, best known for writing the music for the film The Wicker Man | [222] |
| John Grant | (born 1968) | American alternative rock singer and songwriter | [223] |
| Kenny Greene | (1969–2001) | American R&B singer; member of the group Intro | [224] |
| Howard Greenfield | (1936–1986) | American songwriter | [225] |
| Steven Grossman | (1951–1991) | American singer-songwriter | [226] |
| Calvin Hampton | (1938–1984) | American organist and sacred music composer | [227] |
| Dan Hartman | (1950–1994) | American singer, songwriter and record producer | [6] |
| Ofra Haza | (1957–2000) | Israeli singer; gained international recognition with the single "Im Nin'alu" | [228] |
| Jerry Herman | (1931–2019) | American composer and lyricist; composed the scores for the Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly! , Mame , and La Cage aux Folles | [229] |
| Fred Hersch | (born 1955) | American contemporary jazz pianist | [230] |
| Paul Jabara | (1948–1992) | American actor and songwriter: wrote Donna Summer's hit "Last Dance" | [231] |
| Paul Jacobs | (1930–1983) | American pianist | [12] |
| Jobriath | (1946–1983) | American glam rock musician; he was one of the first famous musicians to die of AIDS-related complications | [232] |
| Holly Johnson | (born 1960) | British singer, former lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. | [233] |
| Bernard Kabanda | (1959–1999) | Ugandan guitarist | [23] [234] |
| Livingstone Kazosi | (died in 1997) | Ugandan Kadongo Kamu musician | [235] [236] [237] [238] [239] |
| René Klijn | (1962–1993) | Dutch boyband singer and model who appeared in a controversial 1992 episode of Paul de Leeuw's TV show De Schreeuw van de Leeuw, where Klijn's illness was the main subject while De Leeuw joked about it; the episode was praised for discussing a taboo subject and their duet, Mr. Blue, became a number one-hit in the Netherlands | [240] |
| Fela Kuti | (1938–1997) | Nigerian musician and political activist | [241] |
| Héctor Lavoe | (1946–1993) | Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer | [242] |
| Paul Lekakis | (born 1966) | American singer and actor | [243] |
| Liberace | (1919–1987) | American pianist and entertainer | [244] |
| Andreas Lundstedt | (born 1972) | Swedish musician, best known as a member of the pop-disco group Alcazar | [245] |
| Philly Lutaaya | (1951–1989) | Ugandan composer and musician and AIDS prevention activist in Africa | [246] |
| Billy Lyall | (1953–1989) | British keyboard player; member of Pilot and the Bay City Rollers | [247] |
| Craig Mack | (1970–2018) | American rapper and record producer | [248] |
| Jimmy McShane | (1957–1995) | Frontman of the Italian musical band Baltimora | [249] [250] |
| Freddie Mercury | (1946–1991) | British musician and lead singer of the band Queen | [251] |
| Haoui Montaug | (1952–1991) | American nightclub doorman, club promoter, and writer | [252] |
| Jacques Morali | (1947–1991) | French disco composer and co-creator of the Village People | [6] |
| Tina Munoz | (1957–1995) | Spanish singer and member of the Spanish singing duo La Grecas | [253] [254] |
| Alan Murphy | (1953–1989) | English guitarist, known for his work with Kate Bush and Level 42 | [255] |
| Billy Newton-Davis | (born 1951) | American-born Canadian R&B, gospel and jazz singer | [256] |
| Klaus Nomi | (1944–1983) | German countertenor singer | [257] |
| Rodel Naval | (1953–1995) | Filipino singer, songwriter and actor | [258] |
| Stephen Oliver | (1950–1992) | English composer, known for his operas | [35] |
| Chuck Panozzo | (born 1948) | American bass player and founding member of the rock band Styx | [259] |
| Lonnie Pitchford | (1955–1998) | American blues musician and instrument maker | [260] |
| Paul Prenter | (1946–1991) | Northern Irish music manager, known for being Freddie Mercury's manager from 1977 to 1986 | [261] |
| Lew Pryme | (1940–1990) | New Zealand pop singer and Executive Director of the Auckland Rugby Union | [262] |
| Sharon Redd | (1945–1992) | American disco singer | [263] |
| Scott Ross | (1951–1989) | American harpsichordist | [264] |
| Frankie Ruiz | (1958–1998) | Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer | [265] |
| Arthur Russell | (1951–1992) | American disco artist and cellist | [266] |
| Renato Russo | (1960–1996) | Brazilian founder and leader of the rock band Legião Urbana | [267] |
| Gil Scott-Heron | (1949–2011) | American poet, musician, author and spoken word performer known as "The Godfather of Rap" | [268] |
| Mano Solo | (1963–2010) | French singer | [269] |
| Jermaine Stewart | (1957–1997) | American pop singer | [6] |
| Sylvester | (1947–1988) | American disco artist and drag performer | [270] |
| Umanji | (c. 1968–2008) | South African musician and songwriter | [271] |
| António Variações | (1944–1984) | Portuguese musician and songwriter; he was the first Portuguese celebrity to die of an AIDS-related illness | [272] |
| Ricky Wilson | (1953–1985) | American guitarist and founding member of rock band The B-52's | [273] |
| Conchita Wurst | (born 1988) | Austrian drag performer, singer and winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest | [274] |
| Miki Zone | (1955–1986) | American musician; member of Man 2 Man | [275] |
| Zombo | (1979–2008) | South African singer, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of kwaito group Abashante | [276] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Blain | (1950/51–1992) | Canadian politician whose election to the Montreal City Council in 1986 made him one of Canada's first openly gay politicians | [277] |
| Edwin Cameron | (born 1953) | South African Supreme Court of Appeal judge | [278] |
| Roy Cohn | (1927–1986) | American lawyer; came to prominence during the investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy into alleged Communism in the U.S. government | [279] |
| Corey Corbin | (born 1967) | Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2000 to 2004 | [280] |
| Brian Coyle | (1944–1991) | American community leader and local politician, member of the Minneapolis City Council | [281] |
| Terry Dolan | (1950–1986) | American New Right political activist who founded and chaired the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) | [282] |
| James K. Dressel | (1943–1992) | American Republican state representative in the Michigan legislature; gay rights activist | [283] |
| Thomas Duane | (born 1955) | American politician; first openly HIV-positive member of the New York City Council and the New York State Senate | [284] |
| Nicholas Eden | (1930–1985) | British Conservative politician and son of Prime Minister Anthony Eden | [285] |
| Juan Carlos Florián | (born 1982) | Colombian Humane Colombia politician; current Ministry of Equality and Equity | [286] |
| Paul Gann | (1912–1989) | American politician, co-author of California Proposition 13 (1978) | [287] |
| Greg Harris | (born 1955) | American politician from Illinois | [288] |
| Alan Herbert | (1944–2023) | Canadian politician and HIV/AIDS activist; served as a member of the Vancouver City Council | [289] |
| Richard A. Heyman | (1935–1994) | American politician; mayor of Key West, Florida in 1983–85 and 1987–89 | [290] |
| Jon Hinson | (1942–1995) | American politician; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | [291] |
| Corey Johnson | (born 1982) | American politician; Speaker of the New York City Council | [292] |
| Ryuhei Kawada | (born 1976) | Japanese member of parliament who sued the government for failing to prevent HIV transmission through tainted blood products | [293] |
| Michael Kühnen | (1955–1991) | German leader of the neo-Nazi scene | [294] |
| Makgatho Mandela | (1950–2005) | South African attorney and son of former South African president Nelson Mandela | [295] |
| Kevin McKenna | (born 1974) | British Labour Party politician; member of the House of Commons | [296] |
| Larry McKeon | (1944–2008) | American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives | [297] |
| Stewart McKinney | (1931–1987) | American politician; represented Connecticut in the House of Representatives from 1971 until his death | [298] |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | (born 1986) | British Labour Party politician; former member of the House of Commons | [299] |
| Dan Ryan | (born 1962) | Portland City Council member | [300] |
| Carsten Schatz | (born 1970) | German state legislator in Berlin; first openly HIV-positive holder of political office in Germany | [301] |
| Rand Schrader | (1945–1993) | Los Angeles Municipal Court judge | [302] |
| Chris Smith | (born 1951) | British Labour Party politician; member of the House of Lords and former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | [303] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicky Crane | (1958–1993) | British pornographic actor and neo-Nazi activist | [304] |
| Tricia Devereaux | (born 1975) | American pornographic actress | [305] |
| Karen Dior | (1967–2004) | American transvestite pornographic actor | [306] |
| Barbara Doll | (1972–2023) | French pornographic actress | [307] |
| Casey Donovan | (1943–1987) | American pornographic actor | [308] |
| Tori Coca Flame | (1966–2007) | American pornographic actress | [309] [310] [311] |
| Fred Halsted | (1941–1989) | American pornographic actor | [312] |
| John Holmes | (1944–1988) | American pornographic actor | [313] |
| Darren James | (born 1964) | American pornographic actor; transmitted to Lara Roxx, Miss Arroyo and Jessica Dee, causing an international pornography-industry AIDS scare | [308] |
| Tim Kramer | (1952/1958–1992) | American pornographic actor | [314] |
| Robert La Tourneaux | (1941–1986) | American pornographic actor | [315] |
| Richard Holt Locke | (1941–1996) | American pornographic actor | [316] |
| Keisy Maria | (1986–2013) | Brazilian transgender pornographic actress | [317] [318] [319] |
| Kurt Marshall | (1965–1988) | American pornographic actor | [320] |
| Lisa Melendez | (1964–1995) | American pornographic actress | [321] [322] |
| Satiny Miranda | (1985–2009) | Brazilian transgender pornographic actress | [323] [324] [325] [326] |
| Wade Nichols | (1946–1985) | American pornographic actor and soap opera actor | [327] |
| Scott O'Hara | (1961–1998) | American pornographic actor, poet and editor/publisher | [308] |
| Al Parker | (1958–1994) | American pornographic actor | [328] |
| Johnny Rahm | (1965–2004) | American pornographic actor | [329] |
| Erik Rhodes | (1982–2012) | American pornographic actor | [330] |
| Lara Roxx | (born 1982) | Canadian pornographic actress | [308] |
| Rebecca Steele | (1962–2004) | American pornographic actress | [331] |
| Aiden Shaw | (born 1966) | British author, musician, model and former pornographic actor | [332] |
| John Stagliano | (born 1951) | American pornographic actor; best known for his Buttman series of films, which is credited with sparking the gonzo adult film genre. | [333] |
| Joey Stefano | (1968–1994) | American pornographic actor; was a model in Madonna's book Sex | [334] |
| Marc Stevens | (1943–1989) | American pornographic actor | [335] |
| Eric Stryker | (1954–1988) | American pornographic actor | [336] |
| Cole Tucker | (1953–2015) | American pornographic actor | [337] |
| Marc Wallice | (born 1959) | American adult film actor | [313] |
| Josh Weston | (1973–2012) | American adult film actor | [338] |
| Surama Valencia | (1978–2006) | Brazilian transgender pornographic actress | [339] [340] [341] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly Bergalis | (1968–1991) | American woman who alleged she had contracted HIV from her dentist | [342] |
| Timothy Ray Brown | (1966–2020) | American man who was the first to be considered cured of HIV; also known as the "Berlin patient" | [343] |
| Adam Castillejo | (born circa 1980) | Second person to have been considered cured of HIV; also known as the "London patient". | [344] |
| Gaëtan Dugas | (1953–1984) | French-Canadian flight attendant who was widely, although incorrectly, identified as "Patient Zero" for the spread of HIV in North America. | [345] |
| Arvid Noe | (1947–1976) | Norwegian sailor famous for being one of the first people known to have died from AIDS-related complications. | [346] [347] |
| Grethe Rask | (1930–1977) | Danish physician and surgeon, known for being one of the first confirmed cases of HIV/AIDS | [348] |
| Robert Rayford | (1953–1969) | American teenager who may be the first confirmed victim of HIV/AIDS in North America; his death came 12 years before the start of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. | [349] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Ashe | (1943–1993) | American tennis player and social activist; won three Grand Slam titles. | [350] |
| Mike Beuttler | (1940–1988) | British Formula One driver | [351] |
| Glenn Burke | (1952–1995) | American Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics | [352] |
| John Curry | (1949–1994) | British figure skater who won the Olympic and World Championships in 1976 | [353] |
| Esteban de Jesús | (1951–1989) | Puerto Rican boxer; world lightweight champion | [354] |
| Rudy Galindo | (born 1969) | American figure skater; won a bronze medal at the 1996 World Championships | [355] |
| Bill Goldsworthy | (1944–1996) | Canadian ice hockey player; played in the National Hockey League for fourteen seasons | [356] |
| Magic Johnson | (born 1959) | American basketball player; was named to the NBA All-Star team twelve times | [357] |
| Job Komol | (born 1981) | Cameroonian soccerplayer at Vitesse Arnhem | [358] |
| Thabang Lebese | (1973–2012) | South African association football player | [359] [360] [361] |
| Greg Louganis | (born 1960) | American Olympic diver; best known for winning back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3 m and 10 m events. | [362] |
| Robert McCall | (1958–1991) | Canadian figure skater; won a bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics | [363] |
| Tommy Morrison | (1969–2013) | American boxer, WBO Heavyweight Champion, co-star of movie Rocky V | [364] |
| Ondrej Nepela | (1951–1989) | Slovak figure skater; won gold medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics | [365] |
| Brian Pockar | (1959–1992) | Canadian figure skater; won bronze medal at 1982 World Figure Skating Championships | [366] |
| Stéphane Proulx | (1965–1993) | Canadian racing driver | [367] |
| Tim Richmond | (1955–1989) | American NASCAR racing driver | [368] |
| Roy Simmons | (1956–2014) | American professional football player who played as a guard for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins | [369] |
| Jerry Smith | (1943–1987) | American professional football player who played as a tight end for the Washington Redskins | [370] |
| Gareth Thomas | (born 1974) | Welsh rugby player | [371] |
| Tom Waddell | (1937–1987) | American Olympic athlete; founded the Gay Games | [372] |
| Robert Wagenhoffer | (1960–1999) | American figure skater; won a silver medal at the 1982 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | [373] |
| Ji Wallace | (born 1977) | Australian gymnast and Olympic silver medallist | [374] |
| Michael Westphal | (1965–1991) | German tennis player | [375] |
| Alan Wiggins | (1958–1991) | American Major League Baseball player | [376] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Ailey | (1931–1989) | American modern dancer and choreographer | [377] | |
| A. J. Antoon | (1944–1992) | American stage director who won a Tony Award in 1972 for directing the play That Championship Season . | [12] | |
| Rick Aviles | (1952–1995) | American comedian and actor | [6] | |
| Tony Azito | (1948–1995) | American dancer and character actor | [378] | |
| Dominique Bagouet | (1951–1992) | French choreographer and dancer | [379] | [6] |
| Alan Bowne | (1945–1989) | American playwright and author | [380] | |
| Michael Bennett | (1943–1987) | American musical theater director, choreographer, and dancer; was the choreographer of the Broadway production of A Chorus Line . | [6] | |
| Christopher Chadman | (1948–1995) | American dancer and choreographer | [381] | |
| Gerald Chapman | (1950–1987) | English theater director and educator | [382] | |
| Robert Chesley | (1943–1990) | American playwright, theater critic and musical composer | [12] | |
| Dorian Corey | (c. 1937–1993) | American drag queen, best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning | [383] | |
| Stephanie Dabney | (1958–2022) | American ballerina, former Prima ballerina with Dance Theatre of Harlem. | [384] | |
| Martin de Maat | (1948–2001) | American teacher and artistic director at The Second City in Chicago | [385] | |
| Jorge Donn | (1947–1992) | Argentine ballet dancer with the Maurice Béjart ballet company and artistic director of the Ballet of the 20th Century | [12] | |
| Ulysses Dove | (1947–1996) | American contemporary choreographer | [386] | |
| Ethyl Eichelberger | (1945–1990) | American drag performer, playwright and actor | [12] | |
| Tony Fields | (1958–1995) | American dancer | [387] | |
| Wayland Flowers | (1939–1988) | American entertainer and ventriloquist | [388] | |
| Christopher Gillis | (1951–1993) | Canadian dancer and choreographer; formed the Paul Taylor Dance Company | [389] | |
| Choo San Goh | (1948–1987) | Singaporean ballet dancer and choreographer | [12] | |
| Hibiscus | (1949–1982) | American founder of the psychedelic drag queen troupe The Cockettes. | [390] | |
| René Highway | (1954–1990) | Canadian Cree actor and dancer | [391] | |
| John Hirsch | (1930–1989) | Hungarian-Canadian theatre director | [392] | |
| Jade Elektra | (born 1967) | American born, Canada-based drag queen and recording artist | [393] | |
| Robert Joffrey | (1930–1988) | American dancer, teacher, producer, and choreographer | [394] | |
| Bill T. Jones | (born 1952) | American dancer, choreographer and director | [395] | |
| Gibson Kente | (1932–2004) | South African playwright, known as the Father of Black Theatre in South Africa | [396] | |
| Lady Catiria | (1959–1999) | Puerto Rican drag performer, known for her appearance in the 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar . | [397] | |
| Larry Kert | (1930–1991) | American Broadway performer; played in West Side Story and Company | [398] | |
| Bernard-Marie Koltès | (1948–1989) | French playwright and theatre director | [399] | |
| Jean-Luc Lagarce | (1957–1995)) | French theatre director, playwright and actor | [400] | |
| Charles Ludlam | (1943–1987) | American actor and playwright | [12] | |
| Thom McGinty | (1952–1995) | Scottish-Irish street mime, stage and film actor, widely known as "The Diceman" | [401] [402] | |
| Roger Montoya | (born 1961) | American dancer, community arts instructor and politician | [403] | |
| Jean-Louis Morin | (1953–1995) | Canadian choreographer and dancer | [404] | |
| Javier Muñoz | (born 1975) | Puerto Rican-American actor mainly known for his role in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights . | [405] | |
| Willi Ninja | (1961–2006) | American dancer and choreographer, best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning. | [406] | |
| Rudolf Nureyev | (1938–1993) | Russian ballet dancer and choreographer | [407] | |
| Ongina | (born 1982) | Filipino American drag queen and spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics | [408] | |
| Michael Peters | (1948–1994) | American choreographer; choreographed the fifteen-minute Michael Jackson music video Thriller | [409] | |
| Craig Russell | (1948–1990) | Canadian female impersonator | [12] | |
| John Sex | (1956–1989) | American cabaret singer and performance artist | [23] [410] | |
| Ron Vawter | (1949–1994) | American actor; founding member of the artists ensemble The Wooster Group | [411] | |
| Nashom Wooden | (1969–2020) | American drag queen and notable New York City nightlife personality | [412] | |
| Angie Xtravaganza | (c. 1966–1993) | American transgender performer, best known for her appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning. | [413] | |
| Arnie Zane | (1947–1988) | Co-founder with Bill T. Jones of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | [414] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Almaraz | (1941–1989) | Mexican American artist and pioneer of the Chicano art movement | [12] |
| Mario Amaya | (1933–1986) | American art critic, museum director, magazine editor | [415] |
| Richard Amsel | (1947–1985) | American graphic artist and illustrator best known for his movie posters from the 1970s and 1980s | [416] |
| Joe Average | (1957–2024) | Vancouver-based Canadian visual artist | [417] |
| Way Bandy | (1941–1986) | American celebrity makeup artist | [12] |
| Crawford Barton | (1943–1993) | American photographer whose work is known for documenting the emergence of the openly gay culture in San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s. | [186] |
| Tom Bianchi | (born 1945) | American writer and photographer who specializes in male nude photography | [418] |
| Lorenza Böttner | (1959–1994) | Disabled transgender Chilean-German visual artist | [419] |
| Leigh Bowery | (1961–1994) | Australian performance artist, fashion designer, dancer and model | [35] |
| Gia Carangi | (1960–1986) | American supermodel of the late 1970s and early 1980s | [420] |
| Tina Chow | (1951–1992) | American restaurateur and model | [421] |
| Copi | (1939–1987) | Argentine-French comics artist, cartoonist and playwright | [422] |
| DONDI | (1961–1998) | American graffiti artist | [423] |
| Perry Ellis | (1940–1986) | American fashion designer; his name still represents the sportswear fashion house he founded in the mid-1970s | [424] |
| José Gonzalez Espaliú | (1955 - 1993) | Spanish performance and conceptual artist whose art focused on marginalization of himself and others with AIDS | [425] |
| Vincent Fourcade | (1934–1992) | French American interior designer | [12] |
| Xavier Fourcade | (1927–1987) | French American contemporary art dealer; brother of Vincent Fourcade | [426] |
| Robert Fraser | (1937–1986) | British art dealer | [427] |
| Félix González-Torres | (1957–1996) | Cuban-American artist | [428] |
| Mondo Guerra | (born 1978) | Mexican-American fashion designer | [429] |
| Halston | (1932–1990) | American fashion designer | [430] |
| Keith Haring | (1958–1990) | American pop artist and social activist, known for his recognizable animated imagery | [431] [432] |
| Andrew Heard | (1958–1993) | British visual artist | [433] |
| Henfil | (1944–1988) | Brazilian cartoonist and comics artist, best known for his character Graúna | [434] |
| Sighsten Herrgård | (1943–1989) | Swedish fashion designer; first Swedish celebrity to publicize his HIV-positive status | [435] |
| Victor Hugo | (1948–1994) | Venezuelan-born visual artist and former partner of fashion designer Halston | [436] |
| Peter Hujar | (1934–1987) | American photographer | [437] |
| Patrick Kelly | (1954–1990) | American fashion designer | [438] |
| Peter Klashorst | (born 1957) | Dutch painter, sculptor, photographer and conceptual artist | [439] [440] |
| John Kobal | (1940–1991) | British film historian and photograph collector | [441] |
| Kia LaBeija | (born 1990) | American fine artist | [442] |
| Larry LeGaspi | (1950–2001) | American fashion designer | [443] |
| Grant Lingard | (1961–1995) | New Zealand visual artist | [444] |
| Antonio Lopez | (1943–1987) | Puerto-Rican fashion illustrator | [445] |
| Jack Mackenroth | (born 1969) | American swimmer, model, gay pornographic film actor, and fashion designer | [446] |
| Robert Mapplethorpe | (1946–1989) | American photographer | [447] |
| Markito | (1952–1983) | Brazillian fashion designer | [448] |
| Alexander McQueen | (1969–2010) | British fashion designer | [449] |
| Frank C. Moore | (1953–2002) | American artist; designer of the red ribbon symbol of AIDS awareness | [450] |
| Jesse Murry | (1948–1993) | American painter | [451] |
| Tommy Nutter | (1943–1992) | British Savile Row tailor and fashion designer | [12] |
| Gustavo Ojeda | (1958–1989) | Cuban-American painter | [452] |
| Matthias Ostermann | (1951–2009) | German-Canadian ceramics artist and author | [453] |
| Felix Partz | (1945–1994) | Canadian artist, member of the artist collective General Idea | [454] |
| Neal Pozner | (1955–1994) | American comics writer, editor and art director; worked for DC Comics | [455] |
| Joel Resnicoff | (1948–1986) | American artist and fashion illustrator | [456] |
| Herb Ritts | (1952–2002) | American photographer and video director, best known for his work with Madonna | [6] |
| Tom Rubnitz | (1956–1992) | American video artist | [457] |
| David Seidner | (1957–1999) | American photographer | [458] |
| Al Shapiro | (1932–1987) | American comics artist ( Harry Chess ) | [459] |
| Willi Smith | (1948–1987) | American fashion designer | [460] |
| Hugh Auchincloss Steers | (1962–1995) | American painter | [461] |
| William Ware Theiss | (1931–1992) | American film and television costume designer best known for his work on the Star Trek television and film franchise | [462] |
| Paul Thek | (1933–1988) | American painter, sculptor and installation artist | [463] |
| Sam Wagstaff | (1921–1987) | American art curator and collector | [464] |
| Adrian Ward-Jackson | (1950–1991) | British art dealer and consultant; close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales | [465] |
| Frederick Weston | (1946–2020) | African-American artist whose collages were recognized for their quality late in his life. [466] | [12] |
| David Wojnarowicz | (1954–1992) | American artist, writer and activist | [12] |
| Martin Wong | (1946–1999) | Chinese-American painter | [467] |
| Jorge Zontal | (1944–1994) | Canadian artist, member of the artist collective General Idea | [454] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caio Fernando Abreu | (1948–1996) | Brazilian writer and journalist | [468] |
| Gordon Stewart Anderson | (c. 1958–1991) | Canadian writer whose novel The Toronto You Are Leaving was published by his mother 15 years after his death | [469] |
| Reinaldo Arenas | (1943–1990) | Cuban novelist who committed suicide while living in New York | [470] |
| Jean-Paul Aron | (1925–1988) | French writer and journalist; known as one the first French celebrities to publicly reveal his diagnosis. | [471] |
| Isaac Asimov | (1920–1992) | Russian-born American science fiction author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University | [472] |
| Simon Bailey | (1955–1995) | British Anglican priest and writer | [473] |
| John Boswell | (1947–1994) | American historian and a professor at Yale University | [474] |
| Harold Brodkey | (1930–1996) | American author, known for his memoir This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death , which documents his battle with AIDS. | [6] |
| Marvelyn Brown | (born 1984) | American writer and HIV/AIDS activist who wrote an autobiography, The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive, documenting her diagnosis and struggle with HIV | [475] |
| Warren Casey | (1935–1988) | American playwright best known for co-writing the 1972 Broadway musical Grease | [476] |
| Bruce Chatwin | (1940–1989) | British novelist and travel writer, best known for his book In Patagonia . | [477] |
| Cyril Collard | (1957–1993) | French writer, actor and director of the autobiographical novel and film Savage Nights | [478] |
| Timothy Conigrave | (1959–1994) | Australian playwright and author of the memoir Holding the Man | [479] |
| Steven Corbin | (1953–1995) | American writer | [480] |
| Christopher Cox | (1949–1990) | American writer and editor | [481] |
| Peter Cureton | (1965–1994) | Canadian playwright, best known for his 1993 play Passages, an autobiographical work about living with HIV/AIDS | [482] |
| Sam D'Allesandro | (1956–1988) | American poet and fiction writer | [483] |
| Serge Daney | (1944–1992) | French film critic | [12] |
| Nicholas Dante | (1941–1991) | American dancer and playwright, known for the musical A Chorus Line ; first Latino to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama | [484] |
| Tory Dent | (1958–2005) | American poet, art critic and commentator on the AIDS crisis | [485] |
| Guillaume Dustan | (1965–2005) | French writer | [486] |
| Michael Estok | (1939–1989) | Canadian poet, known for his posthumous collection A Plague Year Journal | [487] |
| David B. Feinberg | (1956–1994) | American writer and AIDS activist with ACT UP | [488] |
| Robert Ferro | (1941–1988) | American novelist | [489] |
| Michel Foucault | (1926–1984) | French historian of ideas, literary critic and political activist; first French public figure to die from AIDS-related complications | [490] |
| Ken Garnhum | (living) | Canadian playwright, best known for his plays Beuys, Buoys, Boys and Pants on Fire | [491] |
| Steve Geng | (1943–2020) | American writer, known for his memoir Thick As Thieves; brother of New Yorker writer and editor Veronica Geng | [492] |
| Jaime Gil de Biedma | (1929–1990) | Spanish poet | [493] |
| Michael Grumley | (1942–1988) | American writer | [494] |
| Hervé Guibert | (1955–1990) | French writer and filmmaker | [495] |
| Richard Hall | (1926–1992) | American writer | [496] |
| Essex Hemphill | (1957–1995) | American poet and activist | [497] |
| Guy Hocquenghem | (1944–1988) | French writer and philosopher | [23] [498] |
| Bo Huston | (1959–1993) | American writer | [499] |
| Arturo Islas | (1938–1991) | Mexican-American professor of English and writer | [500] |
| Frans Kellendonk | (1951–1990) | Dutch novelist and translator | [501] |
| Gregory Kolovakos | (1951–1990) | American translator | [502] |
| Greg Kramer | (1961–2013) | Canadian writer | [503] |
| Larry Kramer | (1935–2020) | American dramatist, author and gay rights activist | [504] |
| Didier Lestrade | (born 1958) | French journalist and author | [505] |
| Hezi Leskali | (1952–1994) | Israeli poet, artist and choreographer | [506] |
| Arnold Lobel | (1933–1987) | American children's book author and illustrator | [507] |
| Michael Lynch | (1944–1991) | Canadian poet, journalist and academic | [508] |
| Dambudzo Marechera | (1952–1987) | Zimbabwean writer | [509] |
| Peter McGehee | (1955–1991) | American-born Canadian writer | [510] |
| Richie McMullen | (1943–1991) | British author and activist against male rape | [35] |
| Peter McWilliams | (1940–2000) | American writer and libertarian activist | [511] |
| James Merrill | (1926–1995) | American winning poet, known for his collection Divine Comedies | [512] |
| Ernest Matthew Mickler | (1940–1988) | American author of the cookbook White Trash Cooking | [513] |
| Paul Monette | (1945–1995) | American novelist and poet | [514] |
| John Preston | (1945–1994) | American author of gay erotica and editor of gay nonfiction anthologies | [515] |
| Manuel Ramos Otero | (1948–1990) | Puerto Rican short story writer | [516] |
| Paul Reed | (1956–2002) | American writer | [517] |
| Barbara Samson | (born 1975) | French poet who was infected with HIV at the age of seventeen; her story was made into the French television film Being Seventeen. | [518] |
| Severo Sarduy | (1937–1993) | Gay Cuban poet and author | [519] |
| Dick Scanlan | (born 1961) | American librettist, writer and actor | [520] |
| Nicholas Schaffner | (1953–1991) | American music writer, best known for his books about the Beatles | [521] |
| Ronald M. Schernikau | (1960–1991) | German writer | [522] |
| Jay Scott | (1949–1993) | Canadian film critic | [523] |
| Kevin Sessums | (born 1956) | American memoirist, editor, and celebrity interviewer | [524] |
| Randy Shilts | (1951–1994) | American journalist and author, known for the book And the Band Played On which documents the outbreak of AIDS in the United States. | [6] |
| Ian Stephens | (1955–1996) | Canadian poet and spoken word artist (Diary of a Trademark) | [525] |
| George Stambolian | (1938–1991) | American professor of French literature and editor of gay fiction anthologies | [526] |
| Andrew Sullivan | (born 1963) | British-American journalist and blogger | [527] |
| Pier Vittorio Tondelli | (1955–1991) | Italian novelist; he was one of the first Italian public figures to die of an AIDS-related illness | [528] |
| Colin Turnbull | (1924–1994) | British American anthropologist | [529] |
| Yvonne Vera | (1964–2005) | Zimbabwean author | [530] |
| Matthew Ward | (1951–1990) | American English/French translator, known for his 1989 translation of Albert Camus's The Stranger . | [531] |
| Edmund White | (1940–2025) | American novelist, memoirist, biographer and essayist | [532] |
| LeRoy Whitfield | (1969–2005) | American freelance journalist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS. | [533] |
| George Whitmore | (1946–1989) | American novelist, playwright and poet, known for his novel Nebraska | [534] |
| Alexander Wilson | (1953–1993) | American-born Canadian writer, teacher, landscape designer and community activist | [535] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Andelson | (1931–1987) | American regent of the University of California. | [536] |
| Victoria Arellano | (1984–2007) | Mexican immigrant who died from an AIDS-related illness while in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | [537] |
| Kuwasi Balagoon | (1946–1986) | American anarchist and member of the Black Liberation Army | [538] |
| Nozipho Bhengu | (1974–2006) | South African woman who became famous for opting not to take antiretroviral medication on the advice of health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. | [539] |
| José María Di Bello | (born 1968) | One of the first gay Argentine citizens (along with partner Alex Freyre) to be granted the right to marry in Argentina | [540] |
| Sheila Cortopassi | (1987–1993) | Brazilian child with HIV who became famous due to the "Sheila Case", which led to a public debate in Brazil about the rights of HIV-positive children. | [541] |
| Dean Faiello | (1959–2024) | American criminal | [542] |
| John Wesley Fletcher | (1940–1996) | American Assemblies of God pastor | [543] |
| Althea Flynt | (1953–1987) | American co-publisher of pornographic magazine Hustler along with her husband, Hustler founder Larry Flynt | [544] |
| Kendall Francois | (1971–2014) | Haitian American serial killer | [545] |
| Alex Freyre | (born 1970) | One of the first gay Argentine citizens (along with partner José María Di Bello) to be granted the right to marry in Argentina | [540] |
| Eve van Grafhorst | (1982–1993) | Australian child, forced to migrate to New Zealand due to ostracism from her local community in Australia. | [546] |
| David Hampton | (1964–2003) | American con artist. His story became the inspiration for a play and later a film, titled Six Degrees of Separation . | [547] |
| Terry Higgins | (1945–1982) | One of the first British people to die of AIDS; gave his name to the Terrence Higgins Trust. | [548] |
| Kenneth Horne | (1943–1981) | American person said to be the first San Francisco resident to die of AIDS | [549] [550] |
| Gervase Jackson-Stops | (1947–1995) | British architectural historian and journalist | [35] |
| Marsha P. Johnson | (1945–1992) | American LGBT civil rights leader and trans activist | [551] |
| Suzi Lovegrove | (1955–1987) | American-born Australian woman; subject of the 1988 HBO film "Suzi's Story", which chronicles her battle with AIDS | [552] [553] [554] |
| Michael Lupo | (1953–1995) | Italian serial killer who murdered four homosexuals as revenge for his contracting HIV | [555] |
| Christine Maggiore | (1957–2008) | American AIDS denialist who refused interventions to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to her children; her three-year-old daughter died of complications from AIDS in 2005 | [556] |
| Leonard Matlovich | (1943–1988) | American Vietnam War veteran, known for fighting the U.S. military in 1975 for the right to serve as an openly gay man. | [557] |
| Kongulu Mobutu | (c. 1970–1998) | Son of Mobutu Sese Seko, former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; officer in the presidential guard | [558] |
| Richard Nyauza | (born 1970) | South African serial killer | [559] |
| Phillip Paske | (1953–1998) | American criminal and child pornographer | [560] |
| Marty Robinson | (1942–1992) | American gay activist who participated in the Stonewall Riot | [561] |
| Ed Savitz | (1942–1993) | American businessman accused of sexually abusing children | [562] |
| Michael Shernoff | (1951–2008) | American mental health professional who wrote extensively on HIV/AIDS prevention and the mental health concerns of gay men | [563] |
| Lou Sullivan | (1951–1991) | American transsexual activist and author | [564] |
| Lucille Teasdale-Corti | (1929–1996) | Canadian physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who worked in Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country | [565] |
| Ösel Tendzin | (1943–1990) | American Buddhist regent | [566] |
| Ottis Toole | (1947–1996) | American serial killer | [567] |
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The addition of any dialogue about AIDS was perhaps relevant to some of Grant's practice, as he had been diagnosed in the late 80s