This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with thehuman 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 byunprotected sex (includingvaginal,anal, andoral sex), contaminatedblood transfusions,hypodermic needles, andfrom mother to child duringpregnancy, 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 starMagic Johnson and South African judgeEdwin Cameron – who have publicly announced that they are HIV-positive.[2]
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Adams | (1947–1991) | British actor who appeared inKing's Royal | [3] |
| Charlie Barnett | (1954–1996) | American actor and comedian who starred in the television seriesMiami Vice and the 1983 filmD.C. Cab | [4] |
| Christopher Bernau | (1940–1989) | American actor who starred in the television seriesDark Shadows | [5] |
| Amanda Blake | (1929–1989) | American actress, known for her role as Kitty Russell in the television seriesGunsmoke | [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 sitcomsToo Close for Comfort andNed's Declassified School Survival Guide | [9] |
| Stephan W. Burns | (1954–1990) | American actor who starred in the filmHerbie Goes Bananas and the television mini-seriesThe Thorn Birds | [10] |
| Merritt Butrick | (1959–1989) | American actor, known for playingCaptain Kirk's son in the filmsStar Trek,Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan andStar Trek III: The Search for Spock. | [11] |
| Eduardo Casanova | (born 1991) | Spanish actor and filmmaker | [12] |
| Ian Charleson | (1949–1990) | British actor, known for playing the role of athleteEric Liddell in the filmChariots of Fire | [13] |
| Yoni Chen | (1953–1995) | Israeli actor who performed the role of Batz on the puppet showParpar Nechmad and dubbed the voices of characters on animated shows and films into the Hebrew language, most notablyLooney Tunes | [14] |
| Keith Christopher | (1957–1998) | American actor and singer, known for playing HIV-positive characters onNBC soap operaAnother World and CBS daytime dramaThe Guiding Light | [15][16][17] |
| Brad Davis | (1949–1991) | American actor, known for playing the part ofBilly Hayes in the filmMidnight Express | [18] |
| Robert Drivas | (1938–1986) | American film, television and stage actor | [19] |
| Denholm Elliott | (1922–1992) | British actor, known for his performances in the filmsTrading Places,A Private Function,Defence of the Realm andA Room with a View | [6] |
| René Enríquez | (1933–1990) | Nicaraguan-American actor, known for his role in the 1980s television seriesHill Street Blues | [20] |
| Richard Frank | (1953–1995) | American television and motion picture actor, known for playing the role of Father Vogler in the filmAmadeus | [21] |
| Leonard Frey | (1938–1988) | AmericanBroadway and film actor, known for his performance as Motel Kamzoil in the film version ofFiddler on the Roof | [6] |
| Tom Fuccello | (1936–1993) | American actor, known for his role as Dave Culver in the television seriesDallas | [22] |
| Leslie Graves | (1959–1995) | American actress, known for playing Brenda Clegg in the soap operaCapitol from 1982 to 1984 | [23] |
| Kevin Peter Hall | (1955–1991) | American actor, known for his roles in the filmsPredator andHarry and the Hendersons | [24][25] |
| Antony Hamilton | (1952–1995) | Australian actor, model and dancer, known for his roles inCover Up and the 1988 revival ofMission Impossible. | [26] |
| Christian Haren | (1935–1996) | American actor and model, known for portraying theMarlboro Man in print advertisements. | [27] |
| Rock Hudson | (1925–1985) | American actor, first major public figure to publicly disclose his HIV status. | [28] |
| Michael Jeter | (1952–2003) | American film and theatre actor, known for his role on the sitcomEvening Shade and his performance as Otto Kringelein in the musicalGrand Hotel, for which he received aTony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical | [6] |
| Larry Kert | (1930–1991) | American film and theatre actor | [29] |
| Hans Kesting | (born 1960) | Dutch film, theatre and television actor. | [30] |
| Rémi Laurent | (1957–1989) | French actor, known for playing Laurent Baldi in the French-Italian movieLa Cage aux Folles. | [31] |
| Sirpa Lane | (1952–1999) | Finnish actress and model, known for starring in the filmsLa Bête (1975),Nazi Love Camp 27 (1977) andThe Secret Nights of Lucrezia Borgia (1982) | [32][33] |
| Irving Allen Lee | (1948–1992) | American soap opera and musical actor | [34] |
| Cláudia Magno | (1958–1994) | Brazilian actress and dancer | [35] |
| Tom McBride | (1952–1995) | American actor and model, best known for his role inFriday the 13th Part 2 and for his modeling stint as theMarlboro Man | [36] |
| Dursley McLinden | (1965–1995) | British actor; the lead character of Ritchie Tozer (played byOlly Alexander) in the 2021 AIDS drama seriesIt's a Sin was inspired by him | [37] |
| John Megna | (1952–1995) | American former child actor, known for his role as Dill inTo Kill a Mockingbird | [38] |
| Steve Moore | (1954–2014) | American comedian whose 1997HBO specialDrop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking focused on finding the humor in life with HIV | [39] |
| Lesego Motsepe | (1974–2014) | South African actress and AIDS activist | [40][41][42][43] |
| Cookie Mueller | (1949–1989) | American actor and writer who appeared in many of filmmakerJohn Waters' early films | [13] |
| Timothy Patrick Murphy | (1959–1988) | American actor, known for playing the role of Mickey Trotter in the television seriesDallas | [6] |
| Jeffrey Mylett | (1949–1986) | American actor, known for his roles in the filmsGodspell andMy Man Adam | [6] |
| Nisha Noor | (1962–2007) | South Indian actress; starred in the Tamil filmsKalyana Agathigal (1985) andIyer the Great (1990) | [44] |
| David Oliver | (1962–1991) | American actor, known for his roles inAnother World andA Year in the Life | [45] |
| 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. | [46] |
| Mark Patton | (born 1958) | American actor best known for portraying Jesse Walsh inA Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | [47] |
| Anthony Perkins | (1932–1992) | American actor best known for his role asNorman Bates in theAlfred Hitchcock filmPsycho | [6] |
| Danny Pintauro | (born 1976) | American actor best known for his role as Jonathan in the 1980s sitcomWho's the Boss? | [48] |
| Werner Pochath | (1939–1993) | Austrian actor | [49][50] |
| Billy Porter | (born 1969) | American actor | [51] |
| Keith Prentice | (1940–1992) | American theatre and soap opera actor | [52] |
| Kurt Raab | (1941–1988) | German actor known for his work with film directorRainer Werner Fassbinder | [53] |
| Dack Rambo | (1941–1994) | American actor who played Jack Ewing in the television seriesDallas | [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 pictureFame and itstelevision spin-off. | [54] |
| Robert Reed | (1932–1992) | American actor, known for playing the role ofMike Brady onThe Brady Bunch. | [6] |
| Tony Richardson | (1928–1991) | British film director, known for his 1963 filmTom Jones, for which he received twoAcademy Awards | [6] |
| Larry Riley | (1952–1992) | American actor, known for playing the role of Frank Williams in the soap operaKnots Landing | [13] |
| Howard Rollins | (1950–1996) | American actor, nominated for the 1981Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the filmRagtime | [55] |
| Sean Sasser | (1968–2013) | American actor who appeared onMTV'sThe Real World: San Francisco, AIDS activist, and pastry chef | [56] |
| Franklyn Seales | (1952–1990) | St. Vincent-born American actor, known for his role in the sitcomSilver Spoons | [57] |
| Tommy Sexton | (1955–1993) | Canadian actor and comedian | [58] |
| Ray Sharkey | (1952–1993) | American actor, known for his performance inThe Idolmaker, for which he won aGolden Globe Award | [6] |
| Charlie Sheen | (born 1965) | American actor | [59] |
| Paul Shenar | (1936–1989) | American film and theatre actor, known for his role asAlejandro Sosa in the 1983 filmScarface | [6] |
| Hugo Soto | (1953–1994) | Argentine film and theatre actor | [60] |
| Dennis Cleveland Stewart | (1947–1994) | American film and television actor and professional dancer; best known for his role as Leo in the 1978 filmGrease | [61] |
| Stephen Stucker | (1947–1986) | American actor and comedian; best known for theAirplane! films | [6] |
| Taína | (born 1975) | Puerto Rican television personality | [62] |
| Steve Tracy | (1952–1986) | American actor, best known for his role inLittle House on the Prairie | [63] |
| Charlotte Valandrey | (1968–2022) | French actress and author | [64] |
| José De Vega | (1934–1990) | American actor, best known for playing Chino in both the Broadway and 1961 film versions ofWest Side Story | [65] |
| Tom Villard | (1953–1994) | American actor; played Jay Bostwick in the TV seriesWe Got It Made | [6] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zackie Achmat | (born 1962) | South African AIDS activist; founder and chairman of theTreatment Action Campaign | [66] |
| Noriyasu Akase | (died 1991) | Japanese AIDS activist; he was the first person in Japan to publicize his HIV-positive status | [67][68] |
| Rebekka Armstrong | (born 1967) | American formerPlayboy Playmate and HIV/AIDS educator | [69] |
| Rick Bébout | (1950–2009) | Canadian AIDS activist, journalist and memoirist | [70] |
| Richard Berkowitz | (born 1955) | American activist and author | [71] |
| Gina Brown | (born 1966) | American activist and social worker, working to decriminalize HIV status in the Southern U.S. | [72][73] |
| Marvelyn Brown | (born 1984) | American activist and author | [74] |
| Bruce Burnett | (1954–1985) | New Zealand AIDS activist | [75] |
| 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) | [76] |
| Gideon Byamugisha | (born 1959) | First openly HIV positive religious leader in Africa; founder of ANERELA and winner of the 2009Niwano Peace Prize | [77][78] |
| Michael Callen | (1955–1993) | American AIDS activist, author and singer–songwriter; co-founder of PWA Health Group and the Community Research Initiative (nowACRIA); testified before the President's Commission on AIDS and both houses of theUnited States Congress in 1983 | [79][80][81] |
| Bobbi Campbell | (1952–1984) | American AIDS activist and one of the first people to publicly come out as a person with AIDS | [82] |
| Paddy Chew | (1960–1999) | Singaporean AIDS activist; he was the first person in Singapore to publicise his HIV-positive status | [83] |
| Dolzura Cortez | (1960/61–1992) | Filipina AIDS activist; she was the first person in thePhilippines to publicise her HIV-positive status | [84] |
| Spencer Cox | (1968–2012) | American AIDS activist who helped facilitate the development ofprotease inhibitors | [85] |
| Tyler Curry | (born 1983) | American HIV activist and columnist | [86] |
| Leigh Davids | (1979–2019) | South African AIDS activist | [87][88][89] |
| 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 | [90] |
| Gugu Dlamini | (1962–1998) | South African AIDS activist who was beaten to death shortly after disclosing her diagnosis | [91][92] |
| Jim Foster | (1934–1990) | AmericanLGBTQ rights andDemocratic Party activist, co-founder of theSociety for Individual Rights, an earlyhomophile organization | [93][94] |
| Robert Frascino | (1952–2011) | American HIV specialist physician,immunologist, and HIV/AIDS advocate; co-founder of the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation | [95][96] |
| Stephen Gendin | (1966–2000) | American AIDS activist involved inACT UP and other groups; columnist forPOZ magazine | [97] |
| Alison Gertz | (1966–1992) | American AIDS activist; voted Woman of the Year byEsquire | [98] |
| Elizabeth Glaser | (1947–1994) | American AIDS activist for pediatric causes and co-founder of theElizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | [99] |
| 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 atYale University | [100] |
| Jahnabi Goswami | (born 1976) | Indian AIDS activist and first woman inNortheast India to declare her HIV status | [101] |
| Eve van Grafhorst | (1982–1993) | Australian-born New Zealand AIDS campaigner; infected at birth via blood transfusions | [102] |
| Thomas Hannan | (1950–1991) | American AIDS activist and co-founder of PWA Health Group and the Community Research Initiative (nowACRIA) | [80][81] |
| Mark Harrington | (born 1959/60) | American AIDS activist and researcher, member of ACT UP and co-founder of theTreatment Action Group (TAG) | [103] |
| Bob Hattoy | (1950–2007) | Government employee and activist on issues related togay rights, AIDS and theenvironment | [104] |
| 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 | [105] |
| Cleve Jones | (born 1954) | American LGBT and AIDS activist, who conceived of theNAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt; portrayed in the 2008 filmMilk | [106] |
| Christine Kafando | (born 1971 or 1972) | Burkinabé HIV/AIDS activist | [107] |
| David Kirby | (1957–1990) | American HIV/AIDS activist and subject of a well-known photograph taken at his deathbed; the image was published inLife magazine, which called it the "picture that changed the face of AIDS" | [108] |
| Bill Kraus | (1947–1986) | American LGBT and AIDS activist and congressional aide; portrayed byIan McKellen in the HBO filmAnd the Band Played On | [109] |
| Michael Lynch | (1944–1991) | Canadian AIDS activist, professor, poet, and journalist | [110] |
| Prudence Nobantu Mabele | (1971–2017) | South African AIDS activist | [111][112] |
| Cass Mann | (1948–2009) | AIDS activist/dissident and founder of the holistic AIDS charity Positively Healthy | [113] |
| 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 | [114] |
| Tim McCaskell | (born 1951) | Canadian AIDS activist and co-founder of AIDS Action Now! | [115][116] |
| Aldyn Mckean | (1948–1994) | American AIDS and LGBT activist, member of ACT UP, GMHC and theNational Gay and Lesbian Task Force | [117] |
| Ronnie Mutimusekwa | (1955–1992) | First Zimbabwean AIDS activist | [118] |
| Ray Navarro | (1964–1990) | American AIDS activist, member of ACT UP and founder of gay and lesbian video activist collectiveDiva TV | [119] |
| Simon Nkoli | (1957–1998) | South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist | [120] |
| Connie Norman | (1949–1996) | American AIDS activist | [121] |
| 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 | [122] |
| Paul Popham | (1941–1987) | American AIDS activist, co-founder and president of Gay Men's Health Crisis from 1981 until 1985 | [123] |
| Robert Rafsky | (1945–1993) | American AIDS activist, member of ACT UP and the Treatment Action Group | [124] |
| Paul Rapoport | (1940–1987)) | American lawyer and gay rights activist, co-founder of theLesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center and Gay Men's Health Crisis | [125] |
| Ricky Ray Robert Ray Randy Ray | (1977–1992) (1978–2000) (1979–2023) | American brothers who were the subject of afederal court battle against theDeSoto Countyschool board to allow them to attend public school despite their diagnoses. | [126] |
| Josh Robbins | (born 1983) | American HIV activist who published a video onYouTube of being told of his HIV diagnosis in January 2012 | [127][128] |
| Vito Russo | (1946–1990) | American gay activist, film historian and writer; author ofThe Celluloid Closet chronicling the history of depictions of homosexuality in film | [13] |
| Jorge Saavedra | (born 1958) | Mexican AIDS activist and director of CENSIDA, Mexico's HIV-prevention government agency, since 2003 | [129] |
| 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 | [130] |
| 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 journalistJune Callwood | [131] |
| 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 inPuerto Rico | [132] |
| Herbert de Souza | (1935–1997) | Brazilian human rights and HIV/AIDS activist | [133] |
| Peter Staley | (born 1961) | American HIV/AIDS and LGBT rights activist, member of ACT UP, co-founder of the Treatment Action Group and founder of the educational website AIDSmeds.com | [134] |
| Tonie Walsh | (born 1960) | Irish civil rights activist, journalist and founder ofIrish Queer Archive | [135] |
| Beatrice Were | (born c. 1966) | Ugandan AIDS activist and co-founder of the non-governmental organization NACWOLA | [136] |
| Ryan White | (1971–1990) | American teenager and AIDS activist; theRyan 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 | [137] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vasily Aleksanyan | (1972–2011) | Russian lawyer and businessman, former Executive Vice President ofYukos oil company, jailed as a suspected accomplice totax evasion andmoney laundering; allegedly denied treatment in jail | [138] |
| Stephen D. Hassenfeld | (1942–1989) | American businessman best known for being the chairman and chief executive officer ofHasbro from 1980 until 1989 | [139] |
| Chuck Holmes | (1945–2000) | American businessman founder of gay pornography studioFalcon Entertainment | [140] |
| Gordon Montador | (1950–1991) | Canadian book editor and publisher | [141] |
| Ken Ramsauer | (1954–1983) | American hardware store manager and freelance lighting designer; in 1983, he became the first AIDS patient to be the subject of a national television news program when he was interviewed onABC's20/20 four days before his death. | [142] |
| Steve Rubell | (1943–1989) | American owner of New York CitydiscoStudio 54 | [6] |
| Sean Strub | (born 1958) | American magazine publisher, founder ofPOZ magazine | [143] |
| 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 | [144] |
| Nadja Benaissa | (born 1982) | German female pop singer who was convicted of knowingly infecting a number of her lovers | [145] |
| Henry Cuerrier | (19??–) | Canadian man convicted of aggravated assault for knowingly exposing two women to HIV | [146] |
| 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 | [147] |
| 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 | [148] |
| Trevis Smith | (born 1976) | AmericanCanadian football player with theSaskatchewan Roughriders, jailed for aggravated sexual assault | [149] |
| Valentino Talluto | (born 1984) | Italianaccountant convicted of thirty transmissions of HIV and sentenced to 24 years imprisonment | [150] |
| Nushawn Williams | (born 1976) | American who infected 13 women with HIV; imprisoned for reckless endangerment andstatutory rape | [151] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Adair | (1943–1996) | American documentary filmmaker | [152] |
| Néstor Almendros | (1930–1992) | Spanishcinematographer, director and human rights activist; won theAcademy Award for Best Cinematography for the filmDays of Heaven | [153] |
| John-Manuel Andriote | (born 1958) | American journalist | [154] |
| Emile Ardolino | (1943–1993) | American film director and producer; directed the filmsDirty Dancing andSister Act | [155] |
| Howard Ashman | (1950–1991) | American playwright and lyricist; along with music composerAlan Menken, he received twoGrammy Awards, twoGolden Globes and two Oscars for Best Song for the filmsThe Little Mermaid andBeauty and the Beast (the latter was released posthumously) | [156] |
| Rob Astbury | (1948–2017) | Former Australian television sports presenter | [157] |
| Trinity K. Bonet | (born 1991) | American drag queen who competed on thesixth season ofRuPaul's Drag Race | [158] |
| Arthur J. Bressan Jr. | (1943–1987) | American director, writer and producer, best known for directing the 1985 filmBuddies, the first film about the AIDS epidemic | [159] |
| Dave Brindle | (born 19??) | Canadian television journalist; anchor forCBC Newsworld | [160] |
| David Brudnoy | (1940–2004) | Americantalk radio host in Boston from 1976 to 2004 | [161] |
| Tom Cassidy | (1950–1991) | Business anchor forCNN and founder of the weekend showPinnacle in 1982 | [162] |
| Cyril Collard | (1957–1993) | French film director and writer, best known for his filmSavage Nights, one of the first French films about AIDS | [163] |
| Charity Kase | (born 1996) | British drag performer who competed on thethird season ofRuPaul's Drag Race UK | [164] |
| Jacques Demy | (1931–1990) | French film director, best known for his filmsThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg andThe Young Girls of Rochefort | [165] |
| Venus D-Lite | (born 1983) | American drag queen who competed on thethird season ofRuPaul's Drag Race | [166] |
| Kenny Everett | (1944–1995) | British disc jockey and television entertainer; starred and wrote in his own music and comedy television seriesThe Kenny Everett Television Show | [167] |
| Amos Guttman | (1954–1993) | Israeli film director; an openly gay man, he was a pioneer of LGBT cinema in Israel | [168] |
| Vincent Hanley | (1954–1987) | IrishRTÉradio DJ and television presenter | [169] |
| Teo Hernández | (1939–1992) | Mexican filmmaker | [170] |
| Colin Higgins | (1941–1988) | American screenwriter, director, and producer; wrote the screenplay for the 1971 filmHarold and Maude | [13] |
| Richard Hunt | (1951–1992) | AmericanMuppet puppeteer; played the character ofScooter onThe Muppet Show | [171] |
| Derek Jarman | (1942–1994) | British film director,stage designer, artist, and writer | [172] |
| Peter Jepson-Young | (1957–1992) | Canadian medical doctor who promoted AIDS and HIV awareness and education in the early 1990s through his regular segment onCBC Television news broadcasts | [173] |
| Lawrence Kasha | (1933–1990) | American theatre producer and director, playwright and television producer | |
| Thierry Le Luron | (1952–1986) | French humorist and impressionist | [174] |
| Lexi Love | (born 1990) | American drag performer who competed on theseventeenth season ofRuPaul's Drag Race. | [175] |
| Melvin Lindsey | (1955–1992) | American radio and television personality in the Washington, D.C. area; pioneered theQuiet Stormradio format | [176] |
| Roy London | (1943–1993) | American acting coach, actor and director | [177] |
| Lance Loud | (1951–2001) | American television personality and magazine columnist, known for his role inAn American Family, widely considered the firstreality TV show. | [178] |
| James K. Lyons | (1960–2007) | American actor and film editor, known for editingThe Virgin Suicides and editing and co-writingVelvet Goldmine | [179] |
| Sonia Martínez | (1963–1994) | Spanish actress and television presenter, best known as a cat member of the children's television seriesSabadabada (1983–1984) | [180][181][182] |
| Curt McDowell | (1945–1987) | Americanunderground filmmaker | [183] |
| Michael McDowell | (1950–1999) | American novelist and screenwriter | [184] |
| Andy Milligan | (1929–1991) | American playwright, screenwriter and film director | [185] |
| CJ de Mooi | (born 1969) | British actor, writer, former professional quizzer and television personality | [186] |
| Ongina | (born 1982) | American drag queen and HIV activist, known for competing in thefirst season ofRuPaul's Drag Race and thefifth season ofRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars; became one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV-positive | [187] |
| Q | (born 1998) | American drag queen, competed on thesixteenth season ofRuPaul's Drag Race | [188] |
| Norman René | (1951–1996) | American film director and producer | [189] |
| Marlon Riggs | (1957–1994) | American author and documentary filmmaker | [190] |
| Max Robinson | (1939–1988) | American journalist, known for being the first African American network news anchor, co-anchoringABC'sWorld News Tonight from 1978 to 1983 | [191] |
| Anthony Sabatino | (1944–1993) | American art director, known for his work on the television showFun House, for which he won anEmmy Award | [192] |
| Murray Salem | (1950–1998) | American television actor and screenwriter; wrote the script for the filmKindergarten Cop | [193] |
| Bill Sherwood | (1952–1990) | American filmmaker, known for the filmParting Glances. | [13] |
| Jack Smith | (1932–1989) | American underground film director, best known for the avant-garde movieFlaming Creatures. | [13] |
| Michael Sundin | (1961–1989) | British television presenter and actor; presented theBBC children television showBlue Peter | [194] |
| Jonathan Van Ness | (born 1987) | American hairdresser, podcaster, and television personality; cast member onNetflix'sQueer Eye series | [195] |
| Esther Valiquette | (1962–1994) | Canadian documentary filmmaker (The Measure of Your Passage) | [196] |
| Joseph Vásquez | (1962–1995) | American independent filmmaker | [197] |
| Ron Walters | (1938–1994) | American make-up artist; won threePrimetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for two more in the categoryOutstanding Makeup | [198] |
| Pedro Zamora | (1972–1994) | American television personality; cast member of MTV'sThe Real World reality series. | [199] |
| 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 thesynthpop duoErasure | [200] |
| Nadja Benaissa | (born 1982) | German musician; member of the girl groupNo Angels | [201] |
| Andy Bey | (1939–2025) | American jazz musician | [202] |
| Black Randy | (1952–1988) | American leader of west coast art-punk soul band Black Randy and the Metrosquad | [203] |
| Jorge Bolet | (1914–1990) | Cuban pianist and conductor, known for his performances and recordings of large-scaleromantic music | [204] |
| Mykki Blanco | (born 1986) | American rapper, performance artist, poet and LGBT activist | [205] |
| Cazuza | (1958–1990) | Brazilian singer and composer | [206] |
| Stuart Challender | (1947–1991) | Australian conductor; second Australian-born Chief Conductor of theSydney Symphony (1987–91) | [207] |
| Mel Cheren | (1933 –2007) | American music executive, founder ofWest End Records | [208] |
| David Cole | (1963–1995) | American dance music producer, part ofC+C Music Factory | [209] |
| Patrick Cowley | (1950–1982) | American electronic music artist | [210] |
| Robbin Crosby | (1959–2002) | American guitarist and member ofglam metal bandRatt | [211] |
| Tony De Vit | (1957–1998) | British club disc jockey | [212] |
| Bobby DeBarge | (1956–1995) | American singer, member of the R&B bandsDeBarge andSwitch | [213] |
| Paul Delph | (1957–1996) | Singer-songwriter, producer, engineer and studio musician | [214] |
| Kiki Djan | (1957–2004) | Ghanaian singer, member of the musical bandOsibisa | [215] |
| Eazy-E | (1963–1995) | Americanrapper, member ofgangsta rap groupN.W.A | [216] |
| Youri Egorov | (1954–1988) | Soviet and Monegasque classical pianist; defected to the Netherlands in 1976 | [24][217] |
| Patrick Esposito Di Napoli | (1964–1994) | French Canadian singer | [218] |
| Brenda Fassie | (1964–2004) | South African singer-songwriter, dancer and activist | [219][220][221] |
| Tom Fogerty | (1941–1990) | American musician who played rhythm guitar inCreedence Clearwater Revival; elder brother of lead singerJohn Fogerty | [222] |
| Andy Fraser | (1952–2015) | British musician who played bass guitar in the 1970s groupFree | [223] |
| Michael Friedman | (1975–2017) | American composer and lyricist; wrote the Broadway musicalBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | [224] |
| Ray Gillen | (1959–1993) | American singer, best known for his work with the bandsBlack Sabbath andBadlands | [225] |
| Paul Giovanni | (1933–1990) | American playwright, actor, director, singer and musician, best known for writing the music for the filmThe Wicker Man | [226] |
| John Grant | (born 1968) | American alternative rock singer and songwriter | [227] |
| Kenny Greene | (1969–2001) | American R&B singer; member of the groupIntro | [228] |
| Howard Greenfield | (1936–1986) | American songwriter | [229] |
| Steven Grossman | (1951–1991) | American singer-songwriter | [230] |
| Calvin Hampton | (1938–1984) | Americanorganist and sacred music composer | [231] |
| 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" | [232] |
| Jerry Herman | (1931–2019) | American composer and lyricist; composed the scores for the Broadway musicalsHello, Dolly!,Mame, andLa Cage aux Folles | [233] |
| Fred Hersch | (born 1955) | American contemporaryjazz pianist | [234] |
| Paul Jabara | (1948–1992) | American actor and songwriter: wroteDonna Summer's hit "Last Dance" | [235] |
| Paul Jacobs | (1930–1983) | American pianist | [13] |
| Jobriath | (1946–1983) | Americanglam rock musician; he was one of the first famous musicians to die of AIDS-related complications | [236] |
| Holly Johnson | (born 1960) | British singer, former lead vocalist ofFrankie Goes to Hollywood. | [237] |
| Bernard Kabanda | (1959–1999) | Ugandan guitarist | [24][238] |
| René Klijn | (1962–1993) | Dutch boyband singer and model who appeared in a controversial 1992 episode ofPaul de Leeuw's TV showDe 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 | [239] |
| Fela Kuti | (1938–1997) | Nigerian musician and political activist | [240] |
| Héctor Lavoe | (1946–1993) | Puerto Ricansalsa singer and composer | [241] |
| Paul Lekakis | (born 1966) | American singer and actor | [242] |
| Liberace | (1919–1987) | American pianist and entertainer | [243] |
| Andreas Lundstedt | (born 1972) | Swedish musician, best known as a member of the pop-disco groupAlcazar | [244] |
| Philly Lutaaya | (1951–1989) | Ugandan composer and musician and AIDS prevention activist in Africa | [245] |
| Billy Lyall | (1953–1989) | British keyboard player; member ofPilot and theBay City Rollers | [246] |
| Craig Mack | (1970–2018) | American rapper and record producer | [247] |
| Jimmy McShane | (1957–1995) | Frontman of the Italian musical bandBaltimora | [248][249] |
| Freddie Mercury | (1946–1991) | British musician and lead singer of the bandQueen | [250] |
| Haoui Montaug | (1952–1991) | American nightclub doorman, club promoter, and writer | [251] |
| Jacques Morali | (1947–1991) | Frenchdisco composer and co-creator of theVillage People | [6] |
| Alan Murphy | (1953–1989) | English guitarist, known for his work withKate Bush andLevel 42 | [252] |
| Billy Newton-Davis | (born 1951) | American-born Canadian R&B, gospel and jazz singer | [253] |
| Klaus Nomi | (1944–1983) | Germancountertenor singer | [254] |
| Rodel Naval | (1953–1995) | Filipino singer, songwriter and actor | [255] |
| Stephen Oliver | (1950–1992) | English composer, known for his operas | [37] |
| Chuck Panozzo | (born 1948) | American bass player and founding member of the rock bandStyx | [256] |
| Lonnie Pitchford | (1955–1998) | American blues musician and instrument maker | [257] |
| Paul Prenter | (1946–1991) | Northern Irish music manager, known for being Freddie Mercury's manager from 1977 to 1986 | [258] |
| Lew Pryme | (1940–1990) | New Zealand pop singer and Executive Director of theAuckland Rugby Union | [259] |
| Sharon Redd | (1945–1992) | Americandisco singer | [260] |
| Scott Ross | (1951–1989) | Americanharpsichordist | [261] |
| Frankie Ruiz | (1958–1998) | Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer | [262] |
| Arthur Russell | (1951–1992) | American disco artist and cellist | [263] |
| Renato Russo | (1960–1996) | Brazilian founder and leader of therock bandLegião Urbana | [264] |
| Gil Scott-Heron | (1949–2011) | American poet, musician, author and spoken word performer known as "The Godfather of Rap" | [265] |
| Mano Solo | (1963–2010) | French singer | [266] |
| Jermaine Stewart | (1957–1997) | American pop singer | [6] |
| Sylvester | (1947–1988) | Americandisco artist anddrag performer | [267] |
| Umanji | (c. 1968–2008) | South African musician and songwriter | [268] |
| António Variações | (1944–1984) | Portuguese musician and songwriter; he was the first Portuguese celebrity to die of an AIDS-related illness | [269] |
| Ricky Wilson | (1953–1985) | American guitarist and founding member of rock bandThe B-52's | [270] |
| Conchita Wurst | (born 1988) | Austrian drag performer, singer and winner of the2014 Eurovision Song Contest | [271] |
| Miki Zone | (1955–1986) | American musician; member ofMan 2 Man | [272] |
| Zombo | (1979–2008) | South African singer, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member ofkwaito group Abashante | [273] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Blain | (1950/51–1992) | Canadian politician whose election to theMontreal City Council in 1986 made him one of Canada's first openly gay politicians | [274] |
| Edwin Cameron | (born 1953) | South AfricanSupreme Court of Appeal judge | [275] |
| Roy Cohn | (1927–1986) | American lawyer; came to prominence during the investigations by SenatorJoseph McCarthy into alleged Communism in the U.S. government | [276] |
| Corey Corbin | (born 1967) | Member of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives from 2000 to 2004 | [277] |
| Brian Coyle | (1944–1991) | American community leader and local politician, member of theMinneapolis City Council | [278] |
| Terry Dolan | (1950–1986) | AmericanNew Right political activist who founded and chaired theNational Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) | [279] |
| James K. Dressel | (1943–1992) | AmericanRepublican state representative in theMichigan legislature; gay rights activist | [280] |
| Thomas Duane | (born 1955) | American politician; first openly HIV-positive member of theNew York City Council and theNew York State Senate | [281] |
| Nicholas Eden | (1930–1985) | BritishConservative politician and son of Prime MinisterAnthony Eden | [282] |
| Juan Carlos Florián | (born 1982) | ColombianHumane Colombia politician; currentMinistry of Equality and Equity | [283] |
| Paul Gann | (1912–1989) | American politician, co-author ofCalifornia Proposition 13 (1978) | [284] |
| Greg Harris | (born 1955) | American politician from Illinois | [285] |
| Alan Herbert | (1944–2023) | Canadian politician and HIV/AIDS activist; served as a member of theVancouver City Council | [286] |
| Richard A. Heyman | (1935–1994) | American politician; mayor ofKey West, Florida in 1983–85 and 1987–89 | [287] |
| Jon Hinson | (1942–1995) | American politician; Member of theU.S. House of Representatives | [288] |
| Corey Johnson | (born 1982) | American politician; Speaker of theNew York City Council | [289] |
| Ryuhei Kawada | (born 1976) | Japanese member of parliament who sued the government for failing to prevent HIV transmission through tainted blood products | [290] |
| Michael Kühnen | (1955–1991) | German leader of theneo-Nazi scene | [291] |
| Makgatho Mandela | (1950–2005) | South African attorney and son of former South African presidentNelson Mandela | [292] |
| Kevin McKenna | (born 1974) | BritishLabour Party politician; member of theHouse of Commons | [293] |
| Larry McKeon | (1944–2008) | American politician and member of theIllinois House of Representatives | [294] |
| Stewart McKinney | (1931–1987) | American politician; represented Connecticut in the House of Representatives from 1971 until his death | [295] |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | (born 1986) | BritishLabour Party politician; former member of theHouse of Commons | [296] |
| Dan Ryan | (born 1962) | PortlandCity Council member | [297] |
| Carsten Schatz | (born 1970) | German state legislator in Berlin; first openly HIV-positive holder of political office in Germany | [298] |
| Rand Schrader | (1945–1993) | Los Angeles Municipal Court judge | [299] |
| Chris Smith | (born 1951) | BritishLabour Party politician; member of theHouse of Lords and formerSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | [300] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicky Crane | (1958–1993) | British pornographic actor andneo-Nazi activist | [301] |
| Tricia Devereaux | (born 1975) | American pornographic actress | [302] |
| Karen Dior | (1967–2004) | Americantransvestite pornographic actor | [303] |
| Casey Donovan | (1943–1987) | American pornographic actor | [304] |
| Fred Halsted | (1941–1989) | American pornographic actor | [305] |
| John Holmes | (1944–1988) | American pornographic actor | [306] |
| Darren James | (born 1964) | American pornographic actor; transmitted toLara Roxx, Miss Arroyo and Jessica Dee, causing an international pornography-industry AIDS scare | [304] |
| Tim Kramer | (1952/1958–1992) | American pornographic actor | [307] |
| Robert La Tourneaux | (1941–1986) | American pornographic actor | [308] |
| Richard Holt Locke | (1941–1996) | American pornographic actor | [309] |
| Kurt Marshall | (1965–1988) | American pornographic actor | [310] |
| Wade Nichols | (1946–1985) | American pornographic actor and soap opera actor | [311] |
| Scott O'Hara | (1961–1998) | American pornographic actor, poet and editor/publisher | [304] |
| Al Parker | (1958–1994) | American pornographic actor | [312] |
| Johnny Rahm | (1965–2004) | American pornographic actor | [313] |
| Erik Rhodes | (1982–2012) | American pornographic actor | [314] |
| Lara Roxx | (born 1982) | Canadian pornographic actress | [304] |
| Aiden Shaw | (born 1966) | British author, musician, model and former pornographic actor | [315] |
| John Stagliano | (born 1951) | American pornographic actor; best known for hisButtman series of films, which is credited with sparking thegonzo adult film genre. | [316] |
| Joey Stefano | (1968–1994) | American pornographic actor; was a model inMadonna's bookSex | [317] |
| Marc Stevens | (1943–1989) | American pornographic actor | [318] |
| Eric Stryker | (1954–1988) | American pornographic actor | [319] |
| Cole Tucker | (1953–2015) | American pornographic actor | [320] |
| Marc Wallice | (born 1959) | American adult film actor | [306] |
| Josh Weston | (1973–2012) | American adult film actor | [321] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly Bergalis | (1968–1991) | American woman who alleged she had contracted HIV from her dentist | [322] |
| Timothy Ray Brown | (1966–2020) | American man who was the first to be considered cured of HIV; also known as the "Berlin patient" | [323] |
| Adam Castillejo | (born circa 1980) | Second person to have been considered cured of HIV; also known as the "London patient". | [324] |
| 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. | [325] |
| Arvid Noe | (1947–1976) | Norwegian sailor famous for being one of the first people known to have died from AIDS-related complications. | [326][327] |
| Grethe Rask | (1930–1977) | Danish physician and surgeon, known for being one of the first confirmed cases of HIV/AIDS | [328] |
| Robert Rayford | (1953–1969) | American teenager who may have been the first victim of HIV/AIDS in North America; his death came 12 years before the start of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. | [329] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Ashe | (1943–1993) | American tennis player and social activist; won threeGrand Slam titles. | [330] |
| Mike Beuttler | (1940–1988) | BritishFormula One driver | [331] |
| Glenn Burke | (1952–1995) | AmericanMajor League Baseball player for theLos Angeles Dodgers andOakland Athletics | [332] |
| John Curry | (1949–1994) | Britishfigure skater who won the Olympic andWorld Championships in 1976 | [333] |
| Esteban de Jesús | (1951–1989) | Puerto Ricanboxer; world lightweight champion | [334] |
| Rudy Galindo | (born 1969) | American figure skater; won a bronze medal at the 1996 World Championships | [335] |
| Bill Goldsworthy | (1944–1996) | Canadianice hockey player; played in theNational Hockey League for fourteen seasons | [336] |
| Magic Johnson | (born 1959) | American basketball player; was named to theNBA All-Star team twelve times | [337] |
| Job Komol | (born 1981) | Camerooniansoccerplayer atVitesse Arnhem | [338] |
| Thabang Lebese | (1973–2012) | South African association football player | [339][340][341] |
| Greg Louganis | (born 1960) | American Olympicdiver; best known for winning back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3 m and 10 m events. | [342] |
| Robert McCall | (1958–1991) | Canadianfigure skater; won a bronze medal at the1988 Winter Olympics | [343] |
| Tommy Morrison | (1969–2013) | Americanboxer,WBO Heavyweight Champion, co-star of movieRocky V | [344] |
| Ondrej Nepela | (1951–1989) | Slovak figure skater; won gold medal at the1972 Winter Olympics | [345] |
| Brian Pockar | (1959–1992) | Canadianfigure skater; won bronze medal at 1982 World Figure Skating Championships | [346] |
| Stéphane Proulx | (1965–1993) | Canadian racing driver | [347] |
| Tim Richmond | (1955–1989) | AmericanNASCARracing driver | [348] |
| Roy Simmons | (1956–2014) | American professional football player who played as a guard for theNew York Giants andWashington Redskins | [349] |
| Jerry Smith | (1943–1987) | American professional football player who played as atight end for the Washington Redskins | [350] |
| Gareth Thomas | (born 1974) | Welsh rugby player | [351] |
| Tom Waddell | (1937–1987) | American Olympic athlete; founded theGay Games | [352] |
| Robert Wagenhoffer | (1960–1999) | American figure skater; won a silver medal at the 1982U.S. Figure Skating Championships | [353] |
| Ji Wallace | (born 1977) | Australian gymnast and Olympic silver medallist | [354] |
| Michael Westphal | (1965–1991) | German tennis player | [355] |
| Alan Wiggins | (1958–1991) | AmericanMajor League Baseball player | [356] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Ailey | (1931–1989) | Americanmodern dancer and choreographer | [357] |
| A. J. Antoon | (1944–1992) | American stage director who won aTony Award in 1972 for directing the playThat Championship Season. | [13] |
| Rick Aviles | (1952–1995) | American comedian and actor | [6] |
| Tony Azito | (1948–1995) | American dancer and character actor | [358] |
| Dominique Bagouet | (1951–1992) | French choreographer and dancer | [359] |
| Alan Bowne | (1945–1989) | American playwright and author | [360] |
| Michael Bennett | (1943–1987) | American musical theater director, choreographer, and dancer; was the choreographer of the Broadway production ofA Chorus Line. | [6] |
| Christopher Chadman | (1948–1995) | American dancer and choreographer | [361] |
| Gerald Chapman | (1950–1987) | English theater director and educator | [362] |
| Robert Chesley | (1943–1990) | American playwright, theater critic and musical composer | [13] |
| Dorian Corey | (c. 1937–1993) | American drag queen, best known for his appearance in the documentary filmParis Is Burning | [363] |
| Stephanie Dabney | (1958–2022) | American ballerina, former Prima ballerina withDance Theatre of Harlem. | [364] |
| Martin de Maat | (1948–2001) | American teacher and artistic director atThe Second City in Chicago | [365] |
| Jorge Donn | (1947–1992) | Argentine ballet dancer with theMaurice Béjart ballet company and artistic director of theBallet of the 20th Century | [13] |
| Ulysses Dove | (1947–1996) | American contemporary choreographer | [366] |
| Ethyl Eichelberger | (1945–1990) | American drag performer, playwright and actor | [13] |
| Tony Fields | (1958–1995) | American dancer | [367] |
| Wayland Flowers | (1939–1988) | American entertainer andventriloquist | [368] |
| Christopher Gillis | (1951–1993) | Canadian dancer and choreographer; formed thePaul Taylor Dance Company | [369] |
| Choo San Goh | (1948–1987) | Singaporean ballet dancer and choreographer | [13] |
| Hibiscus | (1949–1982) | American founder of thepsychedelicdrag queen troupeThe Cockettes. | [370] |
| René Highway | (1954–1990) | CanadianCree actor and dancer | [371] |
| John Hirsch | (1930–1989) | Hungarian-Canadian theatre director | [372] |
| Jade Elektra | (born 1967) | American born, Canada-based drag queen and recording artist | [373] |
| Robert Joffrey | (1930–1988) | American dancer, teacher, producer, and choreographer | [374] |
| Bill T. Jones | (born 1952) | American dancer, choreographer and director | [375] |
| Gibson Kente | (1932–2004) | South African playwright, known as theFather of Black Theatre in South Africa | [376] |
| Lady Catiria | (1959–1999) | Puerto Rican drag performer, known for her appearance in the 1995 filmTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. | [377] |
| Larry Kert | (1930–1991) | American Broadway performer; played inWest Side Story andCompany | [378] |
| Bernard-Marie Koltès | (1948–1989) | French playwright and theatre director | [379] |
| Charles Ludlam | (1943–1987) | American actor and playwright | [13] |
| Thom McGinty | (1952–1995) | Scottish-Irish street mime, stage and film actor, widely known as "The Diceman" | [380][381] |
| Roger Montoya | (born 1961) | American dancer, community arts instructor and politician | [382] |
| Jean-Louis Morin | (1953–1995) | Canadian choreographer and dancer | [383] |
| Javier Muñoz | (born 1975) | Puerto Rican-American actor mainly known for his role in the Broadway musicalsHamilton andIn the Heights. | [384] |
| Willi Ninja | (1961–2006) | American dancer and choreographer, best known for his appearance in the documentary filmParis Is Burning. | [385] |
| Rudolf Nureyev | (1938–1993) | Russian ballet dancer and choreographer | [386] |
| Ongina | (born 1982) | Filipino American drag queen and spokesperson forMAC Cosmetics | [387] |
| Michael Peters | (1948–1994) | American choreographer; choreographed the fifteen-minuteMichael Jackson music videoThriller | [388] |
| Craig Russell | (1948–1990) | Canadianfemale impersonator | [13] |
| John Sex | (1956–1989) | Americancabaret singer andperformance artist | [24][389] |
| Ron Vawter | (1949–1994) | American actor; founding member of the artists ensembleThe Wooster Group | [390] |
| Nashom Wooden | (1969–2020) | American drag queen and notable New York City nightlife personality | [391] |
| Angie Xtravaganza | (c. 1966–1993) | Americantransgender performer, best known for her appearance in the documentary filmParis Is Burning. | [392] |
| Arnie Zane | (1947–1988) | Co-founder withBill T. Jones ofBill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | [393] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Almaraz | (1941–1989) | Mexican American artist and pioneer of theChicano art movement | [13] |
| Mario Amaya | (1933–1986) | American art critic, museum director, magazine editor | [394] |
| Richard Amsel | (1947–1985) | American graphic artist and illustrator best known for his movie posters from the 1970s and 1980s | [395] |
| Joe Average | (1957–2024) | Vancouver-based Canadian visual artist | [396] |
| Way Bandy | (1941–1986) | American celebrity makeup artist | [13] |
| 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. | [190] |
| Tom Bianchi | (born 1945) | American writer and photographer who specializes in male nude photography | [397] |
| Lorenza Böttner | (1959–1994) | Disabled transgender Chilean-German visual artist | [398] |
| Leigh Bowery | (1961–1994) | Australianperformance artist, fashion designer, dancer and model | [37] |
| Scott Burton | (1939–1989) | American sculptor, performance artist, and writer | [399] |
| Gia Carangi | (1960–1986) | American supermodel of the late 1970s and early 1980s | [400] |
| Tina Chow | (1951–1992) | American restaurateur and model | [401] |
| Copi | (1939–1987) | Argentine-French comics artist, cartoonist and playwright | [402] |
| DONDI | (1961–1998) | American graffiti artist | [403] |
| Perry Ellis | (1940–1986) | American fashion designer; his name still represents the sportswear fashion house he founded in the mid-1970s | [404] |
| José Gonzalez Espaliú | (1955 - 1993) | Spanish performance and conceptual artist whose art focused on marginalization of himself and others with AIDS | [405] |
| Vincent Fourcade | (1934–1992) | French American interior designer | [13] |
| Xavier Fourcade | (1927–1987) | French Americancontemporary art dealer; brother of Vincent Fourcade | [406] |
| Robert Fraser | (1937–1986) | British art dealer | [407] |
| Félix González-Torres | (1957–1996) | Cuban-American artist | [408] |
| Mondo Guerra | (born 1978) | Mexican-American fashion designer | [409] |
| Halston | (1932–1990) | American fashion designer | [410] |
| Keith Haring | (1958–1990) | Americanpop artist and social activist, known for his recognizable animated imagery | [411][412] |
| Andrew Heard | (1958–1993) | British visual artist | [413] |
| Henfil | (1944–1988) | Brazilian cartoonist and comics artist, best known for his characterGraúna | [414] |
| Sighsten Herrgård | (1943–1989) | Swedish fashion designer; first Swedish celebrity to publicize his HIV-positive status | [415] |
| Victor Hugo | (1948–1994) | Venezuelan-born visual artist and former partner of fashion designerHalston | [416] |
| Peter Hujar | (1934–1987) | American photographer | [417] |
| Patrick Kelly | (1954–1990) | American fashion designer | [418] |
| Peter Klashorst | (born 1957) | Dutch painter, sculptor, photographer and conceptual artist | [419][420] |
| John Kobal | (1940–1991) | British film historian and photograph collector | [421] |
| Kia LaBeija | (born 1990) | American fine artist | [422] |
| Larry LeGaspi | (1950–2001) | American fashion designer | [423] |
| Grant Lingard | (1961–1995) | New Zealand visual artist | [424] |
| Antonio Lopez | (1943–1987) | Puerto-Rican fashion illustrator | [425] |
| Jack Mackenroth | (born 1969) | American swimmer, model, gay pornographic film actor, and fashion designer | [426] |
| Robert Mapplethorpe | (1946–1989) | American photographer | [427] |
| Alexander McQueen | (1969–2010) | British fashion designer | [428] |
| Frank C. Moore | (1953–2002) | American artist; designer of thered ribbon symbol of AIDS awareness | [429] |
| Jesse Murry | (1948–1993) | American painter | [430] |
| Tommy Nutter | (1943–1992) | BritishSavile Row tailor and fashion designer | [13] |
| Gustavo Ojeda | (1958–1989) | Cuban-American painter | [431] |
| Matthias Ostermann | (1951–2009) | German-Canadian ceramics artist and author | [432] |
| Felix Partz | (1945–1994) | Canadian artist, member of the artist collectiveGeneral Idea | [433] |
| Neal Pozner | (1955–1994) | American comics writer, editor and art director; worked forDC Comics | [434] |
| Joel Resnicoff | (1948–1986) | American artist and fashion illustrator | [435] |
| Herb Ritts | (1952–2002) | American photographer and video director, best known for his work withMadonna | [6] |
| Tom Rubnitz | (1956–1992) | American video artist | [436] |
| David Seidner | (1957–1999) | American photographer | [437] |
| Al Shapiro | (1932–1987) | American comics artist (Harry Chess) | [438] |
| Willi Smith | (1948–1987) | American fashion designer | [439] |
| Hugh Auchincloss Steers | (1962–1995) | American painter | [440] |
| William Ware Theiss | (1931–1992) | American film and television costume designer best known for his work on theStar Trek television and film franchise | [441] |
| Paul Thek | (1933–1988) | American painter, sculptor and installation artist | [442] |
| Sam Wagstaff | (1921–1987) | American art curator and collector | [443] |
| Adrian Ward-Jackson | (1950–1991) | British art dealer and consultant; close friend ofDiana, Princess of Wales | [444] |
| Frederick Weston | (1946–2020) | African-American artist whose collages were recognized for their quality late in his life.[445] | [13] |
| David Wojnarowicz | (1954–1992) | American artist, writer and activist | [13] |
| Martin Wong | (1946–1999) | Chinese-American painter | [446] |
| Jorge Zontal | (1944–1994) | Canadian artist, member of the artist collectiveGeneral Idea | [433] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caio Fernando Abreu | (1948–1996) | Brazilian writer and journalist | [447] |
| Gordon Stewart Anderson | (c. 1958–1991) | Canadian writer whose novelThe Toronto You Are Leaving was published by his mother 15 years after his death | [448] |
| Reinaldo Arenas | (1943–1990) | Cuban novelist who committed suicide while living in New York | [449] |
| Jean-Paul Aron | (1925–1988) | French writer and journalist; known as one the first French celebrities to publicly reveal his diagnosis. | [450] |
| Isaac Asimov | (1920–1992) | Russian-born Americanscience fiction author and professor ofbiochemistry atBoston University | [451] |
| Simon Bailey | (1955–1995) | BritishAnglican priest and writer | [452] |
| John Boswell | (1947–1994) | American historian and a professor atYale University | [453] |
| Harold Brodkey | (1930–1996) | American author, known for his memoirThis 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 | [454] |
| Warren Casey | (1935–1988) | American playwright best known for co-writing the 1972 Broadway musicalGrease | [455] |
| Bruce Chatwin | (1940–1989) | British novelist and travel writer, best known for his bookIn Patagonia. | [456] |
| Cyril Collard | (1957–1993) | French writer, actor and director of the autobiographical novel and filmSavage Nights | [457] |
| Timothy Conigrave | (1959–1994) | Australian playwright and author of the memoirHolding the Man | [458] |
| Steven Corbin | (1953–1995) | American writer | [459] |
| Christopher Cox | (1949–1990) | American writer and editor | [460] |
| Peter Cureton | (1965–1994) | Canadian playwright, best known for his 1993 playPassages, an autobiographical work about living with HIV/AIDS | [461] |
| Sam D'Allesandro | (1956–1988) | American poet and fiction writer | [462] |
| Serge Daney | (1944–1992) | French film critic | [13] |
| Nicholas Dante | (1941–1991) | American dancer and playwright, known for the musicalA Chorus Line; first Latino to win aPulitzer Prize for Drama | [463] |
| Tory Dent | (1958–2005) | American poet, art critic and commentator on the AIDS crisis | [464] |
| Guillaume Dustan | (1965–2005) | French writer | [465] |
| Michael Estok | (1939–1989) | Canadian poet, known for his posthumous collectionA Plague Year Journal | [466] |
| David B. Feinberg | (1956–1994) | American writer and AIDS activist with ACT UP | [467] |
| Robert Ferro | (1941–1988) | American novelist | [468] |
| Michel Foucault | (1926–1984) | Frenchhistorian of ideas,literary critic and political activist; first French public figure to die from AIDS-related complications | [469] |
| Ken Garnhum | (living) | Canadian playwright, best known for his playsBeuys, Buoys, Boys andPants on Fire | [470] |
| Steve Geng | (1943–2020) | American writer, known for his memoirThick As Thieves; brother ofNew Yorker writer and editorVeronica Geng | [471] |
| Jaime Gil de Biedma | (1929–1990) | Spanish poet | [472] |
| Michael Grumley | (1942–1988) | American writer | [473] |
| Hervé Guibert | (1955–1990) | French writer and filmmaker | [474] |
| Richard Hall | (1926–1992) | American writer | [475] |
| Essex Hemphill | (1957–1995) | American poet and activist | [476] |
| Guy Hocquenghem | (1944–1988) | French writer and philosopher | [24][477] |
| Bo Huston | (1959–1993) | American writer | [478] |
| Arturo Islas | (1938–1991) | Mexican-American professor of English and writer | [479] |
| Frans Kellendonk | (1951–1990) | Dutch novelist and translator | [480] |
| Gregory Kolovakos | (1951–1990) | American translator | [481] |
| Greg Kramer | (1961–2013) | Canadian writer | [482] |
| Larry Kramer | (1935–2020) | American dramatist, author and gay rights activist | [483] |
| Didier Lestrade | (born 1958) | French journalist and author | [484] |
| Hezi Leskali | (1952–1994) | Israeli poet, artist and choreographer | [485] |
| Arnold Lobel | (1933–1987) | American children's book author and illustrator | [486] |
| Michael Lynch | (1944–1991) | Canadian poet, journalist and academic | [487] |
| Dambudzo Marechera | (1952–1987) | Zimbabwean writer | [488] |
| Peter McGehee | (1955–1991) | American-born Canadian writer | [489] |
| Richie McMullen | (1943–1991) | British author and activist against male rape | [37] |
| Peter McWilliams | (1940–2000) | American writer andlibertarian activist | [490] |
| James Merrill | (1926–1995) | American winning poet, known for his collectionDivine Comedies | [491] |
| Ernest Matthew Mickler | (1940–1988) | American author of the cookbookWhite Trash Cooking | [492] |
| Paul Monette | (1945–1995) | American novelist and poet | [493] |
| John Preston | (1945–1994) | American author of gayerotica and editor of gaynonfictionanthologies | [494] |
| Manuel Ramos Otero | (1948–1990) | Puerto Rican short story writer | [495] |
| Paul Reed | (1956–2002) | American writer | [496] |
| Barbara Samson | (born 1975) | French poet who was infected with HIV at the age of seventeen; her story was made into the French television filmBeing Seventeen. | [497] |
| Severo Sarduy | (1937–1993) | GayCuban poet and author | [498] |
| Dick Scanlan | (born 1961) | Americanlibrettist, writer and actor | [499] |
| Nicholas Schaffner | (1953–1991) | American music writer, best known for his books aboutthe Beatles | [500] |
| Ronald M. Schernikau | (1960–1991) | German writer | [501] |
| Jay Scott | (1949–1993) | Canadian film critic | [502] |
| Kevin Sessums | (born 1956) | American memoirist, editor, and celebrity interviewer | [503] |
| Randy Shilts | (1951–1994) | American journalist and author, known for the bookAnd the Band Played On which documents the outbreak of AIDS in the United States. | [6] |
| Ian Stephens | (1955–1996) | Canadian poet andspoken word artist (Diary of a Trademark) | [504] |
| George Stambolian | (1938–1991) | American professor of French literature and editor of gayfictionanthologies | [505] |
| Andrew Sullivan | (born 1963) | British-American journalist and blogger | [506] |
| Pier Vittorio Tondelli | (1955–1991) | Italian novelist; he was one of the first Italian public figures to die of an AIDS-related illness | [507] |
| Colin Turnbull | (1924–1994) | British American anthropologist | [508] |
| Yvonne Vera | (1964–2005) | Zimbabwean author | [509] |
| Matthew Ward | (1951–1990) | American English/French translator, known for his 1989 translation ofAlbert Camus'sThe Stranger. | [510] |
| Edmund White | (1940–2025) | American novelist, memoirist, biographer and essayist | [511] |
| LeRoy Whitfield | (1969–2005) | American freelance journalist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS. | [512] |
| George Whitmore | (1946–1989) | American novelist, playwright and poet, known for his novelNebraska | [513] |
| Alexander Wilson | (1953–1993) | American-born Canadian writer, teacher, landscape designer and community activist | [514] |
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Andelson | (1931–1987) | Americanregent of theUniversity of California. | [515] |
| Victoria Arellano | (1984–2007) | Mexican immigrant who died from an AIDS-related illness while in custody ofU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | [516] |
| Kuwasi Balagoon | (1946–1986) | Americananarchist and member of theBlack Liberation Army | [517] |
| Nozipho Bhengu | (1974–2006) | South African woman who became famous for opting not to take antiretroviral medication on the advice of health ministerManto Tshabalala-Msimang. | [518] |
| José María Di Bello | (born 1968) | One of the first gayArgentine citizens (along with partner Alex Freyre) to be granted the right to marry in Argentina | [519] |
| Dean Faiello | (1959–2024) | American criminal | [520] |
| John Wesley Fletcher | (1940–1996) | AmericanAssemblies of God pastor | [521] |
| Althea Flynt | (1953–1987) | American co-publisher of pornographic magazineHustler along with her husband,Hustler founderLarry Flynt | [522] |
| Kendall Francois | (1971–2014) | Haitian American serial killer | [523] |
| Alex Freyre | (born 1970) | One of the first gayArgentine citizens (along with partner José María Di Bello) to be granted the right to marry in Argentina | [519] |
| Eve van Grafhorst | (1982–1993) | Australian child, forced to migrate toNew Zealand due toostracism from her local community in Australia. | [524] |
| David Hampton | (1964–2003) | Americancon artist. Hisstory becamethe inspiration fora play and latera film, titledSix Degrees of Separation. | [525] |
| Terry Higgins | (1945–1982) | One of the first British people to die of AIDS; gave his name to theTerrence Higgins Trust. | [526] |
| Gervase Jackson-Stops | (1947–1995) | Britisharchitectural historian and journalist | [37] |
| Marsha P. Johnson | (1945–1992) | American LGBT civil rights leader and trans activist | [527] |
| Suzi Lovegrove | (1955–1987) | American-born Australian woman; subject of the 1988 HBO film "Suzi's Story", which chronicles her battle with AIDS | [528][529][530] |
| Michael Lupo | (1953–1995) | Italianserial killer who murdered four homosexuals asrevenge for his contracting HIV | [531] |
| Christine Maggiore | (1957–2008) | AmericanAIDS 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 | [532] |
| Leonard Matlovich | (1943–1988) | AmericanVietnam Warveteran, known for fighting the U.S. military in 1975 for the right to serve as an openly gay man. | [533] |
| Kongulu Mobutu | (c. 1970–1998) | Son ofMobutu Sese Seko, former president of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo; officer in thepresidential guard | [534] |
| Richard Nyauza | (born 1970) | South African serial killer | [535] |
| Phillip Paske | (1953–1998) | American criminal and child pornographer | [536] |
| Marty Robinson | (1942–1992) | American gay activist who participated in theStonewall Riot | [537] |
| Ed Savitz | (1942–1993) | American businessman accused of sexually abusing children | [538] |
| Michael Shernoff | (1951–2008) | Americanmental health professional who wrote extensively on HIV/AIDS prevention and the mental health concerns of gay men | [539] |
| Lou Sullivan | (1951–1991) | American transsexual activist and author | [540] |
| Lucille Teasdale-Corti | (1929–1996) | Canadian physician,surgeon and international aid worker, who worked inUganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country | [541] |
| Ösel Tendzin | (1943–1990) | AmericanBuddhist regent | [542] |
| Ottis Toole | (1947–1996) | American serial killer | [543] |
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