Celebrities and Famous People with Cancer
The following excerpts were taken from cancerpoints.com
Cancer - Type Not Specified
- Roscoe Lee Browne - Actor
- Chandralekha - Dancer
- Elizabeth Choy - Singapore War Hero
- Ty Cobb - Baseball Player
- Gary C. Comer - Founder of Lands End clothing company
- Cookie - Brooklyn Diana Monkey
- Christopher Essex - Fashion Designer
- Giacinto Facchetti - Italian Soccer Player
- Gert Fredriksson - Olympic Canoeist
- Joseph Kauffman - Peace Corps Founder
- Jay Koch - Ronald Reagan Lookalike
- Jim Lemon - Baseball Player
- JoAnna Lund - Cookbook author
- Janis Martin - Singer (Female Elvis)
- Jeff McClelland - Airline executive
- George McCorkle - Marshall Tucker Band guitarist
- Gloria Monty - TV Producer ("General Hospital")
- Philippe Noiret - Actor ("Il Postino", "Cinema Paradiso")
- Peter Charles Orton - Founder, HIT Entertainment (Bob the Builder)
- George Page - TV Host (PBS series "Nature")
- Denis Payton - Sax Player ("Dave Clark Five")
- Alfred Peet - Gourmet Coffee Guru
- June Pointer - Singer (Pointer Sisters)
- Patsy Ramsey - Mother of JonBenet Ramsey
- Patricia Goedicke Robinson - Poet
- Bert Sheldon - Actor
- Rudolf Vrba - Auschwitz death camp escapee
- Dennis Weaver - Actor ("Gunsmoke")
Bone Cancer
- Nick Clarke (Sarcoma) - Broadcast Journalist (BBC)
- Queen Hatshepsut - Ancient Egyptian Mummy
- Don Herbert - TV Host ("Mr. Wizard")
- Vincent Angelo Meli
- Morag Morrison - Blind Bowler
Bowel Cancer
- Bobby Moore - England World Cup Team Captain
- Terry Jones - Actor ("Monty Python")
Brain Tumors
- Ahmed al-Rubei - Kuwaiti Politician
- Lyle Alzado - Football Player
- Lee Atwater - Chairman, Republican National Committee
- James Batten - CEO, Knight Ridder Newspapers
- Mollie Beattie - Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services
- Dan Duva - Boxing Promoter
- Don Fusilli - CEO of Michael Baker Corp.
- George Gershwin - Composer
- Tim Gullikson - Pete Sampras' Tennis Coach
- Scott Hafeman - Golf pro
- Bruce Henderson - Imation CEO
- Craig "Ironhead" Heyward - NFL fullback
- Dick Howser - Manager, Kansas City Royals
- Reginald Lewis - CEO, TLC Beatrice
- Bob Marley - Reggae Singer
- Frank Edward "Tug" McGraw - Baseball Player
- Robert McNair - SC Governor
- Ryan Larkin - Oscar-nominated Animator
- David McDonald - Actor ("What's Love Got to Do with It")
- Greg Morris - Actor (Mission Impossible)
- Bobby Murcer - New York Yankees' Announcer
- Joseph Gober Nazel Jr. - Journalist & Biographer
- Megan O'Connell - Model
- Bob O'Connor (CNS Lymphoma) - Pittsburgh Mayor
- Pat Paulsen - Comedian
- Slim Pickens - Actor
- Pete Rozelle - NFL Commissioner
- Dan Quisenberry - Pitcher, Kansas City Royals
- Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Gold Medalist
- Gene Siskel - Movie Critic
- Deke Slayton - Astronaut
- Dawn Steele - Movie Studio Executive
- Annette Strauss - Former Dallas Mayor
- Jan Streeter - Wife of NH Mayor Bernie Streeter
- Robert Swanson - Founder of Genentech
- Mike Synar - US Congressman
- Michael Walsh - CEO, Tenneco
- Eric Wolf - Arpanet developer
Breast Cancer
- Ingrid Bergman - Actress
- Shirley Temple Black - Actress
- Erma Bombeck - Journalist
- Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara - IVF mother who gave birth at 66
- Rachel Carson - Author
- Julia Child - Chef
- Sheryl Crow - Singer-Songwriter
- Bette Davis - Actress
- Jo Ann Davis - Member of Congress
- Kelly Jo Dowd - Hooters Girl
- Elizabeth Edwards - Wife of US Senator
- Jill Eikenberry - Actress
- Linda Ellerbee - TV Host
- Belinda Emmett - TV actress
- Melissa Etheridge - Musician
- Edie Falco - Actress
- Sasha Ferrer - Writer-Producer
- Peggy Fleming - Figure Skater
- Betty Ford - First Lady
- Georgia Frontiere - Female owner of NFL football team
- Kathryn Frost - Major General in US Army (Highest Ranking Woman in
US Army)
- Barbara Gittings - Gay Rights Activist
- Ernie Green - Football player
- Nanci Griffith (Breast Cancer, Thyroid Cancer) - Singer
- Dorothy Hamill - Olympic Figure Skater
- Ruth Handler - Barbie Doll
- Kate Jackson - Actress
- Ann Jillian - Actress
- Susan Komen (Her sister, Nancy Brinker, founded the Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation.)
- Patti LaBelle - Singer
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Mezzo-Soprano
- Juliette Gordon Low - Founder, Girl Scouts of the USA
- Linda Eastman McCartney - Wife of Paul McCartney
- Kylie Minogue - Singer
- Olivia Newton-John - Actress/Singer
- Dr. Jerri Nielsen - South Pole
- Sandra Day O'Connor - Supreme Court Justice
- Nancy Reagan - Former First Lady
- Lynn Redgrave - Actress
- Cokie Roberts - Journalist
- Robin Roberts - ABC Anchor (Good Morning America)
- Richard Rountree - Actor
- Carly Simon - Singer
- Jaclyn Smith - Actress
- Suzanne Somers - Actress
- Susan Sontag (Breast Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia) - Author
- Soraya - Latin Singer
- Gloria Steinem - Founder, MS Magazine
- Wanida Tantiwittayapitak - Thai Social Activist
- Jane Tomlinson - Completed Ironman, Marathons and Triathlons on Chemotherapy
- Leigh Tomlinson - Singer, Actress
- Fawn Vrazo - Journalist
- Mickey Wright - Golfer
Colon Cancer
- Charlie Bell - McDonald's CEO
- Ted Corbitt (Prostate Cancer, Colon Cancer) - American Distance Runner
- Eric Davis - Baseball Player
- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson - Olympic Track & Field Athlete
- Ron Fineman - TV Journalist
- John Forsythe - Actor
- Dick Hickox (Esophageal Cancer, Colon Cancer) - Basketball Player
- Betty Hutton - Actress
- Chen Jinlang - Singer (Singapore)
- Ernie Ladd (Colon, Stomach, Bones) - Football Player, Wrestler
- Marilyn Martinez - Standup Comedian
- Juanita Millender-McDonald - Member of Congress (D-CA)
- Frank Morgan - Saxophonist
- Sharon Osbourne - Wife of Ozzie Osbourne
- Walter K. Palmer - Health Insurance Executive
- Abdul Razzak (Colorectal Cancer) - Gitmo Detainee
- Ronald Reagan - US President
- Ted Schroeder - Tennis Champion
- Charles Schultz - Peanuts
- Joel Siegel - Film Critic (ABC Good Morning America)
- Damu Smith - Peace and Environmental Activist
- Tony Snow - White House Press Secretary
- Darryl Strawberry - Baseball Player
- Edward Yang - Director
Esophageal Cancer
- Kenjiro Haitani - Japanese Children's Author
- Dick Hickox (Esophageal Cancer, Colon Cancer) - Basketball Player
- Makoto "Mako" Iwamatsu - Actor
- Jaap Penraat - Helped Jews escape the Holocaust
- Ann Richards - Texas Governor
- Larry Stewart - Secret Santa (anonymously gave away $100 bills to
the needy each December)
- Tom Lantos - Member of Congress and Holocaust Survivor
Kidney Cancer
- Kevin Hawkins - 9/11 detective
- Barbara Gallagher - Artist (Alabama)
- Ivica Racan - Former Croatian Prime Minister
- Lee Remick (Kidney, Liver, Lung Cancer) - Actress
- Joni Richards - mother of Denise Richards
Liver Cancer
- Christopher Glenn - CBS Radio Anchor
- Calvin Owens - Bluesman
- Lawrence Payton - Singer
- Clermont Pepin - Composer
- Lee Remick (Kidney, Liver, Lung Cancer) - Actress
- Donald Reese - NFL Football player
- Suzuki Roshi - Zen Buddhism
- Jane Rule - Canadian Novelist
- Lydia Sum - Hong Kong Actress
- Bungo Yoshida / Teruo Takahashi - Japanese Puppeteer (Bunraku)
Lung Cancer
- Edward Albert - Actor
- Desi Arnez - Actor
- Mark Belanger - Baseball Player
- Jack Benny (Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer) - Comedian
- Leonard Bernstein - Composer
- Gerald Boyd - Managing Editor, New York Times
- Gay Brewer - PGA Tour Champion
- Yul Brynner - Actor
- Herb Caen - Journalist
- Allen Carr - Anti-Smoking Guru
- Eric Carr - Musician
- Julia Carson - Member of Congress (D-IN)
- Nat "King" Cole - Musician
- Desiree Collins - FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Litigant
- Gary Cooper - Actor
- Luiz Jose Costa - Musician
- Joe DeNardo - TV Meteorologist
- Willie Denson - Singer-Songwriter ("Mama Said")
- Joe DiMaggio - Baseball Player
- Walt Disney - Animator
- David Allyn Dokich - Rapist
- Jimmy Dorsey - Musician
- Morton Downey, Jr. - Comedian
- Duke Ellington - Musician
- Russell Ellington - Harlem Globetrotters Coach
- Barbara Epstein - Editor (New York Review of Books, US edition of The Diary of Anne Frank)
- Freddy Fender - Singer
- Freddie Fields - Hollywood agent and producer
- Jim Finks - Football Player
- Kam Fong - Actor
- George MacDonald Fraser - Author (Flashman books)
- Larry Gilbert - Golfer
- Paul Gleason (Mesothelioma) - Actor
- Stephen Jay Gould (Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma) - Scientist
- Betty Grable - Actress
- George Grizzard - Actor
- Bobby Hachey - Singer
- Carrie Hamilton - Actress
- Lloyd Haynes - Actor
- Susan Hayward - Actress
- Andrew Hill - Jazz Pianist
- Mo Howard - Comedian
- Nancy Gore Hunger - Al Gore's Sister
- Peter Jennings - ABC Anchor
- Andreas Katsulas - Actor (One-armed man in "The Fugitive")
- Eddie Kendrick - Singer
- David Knapp - VP Investor Relations, Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Jesse Donald [Don] Knotts - Actor
- Jiddu Krishnamurti - Religious Teacher
- Hilly Kristal - Father of Punk Rock
- Larry Linville - Actor (Comedy)
- Nancy Littlefield - Head, NYC Film Office
- Robert Mardian - Watergate figure
- Roger Maris (Lung Cancer, Lymphoma) - Baseball Player
- Bob Marley - Singer
- Dean Martin (Lung Cancer, Testicular Cancer) - Actor
- Kiel Martin - Actor
- Pat Marsden - Broadcast Journalist
- William McAnulty - Kentucky Supreme Court Justice
- Roddy McDowell (Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer)
- Wayne McLaren - Marlboro Man
- David McLean - Marlboro Man
- Doug McLure - Actor
- Steve McQueen - Actor
- Audrey Meadows - Actress
- Melina Mercouri - Actress
- Tammy Faye Messner - Televangelist
- George Millay - Founder of SeaWorld and Wet 'n Wild
- Robert Mitchum - Actor
- Claude Monet - Painter
- Gabriel Montalvo - Vatican envoy and ambassador to the US
- Edward R. Murrow - Journalist
- Paek Nam-sun - North Korea Foreign Minister
- Charles Norwood - Member of Congress (R-GA)
- Benny Parsons - NASCAR driver
- Suzanne Pleshette - Actress
- Vincent Price - Actor
- Ayn Rand - Author
- Lou Rawls (Brain/Lung Cancer) - Soul Singer
- Harry Reasoner - Journalist
- Dana Reeve - Actress
- Lee Remick (Kidney, Liver, Lung Cancer) - Actress
- Cal Ripkin, Sr. - Baseball Player
- Wayne Schenk - Lottery Winner
- Barbara Seaman - Patients Rights Advocate
- Beverly Sills - Opera Star
- Lowell Smith - Dancer
- Ralph Sturges - Chief of Mohegan Indian Tribe in Connecticut
- Ed Sullivan - Entertainer
- Lauren Terrazzano - Reporter (Newsday)
- Hank Thompson - Country Singer
- Will Thornbury - Actor (Camel TV Ads)
- Spencer Tracy - Actor
- Beau Tucker - Country Music Manager (father of Tanya Tucker)
- Forrest Tucker - Actor
- Jim Varney - Comedian
- Jimmy Walker - Basketball Player
- Marion E. Warren - Photographer
- John Wayne - Actor
- Sandy West - Drummer ("The Runaways")
- Sir Kyffin Williams (Lung, Prostate) - Artist
- Carl Wilson - Musician
- Warren Zevon (Mesothelioma) - Musician
Lymphoma
- Paul Allen - Cofounder of Microsoft
- Joe Andruzzi (Burkitt's Lymphoma) - Football Player
- Gene Autry - Singer/Actor
- Paul Azinger - Golfer
- Ed Bradley - CBS News Anchor (60 Minutes)
- Michael Brecker (Leukemia) - Jazz Saxophonist
- Robin Bush (Leukemia, age 3) - Daughter of President George H.W. Bush
- Susan Butcher (Leukemia) - Winner of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
- John Allan Cameron (Leukemia, Bone Marrow Cancer) - Celtic Musician
- William Casey - CIA
- Joseph Coors - Adolph Coors Brewing Company
- John Cullen - Hockey Player
- Mark Fields - Football Player
- Andres Galarraga - Baseball Player
- Tim Garton - Swimmer
- Edward Gramlich (Leukemia) - Member, Federal Reserve Board
- Lynden David Hall (Hodgkin's Lymphoma) - Soul Singer
- Anthony Herrera - Actor
- King Hussein - Jordanian King
- Arte Johnson - Actor
- LeShon Johnson - Football Player
- Ray Katt - Baseball Player
- Saku Koivu - Hockey Player
- Mario Lemieux - Hockey Player
- Charles A. Lindbergh - Aviator
- Jeff MacNelly - Cartoonist
- Mickey Mantle, Jr. - Baseball Player
- Roger Maris (Lung Cancer, Lymphoma) - Baseball Player
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Nobel Laureate
- Carrie Nye - Actress
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) - First Lady
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia) - Shah of Iran
- Joey Ramone - Musician/Singer
- Steve Reeves - Athlete/Actor
- Natt Riddles (Leukemia) - Blues Harmonica Player
- Gito Rollies - Rock Singer
- Craig Thomas - US Senator
- Fred Thompson - US Senator
- Paul Tsongas - US Senator
- Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud) - Actor
- Gene Wilder - Comedian
Ovarian Cancer
- Marcheline Bertrand - mother of Angelina Jolie
- Claudia Cohen - Gossip Columnist
- Sharon Tyler Herbst - Food Author
- Coretta Scott King - widow of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Gilda Radner - Comedienne and Actress
Pancreatic Cancer
- Count Basie - Jazz Musician
- Jack Benny (Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer) - Comedian
- Joseph Bernardin - Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Former president Jimmy Carter lost four family members to
pancreatic cancer.
- Emily Couric - Viginia State Senator, Sister of Today Show host Katie Couric
- Joan Crawford - Actress
- George Crile - CBS News
- Michael E. Deaver - Ronald Reagan Adviser
- Arthur H. DeRosier Jr. - College President
- Fred Dressler - Time Warner Cable TV Executive
- Thomas H. Eubanks - Archaeologist
- Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Musician
- Charles Grimes - Olympic Gold Medalist
- Melissa Hayden - Dancer (Ballet)
- Marilyn Horne - Opera Star
- Robert 'Skip' Jennings - ABC News Cameraman
- Steve Jobs (Islet Cell Neuroendocrine Tumor) - Apple Corp. CEO
- Ken Kennedy - Computer Scientist (Parallel Computation)
- Bill Kitchen - Cartoonist
- Michael Landon - Actor
- Rafi Lavi - Israeli Contemporary Artist
- Magnus Magnusson - Host of TV Quiz Show Mastermind
- Rene Magritte - Artist
- Henry Mancini - Musician
- Arif Mardin - Producer
- Eric Markusen - Genocide Expert
- Laurie Bartram McCauley - Actress (Friday the 13th)
- Margaret Mead - Anthropologist
- Actor Matthew Modine lost his father to pancreatic cancer.
- Michael J. Parman - Publisher of the Press Democrat
- Randy Pausch - Computer Scientist (Virtual Reality Pioneer)
- Luciano Pavarotti - Singer
- Fred Paxton, Chairman of the Board of Paxton Media Group (owns
newspapers in 9 states)
- Morris W. Rosenberg - Reporter (AP Bureau Chief)
- Mel Sachs - Attorney to the Stars
- Irving Wallace - Author
- George D. Warrington - Passenger Rail Executive (Amtrak, NJ Transit)
- Willye White - Olympic Track and Field Athlete
- Judith D. Wilkenfeld - Attorney (Fought Tobacco Industry)
Prostate Cancer
- Harry Belafonte - Musician/Actor
- Yahweh ben Yahweb (Hulon Mitchell Jr.) - Religious Sect Leader
- Joe Brodsky - Running Backs Coach for Dallas Cowboys
- James Brown - Singer, Godfather of Soul
- Henry Bumstead - Oscar-winning Art Director
- Frank Capra Jr. - Hollywood TV/Movie Producer
- Ted Corbitt (Prostate Cancer, Colon Cancer) - American Distance Runner
- Bob Delegall - Actor, Director, Writer
- Bob Dole - US Senator
- Louis Farrakhan - Leader of Nation of Islam
- Ken Fletcher - Tennis Player
- Bill Flemming - ABC News Sportscaster
- Dan Fogelberg - Singer/Songwriter
- Rudolph Giuliani - Former NYC Mayor
- Merv Griffin - Talk Show Host, Game Show Creator (Jeopardy!,
Wheel of Fortune)
- Andy Grove - Intel Corp.
- Bob Hayes - Olympic Gold Medalist
- Charlton Heston - Actor
- Lamar Hunt - Football team owner who coined term 'Super Bowl'
- John Kerry - US Senator
- Timothy Leary - LSD
- Jerry Lewis - Comedian
- Nelson Mandela - Former President of South Africa
- Roddy McDowell (Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer)
- Roger Moore - Actor
- Jack Morgan - Superior Court Judge
- Rupert Murdoch - Media Magnate
- Daryl G. Nickens - Screenwriter
- Jerry Orbach - Actor
- Arnold Palmer - Golfer
- Gordon Parks - Photographer (Life Magazine) and Director ("Shaft")
- Floyd Patterson - Heavyweight Champion of the World
- Linus Pauling - Nobel Laureate
- Colin Powell - US Secretary of State
- Billy Pugh - Inventor of NASA Safety Nets
- Norman Schwarzkopf - Retired General
- James LeVoy Sorenson - Billionaire Medical Equipment Pioneer
- Stephen Stills - Folk Rock Singer/Songwriter
- Joe Torre - NY Yankees
- Eugene Watts - Serial Killer
- Peter Wells - Musician
- Sir Kyffin Williams (Lung, Prostate) - Artist
- Bobby Windsor - Rugby player
- Frank Zappa - Musician
Skin Cancer
- Wayne Boden - Serial Killer (Vampire Rapist)
- Fitz Dixon Jr. - Owner of Philadelphia 76ers
- Stuart Entwistle - Surfer
- John McCain (Melanoma) - US Senator
- Edward McGaffigan Jr. (Melanoma) - Member of Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Reg Park - Bodybuilder
- Joe Roth (Melanoma) - Football Player
- Elizabeth Taylor - Actress
- Tom Usher - CEO of US Steel
Stomach Cancer (Gastric Cancer)
- Galyani Adulyadej (Abdominal Cancer) - Thai Princess
- Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum - Talmudic Scholar
- Napolean Bonaparte (Gastric Cancer) - French Emperor
- Darlene Conley (Stomach Cancer) - Actress
- Ulrich Muehe (Stomach Cancer) - Actor
- Ernie Ladd (Colon, Stomach, Bones) - Football Player, Wrestler
- Anita Roberts (Gastric Cancer) - NCI Cancer Researcher
- Masakazu Yoshizawa - Japanese Flutist (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Joy Luck Club)
Testicular Cancer
- Lance Armstrong - Tour de France Winner
- Todd Barranger - Golfer
- Josh Bidwell - Football Player
- Richard Belzer - Actor/Comedian
- Rico Fata - Hockey Player
- Bernhard Goetz - Subway Vigilante
- Tom Green - Comedian
- Scott Hamilton - Figure Skater
- Phil Kessel - Hockey Player
- Bob Losure - Journalist
- Mike Lowell - Baseball Player
- Dean Martin (Lung Cancer, Testicular Cancer) - Actor
- Billy Mayfair - PGA Tour Winner
- Greg Montalbano - Baseball Player
- Leonard "The Quahog" Paradiso - Suspected Serial Killer
- Scott Schoeneweis - Baseball Player
Throat Cancer
- Ed Bailey - Baseball Player
- Amanda Blake - Actress
- Humphrey Bogart - Actor
- Graham Chapman - Comedian
- Sean Connery (Polyps) - Actor
- Sammey Davis, Jr. - Entertainer
- Mike Evans - Actor
- Ulysses S. Grant - US President
- George Harrison - Musician
- Judy Holliday - Actress
- Barbara McNair - Singer and Actress
- Karl Mueller - Soul Asylum Bassist
- Sam Myers - Blues Musician and Singer
- Darrell [Wayne] Perry - Musician
- Anne Ramsey - Actress
- Babe Ruth - Baseball Player
- Lana Turner - Actress
- Charlie Watts - Drummer (Rolling Stones)
- Mary Wells (Larynx Cancer) - Singer
Thyroid Cancer
- Isaac Asimov - Author
- Catherine Bell - Actress
- Rudy Bladel - Serial Killer (1978 Railroad Murders)
- Richard Crenna - Actor
- Gail Devers - Athlete
- Jerry DiPoto - Baseball Player
- Roger Ebert - Movie Critic
- Nanci Griffith (Breast Cancer, Thyroid Cancer) - Singer
- Eli Marrero - Baseball Player
- Michelle Jessica Noble - Addict Counselor
- Bessie Padilla - Philippine Model/Actress
- Joe Piscopo - Actor/Comedian
- William Rehnquist - Supreme Court Justice
- Rod Stewart - Musician
Miscellaneous Cancers
- R. W. "Johny" Apple Jr. (Thoracic Cancer) - Reporter and Editor
- Richard Bell (Multiple Myeloma) - Keyboardist and Songwriter
- Garry Betty (Adrenocortical Cancer) - CEO of Earthlink
- Heather Burcham (Cervical Cancer) - Proponent of HPV Vaccine
- Jenessa Boey Byers (Rhabdomyosarcoma) - 8-year-old featured on "Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition" and lobbied Congress on childhood cancer cures
- Fran Drescher (Uterine Cancer) - Actress
- Archbishop Christodoulos (Intestinal Cancer) - Leader of Greek Orthodox Church
- Farrah Fawcett (Lower Intestinal Cancer) - Actress
- Daniel N. Finegood (Multiple Myeloma) - Prankster (Changed Spelling of Hollywood Sign)
- Sigmund Freud (Cancer of the Jaw) - Psychologist
- Francis George (Bladder Cancer) - Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Bobby Hamilton (Head and Neck Cancer) - NASCAR driver
- Lee Hazelwood (Renal Cancer) - Singer/Songwriter
- Jeff Healey (Retinoblastoma) - Musician/Guitarist
- Gordon B. Hinckley (Intestinal Cancer) - President of Mormon Church
- Paul Hunter (Intestinal Cancer) - Masters Champion Snooker Player
- Claude Jade (Eye Cancer) - Actress
- Joe Maierhauser (Carcinoid Syndrome) - Colossal Cave Park Caretaker
- Diane Middlebrook (Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma) - Author
- Victor Navarra (Head and Neck Cancer) - Firefighter, Marathon Runner/Coordinator
- Louis Rukeyser (Multiple Myeloma) - Author and TV Host (Business & Economic News)
- Eugene Saenger (Bladder Cancer) - Radiologist (Studied effects of
radiation on the body)
- Roy Scheider (Multiple Myeloma) - Actor (Jaws movies)
- Chandra Shekhar (Multiple Myeloma) - Indian Prime Minister
- Aaron Spelling (Oral Cancer, Stroke) - TV Producer
- Julia Thorne (Transitional-Cell Carcinoma) - ex-wife of Senator
John Kerry
- Jack Wild (Mouth Cancer) - Actor
- Kathleen Woodiwiss (Carcinoid Cancer) - Author (Historical Romance Novels)