List of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
Famous people, past and present, with Parkinson's disease include:
Living
- Alan Alda, American actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and author
- Steve Alten, American author
- Andy Barrie, Canadian radio personality based in Toronto
- Cait Brennan, American singer/songwriter and screenwriter.
- Billy Connolly Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor.
- Ed Rendell, former governor of Pennsylvania
- Jeff Cook, American musician and guitarist, and one of the founding members of the country band Alabama.
- Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter
- Lesley Elliott, New Zealand campaigner
- Michael J. Fox, Canadian/American actor
- Gerald Ganglbauer, Austrian publisher
- Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
- Brian Grant, American basketball player
- Walter Gretzky, Canadian, father of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, author
- Lizzie Grey, American lead vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, originally of rock group London, later with Spiders & Snakes
- Gunther von Hagens, inventor and anatomist
- Shay Healy, Irish songwriter and broadcaster
- Fergus Henderson, English chef, owner St. John, London
- Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia
- Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist
- Martha Johnson, Canadian singer and lead vocalist/founder of Martha and the Muffins
- Paulo José, Brazilian television and film actor, director and narrator.
- Richie Kavanagh, Irish entertainer, singer and songwriter.
- Don Kellogg, American radio personality, based in Louisiana.
- Roberto Carcelen, Two time Olympic athlete.
- Billy Kennedy, current men's head basketball coach at Texas A&M University
- Ray Kennedy, ex-Arsenal F.C., Liverpool F.C., Swansea City and member of England National Football team
- Jansher Khan, former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan
- Michael Kinsley, American journalist and commentator
- Steve Kragthorpe, former offensive coordinator at LSU.
- Gerald M. "Jerry" Levin, American mass-media businessman and past CEO of Time Warner
- James Levine, American former conductor of the Metropolitan Opera.
- Steve Ludzik, former National Hockey League player & coach.
- Steve McCoy, Atlanta radio host.
- Antanas Mockus, Colombian politician
- Ozzy Osbourne, British singer, songwriter, actor, artist and reality television personality
- Valerie Perrine, former American actress and model
- Brent Peterson, Former National Hockey League player & coach.
- Davis Phinney, American cyclist
- Bill Rasmussen, founder of ESPN
- Freddie Roach, former boxer and a notable Boxing Trainer
- Linda Ronstadt, Grammy award -winning singer
- Masa Saito, Japanese retired professional wrestler
- Guy Scott, former acting President of Zambia
- José E. Serrano, American politician
- Rick Shapiro, American comedian, writer and actor
- Paul Sinha, British comedian, broadcaster, and quiz player
- Glenn Tipton, English guitarist for the band Judas Priest
- John Walker, New Zealand athlete
- Patrick Zabé, French canadian singer
Deceased
- Tenshoin, Japanese noble woman
- Muhammad Ali, originally was diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome, later refined to Parkinson's disease: American boxer
- Brockman Adams, American politician
- Jack Anderson, US newspaper columnist
- Al Arbour, Former National Hockey League player & coach. Member of Hockey Hall of Fame.
- Jim Backus, American actor
- Roger Bannister, neurologist and the first person to run a sub four-minute mile
- José Bernal, Cuban American artist
- Sir John Betjeman, CBE, British Poet Laureate
- Boyi Bhimanna, Telugu poet
- Bhumibol Adulyadej , former King of Thailand
- Whit Bissell, American character actor
- Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer
- Jack Buck, American sportscaster
- George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
- Roger Caron, Canadian bank robber
- Owen Chamberlain, American physicist
- Barney Childs, American composer and teacher
- Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Joe Cook, US actor
- George Coulouris, British actor
- André Courrèges, French fashion designer.
- Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist
- Harry Dalton, American baseball executive
- Joyce Davidson, Canadian-American television personality and producer
- Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician
- James Doohan, Canadian actor
- Basil D'Oliveira, South African born English cricketer
- Lane Evans, Member of the US House of Representatives
- William Everson, American poet
- Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator
- Booth Gardner, Washington state governor
- Carlos Antonio Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- Billy Graham, American evangelist
- Lou Groza, American football placekicker/offensive tackle
- Nathan Heard, American novelist
- George Roy Hill, US Oscar-winning film director
- Chester Himes, African-American writer
- Bob Hoskins, English actor
- Masud Husain Khan, Father of Urdu-Linguistics
- Josefa Iloilo, President of Fiji
- Sir Alec Issigonis, British car designer
- Mary Jackson, American actress
- Dave Jennings , American football player
- Ba Jin, Chinese writer
- Pope John Paul II, Polish cleric, Pope of Roman Catholic Church
- Dean Jones, American actor
- Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and author
- Pauline Kael, American film critic
- Casey Kasem, American former Radio disc jockey and voice actor
- Frank Kelly, Irish actor, singer and writer
- Deborah Kerr, British actress
- Guy Kibbee, American stage and film actor.
- George Kirby American comedian, singer and actor.
- Jimmy Knepper, American jazz trombonist
- Ted Kroll, American golfer
- John Lindsay, New York City mayor
- Walter Lord, American author
- Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman and revolutionary
- Margo MacDonald, MSP, Scottish politician
- Luis Marden, Italian-American photographer
- Carlo Maria Martini, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, theologian and biblical exegete.
- Ferdy Mayne, German actor
- William Masters, American sex researcher
- Eugene McCarthy, American politician
- Joseph M. McDade, former Congressman from NE Pennsylvania
- Ralph McQuarrie, American artist
- Tony Mendez, CIA Officer Portrayed in Argo
- Alois Mock, Austrian politician
- Kenneth More, English actor
- Knowlton Nash, Canadian television journalist and author
- Giulio Natta, Italian chemist
- Anna Neagle, English actress
- Norman Panama, American writer, producer and director
- Joe Pasternak, American film director
- Mervyn Peake, British author
- Ray Perrault, Canadian Politician, Senator from British Columbia
- Enoch Powell, British politician
- Larry Powers, American bodybuilder
- Vincent Price, American actor, also suffered from lung cancer
- Hans Ras, Dutch academic
- Sir Michael Redgrave, British actor
- John Rosenbaum, American artist
- M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and best-selling author
- Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States
- Matt Robinson, American actor
- Leonid Shamkovich, USSR Chess grandmaster
- Walter Sisulu, South African freedom fighter
- Osbert Sitwell, British writer
- A. J. P. Taylor, British historian and writer
- Jerry Sloan, former NBA player and coach
- Terry-Thomas, British character actor
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr., Republican Governor of New Hampshire
- Richard Thompson, Reuben-award-winning cartoonist.
- Dale Thorn, press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards of Louisiana, Louisiana State University professor, associate commissioner of higher education for the Louisiana Board of Regents
- Jeremy Thorpe, British politician and leader of the Liberal Party
- Pat Torpey, American drummer for the band Mr. Big
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada
- Mo Udall, Member of the US House of Representatives
- Tim Wall, Australian cricketer
- George Wallace, former governor of Alabama
- Maurice White, singer, musician, founder of R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire.
- Albert J Whitlock, British motion picture matte artist
- Edward Winter, American actor
- Robin Williams American actor.
- Richard Winters, American War Hero. WWII veteran and basis for book Band of Brothers and the subsequent HBO miniseries.
- W. D. Workman, Jr., American journalist and South Carolina Republican politician
- Farnsworth Wright, American editor
- Jean-Louis Tauran, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Roman Curia
- Lou Butera American professional pool player