List of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

Davis Phinney started a foundation to inspire and inform people with Parkison's

Famous people, past and present, with Parkinson's disease include:

Living

See also: Category:People with Parkinson's disease

• Steve Alten (b. 1959), American author^[1]
• Al Arbour (b. 1932), Former National Hockey League player & coach. Member of Hockey Hall of Fame.
• Roger Bannister (b. 1929), neurologist and the first person to run a four-minute mile
• Andy Barrie (b. 1945), Canadian radio personality based in Toronto ^[2]
• George H. W. Bush (b. 1924), 41st President of the United States^[3]
• Billy Connolly (b. 1942) Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor.^[4]
• Michael J. Fox (b. 1961), Canadian/American actor
• Gerald Ganglbauer (b. 1958), Austrian publisher^[5]
• Kirk Gibson (b. 1957), American baseball player and manager^[6]
• Billy Graham (b. 1918), American evangelist^[7]
• Brian Grant (b. 1972), American basketball player^[8]
• Walter Gretzky (b. 1938), Canadian, father of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, author ^[9]
• Lizzie Grey (b. 1958), American lead vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, originally of rock group London, later with Spiders & Snakes ^[10]
• Gunther von Hagens (b. 1945), Inventor and Anatomist^[11]
• Shay Healy (b. 1942), Irish songwriter and broadcaster^[12]
• Don Horton (b. 1958), College Football Coach ^[13][14]
• Johnny Isakson (b. 1944), United States Senator from Georgia^[15]
• Martha Johnson (b. 1950), Canadian singer and lead vocalist/founder of Martha and the Muffins^[16]
• Paulo José (b. 1937), Brazilian television and film actor, director and narrator.
• Richie Kavanagh (b. 1949), Irish entertainer, singer and songwriter.
• Billy Kennedy (b. 1964), current men's head basketball coach at Texas A&M University
• Ray Kennedy (b. 1951), ex-Arsenal F.C., Liverpool F.C., Swansea City and member of England National Football team
• Jansher Khan (b. 1969), former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan^[17]
• Michael Kinsley (b. 1951), American journalist and commentator^[18]
• Steve Kragthorpe, former offensive coordinator at LSU.(born April 28, 1965)^[19]
• Steve Ludzik (b. 1961), Former National Hockey League player & coach.^[20]
• Steve McCoy, Atlanta radio host.^[21]
• Joseph M. McDade (b. 1931), former Congressman from NE Pennsylvania ^[22]
• Alois Mock (b. 1934), Austrian politician^[23]
• Antanas Mockus (b. 1952), Colombian politician^[24]
• Dave Parker (b. 1951), American baseball player^[25]
• Brent Peterson (b. 1958), Former National Hockey League player & coach.^[26]
• Davis Phinney (b. 1959), American cyclist^[27]
• Freddie Roach (b. 1960), Former boxer and a notable Boxing Trainer^[28]
• Linda Ronstadt (b. 1946), Grammy award -winning singer
• Masa Saito (b. 1942)^[29]
• Rick Shapiro (b. 1959), American comedian, writer and actor^[30]
• Jerry Sloan (b. 1942), former NBA player and coach^[31]
• Richard Thompson (b. 1957), Reuben-award-winning cartoonist.^[32]
• Pat Torpey (b. 1950), American Hard Rock Drummer for group Mr. Big ^[33]
• John Walker (b. 1952), New Zealand athlete^[34]
• A.J. Karpinski (b. 1967), American Illustrator. Associated with Frank Frazetta.

Deceased

See also Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease

• Muhammad Ali (1942–2016), originally was diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome, later refined to Parkinson's disease: American boxer^[35][36]
• Brockman Adams (1927–2004), American politician ^[37]
• Jack Anderson (1922–2005), US newspaper columnist ^[38]
• Jim Backus (1913–1989), American actor ^[39]
• José Bernal (1925–2010), Cuban American artist ^[40]
• Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984), CBE, British Poet Laureate ^[41]
• Boyi Bhimanna (1911–2005), Telugu poet ^[42]
• Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) (1927–2016), former King of Thailand^[43]
• Whit Bissell (1909–1996), American character actor ^[44]
• Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), American photographer ^[45]
• Jack Buck (1924–2002), American sportscaster ^[46]
• Roger Caron (1938–2012), Canadian bank robber ^[47]
• Johnny Cash (1932–2003), American singer-songwriter, musician, author, actor ^[48]
• Owen Chamberlain (1920–2006), American physicist ^[49]
• Barney Childs (1909–2000), American composer and teacher^[50]
• Prince Claus (1926–2002), husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands^[51]
• Joe Cook (1890–1959), US actor ^[52]
• George Coulouris (1903–1989), British actor ^[53]
• André Courrèges (1923–2016), French fashion designer.^[54]
• Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish artist ^[55]
• Harry Dalton (1928–2005), American baseball executive^[56]
• Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997), Chinese politician ^[57]
• James Doohan (1920–2005), Canadian actor ^[58]
• Basil D'Oliveira (1931–2011), South African born English cricketer^[59]
• Lane Evans (1951–2014), Member of the US House of Representatives (D - IL)^[60]
• William Everson (1912–1994), American poet^[61]
• Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish dictator ^[62]
• Booth Gardner (1936–2013), Washington state governor^[63]
• Carlos Antonio Gomes (1932–2005), Portuguese footballer ^[64]
• Lou Groza (1924–2000), American football placekicker/offensive tackle
• Nathan Heard (1937–2004), American novelist ^[65]
• George Roy Hill (1921–2002), US Oscar-winning film director ^[66]
• Chester Himes (1909–1984), African-American writer^[67]
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), German dictator ^[62][68]
• Bob Hoskins (1942–2014), English actor ^[69]
• Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010), Father of Urdu-Linguistics^[70]
• Josefa Iloilo (1920–2011), President of Fiji (2000–2009)^[71]
• Sir Alec Issigonis (1906–1988), British car designer^[72]
• Mary Jackson (1910–2005), American actress ^[73]
• Dave Jennings (American football) (1952–2013), American football player ^[74]
• Ba Jin (1904–2005), Chinese writer ^[75]
• Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), Polish cleric, Pope of Roman Catholic Church^[62]
• Dean Jones (1931–2015), American actor
• Erland Josephson (1923–2012), Swedish actor and author^[76]
• Pauline Kael (1919–2001), American film critic ^[77]
• Casey Kasem (1932–2014), American former Radio disc jockey and voice actor
• Deborah Kerr (1921–2007), British actress ^[78]
• Jimmy Knepper (1927–2003), American jazz trombonist ^[79]
• Ted Kroll (1919–2002), American golfer ^[80]
• John Lindsay (1921–2000), New York City mayor ^[81]
• Walter Lord (1917–2002), American author^[82]
• Mao Zedong (1893–1976), Chinese Dictator ^[83]
• Margo MacDonald (1943–2014), MSP, Scottish politician^[84]
• Luis Marden (1913–2003), Italian-American photographer^[85]
• Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012), Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, theologian and biblical exegete.
• Ferdy Mayne (1916–1998), German actor ^[86]
• William Masters (1915–2001), American sex researcher ^[87]
• Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005), American politician^[88]
• Kenneth More (1914–1982), English actor ^[89]
• Knowlton Nash (1927–2014), Canadian television journalist and author^[90]
• Giulio Natta (1903–1979), Italian chemist ^[91]
• Anna Neagle (1904–1986), English actress^[92]
• Norman Panama (1914–2003), American writer, producer and director ^[93]
• Joe Pasternak (1901–1991), American film director^[94]
• Mervyn Peake (1911–1968), British author ^[95]
• Ray Perrault (1926–2008), Canadian Politician, Senator from British Columbia ^[96]
• Enoch Powell (1912–1998), British politician ^[80]
• Vincent Price (1911–1993), American actor, also suffered from lung cancer ^[97]
• Hans Ras (1926–2003), Dutch academic ^[98]
• Sir Michael Redgrave (1908–1985), British actor^[99]
• John Rosenbaum (1934–2003), American artist^[100]
• M. Scott Peck (1936–2005), American psychiatrist and best-selling author ^[101]
• Janet Reno (1938–2016), Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001)^[102]
• Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), USSR Chess grandmaster ^[103]
• Walter Sisulu (1912–2003), South African freedom fighter ^[104]
• Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969), British writer ^[105]
• A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990), British historian and writer ^[106]
• Terry-Thomas (1911–1990), British character actor ^[107]
• Meldrim Thomson, Jr. (1912–2001), Republican Governor of New Hampshire^[108]
• Dale Thorn (1943–2014), press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards of Louisiana, Louisiana State University professor, associate commissioner of higher education for the Louisiana Board of Regents^[109]
• Jeremy Thorpe (1930–2014), British politician and leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976)^[110]
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000), 15th Prime Minister of Canada ^[111]
• Mo Udall (1922–1998), Member of the US House of Representatives ^[62]
• Tim Wall (1904–1981), Australian cricketer ^[112]
• George Wallace (1919–1998), former governor of Alabama ^[113]
• Maurice White (1941–2016), singer, musician, founder of R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire.^[114]
• Albert J Whitlock (1915–1999), British motion picture matte artist ^[115]
• Robin Williams (1951–2014), American actor and comedian ^[116]
• Edward Winter (1937–2001), American actor ^[117]
• Richard Winters (1918–2011), American War Hero. WWII Veteran and Basis for the HBO Miniseries and book Band of Brothers
• W. D. Workman, Jr. (1914–1990), American journalist and South Carolina Republican politician^[118]
• Farnsworth Wright (1888–1940), American editor ^[119]

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