List of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

Famous people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Living

• Alan Alda (born 1936), American actor.
• Steve Alten (born 1959), American author.
• Alex Band (born 1981), American singer (The Calling).
• Daniel Barenboim (born 1942), Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor.
• Andy Barrie (born 1945), Canadian radio personality.
• Ed Begley Jr. (born 1949), American actor.
• Aidy Boothroyd (born 1971), British footballer and football manager.
• Allan Border (born 1955), Australian cricketer and commentator.
• Cait Brennan (born 1969), American musician and screenwriter.
• Roberto Carcelen (born 1970), Peruvian-American cross-country skier.
• Rory Cellan-Jones (born 1958), British journalist.
• Greg Cipes (born 1980), American voice actor.
• Marc Cohn (born 1959), American singer-songwriter.
• Billy Connolly (born 1942), Scottish comedian and actor.
• Justin Currie (born 1964), Scottish singer (Del Amitri).
• Neil Diamond (born 1941), American singer.
• Frank Elstner (born 1942), German television moderator and entertainer
• Brett Favre (born 1969), American football player.
• Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), British explorer and writer.
• Michael J. Fox (born 1961), Canadian-American actor.
• Gerald Ganglbauer (born 1958), Austrian publisher.
• Kirk Gibson (born 1957), American baseball player and manager.
• Brian Grant (born 1972), American basketball player.
• Gunther von Hagens (born 1945), German anatomist.
• Morten Harket (born 1959), Norwegian singer (A-ha).
• Fergus Henderson (born 1963), English chef.
• Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (born 1965), Danish retired badminton player and sports administrator.
• Dom Irrera (born 1948), American actor and comedian.
• Martha Johnson (born 1950), Canadian singer (Martha and the Muffins).
• Mick Jones (born 1944), English guitarist (Foreigner).
• Richie Kavanagh (born 1949), Irish singer.
• Billy Kennedy (born 1964), American basketball coach.
• Jansher Khan (born 1969), Pakistani squash player.
• Michael Kinsley (born 1951), American journalist and commentator.
• Bernie Kosar (born 1963), American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• Steve Ludzik (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
• Dean Malenko (born 1960), American professional wrestler.
• Jim Mallon (born 1956), American television producer (Mystery Science Theater 3000).
• Mark Mardell (born 1957), British broadcaster.
• Leonard Maltin (born 1950), American film critic and film historian.
• Paul Mayhew-Archer (born 1953), British radio and television comedy producer and writer.
• Steve McCoy, American radio host.
• Barry Melrose (born 1956), Canadian-American ice hockey player and broadcaster.
• Antanas Mockus (born 1952), Colombian politician.
• Jeremy Paxman (born 1950), British broadcaster.
• Brent Peterson (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
• Davis Phinney (born 1959), American cyclist.
• Bill Plaschke (born 1958), American sports journalist.
• Bill Rasmussen (born 1932), American sports director.
• Ed Rendell (born 1944), American politician.
• Mark Richt (born 1960), American college football coach.
• Freddie Roach (born 1960), American boxer.
• Linda Ronstadt (born 1946), American singer.
• Guy Scott (born 1944), Zambian politician, former acting president of Zambia.
• José E. Serrano (born 1943), American politician.
• Rick Shapiro (born 1959), American comedian and actor.
• Paul Sinha (born 1970), British comedian.
• John Stapleton (born 1946), British journalist and television presenter
• Daryl Stuermer (born 1952), American guitarist (Genesis).
• Kevin Tighe (born 1944), American actor (Emergency!).
• Glenn Tipton (born 1947), English guitarist (Judas Priest).
• Lars von Trier (born 1956), Danish film director and screenwriter.
• John Walker (born 1952), New Zealand runner.

Deceased

• Muhammad Ali (1942–2016; aged 74), American boxer.
• Brock Adams (1927–2004; aged 77), American politician.
• Jack Anderson (1922–2005; aged 83), American columnist.
• Al Arbour (1932–2015; aged 82), Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
• Jim Backus (1913–1989; aged 76), American actor.
• Roger Bannister (1929–2018; aged 88), English Olympic runner and neurologist.
• Joanne Chory (1955–2024), American plant biologist and geneticist.
• José Bernal (1925–2010; aged 85), Cuban-American artist.
• Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984; aged 77), CBE, British poet.
• Boyi Bhimanna (1911–2005; aged 94), Indian poet.
• Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927–2016; aged 88), Thai king.
• Whit Bissell (1909–1996; aged 86), American actor.
• Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971; aged 67), American photographer.
• Jack Buck (1924–2002; aged 77), American sportscaster.
• George H. W. Bush (1924–2018; aged 94), American politician, 41st president of the United States.
• Lou Butera (1937–2015; aged 78) American professional pool player.
• Roger Caron (1938–2012; aged 73), Canadian bank robber.
• Owen Chamberlain (1920–2006; aged 85), American physicist.
• Barney Childs (1909–2000; aged 73), American composer and teacher.
• Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926–2002; aged 76), Dutch prince consort.
• Alf Clausen (1941–2025; aged 84), American film and television composer.
• Joe Cook (1890–1959; aged 69), American actor.
• Jeff Cook (1949–2022; aged 73), American guitarist (Alabama).
• George Coulouris (1903–1989; aged 85), English actor.
• André Courrèges (1923–2016; aged 92), French fashion designer.
• Salvador Dalí (1904–1989; aged 84), Spanish painter.
• Harry Dalton (1928–2005; aged 77), American baseball executive.
• Joyce Davidson (1931–2020; aged 89), Canadian-American television personality and producer.
• Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997; aged 92), Chinese politician.
• Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (1919–2000; aged 80), Indian writer and humorist.
• Basil D'Oliveira (1931–2011; aged 80), South African-born English cricketer.
• James Doohan (1920–2005; aged 85), Canadian actor.
• Robert Downey Sr. (1936–2021; aged 85), American filmmaker and actor.
• Lesley Elliott (1946–2022; aged 76), New Zealand domestic violence and abuse campaigner.
• Joe Ely (1947–2025; aged 78), American musician.
• Lane Evans (1951–2014; aged 63), American politician.
• William Everson (1912–1994; aged 81), American poet.
• Francisco Franco (1892–1975; aged 82), Spanish dictator.
• Doug Furnas (1959-2012); aged 52), American Professional Wrestler and Powerlifter
• Booth Gardner (1936–2013; aged 76), American politician.
• Michael Gerson (1964–2022; aged 58), American journalist and speechwriter.
• Carlos Gomes (1932–2005; aged 73), Portuguese footballer.
• Billy Graham (1918–2018; aged 99), American evangelist.
• Walter Gretzky (1938–2021; aged 82), Canadian philanthropist and author.
• Lizzie Grey (1958–2019; aged 60), American singer (London, Spiders & Snakes).
• Grace Griffith (1956–2021; aged 64), American singer.
• Andrew Grove (1938–2016; aged 79), American businessman.
• Lou Groza (1924–2000; aged 76), American football player.
• Shay Healy (1943–2021; aged 78), Irish songwriter and broadcaster.
• Nathan Heard (1937–2004; aged 67), American novelist.
• George Roy Hill (1921–2002; aged 81), American film director.
• Chester Himes (1909–1984; aged 75), American writer.
• Bob Hoskins (1942–2014; aged 71), English actor.
• Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010; aged 91), Indian linguist.
• Josefa Iloilo (1920–2011; aged 90), Fijian politician, president of Fiji.
• Johnny Isakson (1944–2021; aged 76), United States Senator from Georgia.
• Sir Alec Issigonis (1906–1988; aged 81), British-Greek car designer.
• Jesse Jackson (1941–2026; aged 84), American civil rights activist.
• Mary Jackson (1910–2005; aged 95), American actress.
• David Jacobs (1936–2013; aged 87), British radio and television presenter.
• Dave Jennings (1952–2013; aged 61), American football player.
• Ba Jin (1904–2005; aged 100), Chinese writer.
• Pope John Paul II (1920–2005; aged 84), Polish pope.
• Dean Jones (1931–2015; aged 84), American actor.
• Erland Josephson (1923–2012; aged 88), Swedish actor and author.
• Pauline Kael (1919–2001; aged 82), American film critic.
• Casey Kasem (1932–2014; aged 82), American radio disc jockey and voice actor.
• Frank Kelly (1938–2016; aged 77), Irish actor.
• Ray Kennedy (1951–2021; aged 70), English footballer.
• Deborah Kerr (1921–2007; aged 86), British actress.
• Guy Kibbee (1882–1956; aged 74), American actor.
• George Kirby (1923–1995; aged 72) American comedian.
• Jimmy Knepper (1927–2003; aged 75), American jazz trombonist.
• Steve Kragthorpe (1965–2024, aged 59), American football coach.
• Ted Kroll (1919–2002; aged 82), American professional golfer.
• Gerald M. Levin (1939–2024; aged 84), American businessman.
• James Levine (1943–2021; aged 77), American conductor.
• Richard Lewis (1947–2024; aged 76), American comedian and actor.
• John Lindsay (1921–2000; aged 79), American politician.
• Walter Lord (1917–2002; aged 84), American author.
• Margo MacDonald (1943–2014; aged 70), Scottish politician.
• Luis Marden (1913–2003; aged 90), Italian-American photographer.
• Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012; aged 85), Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, theologian and biblical exegete.
• Ferdy Mayne (1916–1998; aged 81), German actor.
• William Masters (1915–2001; aged 85), American gynaecologist and sex researcher.
• Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005; aged 89), American politician.
• Joseph M. McDade (1931–2017; aged 85), American politician and former Congressman from NE Pennsylvania.
• Ralph McQuarrie (1929–2012; aged 82), American artist.
• Tony Mendez (1940–2019; aged 78), American CIA Officer portrayed in Argo.
• Zell Miller (1932–2018; aged 86), American former governor of the state of Georgia.
• Alois Mock (1934–2017; aged 82), Austrian politician.
• Leo Monahan (1926–2013; aged 86), American sports journalist.
• Kenneth More (1914–1982; aged 67), English actor.
• Robert Mueller (1944–2026; aged 81), American lawyer and FBI director.
• Knowlton Nash (1927–2014; aged 86), Canadian television journalist and author.
• Giulio Natta (1903–1979; aged 76), Italian chemist.
• Dame Anna Neagle (1904–1986; aged 81), English actress.
• Ozzy Osbourne (1948–2025; aged 76), English singer (Black Sabbath).
• Norman Panama (1914–2003; aged 88), American writer, producer and director.
• Joe Pasternak (1901–1991; aged 89), American film director.
• Mervyn Peake (1911–1968; aged 57), English author and illustrator.
• George Perles (1934–2020; aged 85), American football player, defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, head football coach at Michigan State University.
• Ray Perrault (1926–2008; aged 82), Canadian politician who served as Senator from British Columbia.
• Valerie Perrine (1943-2026; age 82), American actress and model.
• Richard Perry (1942-2024; aged 82), American record producer.
• Enoch Powell (1912–1998; aged 85), British politician.
• Larry Powers (1939–2015; aged 76), American bodybuilder.
• Vincent Price (1911–1993; aged 82), American actor, also had lung cancer.
• Hans Ras (1926–2003; aged 77), Dutch linguist and academic.
• Sir Michael Redgrave (1908–1985; aged 77), English actor.
• John Rosenbaum (1934–2003; aged 69), American artist.
• M. Scott Peck (1936–2005; aged 69), American psychiatrist and best-selling author.
• Janet Reno (1938–2016; aged 78), Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001).
• Matt Robinson (1937–2002; aged 65), American actor.
• Masa Saito (1942–2018; aged 76), Japanese professional wrestler.
• Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005; aged 81), USSR Chess Grandmaster.
• Walter Sisulu (1912–2003; aged 90), South African freedom fighter.
• Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969; aged 76), English writer.
• A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990; aged 84), British historian and writer.
• Jerry Sloan (1942–2020; aged 78), American professional basketball player and former Member of NBA.
• Jean-Louis Tauran (1943–2018; aged 75), Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Roman Curia.
• Terry-Thomas (1911–1990; aged 78), English actor.
• Meldrim Thomson Jr. (1912–2001; aged 89), Republican Governor of New Hampshire.
• Richard Thompson (1957–2016; aged 58), American illustrator and Reuben-award-winning cartoonist.
• Jeremy Thorpe (1930–2014; aged 85), British politician and leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976).
• Pat Torpey (1953–2018; aged 64), American drummer for the band Mr. Big.
• Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000; aged 80), 15th Prime Minister of Canada.
• Mo Udall (1922–1998; aged 76), Member of the US House of Representatives.
• Tim Wall (1904–1981; aged 76), Australian cricketer.
• George Wallace (1919–1998; aged 79), American politician and former governor of Alabama.
• Maurice White (1941–2016; aged 74), American singer, musician, founder of R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire.
• Albert Whitlock (1915–1999; aged 84), British motion picture matte artist.
• Edward Winter (1937–2001; aged 63), American actor.
• Harvey D. Williams (1930–2020; aged 90), African-American U.S. Army major general and activist, Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Army (1980).
• Robin Williams (1951–2014; aged 63), American actor.
• Richard Winters (1918–2011; aged 92), American War Hero. WWII veteran and basis for book Band of Brothers and the subsequent HBO miniseries.
• Farnsworth Wright (1888–1940; aged 51), American editor.
• Gary Wright (1943–2023, aged 80), American singer-songwriter.

Retrospective

Historical figures have been theorized to have had Parkinson's, including English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, Adolf Hitler, and Mao Zedong.

See also

• Lewy body dementia, which includes Parkinson's disease dementia

References