The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, is one of the world’s most deadly killer diseases today. The condition leads to the failure of the human immune system allowing other ailments like cancer and pneumonia to thrive successfully. The virus which is transferred through body fluids and infected sharp objects, since its first clinical discovery in 1981, has claimed millions of lives including children and adults. Some HIV positive patients have been able to live with the disease for many years after being diagnosed, and so many too has died from it. This list contains famous personalities from different works of life all over the world, who were had HIV and had lost their lives either to AIDS or/and AIDS related health complications.
1. Robert Reed
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Colo-rectal cancer
Age: Died at 60 (1932-1992)
2. Rock Hudson
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 60 (1925-1985)
3. Ricky Wilson
Profession: Musician/Guitarist
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: Health complications due to AIDS
Age: Died at 32 (1953-1985)
4. Andy Fraser
Profession: Musician/Guitarist
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 32 (1958-1990)
5. Glenn Burke
Profession: Baseball player
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 43 (1952-1995)
6. Althea Flynt
Profession: Publisher
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Drug overdose
Age: Died at 34 (1953-1987)
7. Robbin Crosby
Profession: Guitarist, Songwriter, Musician
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Drug overdose
Age: Died at 43 (1959-2002)
8. Fela Kuti
Profession: Musician, Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist
Citizenship: Nigeria
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 59 (1938-1997)
9. Gene Anthony Ray
Profession: Actor, Dancer
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: HIV, Stroke
Age: Died at 41 (1962-2003)
10. Leonard Frey
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 50 (1938-1988)
11. Tina Chow
Profession: Model, Jewelry designer
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 42 (1950-1992)
12. Amanda Blake
Profession: Actress
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 60 (1929-1989)
13. Paul Shenar
Profession: Theatre Director, Actor, Voice acting, Teacher
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 53 (1936-1989)
14. Michael Lupo
Profession: Serial killer
Citizenship: UK
Cause Of Death: Complications due to AIDS
Age: Died at 42 (1953-1995)
15. Billy Lyall
Profession: Singer, Keyboard player
Citizenship: UK
Cause Of Death: Complications due to AIDS
Age: Died at 36 (1953-1989)
16. Vito Russo
Profession: Activist, Film Producer, Actor, Writer, Film Historian
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS-related complications
Age: Died at 44 (1946-1990)
17. Kevin Peter Hall
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS-related pneumonia
Age: Died at 36 (1955-1991)
18. Tim Richmond
Profession: Race car driver
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 34 (1955-1989)
19. Bill Gold
Profession: Ice Hockey Player
Citizenship: Canada
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 52 (1944-1996)
20. Howard Rollins
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Lymphoma
Age: Died at 46 (1950-1996)
21. John Curry
Profession: Figure Skater
Citizenship: UK
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Heart attack
Age: Died at 45 (1949-1994)
22. Tom Waddell
Profession: Physician
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 50 (1937-1987)
23. David Hampton
Profession: Confidence artist
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 39 (1964-2003)
24. Tom Fogerty
Profession: Guitarist, Songwriter, Musician, Singer
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Tuberculosis
Age: Died at 49 (1941-1990)
25. Gil Scott-Heron
Profession: Film Score Composer, Poet, Songwriter, Rapper, Musician
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 62 (1949-2011)
26. Perry Ellis
Profession: Fashion designer
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, viral encephalitis
Age: Died at 46 (1940-1986)
27. Steve Rubell
Profession: Entrepreneur, Co-owner of the New York disco Studio 54
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Septic shock, Hepatitis
Age: Died at 46 (1943-1989)
28. Tony Richardson
Profession: Television director, Theatre Director, Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter
Citizenship: UK
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 63 (1928-1991)
29. Pedro Zamora
Profession: Reality star actor
Citizenship: Cuba
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 22 (1972-1994)
30. Ian Charleson
Profession: Actor, Singer
Citizenship: UK
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 41 (1949-1990)
31. Jerry Smith
Profession: Football player
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 43 (1943-1986)
32. Denholm Elliott
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: UK
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Tuberculosis
Age: Died at 70 (1922-1992)
33. Michael Jeter
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Asphyxia, Seizure
Age: Died at 51 (1952-2003)
34. Freddie Mercury
Profession: Record producer, Pianist, Musician, Singer-songwriter, Singer
Citizenship: Tanzania
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Pneumonia
Age: Died at 45 (1946-1991)
35. Dack Rambo
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 53 (1941-1994)
36. Eazy-E
Profession: Record producer, Songwriter, Rapper
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 32 (1963-1995)
37. Liberace
Profession: Pianist, Actor, Singer
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 68 (1919-1987)
37. Timothy Patrick Murphy
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 29 (1959-1988)
38. Brad Davis
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Drug overdose, Assisted suicide
Age: Died at 42 (1949-1991)
39. John Holmes
Profession: Pornographic actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS
Age: Died at 44 (1944-1988)
40. Merritt Butrick
Profession: Actor
Citizenship: US
Cause Of Death: AIDS, Toxoplasmosis
Age: Died at 30 (1959-1989)
