List of people with brain tumors

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Former United States Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania (right) was a long-term brain cancer survivor until his death from lymphoma.

A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells within the brain or inside the skull, and can be cancerous (malignant) or non-cancerous (benign). Just over half of all primary brain tumors are malignant; the rest are benign, though they may still be life-threatening. In the US in 2000, survivors of benign primary brain tumors outnumbered those who had cancerous primary brain tumors by approximately 4:1. Metastatic brain cancer is over six times more common than primary brain cancer, as it occurs in about 10–30% of all people with cancer.

This is a list of notable people who have had a primary or metastatic brain tumor (either benign or malignant) at some time in their lives, as confirmed by public information. Tumor type and survival duration are listed where the information is known. Blank spaces in these columns appear where precise information has not been released to the public. Medicine does not designate most long-term survivors as cured.

For primary brain cancer, the National Cancer Institute estimates 22,070 new cases and 12,920 deaths in the US for 2009. The age-adjusted incidence rate is 6.4 per 100,000 per year and the death rate is 4.3 per 100,000 per year. The lifetime risk of developing brain cancer for someone born today is 0.60%. Only around a third of those diagnosed with brain cancer survive a further five years. These high overall mortality rates are a result of the prevalence of aggressive types such as glioblastoma multiforme. Nearly 14% of new brain tumor diagnoses occur in persons under 20 years of age.

Acting

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Tony Anholt	1941–2002	Actor with various television credits, including Space: 1999, The Protectors and Howards' Way	—	—
Sam Bottoms	1955–2008	Actor who played in the movies Apocalypse Now and The Last Picture Show	Glioblastoma multiforme	—
Patrick Cargill	1918–1996	British film and television actor who had been in ill-health since being treated for a brain tumor and died a year later. Initially, his death was blamed on a hit-and-run accident.	—	—
Bert Convy	1933–1991	Stage, film and television actor/host	—	15 months
Ross Davidson	1949–2006	Actor who played Andy O'Brien in the BBC soap opera EastEnders	Glioblastoma multiforme	20 months
Sandy Duncan	1946–	Tony Award–nominated Broadway actor, television actress	—	1971–
Linda Gary	1944–1995	Voice artist for Scooby-Doo and other animated series	—	—
Brian Glover	1934–1997	Actor, former professional wrestler and teacher	—	—
Richard Greene	1918–1985	Actor who appeared in more than 40 movies and in the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood	—	3 years
Susan Hayward	1917–1975	Academy Award–winning film actress	—	2 years
Richard Jordan	1937–1993	Actor of stage, screen and film	—	—
Martin Kemp	1961–	Actor and former pop musician who is in the band Spandau Ballet	—	1995–
Arthur Kennedy	1914–1990	Stage and film actor; Tony Award winner	—	—
Lois Kibbee	1922–1993	Actress who played Geraldine Weldon Whitney Saxon on the television soap opera The Edge of Night	—	—
Eugene Gordon Lee	1933–2005	Child actor who played Porky in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedies	Metastatic tumor	—
Katherine Locke	1910–1995	Broadway actress in the late 1930s	—	—
Meredith MacRae	1944–2000	Television actress and host	—	—
Victor Maddern	1926–1993	Supporting actor on film	—	—
Joseph Maher	1933–1998	Irish-born stage actor, film and television character actor	—	—
Irish McCalla	1928–2002	Film and television actress, eponymous actor in the 1950s television series Sheena, Queen of the Jungle	—	Less than 18 months
Buster Merryfield	1920–1999	Actor who played Uncle Albert in the BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses	—	—
Bueno de Mesquita	1918–2005	Comedian, actor and stage artist, known for his ability to make funny faces; suffered from lung cancer (probable metastasis)	—	—
Greg Morris	1933–1996	African American television actor (Mission: Impossible series)	—	—
Pola Negri	1894–1987	Polish-American silent movie actress, played numerous femme fatale roles. Refused treatment; died of pneumonia.	—	2 years
Jerry Paris	1925–1986	Actor and director; played Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show	—	—
Pat Paulsen	1927–1997	Comedian who featured in the Smothers Brothers television show in the 1960s	—	—
Slim Pickens	1919–1983	Rodeo clown turned film actor (Dr. Strangelove)	—	—
Kate Reid	1930–1993	Canadian actress of stage, film and television	—	—
Mark Ruffalo	1967–	American film actor. The operation to remove the benign tumor caused him temporary partial paralysis.	Acoustic neuroma	2001–
Irene Ryan	c. 1902–1973	"Granny" from The Beverly Hillbillies. She was never told of her tumor, and died after suffering a stroke onstage while performing in Pippin on her Broadway debut.	—	—
Zachary Scott	1914–1965	American film actor; specialized in villains (Mildred Pierce)	—	—
Alexis Smith	1921–1993	Canadian-born film, stage, musical theatre and television actress	—	—
Michelle Stafford	1965–	Actress, played Phyllis Summers Abbott Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless	—	1985–
Werner Stocker	1955–1993	Bavarian Film Award (Bayerischer Filmpreis) for Best Young Actors shared with Dana Vávrová for Herbstmilch; featured role in television's Highlander: The Series	—	—
Tara Subkoff	1972–	American actress and designer; diagnosed in 2009. Successfully underwent surgery, but was left with permanent nerve damage and deafness in right ear.	Acoustic neuroma	—
Kinuyo Tanaka	1909–1977	Japanese film actress and director	—	—
Anya Taranda	1915–1970	Model, showgirl, actress and wife of songwriter Harold Arlen	—	—
Elizabeth Taylor	1932–2011	Academy Award–winning actor, star of numerous films	Meningioma	1997–2011
Bobby Van	1928–1980	Broadway musician and actor	—	—
Henry Victor	1892–1945	Character actor (played "Hercules") in the 1932 film, Freaks	—	—
Bill Williams	1915–1992	Movie actor who played Kit Carson in the 1950s TV series Adventures of Kit Carson	—	—
Jeff Winkless	1941–2006	Composer, television and voice actor	—	15 months

Business

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
James Batten	1936?–1995	chief executive officer (CEO) of Knight-Ridder publishing.	—	1 year
Raymond Bonham Carter	1929–2004	Banker who became a director of S. G. Warburg & Co. and the father of actress Helena Bonham Carter. He became quadriplegic and partially blind after an operation to remove a non-cancerous brain tumor.	—	25 years
Mary Lou Jepsen	1965–	Technologist and businesswoman, with a focus on optics and electronics.	pituitary tumor	many years
Reginald Lewis	1942–1993	CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc, the first African-American-run company to have over $1 billion in annual sales.	—	—
Gerry Pencer	1945–1998	Chief executive officer of Cott Beverages. Pencer and his family became significant philanthropists of brain tumor research and medicine.	Glioblastoma multiforme	8 months
Rene Rivkin	1944–2005	Stockbroker convicted for insider trading	Multiple meningioma	—
Dawn Steel	1946–1997	First female top executive of a major Hollywood studio	—	20 months
Preston Robert Tisch	1926–2005	Businessman; former Postmaster General and half-owner of the New York Giants	—	—

Film, television, and radio

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Alan Berg	1934–1984	Liberal talk radio host in Denver, Colorado who broadcast his program on KOA. He was murdered in 1984; his story formed the basis of the Oliver Stone film Talk Radio.	—	8 years
Jack Brickhouse	1916–1998	Sports broadcast announcer	—	6 months
Tom Cheek	1939–2005	Radio broadcaster who announced Major League Baseball games for the Toronto Blue Jays	—	15 months
Dan Curtis	1928–2006	Emmy Award–winning director and producer of television and film	—	4 months
Bob Friend	1938–2008	Renowned British journalist and TV anchor with BBC and News Corporation.	—	—
Chuck Howard	1933–1996	Former producer at ABC Sports and winner of 11 Emmy Awards	—	—
Ted Husing	1901–1962	Pioneer radio sportscaster	—	6 years
Eleanor Mondale	1960–2011	Cable television host on the E! network; daughter of former United States Vice President Walter Mondale	Glioma with astrocytoma cells	June 2005 – September 2011
Andrew Olle	1947–1995	Presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation	Glioblastoma multiforme	1 week
Judd Rose	1955–2000	Emmy Award–winning television news reporter, co-anchor of CNN Newsstand	Astrocytoma	About 6 years
Gene Siskel	1946–1999	Film critic for the Chicago Tribune; television partner of fellow critic Roger Ebert	—	Less than 1 year
Julia Somerville	1947–	Television news anchor and reporter who has worked for BBC News and ITN	—	1993–
François Truffaut	1932–1984	Film director with over 25 films to his credit, including The 400 Blows	—	—
Stan Zemanek	1947–2007	Australian radio broadcaster and television personality; presented a night-time show on the radio station 2UE	Glioblastoma multiforme	15 months

Military

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Jaime Milans del Bosch	1915–1997	Lieutenant General in the Spanish Army who was dismissed in 1981 for his role in the failed coup d'état of February 23, 1981 (23-F)	—	—
Bob Braham	1920–1974	One of the most highly decorated airmen of the Royal Air Force in World War II	—	—
Seyni Kountché	1931–1987	Nigerian military officer who led a 1974 coup d'état that deposed the government of Niger's first president, Hamani Diori; ruled the country as military head of state from 1974 to 1987	—	—
Thomas W. Steed	1904–1973	Military officer in the United States Army Air Corps and United States Air Force. During World War II, he commanded the 456th Bomb Group (Heavy) throughout its combat service.	Meningioma	—
Leonard Wood	1860–1927	Physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Governor General of the Philippines	Parasagittal meningioma	17 years

Miscellaneous

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Jon Bannenberg	1929–2002	Yacht designer.	—	—
Ben Bowen	2002–2005	Huntington, West Virginia child who attracted media attention and fundraising efforts	ATRT	1 year
Margaret Brown	1867–1932	Socialite, philanthropist, and activist; survivor of the Titanic disaster; portrayed in the 1964 film The Unsinkable Molly Brown and the 1997 film Titanic	—	—
Johnnie Cochran	1937–2005	Defense attorney, best known for being a member of the "Dream Team", during the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial. Also defense attorney for the 1993 Michael Jackson child molestation case. Jackson settled the case with the accusing family.	—	1 year
Dennis E. Fitch	1942–2012	American commercial airline pilot. Known for his actions that helped to save the lives of 184 of the passengers on board United Airlines Flight 232.	—	2 years
Robert W. Funk	1926–2005	Academic theologian; author and founder of the Jesus Seminar	—	—
Henry Kock	1952–2005	Horticulturist at the University of Guelph Arboretum	—	18 months
Tommy Lucchese	1899–1967	Gangster, head of the Lucchese Family of the New York City Mafia's Five Families, 1951–1967	--	2 years
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent	1906–1968	Member of the British Royal Family	—	—
Brittany Maynard	1984–2014	Advocate for the legalization of aid in dying	Astrocytoma	11 months
Marshall McLuhan	1911–1980	Canadian Communications theorist and educator	—	11 years
Enric Miralles	1955–2000	Architect whose works include the Scottish Parliament Building	—	—
John Joseph O'Connor	1920–2000	Eleventh bishop (eighth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York	—	—
Alexandra Sestak	2002–	Daughter of Joe & Susan Clark Sestak	—	—
Craig Shergold	1979–	Former brain cancer patient who received more than 33 million greeting cards, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of Records. He recovered fully.	—	1989–
Deke Slayton	1924–1993	One of the seven Mercury Seven astronauts	malignant brain tumor	1 year
Doris Tate	1924–1992	Activist in the victims' rights movement; mother of murder victim Sharon Tate	Metastatic tumor	—
Mary Hayward Weir	1915–1968	Steel heiress and socialite	—	—
Charles Whitman	1941–1966	Ascended the University of Texas at Austin's 27-story tower in 1966, and shot passersby in the city and on the campus below before being shot dead by Austin Police. Tumor found on autopsy.	—	—
Richard Wild	1912–1978	Former Chief Justice of New Zealand (1966–1978)	—	—
Frank Wills	1948–2000	Security guard who uncovered the break-in that led to the Watergate scandal	—	—

Music

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Luther Allison	1939–1997	Blues guitarist	Metastatic tumor	Less than 1 year
William "Cat" Anderson	1916–1981	A jazz trumpeter who played with Duke Ellington's orchestra	—	—
Arrow (Alphonsus Cassell)	1949–2010	Montserrat soca singer-songwriter	—	—
David M. Bailey	1966–2010	Contemporary Christian songwriter and musician	Glioblastoma	July 1996 – October 2010
Bill Black	1926–1965	Rock and roll bass player; recorded with Elvis Presley during 1954–1958	—	—
Davey von Bohlen	1975–	Musician and songwriter	Meningioma	2000–
Ray Bumatai	1952–2005	Musician, comedian and voice actor	Glioblastoma	3 years
Gregg Burge	1957–1998	Tap dancer and choreographer	—	—
A. J. Croce	1971–	Singer-songwriter; son of singer-songwriter Jim Croce	—	1975–
Sheryl Crow	1962–	Singer-songwriter and guitarist	Meningioma	2011–
Celia Cruz	1925–2003	Cuban salsa singer, Afro-Cuban music	—	—
William Finn	1952–	Tony Award–winning Broadway songwriter; wrote the show A New Brain, which was about his experiences.	—	1992–
Sergio Franchi	1926–1990	Italian-American tenor	—	—
Marie Fredriksson	1958–	Lead singer of the Swedish pop duo Roxette	—	2002–
George Gershwin	1898–1937	Jazz and classical music composer; co-writer of stage musicals and film scores	Astrocytoma of unknown variety	1 month
Lou Gramm	1950–	Rock music vocalist and songwriter, lead vocalist for Foreigner	—	1996–
Bill Haley	1925–1981	Leader of one of the first rock and roll bands, The Comets	—	2 years
George Harrison	1943–2001	Lead guitarist of the Beatles	Metastatic tumor	—
Simon Jeffes	1949–1997	Guitarist, composer and arranger; member of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra	—	Less than 2 years
Barney Kessel	1923–2004	Jazz guitarist who played with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Elvis Presley, and The Beach Boys	—	—
Lemmy Kilmister	1945–2015	Lead vocalist, bassist, and founding member of Motörhead	Metastatic tumors	Two days
Otto Klemperer	1885–1973	Conductor; father of actor Werner Klemperer	—	40 years
John Loder	1946–2005	Sound engineer, record producer and founder of Southern Studios.	—	Less than 2 years
John Mack	1926–2006	Principal oboist with the Cleveland Orchestra	—	—
Brian MacLeod	1952–1992	Musician, songwriter and music producer; member of the bands Chilliwack and The Headpins	—	Less than 3 years
Bob Marley	1945–1981	Reggae king	Metastatic melanoma	—
Johnny Mercer	1909–1976	Songwriter and lyricist	—	—
Ethel Merman	1908–1984	Broadway singer and actress	Glioblastoma multiforme	10 months
Robert Moog	1934–2005	Inventor of the modern music synthesizer	Glioblastoma multiforme	—
Ted Mulry	1947–2001	Singer, songwriter and musician who formed the band Ted Mulry Gang (TMG).	—	—
James Murphy	1967–	Heavy metal guitarist who played in several groups	Pituitary macro-adenoma	2001–
Wayne Osmond	1951–	Singer, second oldest of the performing Osmond brothers	—	1994–
Renato Pagliari	1940–2009	Italian-born British singer famous for the 1982 Christmas number-one Save Your Love	—	5 months
Junior Parker	1932–1971	Blues singer	—	—
Frank Patterson	1938–2000	Classically trained Irish tenor	—	—
Lucia Popp	1939–1993	Operatic soprano	—	—
Louis Prima	1910–1978	Entertainer, singer, actor, and trumpeter known as the "King of the Swingers". He never recovered from an operation to remove a benign brain-stem tumor, which left him in a coma for nearly three years.	—	—
Rainer Ptacek	1951–1997	Guitarist, singer and songwriter	—	—
Lou Rawls	1933–2006	Soul, jazz, and blues singer; philanthropist	Metastatic tumor	7 months
Buddy Rich	1917–1987	Jazz drummer and bandleader	—	—
Chuck Schuldiner	1967–2001	Former guitarist and singer for the band Death; former guitarist for Control Denied; influential figure in the development of death metal	Pontine glioma	2 years
Sam Sneed	1968–	A record producer and rapper	—	1999–
Tammi Terrell	1945–1970	Soul/R&B/Motown Singer, duettist with Marvin Gaye on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and other hit singles. Also toured with James Brown.	Acorn-sized astrocytoma in thalamus	2 years, 5 months.
Tionne Watkins	1970–	R&B singer from the R&B/Hip Hop group TLC	Strawberry-sized acoustic neuroma on her vestibular nerve	2006–
Russell Watson	1966–	English tenor who has released popular albums of operatic-style songs	pituitary adenoma	2006–
Sandy West	1959–2006	Musician, singer-songwriter and drummer	Metastatic lung cancer	—
Kai Winding	1922–1983	Trombonist and jazz composer	—	—
Webster Young	1932–2003	Jazz trumpeter and cornetist.	—	—
Arleen Auger	1939–1997	American soprano	giant cell glial blastoma	14 months

Politics and government

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Lee Atwater	1951–1991	Chairman of the United States Republican National Committee	Glioblastoma multiforme	1 year
William J. Casey	1913–1987	Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	—	5 months
Beau Biden	1969–2015	Attorney General of Delaware	—	21 months
Jimmy Carter	1924–	39th President of the United States	Melanoma	2015–
Chakufwa Chihana	1939–2006	Trade unionist and politician	—	1 month
Alan Clark	1928–1999	British Conservative politician, historian and diarist	—	—
Clair Engle	1911–1964	United States senator from California. Late in his illness, he broke a filibuster and helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Wheelchair-bound and no longer able to speak, he raised his hand to his eye to signal his vote ("aye").	—	1 year
Wayne Goss	1951–2014	Former Premier of Queensland, Australia	—	1997–2014	{{
Paul B. Henry	1942–1993	Evangelical Christian, professor of political science, and politician	—	—
David Hermelin	1936–2000	United States Ambassador to Norway	—	1 year
Ted Kennedy	1932–2009	United States Senator	Glioblastoma multiforme	15 months
Peter Law	1948–2006	Welsh politician, independent Member of Parliament (MP) and AM.	—	—
Clare Boothe Luce	1903–1987	American politician and diplomat; an editor, playwright, social activist and journalist	—	—
Jean-Philippe Maitre	1949–2006	Politician and former President of the Swiss National Council	—	—
Gladys Marín	1941–2005	Political activist and former president of the Communist Party of Chile	Glioblastoma multiforme	—
Robert Evander McNair	1923–2007	Governor of South Carolina	—	50 days
Lennart Meri	1929–2006	President of Estonia	—	7 months
Mo Mowlam	1949–2005	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	—	7 years
Robert Novak	1931–2009	Political pundit	—	1 year
Alan Nunnelee	1958–2015	U.S. Representative from Mississippi	—	9 months
Bob O'Connor	1944–2006	Mayor of Pittsburgh	Central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma	—
Pío Pico	1801–1894	Last Mexican governor of California; suffered from Acromegaly between at least 1847 to 1858, followed by selective pituitary tumor apoplexy with reversal of all tumor manifestations and survival to 1894	Growth hormone–secreting pituitary adenoma with apoplexy	1847–1894
Mendes Ribeiro	1954–	Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	—	—
Arlen Specter	1930–2012	U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania	—	1993–2012
Mike Synar	1950–1996	U.S. Representative from Oklahoma	Glioblastoma multiforme	5 months
Frank Tejeda	1946–1997	United States House of Representatives from Texas	—	1 year
Joop den Uyl	1919–1987	Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 until 1977, as a member of the social democratic Labour Party (PvdA).	—	3 months

Science

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Max Abraham	1875–1922	Physicist and contemporary of Einstein and Lorentz	—	—
William Bright	1928–2006	Linguist who specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics; father of Susie Bright	—	—
Édouard Brissaud	1852–1909	A physician and pathologist. his tumor was unsuccessfully operated on by Sir Victor Horsley.	—	—
Thomas Donaldson	1945–2006	Mathematician and cryonics advocate	—	—
Rhodes Fairbridge	1914–2006	Geologist and expert on climate change	—	—
Paul Feyerabend	1924–1994	Philosopher of science	—	Less than 1 year
Thor Heyerdahl	1914–2002	Marine biologist who embarked on Kon-Tiki expedition and other journeys that reproduced ancient technology and demonstrated the feasibility of ancient sea migrations.	—	Less than 1 year
J. Allen Hynek	1910–1986	Astronomer, professor, and ufologist	—	—
Anne E. Jenns	1953–2000	Plant pathologist	Glioblastoma multiforme	20 months
Norman Levinson	1912–1975	Mathematician	—	—
Chris O'Brien	1952–2009	Oncologist, surgeon, participant in Australian reality television programme RPA	glioblastoma multiforme	​2 1⁄2 years
John Vlissides	1961–2005	Software scientist specialising in object oriented technology, design patterns and software modelling	—	—
Aleksandr Zinovyev	1922–2006	Logician, sociologist, writer of Russian literature and satirist	—	—
Mihai Pătraşcu	1982–2012	Computer Scientist	—	—

Sports

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Lyle Alzado	1949–1992	National Football League (NFL) football player; made public statements attributing his tumor to anabolic steroids, a claim not supported by medical research.	CNS lymphoma	—
Lance Armstrong	1971–	Racing cyclist who was diagnosed with testicular cancer that spread to his abdomen, lungs and brain.	Metastatic tumor	1996–
Seve Ballesteros	1957–2011	Spanish golfer; winner of five major championships	Oligoastrocytoma	2008–2011
Kevin Berry	1945–2006	Butterfly swimmer, Olympic gold medalist	—	—
Angelo Bertelli	1921–1999	American football quarterback	—	—
Bobby Bonds	1946–2003	Right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1981, primarily with the San Francisco Giants; father of Barry Bonds	—	—
Ken Brett	1948–2003	Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher; brother of Hall of Famer George Brett	—	6 years
José María Buljubasich	1971–	Argentine association football goalkeeper	—	2006–
Richard Burns	1971–2005	Race car driver, Rally world champion	Astrocytoma	2 years
Matt Cappotelli	1979–	Professional wrestler	Astrocytoma	2006–
Gary Carter	1954–2012	Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher; Hall of Famer Played for Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants	Glioblastoma Multiforme	—	—
Richard Chelimo	1972–2001	Track champion from Kenya; former 10,000-meter world record holder	—	—
Maurice Colclough	1953–2006	Rugby player, part of England's Grand Slam–winning team in the 1980 Five Nations Championship	—	—
Dan Duva	1951–1996	Boxing promoter behind more than 100 world championship bouts	Primary brain tumor	—
Josh Gibson	1911–1947	Negro League baseball player; home run hitter with the highest career batting average in league history	—	4 years
Tim Gullikson	1951–1996	Champion doubles tennis player alongside his twin brother Tom; coach of Pete Sampras	—	—
Scott Hamilton	1958–	Figure skater and Olympic gold medalist	Pituitary gland	2004–
John Hartson	1975–	Professional footballer	Metastatic tumor	2009–
Craig "Ironhead" Heyward	1966–2006	American football running back who played in the NFL	Chordoma	8 years
Heiko Herrlich	1971–	German association football player; Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League and Intercontinental Cup winner	Germinoma	2000–
Lauren Hill	1995–2015	Mount St. Joseph University student whose quest to play college basketball received major publicity in the U.S.	Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma	16 months
Terry Hoeppner	1947–2007	Indiana University, Miami (Ohio) University head football coach	—	18 months (2005–2007)
Dick Howser	1936–1987	MLB shortstop and manager	—	1 year
Emlyn Hughes	1947–2004	Association football player; European Cup winner of 1977; also known from the BBC television quiz show A Question of Sport	—	15 months
Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie	1933–2006	English cricketer	—	4 months
"Badger" Bob Johnson	1931–1991	Ice hockey coach, won the 1991 Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL)	—	2 months
Walter Johnson	1887–1946	Right-handed pitcher in MLB; one of the first five members of the Hall of Fame	—	—
Ruben Kruger	1970–2010	South African rugby union player; member of the Springboks team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, portrayed in the film Invictus	—	10 years
Kyle Kuric	1989–	American basketball player (University of Louisville, Estudiantes, Gran Canaria)	Meningioma	—
Eric Liddell	1902–1945	Olympic gold medalist in track; portrayed in the film Chariots of Fire	—	—
Reginald Lisowski	1926–2005	Professional wrestler; known as "The Crusher"	—	—
Wayne Maki	1944–1973	Vancouver Canucks player in the NHL	—	Less than 5 months
Peter May	1929–1994	An English cricketer who played for Surrey, Cambridge University and England	—	—
Martin McGrady	1946–2006	American track and field athlete, world record holder in the indoor 600-yard dash for 26 years	—	—
Frank Edward "Tug" McGraw	1944–2004	Major League Baseball pitcher; father of country music star Tim McGraw	Glioblastoma multiforme	9 months
Robert Müller	1980–2009	Professional (Deutsche Eishockey Liga) ice hockey goaltender.	Glioblastoma multiforme	3 years
Bobby Murcer	1946–2008	Major League Baseball player and broadcaster	—	19 months
Johnny Oates	1946–2004	MLB catcher and manager	Glioblastoma multiforme	3 years
Kim Perrot	1967–1999	Basketball player on the Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)	Metastatic (lung cancer)	—
John Prentice	1926–2006	Former association football player; Scotland national football team manager	—	—
Dan Quisenberry	1953–1998	MLB pitcher, mostly as a closer; pitched with "submarine" style	Astrocytoma	9 months
Bobby Robson	1933–2009	A former association football player and England national football team manager	—	—
Glenn Roeder	1955–	English association football manager and former player	—	2003–
Pete Rozelle	1926–1996	NFL commissioner	—	—
Wilma Rudolph	1940–1994	Olympic gold medalist in track	—	5 months
Nick Sanborn	1935–1999	Automobile racer	—	—
Robert Stone	1956–2005	A rugby league player and official who played for the St. George Dragons	—	17 months
Earl Strom	1927–1994	A basketball referee for 29 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and for three years in the American Basketball Association (ABA)	—	—
Fritz Von Erich	1929–1997	Wrestler and wrestling promoter of independent promotion World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW); patriarch of the Von Erich family	—	—
John Vukovich	1947–2007	MLB infielder and third base coach	—	18 months
Dick Wantz	1940–1965	Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels	—	1 month
Michael Weiner	1961–2013	executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association	—	15 months

Visual arts

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Kevyn Aucoin	1962–2002	Make-up artist and photographer	Pituitary gland tumor	—
Fred Conlon	1943–2005	Sculptor	Glioblastoma	8 months
Arthur "Weegee" Fellig	1899–1968	Photographer and photojournalist; works include stark black-and-white street photography	—	—
Eva Hesse	1936–1970	Abstract sculptor	—	—
Philip Iverson	1965–2006	Expressionist painter	—	—
Lynn Kohlman	1946–2008	Fashion model, photographer, and author	Glioblastoma multiforme	2002–2008
Ash Lieb	1982–	Artist, Comedian and writer	Clear cell Meningioma	—
Owen Merton	1887–1931	Post-Impressionist painter, primarily in watercolor landscapes and seascapes	—	—
Ferdinand Preiss	1882–1943	Art deco sculptor who specialized in ivory and bronze	—	—
Eero Saarinen	1910–1961	Architect whose work included the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri	—	11 days
John Willie	1902–1962	Fetish photographer and bondage artist	—	—

Writing

Name	Life	Comments	Diagnosis	Survival	Reference
Barbara Albright	1955–2006	Author of food and knitting books	—	—
Duygu Asena	1946–2006	Author and activist for women's rights	—	2 years
Bebe Moore Campbell	1950–2006	Author whose books dealt with race and mental health issues	—	—
Raymond Carver	1938–1988	Short-story writer and poet	Metastatic tumor	—
Hugh Cook	1956–2008	Author of fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness	—	—
Carl Foreman	1914–1984	Screenwriter and film producer	—	6 to 9 months
Robert Forward	1932–2002	Physicist and science fiction writer	—	4 months
John Galsworthy	1867–1933	Nobel prize–winning novelist and playwright whose works include The Forsyte Saga	—	—
Veronica Geng	1941–1997	Writer, humorist and former editor of The New Yorker	—	13 months
Johnny Gunther	1929–1947	Teenage brain tumor patient, son of novelist John Gunther. His illness became the central theme of his father's book Death Be Not Proud.	right parietal-occipital glioblastoma multiforme	15 months
Wolfgang Herrndorf	1965–2013	Author, blogger, painter and illustrator. Blog about his life with the tumor: Arbeit und Struktur.	—	—
Frigyes Karinthy	1887–1938	Author, playwright, poet, journalist and translator	—	—
Pat Kavanagh	1940–2008	British literary agent	—	5 weeks
Stephen Knight	1951–1985	Author who was known for his books criticising the Freemasons. He started having seizures in 1977 and in 1980, agreed to take part in a BBC documentary TV program Horizon on epilepsy. The producers arranged for a brain scan, which showed up a tumor. This was removed but returned in 1984 and despite further surgery he died in 1985.	—	5 years
Lynda Lee-Potter	1935–2004	Columnist for the British newspaper Daily Mail	—	—
Terence McKenna	1946–2000	Writer and counterculture figure	Glioblastoma multiforme	Less than 1 year
William Vaughn Moody	1869–1910	Dramatist and poet	—	—
Ivan Noble	1967–2005	BBC journalist and science writer who published columns about his experience with the illness; author of Like a Hole in the Head	Glioblastoma multiforme	​2 1⁄2 years
Chaim Potok	1929–2002	Rabbi and author whose works included the 1967 novel The Chosen	—	2 years
Timothy Reuter	1947–2002	Historian who specialized in the study of medieval Germany	—	—
David Shaw	1943–2005	Los Angeles Times journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1991	—	Less than 3 months
Charles Sheffield	1935–2002	Mathematician, physicist and science fiction writer	—	3 months
Mary Shelley	1797–1851	Author of Frankenstein; wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley	—	46 days
Robert Sobel	1931–1999	Award winning author of numerous business histories and syndicated newspaper columnist	—	9 months
Lou Stathis	1952–1997	Writer, editor and critic	—	10 months
Trumbull Stickney	1874–1904	Swiss-born American poet	—	—
James Weinstein	1926–2005	Socialist historian and journalist; founder and publisher of In These Times	—	—