| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter Allen |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Feb-1944 |
18-Jun-1992 |
I Go To Rio |
| Néstor Almendros |
Cinematographer |
30-Oct-1930 |
4-Mar-1992 |
Mauvaise Conduite |
| Emile Ardolino |
Film Director |
9-May-1943 |
20-Nov-1993 |
Dirty Dancing |
| Reinaldo Arenas |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1943 |
7-Dec-1990 |
El Mundo Alucinante |
| Arthur Ashe |
Tennis |
10-Jul-1943 |
6-Feb-1993 |
First black man to win Wimbledon |
| Howard Ashman |
Songwriter |
17-May-1950 |
14-Mar-1991 |
Beauty and the Beast |
| Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
| Rick Aviles |
Comic |
14-Oct-1952 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Ghost |
| Andy Bell |
Singer |
25-Apr-1964 |
|
Lead singer of Erasure |
| Michael Bennett |
Dancer |
8-Apr-1943 |
2-Jul-1987 |
A Chorus Line |
| Bianca Biaggi |
Pornstar |
? |
|
Reportedly infected Darren James with HIV |
| Amanda Blake |
Actor |
20-Feb-1929 |
16-Aug-1989 |
Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke |
| Allan Bloom |
Philosopher |
14-Sep-1930 |
7-Oct-1992 |
The Closing of the American Mind |
| Gary Bond |
Actor |
7-Feb-1940 |
12-Oct-1995 |
English theatre actor |
| Harold Brodkey |
Novelist |
25-Oct-1930 |
26-Jan-1996 |
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Jim J. Bullock |
Actor |
9-Feb-1955 |
|
Monroe on Too Close for Comfort |
| Merritt Butrick |
Actor |
3-Sep-1959 |
17-Mar-1989 |
Johnny Slash on Square Pegs |
| Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS |
| Ian Charleson |
Actor |
11-Aug-1949 |
6-Jan-1990 |
Chariots of Fire |
| Bruce Chatwin |
Author |
13-May-1940 |
18-Jan-1989 |
In Patagonia |
| Roy Cohn |
Government |
20-Feb-1927 |
2-Aug-1986 |
Joseph McCarthy's henchman |
| Andrew Cunanan |
Criminal |
31-Aug-1969 |
23-Jul-1997 |
Murdered Gianni Versace |
| John Curry |
Figure Skating |
9-Sep-1949 |
15-Apr-1994 |
Figure Skater, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist |
| Brad Davis |
Actor |
6-Nov-1949 |
8-Sep-1991 |
Midnight Express |
| Terry Dolan |
Activist |
1950 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Conservative activist |
| Robert Drivas |
Actor |
21-Nov-1938 |
29-Jun-1986 |
Bad Habits |
| Simon Dwyer |
Editor |
1959 |
1997 |
Rapid Eye Movement |
| Eazy-E |
Rapper |
7-Sep-1963 |
26-Mar-1995 |
N.W.A. member died of AIDS |
| Denholm Elliott |
Actor |
31-May-1922 |
6-Oct-1992 |
A Room with a View |
| Perry Ellis |
Fashion Designer |
3-Mar-1940 |
30-May-1986 |
Founder, Perry Ellis International |
| Wayland Flowers |
Performance Artist |
26-Nov-1939 |
11-Oct-1988 |
Madame's puppeteer |
| Althea Flynt |
Relative |
6-Nov-1953 |
27-Jun-1987 |
Larry Flynt's dead wife |
| Tom Fogerty |
Guitarist |
9-Nov-1941 |
6-Sep-1990 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Michel Foucault |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1926 |
26-Jun-1984 |
History of Sexuality |
| Andy Fraser |
Bassist |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Free |
| Leonard Frey |
Actor |
4-Sep-1938 |
24-Aug-1988 |
Stage actor, The Boys in the Band |
| Jason Gould |
Actor |
29-Dec-1966 |
|
Son of Streisand and Elliott Gould |
| Kevin Peter Hall |
Actor |
9-May-1955 |
10-Apr-1991 |
Predator |
| Keith Haring |
Painter |
4-May-1958 |
16-Feb-1990 |
Abstract graffiti and mural artist |
| Dan Hartman |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1950 |
22-Mar-1994 |
I Can Dream About You |
| John Holmes |
Pornstar |
8-Aug-1944 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Life-support system for a 10-inch penis |
| Rock Hudson |
Actor |
17-Nov-1925 |
2-Oct-1985 |
Ice Station Zebra |
| Jack Idema |
Military |
30-May-1956 |
21-Jan-2012 |
Green Beret wannabe |
| Darren James |
Pornstar |
25-Feb-1964 |
|
Testing HIV+ shut down the porn industry in 2004 |
| Derek Jarman |
Film Director |
31-Jan-1942 |
19-Feb-1994 |
The Last of England |
| Michael Jeter |
Actor |
26-Aug-1952 |
30-Mar-2003 |
Evening Shade |
| Holly Johnson |
Musician |
9-Feb-1960 |
|
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
| Magic Johnson |
Basketball |
14-Aug-1959 |
|
Lakers star, AIDS spokesman |
| James Kirkwood |
Novelist |
22-Aug-1924 |
21-Apr-1989 |
A Chorus Line |
| Larry Kramer |
Playwright |
25-Jun-1935 |
|
The Normal Heart |
| Fela Kuti |
Musician |
15-Oct-1938 |
2-Aug-1997 |
God of Afrobeat |
| Hector Lavoe |
Singer |
30-Sep-1946 |
29-Jun-1993 |
Puerto Rican salsa singer |
| Liberace |
Pianist |
16-May-1919 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Rhinestoned pianist |
| Greg Louganis |
Diver |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Olympic diver, four gold medals |
| Robert Mapplethorpe |
Photographer |
4-Nov-1946 |
9-Mar-1989 |
Erotic photographer |
| John Megna |
Actor |
9-Nov-1952 |
5-Sep-1995 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Freddie Mercury |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Sep-1946 |
24-Nov-1991 |
Lead singer, Queen |
| James Merrill |
Poet |
3-Mar-1926 |
6-Feb-1995 |
Nights and Days |
| Timothy Patrick Murphy |
Actor |
3-Nov-1959 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Dallas |
| Klaus Nomi |
Singer |
24-Jan-1944 |
6-Aug-1983 |
New Wave counter-tenor from Mars |
| Rudolf Nureyev |
Dancer |
17-Mar-1938 |
6-Jan-1993 |
Defected to France from Kirov Ballet |
| Anthony Perkins |
Actor |
4-Apr-1932 |
12-Sep-1992 |
Psycho |
| Dack Rambo |
Actor |
13-Nov-1941 |
21-Mar-1994 |
Jack Ewing on Dallas |
| Robert C. Randall |
Victim |
23-Jan-1948 |
2-Jun-2001 |
First recipient of federal marijuana |
| Gene Anthony Ray |
Dancer |
24-May-1962 |
14-Nov-2003 |
Leroy Johnson on Fame |
| Robert Reed |
Actor |
19-Oct-1932 |
12-May-1992 |
Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch |
| Tony Richardson |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1928 |
14-Nov-1991 |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
| Max Robinson |
Journalist |
1-May-1939 |
20-Dec-1988 |
Co-Anchor of World News Tonight |
| Lara Roxx |
Pornstar |
12-Dec-1982 |
|
HIV+ pornstar |
| Severo Sarduy |
Author |
25-Feb-1937 |
8-Jun-1993 |
De donde son los Cantantes |
| Gregory Scarpa, Sr. |
Criminal |
8-May-1928 |
8-Jun-1994 |
Top Mafia FBI informant for 30 years |
| Gil Scott-Heron |
Poet |
1-Apr-1949 |
27-May-2011 |
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised |
| Ray Sharkey |
Actor |
14-Nov-1952 |
11-Jun-1993 |
Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy |
| Paul Shenar |
Actor |
12-Feb-1936 |
11-Oct-1989 |
The Secret of NIMH |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Randy Shilts |
Journalist |
8-Aug-1951 |
17-Feb-1994 |
Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk |
| Moses Sithole |
Criminal |
1964 |
|
South African serial killer |
| Jermaine Stewart |
Singer |
7-Sep-1957 |
17-Mar-1997 |
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off |
| Andrew Sullivan |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1963 |
|
The Daily Dish |
| Tom Villard |
Actor |
19-Nov-1953 |
14-Nov-1994 |
Popcorn |
| Marc Wallice |
Pornstar |
3-Oct-1959 |
|
HIV+ pornstar |
| Edmund White |
Author |
13-Jan-1940 |
|
The Joy of Gay Sex |
| Ryan White |
Victim |
6-Dec-1971 |
8-Apr-1990 |
Suburban kid, AIDS activist |
| Ricky Wilson |
Guitarist |
19-Mar-1953 |
12-Oct-1985 |
Guitarist for the B-52's |
| David Wojnarowicz |
Artist |
14-Sep-1955 |
22-Jul-1992 |
One Day This Kid |
