Famous w/ type 1

[ROVERT81402]

I'm just curious, who has diabetes that is famous?

[rare]

*She who shall not be named*

Hahaha

[Mom2Deacon]

Bret Michaels
Jean Smart

[Judy&Alli]

Nick Jonas

[frizzyrazzy]

Elliot yamin

[pdxmom]

Mary Tyler Moore
Adam Morrison (NBA)

[Skyefire]

Elliott Yamin (American Idol)
Tommy Lee (Motley Crew)
Bret Michaels (poison)
Elvis Presley
Sharon Stone

and I am sure there are tons more

[Jacob'sDad]

Wilford Brimley
"You check your blood sugar and you check it often. There's no reason not to."

[Nancy in VA]

Nick Jonas
Elizabeth Perkins
A player on the Washington Nationals - can't remember his name but my husband said he saw and interview where he was talking that he was having trouble figuring out how to control his sugars now that the season had started

[StillMamamia]

Don't know any..but it would be great if any of them would be so kind as to 'guest-appear' on here or on the chat...

Also, are any of them active in educating people about Type 1 diabetes? Just curious.

[Evansdad]

Diabetes Fame - Entertainment



Jack Benny - Comedian

Halle Berry - Actress (Monster's Ball, X-Men, Die Another Day)

Wilford Brimley - Actor (Cocoon, The China Syndrome)

J. Anthony Brown - Actor (Drumline), comedian, radio personality, dLifeTV co-host

Delta Burke - Actress (Designing Women) Miss Florida; Miss USA

James Cagney - Actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy)

Nell Carter - Actress (Gimme a Break)

Alvin Childress - Actor (Amos & Andy)

Dick Clark - Entertainer, television producer

James Doohan - Actor (scotty from Star Trek)

Dale Evans - Entertainer (The Yellow Rose of Texas, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show)

Stephen Furst - Actor (Animal House)

Victor Garber - Actor (Alias, Titanic, First Wives Club, Sleepless in Seattle)

Jackie Gleason - Actor (The Honeymooners, Smokey and the Bandit, The Hustler)

Dorian Gregory - Actor (Baywatch Nights, Charmed, The Other Half)

Dana Hill - Actress (Shoot the Moon, European Vacation)

Nicole Johnson - dLifeTV co-host; Miss America 1999; author and diabetes advocate.

Zippora Karz - Ballet teacher, former NYC Ballet Soloist

Larry King - Talk show host

Al Lewis - Actor (The Munsters)

Jerry Lewis - Comedian

Jerry Mathers - Actor (Leave it to Beaver)

Mary Tyler Moore - Actress (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People) and diabetes advocate

Mother Love - Entertainer, author, motivational speaker, dLifeTV co-host

Richard Mulligan - Actor (Soap, Empty Nest)

Carroll O'Conner - Actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night)

Park Overall - Actress (Empty Nest)

Della Reese - Actress, singer (Touched by an Angel)

Esther Rolle - Actress (Good Times)

Sir Harry Secombe - Welsh singer, entertainer; former president of the British Diabetic Association.

Jean Smart - Actress (Designing Women)

Elaine Stritch - Comedian, actress

Elizabeth Taylor - Actress (National Velvet, Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

Jim Turner - Actor (Bewitched, Arli$$), dLifeTV co-host

Aida Tuturro – Actress (The Sopranos)

Mae West - Actress (My Little Chickadee, I'm No Angel)

Diabetes Fame - Athletes

Wasim Akram - Pakistani cricket fast bowler

Arthur Ashe - Tennis - Wimbledon winner

Walter Barnes - Football and actor. Before acting career he played professional football for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, 1948-1951.

Sarah Bina - Championship clogger

Ayden Byle - Runner - First insulin-dependent man to run 6521.5 km across North America.

Nick Boynton - Hockey Player - Boston Bruins

Bobby Clarke - NHL - Philadelphia Flyers

Ty Cobb - MLB - Detroit Tigers

Scott Coleman - Swimmer - first man with diabetes to swim the English Channel, (August 17th 1996)

Chris Dudley - NBA - New York Knicks center

James “Buster” Douglas - Heavy Weight Boxer

Kenny Duckett - NFL - New Orleans Saints

Rick Dudley - Hockey

Scott Dunton - World Class Surfer

Mike Echols - NFL - Tennessee Titans

Pam Fernandes - Para Olympian

Curt Frasier - NHL - Chicago Black Hawks

Walt Frazier - ­ NBA - New York Knicks

“Smokin’ Joe” Frazier - Boxing

Kris Freeman - Olympic and National Champion Cross-Country Skier

Joe Gibbs - NFL - Washington Redskins coach

Bill Gullickson - MLB - Cincinnati Reds Pitcher

Gary Hall Jr. - US Olympic Gold Medalist, Swimming

Jonathan Hayes - NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs

Dave Hollins - 1993 Phillies World Series Third Baseman

James "Catfish" Hunter - MLB - Pitcher, Baseball Hall-of-Famer

Chuck Heidenrich - Skiing

Chris Jarvis - World Champion Canadian Rower

Jason Johnson - MLB - Pitcher, Cleveland Indians

Kelli Keuhne - LPGA golfer

Billie Jean King - Tennis

Jay Leeuwenburg - NFL - Indianapolis Colts Lineman

Michael Earl Malone -­ Son of former NBA star Moses Malone.

Michelle McGann - LPGA golfer

Adam Morrison - Basketball Player, Gonzaga University

David Pember - MLB - Milwaukee Brewers

Sir Steven Redgrave - Rower - Winner of five consecutive Olympic gold medals

Dan Reichert - MLB - Kansas City Royals

Ham Richardson – Tennis star

Jackie Robinson - Baseball Player

Sugar Ray Robinson - Boxing

Ron Santo - MLB - Chicago Cubs legend

Mike Sinclair - NFL - Philadelphia Eagles

Kendall Simmons - NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers

Hank Stram - NFL - Kansas City Chiefs Coach

Bradley Suttle - Texas Longhorns - Second Baseman

Bill Talbert - Hall of Fame tennis player

Sherri Turner - LPGA golfer

Scott Verplank - PGA golfer

Jo Ann Washam - LPGA golfer

David "Boomer" Wells - San Diego Padres Pitcher

Wade Wilson - NFL - Minnesota Vikings Quarterback

Diabetes Fame - Musicians
Nat Adderley - Jazz Musician

Syd Barret - Singer (Pink Floyd)

Danny Joe Brown - Singer (Molly Hatchet)

James Brown - 'The Godfather of Soul'

Johnny Cash - 'The Man in Black'

Mark Collie - Country Singer

David Crosby - Singer (Crosby, Stills, and Nash)

Miles Davis - Jazz Musician

Johnny Darrell - Country music singer

Phife Dawg - Rapper (A Tribe Called Quest)

Mama Cass Elliott - Singer (Mamas and the Papas)

Ella Fitzgerald - Singer

Mick Fleetwood - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)

Aretha Franklin - 'The Queen of Soul'

Melvin Franklin - Singer

Jerry Garcia - Singer, Musician (Grateful Dead)

Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Musician

Shirley Horn - Grammy-winning Jazz singer and pianist

Marvin Isley - Singer (The Isley Brothers)

Mahalia Jackson - Gospel Singer

Rick James - Singer ("Super Freak" Funk Legend)

Nick Jonas – lead singer/guitarist for Jonas Brothers

Waylon Jennings - Country Singer

Herbert Kahury (“Tiny Tim”) - Singer

B.B. King - Blues Singer and Musician

Patti LaBelle - Soul singer

Peggy Lee - Jazz singer, Grammy winner

Tommy Lee - Drummer (Motley Crue)

Curtis Mayfield - Soul singer

Bret Michaels - Singer (Poison)

Elvis Presley - Singer and guitarist

Jessica Stone - Singer and Actress

Elliott Yamin - Singer

Neil Young - Singer and guitarist

Gary Valenciano - Philipinno singer

Luther Vandross - Singer

Norman Whitfield - Grammy winning R&B songwriter and record producer

[Gaia]

WOW!! Im going to make sure Joey reads this thread! :cwds:

[Mama2H]

How many of those are type 1? I know I picked out alot of them that are type 2 or questionable (Halle).

[speakup4kids]

Wasn't there a big deal made a while back about how Halle Berry had "cured" her diabetes by exercising and eating well. Which pretty much showed that she did not have type 1 diabetes. I know it was quite controversial at the time.
Heidi

[bgallini]

Don't know any..but it would be great if any of them would be so kind as to 'guest-appear' on here or on the chat...

Also, are any of them active in educating people about Type 1 diabetes? Just curious.

I think Elliot Yamin has been pretty active. He's from my area (worked at a pharmacy we go to, etc). They had him at a JDRF fundraiser and were looking for kids to sing with him. My 17 ds was too cool to even respond to my suggestion! LOL

Elliot is type 1

[wendyc]

How many of those are type 1? I know I picked out alot of them that are type 2 or questionable (Halle).

The majority of them are actually T2, but there are several T1's on there.

If my memory serves me correctly, there are 8 T1 actors, 12 athletes and 4 musicians. The rest are T2.

[speakup4kids]

O.k. here we go, let's see if I can list what I've got These should all be type 1...correct me if I'm wrong!!

Mark Collie- country singer
Chris Dudley- Basketball player
Kevin Covias- American Idol contestant "chicken Little"
Scott Dunton- professional surfer
Mike Echols- NFL player
Kris Freeman- olympic athlete
Victor Garber- actor
Ghostface Khillah - Rapper
Dorian Gregory- actor
Gary Hall Jr- olymic swimmer
Jay Hewitte- Olympic athlete Ironman Triathlete
Dana Hill- actress
Dave Hollins- baseball player
James "catfish" hunter- baseball player
Chris Jarvis- member of the 2004 Canadian Olympic Rowing Team, marathon runner,
Jason Johnson- baseball player
Nicole Johnson- former Miss America
Nick Jonas- Part of the Jonas Brothers...only the hottest band ever!!!
Kellie Kuehne-athlete, LPGA golfer
Michelle McGann- former LPGA golfer
Bret Michaels- singer POISON
Mary Tyler Moore - Actress
Adam Morrison- basketball player
Richard Mulligan - Actor (Soap, Empty Nest
Park Overall - Actress (Empty Nest
David Pember - MLB (Milwaukee Brewers
Dan Reichert - MLB (Kansas City Royals)
Anne Rice - Author (Interview With a Vampire
Jackie Robinson - Baseball player for Brooklyn Dodgers
Elliot Yamin- american idol
Brad Wilk- Rage against the machine, musician
Scott Verplank- golfer

[OSUMom]

Well what about Sharon Stone? She's not on everyone's list. :confused: I wonder if she has Type 1 or not.

[Anja821]

I didn't know Halley Berry was diabetic. I did a search on her and look what I found. Apparently she found a way to convert from T1 to T2:

"Pregnant HALLE BERRY is winning her battle with diabetes, thanks to a healthy diet and good living. The actress was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes after she passed out while shooting a TV show called Living Dolls when she first arrived in Hollywood. But the disease has now dropped to Type 2 diabetes because Berry is no longer "insulin dependent". She says, "I've managed to ween myself off insulin, so now I like to put myself in the Type 2 category."

This is from an article dated 10/22/07 from contactmusic.com.

Anyone else heard of this?

[Mama2H]

Oh yes, Halle :mad: If you do a search of this forum there have been many threads about her "miracle" diabetes. She is no role model for my child. Sadly I used to really like her movies.

[fredntan2]

saw halle berry on Oprah month ago-talking about her pregnancy-not one word about D type 1 or 2. havn't watch oprah since, she kind of gets on my nerves.

[Brensdad]

Halle Berry

Halle's definitely not type 1. We won't start that discussions again!

Wilford Brimley
"You check your blood sugar and you check it often. There's no reason not to."

"If you got die-yuh-bee-tus, and yer own Med-ee-care, Liberty Medical can hep!"

[OSUMom]

I think Elliot Yamin has been pretty active. He's from my area (worked at a pharmacy we go to, etc). They had him at a JDRF fundraiser and were looking for kids to sing with him. My 17 ds was too cool to even respond to my suggestion! LOL

Elliot is type 1

Got my February/March Diabetes Health magazine in the mail this past week. Elliott is on the cover and featured in an article. Can't wait to read it. Love, love, love Elliott. He was my favorite on AI that season, and I didn't even know he had Type 1 at the time. Just wish I could give him a big ole hug!!!! :D

[rachabetic]

I love elliot yamin!!!! he's awsome! Nicole Johnson is also awsome!!! She does a lot of diabetes education and talks. I got to meet her (and take a picture with her:D) when she came to my diabetes camp to talk to everyone! She is a really nice person.

[Jensmami]

How about Sam ..........???????, the winner of Top Chef from season 1, was he the winner or the runner up? The really cute one:D

[miss_behave]

For any Aussies out there, Marcia Hines (singer/Aust. Idol judge) has Type 1 and wears a MiniMed pump :cwds:

[Mama Belle]

I was really surprised to hear about Elizabeth Perkins recently. I read an article about her in Diabetes Forecast and it was shocking how uninformed she was about this disease. She has LADA and was talking about how eating is the #1 way she manages her D (even though she is on Novolog and Levemir, which she said she was looking forward to reducing?!?!) I know often with the very slow onset of LADA it is treated similarly to Type 2, but my understanding is that over time (and as the beta cells die off more and more) the need for insulin actually increases, versus decreasing. Am I wrong about this? Also she was talking about how scared she was about getting a pump eventually and then she said something along the lines of how she was really afraid of having a shunt in her body. Excuse me? A shunt? Clearly she knows nothing about the insulin pump if she thinks there is a shunt involved. Anyone who is interested can read the article here (http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/df-perkins-0208.pdf).

I guess it is really weird to me to think that these folks who have all of this success and the ability to seek (and afford) the best medical care money can buy and yet they still seem to be completely confused about this disease. Goes to show that celebs are mere mortals too and in some cases seem more clueless than the rest of us normal folk.

ETA: Also we forgot one ... Kevin Kline's son has D so that makes him type 3 like all of us right? ;)

[Anja821]

Are these all T1 or T2?

[frizzyrazzy]

I guess it is really weird to me to think that these folks who have all of this success and the ability to seek (and afford) the best medical care money can buy and yet they still seem to be completely confused about this disease. Goes to show that celebs are mere mortals too and in some cases seem more clueless than the rest of us normal folk.

ETA: Also we forgot one ... Kevin Kline's son has D so that makes him type 3 like all of us right? ;)

I usually wonder the same thing how you can have all this access to everything you need and still be so confused and misinformed. I guess just because they're celebs doesn't make them any smarter than the average person. And face it, the parents who come here and see out info are really above the curve in diabetes awareness.

And I wondered about Kevin Kline and what his connection was.

[Lee]

I was really surprised to hear about Elizabeth Perkins recently. I read an article about her in Diabetes Forecast and it was shocking how uninformed she was about this disease. She has LADA and was talking about how eating is the #1 way she manages her D (even though she is on Novolog and Levemir, which she said she was looking forward to reducing?!?!) I know often with the very slow onset of LADA it is treated similarly to Type 2, but my understanding is that over time (and as the beta cells die off more and more) the need for insulin actually increases, versus decreasing. Am I wrong about this? Also she was talking about how scared she was about getting a pump eventually and then she said something along the lines of how she was really afraid of having a shunt in her body. Excuse me? A shunt? Clearly she knows nothing about the insulin pump if she thinks there is a shunt involved. Anyone who is interested can read the article here (http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/df-perkins-0208.pdf).

I guess it is really weird to me to think that these folks who have all of this success and the ability to seek (and afford) the best medical care money can buy and yet they still seem to be completely confused about this disease. Goes to show that celebs are mere mortals too and in some cases seem more clueless than the rest of us normal folk.

ETA: Also we forgot one ... Kevin Kline's son has D so that makes him type 3 like all of us right? ;)

That is EXACTLY what I thought when I read the article - It left a bad taste in my mouth!

[wendyc]

Maybe we need a section here on CWD with famous people with D, and distinguish if they are T1, T2 or T3 (parent, sib or spouse).

[jendean]

I thought Wilford brimley was type 2...
There used to be a list of famous people with type 1..
anne rice
jackie robinson- famous baseball player
HG wells.... Hm. I am not sure if he could have been type 1.... did they have insulin yet?

[Emma'sDad]

Tommy Lee???? Seriously?? Being a huge Mötley Crüe fan, you'd think I'd know that! Is he type 1 or 2?? I'm just big fan of Poison and I knew about Bret. Are there any sources confirming this??

[AP-Mom]

Elliot Yamin was at World Diabetes Day in NYC. He is a great role model -- every article I have read about him, he is open and honest about his T1, as well as being very well versed and educated about it.

Nicole Johnson was also at WDD in NYC.

Bret Michaels or Tommy Lee, I think it was Bret, collapsed during a concert in NYC at Madison Square Garden, I believe due to being hypo. If you check out dlife.com, which is where the above lists came from, I think he has a video about it. I wonder how well either of them take care of themselves.

I also wondered why Kevin Kline was the video guy for the JDRF walks. Now that makes sense.

Speaking of famous people -- has anyone seen the JDRF commercials recently on TNT? I watch Law & Order during the afternoons, frequently while doing other things. I have seen two commercials with Mary Tyler Moore and little kids, speaking specifically to Type 1, how they will not outgrow it and "imagining a cure" (I think). The first day, I almost fell off the couch to hear a Type 1 commercial. :D

[Lee]

Emma's Dad - ABC New's says he is Type 2 -with his pic, so it is him! Yahoo Answer's says Type 1...so looks like we have another Halle in the making- at least he can't get preggers!

I never knew either - rock on!

[wendyc]

Kevin Kline's son has T1D. That's why he is so involved with JDRF.

[rare]

Ok, my bad. Halle is an insulin dependent type 2.

Wilford Brimley =/= Diabeetus :D

[Jora]

I just knowticed when I went to correct a typo that this page was 4 pages long. Sorry for coping information that is already posted.

So I went and edited it to but all the people on this list that have been posted.
Those with Type 1 are in red

Sports
Wasim Akram - Pakistani cricket fast bowler
Arthur Ashe - The first African American to win Wimbledon type: 2
Walter Barnes - Football and actor. Before acting career he played professional football for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, 1948-1951.
Sarah Bina - Championship clogger
Ayden Byle - Runner - First insulin-dependent man to run 6521.5 km across North America.
Nick Boynton - Hockey Player - Boston Bruins
Bobby Clarke - NHL (Philadelphia Flyers) type: 1
Ty Cobb - MLB - Detroit Tigers
Scott Coleman - Swimmer - first man with diabetes to swim the English Channel, (August 17th 1996)
James “Buster” Douglas - Heavy Weight Boxer type: 1
Kenny Duckett - NFL - New Orleans Saints
Chris Dudley - NBA (New York Knicks center) type: 1
Rick Dudley - Hockey
Scott Dunton - World Class Surfer
Mike Echols - NFL Players (Tennessee Titans) type: 1
Pam Fernandes - Para Olympian
Curt Frasier - NHL - Chicago Black Hawks
Walt Frazier - ­ NBA - New York Knicks
“Smokin’ Joe” Frazier - Boxing
Kris Freeman - US Olympic cross country skiing team type: 1
Missy Foy - long distance runner type: 1
Tony George - professional football player type: 2 As a sophmore in high school
Joe Gibbs - NFL - Washington Redskins coach
Bill Gullickson - MLB - Cincinnati Reds Pitcher
Gary Hall Jr. - US Olympic Gold Medalist, Swimming type: 1(diagnosed in 1999)
Jonathan Hayes - NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs
Dave Hollins - 1993 Phillies World Series Third Baseman
Jay Hewitt - Iron Man triathlete type: 1
Dave Hollins - 1993 Phillies World Series Third Baseman type: 1
James "Catfish" Hunter - MLB - Pitcher, Baseball Hall-of-Famer type: 1
Chuck Heidenrich - Skiing
Chris Jarvis - World Champion Canadian rower type: 1
Jason Johnson - MLB (Pitcher, Cleveland Indians) type: 1
Kellie Keuhne - LPGA golfer type: 1
Billie Jean King - Tennis (type: 1)
Jay Leeuwenburg - NFL - Indianapolis Colts Lineman type: 1
Michelle McGann - LPGA golfer type: 1 (diagnosed at age 13)
Adam Morrison - NBA where he plays basketball for the Charlotte Bobcats type: 1 (Diagnosed at age 14)
David Pember - MLB (Milwaukee Brewers) type: 1
Sir Steven Redgrave - Rower - Winner of five consecutive Olympic gold medals
Dan Reichert - MLB (Kansas City Royals) type: 1
Jackie Robinson - baseball star who broke the color barrier in the Major Leagues type: 1
Sugar Ray Robinson - Boxing
Ron Santo - third basemen for the Chicago Cubs type: 1
Mike Sinclair - NFL - Philadelphia Eagles
Kendall Simmons - NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers
Hank Stram - NFL - Kansas City Chiefs Coach
Bradley Suttle - Texas Longhorns - Second Baseman
Bill Talbert - Hall of Fame tennis player
Sherri Turner - LPGA golfer
Scott Verplank - PGA golfer type: 1
Jo Ann Washam - LPGA golfer
David "Boomer" Wells - San Diego Padres Pitcher
Wade Wilson - NFL - Minnesota Vikings Quarterback



Entertainment
Dick Clark - Entertainer, television producer type: 2
Halle Berry - Actress (Monster's Ball, X-Men, Die Another Day)
Jack Benny - Comedian
Wilford Brimley - Actor (Cocoon)
J. Anthony Brown - Actor (Drumline), comedian, radio personality, dLifeTV co-host
Delta Burke type: 2
James Cagney - Actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Nell Carter - Actress (Gimme a Break)
Carol Channing, Tony Award-winning singer/actress in “Hello Dolly”
Alvin Childress - Actor (Amos & Andy)
James Doohan - Actor (scotty from Star Trek)
Stephen Furst - Actor (Animal House)
Victor Garber - Actor (Alias, Titanic, First Wives Club, Sleepless in Seattle) type: 1
Jackie Gleason - Actor (The Honeymooners, Smokey and the Bandit, The Hustler)
Dorian Gregory - Actor (Baywatch Nights, Charmed, The Other Half) type: 1 (diagnosed at age 9)
Dana Hill - Actress (Shoot the Moon, European Vacation) type: 1
Marcia Hines - singer/Aust. Idol judge type: 1
Larry King - Talk show host
Al Lewis - Actor (The Munsters)
Jerry Lewis - Comedian
George Lucas - Director, Producer, type: 2
Randy Jackson - American Idol Judge (USA), Music producer type: 2
George Mallet - Co-Host Fox 29 Good Day Philadelphia and local JDRF supporter and spokesman type: 1
Jerry Mathers - Actor (Leave it to Beaver)
Mary Tyler Moore - Actress (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People); diabetes advocate type: 1
Mother Love - Entertainer, author, motivational speaker, dLifeTV co-host
Richard Mulligan - Actor (Soap, Empty Nest) type: 1
Park Overall - Actress (Empty Nest) type: 1
Carroll O'Conner - Actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night)
Peter O'Tool - The famous actor, who voiced Anton Ego in Ratatouille
Minnie Pearl - Comedian
Elizabeth Perkins - Actress (Big, Flinstones)
Della Reese - Actress, singer (Touched by an Angel)
Esther Rolle - Actress (Good Times)
Sir Harry Secombe - Welsh singer, entertainer; former president of the British Diabetic Association
Jean Smart - Actress (Designing Women) type: 1
Sharon Stone - Actress (Halle's Catwoman co-star) type: 1
Elaine Stritch - Comedian, actress
Elizabeth Taylor - Actress (National Velvet, Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Spencer Tracy
Jim Turner - Actor (Bewitched, Arli$$), dLifeTV co-host
Aida Tuturro – Actress (The Sopranos)
Mae West - Actress (My Little Chickadee, I'm No Angel)



Musicians
Nat Adderley - Jazz Musician
Syd Barret - Singer (Pink Floyd)
James Brown - 'The Godfather of Soul'
Danny Joe Brown - Singer (Molly Hatchet)
Johnny Cash - 'The Man in Black'
Mark Collie - Country Singer
David Crosby- The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Mark Collie - Country Singer type: 1
Miles Davis - Jazz Musician
Kevin Corvais - American Idol Season 5 type: 1
Johnny Darrell - Country music singer
Phife Dawg - Rapper (A Tribe Called Quest)
Mama Cass Elliott - Singer (Mamas and the Papas)
Ella Fitzgerald - Singer
Mick Fleetwood - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
Aretha Franklin - 'The Queen of Soul'
Melvin Franklin - Singer
Miles Davis - legendary jazz great
Jerry Garcia - Singer, Musician (Grateful Dead) Type: 2
Ghostface Killah - Rapper, member of Wu-Tang Klab type: 1
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Musician
Shirley Horn - Grammy-winning Jazz singer and pianist
Marvin Isley - Singer (The Isley Brothers)
Mahalia Jackson - Gospel Singer
Rick James - Singer ("Super Freak" Funk Legend)
Waylon Jennings - Country Singer
Nick Jonas - Singer (Jonas Brothers) type: 1 (diagnosed 2007/08)
Patti LaBelle - Soul singer
Peggy Lee - Singer
Herbert Kahury (“Tiny Tim”) - Singer
B.B. King - Blues Singer and Musician
Bret Michaels - Singer (Poison) Type: 1 (diagnosed at age 6)
Patty LeBelle - Singer type: 2
Tommy Lee - Singer (Motley Crew)
Curtis Mayfield - Soul singer
Meat Loaf - Singer
Tim Parker - "Gift of Gab," rapper for hip hop group Blackolicious type: 1
Elvis Presley - Singer Type: 2 later in his life
Jessica Stone - Singer and Actress
Andrew Lloyd Webber – Composer
Elliot Yamin - American Idol Season 5 type: 1 (diagnosed at age 16)
Neil Young - Singer and guitarist
Gary Valenciano - Philipinno singer
Luther Vandross - Singer
Norman Whitfield - Grammy winning R&B songwriter and record producer


Writers, Reporters, Editors
Ernest Hemingway - Author (For Whom the Bell Tolls; A Farewell to Arms; The Sun Also Rises)
Mario Puzo -- Novelist, "The Godfather"
Anne Rice - Author (Interview With a Vampire) type: 1
H. G. Wells - Author (War of the Worlds; The Time Machine; The Invisible Man) founded the British Diabetic Association type: 1
Laura Ingalls Wilder – Author (Little House on the Prairie) type: unknown but lived to be 90 years old.


Science
Thomas Edison - Inventor of the light bulb, phonograph type: 2
Dr. George Minot - First person with diabetes to receive Nobel Prize for Medicine


Other Famous People
Cairns, Douglas - Pilot; first type 1 to fly around the world and raise money for the cause
Bill and John Davidson, heads of Harley Davidson motorcycles
Nicole Johnson - Miss America, 1999 type: 1
Evel Knievel - The most daring man to ever live was a diabetic.
Ray Kroc -- Founder of McDonald's (was diabetic at the time he bought his first restaurant)
Leonard Thompson - 1st person to receive insulin injection at the age of 14 type: 1


Type 3 :) As someone put it in another post here

Kevin Kline - Son is a type 1

[Mom2rh]

Missy Foy is a long distance runner probaby going to be on the US Olympic team. She has posted on CWD in the Sports forum! :D She has T1.

We tried to watch Kris Freeman in the last Winter Olympics...he's a X-C skier but wasn't a front-runner so we didn't get to see much of him. Ryan was recently dx'd and really wanted to see him compete.