List of people with type 1 diabetes

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Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, is a condition in which the body does not produce insulin, resulting in high levels of sugar in the bloodstream.^[1][2] Whereas type 2 diabetes is typically diagnosed in middle age and treated via diet, oral medication and/or insulin therapy, type 1 diabetes tends to be diagnosed earlier in life, and people with type 1 diabetes require insulin therapy for survival.^[1] It is significantly less common than type 2 diabetes, accounting for 5 percent of all diabetes diagnoses.^[3]

This list of notable people with type 1 diabetes includes writers, artists, athletes, entertainers, and others who have been documented as having type 1 diabetes.

List of people

Wasim Akram

Kurt Andersen

Brec Bassinger

Nick Boynton

Damon Dash

Este Haim

Nick Jonas

Jerry Lewis

Joan McCracken

Mary Tyler Moore

Jordan Morris

Miguel Paludo

Anne Rice

Jean Smart

Sonia Sotomayor

Gary Valenciano

Name	Lifespan	Nationality	Notability	Ref.
Alizée Agier	1994–	French	Karateka	[4]
Wasim Akram	1966–	Pakistani	Cricketer, television personality	[5]
Mona Alawi	2004–	Filipino	Actress, model
Kurt Andersen	1954–	American	Writer, radio host	[6]
Mark Andrews	1996–	American	American football tight end	[7]
Brec Bassinger	1999–	American	Actress	[citation needed]
Dexter Bean	1987–	American	Auto racing driver	[8]
Jean-Marie Bigard	1954–	French	Actor	[9]
Crystal Bowersox	1985–	American	Singer-songwriter, actress	[10]
Nick Boynton	1979–	Canadian	Ice hockey defenceman	[11]
Darren Brass	1972–	American	Tattoo artist	[12]
Bertrand Burgalat	1963–	French	Musician and music producer	[13]
George Canyon	1970–	Canadian	Country music singer	[14]
Ana Carolina	1974–	Brazilian	Singer	[15]
Carol Channing	1921–2019	American	Actress, comedian	[16]
Stephen Clancy	1992–	Irish	Racing cyclist	[17]
Don R. Christensen	1916–2006	American	Animator, illustrator
Bobby Clarke	1949–	Canadian	Ice hockey centre, Hockey Hall of Fame member	[18]
Ben Coker	1989–	British	Association football player	[19]
Dennis Coles	1970–	American	Rapper, member of the Wu-Tang Clan	[20]
Mark Collie	1956–	American	Singer-songwriter, musician	[21]
Cory Conacher	1989–	Canadian	Ice hockey player	[22]
Lauren Cox	1998–	American	Basketball player	[23]
Elinor Crawley	1991–	Welsh	Actress	[24]
B. J. Crombeen	1985–	Canadian	Ice hockey right winger	[25]
Will Cross	1967–	American	Mountain climber	[26]
Jay Cutler	1983–	American	American football quarterback	[18]
Conor Daly	1991–	American	Professional race car driver	[27]
Andrea Deck	1994–	American	Actress	[28]
Adrian Dix	1964–	Canadian	Politician	[29]
Max Domi	1995–	Canadian	Ice hockey player	[30]
Buster Douglas	1960–	American	Professional boxer	[31]
Chris Dudley	1965–	American	Basketball player and politician	[32]
Adam Duvall	1988–	American	Major League Baseball outfielder	[33]
Mike Echols	1978–	American	American football cornerback	[18]
Magnus Wolff Eikrem	1990–	Norwegian	Footballer	[34]
Ron Elliott	1943–	American	Musician, lead guitarist of The Beau Brummels	[35]
Blake Ferguson	1997–	American	American football long snapper for the National Football League (NFL)
Carsten Fischer	1961–	German	Olympic field hockey player	[5]
Kris Freeman	1980–	American	Cross-country skier	[36]
Elliott Fry	1994–	American	American football placekicker	[37]
Jimmy Fryzel	1981–	American	Arena Football League wide receiver	[38]
Sam Fuld	1981–	American	Baseball outfielder	[39]
Ed Gamble	1986–	British	Comedian, television personality	[40]
Victor Garber	1949–	Canadian	Film, stage and television actor and singer	[41]
Charles Ginsburg	1920–1992	American	Engineer, inventor	[42]
Adam Goren	1975–	American	Musician	[43]
Elizabeth Hughes Gossett	1981	American	First American treated for diabetes with insulin therapy	[44]
Devin K. Grayson	1970–	American	Writer of comic books and novels	[45]
Dorian Gregory	1971–	American	Actor	[46]
Sara Groenewegen	1995–	Canadian	Softball player	[47]
Kamal Haasan	1954–	Indian	Actor	[48]
Zuzana Haasová	1981–	Slovak	Actress	[49]
Este Haim	1986–	American	Musician, bassist of Haim	[50]
Gary Hall, Jr.	1974–	American	Competitive swimmer	[51]
Kevin Hansen	1982–	American	Volleyball player	[52]
Joonas Henttala	1991–	Finnish	Racing cyclist	[53]
Dana Hill	1964–1996	American	Actress	[54]
Dave Hollins	1966–	American	Major League Baseball third baseman	[55]
Neil Hope	1972–2007	Canadian	Actor	[56]
Lindsay Hoyle	1957–	British	Speaker of the House of Commons	[57]
Catfish Hunter	1946–1999	American	Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher	[55]
Dan Hurley	1957–	American	Author and journalist	[58]
Natalie Irish	1982–	American	Visual artist	[59]
Jeremy Irvine	1990–	British	Actor	[60]
Chris Jarvis	1980–	Canadian	Rower	[61]
Jason Johnson	1973–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[55]
Nicole Johnson	1974–	American	Miss America winner	[62]
Nick Jonas	1992–	American	Singer-songwriter, musician, and actor	[63]
Rod Kafer	1971–	Australian	Rugby union player	[64]
Kaapo Kakko	2001–	Finnish	Professional ice hockey player	[65]
Sheku Kanneh-Mason	1999–	English	Cellist	[66]
Alan Kernaghan	1967–	Irish	Footballer	[67]
Fawad Khan	1981–	Pakistani	Actor, film producer	[68]
Charlie Kimball	1985–	American	Auto racing driver	[69]
Caitlin Kinnunen	1991–	American	Actress	[70]
Kelli Kuehne	1977–	American	LPGA golfer	[71]
Luke Kunin	1997–	American	Ice hockey center	[72]
Robert D. Lawrence	1892–1968	British	Physician; founder of British Diabetic Association	[73]
Jay Leeuwenburg	1969–	American	American football offensive lineman in the National Football League	[18]
Gavin Lewis	2003–	American	Actor	[74]
Jerry Lewis	1926–2017	American	Actor, comedian	[75]
Amelia Lily	1994–	British	Pop singer	[76]
Dominic Littlewood	1965–	British	Television and journalist	[77]
Mark Lowe	1983–	American	Major League Baseball relief pitcher	[78]
Gary Mabbutt	1961–	British	English footballer	[79]
Lewis Marnell	1982–2013	Australian	Skateboarder	[80]
Theresa May	1956–	British	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	[81]
Joan McCracken	1917–1961	American	Dancer, actress	[82]
Dustin McGowan	1982–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[78]
Danny McGrain	1950–	Scottish	Association football player	[83]
Craig McMillan	1976–	New Zealand	Cricketer	[5]
Heather Meyer	1980–	American	Politician	[84]
Bret Michaels	1963–	American	Musician, actor, reality television personality	[85]
Mary Tyler Moore	1936–2017	American	Actress	[86]
Jordan Morris	1994–	American	Major League Soccer player	[87]
Adam Morrison	1984–	American	Basketball player	[88]
Brandon Morrow	1984–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[78]
Mary Mouser	1996–	American	Actress	[89]
Nacho	1990–	Spanish	Footballer	[90]
James Norton	1985–	British	Actor	[91]
Peter O'Toole	1932–2013	British-Irish	Actor	[92]
Gary Owens	1934–2015	American	Voice actor, radio personality	[93]
Miguel Paludo	1983–	Brazilian	Auto racing driver	[94]
Eric Paslay	1983–	American	Musician	[95]
Dave Pember	1978–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[96]
Elizabeth Perkins	1960–	American	Actress	[97]
Toby Petersen	1978–	American	Ice hockey right winger	[11]
RaeLynn	1994–	American	Singer	[95]
Ryan Reed	1993–	American	Auto racing driver	[98]
Charlotte Regan	1994–	British	Film director	[99]
Sam Reid	1989–	Australian	Australian rules football player	[100]
Anne Rice	1941–2021	American	Author	[101][102]
Jonathan Rowson	1977–	Scottish	Chess Grandmaster	[103]
Theodore Ryder	1916–1993	American	One of the first twelve diabetes patients in the world to be treated using insulin, at the age of five	[104]
John Rutsey	1952–2008	Canadian	Drummer of Rush	[105]
Sergi Samper	1995–	Spanish	Footballer	[106]
Molly Sandén	1992–	Swedish	Singer	[107]
Sierra Sandison	1993–	American	Beauty pageant titleholder	[108]
Ron Santo	1940–2010	American	Major League Baseball third baseman	[18]
Eva Saxl	1921–2002	Czech	Self-manufacturer of insulin
Kim Schrier	1968–	American	Politician	[109]
Kendall Simmons	1979–	American	National Football League guard	[110]
Henry Slade	1993–	British	Rugby union player	[19]
Jean Smart	1951–	American	Actress	[111]
Sonia Sotomayor	1954–	American	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States	[112]
Paul Sparks	1971–	American	Actor	[113]
Matthias Steiner	1982–	German	Weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist
Jennifer Stone	1993–	American	Actress	[114]
Barney Storey	1977–	British	Cyclist	[115]
Derek Theler	1986–	American	Actor	[116]
Leonard Thompson	1908–1935	Canadian	First patient to receive insulin therapy	[117]
Riley Tufte	1998–	American	Ice hockey player	[118]
Jim Turner	1952–	American	Actor, comedian	[119]
Gary Valenciano	1964–	Filipino	Singer
Fernando del Valle	1964–	American	Operatic tenor	[120]
Scott Verplank	1964–	American	Professional golfer	[121]
Dado Villa-Lobos	1965–	Brazilian	Musician, guitarist of Legião Urbana	[122]
Tonette Walker	1955–	American	First Lady of Wisconsin	[123]
Stephen Wallem	1968–	American	Actor	[124]
Brandon Wardell	1992–	American	Stand-up comedian	[125]
Washington	1975–	Brazilian	Footballer	[126]
Brad Wilk	1968–	American	Musician	[127]
Vanessa Williams	1963–	American	Actress	[128]
Wade Wilson	1959–2019	American	American football quarterback	[18]
Elliott Yamin	1978–	American	Singer	[129]
Pär Zetterberg	1970–	Swedish	Footballer	[130]
Alexander Zverev	1997–	German	Professional tennis player	[131]

See also

• Diabetes mellitus type 1
• List of sportspeople with diabetes