List of HIV-positive people
Name Life Comments
Carlos Almaraz ( 1941-1989 ) Mexican American artist and an early proponent of the Chicano street arts movement
Mario Amaya ( 1933-1986 ) American art critic , museum director , magazine editor
Richard Amsel ( 1947-1985 ) American graphic artist and illustrator best known for his iconic movie posters from the 1970s and 1980s
Joe Average ( born 1957 ) Vancouver -based Canadian visual artist
Way Bandy ( 1941-1986 ) American celebrity makeup artist
Crawford Barton ( 1943-1993 ) American photographer whose work is known for documenting the blooming of the openly gay culture in San Francisco , in the 1960s and 1970s
Tom Bianchi ( born 1945 ) American writer and photographer who specializes in male nude photography
Leigh Bowery ( 1961-1994 ) Australian performance artist , fashion designer , dancer and model
Gia Carangi ( 1960-1986 ) American supermodel of the late 1970s and early 1980s
Tina Chow ( 1951-1992 ) American restaurateur and model
Copi ( 1939-1987 ) Argentine-French comics artist , cartoonist and playwright
Perry Ellis ( 1940-1986 ) American fashion designer ; his name still represents the sportswear fashion house he founded in the mid-1970s
Vincent Fourcade ( 1934-1992 ) French American interior designer
Félix González-Torres ( 1957-1996 ) Cuban-American artist
Mondo Guerra ( 1978- ) Mexican-American fashion designer
Halston ( 1932-1990 ) American fashion designer
Keith Haring ( 1958-1990 ) American artist social activist whose work responded to the New York street culture of the 1980s
Sighsten Herrgård ( 1943-1989 ) Swedish fashion designer ; first Swedish celebrity to publicize his HIV-positive status
Peter Hujar ( 1934-1987 ) American photographer
Patrick Kelly ( 1954-1990 ) American fashion designer
Visual arts and fashion
This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS, including those who have died. AIDS is a pandemic. In 2007, an estimated 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide, and it killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including anal and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. Because of lack of public acceptance, people infected with HIV are frequently subjected to stigma and discrimination. Publicity campaigns around the world have aimed to counter HIV-related prejudices and misconceptions and to replace them with an accurate understanding that helps to prevent new infections. These efforts have been aided by various celebrities - including American basketball star Magic Johnson and South African judge Edwin Cameron - who have publicly announced that they are HIV-positive.