List of people with type 1 diabetes

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]

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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

Nick Boynton

Damon Dash

Este Haim

Nick Jonas

Jerry Lewis

Mary Tyler Moore

Sam Reid

Anne Rice

Sonia Sotomayor

Name	Lifespan	Nationality	Notability	Ref.
Wasim Akram	1966–	Pakistani	Cricketer, television personality	[4]
Mark Andrews	1996–	American	American football tight end	[5]
Brec Bassinger	1999–	American	Actress	[6]
Dexter Bean	1987–	American	Auto racing driver	[7]
Jean-Marie Bigard	1954–	French	Actor	[8]
Crystal Bowersox	1985–	American	Singer-songwriter, actress	[9]
Nick Boynton	1979–	Canadian	Ice hockey defenceman	[10]
Darren Brass	1972–	American	Tattoo artist	[11]
Bertrand Burgalat	1963–	French	Musician and music producer	[12]
George Canyon	1970–	Canadian	Country music singer	[13]
Ana Carolina	1974–	Brazilian	Singer	[14]
Carol Channing	1921–2019	American	Actress, comedian	[15]
Bobby Clarke	1949–	Canadian	Ice hockey centre, Hockey Hall of Fame member	[16]
Ben Coker	1989–	British	Association football player	[17]
Mark Collie	1956–	American	Singer-songwriter, musician	[18]
Lauren Cox	1998–	American	Basketball player	[19]
B. J. Crombeen	1985–	Canadian	Ice hockey right winger	[20]
Will Cross	1967—	American	Mountain climber	[21]
Jay Cutler	1983–	American	American football quarterback	[16]
Conor Daly	1991–	American	Professional race car driver	[22]
Damon Dash	1971–	American	Entrepreneur; co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear	[23]
Adrian Dix	1964–	Canadian	Politician	[24]
Max Domi	1995–	Canadian	Ice hockey player	[25]
Buster Douglas	1960–	American	Professional boxer	[26]
Chris Dudley	1965–	American	Basketball player and politician	[27]
Mike Echols	1978–	American	American football cornerback	[16]
Magnus Wolff Eikrem	1990–	Norwegian	Footballer	[28]
Albert Ellis	1913–2007	American	Psychologist	[29]
Carsten Fischer	1961–	German	Olympic field hockey player	[4]
Kris Freeman	1980–	American	Cross-country skier	[30]
Elliott Fry	1994–	American	American football placekicker	[31]
Jimmy Fryzel	1981–	American	Arena Football League wide receiver	[32]
Sam Fuld	1981–	American	Baseball outfielder	[33]
Ed Gamble	1986–	British	Comedian, TV personality	[34]
Victor Garber	1949–	Canadian	Film, stage and television actor and singer	[35]
Charles Ginsburg	1920–1992	American	Engineer, inventor	[36]
Adam Goren	1975–	American	Musician	[37]
Devin K. Grayson		American	Writer of comic books and novels	[38]
Dorian Gregory	1971–	American	Actor	[39]
Sara Groenewegen	1995–	Canadian	Softball player	[40]
Kamal Haasan	1954–	Indian	Actor	[41]
Zuzana Haasová	1981–	Slovak	Actress	[42]
Este Haim	1986–	American	Musician, bassist for the band Haim	[43]
Gary Hall, Jr.	1974–	American	Competitive swimmer	[44]
Kevin Hansen	1982–	American	Volleyball player	[45]
Dana Hill	1964–1996	American	Actress	[46]
Dave Hollins	1966–	American	Major League Baseball third baseman	[47]
Catfish Hunter	1946–1999	American	Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher	[47]
Dan Hurley	1957–	American	Author and journalist	[48]
Natalie Irish	1982–	American	Visual artist	[49]
Jeremy Irvine	1990–	British	Actor	[50]
Chris Jarvis	1980–	Canadian	Rower	[51]
Jason Johnson	1973–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[47]
Nicole Johnson	1974–	American	Miss America	[52]
Nick Jonas	1992–	American	Singer-songwriter, musician, and actor	[53]
Rod Kafer	1971–	Australian	Rugby union player	[54]
Alan Kernaghan	1967–	Irish	Footballer	[55]
Charlie Kimball	1985–	American	Auto racing driver	[56]
Kelli Kuehne	1977–	American	LPGA golfer	[57]
Luke Kunin	1997–	American	Ice hockey center	[58]
Robert Daniel Lawrence	1892–1968	British	Physician; founder of British Diabetic Association	[59]
Jay Leeuwenburg	1969–	American	American football offensive lineman in the National Football League	[16]
Jerry Lewis	1926–2017	American	Actor, comedian	[60]
Amelia Lily	1994–	British	Pop singer	[61]
Dominic Littlewood	1965–	British	Television and journalist	[62]
Mark Lowe	1983–	American	Major League Baseball relief pitcher	[63]
Gary Mabbutt	1961–	British	Footballer	[64]
Lewis Marnell	1982–2013	Australian	Skateboarder	[65]
Theresa May	1956–	British	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	[66]
Dustin McGowan	1982–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[63]
Danny McGrain	1950–	Scottish	Association football player	[67]
Craig McMillan	1976–	New Zealand	Cricketer	[4]
Bret Michaels	1963–	American	Musician, actor, reality television personality	[68]
Mary Tyler Moore	1936–2017	American	Actress	[69]
Jordan Morris	1994–	American	Major League Soccer player	[70]
Adam Morrison	1984–	American	Basketball player	[71]
Brandon Morrow	1984–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[63]
Nacho	1990–	Spanish	Footballer	[72]
James Norton	1985–	British	Actor	[73]
Peter O'Toole	1932–2013	British-Irish	Actor	[74]
Miguel Paludo	1983–	Brazilian	Auto racing driver	[75]
Eric Paslay	1983–	American	Musician	[76]
Dave Pember	1978–	American	Major League Baseball pitcher	[77]
Elizabeth Perkins	1960–	American	Actress	[78]
Toby Petersen	1978–	American	Ice hockey right winger	[10]
RaeLynn	1994–	American	Singer	[76]
Ryan Reed	1993–	American	Auto racing driver	[79]
Sam Reid	1989–	Australian	Australian rules football player	[80]
Anne Rice	1941–	American	Author	[81]
John Rutsey	1952–2008	Canadian	Drummer of Rush	[82]
Sierra Sandison	1993–	American	Beauty pageant titleholder	[83]
Ron Santo	1940–2010	American	Major League Baseball third baseman	[16]
Kendall Simmons	1979–	American	National Football League guard	[84]
Henry Slade	1993–	British	Rugby union player	[17]
Jean Smart	1951–	American	Actress	[85]
Sonia Sotomayor	1954–	American	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States	[86]
Matthias Steiner	1982–	German	Weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist
Sam Talbot	1977–	American	Celebrity chef	[87]
Derek Theler	1986–	American	Actor	[88]
Leonard Thompson	1908–1935	Canadian	First patient to receive insulin therapy	[89]
Riley Tufte	1998–	American	Ice hockey player	[90]
Jim Turner	1952–	American	Actor, comedian	[91]
Fernando del Valle	1964–	American	Operatic tenor	[92]
Scott Verplank	1964–	American	Professional golfer	[93]
Dado Villa-Lobos	1965–	Brazilian	Musician	[94]
Tonette Walker	1955–	American	First Lady of Wisconsin	[95]
Stephen Wallem	1968–	American	Actor	[96]
Washington	1975–	Brazilian	Footballer	[97]
Brad Wilk	1968–	American	Musician	[98]
Vanessa Williams	1963–	American	Actress	[99]
Wade Wilson	1959–2019	American	American football quarterback	[16]
Elliott Yamin	1978–	American	Singer	[100]

See also

• Diabetes mellitus type 1
• List of sportspeople with diabetes

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External links

• Type 1 diabetes at the American Diabetes Association
• Type 1 diabetes at the Mayo Clinic
• Natural History of Type 1 Diabetes: Academic article chronicling type 1 diabetes through history