This is a list of celebrities who suffered or who suffer from diabetes.

Entertainment

• Lavern Baker Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member
• Charita Bauer
• Jack Benny
• Halle Berry
• B.B. King
• Wilford Brimley
• Delta Burke
• James Cagney
• Nell Carter (1948-2003), stage and television actress
• Johnny Cash
• Phoebe Cates
• Carol Channing
• Mark Collie , country singer
• Miles Davis
• Evelyn Del Rio (famous Hollywood actress, from Puerto Rico)
• Bo Diddley, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member
• Lydia Echevarria
• Paul Eddington
• Mama Cass Elliot
• Dale Evans
• Jose Feliciano
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Mick Fleetwood
• Stephen Furst
• Victor Garber, actor
• Jerry Garcia
• Jackie Gleason
• Anna Short Harrington, who portrayed Aunt Jemima
• Waylon Jennings
• Gordon Jump Maytag Repairman on television commercials.
• Larry King Type 2. Hosts a self-named talk show on CNN.
• Mabel King
• Pedro Knight, musician, husband of Celia Cruz
• Patti LaBelle
• Peggy Lee
• Jay Leeuwenburg Sports Broadcaster
• Andrew Lloyd Webber
• George Lucas Type 2.
• Tommy Lee drummer, Mötley Crüe
• Marcello Mastroianni
• Jerry Mathers Type 2. Actor in Leave it to Beaver
• Bret Michaels (of rock group Poison)
• Mary Tyler Moore 750mg/dL and still walking around at diagnosis.
• Milton Nascimento
• Simon Nkabinde
• Elin Ortiz, Puerto Rican comedian, husband of Charytin and father of Shalim Ortiz
• Edward Patten (a member of Gladys Knight and The Pips. Knight's family has several diabetic members. Patten is her cousin)
• John Peel (the radio presenter)
• Judith Pizarro , Puerto Rican television comedian
• Kukrit Pramoj Actor and former Prime Minister of Thailand
• Elvis Presley
• Giacomo Puccini
• Eva Puig
• Pump Girls teen music group, all members have diabetes
• Johnnie Ray
• Della Reese Type 2. Actress. Known for role in CBS' Touched by an Angel
• Eduardo Rojas
• Willie Rushton
• Melvin Santiago Salsa singer
• Anthony Santos Portuguese singing star
• George C. Scott
• Jean Smart
• Kate Smith (sang God Bless America)
• Fernando Soto
• Sharon Stone
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Tiny Tim
• Spencer Tracy
• Bobby Valentin, Puerto Rican Salsa music singer
• Luther Vandross
• Mae West
• Vanessa Williams
• Jane Wyman
• Neil Young

Literature

• Terry Carr, science fiction author and editor
• AntonioMartin, wikipedian
• John Osborne, dramatist
• Anne Rice, novelist
• H. G. Wells, British novelist and modern sci-fi forerunner
• Piers Anthony, sff author, protagonist of his book Killobyte also has disease.

Sports

• Arthur Ashe
• Mark Beiro , boxing ring announcer
• Wilfred Benitez, world boxing champion
• Joe Black
• Primo Carnera, world boxing champion
• Bobby Clarke
• Ty Cobb
• James Buster Douglas
• Chris Dudley, basketball player, New York Knicks
• Mike Echols Cornerback, Tennessee Titans
• Ned Edwards (Squash champion)
• Sixto Escobar, world boxing champion
• Dawn Fraser, Australian swimming champion
• Joe Frazier
• Kris Freeman 2002 Olympics Cross-Country Skiing
• Bill Gullickson
• Gary Hall Jr.
• Dave Hollins
• Rolando Hourrutuiner . basketball player on the BSN
• Jim Catfish Hunter
• Billie Jean King
• Julia Leszko Women's fencer
• Gary Mabbutt Tottenham and England Football Player
• Gorilla Monsoon (professional wrestling champion)
• Adam Morrison Gonzaga Basketball Player
• Sir Steve Redgrave
• Jackie Robinson
• Sugar Ray Robinson
• Ron Santo
• Art Shell
• Kendall Simmons , tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Mike Sinclair Defensive End, Philadelphia Eagles
• Bill Talbert
• Scott Verplank PGA-pro golfer
• Jersey Joe Walcott
• Per Zetterberg

Politics and Royalty

• Yuri Andropov
• Hafiz al-Assad
• Menachem Begin
• Chiang Chifu
• Bettino Craxi
• King Fahd
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Fiorello LaGuardia
• Ludwig XIV
• Winnie Mandela
• Gamal Abdel-Nasser
• Augusto Pinochet
• Anwar Sadat
• Norodom Sihanouk
• Cevat Soysal

Religion

• Pope John Paul II

Fashion and Arts

• Paul Cezanne
• Walt Kelly
• Gilbert Ortega (1937-2003), jewerly tycoon, also a country singer
• Mitch Rosario, hairdresser of famous super-stars.