This list of notable breast cancer patients includes people who made significantcontributions to their respective fields and who were diagnosed with breast cancerat some point in their lives, as confirmed by public information.
Barbara Allen, American politician, Kansas state senator
Anastacia, American popular singer
Christina Applegate, American television actress
Dame Eileen Atkins, British stage and film actress
Kaye Ballard, American actress and singer
Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal rights activist
Alexandra Bastedo, British model and actress
Pat Battle, African-American news reporter and anchor for NBC News
Allyce Beasley, American actress
Jami Bernard, American author and film critic for the New York Daily News
Shirley Temple Black, American Oscar-winning child actress and former United States Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, who is said to have been (in 1973) the first famous person to publicly announce her breast cancer diagnosis
Raelene Boyle, Australian athlete ( also surviving ovarian cancer).
Rhona Brankin, British politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament
Nancy Brinker, American founder of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Edward Brooke, African-American former U.S. Senator Edna Campbell, African-American professional basketball star
Robin Carnahan, American politician, former Missouri Secretary of State
Diahann Carroll, African-American actress, singer
Agnes Chan, Asian singer and performer
Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
Lois Chiles, American actress
Mary Jo Codey, former First Lady of New Jersey
Sheryl Crow, American singer/musician
Pat Danner, American politician; former Democratic U.S. House Representative from Missouri
Ruby Dee, African-American stage and film actress
Diana Dill, British-American actress; ex-wife of American actor Kirk Douglas; mother of American actor Michael Douglas
Anita Doth, Eurodance singer from the Dutch duo 2 Unlimited
Susan Duncan, Australian author
Barbara Ehrenreich, American author/ethicist
Jill Eikenberry, American actress
Linda Ellerbee, American television correspondent/journalist
Melissa Etheridge, American singer; lesbian activist
Marianne Faithfull, British singer and actress
Edie Falco, American film, stage and television actress
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Hong Kong politician and Honorary President of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation
Catherine Drew Gilpin Faust, American academic, historian, and current (as of 2009) President of Harvard University
Deanna Favre, founded The Deanna Favre Hope Foundation and wife of American football quarterback Brett Favre
Carly Fiorina, American entrepreneur and 2010 California Republican political candidate for the United States Senate
Caitlin Flanagan, American magazine writer, editor and book author
Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
Betty Ford, former United States First Lady
Maria Friedman, British actress
Liza Goddard, British actress
Ernie Green, African-American former professional (Cleveland Browns) football player; one of his sisters died from the disease
Nanci Griffith, American singer/songwriter.
Dorothy Hamill, American Olympic champion figure skater
Jane Hamsher, American film producer, author and liberal blogger
Sheila Hancock, British stage and film actress
Julie Harris, American film, stage and television actress
Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota politician and lawyer
Marsha Hunt, African-American singer, novelist, breast cancer activist and mother of Mick Jagger's first child,
Karis Jagger Laura Ingraham, American radio host/pundit
Kate Jackson, American film and television actress
Ann Jillian, American film, television and musical theatre actress
Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
Melanie Johnson, former British Member of Parliament
Susan Kadis, Canadian politician in the Canadian House of Commons
Vera Katz, American politician (first woman Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives; 45th mayor of Portland, Oregon;
Joan Kennedy, former wife of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Maeve Kinkead, American soap opera and television actress
Hoda Kotb, Egyptian-American television news anchor, journalist and correspondent
Peggy Lautenschlager, American politician from the state of Wisconsin.
Marilyn Lloyd, member of the U.S. House of Representatives who was diagnosed with breast cancer, was denied a silicone breast implant following her treatment because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had removed them from the market, and became an advocate for legislation related to breast cancer treatment and women's health
Geralyn Lucas, American journalist, television producer, and writer
Marisa Acocella Marchetto, American writer, cartoonist and memoirist
Judy Eason McIntyre, African-American politician;
Kylie Minogue, Australian singer, actress
Mary Ann Mobley, American actress, musician, and activist; Miss America 1959
