Examples of famous people with Parkinson's
- Muhammad Ali (1942–), American boxer.
- Pope John Paul II (1920-2005), first symptoms diagnosed in early 1991.
- Michael J. Fox (1961–), film & TV star admitted to having Parkinson´s on 26 November 1998 after seven years of illness.
- Janet Reno (1938–), former US Secretary of Justice, of Danish origin, announced in November 1995 that she had Parkinson´s.
- Billy Graham (1918–), evangelist, has had Parkinson´s since 1992 and ended his evangelist crusades in 2000.
- Salvador Dali (1904–1989), Spanish surrealist painter, mainly living in US since 1940.
- Deborah Kerr (1921–2007), British film actress who received an Oscar in 1993 and was diagnosed with Parkinson´s in her later years.