Partial List of Famous Survivors of Breast Cancer

This is only a partial list. To see the complete list of survivors, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breast_cancer_patients_according_to_survival_status

Barbara Allen, American politician, Kansas State Senator
Anastacia, American popular singer.
Christina Applegate, American actress and advocate for breast cancer research
Carol Martineau Baldwin, mother of American actors Daniel, Stephen, William, and Alec Baldwin, and foundress of the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center of the University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook.
Kaye Ballard, American actress
Brigitte Bardot, former French actress and current animal rights activist
Allyce Beasley, American TV/comedic actress
Shirley Temple Black, famous Oscar-winning American former child star & former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
Nancy Brinker, American founder of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Diahann Carroll, African-American actress, singer.
Sonja Christopher, Survivor: Borneo contestant (first to be voted off the island.
Elizabeth Cowie, Army National Guard Staff Sergeant who has been deployed to Iraq, after refusing to stay behind despite a diagnosis of cancer in her right breast; she was treated with two surgeries and a week of intensive radiation
Sheryl Crow, American singer/musician
Ruby Dee, African-American actress
Betty DeGeneres, American author and mother of American actress and TV host Ellen DeGeneres
Elisabeth DelPadre, mother of The View TV talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Hasselbeck's two grandmothers and one aunt are also breast cancer survivors.
Diana Dill, British-American actress; ex-wife of American actor Kirk Douglas; mother of American actor Michael Douglas.
Elizabeth Anania Edwards, American lawyer; wife of former U.S. Senator from North Carolina John Edwards.
Melissa Etheridge, American singer.
Marianne Faithfull, British singer and actress
Deanna Favre, founded The Deanna Favre Hope Foundation and wife of American football quarterback Brett Favre.
Peggy Fleming, American Olympic champion figure skater.
Betty Ford, former U.S. First Lady.
Ernie Green, African-American former professional Cleveland Browns football player
Dorothy Hamill, American Olympic champion figure skater
Shelly Hamlin, American professional golfer
Julie Harris, legendary American stage actress
Kay Helgenberger, mother of American actress Marg Helgenberger; 26-year survivor.
Lydia Clarke Heston, former actress; widow of American actor Charlton Heston.
Marsha Hunt, African-American singer, novelist, breast cancer activist and mother of Mick Jagger's first child, Karis Jagger
Kate Jackson, American actress
Ann Jillian, American actress, entertainer
Jennifer Jones, American Oscar-winning star actress
Susan Ryan Jordan, mother of American actress Meg Ryan; Jordan is a 29-year survivor
Joan Kennedy, former wife of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); had surgery and is continuing treatment
Janelle Kidman, mother of Australian actress
Rue McClanahan, American TV/stage actress
Kylie Minogue, Australian singer, actress
Hala Moddelmog, American president and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Phyllis Newman, American TV and Broadway actress/singer;
Olivia Newton-John, UK/Australian singer/actress
Jerri Nielsen, American physician who famously treated herself for breast cancer while stuck in the South Pole after discovering a lump on her breast
Cynthia Nixon, American stage and TV actress.
Sandra Day O'Connor, first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Sister Ellen Porter, Benedictine nun and poet; author of “A Hermit Holds My Heart” (released as part of a special National Poetry Month celebration); she has been living with metastatic breast cancer since 1987.
Nancy Priddy, mother of American actress Christina Applegate.
Judy Rankin, American Hall of Fame professional golfer
Betsy Rawls, American Hall of Fame professional golfer
Nancy Reagan, former U.S. First Lady
Lynn Redgrave, Oscar nominated British-American actress
Richard Roundtree, male African-American actor.
Jean Simmons, British-born U.S. actress.
Carly Simon, American singer
Jaclyn Smith, American actress, businesswoman
Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning British actress of stage and screen.
Suzanne Somers, American actress.
Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist; stepmother of British actor Christian Bale.