It’s important for people suffering from kidney disease to know they’re not alone. Here’s a list of today’s celebrities who have suffered from kidney disease.

Sarah Hyland, actress, suffered from kidney dysplasia, recently received a kidney from her father

Peter Burns, singer for the band, Dead or Alive, acute kidney failure caused by several kidney stones

Nick Cannon, singer, actor, suffers from lupus nephritis

Grizzwald Chapman, actor in 30 Rock, kidney failure due to hypertension, transplant recipient

Natalie Cole, singer, kidney failure after treatment for hepatitis C, transplant recipient

Lucy Davis, actress in The Office, kidney failure due to diabetes, transplant recipient

Aron Eisenberg, actor in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, born with one partially functioning kidney, transplant recipient

Sean Elliott, basketball player, suffered from FSGS, transplant recipient

Jennifer Harman, professional poker player, hereditary kidney disease, two-time transplant recipient

Ed Hearn, baseball player, suffered from FSGS, three-time transplant recipient

Ken Howard, actor in 30 Rock, kidney failure caused by a misdiagnosed blockage, transplant recipient

Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player, kidney failure due to nephrotic syndrome, transplant recipient, now in need of a new transplant

George Lopez, comedian, hereditary kidney disease, transplant recipient

Tracy Morgan, actor in 30 Rock, kidney failure due to diabetes, transplant recipient

Alonzo Mourning, basketball player, suffered from FSGS, transplant recipient

Neil Simon, playwright, suffered from PKD, transplant recipient

Dayna Stephens, jazz musician, diagnosed with FSGS, in need of kidney transplant

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Some of our favorite actors, composers, writers, musicians, and athletes have died from kidney disease—many of them, far too soon. Mozart’s death is a fascinating medical mystery, to be explored in a future blog post.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, died 1791 of nephrotic syndrome (or rheumatic fever)

Emily Dickinson, poet, died 1886 of Bright’s disease

Sarah Bernhardt, actress, died 1923 of  kidney failure

Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild West show entertainer, died 1917 of kidney failure

Cole Porter, composer, died 1964 of kidney failure

Marlene Dietrich, actress, died 1992 of kidney failure

Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist, died 1978 of kidney diease

James A. Michener, author, died 1997 of kidney failure

Jean Harlow, actress, died 1937 of kidney failure and uremic poisoning

Julia Child, chef, died 2004 of kidney failure

Dexter Gordon, jazz musician, died 1990 of cancer and kidney failure

Oscar Peterson, jazz musician, died 2007 of kidney failure

Art Buchwald, columnist and writer, died 2007 of kidney failure and diabetes

Erma Bombeck, columnist and writer, died 1996 of PKD and transplant complications

Bobby Fischer, chess master, died 2008 of kidney failure

Barry White, singer, died 2003 of kidney failure

Billy Preston, singer, died 2006 of kidney failure

Manute Bol, basketball player, died 2010 of acute kidney failure

Gary Coleman, actor, died 2010 of FSGS

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