Noriyasu Akase
An AIDS activist from Japan

Peter Allen
Australian entertainer and song writer

Arthur Ashe
Tennis player from the United States of America

Howard Ashman
A composer from the United States of America whos work includes Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin

Nigel Barraud
An AIDS activist from New Zealand, he was a co-founder of Body Positive and founder of the 12x12 groups in New Zealand

Michael Bennett
Choreographer from the United States of America who wrote A Chorus Line

Marc Bensemann
A New Zealand Journalist who co-founded Body Positive

Kimberly Bergalis
An advocate for HIV testing in the United States of America after becoming infected from her dentist

Arthur Bressan Jnr
A film maker from the United States of America

Bruce Burnett
An early AIDS activist from New Zealand. The New Zealand AIDS Foundation's Auckland clinic is named in his memory.

Michael Callen
A singer and AIDS Activist from the United States of America

Graham Chapman
A doctor from England, he is best remembered as a member of the comedy group Monty Python

Ian Charleson
A Scottish actor who played, among other roles, one of the leading roles in the movie Chariots of Fire.
Sadly, someone left out the letter R in his name on The Quilt.

Tony Chase
Fashion designer from the United States of America who designed clothing for Dolly Parton among others

Bruce Chatwin
An award winning author from the United Kingdom (not the U.S.A. as printed on The Quilt in error), he won a number of prizes for his travel books

Tina Chow
A model for Shiseido and designer from the United States of America

Roy Cohn
An Attorney from the Unite States of America

Patrick Cowley
A musician and composer specialising in Disco from the United States of America

Brad Davis
Actor from the United States of America, best known for his role in the movie Midnight Express

Miles Davis
Jazz trumpeter from the United States of America

Denholm Elliott
An actor from the United Kingdom, well known for his part in the film A Room With A View.

Perry Ellis
Fashion designer from the United States of America

Wayland Flowers
A comedian from the United States of America who made the puppet Madam famous.
Sadly, the wrong first name is given for him on The Quilt.

Michael Foucault
A French philosopher

Alison Gertz
An AIDS activist from the United States of America

Elizabeth Glaser
An activist and advocate (especially for young children and infants) from the United States of America

Alistar Hall
An AIDS activist from New Zealand

Halston
A fashion designer from the United States of America

Keith Harring
An artist from the United States of America

Michael Hay
A New Zealand AIDS activist and co-founder of Collective Thinking, the periodical for and by people living with HIV/AIDS.

Darren Horn
An AIDS activist from New Zealand

Roderick Horn
A New Zealand actor

Rock Hudson
A well known movie actor from the United States of America

Derek Jarman
English film director of films such as Edward II

Liberace
An entertainer and pianist from the United States of America, well known for his jackets, and the large rings he wore on his fingers

Robert Maplethorpe
Photographer from the United States of America, best known for his gay erotic photographs.

Tom Mclean
Author from New Zealand

Freddy Mercury
The lead singer from the English group Queen

Rudolph Nureyev
Russian ballet dancer

Tom O’Donoghue
New Zealand activist who was a co-founder of Collective Thinking

Anthony Perkins
An actor from the United States of America who became famous for his part in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

Lew Pryme
New Zealand Entertainer and Rugby administrator

Robert Reed
An actor from the United States of America who played the part of the father in the TV series The Brady Bunch

Tony Richardson
British film director who won two Oscars (Best film and Best Director) for his 1964 film Tom Jones

Vito Russo
An author and activist from the United States of America, probably best known for The Celluloid Closet (1981) on gay people in the movie industry

Dick Sargent
Actor from the United States of America who played the part of Darren in the TV series Bewitched

Ray Sharkey
An actor from the United States of America, best known for his role in the TV series Wiseguy

Willie Smith
A fashion designer from the United States of America

Sylvester
A singer from the United States of America best known for his disco music.

Ian Thompson
An AIDS activist from New Zealand

Eve Van Grafhorst
Also known as "Angel Eve", she was born in Australia, where she couldn't enrol at a preschool because she had HIV, came to New Zealand (where she was readily accepted) with her New Zealand born mother and spent the rest of her life promoting AIDS awareness

Dr. Tom Waddell
A doctor for the United States of America army, he was an Olympic athlete (finished 6th in the 1968 Decathlon), and founded what is today known as the Gay Games

Ryan White
A child activist from the United States of America

Ricky Wilson
Guitarist for the group The B52s, from the United States of America