Visual Arts
| Name | Life | Comments | Diagnosis | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lila Abboud | (19?? - 19??) | mother of Lebanese-American fashion designer, Joseph Abboud; Joseph's sister also died due to breast cancer | |||
| Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon | (1863–1935) | London-born Canadian early 20th century fashion designer known as "Lucile"; sister to screenwriter Elinor Glyn; survivor of the sinking of The Titanic; died at age 71 | |||
| Miriam Engelberg | (1958–2006) | American graphic artist/writer/blogger; died on October 18, 2006 at age 48 | diagnosed in 2001 at age 43 | ||
| Kate Greenaway | (1846–1901) | British illustrator; died at age 55 | |||
| Trina Schart Hyman | (1939–2004) | American children's book illustrator; died at age 65 | |||
| Betsey Johnson | (1942–present) | American fashion designer | |||
| Paula Schlesinger Lang | (19?? - 19??) | mother of Austrian-American film director Fritz Lang; she died of complications from breast cancer | |||
| Shirley Ardell Mason | (1923–1998) | American artist, inspiration for the book and film Sybil; died at age 75 | |||
| Matuschka | (19?? - present) | aka Joanne Matuschka; American fine art photographer and breast cancer activist | diagnosed in 1991 | ||
| Jean Muir | (1928–1995) | English fashion designer; died at age 66 | , | ||
| Alma Reville | (1899–1982) | English-born American assistant film director, actress, and wife of film director Alfred Hitchcock; survived breast cancer; died of natural causes at age 82 | |||
| Hollis Sigler | (1948–2001) | American painter active in Chicago, Illinois whose life with breast cancer became the subject of her work; died at age 53 | Diagnosed in 1985 | ||
| Jo Spence | (1934–1992) | British photographer; died at age 58 | |||
| Glenda Stewart | (19?? - 1995) | wife of American artist Mark Stewart; died in 1995 | |||
| Hendrickje Stoffels | (19?? - 19??) | artist model and mistress of Dutch artist Rembrandt | |||
| Mildred Thompson | (1936–2003) | African American painter, sculptor and printmaker active in Germany, the United States and France; died at age 67 | |||
| Thelma Wood | (1901–1970) | American sculptor; died at age 69 | |||
| Hannah Wilke | (1940–1993) | American painter, sculptor, photographer; died at age 52 of lymphoma. Was notable for photographing her mother, Selma Butter, during mother's illness and death from breast cancer. |
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