Notable People With Albinism
- Salum Khalfani Bar'wan, a Tanzanian politician elected to the National Assembly of Tanzania in October 2010.
- Michael Bowman, an American actor (Me, Myself & Irene)
- Connie Chiu, an Asian-American female fashion model with Jean-Paul Gaultier
- Cano Estremera, a Puerto Rican salsa musician
- Diandra Forrest, an African-American female fashion model with Elite Model Management
- Brooke Fox, American singer-songwriter
- Winston "Yellowman" Foster (also known as "King Yellowman"), a Jamaican dancehall musician
- G. Harishankar, a Carnatic khanjira drummer
- Dennis Hurley, an American film producer and actor (The Albino Code, Running with Scissors), writer, comedian and singer
- Ice a.k.a. Icy, an American pornographic actress with at least one Web-only and three DVD-distributed, commercially-produced features
- Zephania Kameeta, a Namibian religious and political leader
- Stanley Kaoni (also known as "Sataan"), a former Solomon Islands militant leader (Kaoni has light blonde hair and pale facial skin with some evidence of vitiligo, and appears to have developed some pigmentation especially on the arms; his particular type of albinism is likely to be OCA1b.)
- Salif Keita, a Malian popular musician
- Krondon, an American rapper and hip hop musician/producer, with the trio Strong Arm Steady
- Malford Milligan, an American blues and soul singer
- Corrie "Al Beeno" Moodie (also known as "Prince Yellowman"), a Jamaican dancehall musician now living in Canada
- Mem "M" Nahadr, an African-American performance artist, author, composer, off-broadway producer, and jazz vocalist.
- Ali "Brother Ali" Newman, an American hip hop artist
- Hermeto Pascoal, a Brazilian jazz musician
- Willie "Piano Red" Perryman, an American blues musician
- Shaun Ross, an African-American male fashion model with Djamee Models
- Seinei, 22nd Emperor of Japan (5th century)
- Darnell Swallow, a contestant on Big Brother 9 UK (2008); noted for discussing albinism and his desire for acceptance with his on-show housemates, e.g. wearing a top with the words "Don't Label Me. Respect Me"
- William Archibald Spooner, an Anglican priest
- Stephen Thompson, a male fashion model with Givenchy
- Victor Varnado, African American stand-up comedian and actor.
- Levan Wee (a.k.a. Levan Ninja), a Singaporean singer with the band Astronija (and formerly with the group Ronin)
- Redford White (Cipriano Cermeño II), a Filipino actor and comedian
- Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter, American blues-rock musician brothers
- David Wrench, a Welsh-born electronic musician
- Zāl (Persian: زال), a warrior of ancient Persia (present-day Iran), mentioned in The Book of Kings and Shahnameh. Today, in Persian zaal is a term for albinistic people.
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