List of people with tinnitus

This is a list of notable people that have been diagnosed with tinnitus.

* Ryan Adams[1]
* Richard Attenborough[2]
* Igor Balis[3]
* Thomas Bangalter[4]
* Jeff Beck[5]
* Halle Berry[6]
* Ludwig van Beethoven[7]
* Cilla Black[8]
* Bono[9]
* Peter Brown[10]
* Dolly Buster[11]
* Bilinda Butcher[12]
* Gerard Butler[13]
* Louis-Ferdinand Céline[14]
* Eric Clapton[5]
* Ben Cohen[15]
* Phil Collins[16]
* Charles Darwin (see Charles Darwin's health)
* Bob Dylan[17]
* Dave Grohl[18]
* John Densmore[19]
* Al Di Meola[20]
* Danny Elfman[21]
* John Entwistle[16]
* Till Fellner[22]
* Kirsty Gallacher[23]
* Liam Gallagher[24]
* Noel Gallagher[25]
* Boy George[26]
* Paul Gilbert[27]
* Gary Glitter[28]
* Vincent van Gogh[29]
* Jeff Gordon[30]
* Francisco de Goya[31]
* Charlie Haden[32]
* Ayumi Hamasaki[33]
* Kirk Hammett[34]
* Sam Harris[35]
* James Hetfield[36]
* Howard Hughes[37]
* Mike Joyce[17]
* Joey Jordison[38]
* Garrison Keillor[39]
* DeForest Kelley[40]
* Martin Kemp[41]
* Myles Kennedy[42]
* Anthony Kiedis[43]
* Steve Kilbey[44]
* Larry Lamb[45]
* David Letterman[46][47]
* Huey Lewis[5]
* Rush Limbaugh[48]
* Demi Lovato[49]
* Arjen Anthony Lucassen[50]
* Steve Lukather[51]
* Martin Luther[52]
* Paddy McAloon[53][54][55]
* Josh Malina[56]
* Chris Martin[57]
* Steve Martin[58]
* Joseph Mawle[59]
* Martin McGuinness[60]
* Seán McLoughlin[61]
* Stephin Merritt[62]
* Michelangelo[63]
* Roger Miller[64]
* Liza Minnelli[65]
* Moby[16]
* Derek Mooney[66]
* Leonard Nimoy[67]
* Ozzy Osbourne[16]
* Andy Partridge[68]
* Tim Powles[44]
* Ian Punnett[69]
* Tony Randall[70][71]
* Ronald Reagan[72]
* Keanu Reeves[73]
* Susanna Reid[74]
* Trent Reznor[16]
* Peter Robinson[60]
* Mick Ronson[16]
* Francis Rossi[16]
* Jimmy Savile[75]
* Joe Scarborough[76]
* Neal Schon[77]
* Robert Schumann[31]
* Peter Silberman[78]
* William Shatner[67][79][80]
* Alan Shepard[31]
* Kevin Shields[12]
* Bedřich Smetana[81]
* Sylvester Stallone[82]
* Vivian Stanshall[83]
* Sting[82][84]
* Jack Straw[85]
* Barbra Streisand[58]
* Tom Tancredo[86]
* Roger Taylor[87]
* Pete Townshend[31]
* KT Tunstall[88]
* Lars Ulrich[89]
* Ville Valo[90]
* Jo Whiley[91]
* will.i.am[92]
* Thom Yorke[93]
* Neil Young[31]

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