| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="width:20%;"|Name
! style="width:55%;"|Occupation
! style="width:25%;"|Nationality |
|---|
Michelle Akers[{{cite book | author1 = Lisman SR | author2 = Dougherty K | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome For Dummies | year = 2007 | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | isbn = 978-0-470-11772-9 | pages = [https://books.google.com/books?id=GRe5TQFr2k8C&pg=PA297 297–302]}}]
| Former Olympic soccer player
|American |
Karin Alvtegen[[https://www.svd.se/alvtegen-om-sjukdomen-bestamt-mig-for-att-beratta Svenska Dagbladet, interview 2017-12-08 (in Swedish)]]
|Author
|Swedish |
Paul Atherton[{{cite video|year=2010 |title="What About ME?" |url=http://vimeo.com/10536172 |medium=Trailer |publisher=Double D Productions |location=United Kingdom |access-date=2012-05-16 |time=3:57 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525111915/http://vimeo.com/10536172 |archive-date=May 25, 2012}}]
|Television and film producer
|British |
Elisabeth Tova Bailey[{{cite journal|last=Bailey |first=Elisabeth Tova |date=20 February 2011 |title=A Green World Deep in Winter: The Bedside Terrarium |journal=The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine |url=http://yjhm.yale.edu/essays/ebailey20110220.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060038/http://yjhm.yale.edu/essays/ebailey20110220.htm |archivedate=2016-03-04}}]
|Author
|American |
Ann Bannon[Cain, Paul (2007). "Ann Bannon". Leading the parade: Conversations with America's most influential lesbians and gay men. Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 155–163. {{ISBN|0-8108-5913-0}}]
|Author
|American |
Richie Barnett[{{cite web|title=Our stories|url=http://www.meauckland.org.nz/#!our-stories/c17rt|website=ME Auckland|access-date=1 February 2016}}]
|Rugby League player and television presenter
|New Zealander |
Henrik Berggren["Henrik Berggren drabbad av kroniskt trötthetssyndrom" (Article in Swedish) http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/a/dKwyA/henrik-berggren-drabbad-av-kroniskt-trotthetssyndrom]
|Lead singer in the band Broder Daniel
|Swedish |
Emma Blackery|YouTuber and singer-songwriter
|British |
Susan Blackmore|Writer and lecturer
|British |
Howard Bloom|Publicist and writer
|American |
Olaf Bodden[{{cite web|language=German |url=http://www.probono.tv/sendungen/sendung.php?sendung=30&subnav=reportage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002071824/http://www.probono.tv/sendungen/sendung.php?sendung=30&subnav=reportage |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-02 |title=Documentary "Der müde Stürmer" |access-date=2008-12-09}}]
|Professional soccer player
|German |
Jennifer Brea[{{cite web |title=The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit |url=https://blog.ted.com/the-story-of-a-baffling-illness-jen-brea-speaks-at-tedsummit/ |website=TED Blog |access-date=18 July 2019 |language=en |date=27 June 2016}}]
|Documentary filmmaker and activist
|American |
Ricky Carmichael[{{cite web | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2007-10-11-Motocross-Carmichael_N.htm | author = Perez AJ | title = Illness curtails Carmichael's motocross farewell | website = USA Today | date = 2007-10-12 | access-date = 2012-04-25}}]
|Motocross racer
|American |
Cher[{{cite news |title=Interview with Cher |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/archive/cher/page3.shtml |work=BBC.co.uk |date=2006-11-05 |access-date = 2007-10-16}}]
|Recording artist, actress, director, and record producer
|American |
Roger Cicero[{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-jazz-singer-roger-cicero-dies-aged-45/a-19147899 | title= German jazz singer Roger Cicero dies, aged 45 | publisher=Deutsche Welle | date=29 March 2016| access-date=21 July 2018}}]
|Jazz and pop musician
|German |
Pema Chödrön[{{cite web |url=http://www.shambhala.com/html/learn/features/pema/bio/index.cfm |author=Shambhala Publications |title=About Pema Chödrön |year=2010}}]
|Buddhist nun
|American |
Susanna Clarke[{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/susanna-clarke-cancels-book-tour/3691|title=Susanna Clarke cancels book tour|website=Adweek.com|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503172302/http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/susanna-clarke-cancels-book-tour/3691|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}}]
|Author
|British |
Tom Clarke[{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/341917.stm | title = MPs call for action on ME | access-date = 2008-12-12 | date = 1999-05-12 | publisher = BBC}}]
|Politician
|British |
Neil Codling[{{cite magazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80272/billboard-bits-fatboy-slim-suede-keb-mo | title = Billboard Bits: Fatboy Slim, Suede, Keb' Mo' | last = Cohen | first = J | date = 2001-03-23 | access-date = 2008-12-09 | magazine = Billboard}}]
|Keyboard player for the band Suede
|British |
Dianna Cowern[{{cite web |title=An Update On Dianna's Health |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vydgkCCXbTA |website=Youtube | date=6 March 2023 |access-date=7 March 2023}}]
|YouTuber and science communicator
|American |
| Merryn Crofts
|Drama student whose death was caused by ME/CFS[{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44969741|title='Vindication' for woman who wanted ME on death certificate|work=BBC News |date=27 July 2018}}]
|British |
| Michael Crawford
|Actor and singer
|British |
Mia Diekow[{{Cite web |last=deutschlandfunkkultur.de |title=Krisen bewältigen - Die Kraft der Hoffnung |url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-kraft-der-hoffnung-bei-chronischen-erkrankungen-100.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur |date=29 December 2022 |language=de}}]
|Musician, voice actress, patient advocate
|German |
Laura Dundovic[{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/tv-dating-host-battles-with-fatigue/story-fn6bn80a-1225957982634 |author=Herald Sun |title=TV dating host battles with fatigue |date=November 22, 2010}}]
|Former Miss Universe Australia
|Australian |
Blake Edwards[{{cite web |url = http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-16/blake-edwards-versatile-volatile-movie-director-dies-at-88.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101218120449/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-16/blake-edwards-versatile-volatile-movie-director-dies-at-88.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = December 18, 2010 |author= Harris K |title=Blake Edwards, Versatile, Volatile Movie Director, Dies at 88|date=December 16, 2010}}]
|Film director, screenwriter and producer
|American |
Florian-Ayala Fauna[{{cite web|author=A Blaze Ansuz staff|title=Hermetic Resistance: An Interview With Post-Industrial Artist Florian-Ayala Fauna|url=https://antifascistneofolk.com/2019/08/09/hermetic-resistance-an-interview-with-post-industrial-artist-florian-ayala-fauna/|work=A Blaze Ansuz|publisher=WordPress|date=9 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}][{{cite web|author=Rodrigo|url=http://www.cvltnation.com/cvlt-nation-interviews-florian-ayala-fauna/|title=CVLT Nation interviews Florian Ayala Fauna -|work=CVLT Nation|publisher=Blast Beat Network|date=May 12, 2017|access-date=13 May 2017}}] | Artist, musician, music producer | American |
Flea (Michael Balzary)[{{cite book | last = Fitzpatrick | first = R | year = 2004 | publisher = Da Capo Press | title = Red Hot Chili Peppers: Give It Away: The Stories Behind Every Song | isbn = 1-56025-579-X | pages = [https://archive.org/details/redhotchilipeppe0000fitz/page/140 140]}}]
|Bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
|Australian-American |
Clare Francis[{{cite web | url = http://www.clarefrancis.com/biography/ | title = Clare Francis: A brief biography | access-date = 2008-12-09}}]
|Yachtswoman and novelist
|British |
Luke Ford[{{Cite web|url=http://www.lukeford.net/blog/?p=32157|title = A Painful Life Lesson from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | Luke Ford}}]
|Journalist and Blogger
|Australian-American |
Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk[{{cite news | url = https://www.stern.de/gesellschaft/ilko-sascha-kowalczuk---ich-habe-24-stunden-am-tag-schmerzen--immer--34868346.html | publisher = Stern | title = "Ich habe 24 Stunden am Tag Schmerzen. Immer." | date = 2024-07-19 | access-date = 2025-03-19}}]
|German historian and author
|German |
Leigh Hatcher[{{cite web | url = http://www.notcrazy.net| title = I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just A Little Unwell | access-date = 2008-12-09}}]
|Journalist and news presenter
|Australian |
Susan Harris[{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365358/bio | title = Biography for Susan Harris | website = Internet Movie Database | access-date = 2007-10-16}}]
|Television writer and producer
|American |
Jens Höing[{{cite web | url = http://www.iamjens.de/default.php?id=1 | title = Billboard Bits: Fatboy Slim, Suede, Keb' Mo' | last = Cohen | first = J | date = 2009-03-23 | access-date = 2008-12-09 | publisher = Jens Höing}}]
|Racing driver
|German |
Laura Hillenbrand[{{cite magazine | url = http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/07/07/030707fa_fact_hillenbrand | title = A Sudden Illness | access-date = 2011-12-14| magazine = The New Yorker | date = 30 June 2003}}]
|Author
|American |
Andy Hunt[{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6665703.stm | publisher = BBC | title = Torquay's Phillips hangs up boots | date = 2007-05-17 | access-date = 2008-12-10}}]
|Association footballer
|British |
Keith Jarrett|Jazz pianist
|American |
Leonard A. Jason[{{cite news | last = Tuller | first = D | title = Expert Q&A, Learning Firsthand about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url = http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-chronicfatigue-expert.html | date = 2008-04-30 | access-date = 2012-04-26 | work = The New York Times | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091013184432/http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-chronicfatigue-expert.html | archive-date = 2009-10-13}}]
|Professor of psychology at DePaul University
|American |
Stephan Jenkins[{{Cite news |last=Vaziri |first=Aidin |date=21 July 2017 |title=Frankly, 3EB's Stephan Jenkins is older, wiser and doesn't give a damn |pages=1 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Frankly-3EB-s-Stephan-Jenkins-is-older-wiser-11305632.php |access-date=8 September 2023}}]
|Lead singer of Third Eye Blind
|American |
Brynmor John[{{cite report |last1=Hooper |first1=Malcolm |last2=Williams |first2=Margaret |title=Magical Medicine: How to make a disease disappear|date=February 2010|url=http://www.euro-me.org/Documents/Library/magical-medicine.pdf}}][{{cite hansard|house=House of Commons|date=1999-05-12|column=270|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990512/debtext/90512-10.htm|title=Parliamentary business}}][{{cite journal|title=A review on cognitive behavorial therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) / chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): CBT/GET is not only ineffective and not evidence-based, but also potentially harmful for many patients with ME/CFS|journal=Neuro Endocrinol Letters|year=2009|last1=Twisk|first1=F. N.|last2=Maes|first2=M.|volume=30|issue=3|pages=284–299|pmid=19855350}}]
|Politician
|British |
Roger King[{{cite book |year=2012 |title=Love and Fatigue in America |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |pages=254 |isbn=978-0-299-28720-7 |last=King |first=Roger}}]
|Novelist
|British living in US |
| Trip Lee
|Rapper
|American |
Peter Marshall[{{cite book|author1 = Marshall P|author-link = Peter Marshall (squash player)| author2 = Kehoe N | title = Shattered: A Champion's Fight Against a Mystery Illness | date = 2001-03-16 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 978-1-84018-395-5}}]
|Squash player
|British |
Brooks Mileson[{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/nov/04/gretna | title = Gretna owner Mileson dies | last = Murray | first = E | date = 2008-11-04 | access-date = 2008-12-09 | newspaper =The Guardian | location=London}}]
|Businessman
|British |
Sophia Mirza[{{cite magazine | url = https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9342-first-official-death-from-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-.html | date = 2006-06-16 | magazine = New Scientist | title = First official UK death from chronic fatigue syndrome | access-date = 2008-09-11 | last = Hooper | first = R}}]
|A woman who was the first to have CFS listed as a cause of death in the UK
|British |
Stuart Murdoch[{{Cite web|author=Ryan Prior|title=Indie pop sensation's disease became his muse|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/health/chronic-fatigue-stuart-murdoch-belle-sebastian-turning-points/index.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=CNN |date=5 October 2018}}]
|Musician, lead singer in the band Belle and Sebastian
|British (Scottish) |
Stevie Nicks[{{cite web |url=http://rockalittle.com/offtherecord2.htm |author=Off The Record |title=Stevie Nicks Interview |date=2000-09-24}}]
|American singer-songwriter
|American |
Andrew Oldcorn[{{cite magazine | url = https://cms.bps.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-11/spencer98.pdf | title = CFS: A suitable case for treatment | access-date = 2024-10-19 | date = 1998-05-01 | pages = 223–6 | volume = 11 | issue = 5 | last = Spencer | first = Peter | magazine = The Psychologist | publisher = British Psychological Society}}]
|Golfer
|British |
Ronald Page[{{cite journal |last1=Endeshaw |first1=Assafa |title=Foreseeability of Nervous Shock to a 'Primary Victim' who Suffers no Physical Injury |journal=Mountbatten Journal of Legal Studies |date=1998 |page=51 |url=https://pure.solent.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/24364188/1998_2_1_1_.pdf |access-date=17 April 2025}}]
|the plaintiff of Page v Smith
|British |
Amy Peterson|Short track speed skater
|American |
Martin Phillips[
]|Association footballer
|British |
David Puttnam[{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/apr/27/health.broadcasting | author=Sarah Boseley |title=Puttnam tells of 16 years with ME | access-date = 2009-01-06 | work =The Guardian | location=London | date=2004-04-27}}]
|British film maker and producer
|British |
John Rutter[{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7W4AhL_gzo | author=Donald McLeod | title = Composer of the Week: John Rutter | website=YouTube | date=25 January 2010 | access-date = 2013-10-10}}]
|Composer
|British |
Ali Smith[{{cite news | url = http://books.guardian.co.uk/bookerprize2005/story/0,16347,1546471,00.html | title = Life stories: Ali Smith | access-date = 2007-10-16 |date=2005-05-22 | work = Guardian Unlimited | last = France | first = Louise | location=London}}]
|Author
|British |
| Casey Stoner
|MotoGP world champion
|Australian |
| Amy Studt
|Musician
|British |
| Ari Taub
|Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
|Canadian |
Marina Weisband[Julia Dobrowski: [https://www.watson.de/leben/exklusiv/877332344-marina-weisband-ueber-ihre-krankheit-me-cfs-die-viele-menschen-mit-long-covid-trifft "Habe gerade einen Rollstuhl beantragt": Marina Weisband über die Folgen ihres Chronischen Fatigue-Syndroms], in: , 10 January 2022, retrieved 21 September 2022.]
|Politician
|German |
Naomi Weisstein[{{cite web |url=http://www.cwluherstory.com/CWLUMemoir/weisstein.html |author1=Jesse Lemisch |author2=Naomi Weisstein |title=Remarks on Naomi Weisstein |year=1997 |access-date=2008-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522110423/http://www.cwluherstory.com/CWLUMemoir/weisstein.html |archive-date=2008-05-22 |url-status=dead}}]
|Author and neuroscientist
|American |
Ken Wilber[{{cite web |url=http://www.kenwilber.com/blog/show/214 |author=Ken Wilbur |title=Meditate and Eat Your Veggies |year=2006}}]
|Author
|American |
Chris Willsher|Singer with The Bus Station Loonies
|British |
Katharine Windsor[{{cite web |url = https://www.bristolworld.com/read-this/famous-faces-at-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral-and-which-royals-did-not-attend-and-why-3850214 |author= Wills S |title=Famous faces at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and which royals did not attend and why|date=September 21, 2022}}]
|Duchess of Kent
|British |
Yvette Cooper[{{Cite news |date=10 September 2015 |title=Who is Yvette Cooper? Labour leadership contender guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33692930 |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=BBC News }}][{{Cite news |last=Gordon |first=Bryony |date=5 June 2011 |title=Hay festival: Yvette Cooper talks of battle with ME |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/8557386/Hay-festival-Yvette-Cooper-talks-of-battle-with-ME.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}]
|Politician
|British |
Miranda Hart[{{Cite news |last=Acheson |first=Lucy |date=8 October 2024 |title=Miranda Hart: Lyme disease left me bed-bound |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8705wjg2zyo |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=BBC News }}]
|Actress, comedian and writer
|British |
Bradley Simmonds[{{Cite news |last=Mauger |first=Rebecca |date=17 July 2024 |title=Ōmokoroa: Radio station run from CFS/ME sufferer's bed |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/katikati-advertiser/omokoroa-radio-station-run-from-cfsme-sufferers-bed/YYW6KEQD3FB4RKYPDPFWTYQL2M/ |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=The New Zealand Herald }}]
|Radio DJ, host
|New Zealander |