Ringo Starr: The Beatles' drummer spent two years recovering from TB in a hospital when he was 12.
Nelson Mandela: The iconic South African leader contracted TB in 1988 while he was in Pollsmoor Prison.
Eleanor Roosevelt: The activist and former First Lady of the United States died in 1962 due to a number of health complications, including tuberculosis.
Cat Stevens: The British singer-songwriter contracted tuberculosis in 1969 and spent three months in hospital recovering from it.
George Orwell: The famous journalist and novelist contracted TB later in life and died.
Carlos Santana: The iconic guitarist was hospitalized after being diagnosed with TB in 1967. Santana was 19 years old.
Vivien Leigh: The 'Gone with the Wind' (1939) actress was diagnosed with the disease in 1944, but didn't die from it until 1967, at the age of 53.
Desmond Tutu: The South African bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate had TB when he was a teenager.
Emily Brontë: It is believed that the famous English novelist and poet died of tuberculosis in 1848.
James Monroe: The Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States died from TB and heart failure in 1831.