List of paraplegic people
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A list of people with paraplegia.
- Vic Chesnutt - Singer-songwriter
- Frank Gardner (journalist) - Prominent BBC journalist who became paralysed after being shot 6 times at point blank range by Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.
- Chuck Graham - Politician
- John Hockenberry - Journalist, blogger
- Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter
- Sharry Konopski - Model and actress(car accident)
- Charles Krauthammer - Columnist, sometimes deemed neoconservative
- Boris Kustodiev - Russian painter, became paraplegic due to tuberculosis of the spine
- Deng Pufang
- Franklin D. Roosevelt - American President, at the age of 39, due to Guillain-Barré syndrome or polio.
- Wolfgang Schäuble
- Randy Snow - Paralympian, at 16 his spine was crushed by a 1000-pound bale of hay.
