List of Parkinson's disease patients
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Famous people, past and present, with Parkinson's include:
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[edit] Living
- Muhammad Ali (suffers from pugilistic Parkinson's syndrome), American boxer [1]
- Roger Caron, Canadian bank robber [2]
- Leo Cooper, British publisher married to Jilly Cooper [3]
- Basil D'Oliveira, South African cricketer (1931-) [4]
- Lane Evans Member of the US House of Representatives (D - IL) (1951-) [5]
- Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir)
- Michael J. Fox Canadian actor (1961-) [6]
- Booth Gardner, Washington state governor (1936-) [7]
- Rev Billy Graham, US evangelist (1918-)
- Ray Kennedy, British footballer (1951-)
- Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (1921-)
- Matthew Kim, Professional Asian Cyberathlete (1990-)
- Michael Kinsley, American political journalist & commentator (1951-)
- Carlo Cardinal Martini, clergyman
- Joseph M. McDade, former Congressman from NE Pennsylvania [1]
- Alois Mock, former Austrian foreign minister (1934-)
- Davis Phinney, American cyclist (1959-)
- Ozzy Osbourne, British heavy metal singer and reality TV star (1948-)
- Ben Petrick, baseball player
- Larry Powers, body builder, former Mr. America
- Janet Reno, US politician (1938-)
- Jeremy Thorpe, British politician (1921-)
- Ed Weinberger, American furniture designer (1942-)
[edit] Dead
- Brockman Adams, American politician (1927-2004)
- Jack Anderson, US newspaper columnist (1922-2005)
- Jim Backus, American actor (1913-1989)
- Sir John Betjeman, KBE, British Poet Laureate (1906-1984)
- Boyi Bhimanna, Telugu poet (1911-2005)
- Whit Bissell (1909-1996) American character actor
- Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer (1904-1971)
- Jack Buck, American sportscaster (1924-2002)
- Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (1920-2006)
- Barney Childs (1909-2000) American composer and teacher
- Prince Claus, (1926-2002), husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Joe Cook, US actor (1890-1959)
- George Coulouris, British actor (1903-1989)
- Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (1904-1989)
- Harry Dalton (1928-2005) American baseball executive
- James Doohan, Canadian actor (1920-2005)
- Robert Dryden, US actor (1917-2003)
- William Everson (1912-1994), American poet
- Francisco Franco Spanish dictator (1892-1975)
- Carlos Antonio Gomes, Portuguese footballer (1932-2005)
- Jeffrey Hamm (1915-1994) British Fascist
- Nathan Heard, American novelist (1937-2004)
- George Roy Hill, US Oscar winning film director (1921-2002)
- Chester Himes (1909-1984) African-American writer
- Adolf Hitler, German Dictator (1889-1945)
- Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988) British car designer
- Mary Jackson, American actress (1910-2005)
- Ba Jin, Chinese writer (1904-2005)
- Pope John Paul II (1920-2005), Polish cleric, pope of Roman Catholic Church
- Pauline Kael, American film critic (1919-2001)
- Guy Kibbee, American actor (1882-1956)
- Jimmy Knepper, American jazz trombonist (1927-2003)
- John Lindsay, New York City mayor (1921-2000)
- Walter Lord (1917-2002) American author
- Ted Kroll, American golfer (1919–2002)
- Ferdy Mayne, German actor (1916-1998)
- Luis Marden (1913-2003) Italian-American photographer
- William Masters, American sex researcher (1915-2001)
- Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005) American politician
- Kenneth More, British actor (1914-1982)
- Norman Panama, American writer, producer and director (1914-2003)
- Joe Pasternak (1901-1991) American film director
- Mervyn Peake, British author (1911-1968)
- Enoch Powell, British politician (1912-1998)
- Vincent Price, American actor, also suffered from lung cancer (1911-1993)
- Hans Ras, Dutch academic (1926-2003)
- Sir Michael Redgrave, British actor (1908-1985)
- Leonid Shamkovich, USSR Chess grandmaster (1923-2005)
- Walter Sisulu, South African freedom fighter (1912-2003)
- Terry-Thomas, British character actor (1911-1990)
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr. (1912-2001) Republican Governor of New Hampshire
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canadian politician (1919-2000)
- Mo Udall, Member of the US House of Representatives (1922-1998)
- Tim Wall, Australian cricketer (1904-1981)
- George Wallace, former governor of Alabama (1919-1998)
- Albert J Whitlock, British motion picture matte artist (1915-1999)
- Edward Winter, American actor (1937-2001)
- Farnsworth Wright, American editor (1888-1940)
- Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician (1904-1997)
- Mao Zedong, Chinese politician (1893-1976)
[edit] References
- ^ Wiliam Plumber (1997-01-07). The World's Champion. www.people.com. Retrieved on June 24, 2006.
- ^ Mark Konokoski (1997-01-07). Go-Boy: I'm no beggar bandit. Toronto Sun. Retrieved on August 7, 2006.
- ^ Patients'stories. www.parkinsonsappeal.com. Retrieved on Error: invalid time.
- ^ D'Oliveira 'proud' to get honour. BBC Sport (2005-06-10). Retrieved on August 7, 2006.
- ^ Nicole Harris (2006-03-29). Lane Evans to drop out of race. the Western Courier. Retrieved on August 7, 2006.
- ^ Fox, Michael J, Lucky Man: A Memoir ISBN 0-7868-6764-7
- ^ Dan Raley (2003-06-10). Former governor wages active fight against disease. Seattle Post. Retrieved on August 7, 2006.
Terry Thomas, British actor, listed as having Parkinson's disease actually had Motor Neurone disease.
[edit] See also
Category:Parkinson's disease sufferers
