List of people with osteogenesis imperfecta
This is a list of cases of people who have osteogenesis imperfecta
Activists and speakers
- Alec Cabacungan - spokesperson for Shriners Hospitals for Children.[1]
- Evianne van Gijn - The President of the University of Cambridge Graduate Union who is active in the Care4BrittleBones Foundation.[2][3]
- Raul Krauthausen - German/Colombian activist and recipient of the Order of Merit of Germany.[4]
- Peter Radtke - German founder of Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also a philologist and actor.[5]
- Sean Stephenson - an American therapist, self-help author and motivational speaker.[6]
Entertainers
Actors
- Michael J. Anderson - American known for appearing in David Lynch works and for playing Samson Leonhart on the HBO series Carnivàle.[7][8]
- Jack Binstead - British actor known for a role in the British sitcom Bad Education.[9][10]
- Julie Fernandez - British actress best known for her role in the British The Office.[11]
- Rick Howland - Canadian actor who is known for Lost Girl.[12]
- Kerry Ingram - British child actress best known for her role as Shireen Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical'.[13]
- Quentin Kenihan - An Australian reality TV personality who played Corpus Colossus in Mad Max: Fury Road.[14][15]
- Tarah Lynne Schaeffer (Sesame Street)[16]
- Nabil Shaban - A Jordanian-British actor and writer who founded Graeae Theatre Company, which promotes performers with disabilities.[17]
- Atticus Shaffer - American who plays Brick Heck on The Middle.[18][19][20]
Comedians
- Guillaume Bats - A French humorist.[21]
Musicians
- Randy Guss - Drummer for Toad the Wet Sprocket[22][23]
- Kalyn Heffernan - A Hip-hop artist and producer known for the group Wheelchair Sports Camp.[24]
- Michel Petrucciani - French jazz pianist who was granted a Légion d'honneur in Paris.[25]
- Pernille Vallentin - Danish singer who also acts.[26]
Journalists and writers
- Franco Bomprezzi - An Italian journalist who received the Order of Merit in 2007.[27][28]
- Christopher Hewitt - British poet and namesake of the Christopher Hewitt Award.[29]
- Firdaus Kanga - Parsi playwright known for Trying to Grow.[30]
- Philippe Rahmy - French speaking poet and novelist who has received the Prix Dentan among others.[31][32]
- Stella Young - She was an Australian comedian and journalist.[33]
Politicians
- Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman - A British peer and disability rights activist.[34]
- Theresia Haidlmayr - She had been a politician of Austria's The Greens – The Green Alternative.[35]
- Freyja Haraldsdottir - A member of the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly of 2010.[36][37][38]
People in Sports and Games
- Doug Herland - American Olympic bronze medalist coxswain.[39]
- Taylor Lipsett - An American Paralympic gold and bronze medalist in sledge hockey.[40][41]
- Bobby Nail - American bridge player in the ACBL Hall of Fame.[42]
- Josef Neumaier - A Paralympic multiple medalist in shooting for Germany.[43]
- Jeremy Synot - A former Australian wheelchair basketball player and current National Wheelchair Basketball League Head Coach of the RSL Queensland Spinning Bullets.[44]
- Jordanne Whiley - A British Paralympic bronze medalist in Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[45][46]
Notable as a subject
- Madge Bester - A South African woman and formerly the "world's shortest living woman."[47][48]
- Leo Beuerman - The subject of the documentary Leo Beuerman, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[49]
- Lin Yü-chih - He had once been counted as the "world's shortest man."[50][51]
Other
- Fredrick Brennan - The creator of 8chan.[52]
Disputed
- French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.[53] He was never diagnosed, and recent theories suggest that he had a mild form of osteopetrosis instead.[54]
- Viking invader of England, Ivar the Boneless: There is notable speculation about his physical condition; but objective diagnosis is not possible since his skeleton was exhumed and burnt 200 years after his death by William the Conquerer.[55]
References
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- ↑ "Zonnebloem wandeldriedaagse start in Halle". Contact. 13 May 2008.
- ↑ "Middelburgse praat met Balkenende over obstakels gehandicapten". PZC. 5 October 2007.
- ↑ Fellow: Raúl Krauthausen, germany.ashoka.org Retrieved 11 April 2013
- ↑ Osteogenesis Imperfecta Federation of Europe
- ↑ Gregory, Ted (May 5, 2009). "Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Motivational Speaker Sean Stephenson Uses His Disorder to Inspire Others". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Cast: Michael J. Anderson". Mulholland-drive.net. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Dargis, Manohla (2005-02-07). "We're Sorry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ↑ Surrey Comet
- ↑ BBC article on disabled vloggers
- ↑ "Julie Fernandez - founder of The Disability Foundation". Tdf.org.uk. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Interview in Ability Magazine
- ↑ "Schoolgirl nominated for prestigious Olivier Award". maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Maidenhead Advertiser. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ↑ News.com.au
- ↑ Adelaide Now
- ↑ Williams Cook, Sally (17 January 1994). "Girl in wheelchair joins 'Sesame Street' cast". The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg VA). p. B6. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ Banks-Smith, Nancy (2003-06-13). "Short and to the point". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ↑ "Meet Atticus Shaffer 2006 Football Poster Child" (PDF). The Al Malaikahan. May 2006. p. 7. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ↑ "Shriners" (PDF). Docs.google.com. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Heldenfels, Rich (2010-03-04). "Akron Beacon Journal". Ohio.com. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Le Figaro (French)
- ↑ "OIF Newsletter" (PDF). Docs.google.com. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Ragogna, Mike (2010-06-15). "Huffington Post". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Huffington Post
- ↑ Michel Petrucciani: Victory of the Spirit, International Herald Tribune, 12 January 1999.
- ↑ Danish OI magazine (PDF)
- ↑ Quirinale
- ↑ Tesina in CL
- ↑ http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Christopher-Hewitt-disabled-gay-poet-2740088.php. Missing or empty
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- ↑ Université de Lausanne
- ↑ CBI.gov
- ↑ Michelle Griffin. "Lunch with Stella Young". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- ↑ "Sydney Morning Herald". Smh.com.au. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Haidlmayr, smilerkreativ.at, retrieved 3 March 2015
- ↑ Stuff.co.nz
- ↑ Iceland Review
- ↑ Morgunblaðið
- ↑ Tone. "Rowing at Pacific Lutheran University began in 1964" (PDF). Google.com. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ "USA Hockey" (PDF). webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ Paralympics info, McKinney Courier-Gazette, 6 April 2006.
- ↑ "Nail, G. Robert", Hall of Fame of the ACBL
- ↑ IPC bio
- ↑ "Breaks toughen Donna Synot and her family". Herald Sun. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ IPC bio
- ↑ "Lucy Suker and Jordanne Whiley survive match point to win bronze". The Daily Telegraph. 7 September 2012.
- ↑ Murphy, Wendy (2002). Orphan Diseases. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7613-1919-1. viewed at Google Books
- ↑ "World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled". CNN News Asia (Cable News Network). 3 November 1998. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ↑ LJ World
- ↑ World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled
- ↑ Murphy, W. (2002). Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-399-14218-5
- ↑ Wilson, Michael (January 17, 2014). "City Newcomer Is Let Down by a Stranger, Then the Police". The New York Times. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec > Biography > Chronology". Toulouselautrec.free.fr. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ "Noble figure". The Guardian (London). 2004-11-20. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ↑ The Vikings, Frank. R. Donovan, author; Sir Thomas D. Kendrick, consultant; Horizon Caravel Books, by the editors of Horizon Magazine, Fourth Edition, American Heritage Publishing Co.: New York, 1964, LCC# 64-17106, pp. 44-45; 145, 148.
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