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Revision as of 21:21, 6 October 2006
In humans, cleft chin is a dimple on the chin. Having a cleft chin is a dominant trait, whereas having cheek dimples is a dominant trait. There is a 25% chance that a child will have a cleft chin when the parents are unaffected carriers of the gene.
Like cheek dimples, chin dimples are inheritable and have a varying degree of prominence. For example, while Kirk Douglas has a very conspicuous cleft chin, his son, Michael Douglas has a much less visible cleft chin. The majority of females do not have cleft chins [1].
The groove of the cleft chin is not just skin-deep, but also on the jawbone, as a groove in the vertical midline of symphysis menti and the soft tissue above it. It is probably the result of incomplete fusion between the left and right halves lower jaw during embryologic development.
Experts believe that cleft chins form the same way that cleft lips form. During the embryonic stage, the tissues most likely fail to meet completely, resulting in a separate development and then fusion along the midline. The result of this fusion (in the region of the bony aspect of the lower jaw) is known as the "symphysis menti."
List of people with a cleft chin
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Deceased
- Pedro Albizu Campos (activist)
- H. H. Asquith (prime minister)
- Ludvig van Beethoven (composer)
- John Belushi (comedian)
- Stephen Boyd (actor)
- Kurt Cobain (musician)
- Charles G. Dawes (U.S. Vice President)
- Ted Demme (film producer)
- Thomas Anthony Dooley (missionary to Viet Nam)
- Nick Drake (musician)
- Farinelli (musician)
- Frederick II of Prussia (monarch)
- Federico García Lorca (writer)
- Daniel Hale Williams (physician)
- Murray Hamilton (actor)
- William Hanna (artist)
- Conrad Hilton, Jr. (ex-husband of Elizabeth Taylor)
- John Hope (educator)
- James Weldon Johnson (writer)
- President William McKinley
- Ismail Merchant (director)
- Robert Mitchum (actor)
- President James Monroe
- Robert Peel (prime minister)
- Jackson Pollock (artist)
- Jack Ruby (famed criminal)
- Gene Siskel (film critic)
- President William Howard Taft
- Henry David Thoreau (writer)
- Voltaire (writer)
- Christopher Reeve (Superman actor)
- John Ruskin (author)
Living
Media/Entertainment
- Ben Affleck (actor)
- Marc Anthony (singer/actor)
- Lior Ashkenazi (actor)
- Michael Barone (pundit)
- John Barrowman (actor)
- Trace Beaulieu
- Michael Biehn (actor)
- Lewis Black (comedian)
- Rubén Blades (actor/musician)
- Alexis Bledel (actor)
- Ernest Borgnine (actor)
- Pierce Brosnan (actor)
- Bryan Brown (actor)
- Dan Brown (writer)
- Sandra Bullock (actor)
- Christian Campbell (actor)
- Charisma Carpenter (model)
- Henry Cavill (actor)
- George Chakiris (actor)
- Chevy Chase (actor)
- Stephen Collins (actor)
- Brian Cox (actor)
- Elisha Cuthbert (actor)
- Claire Danes (actor)
- Dimple Kapadia
- Deepak Chopra (writer)
- Frances Bean Cobain
- Simon Cowell (record producer)
- Timothy Dalton (actor)
- Andy Dick (actor)
- Kirk Douglas (actor)
- Michael Douglas (actor)
- Brad Dourif (chin)
- Eamon (musician)
- Aaron Eckhart (actor)
- Stacy Ferguson (singer)
- Miloš Forman (director)
- David Furnish (film producer)
- Adam Garcia (actor)
- Terry Gilliam (director/animator)
- Cary Grant (actor)
- Christopher Guest (actor)
- Gene Hackman (actor)
- Mark Hamill (actor)
- Stan Hansen (wrestler)
- Jared Harris (actor)
- Dan Hedaya (actor)
- Brooke Hogan (singer)
- Paul Hogan (actor)
- Micheal Imperioli (actor)
- Michael Jackson (musician) surgically placed on chin
- Thomas Jane (actor)
- David Keith (actor)
- Heidi Klum (model)
- Nicholas D. Kristof (journalist)
- Lorenzo Lamas (actor)
- Hugh Laurie (actor)
- Jude Law (actor)
- Sheryl Lee(actress)
- Harry J. Lennix (actor)
- Huey Lewis (singer)
- Jerry Lewis (actor)
- Kristanna Loken (actor)
- Peter Lupus (actor)
- William H. Macy (actor)
- Constantine Maroulis (musician)
- Ricky Martin (musician)
- Matthew Macfadyen (actor)
- John Mayer (musician)
- Ian McDiarmid (chin)
- Dr. Phil McGraw (talk show host)
- Kyle MacLachlan (actor)
- Vince McMahon (sports announcer)
- Viggo Mortensen (actor)
- Emily Osment (actor)
- Haley Joel Osment (actor)
- Trey Parker (artist)
- Steve Pemberton(actor)
- Sean Penn (actor)
- William Petersen (actor)
- David Hyde Pierce (actor)
- Alvin F. Poussaint (TV script advisor)
- Tim Rice-Oxley (musician)
- Steven V. Roberts (writer)
- Henry Rollins (musician)
- Brandon Routh (actor)
- Tim Russert (political analyst)
- John Rutter (composer)
- Dan Savage (journalist)
- Brooke Shields (actor)
- Joseph Simmons (rapper)
- Robert Smith(musician)
- Jessica Simpson (actor)
- Kevin Spacey (actor)
- Patrick Stewart (actor)
- Eric Stoltz (actor)
- Evan Stone (porn star)
- Peter Stormare (actor)
- John Travolta (actor)
- Ted Turner (entrepreneur)
- Richard Tyson (actor)
- Casper Van Dien (actor)
- Michael Vartan (actor)
- Anna Vissi (musician)
- [[Daniel Vosovic} (fashion designer)
- Isaiah Washington (actor)
- Hugo Weaving (actor)
- Jason Wei (musician)
- Edmund White (author)
- Robin Williams (actor)
- Elijah Wood (actor)
- James Woods (actor)
- Ace Young (musician)
- Chuck Zito (actor)
Politics
- Puerto Rican Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
- Senator Wayne Allard
- Phil Angelides
- Marion Berry
- John Boozman
- Senator Jim Bunning
- Congressman Dan Burton
- Congressman Dave Camp
- Congressman Nathan Deal
- Congressman Charlie Dent
- Keith Ellison
- Congressman Lane Evans
- Congressman Chaka Fattah
- Congressman Mike Ferguson
- Congressman Kenny Hulshof
- Senator Joseph Lieberman
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- George J. Mitchell
- Ronnie Musgrove
- Congressman Jerrold Nadler
- New York Governor George Pataki
- Tony Peraica
- Senator Jack Reed
- Governor Ed Rendell
- Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
- Congressman Mike Ross
- Vojislav Šešelj (Serbian politician)
- Congressman Bart Stupak
- Commissioner Michael E. Toner
- Congressman Tom Udall
- Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura
- Congressman Curt Weldon
- Sheldon Whitehouse
Sports
- Brian Bosworth
- Terry Bradshaw
- Tom Brady
- John Cena (professional wrestler)
- Floyd Landis (cyclist)
- Paul Levesque (professional wrestler)
- Joe Namath
- Barry Orton (former professional wrestler)
- Randy Orton (professional wrestler)
Cartoon Characters
- Captain America
- Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
- Cleft, the Boy Chin Wonder
- Chris Griffin
- Dudley Doo-right
- M. Bison
- Peter Griffin
- Popeye
- Glen Quagmire
- Stan Smith (American Dad!)
- Mr. Turner
- Peter Venkman The Real Ghostbusters
- Egon Spengler The Real Ghostbusters
- Superman