List of people with motor neuron disease
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This is a list of famous people who have or had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Raymond Abrashkin - author
- Zeca Afonso - Portuguese folk singer and anti-fascist politician
- John Arthur - spouse of Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges
- David E. Babcock, Sr. - former CEO, May Department Stores - 1975–1980; governor of U.S. Postal Service - 1980
- Derek Bailey - British avant-garde guitar virtuoso
- Jason Becker - American guitar virtuoso
- Lead Belly - blues singer and guitarist
- Stefano Borgonovo - Italian football player
- Rob Borsellino - Des Moines Register columnist and author of So I'm Talkin' to This Guy...
- Scott Brazil - American television producer and director
- O.J. Brigance - American Football Player and Advisor
- Harry Browne - best-selling author and 2-time Libertarian U.S. presidential candidate
- Jerry Glenn Bryant - professional wrestler from Memphis, TN
- Paul Cellucci - politician and diplomat; 69th Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Ambassador to Canada
- Ezzard Charles - boxer; former world heavyweight champion
- Leonard Cheshire - notable RAF pilot and charity worker
- Marián Čišovský - Slovak football player
- Preston Cloud - eminent American earth scientist
- Sid Collins - radio personality; radio voice of the Indianapolis 500
- Luca Coscioni - Italian researcher, political activist and advocate for euthanasia
- Dominic S. D'Angona - nuclear physicist, worked on the Manhattan Project
- Neale Daniher - former AFL player (Essendon) & coach (Melbourne)
- Dennis Day - singer, comedian, actor
- Dieter Dengler - Vietnam era Air Force pilot who escaped from Laotian POW camp
- Michael Donnelly - Gulf War veteran
- Ann Downer - Author of books for children and teenagers
- Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis - Greek architect, urban planner and visionary
- John Drury - longtime ABC7 Chicago news anchor
- Bruce Edwards - PGA Tour caddy for golfer Tom Watson
- Mary Goode Ercolino - (AKA Meme & Mrs. Erc) former educator and mentor from Miller Place, NY, realtor & humanitarian, "Meme's Mighty Team" for Walk for Life ALS fundraiser and donations.
- Jenifer Estess - theatre producer; star of HBO documentary Three Sisters, subject of HBO film Jennifer; founding member of Project ALS
- Hal Finney - computer scientist
- Jay S. Fishman - Chairman of the Board and former CEO of The Travelers Companies
- Roberto Fontanarrosa - Argentine cartoonist
- Pete Frates - former Boston College baseball star, founder and inspiration behind the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (Summer 2014)
- Steven Gey- law professor and expert on the separation of church and state and freedom of speech; former on-air analyst for ABC during the 2000 presidential recount
- Lou Gehrig - baseball player, after whom the disease is commonly referred
- Richard Glatzer - writer and director; director of Still Alice
- Steve Gleason - American football player for the New Orleans Saints 2000-2007
- Marc Harrison - designer
- Pro Hart - Australian painter
- Stephen Hawking - theoretical physicist and author of several books on astrophysics, including A Brief History of Time
- Bob Haymes - actor, singer, pianist and songwriter of the Great American Songbook ballad "That's All"
- Stephen Heywood - carpenter; subject of So Much So Fast and His Brother's Keeper
- Jim "Catfish" Hunter - baseball player
- Jörg Immendorff, German painter
- Jacob K. Javits, U.S. Senator from New York
- Axel Jensen - writer
- Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish international footballer
- Hans Keller - Austrian-born British musicologist and music critic.
- Suna Kıraç, Turkish businesswoman and philanthropist
- Joseph Mayo - Clerk of the Maine House of Representatives
- Charles Mingus - jazz bass player
- Glenn Montgomery - NFL football player for the Houston Oilers and Seattle Seahawks
- Johnathon Nadaro - Australian painter and sculptor
- Augie Nieto - fitness guru; founder and retired chief executive of Life Fitness and the chairman of Octane Fitness
- James Nishio, MD - physician, board certified in pulmonology, critical care, and sleep disorders
- David Niven - actor
- Krzysztof Nowak, Polish footballer
- Richard K. Olney - neurologist; ALS physician and researcher
- Sidney Preston Osborn - former governor of Arizona
- Neon Park - American artist
- Christopher Pendergast - former Miller Place; NY educator; founder of the Ride For Life ALS non-profit organization (est. 1998)
- Mike Porcaro- American bassist, Toto
- Diane Pretty - British "right to die" advocate
- Don Revie - English football player and manager
- Fernando Ricksen - Dutch football player
- Sue Rodriguez - Canadian "right to die" advocate
- Franz Rosenzweig - philosopher and religious thinker
- Stanley Sadie - British musicologist, music critic and editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- Ed Sadowski - baseball catcher and coach
- Washington César Santos - Brazilian Footballer.
- Michael Schwartz - key conservative political strategist in the U.S. Congress; American "right to life" advocate; chief of staff to U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.)
- Morrie Schwartz - educator
- Raúl Sendic - Uruguayan Marxist and leader of the Tupamaros
- Gianluca Signorini - Italian football player
- Lane Smith - actor
- Konrad Spindler - archaeologist, involved in the analysis of the Ötzi glacier mummy
- Jon Stone - creator of Sesame Street
- Maxwell D. Taylor - former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Kevin Turner - NFL fullback for the New England Patriots andPhiladelphia Eagles
- Roy Walford - gerontologist and life extensionist
- Henry A. Wallace - 33rd Vice President of the United States to Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Tommy Webb - Entrepreneur; Owner of Paragon Sourcing Winder
- Charlie Wedemeyer - former athlete and coach; motivational speaker
- Joost van der Westhuizen - former South African Rugby Union player; former Supersport commentator[1]
- George Yardley - basketball player
- Michael Zaslow - soap actor
- Mao Zedong - Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (controversial)
References
- ^ Doctor confirms Joost's fears, 2014-08-22