List of people with motor neuron disease
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This is a list of notable people who have or had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Raymond Abrashkin – author
- Zeca Afonso – Portuguese folk singer and anti-fascist politician
- Derek Bailey – British avant-garde guitar virtuoso
- Jason Becker – American guitar virtuoso
- Mauril Bélanger - Canadian Politician, Honorary Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
- Lead Belly – blues singer and guitarist
- Luton Shelton - Jamaican footbal player
- 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
- Ben Byer - American playwright and subject of the film Indestructible, documenting his life post-diagnosis
- Jason Becker - American Guitarist and Composer
- Jeff Capel II – American collegiate and professional basketball coach[1]
- 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[2]
- Dwight Clark – American football player[3]
- 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
- Ronnie Corbett - British comedian and actor
- 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
- Peter Doohan - Australian tennis player
- 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 caddie for golfer Tom Watson
- 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
- Jérôme Golmard - French tennis player
- Stanislav Gross – former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- 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
- Stephen Hillenburg – marine biologist and cartoonist; creator of SpongeBob SquarePants[4]
- 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
- Tony Judt – historian and writer
- Hans Keller – Austrian-born British musicologist and music critic.
- Motoo Kimura – Japanese population geneticist
- Suna Kıraç, Turkish businesswoman and philanthropist
- Dan Klein – Singer of The Frightnrs
- Mao Zedong – Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
- Denny Miller- actor
- Charles Mingus – jazz bass player
- Glenn Montgomery – NFL football player for the Houston Oilers and Seattle Seahawks
- Augie Nieto – fitness guru; founder and retired chief executive of Life Fitness and the chairman of Octane Fitness
- 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
- Mike Porcaro- American bassist, Toto
- Diane Pretty – British "right to die" advocate
- Tony Proudfoot - CFL player, teacher, coach, broadcaster and journalist.
- 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
- Ayan Sadakov - Bulgarian football player and manager
- 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
- Sam Shepard - American actor and playwright[5]
- 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
- Orlando Thomas- NFL safety for the Minnesota Vikings
- Kevin Turner – NFL fullback for the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles
- Roy Walford – gerontologist and life extensionist
- Henry A. Wallace – 33rd Vice President of the United States to Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Charlie Wedemeyer – former athlete and coach; motivational speaker
- Doddie Weir – former Scottish rugby union player[6]
- Joost van der Westhuizen – former South African Rugby Union player; former Supersport commentator[7]
- Michael Zaslow – soap actor
- Per Villand - Norwegian Biologist, Doctor of Science
- Catherine G. Wolf - American psychologist and expert in human-computer interaction
- Aditya Sarvankar - Author[8]
See also
References
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- ^ "Marian Cisovsky: Emotional defender celebrates Czech title win". BBC Sport. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Mano, Daniel (March 19, 2017). "49ers legend Dwight Clark announces ALS diagnosis". The Mercury News. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ https://www.variety.com/2017/tv/news/spongebob-squarepants-creator-stephen-hillenburg-reveals-als-diagnosis-1202007865/
- ^ Deb, Sopan (July 31, 2017). "Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73". The New York Times.
- ^ "Doddie Weir diagnosed with motor neurone disease". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Doctor confirms Joost's fears, 2014-08-22
- ^ "Adventure sports enthusiast pens book from bed to inspire others - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-06-26.