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Patient/Public Education:
Fast Facts
Famous People with Asthma
If you have asthma, you’re in good company. Many famous
people in sports, music, literature, entertainment and politics
have suffered asthma attacks but have nevertheless achieved
greatness. If you follow your doctor’s treatment plan your
asthma can be controlled and you can live a happy, productive (and
possibly famous!) life.
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Steve Allen (1921-2000) - comedian,
actor
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Loni Anderson (b. 1946) - actress
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Jason Alexander (b. 1959) - actor,
director
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Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827) -
composer
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Baruj Benacerraf (b. 1920) - Nobel
Prize Winner in medicine
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Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) -
conductor, composer
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) -
journalist and author
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Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979) -
poet and author
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Judy Collins ( b. 1939) - folk
singer
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Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933) - 30th
President of the U.S.
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Alice Cooper (b. 1948) - rock singer
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E.J. Corey (b.1928) - Nobel Prize
Winner in chemistry
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Bruce Davidson (b.1949) - Olympic
equestrian
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Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) -
author
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) -
British statesman, author
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Tom Dolan (b. 1976) -Olympic medallist
- swimming
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Morgan Fairchild (b.1950) - actress
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Kurt Grote (b. 1973) - Olympic medallist
- swimming
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Che Guevara (1928 - 1967) - South
American revolutionary leader
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Nancy Hogshead (b. 1962) - Olympic medallist
- swimming
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Bob Hope (b. 1903) - actor, comedian
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Jim “Catfish” Hunter (1946 - 1999) -
baseball player (Hall of Famer)
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Robert Joffrey (1928 - 1988) -
dancer, choreographer
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) - 18th century poet,
critic and essayist
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John F. Kennedy (1928 - 1963) - 35th
President of the U.S.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee (b. 1962) -
Olympic medallist - track and field
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Bill Koch (b. 1956) - Olympic medallist
- cross-country skiing
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John Locke (1632 - 1704) -
politician, philosopher
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Greg Louganis (b. 1960) - Olympic medallist
- diving
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Debbie Meyer (b. 1952) - Olympic medallist
- swimming
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Liza Minelli (b. 1946) - actress,
singer
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Walter Mondale (b. 1928) - 42nd Vice
President of the U.S.
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Art Monk ( b.1958) - football player
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George Murray (b. 1947) - wheelchair
athlete and Boston Marathon winner
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Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) -
Russian Czar
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Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922) - French
novelist
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Joseph Pulitzer (1847 - 1911) -
publisher, philanthropist
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Dennis Rodman (b. 1961) - basketball
player
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) -
26th President of the U.S.
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Jim Ryun (b. 1948) - Olympic medallist
- running, former record holder in the mile and 1,500 meters
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Arnold Schoenburg (1874 - 1951) -
composer
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Martin Scorsese (b. 1942) - film
director
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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 -
1891) - Civil War general
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Paul Sorvino (b. 1939) - actor
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Elizabeth Taylor (b. 1932) - actress
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Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) - poet,
playwright
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John Updike (b. 1932) - writer
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Martin Van Buren (1782 - 1862) - 8th
President of the U.S.
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Amy VanDyken (b. 1973) - Olympic
swimmer
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) -
composer, conductor
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Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) - author
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Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852) -
lawyer, statesman
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Dominique Wilkins (b. 1960) -
basketball player
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Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) - 28th
President of the U.S.
References:
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Sheldon G. Cohen, MD, Asthma Among
the Famous, Allergy
and Asthma Proceedings; Volume 17, Page 47-52. January
February 1996.
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San Francisco CA, Chronicle, August
29, 1990.
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National Library of Medicine/National
Institutes of Health Web site
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