Famous people

with

Multiple Sclerosis

  B

Stan Belinda - baseball player

Marion Boyd - Ontario Attorney General 1995

Rachelle Breslow - author

Deborah Bruening - writer

C

Neil Cavuto - lead anchor on Fox News Channel

Richard Cohen - journalist (married to actress Meridith Viera)

Carrel Cowan-Ricks - historical archaeologist and anthropologist

Michael Crichton - Writer of ER and Jurassic Park

Betty Cuthbert - Olympic Gold Medallist, Sprinting

D

Deanna Davis - Basketball player and coach

Sir Augustus Frederic D'Este (1794-1848) - grandson of King George III of England,
1st documented case of M/S

Wayne Dobson - magician

Jacqueline du Pre - cellist

Frank DuBois - New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture 1989-, champion teamroper

E

Allan Eagleson - Hockey impresario & lawyer

Stanley Elkin - writer

F

Donna Fargo - Country and western singer

Dino Ferrari - Ferrari automobiles (gave his name to the Ferrari Dino and the Centro Dino Ferrari)

Lola Folana - singer

Bryan Forbes - actor, writer, director (married to Nanette Newman)

Annette Funicello - singer, dancer, former Mouseketeer

G

Roman Gabriel - American football player (Los Angeles Rams 1962-72)

Marianne Gingrich - ex-wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Judy Graham - author

Judy Grahn - poet

Robin Gurr - poet

H

Joseph Hartzler - Chief prosecutor for the Oklahoma bombing case

Stewart Henry - UK disc-jockey

Jimmy Heuga - Olympic skier

Lena Horne - Actress and singer

Fred Hughs - Andy Warhol's financeer and manager

David Humm - NFL quarterback, Oakland Raiders

I

Freida Inescourt - actress

Ivalio Iordanov - Bulgarian International soccer player

Brian Irvine - Scottish soccer player

J

Valerie Jankowski Skrabut - artist and musician.

Barbara Jordan - Congress woman, professor, civil rights activist

K

Stanley Knowles - Canadian Politician (1942-1984)

L

David "Squiggy" Landers - actor in the American TV show "Laverne & Shirley,"

Carl Laemmle, Jr. - film producer and son of the founder of Universal Studios

Ronnie Lane - musician with The Faces (Rod Stewart's old band)

Melanie Lawson - Anchorwoman, Ch.13 Houston

Margaret Leighton - British actress

Kathryn Lindskoog - author

M

Roger MacDougall - British playwright

Nancy Mairs - novelist

Louise Mandrell - music theatre

Emily Mann - director and playwright

Maxine Messinger - Columnist, Houston Chronicle

Laura Mitchell - Public policy analyst, consultant and writer

John Mythen - cartoonist and writer

N

Paul Novoselick - Chronicle staff writer and columnist

O

Alan Osmond - Singer in Osmond Brothers

P

John Pageler - author

Richard Pryor - comedian and actor

Q

Richard Queen - Iran hostage

R

Richard Radtke - Scientist and Winner Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Madeline Rhue - Actress

S

James Scofield - poet

Eric Simons - mountaineer

Keith Snyder - composer, performer, and author

Stephanie Stephens - golfer

Sharon Summerall - model (married to Don Henley (singer with The Eagles)

Kelly Sutton - racing driver

Joan Sweeney - children's author

V

Don Van Vilet (aka Captain Beefheart) - Rock 'n' Roll singer/musician and painter

W

Clay Walker - Country and western singer

Cathy Weis - Dancer

Robert "Wingnut" Weaver - actor

Stephen White - Author

Montel Williams - talk show host and actor

Victoria Williams - Singer

Relatives

Wade Boggs' (baseball player) sister

Gloria Estefan's (singer) father

Tommy Hilfiger's (designer) sister

Patty Murray's (US senator) father

J K Rowling's (author of the Harry Potter stories) mother

Daniel J. Travanti's (actor) brother