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 MS
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

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Last updated 10/17/2000