Famous People with Asthma

Many famous people with asthma have proven themselves in the areas of sports, entertainment, literature and politics. They didn't let asthma stop them from becoming the best that they could be, and neither should you! http://www.getasthmahelp.org/famous_people.asp

Sports
Jerome Bettis - professional football player
Bruce Davidson - Olympic equestrian
Tom Dolan, Olympic medalist - swimming
Kurt Grote, Olympic medalist - swimming
Nancy Hogshead, Olympic medalist - swimming
Jim "Catfish" Hunter - professional baseball player
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic medalist - track
Bill Koch, Olympic medalist - cross-country skiing
Greg Louganis, Olympic medalist - diving
Tom Malchow, Olympic medalist - swimming
Debbie Meyer, Olympic medalist - swimming
Art Monk - professional football player
George Murray - wheelchair athlete & Boston Marathon winner
Robert Muzzio - decathlete
Dennis Rodman - professional basketball player
Jim Ryun, Olympic medalist - track
Alberto Salazar - marathon runner
Isaiah Thomas - professional basketball player
Amy VanDyken, Olympic medalist - swimming
Dominique Wilkins - professional basketball player

Entertainment
Steve Allen - comedian, actor
Loni Anderson - actress
Jason Alexander - actor, director
Ludwig von Beethoven - composer
Leonard Bernstein - conductor, composer
Judy Collins - folk singer
Alice Cooper - rock singer
Morgan Fairchild - actress
Kenneth Gorelick (Kenny G) - musician
Bob Hope - comedian, actor
Billy Joel - singer
Robert Joffrey - dancer, choreographer
Diane Keaton - actress
Liza Minelli - actress, singer
Arnold Schoenburg - composer
Martin Scorsese - film director
Paul Sorvino - actor
Sharon Stone - actress
Elizabeth Taylor - actress
Antonio Vivaldi - composer, conductor
Orson Welles - actor, director

Literature
Ambrose Bierce - journalist and author
Elizabeth Bishop - poet and author
Charles Dickens - author
Oliver Wendell Holmes - poet, physician, inventor
Samuel Johnson - 18th century poet, critic, essayist
Joseph Pulitzer - publisher, philanthropist
Dylan Thomas - poet, playwright
John Updike - author
Edith Wharton - author

Politics
Calvin Coolidge - 30th President of the U.S.
Benjamin Disraeli - British statesman, author
Che Guevara - South American revolutionary leader
Rev. Jesse Jackson - political leader
John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the U.S.
John Locke - 17th century politician, philosopher
Walter Mondale - 42nd Vice President of the U.S.
Peter the Great - Russian Czar
Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the U.S.
Daniel Webster - lawyer, statesman
Woodrow Wilson - 28th President of the U.S.