Famously Disabled

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I admire all these people for their strength in an unforgiving and unaccepting world. They are stronger than most healthy people.  On this list are celebrities with physical imperfections either from birth, illness or accidents.  NEVER treat them ANY less than ANY one else.  Listed are foundations to donate to:


American Foundation for the Blind
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

BLINDNESS:

Andrea Bocelli 1958-
apl.de.ap  (legally)  1974- 

Louis Braille 1809-1852
Ray Charles 1930-2004

Dale Chihuly (left eye) 1941- 

Imogene Coca  (blind in right eye) 1908-2001 

Sammy Davis Jr.  (parcial) 1925-1990  

Vernon Dent  (diabetes) 1895-1963  

Andre DeToth 1913-2002
Sandy Duncan  (blind in left eye) 1946-  

Jack Elam   (blind in left eye) 1920-2003  

Peter Falk (parcial) 1927-2011  

John Fante (blind from diabetes in 1978) 1909-1983  

Jose Feliciano 1945-

John Ford (right eye) 1894-1973

Sheila Gish  (right eye from cancer) 1942-2005  

Rex Harrison (parcial) 1908-1990  

Jeff Healey 1966-2008
Helen Keller 1880-1968

Aria Mia Loberti (legally) 1994- 
LeRoy Mason (blind in right eye) 1903-1947 

John Milton 1608-1674
David Paterson 1954-

Salman Rushdie 1947- (right eye after an attack) 
James Thurber 1894-1961

Sue Townsend (blind from diabetes in 2001) 1946-2014 

Alice Walker (parcial)  1944-  

Raoul Walsh (lost right eye while on movie set) 1887-1980 

Stevie Wonder 1950-

National Association of the Deaf
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

DEAFNESS:

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
Linda Bove 1945-
Stephen Colbert (parcial) 1964-
Thomas Edison (parcial) 1847-1931
Lou Ferrigno (parcial) 1951-
Russell Harvard 1981-

Bob Hilterman 1952-
William Hoy 1862-1961

Holly Hunter  (left ear due to mumps) 1958- 

CJ Jones 1950-

Helen Keller 1880-1968

Troy Kotsur 1968-
Rob Lowe (parcial) 1964-
Marlee Matlin 1965-
Shoshannah Stern 1980-
Richard Thomas (parcial due to otosclerosis) 1951-

M. Emmet Walsh (parcial) 1935-

Robert Weitbrecht 1920-1983 


Cerebral Palsy Foundation

CEREBRAL PALSY:

Zach Anner 1984-
Christy Brown 1932-1981

Josh Blue 1978-

RJ Mitte 1992-

Ryan O'Connell 1986-
Steven C. Stewart 1937-2001


Parkinson's Disease Foundation
The Michael J. Fox Foundation

PARKINSON'S:

Alan Alda 1936-

Terence Alexander 1923-2009 
Muhammad Ali 1942- 2016
Corey Allen 1934-2010
Whit Bissell 1909-1996

Peter Bogdanovich 1939-2022 
Peter Brown 1935-2016

Jim Backus 1913-1989

Margaret Bourke-White 1904-1971 
Joseph Campanella 1924-2018
John Mack Carter 1928-2014
Billy Connolly 1942-
George Coulouris: 1903-1989
Salvador Dali 1904-1989
Neil Diamond 1941-

Joan Didion 1934-2021

Michael J. Fox 1961-
Estelle Getty 1923-2008
Peter Godfrey 1899-1970

Claire Griswold 1936-2011
Jerry Haynes 1927-2011
George Roy Hill 1921-2002
Ian Holm 1931-2020

Bob Hoskins 1942- 2014
Lee Iacocca 1924-2019
Jesse Jackson 1941-

Mary Jackson 1910-2005

Dean Jones 1931-2015
Casey Kasem 1932- 2014
Deborah Kerr 1921-2007
Guy Kibbee: 1886-1956
Tom Lester: 1938-2020

Richard Lewis: 1947-2024
John Lindsay: 1921-2000
June Marlowe: 1903-1984

John Scott Martin 1926-2009 

Peter Masterson: 1934-2018

Ferdy Mayne: 1916-1998 
John McLiam 1918-1994
Kenneth More 1914-1982
Pope John Paul II 1920-2005
Vincent Price 1911-1993
Michael Redgrave 1908-1985
Janet Reno 1938-2016

Charles Robinson 1932-2006
Linda Ronstadt 1946-
Charles M. Schulz 1922-2000
David Sharpe: 1910-1980
Sidney Sheinberg: 1935-2019

Richard Stahl 1932-2006
Fred Weintraub 1928-2017
Edward Winter 1937-2001

Gary Wright 1943-2023 
Ed Wynn 1886-1966

Wounded Warrior Project 

Gary Sinise Foundation 

AMPUTEES/LIMB IRREGULARITY:

Jim Abbott (hand due to birth defect) 1967-
Suzan Ball (lost her leg to a cancerous tumor) 1934-1955
Frances Bay (right leg) 1919-2011
Sarah Bernhardt (leg due to stage accident) 1844-1923
Gary Burghoff (deformed left hand) 1943-

Lord Byron (clubbed right foot) 1788-1824
John Carradine (hands due to rheumatoid arthritis) 1906-1988

Blaise Cendrars (right arm lost in WWI) 1887-1961

Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman (quadruple amputee due to meningococcal sepsis) 2003-
James Coburn (hands due to rheumatoid arthritis) 1928-2002
Milton William Cooper (legs due to Vietnam war) 1943-2001
Aimee Copeland (quadriple limb amputee from Gwinnett flesh-eating bacteria) 1988-

Bob Dole: (right arm injured during WWII) 1923-
John Fante (legs in 1977 due to diabetes) 1909-1983
Totie Fields (left leg amputated due to a blood clot) 1930-1978
Ella Fitzgerald (legs due to diabetes) 1917-1996
Zsa Zsa Gabor (leg due to car crash) 1917- 2016
Robert David Hall (legs due to car accident) 1947-
Bethany Hamilton (arm due to shark attack) 1990-

Oksana Masters (double leg amputee due to birth defects from Chernobyl) 1989- 
Kyle Maynard (quadruple amputee. born without legs or arms) 1986-

Heather Mills (leg due to motorcycle accident) 1968-
Bob Morgan (lost left leg during a movie train stunt) 1916-1999
Oscar Pistorius (legs due to birth defect) 1986-

Les Podewell (hands and feet due to rheumatoid arthritis) 1907-1998 

Cole Porter (right leg from a horse riding accident) 1891-1964
Amy Purdy (double leg amputee from bacterial meningitis) 1979-

Aron Ralston (arm due to rock climbing accident) 1975-
Martha Raye (double leg amputee from poor circulation) 1916-1994

Harold Russell (double hand amputee from training exercise during WWII) 1914-2002 
Ron Santo (legs due to diabetes) 1940-2010
Al Strobel (left arm missing from a car accident)

Randy Travis (disabled right hand from a stroke) 1959- 
Susan Tyrrell (legs due to a rare blood disease) 1945-2012

Daniel von Bargen (leg due to diabetes) 1950-

Paraplegic Foundation

American Stoke Foundation
National Stroke Association

WHEELCHAIR USE:

V.C. Andrews (accident on a stairwell)  1923-1986
Lionel Barrymore (arthritis) 1878-1954
Jill Kinmont Boothe (skiing accident) 1936-2012
John Callahan (quadriplegic due to a car accident) 1951-2010

Johnny Cash (autonomic neuropathy) 1932-2003 
Arthur C. Clarke (post-polio syndrome) 1917-2008

Dick Clark (stroke) 1929-2012
Chuck Close (spinal artery collapse) 1940-2021
Tim Curry (stroke in 2012) 1946-
Andre Dubus II (hit by a car) 1936-1999

Jimmy Durante (stroke) 1893-1980

Robert Evans (stroke) 1930-2019 
Julie Fernandez (brittle-bone disease)1974-
Larry Flint (paraplegic due to gunshot wound) 1942-
John Paul Getty III (quadriplegic after a drug overdose) 1956-2011

David Merrick (stroke) 1911-2000
Daryl Mitchell (paraplegic due to motorcycle accident) 1965-

Dudley Moore (Parkinson's-plus disease and stroke) 1935-2002

Patricia Neal (stroke) 1926-2010
Susan Peters (paraplegic due to gunshot wound) 1921-1952

Christopher Reeve (quadriplegic due to horse riding accident) 1952-2004
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Polio) 1882-1945
Glenn Shadix 1952-2010

Edith Sitwell (suffered from Marfan syndrome) 1887-1964 
Ali Stroker  (paraplegic from a automobile accident) 1987-

James Troesh (quadriplegic) 1956-2011

Marcus A. York (paralyzed from auto accident) 1965-2021 


Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
MS Focus
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS:

Christina Applegate 1971-

Selma Blair 1972-
Tamara Dobson 1947-2006

Mayte Garcia 1973-
Teri Garr 1944-
Annette Funicello 1942- 2013
Frieda Inescort 1901-1976
David Lander 1947- 2020
Margaret Leighton 1922-1976

Sharon Lynn 1901-1963 
Rachel Miner 1980-
Jack Osbourne 1985-
Richard Pryor 1940-2005
Madlyn Rhue 1935-2003
Jamie-Lynn Sigler 1981-
Montel Williams 1956-


ALS Association
ALS Foundation for Life

LiveLikeLou Foundation 

A.L.S:

Cyril Cusack 1910-1993
Dennis Day 1916-1988

Roberta Flack 1937-
Lou Gehrig 1903-1941
Steve Gleason 1977-
Tim Green 1963-
Stephen Hawkings 1942-2018

Jerry Haynes 1927-2011

Tony Hendra 1941-2021 

Pitt Herbert 1914-1989 
Stephen Hillenburg 1961-2018

Jim McMullan 1936-2019

Denny Miller 1934-2014
Charles Mingus 1922-1979
Kenneth Mitchell 1974-
Pauline Moore 1914-2001
David Niven 1910-1983
Polly Platt 1939-2011
Mike Porcaro 1955-2015

Bryan Randall 1966-2023
Morrie Schwartz 1916-1995
David Sharpe 1910-1980
Sam Shepard 1943-2017
Lane Smith 1936-2005

Stacy Title 1964-2021 

Dan Toler: 1948-2013 
Henry Wallace 1888-1965

Robert Webber 1924-1989 
My Uncle William Hurley 1956- 2019

Operation Smile

Facial Paralysis and Bells Palsy Foundation 

FACIAL IRREGULARITY :

Paul Benedict (born with acromegaly which enlarged his nose and jaw) 1938-2008
Michael Berryman (hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia) 1948-
Richard Blackwell (bell's palsy) 1922-2008
Kate Bosworth (heterochromia. one brown eye, one blue) 1983-

Anthony Carrigan (alopecia) 1983- 

Bette Davis (facial paralysis due to a stroke) 1908-1989

Kirk Douglas (facial paralysis due to a stroke) 1916-2020

Roger Ebert (jaw removal due to cancer of the salivary glands) 1942- 2013
Billy Eichner ( lazy right eye) 1978-
Jack Elam (lazy left eye) 1920-2003
Marty Feldman (Graves' disease) 1934-1982
Sheila Gish  (had eye removed from facial cancer) 1942-2005
Lucy Grealy (jaw cancer) 1963-2002

Winnie Harlow (vitiligo) 1994- 
Stacy Keach (clef lip) 1941-
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (lazy eye) 1958-
Matt Lucus (alopecia) 1974-

Cheech Marin (clef lip) 1946-
J.R. Martinez (burns) 1983-
Andy Milonakis  (congenital growth-hormone condition) 1976-
Joaquin Phoenix (split lip) 1974-
Anne Ramsey (jaw removal due to esophageal cancer) 1929-1988
Saul Rubinek (bell's palsy) 1948-

Max Scherzer (heterochromia. one brown eye, one blue) 1984-
Seal (facial scars from lupus) 1963-
Jane Seymour (heterochromia. one brown eye and one green) 1951-
Roger Smith (myasthenia gravis) 1932-2017
Sylvester Stallone (nerve loss during birth) 1946-
Vincent Van Gogh (cut off his ear) 1853-1890
Forest Whitaker (lazy eye) 1961-
Jack Wild (jaw removal due to oral cancer) 1952-2006
Bob Woodruff (injured from an explosion while reporting in Iraq) 1961-


Global Downs Syndrome Foundation
National Foundation for Downs Syndrome

DOWNS SYNDROME:

Chris Burke 1965-
Jamie Brewer 1985-

Andrea Fay Friedman 1970-2023 
Zack Gottsagen 1985-

Lily D. Moore 2004-
Lauren Potter 1990-
Luke Zimmerman 1979-


DWARFISM: (dwarfism or a little person is defined as any adult height of 4' 10" or less) 

Michael J. Anderson 1953-
Elizabeth Barrington 1941-2011
Billy Barty 1924-2000
Charlie Becker 1887-1968
Elena Bertagnolli 1965-
Chuy Bravo 1956-2019
Joe C. 1974-2000
Keenan Cahill 1995-
Mickey Carroll 1919-2009
Debbie Lee Carrington 1959-2018
Gary Coleman 1968-2010
Tony Cox 1958-
Lewis Croft 1919-2008
Billy Curtis 1909-1988

Samantha Davis 
Warwick Davis 1970-

Luis De Jesus 1952-1988 
Prince Denis 1900-1984
Peter Dinklage 1969-
Buddy Douglas 1929-2000
Ruth Duccini 1918-2014
Michael Dunn: 1934-1973
Daisy Earles 1907-1980
Gracie Earles 1899-1970
Harry Earles 1902-1985
Tiny Earles 1914-2004
Meredith Eaton 1974-
Josh Ryan Evans 1982-2002
Phil Fondacaro 1958-
Jakob Gerlich 1917-1960

Joe Gieb 1954-
Arturo Gil 1960-
Michael Gilden 1962-2006
Leigh Gill
Joseph S. Griffo 1952-
Clarence C. Howerton 1913-1975
Linda Hunt 1945-
Martin Klebba 1969-
Karl Kosiczky 1918-2011
Emmanuel Lewis 1971-
Patty Maloney 1936-
Jerry Maren 1920-2018
Michu Meszaros 1939-2016
Harry Monty 1904-1999
Olga C. Nardone 1921-2010
Henry "Hank" Nasiff Jr. 1962-2001
Margaret Pellegrini 1923-2013

Bobby Potter 1952-
Meinhardt Raabe 1915-2010
Margaret Raia 1929-2003
Matt Roloff 1961-
Shorty Rossi 1969-
Johnny Roventini 1910-1998
Deep Roy 1957-
Zelda Rubinstein 1933-2010
Lenny Rush 2009-
Felix Silla 1937-
Karl Slover 1918-2011
Clarence Swensen 1917-2009
Betty Tanner 1916-1994
Verne Troyer 1969-
Herve Villechaize 1943-1993
Wee-Man 1973-
Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928-
Brad Williams 1984-
Danny Woodburn 1964-

Ben Woolf 1980-2015


GIGANTISM:  (giantism does not have any height requirements.  It is a defect in the growth hormone or pituitary gland.  It is highly treatable if parent of child address it early, hence why there are so few cases of it.) 

John Aasen 1890-1938
Andre the Giant 1946-1993

Paul Benedict 1938-2008

Javier Botet 1977-
Ted Cassidy 1932-1979
Guillaume Delaunay 1975-

Irwin Keyes 1952-2015 
Richard Kiel 1939-2014
Matthew McGrory 1973-2005
Gheorghe Muresan 1971-
Carel Struycken 1948-
Robert Wadlow 1918-1940


CONJOINED TWINS:

Ladan and Laleh Bijani 1974-2003
Chang and Eng Bunker 1811-1874
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon 1951-
Lucio and Simplicio Gomina 1908-1936
Abigail and Brittany Hensel 1990-
Daisy and Violet Hilton 1908-1969
Katie and Eilish Holton born 1988. (separated in 1992. Katie died after operation.)
Millie and Christine McKoy 1851-1912
Lori and George Schappell 1961-


LOBOTOMY:

Warner Baxter 1889-1951 (died shortly after the procedure from pneumonia)
Howard Dully 1948-
Josef Hassid 1923-1950 (died shortly after procedure from meningitis)
Sigrid Hjerten 1885-1948 (died after the botched surgery)
Rosemary Kennedy 1918-2005
Alys Robi 1923-2011