List of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
This is a list of notable people who have or had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Pietro Anastasi (1948–2020), Italian football (soccer) player[1]
- Ady Barkan (born 1983), American lawyer and political activist[2]
- Jason Becker (born 1969), American musician, songwriter and composer[3]
- Giovanni Bertini (1951–2019), Italian football (soccer) player[4]
- Stefano Borgonovo (1964–2013), Italian football (soccer) player[5]
- Rob Burrow (born 1982), English rugby league player[6]
- Ben Byer (1971–2008), American playwright, subject of the film Indestructible, documenting his life post-diagnosis
- Jeff Capel II (1953–2017), American basketball coach[7]
- Marián Čišovský (born 1979), Slovak football (soccer) player[8]
- Dwight Clark (1957–2018), American football (gridiron) player[9]
- Rickey Dixon (born 1966), American football (gridiron) player
- Jenifer Estess (1963–2003), American theatre producer and activist, subject of HBO film Jennifer; founding member of Project ALS
- Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player, after whom the disease is commonly referred
- Steve Gleason (born 1977), American football (gridiron) player[10]
- Tim Green (born 1963), American football (gridiron) player, commentator and author
- Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), English theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author of several books on astrophysics, including A Brief History of Time
- Stephen Hillenburg (1961–2018), American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants[11]
- Catfish Hunter (1946–1999), American baseball player[12]
- Derrick Jensen (1956–2017), American football (gridiron) player
- Jaan Kaplinski (born 1941), Estonian author, translator, philosopher, and culture critic [13]
- Kim Shattuck (1963–2019), American singer and songwriter (The Muffs)[14]
- Tim Shaw (born 1984), American football (gridiron) player
- Sam Shepard (1943–2017), American actor and playwright[15]
- Gianluca Signorini (1960–2002), Italian football (soccer) player[16]
- Kyousei Tsukui (born 1961), Japanese voice actor[17]
- Dmitri Vasilenko (1975–2019), Russian gymnast[18]
- Doddie Weir (born 1970), Scottish rugby union player[19]
- Joost van der Westhuizen (1971–2017), South African rugby union player[20]
See also
References
- "Il figlio di Anastasi: "Papà aveva la Sla, ha chiesto la sedazione assistita"" [Anastasi's son: "Dad had ALS, he asked for palliative sedation"] (in Italian). Ansa. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- Singer, Jenny (2018-11-11). "Ady Barkan Will Die for Your Sins: Meet the Man Giving His Last Breath to Democracy". The Forward. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- "Exclusive: Guitarist Jason Becker, Who Suffers From ALS, Calls Ice-Bucket Trend 'Amazing'". 28 August 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Un'altra vittima della Sla: è morto Giovanni Bertini" [Another victim of ALS: Giovanni Bertini has died]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- "Stefano Borgonovo muore a 49 anni. Da tempo era malato di Sla" [Stefano Borgonovo dies at 49. He had been suffering from ALS for some time] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- "Rob Burrow: Leeds Rhinos legend diagnosed with motor neurone disease". 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- Capel, Jeff. "The Tree". The Players' Tribune. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- "Marian Cisovsky: Emotional defender celebrates Czech title win". BBC Sport. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Mano, Daniel (March 19, 2017). "49ers legend Dwight Clark announces ALS diagnosis". The Mercury News. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- Kenny, Glenn (2016-07-28). "Review: In 'Gleason,' a Devastating Diagnosis Prompts a New Mission". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- Wallenstein, Andrew; Wallenstein, Andrew (2017-03-13). "'SpongeBob SquarePants' Creator Stephen Hillenburg Reveals ALS Diagnosis". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- http://webnc.alsa.org/site/PageNavigator/NC_2_catfishhunter.html
- Kiiser, Vilja (2020-06-12). "Jaan Kaplinski: mul on diagnoositud ränk haigus ja huvitav on jälgida selle progressi" (in Estonian). Eesti Päevaleht. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kim-shattuck-muffs-dead-obituary-894132/
- Deb, Sopan (July 31, 2017). "Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73". The New York Times.
- "Calcio, morto Signorini, bandiera del Genoa" [Football, Signorini dead, symbol of Genoa]. Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 November 2002. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- "Voice Actor Kyousei Tsukui Reveals ALS Diagnosis". Anime News Network. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- "«Я еще живой!»". Федерации спортивной гимнастики России. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- "Doddie Weir diagnosed with motor neurone disease". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- Doctor confirms Joost's fears, 2014-08-22
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