Famous People with Disabilities List

Updated/Revised Date: 2023-05-08
Author: Disabled World | Contact: Disabled World (Disabled-World.com)
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Synopsis: Collection of lists of famous and well-known people with various disabilities and conditions including actors, politicians, and writers who contributed to society. A disability is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic diseases. A disability can be present from birth or occur during a person's lifetime. Disability can include physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic diseases. People with disabilities include many actors, actresses, celebrities, singers, world leaders, and other famous people.

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Have a disability or medical condition? You are not alone, people with disabilities include actors, actresses, celebrities, singers, world leaders, and many other famous people. Of course, there are also millions of people worldwide who may not be famous in the sense society deems famous, but still live with, battle, and overcome their disabilities every single day of their lives.

A disability is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic diseases. A disability can be present from birth or occur during a person's lifetime. Below you will find lists of many famous and well-known people who have, or had, disabilities. These lists are a constant work in progress.

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Lists of Famous People With Disability

Famous Amputees: List of well-known and famous people who currently are, or were, amputees.
Famous People with Asperger's Syndrome: A list of famous people who either have or had Asperger's Syndrome.
Famous People with Asthma: List of well-known and famous persons, both living and deceased, who have and had Asthma in their lives.
Famous People with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A list of well-known people who are known to have autism or a related condition on the autism spectrum.
Famous People with Cerebral Palsy: A list of well-known and famous persons, both living and deceased, who have or had Cerebral Palsy.
Famous People with a Cleft: List of well-known people with a cleft, a congenital deformity caused by a failure in facial development during pregnancy.
Famous People with Club Feet or Foot: A list of well-known and famous people who have or had either a club foot or feet.
Famous People with Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease (AD): A list of famous and well-known people who currently have or had dementia or Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
Famous People with Dyslexia: A list of famous persons living and deceased who are Dyslexic or had Dyslexia.
Famous People with Epilepsy: A list of famous and well-known people have or had epilepsy.
Famous People Who Died from Head and Neck Cancer: List of notable people who died from head and neck cancers that include; throat, esophageal, laryngeal, oral, and thyroid cancers.
Famous People with Hearing Impairments: List of famous and well-known people who are or were deaf and have or had hearing impairments.
List of Well Known People with Motor Neuron Disease (MND): A list of famous and well-known people with or had Motor neuron disease.
Famous People with Meniere's Disease: A list of well known and people who are famous who have or had Meniere's Disease.
Famous People with Bipolar, Cyclothymia and Mood Disorders: List of famous people with mood disorders including depression, bipolar disorder, and cyclothymia mania.
Famous People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS): List of famous and well-known people, both living and deceased, who have and had multiple sclerosis (MS).
Famous People with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): List of famous and well-known people who had, or have, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Famous People with Psoriasis: List of well-known and famous people who had or currently have psoriasis in their life.
Famous People with Parkinson's Disease: List of well-known and famous people who have, or did have, Parkinson's disease.
Famous People with Polio: Explanation of the disease Polio and resource list of famous people living and deceased who had polio.
Physically Disabled World Leaders and Politicians: A list of politicians and world leaders who currently hold or held office while having a significant physical disability.
Famous People with Schizophrenia: List of well-known and famous people who have and had Schizophrenia.
Famous People with Speech Differences and Stutter: List of well-known and famous people who have or had speech differences, including stuttering.
Famous People with Spina Bifida: List of well-known and famous people, both past and present, who were born with Spina Bifida.
Famous People with Tourette Syndrome: List of well-known people, both past and present, who have or had Tourette syndrome.
Famous People with Vision Impairments: A list of famous and well-known sight impaired people who are or were blind or blind in one eye.
Famous Wheelchair Users: A list of well-known and famous people who use or used wheelchairs since birth and later in life due to disabilities.
Renowned Artists with Disabilities: Marcy Hernandez discusses art and disabilities and lists some well-known artists with disability.
Disability Quotes: A collection of famous, and not so famous, interesting quotes regarding disability and health related disabilities.
Famous People who Died Young: List of well-known and famous people who died before their time in accidents, from health conditions, and other causes.

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