Famous People Who Had and Have Polio

Published: 2017/11/10 - Updated: 2023/05/13
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Synopsis: Explanation of the disease Polio and resource list of famous people living and deceased who had polio in their lives. The word poliomyelitis originates from the Greek word "polio" meaning "grey" and "myelon" meaning "marrow." Polio vaccines, developed by Jonas Salk in 1952 and Albert Sabin in 1962, are credited with reducing the annual number of polio cases from many hundreds of thousands to around a thousand.

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Poliomyelitis (Polio or Infantile Paralysisis) is a highly infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, a member of the genus Enterovirus, belonging to the Picornaviridae family. The word poliomyelitis originates from the Greek word "polio" meaning "grey" and "myelon" meaning "marrow." The spread of the disease is through the fecal-oral route.

There is currently no cure for polio. The focus of modern treatment has been on providing relief of symptoms, speeding recovery and preventing complications. The polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk in 1952 and Albert Sabin in 1962 are credited with reducing the annual number of polio cases from many hundreds of thousands to around a thousand. Today, only 3 countries in the world have never stopped transmission of polio; Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria - (WHO).

Famous People Who Had and Have Polio

A. H. Almaas
Adrian Adepitan
Alan Alda
Alan Marshall
Alex Cord
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Possibly Had Polio)
Allen B. DuMont
Anthony Royle
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Apolinario Mabini (Possibly Had Polio)
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur Guyton
Ash Atalla
Bapsi Sidhwa
Benjamin C. Bradlee
Bert Flugelman
Bert Massie
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bill Cullen
Bill Gadsby
Bob Blackman
Boyd K. Packer
Brooks Stevens
Brownie McGhee
Bud Grant
Carey Blyton
CeDell Davis
Charles Dail
Charles E. Bennett
Charlie Haden
Chavela Vargas
Christopher Anne Templeton
Claudius (Possibly Had Polio)
Colin Banks
Connee Boswell
Daisy Richards Bisz
Daniel J. Kremer
David Dore
David Onley
David Sanborn
David Starkey
Dennis Washington
Dinah Shore
Dmitri Shostakovich (Possibly Had Polio)
Doc Pomus
Don Owen
Donald Sutherland
Donald Tyerman
Donald Wade, Baron Wade
Donovan
Dorothea Lange
E. W. Swanton
Ed Roberts
Edward Max Nicholson
Elizabeth Edmondson
Elmer L. Andersen
Elsie MacGill
Emmett Till
Emmett Watson
Ethelda Bleibtrey
Fitz Henry Lane (Possibly Had Polio)
Florence B. Seibert
Francis Cardinal George
Francis Ford Coppola
Franklin Clarence Mars
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Possibly Had Polio)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Frida Kahlo
Garth Drabinsky
Garth Drabinsky
Gavin Woods
Geoffrey Ward
Gianni Russo
Grace Padaca
Guy Crescent
Gwen Verdon
H. Ramakrishnan
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Harlan E. Boyles
Harold Brooks-Baker
Harold Weston
Henriette Wyeth
Hildegard Knef
Horace Parlan
Hugh Gallagher
Ian Dury
Ida Lupino
Ike Skelton
Israel Vibration
Itzhak Perlman
J. D. Beresford
J. G. Farrell
Jack Nicklaus
James DePreist
James Drury
James Glenn Beall
James H. Scheuer
James McGregor Stewart
Jean Chrétien (Possibly Had Polio)
Jessie Sampter
Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Dante
Joe Soares
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
John Creasey
John F. Collins
John H. Hager
John Hamman
John Herbert Quick
John Konrads
John Laws
John Porter East
Johnny Weissmuller
Joni Mitchell
Joseph Goebbels (Possibly Had Polio)
Judith Heumann
Judy Collins
Julian Critchley
Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr.
Katherine Jackson
Kerry Packer
Kim Beazley
Landis Gores
Larry Hinson
Laurent Schwartz
Leonard Kriegel
Leslie Waller
Lillian Rogers Parks
Lis Hartel
Lois Marshall
Louis Auguste de Bourbon (Possibly Had Polio)
Marc Shell
Margarete Steiff
Marion Davies
Marjorie Lawrence
Martha Mason
Martha Ware
Matthew Fox
Maud Lewis
Max Noether
Mel Ferrer
Mia Farrow
Michael Flanders
Michael R. McNulty
Milton H. Erickson
Mitch McConnell
Neil Young
Norma Paulus
Odette L. Shotwell
Owen Roizman
Paola Fantato
Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Nuttgens
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
Paul Joseph James Martin
Paul Winchell
Paulo Autuori
Peg Phillips
Pete Dawkins
Peter Levi
Peter Preston
Philip Morrison
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Thaxter
Pierre Fournier
Ray Ewry
Ray Peterson
Red Steagall
Renata Tebaldi
Richard B. Fisher
Richard N. Cabela
Richmal Crompton
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert McNamara
Robin Cavendish
Roger Youderian
Ronny Yu
Rosalind Miles
Rosemary Rue
Rosemary Tonks
Ruskin Spear
Satendra Singh
Seán Mac Diarmada
Senarath Attanayake
Shelley Mann
Sherman Skolnick
Siptah (Possibly Had Polio)
Sir John Slessor
Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Walter Scott (Possibly Had Polio)
Spike Breakwell
Stacy Smith
Steve Cohen
Sylvia Syms
Tanaquil Le Clercq
Tanaquil LeClercq
Ted Landsmark
Tenley Albright
Theresa Ducharme
Thomas Midgley, Jr.
Tim Rooney
Vic Wertz
W. Harry Davis
Wah Chang
Waldren Joseph
Walt Davis
William Foote Whyte
William John Little
Wilma Rudolph
Yit Foong Hee

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