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Famous People Who Had and Have Polio

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  • Date: 2017/11/10 (Rev. 2019/04/07)
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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.

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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

  • Alan Alda
  • Alan Toy
  • Ann Adams
  • Arthur C. Clarke
  • Arthur Guyton
  • Ben Bradlee
  • Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar - Cricket Champion from India
  • Bill Cullen - (1920-1990) game show host
  • Brooks Stevens
  • Cathy Rigby's
  • CeDell Davis - Jazz Guitarist
  • Charles E. Bennett - (1911-2003) longtime US Congressman, Florida
  • Christopher Templeton
  • Claudius
  • Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell
  • David Sanborn
  • Dennis Washington
  • Dick Cabela - outdoorsman and founder of "Cabela's"
  • Dinah Shore
  • Donald Sutherland
  • Dorothea Lange - (1895-1965): photographer
  • Ed Roberts - (1939-1995) Father of the Independent Living Movement
  • Edna Marie Moore - (1930-1989) Texas artist
  • Egbert Hamilton Walker - (1899-1991) Smithsonian Institute Botanist
  • Eileen Grubba
  • Eleanor Abbott - designed the game CandyLand
  • Elizabeth Twistington Higgins - (1923-1990): MBE, English ballet dancer and artist
  • Elmer L. Andersen - (1910-2005): former Minnesota Governor, businessman
  • Ethelda Blaibtrey - (1902-1978): olympic gold medalist for swimming
  • F.D. Roosevelt
  • Francis Ford Coppola - director
  • Frank Mars
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Georgia Coleman
  • Harold Brooks-Baker - (1933-2005): publisher
  • Hector Giuffré (1944 - 2018) - Artist from Argentina. His realism art work is characterized by a realistic technique where psychological perceptions are not excluded.
  • Henrietta Wyeth Hurd - (1907-1997): artist
  • Henry Holden - actor, comedian, athlete, activist
  • Hildegard Knef - (1925-2002): German actress, singer, writer
  • Horace Parlan - pianist
  • Hugh Gregory Gallagher - author and historian
  • Ian Dury
  • Ida Louise Anderson - (1900-1941): broadcast radio pioneer
  • Ida Lupino - (1917-1995): London-born actress, director, screenwriter
  • Itzhak Perlman - internationally acclaimed violinist
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer - (1904-1967): physicist and teacher
  • Jack Nicklaus
  • James DePriest - musician, composer, arranger and conductor
  • James Drury - actor, "The Virginian"
  • Jean Chretien - former Prime Minister of Canada
  • Jerome Solon Felder - (1925-1991): songwriter, Doc Pomus
  • Joey Rulli
  • John East - (1931-1986): US Senator
  • John Frederick Collins
  • John Hager - Lieutenant Governor, Virginia
  • John Laws
  • John Prestwich - MBE, longest respirator user (Guinness Book of World Records)
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Joseph (Joey) Velez - (1925-2002): Golden Gloves Boxer
  • Judith E. Heumann
  • Judy Collins
  • Julius (Julie) Bort - (1922-1996) boxer
  • Julius Robert Oppenheimer -
  • Justin Dart - activist
  • Katie Eastman -
  • Kerry Packer
  • Kim Beazley
  • Kurt Sipolski
  • Lauro Halstead - doctor.
  • Lionel Barrymore - (1878-1954): actor
  • Lis Hartel
  • Lois Catherine Marshall - (1924-1997): Canadian singer in the 50s and 60s
  • Lord Snowden - photographer, UK (Princess Margaret's former husband)
  • Margaret "Peg" Phillips - (1918-2002): actress (Ruth-Anne on "Northern Exposure")
  • Margarete Steiff - (1847-1909): German seamstress who founded Steiff Teddy Bears
  • Marion Davies
  • Marjorie Lawrence - world famous dramatic opera singer:
  • Martin Milner - actor
  • Mary Francis - (1924-2000)
  • Mel Ferrar - actor
  • Mia Farrow
  • Neil Young
  • Nyla Thompson - mouth artist
  • Oscar G. Heirlihy - Radio and TV Pioneer, Newfoundland
  • Owen Roizman - cinematographer, 5 Oscar nominations and Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Paul Martin
  • Paul Winchell
  • Peter Preston - British writer and Guardian editor, 1975 through 1995
  • Ray Ewry - (1873-1937) Track & Field Olympic Champion
  • Ray Peterson
  • Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi
  • Ruma - ancient Syrian
  • Shelley Mann
  • Siptah
  • Sir John Cotesworth Slessor
  • Sir Julian Critchley - (1930-2000): journalist, author and member of the House of Commons
  • Sir Walter Scott
  • Steve Harley
  • Tanaquil Le Clercq - (1929-2000): ballet dancer
  • Tenley Albright - doctor and olympic gold medalist for figure skating
  • Tony Gould
  • Victor Woodrow Wertz - (1925-1983): Baseball All-Star
  • Wah Ming Chang
  • Walter "Buddy" Davis - Broad Jump Olympic Champion, Basketball
  • Walter Jackson - (1938-1983) lead singer of the "Velvetones"
  • William Alexander Gadsby
  • Wilma Rudolph

NOTES:

If you know of a discrepancy in this list please contact us so we can amend the entry.

For a maintained up-to date list please see the Wikipedia List of Poliomyelitis Survivors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poliomyelitis_survivors


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