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Welcome to the website of the
Southwest Virginia MS Support Group
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Famous people with Multiple Sclerosis
SOURCE: To many websites
Jacqueline Creed Archer - Civil rights activist
Javier Artero - Spanish soccer player
Louise Arters - Actress (one of the Sparkle Twins)
April Arvan - Basketball Coach
Jackie Bertone - percussionist for Beach Boys and others
Michael Blake - Hollywood screenwriter, "Dances with
Wolves"
Bill Bradbury - Secretary of State of Oregon
Rachelle Breslow - author
Nicky Broyd - BBC Radio Journalist
Dborah Bruening - writer
Clive Burr - Iron Maiden Drummer
Dan Carnevale - American Footballer
Neil Cavuto - lead anchor on Fox News Channel
Donal Coghlan - singer/songwriter
Richard Cohen - journalist (married to actress Meridith
Viera)
Sean Coman (aka Sean Donahue) - Californian disk jockey
Luca Coscione - Italian Politician
Charlie Courtauld - British newspaper columnist
(Independent on Sunday)
Carrel Cowan-Ricks - historical archaeologist and
anthropologist
Roland 'Chubby' Cloutier - TV Entertainer
Guido Crepax - Italian comic
Betty Cuthbert - Olympic Gold Medallist, Sprinting
Deanna Davis - Basketball player and coach
Denise Davis - Singer
Sir Augustus Frederic D'Este (1794-1848) - grandson of
King George III of
England, 1st documented case of MS
Bruno Tassan Din - Italian publisher
Wayne Dobson - magician
Deborah Downey - Cabaret Performer
Khiawatha Downey - American Footballer
Jacqueline du Pre - cellist
Frank DuBois - New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture
1989-, champion teamroper
Michel Dupuis - Canadian football player (linebacker for
Ottawa, Winnipeg & Toronto)
Michael R. Duval - Investment Banker and White House
Lawyer Under Nixon and Ford
Allan Eagleson - Hockey impresario & lawyer
Stanley Elkin - writer
Donna Fargo
- Country and western singer
Lola Folana - singer
Bryan Forbes - actor, writer, director (married to
Nanette Newman)
Michael Frimkess - Potter
Annette Funicello - singer, dancer, former Mouseketeer
Roman Gabriel - American football player (Los Angeles
Rams 1962-72)
Terry Garr - Actress (Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, Close
Encounters and others)
Sarah P. Gibbs - Biologist - Winner of 2003 Gilbert
Morgan Smith Medal
Brenda Gildehaus - champion BMX bike rider
Marianne Gingrich - ex-wife of former House Speaker Newt
Gingrich
Chrystal Gomes - stand up comedienne
Nicola Griffith - Author
Robin Gurr - poet
William Hartnell - British actor (the first Doctor Who)
Joseph Hartzler - Chief prosecutor for the Oklahoma
bombing case
Eve Hayes - actress
Heinrich Heine - German poet (1797-1856) posthumously
diagnosed with MS
Stewart Henry - UK disc-jockey
Lucien Hervé - Architectural Photographer
Lena Horne - Actress and singer
Alastair Hignell - International Rugby Player, Cricketer
and BBC Sports Commentator
Jennifer Huget - Washington Post journalist
Fred Hughes - Andy Warhol's financeer and manager
David Humm - NFL quarterback, Oakland Raiders
Ivalio Iordanov - Bulgarian International soccer player
Brian Irvine - Scottish soccer player
Barbara Jordan - Congress woman, professor, civil rights
activist
Hal Ketchum - Country & Western Singer
Johnny Killen - 1960s singer
Susan Kisslinger - Author
Stanley Knowles - Canadian Politician (1942-1984)
David "Squiggy" Lander - actor in the American TV show
"Laverne & Shirley,"
Carl Laemmle, Jr. - film producer and son of the founder
of Universal Studios
Ronnie Lane - musician with The Faces (Rod Stewart's old
band)
James LaRocca - Guitarist with MS
Melanie Lawson - Anchorwoman, Ch.13 Houston
Margaret Leighton - British actress
Wendy Lill - Canadian Politician
Kathryn Lindskoog - author
Lydwina of Schieden - Dutch patron Saint of Ice Skaters
(1400AD) The earliest written record of someone with MS
Ernie McAlister - US Politician
Roger MacDougall - British playwright
David Maclean - UK Conservative MP - Chief Whip
Fiona MacTaggart - British Politician (Labour MP for
Slough)
Natalie Mandzhavidze - NASA Physicist
Maureen Manley - Olympic Cyclist
Emily Mann - director and playwright
Diana Markham - Novelist
Miquel Martm i Pol - Catalan poet
Maxine Mesinger - Newspaper gossip columnist, Houston
Chronicle
Laura Mitchell - Public policy analyst, consultant
and writer
Mary Mullarkey - Colorado State Supreme Court Chief
Justice
John Mythen - cartoonist and writer
William Newman - artist
Ken Novak - Basketball coach
Paul Novoselick - Chronicle staff writer and columnist
Cindy O'Connor - Poet
Alan Osmond - Singer in Osmond Brothers
Jim Oelschlager - financeer and philanathropist
John Pageler - author
Lisa Peck - Mountain bike rider (5th in 2000 Masters
World Mountain Bike Championships)
Alison Peebles, Actress most famous for her Taggart role
Jim Poulin - Basketball Coach
Richard Pryor - comedian and actor
Richard Queen - Iran hostage
Richard Radtke - Scientist and Winner Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Jacques Raverat - Artist
Adam Riedy - US Speed Skater
Madeline Rhue - Actress
John Robson - Footballer
Doug Robinson - Novelist
Fausto Rocha - Brazilian TV Actor
Wendy Carol Roth - Television producer, writer and
Advocate for the Disabled
Ann Romney (wife of
Mitt Romney, Former Gov. of MA and former presidential
candidate)
James Scofield - poet
Eric Simons - mountaineer
Dean Singleton - Newspaper Magnate
Vince Smith
- Country singer Vince Smith had a hit record with a
song called "My Annette" after his friend and idol
Annette Funicello. Vince now has MS.
Keith Snyder - composer, performer, and author
Henry Steele - Basketball Player
Stephanie Stephens - golfer
Kevin Stevenson - Singer/Guitarist
Sharon Summerall - model (married to Don Henley (singer
with The Eagles)
Mike Szymanski - entertainment writer and managing
editor of zap2it.com
Tamia - R&B singer (Grammy Nominee)
David "Teddy" Thomas - Cricketer
Mitch Terpstra - Athlete and Althetics Coach
David "Teddy"
Thomas - Cricketer
Tiger Tim (no, not Henman. A DJ from Glasgow)
Joe Torsella - US Politician
Larry Tucker - Film and TV writer and producer (incl.
The Monkees, Alice B. Toklas and Bob & Carol)
Yury Tynianov - Russian Novelist and literary critic
Norah Vincent - Journalist
Wally Wakefield - Ski jumper and sports columnist
Jackie Waldman - Author and motivational speaker
Clay Walker - Country and western singer
Danny Wallace - Soccer Player
Clifford T. Ward - Singer/songwriter
Rich Warden - Racecar Driver
Paul Wellstone - US Senator, Minnesota
Sara White (widow
of Reggie White, NFL Hall of Famer)
Paul Willey - Virtual Golf Champion
Montel Williams -
actor and former talk show host
Victoria Williams - Singer
Victor Willing - Artist
Paul Wolfskehl - 19th century German industrialist and
amateur mathematician
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Wade Boggs' (baseball player) sister
Marg Helgenberger's (actress) father
Tommy Hilfiger's (designer) sister
Dustin Hoffman's (actor) mother
Larry Kane's (TV news anchorman) mother
Chris Moss's (basketball player) mother
Patty Murray's (US senator) father
Michelle Obama's Father (Michelle Obama , wife of
presidential candidate Barak Obama)
Stone Phillips' (Dateline NBC) wife
Adam Sandler's (comedian/actor) Cousin
Daniel J. Travanti's (actor) brother
Eddie Vedder's (Pearl Jam) father
Henry "Gizmo" Williams (American
footballer) mother
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N.B.
Michael Crichton has not been diagnosed with MS.
He had a single neurological episode in the 1960s and
has not had any other symptoms subsequently.
Ozzy Osbourne had a scare that he might have
MS but it was a false alarm:
"Family unity became even more paramount for the
Osbournes in 1992 when Ozzy was diagnosed as suffering
from multiple sclerosis, announced his retirement and
played a farewell tour. Six months later a second
opinion pronounced the diagnosis a false alarm, but the
family have only now publicly acknowledged the scare." - from this
Guardian article
Don Van Vilet (aka Captain Beefheart), the
Rock 'n' Roll singer, does not have MS.
There is also some dispute as to whether Dino
Ferrari of Ferrari automobiles had MS.
Please mail me at
jones.paul@btconnect.com if you know of other famous
people with MS or any inaccuracies on this page.
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