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| [[Frida Kahlo]] || Artist / painter<ref name="Frida">{{Cite journal|last=Martínez-Lavín|first=M.|author-link=|last2=Amigo|first2=M. C.|author-link2=|last3=Coindreau|first3=J.|author-link3=|last4=Canoso|first4=J.|author-link4=|date=Mar 2000|title=Fibromyalgia in Frida Kahlo's life and art|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/1529-0131%28200003%2943%3A3%3C708%3A%3AAID-ANR30%3E3.0.CO%3B2-0|journal=Arthritis and Rheumatism|volume=43|issue=3|pages=708–709|doi=|issn=0004-3591|pmc=|pmid=10728769|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref name="Frida2">{{Cite web|url=https://daily.jstor.org/frida-kahlo-suffer-fibromyalgia/|title=Did Frida Kahlo Suffer From Fibromyalgia?|last=Caldwell|first=Ellen C.|date=2018-04-28|website=JSTOR Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2021-12-05}}</ref> || Mexican || [[Fibromyalgia]] and other forms of [[chronic pain]] | |||
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| [[Roger King]] || Writer, author of [[Love and Fatigue in America]] || British || | | [[Roger King]] || Writer, author of [[Love and Fatigue in America]] || British || | ||
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| [[Matthew Nicholson]] || Cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url =https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/matthew-nicholson-career-test-baggy-green-yips-injuries-chronic-fatigue-western-australia-nsw-waugh/2021-11-08 | | [[Matthew Nicholson]] || Cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url =https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/matthew-nicholson-career-test-baggy-green-yips-injuries-chronic-fatigue-western-australia-nsw-waugh/2021-11-08 | ||
|title =Hits, yips and misses: Matt Nicholson's untold story|first=Adam|last = Burnett | |title =Hits, yips and misses: Matt Nicholson's untold story|first=Adam|last = Burnett | ||
|date =Nov 8, 2021}}</ref> || Australian || Possibly [[Post- | |date =Nov 8, 2021}}</ref> || Australian || Possibly [[Post-Viral Fatigue]] after [[mononucleosis]] rather than [[Chronic fatigue syndrome]] | ||
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| [[Stevie Nicks]] || Singer, songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |url =https://people.com/archive/high-priestess-vol-49-no-2/|title =High Priestess|last=Dougherty|first=Steve|date=Jan 19, 1998 |publisher=People|quote =While her growing lethargy had been diagnosed as the effects of Epstein-Barr virus, which causes constant fatigue, Nicks and her mother suspected it might be related to silicone breast implants that she had received in 1976. “Like cocaine, the whole world was getting them back then, and everyone was told they were safe,” Nicks says. “But I’m living proof that they aren’t safe.” Indeed, several doctors advised that removing her implants would be painful and unnecessary, but Nicks had the surgery anyway in 1994. “It turned out they were totally broken,” she says.}}</ref> || American || [[Chronic fatigue syndrome]] | | [[Stevie Nicks]] || Singer, songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |url =https://people.com/archive/high-priestess-vol-49-no-2/|title =High Priestess|last=Dougherty|first=Steve|date=Jan 19, 1998 |publisher=People|quote =While her growing lethargy had been diagnosed as the effects of Epstein-Barr virus, which causes constant fatigue, Nicks and her mother suspected it might be related to silicone breast implants that she had received in 1976. “Like cocaine, the whole world was getting them back then, and everyone was told they were safe,” Nicks says. “But I’m living proof that they aren’t safe.” Indeed, several doctors advised that removing her implants would be painful and unnecessary, but Nicks had the surgery anyway in 1994. “It turned out they were totally broken,” she says.}}</ref> || American || [[Chronic fatigue syndrome]] |
Revision as of 02:13, December 5, 2021
The following is a chart of famous people who currently or previously had myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and/or fibromyalgia (FMS). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes ME/CFS as a "disabling and complex disease"[1] and fibromyalgia "can cause pain, disability, and lower quality of life."[2]
Name | Occupation | Nationality | Diagnosis |
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Michelle Akers | Footballer (soccer). Retired prior to the 2000 Olympics because of injuries and CFS.[3] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Jonathan Ansell | Singer | British | |
Paul Atherton | TV & Film director, producer | British | |
Ann Bannon | Author | American | |
Richie Barnett | Rugby league player. Retired due to ME/CFS.[4] Now mostly recovered.[5] | New Zealander | ME/CFS |
Glenn Beck | Television and radio host, conservative political commentator | American | |
Vicky Beeching | TV presenter, writer | British | |
Toni Bernhard | Author | American | |
Emma Blackery | YouTube vlogger, singer-songwriter | British | |
Susan Blackmore | Parapsychologist, lecturer, author, sceptic | British | |
Nicola Blackwood | Politician | British | |
Howard Bloom | Music publicist, author | American | |
Olaf Bodden | Footballer. Retired due to ill health.[6] | German | Chronic fatigue syndrome, currently bedbound |
Brenton Brown | Christian musician | South African-American | |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Poet | British | |
Joe Burns | Cricket player. Recovered.[7] | Australian | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Rich Carson | Businessman | American | |
Ricky Carmichael | Motocross racer. Retired due to ill health from CFS.[8] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Frank Carrone | Italian/American crime family | American | |
Cher | Singer[9] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome triggered by Chronic Epstein-Barr virus |
Kittredge Cherry | Author, priest | American | |
Mama Chill | Rap artist | British | |
Pema Chödrön | Nun | American | |
Roger Cicero | Jazz singer | German | |
Susanna Clarke | Author | British | |
Tom Clarke | Politician | British | |
Neil Codling | Musician, singer-songwriter, keyboardist for Suede | British | |
Shirley Conran OBE | Former editor, author. Mother of designer Jasper Conran.[10] | British | Post-viral syndrome after viral pneumonia. Misdiagnosed in 1970 with hysteria, being work shy, and attention seeking. Still ill. |
Yvette Cooper | Politician[11] | British | M.E. Fully recovered. |
Silvia Corzo | Lawyer and journalist | Colombian | |
Sir Michael Crawford | Actor, comedian, singer[12] | British | Myalgic Encephalopathy (M.E.) |
Marie Curie | Scientist | Polish-French | |
Charles Darwin | Naturalist and geologist[13] | British | Probably ME/CFS |
Dennis DeYoung | Singer | American | |
Oriah Mountain Dreamer | Author, poet | Canadian | |
Renate Dorrestein | Writer, journalist and feminist | Dutch | |
Laura Dundovic | Miss Universe Australia 2008 | Australian | |
Blake Edwards | Film director, screenwriter, producer | American | |
Cristina Ponce Enrile | Ambassador to the Vatican | Filipino | |
Morgan Fairchild | Actress, advocate for Solve ME/CFS Initiative[14][15] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
K.C. Finn | Writer, author of M.E., Myself and I | British | |
Flea (Michael Balzary) | Bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, musician, songwriter, actor | Australian-American | |
Katie Flynn (Judy Saxton) | Author, patron of Shropshire ME Group | British | |
Linley Frame | Olympic swimmer. M.E. ended her career.[16] | Australian | M.E. |
Clare Francis | Former yachtswoman. Author, president of Action for ME.[17] | British | M.E. |
Ian "The Machine" Freeman | MMA/cage fighter, actor. Retired for 12 months with CFS.[18][19] | British | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Morgan Freeman | Actor[20] | American | Fibromyalgia, which developed after a car accident. |
Luke Ford | Journalist | Australian-American | |
Billy Garton | Soccer player. Retired due to ME/CFS.[21] | British | M.E./chronic fatigue syndrome after a virus |
Derek Graham | Athlete, sub 4min mile runner, cross-country star in the 1960s. Retired due to ME/CFS after catching a virus.[22][23] | British (Northern Irish) | Chronic fatigue after glandular fever, which then than developed into M.E. |
Johanna Griggs | Former international swimmer, TV presenter. | Australian | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Susan Harris | Television comedy writer and producer | American | |
Leigh Hatcher | Journalist | Australian | |
Alice Hattrick | Writer [24] | British | ME/CFS |
Anna Hemmings | Marathon canoeist. Two years out with overtraining/CFS. Retired after successful comeback.[25][26][27] | British | Unexplained underperformance syndrome/overtraining syndrome, later changed to CFS[25][26] |
Laura Hillenbrand | Author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption[28] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome, mostly bedbound |
Jens Höing | Racing driver | German | |
Andy Hunt | Footballer for Charlton. Retired due to CFS.[29] | British | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Rae Ingram | Footballer | British | |
Keith Jarrett | Composer, pianist | American | |
Maren Jensen | Actress | American | |
Brynmor John | Politician, died of M.E. in 1988 after collapsing when leaving the gym.[30][31][32][33] | British | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis |
Claire Jones | Harpist[34] | British (Welsh) | |
Rachel Jordan | Artist | British | |
Frida Kahlo | Artist / painter[35][36] | Mexican | Fibromyalgia and other forms of chronic pain |
Roger King | Writer, author of Love and Fatigue in America | British | |
Baker Knight | Songwriter | American | |
Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) | Singer[37] | American | Fibromyalgia |
Katherine Lawrence | Author | American | |
Alan W. Lear | Author | British (Scottish) | |
Martin Lev | Child actor, co-founder and patron of Action for ME. Deceased. | British | M.E. |
Bobby Lounge | Singer | American | |
Alastair Lynch | Footballer | Australian | |
Amos Mansdorf | Tennis player, retired at 29 due to CFS.[38] | Israeli | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar | Countess, House of Lords peer (retired), founder of Forward-ME, co-chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, patron of Tymes Trust.[39] | British | ME/CFS after organophosphate exposure. Recovered. |
Peter Marshall | Squash player. World number 2 when he retired at age 23 due to CFS.[40] | British | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Michael Mayne | Priest (Church of England), Dean of Westminster | British | |
Martine McCutcheon | Actress, singer, TV personality[41] | British | M.E., Chronic Lyme disease and Fibromyalgia. |
James McDonald | Footballer | Australian | |
Mary McDonough | Actress. Best known for playing Erin in The Waltons.[20] | American | Fibromyalgia |
Brooks Mileson | Business | British | |
Nicolai Misje | Footballer | Norwegian | |
Sabine Moussier | Actress | German-Mexican | |
Stuart Murdoch | Singer, songwriter with Belle and Sebastian.[42] | British (Scottish) | M.E. |
Anita Nall | Former swimmer. Partly recovered.[43] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Nadine Neumann | Former swimmer. Recovered.[44] | Australian | Chronic fatigue syndrome at 15. |
Randy Newman | Singer, Songwriter, Musician | American | |
Matthew Nicholson | Cricketer[45] | Australian | Possibly Post-Viral Fatigue after mononucleosis rather than Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Stevie Nicks | Singer, songwriter[46] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Florence Nightingale | Nurse[13][47] | British | Suspected ME/CFS and/or Fibromyalgia after brucellosis |
Andrew Oldcorn | Golfer | British | |
Sinéad O'Connor | Singer[20] | Irish | Fibromyalgia with fatigue |
Leila Pahlavi | Iranian Princess, died aged 31.[48] | Iranian | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis plus multiple mental illnesses. |
Kevin Parker | Footballer | British | |
Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland | British Duke | British | |
Amy Peterson | Former skater. Recovered turn relapsed.[49] | American | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Martin Phillips | Footballer for Torquay United. Retired at age 31 due to CFS.[29] | British | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
David Provan | Former footballer (soccer), TV match commentator. Forced to retire from playing at 29.[42] | British (Scottish) | Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis |
Lord David Puttnam | Filmmaker, patron of Action for ME[50] | British | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Joanna Russ | Author, academic, radical feminist | American | |
John Rutter | Classical composer and conductor | British | |
Miriam Defensor Santiago | Politician | Filipino | |
Rhyce Shaw | Footballer | Australian | |
Ali Smith | Author / novelist.[42] | British (Scottish) | |
Robin Söderling | Tennis player | Swedish | |
Rivka Solomon | Author[14][51] | ||
Casey Stoner | Motorcycle racer, former MotoGP world champion[52] | Australian | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Shelley Taylor-Smith | Former world champion open water marathon swimmer. Motivational speaker.[53][54][55] | Australian | Chronic fatigue syndrome, developed after life-threatening giardia lamblia. Hospitalized with fatigue, jaundice and infections but recovered. |
Paul Tomkins | Author | British | |
Monica Törnell | Singer | Swedish | |
Brian Vastag | Journalist | American | |
Mark Vink | Hockey player (captain), doctor. Retired from both due to ill health. | Dutch | Severe ME/CFS |
Laurie Walker | Artist | Canadian | |
Naomi Weisstein | Neuroscientist | American | |
Pamela Weston | Musician | British | |
Ken Wilber | Author | American | |
Ian Woosnam | Golfer. Fully recovered.[56] | British (Welsh) | Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis |
Dr Marcie Zinn | Research psychologist and physiologist. Died Dec 2019.[57] | American | Diagnosed with Herpes encephalitis then M.E. |
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "What is ME/CFS? | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Centers for Disease Control. January 18, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ↑ "Fibromyalgia | Arthritis". Centers for Disease Control. October 4, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ↑ "Michelle Akers USA". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Life with ME/CFS | Rugby league captain Richie Barnett | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | ME". YouTube. July 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Living with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)". listener.co.nz. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ↑ "Benefizspiel für den schwer kranken Olaf Bodden". Die Welt. 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ↑ "Joe Burns called up by Australia after overcoming Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". ME/CFS South Australia Inc. July 7, 2019.
- ↑ Dottore, Damian (October 9, 2007). "Carmichael's career ends early". Orange County Register. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (June 30, 1996). "Queen of the Comeback, Cher Tries Yet Again". New York Times.
After lying low for several years, nearly flattened by a severe case of chronic fatigue syndrome complicated by pneumonia and an embarrassing interlude as an infomercial queen, Cher is again on the comeback trail.
- ↑ "Celebrity Health - Shirley Conran". BBC News. October 16, 2006.
- ↑ Gordon, Bryony (June 5, 2011). "Hay festival: Yvette Cooper talks of battle with ME". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Over The Rainbow star makes Wizard of Oz debut". BBC News. March 2, 2011.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vallings, Rosamund (2019). "Chronic fatigue syndrome". J PRIM HEALTH CARE. 11 (4): 295–299. doi:10.1071/HCv11n4_ED2.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Solomon, Rivka (June 2, 2010). That Takes Ovaries!: Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-56621-8.
- ↑ "Morgan Fairchild Joins SMCI in DC for IOM Report Briefing - Solve ME/CFS Initiative". Solve ME/CFS Initiative. March 12, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Linley Frame: Olympian and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferer". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. May 4, 2012.
Linley Frame was hospitalised in 1996 but it took until 1997 for her to be diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. An Olympic swimmer who won gold medal in the 100 metre breastroke at the 1991 Fina World Championships, the disease ended her career.
- ↑ Grady, Rose (April 5, 1988). "'My battle against the living death' | Bizarre disease gives fearless sailor her greatest challenge". Weekly World News.
- ↑ "In the news". Evening Chronicle. January 18, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Fighter packs punch as film actor". Evening Chronicle. January 15, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Celebrities face fibromyalgia". CNN. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ↑ Mitten, Andy (July 24, 2014). "Garton enjoying life after United in LA". Manchester Evening News.
- ↑ "Annadale Striders Interview - Derek Graham". Annadale Striders.
- ↑ Marshall, Peter; Kehoe, Nick (2001). Shattered: A Champion's Fight Against a Mystery Illness. Mainstream.
- ↑ Peirson-Hagger, Ellen (October 7, 2021). ""Society is ableist": Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid". New Statesmen.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "'My body was aching so much I couldn't even wash my hair'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Spence, Vance. "Snippets | A presentation by MERGE Chairman Dr Vance Spence on 12 November 2005 at the Oak Tree Court Conference Centre, Coventry, at the invitation of the Warwickshire Network for ME". Irish M.E. Association.
- ↑ "Wimbledon Olympic canoeist to retire". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ↑ Saline, Carol (February 28, 2018). "The Mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Hadassah.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Torquay's Phillips hangs up boots". BBC News. May 17, 2007.
Torquay midfielder Martin Phillips has announced his retirement from professional football.
He has been suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, the same illness which resulted in Charlton forward Andy Hunt retiring recently - ↑ Hooper, Malcolm; Williams, Margaret (Spring 2010), Magical Medicine: How to make a disease disappear (PDF)
- ↑ "Parliamentary business". May 12, 1999.
My hon. Friend the Member for Normanton (Mr. O'Brien) will remember that Brynmor John--formerly the Member of Parliament for Pontypridd--suffered from ME. He helped me to prepare one of the two private Member's Bills on ME, which I presented during the early part of my parliamentary career. That is where my feeling of deja vu comes in, because that took place 11 years ago. My ten-minute Bill asked for research into diagnostic tests, because the disease could not be diagnosed and still cannot be diagnosed. It proposed that there should be an epidemiological study--epidemiological is another difficult word which I learned to pronounce.
- ↑ Price, Adam (September 2012). "We are the ones we have been waiting for". In Osmond, John; Finch, Peter (eds.). 25/25 Vision: Welsh Horizons Across 50 Years (PDF). Institute of Welsh Affairs. pp. 108–109.
The Pontypridd by-election, following the death from exhaustion of Brynmor John was held on 23 February that year.
- ↑ "Hansard record | December 5th 1999". UK Parliament. May 12, 1999.
- ↑ "Harpist has battled back ME sufferer's touring once again". Henley Standard. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ↑ Martínez-Lavín, M.; Amigo, M. C.; Coindreau, J.; Canoso, J. (March 2000). "Fibromyalgia in Frida Kahlo's life and art". Arthritis and Rheumatism. 43 (3): 708–709. ISSN 0004-3591. PMID 10728769.
- ↑ Caldwell, Ellen C. (April 28, 2018). "Did Frida Kahlo Suffer From Fibromyalgia?". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ↑ Metz, Brooke (September 12, 2017). "Lady Gaga says she suffers from fibromyalgia - what is it?". USA Today.
- ↑ "Mansdorf calls it quits". The Jerusalem Post. November 1994. Archived from the original on 2016.
- ↑ "Stalwart champion of the ME community retires after distinguished parliamentary career | 01 May 2020". ME Association. May 1, 2020.
- ↑ Murley, Sam (April 10, 2019). "Illness robbed Marshall of crowning glory". Royal Gazette.
- ↑ Corner, Natalie; Updated (October 6, 2016). "Martine McCutcheon and Ruth Langsford open up about their battle with M.E." The Mirror. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 "Celtic great Davie Provan on struggling to cope when ME ended his career at 29". The Scotsman. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Anita NALL". Olympics.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Nadine Neumann | home". nadineneumann.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ↑ Burnett, Adam (November 8, 2021). "Hits, yips and misses: Matt Nicholson's untold story".
- ↑ Dougherty, Steve (January 19, 1998). "High Priestess". People.
While her growing lethargy had been diagnosed as the effects of Epstein-Barr virus, which causes constant fatigue, Nicks and her mother suspected it might be related to silicone breast implants that she had received in 1976. “Like cocaine, the whole world was getting them back then, and everyone was told they were safe,” Nicks says. “But I’m living proof that they aren’t safe.” Indeed, several doctors advised that removing her implants would be painful and unnecessary, but Nicks had the surgery anyway in 1994. “It turned out they were totally broken,” she says.
- ↑ Baly, Monica E. (April 20, 1996). "Florence Nightingale's fever". BMJ. 312 (7037): 1040. doi:10.1136/bmj.312.7037.1040. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 8616369.
- ↑ "Obituaries, Leila Pahlavi; Deposed Shah's Daughter". LA Times. June 12, 2001. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ↑ Zinser, Lynn (December 17, 2005). "Davis Falls Short in Push for the Short-Track Team". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Puttnam tells of 16 with ME". The Guardian. April 27, 2004.
- ↑ Solomon, Rivka (May 8, 2021). "For years, my chronic illness kept me isolated. The pandemic helped me get closer to my community". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Struggling': Battle behind Casey Stoner's devastating diagnosis". Yahoo Sports. November 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Shelley Taylor-Smith | MARATHON SWIMMING". WA Hall of Champions. October 7, 2021.
- ↑ Kennedy, Randy (July 16, 1998). "'Ordinary Girl,' Until She Enters the Water". The New York Times.
- ↑ Taylor-Smith, S.; Cockerill, I. (1996). Dangerous when wet: The Shelley Taylor-Smith story. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1864480750.
- ↑ "Woosnam overcoming illness worry". BBC News. July 3, 2007.
- ↑ Murphy, Dylan (Autumn 2021). "Meet the Scientist: Central Autonomic Network Disturbance in people with ME/CFS | A conversation with Dr. Mark Zinn" (PDF). MEE Medical. ME Association. pp. 12–13.