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Books by Famous Diabetics
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Nicole Johnson
Living with Diabetes: Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999: Forget everything you thought you knew about the Miss America Pageant. After
reading Nicole Johnson's Book "Living with Diabetes," it's clear this
independent-thinking reformer immediately stepped off her pageant runway and
into the trenches as a hands-on activist, lobbying for more comprehensive
medical funding as well as raising both public consciousness and millions of
dollars for diabetes research, forever metamorphosing public opinion along the
way.
"Living with Diabetes" is classic American autobiography at its finest--candid, funny, introspective and inspiring--and is destined to become the great American success story of this decade.
Gladys Knight
At Home With Gladys Knight: Gladys Knight doesn't have diabetes, but the disease is never far from her
mind. Her mother, Elizabeth Knight, died of complications in 1998 after living
successfully with diabetes for 40 years.
Following her mother's death, Gladys started the Elizabeth Knight Fund with the American Diabetes Association to help people living with diabetes. The singing legend has also been eating healthfully and exercising regularly for many years. At Home With Gladys Knight's is more than a collection of recipes. It's an inspirational guide that people with diabetes can use to lead a full and healthy life with the disease.
Did You know?
The nation's six leading causes of death: heart disease, stroke, cancer, COPD, accidents, and diabetes. We still need a cure!
Islets of Hope sends a special thanks to all the celebrities who donate time and resources to put diabetes on the Nation's health agenda.
Celebrities with Diabetes
Delta Burke, Type 2
Dick Clark, Type 2
Dale Evans, Type 2
B.B. King, Type 2 and "Lucille"
Brett Michaels, Type 1
Mary Tyler Moore, Type 1
Jackie Robinson, Type 1
Personal Stories about others with diabetes
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Andie Dominick
Needles: The story of one family's experience coping with disease. Andie knew all about
needles because her older sister Denise was diabetic and she used them daily for
insulin shots. As young children, Andie and her brother picked the used ones out
of the trash and played with them. Then, when the author was nine, she herself
was diagnosed as diabetic and the games were over. Needles became the
instruments she needed to manage her life, literally and figuratively. She
learned what powerful instruments they could be when, at 21, she found her
sister dead as a result of neglect and self-abuse. The story is not a pretty
one, but it does illustrate the control one has over some of life's seemingly
uncontrollable situations. This fact is important for teens to learn and
understand. Dominick, who was about 26-years-old when she wrote this book,
relates her experience in a way that will appeal to young adults.
Lisa Roney
Sweet Invisible Body: More than 16 million people in the United States have diabetes. Despite the ability of medicine to control the disease partially, its long-term complications make it the sixth leading cause of death in this country. Diabetics are more likely to suffer from heart disease, strokes, blindness, renal disease, and lower-limb amputations. Roney was diagnosed with diabetes in 1972, just before her 12th birthday, and her life has been indelibly marked by the physical and psychological effects of the disease. Candid, beautifully written, and touching, this exploration of the hidden sequelae of diabetes will spark recognition in anyone who lives with a chronic condition, especially those physical and psychological conditions that are invisible to casual observers. Suitable for the general public and highly recommended for all libraries.
Deb Butterfield
Showdown With Diabetes: Butterfield was diagnosed with diabetes at age 10; at age 34 she received a successful pancreas/kidney transplant, and was cured of the disease. Five years later, Butterfield takes only small daily oral doses of immunosuppressive drugs to prevent organ rejection, and she is the director of the Insulin-Free World Foundation, devoted to finding cures for diabetes. Here she first chronicles her own struggle with the disease and then offers similarly affected readers a thorough, up-to-date guide to current research and future possibilities for their own cures. Butterfield makes crystal clear from the outset that the burden of having diabetes is ``grossly underestimated'' by medical professionals and the general public. Butterfield rejects out of hand the standard establishment line (see Touchette, below) that careful disease management leads to healthy living. Despite her adhering religiously to her treatment regimen, ``within a four-year period diabetes killed the nerves below my knees, caused bleeding in the back of my eyes, the amputation of part of a toe, a skin graft''and that was before the kidney failure and heart attack that finally led to her transplant operation. As Butterfield points out, the focus of diabetes research has been management; her mission is to refocus onto finding cures. This is a forceful, eloquent, engrossing, and ultimately convincing argument.
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Famous people with diabetes Celebrities, Musicians, Authors, Althletes, Business Professionals, ALPHABETICAL SEARCH BY LAST NAME Note: If it is known that someone is type 1 their name appears highlighted in red text.
Raul 'Chubby' Castillo, a 57 year old man with type 2 diabetes from Venezuela, recently broke a world record by swimming for 24 hours without stopping. Read
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Akram, Wasim - Pakistani Cricket Fast Bowler |
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Andropov, Yuir - Soviet Premier |
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Anthony, Piers - Science Fiction Writer |
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Ashe, Arthur - Tennis; Wimbledon Winner |
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Assad, President Hafiz al - President of Syria |
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Baker, Nicole Johnson - dLifeTV co-host; Miss America 1999; author and diabetes advocate |
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Barnes, Walter - NFL (Philadelphia Eagles), turned actor |
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Barret, Syd - Singer for Pink Floyd |
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Barry, Marion - Former Mayor Of Washington, DC |
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Bartlett, Richard - Screenwriter |
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Begin, Menachem - Primer Minister of Israel |
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Benny, Jack - Comedian
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Berry, Halle - Actress (Monster's Ball, X-Men, Die Another Day) |
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Bina, Sarah - Championship clogger |
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Block, Samuel - Civil Rights Activist |
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Brimley, Wilford - Actor (Cocoon, The China Syndrome) |
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Brown, Anthony J. - Actor (Drumline), comedian, radio personality, dLifeTV co-host |
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Brown, Danny Joe - Singer (Molly Hatchet) |
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Brown, James - Singer ("The Godfather of Soul") |
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Bunch, Ralph - Nobel Peace Winner, U.N. Diplomat |
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Bunche, Ralph - Nobel Peace Prize Winner |
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Burke, Delta - Actress (Designing Women) Miss Florida, Miss USA |
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Cagney,
James - Actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy) |
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Carpentier, Fran - Parade Magazine Editor |
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Carter, Nell - Singer, actress (Gimme a Break) |
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Cash, Johnny - Musician ("'The Man in Black") |
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Cezanne, Paul - Artist |
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Channing, Carol - Singer and actress (Hello, Dolly) |
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Chase, Sylvia - Journalist (20/20) |
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Childress, Alvin - Actor (Amos & Andy) |
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Clark, Dick - Entertainer, television producer |
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Clarke, Bobby - NHL (Philadelphia Flyers) |
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Cobb, Ty - MLB (Detroit Tigers) |
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Coleman, Scott - 1st man w/diabetes to swim the English Channel, (08/17/1996) |
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Collie, Mark - Country Singer |
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Conkling, James - Founder, National Academy Recording Arts & Sciences; helped create Grammy Award |
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Crosby, David - Singer (Crosby, Stills, and Nash) |
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Davidson, John - Harley-Davidson Motorcycles |
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Davis, Miles - Jazz musician |
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Devlin, Paddy - Co-founder of the Social Democrat and Labor party in Northern Ireland |
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Doohan, James - Actor (scotty from Star Trek) |
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Dougls, James "Buster" - Boxer |
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Duckette, Kenny - NFL (New Orleans Saints) |
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Dudley, Chris - NBA (New York Knicks center) |
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Dudley, Rick - Hockey |
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Dunton, Scott - World class surfer E |
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Echols, Mike - NFL (Tennessee Titans) |
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Edison, Thomas - Inventor of the light bulb, phonograph |
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Elliott, Mama Cass- Singer (Mamas and the Papas) |
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Evans, Dale - Entertainer (The Yellow Rose of Texas, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show) |
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Fernandes, Pam - Para Olympian |
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Fitzgerald, Ella - Singer |
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Fleetwood, Mick - Musician (Fleetwood Mac) |
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Foster, Tom - Former head of Foster Poultry Farms, one of the nation’s top privately held companies |
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Franklin, Aretha - Singer, "The Queen of Soul" |
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Franklin, Melvin - Singer |
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Frasier, Curt - NHL (Chicago Black Hawks) |
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Frazier,
"Smokin' Joe" - Boxer |
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Furst, Stephen - Actor (Animal House) |
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Garcia, Jerry - Singer, Musician (Grateful Dead) |
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Garcia, Rodolfo - AP Reporter |
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Gherra, W.
L. - Payless Drugs |
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Gibbs, Joe - NFL Washington Redskins coach |
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Gillespie, Dizzy - Jazz Musician |
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Gleason, Jackie - Actor (The Honeymooners, Smokey and the Bandit, The Hustler) |
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Goodman, Linda - Author (Sunsigns) |
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Gregory, Dorian - Actor (Baywatch Nights, Charmed, The Other Half) |
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Hamblin, Jim - California newsman |
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Hayes, Jonathan - NFL (PittsburghSteelers, Kansas City Chiefs) |
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Heidenrich, Chuck - Skier |
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Hemingway, Ernest - Author (For Whom the Bell Tolls; A Farewell to Arms; The Sun Also Rises) Hewitt, Jay - Iron Man triathlete |
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Hill, Dana - Actress (Shoot the Moon, European Vacation) |
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Hollins, Dave - 1993 Phillies World Series Third Baseman |
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Huckabee, Mike - Arkansas Governor |
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Hunter, James "Catfish" - MLB Baseball Hall-of-Famer (baseball) |
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Isley, Marvin - Singer (The Isley Brothers)
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Jacobsen, Phebe Robinson - Archivist who worked w/Alex Haley on Roots |
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James, Rick - Singer ("Super Freak" Funk Legend) |
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Janklow, Bill - Former South Dakota Governor and Representative |
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Jarvis, Chris - World Champion Canadian rower |
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Jennings, Waylon - Country Singer |
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Jingsheng, Wei - Chinese Dissident |
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Johnson, Jason - MLB (Pitcher, Detroit Tigers) |
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Karz, Zippora - Ballet teacher, former NYC Ballet Soloist |
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Kelly, Walt - Cartoonist, writer, illustrator, artist (Pogo comic) |
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Kesey - Novelist (One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest) |
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Keuhne, Kellie - LPGA golfer |
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King, B.B. - Blues singer and musician |
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King, Billy Jean - Tennis |
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King, Larry - Talk Show Host |
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Kolter, Joseph - Representative (Pennsylvania) |
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Krock, Ray - Founder of McDonald’s |
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Krol, Cardinal John - Previous Roman Catholic Bishop |
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Kruschev, Nikita - Soviet Premier |
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LaGuardia, Fiorello - Former Mayor of New York City |
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Lee, Peggy - Jazz singer, Grammy winner |
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Lee, Tommy
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Leverich, Lyle - Biographer |
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Lloyd, James - Congressman (California) |
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Love, Mother - Entertainer, author, motivational speaker, dLifeTV co-host |
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Lucas, George - Director and producer (Star Wars, American Graffiti, Raiders of the Lost Ark) |
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Mather, Jerry - Actor (Leave it to Beaver) |
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Mayfield, Curtis - Soul singer |
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McCafferry, Steve - Canadian Author, Poet |
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McGann, Michelle - LPGA golfer |
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Michaels, Bret - Singer (Poison) |
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Minot, Dr. George - 1st person with diabetes to receive Nobel Prize for Medicine |
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Moore, Mary Tyler - Actress (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People); diabetes advocate |
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Morrison, Adam - Basketball (Gonzaga University) |
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Mulligan, Richard - Actor (Soap, Empty Nest) |
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Nealon, Kevin - Comedian |
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Parker, Tim - "Gift of Gab," rapper for hip hop group Blackolicious |
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Pirner, Connie - Teaching consultant for National Geographic |
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Presley,
Elvis - Singer and guitarist |
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Puzo, Mario - Author (The Godfather) R |
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Redgrave, Sir Steven - Winner of 5 consecutive Olympic gold medals (rowing) |
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Reese, Della - Actress, singer (Touched by an Angel) |
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Reichert, Dan - MLB (Kansas City Royals) |
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Rice, Anne - Author (Interview With a Vampire) |
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Robinson, Jackie - Baseball player |
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Robinson, Sugar Ray - Boxer |
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Roemer, Buddy - Governor (Louisiana) |
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Rolle, Esther - Actress (Good Times) |
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Rowan, Carl - Nationally-syndicated columnist and author |
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Rubicam, Milton - Known as “Dean of American Genealogists” S |
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Sadat, Anwar - President of Egypt |
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Santo, Ron - MLB (Chicago Cubs legend) |
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Schofield, Sue - U.K. CompuServe Author |
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Seacomb, Sir Harry - President of British Diabetes Association |
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Simmons, Kendall - NFL (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
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Sinclair, Mike - NFL (Philadelphia Eagles) |
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Smart, Jean - Actress (Designing Women) |
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Smith, Hubert - (and son, George) - President, Bermuda Diabetes Association |
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Stone, Sharon - Actress (Basic Instinct) |
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Stram, Hank - NFL (Kansas City Chiefs Coach) |
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Stritch, Elaine - Comedian |
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T Taylor, Elizabeth - Actress (National Velvet, Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) |
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Thompson, Leonard - 1st person to receive insulin injection at the age of 12 |
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Turner, Jim - Actor (Bewitched, Arliss), dLifeTV co-host |
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Vandross, Luther - Singer |
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Verplank, Scott - PGA golfer |
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Wells, H. G. - Author (War of the Worlds; The Time Machine; The Invisible Man) |
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West, Mae - Actress (My Little Chickadee, I'm No Angel) |
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Whitfield, Norman - Grammy winning R&B songwriter & record producer |
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