What famous people have had Rheumatoid arthritis?

Answer 1

Kathleen Turner has pretty bad RA and takes Anti-TNF drugs for it.She realises that as a celebrity,she has managed to afford treatment/specialists that we mere mortals have to wait eons for! I have the same problem only In Australia I get the treatment requires as the right of a citizen. Not only do we get to fight for our country, but our country fights for us, and you don't need to be a well heeled celeb.

Answer 2

Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel prize winning scientist, developed severe deforming rheumatoid arthritis at age 28. In spite of this she continued her career and developed X-ray crystallography, which underpins much of the information known about rheumatoid Arthritis. She also discovered the structure of insulin and enabled the discovery of the genetic code.

Auguste Renoir, impressionist painter, whose later 'softer' style might have reflected in some way his severe disability.

Christiaan Barnard, the first surgeon to perform a human-to-human heart transplant had to retire owing to the condition. He also wrote a book on living with arthritis.

James Coburn claimed to have healed the condition using pills containing a sulfur-containing compound on his return to acting.

Erik Lindbergh, aviator and member of the X-Prize administration. Erik has been a spokesman for the arthritis drug Enbrel, as a result of his success with the treatment.[53]

Bob Mortimer British comedian and actor.

Kathleen Turner and Aida Turturro have worked to raise public awareness of the condition

Billy Bowden, international cricket umpire who had to retire from active play because of rheumatoid arhtirits.

Melvin Franklin, bass singer of The Temptations. He treated RA with cortisone shots so he could perform.

Jamie Farr, American actor, famous for his role as Max Klinger on the 1970s television series M*A*S*H.

Gabi Rojas, An American dancer, She appeared on So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 making the top 54 in Vegas.

Sandy Koufax, An American Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher who played from 1955 to 1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Source wikipedia)