Famous People With Asthma

Lots of famous people have asthma and allergies! They didn’t let asthma stop them from achieving their dreams and neither should you!

Some Of Our Presidents Have Had Asthma:

  • Theodore Roosevelt (26th president, 1901-1909)

  • Woodrow Wilson (28th president, 1913-1921)

  • Calvin Coolidge (30th president, 1923-1929)

  • John F. Kennedy (35th president, 1961-1963)

  • Bill Clinton (has severe allergies) (42nd president, 1993-2001)

Entertainers Also Have Asthma:

  • Coolio (actor/singer)

  • Ricki Lake (talk show host)

  • Billy Joel (singer)

  • Wynonna Judd (singer)

  • Liza Minnelli (singer)

  • Kenny G (musician)

  • Elizabeth Taylor (actress)

  • Dani (Sesame St. muppet)

  • Christopher Reeve (actor)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (classical composer)

  • Charles Dickens (author)

  • Alice Cooper (rock singer)

  • Martin Scorsese (film director)

  • Morgan Fairchild (Actress)

  • Diane Keaton (Actress)

  • Orson Wells (Actor, Director)

  • Helen Hayes (Actress)

  • Jim Davis (Cartoonist)

  • Paul Sorvino (Actor)

Even Great Athletes Have Asthma:

  • Jerome “The Bus” Bettis (NFL star of the Pittsburgh Steelers)

  • Nancy Hogshead (Olympic gold medallist in swimming)

  • Amy Van Dyken (Olympic gold medallist in swimming)

  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Olympic gold medallist in track and field)

  • Art Monk (NFL leading receiver for the Washington Redskins until 1995)

  • Dennis Rodman (NBA basketball player)

  • Mary Joe Fernandez (former professional tennis player)

  • Greg Louganis (Olympic gold medallist in diving)


Exerpts Reprinted from Allergy & Asthma Health magazine, Fall 2000.