Parkinson’s Hall of Fame
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
Nearly one million people in the US are living with Parkinson’s disease. The cause is unknown, and although there is presently no cure, there are treatment options such as medication and surgery to manage its symptoms.
Parkinson’s involves the malfunction and death of vital nerve cells in the brain, called neurons. Parkinson’s primarily affects neurons in the area of the brain called the substantial nigra . . . Read Article
Be Inspired
By the Achievements and Abilities!
Take a quick look into the archives of people with Amputations who became famous.1 min 30 s
Be Informed
Links to bio’s of famous people with Parkinson’s to learn more about each person:
- Michael J. Fox
- Adolf Hitler
- Muhammad Ali
- Roger Caron
- Anna Neagle
- Francisco Franco
- James Doohan
- Jim Backus
- Albert J Whitlock
- Deborah Kerr
- Mao Zedong
- Mary Jackson
- Chester Himes
- Ba Jin
- Joe Cook
- George Roy Hill
- George Wallace
- Vincent Price
- Luis Marden
- John Lindsay
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- Booth Gardner
- Walter Lord
- William Masters
- William Boyd
- Owen Chamberlain
- Kenneth More
- Harry Dalton
- Morris Udall
- Pope John Paul II
- Terry-Thomas
- Janet Reno
- Brockman Adams
- Carlos Antonio Gomes
- Deng Xiaoping
- Enoch Powell
- Eugene McCarthy
- Farnsworth Wright
- Ferdy Mayne
- Giulio Natta
- Guy Kibbee
- Hans Ras
- Jack Anderson
- Jack Buck
- Joe Pasternak
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
- Mervyn Peake
- Nathan Heard
- Norman Panama
- Prince Claus
- Salvador Dali
- Sir Alec Issigonis
- Sir Michael Redgrave
- Steve Alten
- Tim Wall
- Whit Bissell
- William Everson