Polio Hall of Fame
What is Post Polio Syndrome?
Post-polio syndrome is a new condition that affects the survivors of polio decades after the acute illness of poliomyelitis.
The major symptoms are pain, fatigue and weakness. New weakness is considered the hallmark of post-polio syndrome. Less commonly, survivors may have new sleep/breathing/swallowing problems and some survivors may also experience muscle atrophy or muscle wasting . . . 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
Be Informed
Links to bio’s of famous people with Polio to learn more about each person:
- Donald Sutherland
- F. D. Roosevelt
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Ed Roberts
- Kerry Packer
- Kim Beazley
- John Laws
- Jack Nicklaus
- Ian Dury
- Mia Farrow
- Neil Young
- Judy Heumann
- Paul Martin
- Alan Alda
- Alan Toy
- David Sanborn
- Dinah Shore
- William Templeton
- Joni Mitchell
- Tony Gould
- Sir Walter Scott
- Georgia Coleman
- Renata Tebaldi
- Ray Peterson
- Arthur Guyton
- Bill Gadsby
- William O. Douglas
- Wilma Rudolph
- Ben Bradlee
- Brooks Stevens
- Dennis Washington
- Frida Kahlo
- Lis Hartel
- Marion Davies
- Steve Harley
- Wah Ming Chang
- Paul Winchell
- Claudius
- Frank Mars
- Shelley Mann
- Siptah
- Connee Boswell
- B. S. Chandrasekhar
- Bill Cullen
- Bud Daley
- Cathy Rigby
- CeDell Davis
- Charles Edward Bennett
- Richard N. Cabela
- Dorothea Lange
- Albert Sabin
- Jonas Salk
- Edna Marie Moore
- Elizabeth Twistington Higgins
- Elmer L. Andersen
- Ethelda Bleibtrey
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Harold Brooks-Baker
- Henriette Wyeth
- Henry Holden
- Hildegard Knef
- Horace Parlan
- Hugh Gregory Gallagher
- Ida Lou Anderson
- Ida Lupino
- Itzhak Perlman
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- James DePreist
- James Drury
- Jean Chretien
- Doc Pomus
- John East
- John H. Hager
- John Alfred Prestwich
- Joseph Velez
- Julius Bort
- Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr.
- Lauro Halstead
- Lionel Barrymore
- Lord Snowden
- Peg Phillips
- Margarete Steiff
- Marjorie Lawrence
- Martin Milner
- Mary Francis
- Mel Ferrer
- Nyla Thompson
- Oscar G. Hierlihy
- Owen Roizman
- Peter Preston
- Ray Ewry
- Ruma
- Walter “Buddy” Davis
- Walter Jackson
- Ryan Leilani
- John Slessor