An assortment of famous people who have suffered from this contagious bacterial disease.
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Adolf Hitler (born 1889, died 1945)
Leader of Germany in World War II. Ordered the extermination of Jews and other ''undesirables'' in concentration camps.
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Al Jolson (born 1886, died 1950)
American singer who starred in the first talking film (The Jazz Singer, 1927). Original name: Asa Yoelson.
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Alexander Graham Bell (born 1847, died 1922)
American inventor who specialized in telecommunications and aircraft.
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Andrew Jackson (born 1767, died 1845)
Seventh President of the U.S. Hero of the Battle of New Orleans.
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Charlie Finley (died 1996)
Owner of the Oakland Athletics baseball team.
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Herbert George ''H.G.'' Wells (born 1866, died 1946)
English novelist.
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Henry David Thoreau (born 1817, died 1862)
American essayist and poet.
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Jean-Claude Killy (born 1943)
French athlete.
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Ulysses S. Grant (born 1822, died 1885)
Supreme commander of the Union Army in the Civil War, and 18th President of the U.S.
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William Claude Dukenfield (W.C. Fields) (born 1880, died 1946)
American comedian and actor.
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Walter Pidgeon (born 1898, died 1984)
Canadian actor.
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Paul Anka (born 1941)
Canadian singer and songwriter.
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Anthony Perkins (born 1932, died 1992)
American actor, writer and director.
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George Orwell (born 1903, died 1950)
English novelist and essayist. Original name: Eric Blair.
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Paul Gauguin (born 1848, died 1903)
French painter.
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Robert Louis Stevenson (born 1850, died 1894)
Scottish novelist, essayist and poet.
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Noel Coward (born 1899, died 1973)
English playwright and composer.
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Jack Paar (born 1918)
Television talk-show host.
