Andrea Boccelli (1958 - ) a noted Italian tenor, songwriter and record producer who has sold more than 75 million records. He was born with congenital glaucoma that left him partially blind. When he was 12 he suffered an accident during a football game that left him completely blind.
Michael J. Fox (1961 - ) a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, and film producer. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson's drug development in the world.
Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018) a British scientist, professor and author known for his groundbreaking research in physics and cosmology. At age 21 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable degenerative neuromuscular disease.
Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) a Mexican artist famous for her complex self-portraits depicting her passion and pain in bold vibrant colors. She contracted polio at a young age and suffered multiple lifelong injuries from a bus accident when she was a teenager.
Nick Vujicic (1982 - ) an Australian motivational speaker, evangelist and founder of Life Without Limbs, an organization for people with physical disabilities. He was born in 1982 with tetra-amelia syndrome, a disability where the person affected is born without arms and legs.
