List of people with Bell's palsy

Well-known persons who have been diagnosed with Bell's palsy include:

• Roseanne Barr, American comedian and actress whose condition occurred as a child^[1]
• Stevie Benton, bassist for Texas rock band, Drowning Pool^[2]
• Amy Brenneman, American actress and producer^[3]
• Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist^[4]
• Freddie Burns, England and Leicester Tigers rugby player^[5]
• Jean Chrétien, former prime minister of Canada^[6]
• George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter^[7][4]
• Norm Coleman, former United States Senator^[8]
• Alexis Denisof, American actor^[9]
• Thomas C. Foley, American politician and businessman; former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland^[10]
• David Frum, Canadian-American pundit^[11]
• Graeme Garden, British comedy writer and performer, who has written about his experiences with the condition^[12]
• Allen Ginsberg, American beat poet^[13]
• Tony Gonzalez, American NFL football player^[14]
• Amy Goodman, American journalist and author^[15]
• Jane Greer, American actress^[16]
• Trenton Hassell, American basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA^[17]
• Terrence Howard, American actor^[18]
• Armando Iannucci, Scottish writer.^[19]
• Anupam Kher, Indian actor^[20]
• Ralph Kiner, American baseball player in the 1940s and 1950s^[21]
• Ella Koon, Tahitian-born Hong Kong singer-actress.^[22]
• Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general and 1968 independent vice presidential candidate^[23]
• Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer^[24][4]
• Martin Love, Australian cricketer^[25]
• Joe Mantegna, American actor^[26][27]
• Pete Maravich, American basketball player^[28]
• Florence Mars, American civil rights activist and author.^[29]
• Tom McCarthy, Canadian National Hockey League player who played for the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins.^[30]
• Glenda McKay, British actor^[4]
• Danny Meyer, American restaurateur in New York City, Chief Executive Officer of Union Square Hospitality Group.^[31]
• Scarlett Moffatt, British television personality^[32]
• Kim Mulkey, American basketball player and coach (Baylor University women)^[33]
• Ralph Nader, American politician^[34][4]
• Cliff Pennington, shortstop for the Oakland Athletics^[35]
• Jim Ross, professional wrestling commentator for WWE and WCW^[36]
• Rick Savage, bass guitarist for the British rock band Def Leppard^[37][4]
• Bernadette Sembrano, Filipino newscaster, host of the medical program Salamat Dok! and anchor of TV Patrol Weekend^[38]
• Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Formula One racecar driver^[39]
• Rahul Sharma, Indian cricketer^[40]
• Jamey Sheridan, American actor whose condition was written into the show Law and Order: Criminal Intent^[41]
• Sarah Smart, English actress^[4]
• Bruce Sutter, American Major League Baseball pitcher.^[42]
• Mike South, American pornographic director^[43]
• Bart Tommelein, Belgian politician^[44]
• Kevin Tsai, Taiwanese writer and TV Host^[45][46]
• Colin Turkington, British touring car racing driver^[47]
• Evan Turner, American Basketball Player^[48]
• Greta Van Susteren, Host of On the Record
• Chris Walker, British superbike racer^[4]
• Wesley Walker American football player was unable to blink his left eye due to Bell's palsy in 1982, but played football anyway.^[49][50][51]
• Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer^[4]
• Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat^[15]
• Nancy Zieman, American television host of the show Sewing with Nancy^[52]

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