List of people with limb differences
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This is a list of notable individuals who were born with or have acquired limb differences. In the United States alone, each year roughly 1 in 1,900 people are born with a limb difference,[1] and an additional 185,000 individuals experience a limb amputation.[2] However, this list represents a global collection of individuals with these differences. It includes those with confirmed limb differences, either congenital or acquired due to injury, disease, or medical conditions. The list is organized alphabetically within each field, such as arts, sports, and politics, and aims to highlight the achievements and contributions of these individuals in their respective areas.
Congenital Amputees
Athletes
Baseball
- Jim Abbott, American MLB pitcher born without a right hand[3]
Basketball
- Kevin Laue, a former basketball player, was born missing his left arm just below his elbow.[4]
Mixed Martial Arts
- Kyle Maynard was born missing both legs above the knee, and both arms above the elbow.[5]
- Nick Newell is a mixed martial artist who was born missing his left arm just below the elbow. He has a short stump of his forearm.[6]
Skiing
- Mitchell Gourley, an Australian Paralympic alpine skier, was born missing his left arm from just below his elbow; he has a few inches of forearm.[7]
- Bonnie St. John, American Paralympic skiing champion who had her right leg amputated below the knee when she was five due to Proximal femoral focal deficiency[8]
Swimming
- Hannah Aspden, American swimmer, born missing her left leg at the hip.[9]
- Claire Cashmore, British swimmer and Paralympian, born without a left forearm.[10]
- Stephanie Dixon, Canadian swimmer, born missing her right leg and hip.[11]
Surfing
- Liv Stone, American surfer who is three times paral-olympic champion, born with bilateral upper limb differences.[12]
Track
- Blake Leeper, American Paralympic track champion born with no legs below the knee.[13]
- Amy Winters, Australian Paralympic track champion who was born without the bottom part of her right arm.[citation needed]
Wrestling
- Anthony Robles, a former wrestler, was born missing his right leg all the way up to his hip.[14]
Entertainment
- Alex Brooker an English journalist, presenter, and comedian, born with hand and arm differences and a twisted right leg that was amputated when he was a baby.[15]
- Adam Hills, an Australian comedian, radio, and television presenter, born without a right foot.[16]
Other Occupations
- Jessica Cox, the first licensed armless pilot in aviation history and was born without both arms.[17]
Acquired Amputees
Actors
- Sarah Bernhardt, French actress who had her left leg amputated after getting gangrene at age 70[18]
- Jim Byrnes, actor who in his mid-20s was in a car accident that led to both his legs being amputated[19]
- James Doohan, actor known for playing Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek, lost his middle finger when he took a bullet to his hand while serving during World War II[20]
- Robert David Hall, actor who had both legs amputated at age 30 following a car accident [21]
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, film actress who had her leg amputated above the knee due to complications from an infection at age 94 [22]
- Herbert Marshall, British actor who had his leg amputated following injuries during World War I[23]
- Harold Russell, American actor who lost both hands during World War II[24]
- James Stacy, American film and television star who had his left leg amputated following a car crash[25]
Artists
- Frida Kahlo, world-renown Mexican painter who had her right leg amputated at the knee due to gangrene[citation needed]
Athletes
Baseball
- Dave Dravecky, American baseball player who had his left arm and eventually shoulder amputated in adulthood due to cancer[26]
- Ron Santo, American baseball player who had the bottom half of both of his legs amputated in his 60s due to complications from type 1 diabetes[28]
Football
- Ronnie Lott, American professional football player who had his pinky amputated due to a game injury[29]
- Curt Marsh, American professional football player who had a foot amputated due to football related-injuries[30]
Mountaineering
- Aron Ralston, mountaineer who survived a canyoneering accident by cutting off part of his right arm[32]
- Tom Whittaker (mountaineer), first disabled person to climb Mt. Everest, had his right foot amputated[33]
Other
- George Eyser, German-American Olympic gymnast who lost most of his left leg in a train accident during his youth[34]
- Ian Gregson, British-Canadian track paralympian[citation needed]
- Bethany Hamilton, professional surfer who lost her arm when surfing in a shark attack[35]
- Amy Purdy, professional snowboarder who had both legs amputated below the knee after a meningitis infection at 19 years old[36]
- Sarah Reinertsen, American Paralympic triathlete and former track athlete, born with proximal femoral focal deficiency in her left leg, which was amputated above the knee when she was seven years old[37]
- Alex Zanardi, Italian former racecar driver who had both legs amputated due to a car crash, currently a handcycling racer[38]
Musicians
- Rick Allen (drummer), drummer for Def Leppard who lost his left arm in a car crash[39]
- Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer who had both legs amputated due to diabetes complications[40]
- Jerry Garcia, member of the Grateful Dead who lost part of his right middle finger in a wood-splitting accident at four years old[41]
- Tony Iommi, guitarist for Black Sabbath who lost the tips to two of his fingers at 17 years old in a factory machine accident[42]
- Waylon Jennings, American singer and songwriter who had his foot amputated due to complications from diabetes the year before his death[43]
- Cole Porter, American composer who had his left leg amputated in his 60s due to osteomyelitis developed from a horse riding accident in his 40s[44]
Politicians
- Max Cleland, American politician who had both legs and part of his right arm amputated after a grenade exploded near him during the Vietnam war[45]
- Tammy Duckworth, American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois, who lost both right legs and some mobility in her right arm when her helicopter was hit by a grenade during the Iraqi War[46]
- Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago mayor who had part of his right middle finger amputated due to an infection he had as a teenager[47]
- Daniel Inouye, American politician who lost his right arm in World War II[48]
- Edward M. Kennedy Jr., American politician who had his right leg amputated due to osteosarcoma at the age of 12[49]
- Bob Kerrey, American politician who had the lower part of his right leg amputated due to injuries from the Vietnam War[50]
Other occupations
- Al Capp, American cartoonist whose left leg was amputated above the knee as a child after he was hit by a trolley car[51]
- Blas de Lezo, Spanish naval officer who lost his left hand in battle and had his left leg amputated from a battle wound[52]
- Totie Fields, comedian whose left leg was amputated above the knee following a blood clot at age 46[53]
- Terry Fox, Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist who had his right leg amputated at age 19 after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma[54]
- Heather Mills, former model, businesswoman and activist who lost her left leg in a road accident[55]
- Aimee Mullins, athlete, actress, and public speaker who had both legs amputated at one-year-old due to fibular hemimelia[56]
- Miles O'Brien (journalist), journalist, whose left arm above the elbow was amputated after an injury from television equipment falling on his left forearm[57]
- John Wesley Powell, American geologist and soldier that lost most of his right arm in the Battle of Shiloh[58]
- Bill Veeck, American Major League Baseball franchise owner who lost his right leg in WWII[59]
References
- ↑ "Facts about Upper and Lower Limb Reduction Defects". www.cdc.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ↑ "Limb Loss Statistics". www.amputee-coalition.org. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ↑ Rick Swaine, [1], Society for American Baseball Research, September 12, 2022
- ↑ Adam Himmelsbach, Prospect Provides Inspiration With What He Doesn't Have, The New York Times, December 26, 2008
- ↑ "Kyle Maynard, Congenital Amputee, To Fight, MMA Weekly, 25 April 2009. From a press release by Undisputed Productions.
- ↑ Davies, Gareth (2019-01-09). "'Notorious' Nick Newell is the man to thrust Para-wrestling into the spotlight". Gareth A Davies. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ↑ "Mitchell Gourley". YouTube 2013. 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ↑ "First African-American woman to win a Winter Games medal: 'an incredible milestone'". 17 February 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ↑ "HANNAH ASPDEN". Amplitude 2023. 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ↑ "Claire Cashmore MBE Paralympic Swimmer". 220Triathlon 2023. 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ↑ "Stephanie Dixon". The Canadian Encyclopedia 2022. 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ↑ "Liv Stone". 2 August 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ↑ "Paralympic sprinter Blake Leeper on his new film". 30 June 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ↑ Merrill, David (2013-03-18). "The One-Legged Wrestler Who Conquered His Sport, Then Left It Behind". Deadspin. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ↑ "The Last Leg: Alex Brooker's disability, wife and net worth". 17 March 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ↑ Saner, Emine (24 August 2012). "Australian comedian Adam Hills: 'I was born without a foot. Dull. Move on'". The Guardian. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Armless pilot proves sky's the limit". BBC News.
- ↑ "Sarah Bernhardt's leg". The New York Times. 2 February 2009.
- ↑ "Jim Byrnes's Last Stand". Vancouver Magazine. 2 July 2009.
- ↑ "HOW DID JAMES DOOHAN LOSE HIS FINGER? STAR TREK STAR'S WW2 INJURY". HITC. 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Robert David Hall". Celebrity Mental Health Speakers. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Zsa Zsa Gabor's leg amputated". CNN. 15 January 2011.
- ↑ "HERBERT MARSHALL: HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST AMPUTEE MOVIE STAR". Amplitude. 7 March 2023.
- ↑ "Disabled Veteran, Oscar Winner Harold Russell Dies". The Washington Post. 2 February 2002.
- ↑ "James Stacy, Actor Who Kept Working After a Disabling Crash, Dies at 79". The New York Times. 18 September 2016.
- ↑ "Dravecky's Surgery: Arm Is Amputated : Baseball: Former teammate Hammaker confirms result of operation. Statement expected today". Los Angeles Times. 19 June 1991.
- ↑ "Pete Gray, Major Leaguer With One Arm, Dies at 87". The New York Times. 2 July 2002.
- ↑ "Santo loses 2nd leg". Chicago Tribune. 21 December 2002.
- ↑ "Ronnie Lott's Amputated Pinkie Finger". Sports Illustrated. 17 June 2014.
- ↑ "He Gave His All : For Ex-Raider Marsh, That Meant His Right Leg, Which Was Amputated After Years of Pain". Los Angeles Times. 27 July 1995.
- ↑ "Raiders legend Otto undergoes right leg amputation". ESPN. 1 August 2007.
- ↑ "How I snapped bone and cut off my arm, by US climber". The Guardian. 27 July 1995.
- ↑ "Climber gets to the top of the world on one foot". The Guardian. 28 May 1998.
- ↑ "George Eyser: Swept the 1904 Olympics And Then Disappeared". Odd Feed. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ↑ "Surfer Loses Arm In Shark Attack". CBS News. 3 November 2003.
- ↑ "Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy isn't slowing down". NIHMedlinePlus. 24 April 2023.
- ↑ "Sarah Reinertsen" (PDF). Challenged Athletes Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Zanardi Loses His Legs in Crash". Los Angeles Times. 16 September 2001.
- ↑ "Def Leppard's Rick Allen On The 1984 Corvette Accident That Took His Arm". Forbes. 21 November 2021.
- ↑ "DAILY NEWS SAYS ELLA HAS HAD BOTH LEGS AMPUTATED". Orlando Sentinel. 7 April 1994.
- ↑ "How Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia battled childhood trauma to become a rock icon". Far Out. 11 August 2020.
- ↑ "Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Talks Chopping His Fingers Off + Pre-Sabbath Bands – MI Conversation Series (Part 1)". Loud Wire. 18 December 2017.
- ↑ "Doctors Amputate Jennings' Left Foot". Huron Daily Tribune. 4 January 2009.
- ↑ "Cole Porter is Dead". The New York Times. 16 October 1964.
- ↑ "Max Cleland, former Georgia senator and a veteran who lost limbs in Vietnam, dies at 79". PBS. 9 November 2021.
- ↑ "Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs serving in Iraq, hits back after Tucker Carlson suggests she hates America". CNN. 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "The Time Rahm Emanuel Sliced Off his Finger at Arby's". Eater. 22 March 2010.
- ↑ "Daniel Inouye". PBS. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ↑ "Kennedy Son's Leg Amputated Because of Cancerous Growth". The New York Times. 18 November 1973.
- ↑ "VIETNAM LEFT KERREY A TRANSFORMED SURVIVOR". The Washington Post. 31 January 1992.
- ↑ Al Capp (1991). "My Well Balanced Life on a Wooden Leg". John Daniel & Co, CA.
- ↑ "The Spanish 'half-man' who stopped Cartagena from becoming British". Al Día. 29 March 2022.
- ↑ "TOTIE FIELDS DEAD; COMEDIENNE WAS 48". The New York Times. 3 August 1978.
- ↑ "Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope". PBS. 21 June 2018.
- ↑ "£200,000 for model who lost leg". The Guardian. 12 April 2000.
- ↑ "Aimee Mullins: Double Amputee a Model, Athlete, Inspiration". ABC News. 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Former CNN correspondent Miles O'Brien has arm amputated after accident". CNN. 26 February 2014.
- ↑ "John Wesley Powell: A Chronology". PBS. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ↑ "Bill Veeck". The Washington Post. 31 May 1981.
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