Famous Persons Who Got Brain Tumors

These are the people who have excelled in their different fields of interest from sports, politics, to entertainment personalities. This only goes to prove one thing: sickness or illness do not pick its next victim because the truth is, we all are susceptible to every disease condition known to us.

Here are the list of famous personalities with brain tumor.

* Lyle Alzado - Football Player
* Lee Atwater - Chairman, Republican National Committee
* James Batten - CEO, Knight Ridder Newspapers
* Mollie Beattie - Director, US Fish and Wildlife Services
* Dan Duva - Boxing Promoter
* Don Fusilli - CEO of Michael Baker Corp.
* George Gershwin - Composer
* Tim Gullikson - Pete Sampras' Tennis Coach
* Scott Hafeman - Golf pro
* Craig "Ironhead" Heyward - NFL fullback
* Dick Howser - Manager, Kansas City Royals
* Reginald Lewis - CEO, TLC Beatrice
* Bob Marley - Reggae Singer
* Frank Edward "Tug" McGraw - Baseball Player
* Greg Morris - Actor (Mission Impossible)
* Bobby Murcer - New York Yankees' Announcer
* Joseph Gober Nazel Jr. - Journalist & Biographer
* Megan O'Connell - Model
* Bob O'Connor (CNS Lymphoma) - Pittsburgh Mayor
* Pat Paulsen - Comedian
* Slim Pickens - Actor
* Pete Rozelle - NFL Commissioner
* Dan Quisenberry - Pitcher, Kansas City Royals
* Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Gold Medalist
* Gene Siskel - Movie Critic
* Deke Slayton - Astronaut
* Dawn Steele - Movie Studio Executive
* Annette Strauss - Former Dallas Mayor
* Robert Swanson - Founder of Genentech
* Mike Synar - US Congressman
* Michael Walsh - CEO, Tenneco