List of people with ankylosing spondylitis explained

This is a list of notable people, living or dead, accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with ankylosing spondylitis, either based on their own public statements, or (in the case of dead people only) reported contemporary or posthumous diagnoses. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis in which there is long-term inflammation of the joints of the spine. Typically the joints where the spine joins the pelvis are also affected. Occasionally other joints such as the shoulders or hips are involved.^[1]

• John Addey (1920–1982),^[2] English astrologer
• Simon Armitage (born 1963),^[3] English poet, playwright and novelist
• Mike Atherton (born 1968),^[4] broadcaster, journalist and retired England international cricketer
• Reverend William Barber II (born 1963),^[5] civil rights activist
• Beau Biden (1969-2015),^[6] American politician, lawyer and oldest child of U.S. President Joe Biden
• Rico Brogna (born 1970),^[7] former Major League Baseball first baseman
• Karel Čapek (1890–1938),^[8] Czech writer
• Jay Chou (born 1979),^{[9] [10]} Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director
• Norman Cousins (1915–1990),^[11] American political journalist, author, professor and peace activist
• Talia Dean (1987–),^[12] singer-songwriter
• Bruce Furniss (born 1957),^[13] American former swimmer
• Andrew George (born 1958),^[14] British Liberal Democrat politician
• Bryan Gunn (born 1963),^[15] Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager
• Franklin Gutiérrez (born 1983),^[16] Venezuelan-born Major League Baseball player
• Tanya Harrison,^[17] American-Canadian planetary scientist and science communicator
• Edward Hubbard (1937–1989),^[18] an English architectural historian who worked with Nikolaus Pevsner in compiling volumes of the Buildings of England
• Lee Hurst (born 1962),^[19] English comedian
• Michael King (born 1950),^[20] English professional golfer
• Zachary "Zach" Kornfeld (born 1990), best known as one of the Try Guys^[21]
• Vladimir Kramnik (born 1975),^[22] Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
• Paul Kuhr (born 1971),^[23] American musician, vocalist, lyricist, author, graphic designer and a founding member of the band Novembers Doom
• Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837),^[24] Italian poet, philosopher and writer; controversial case^[25]
• Iain Macleod (1913–1970),^[26] British Conservative Party politician and government minister
• Mick Mars (born 1951),^[27] former lead guitarist for American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe
• Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936),^[28] Soviet socialist realist writer, who published his works during the Stalin era
• Joe Perry,^[29] snooker player
• Christa Reinig (1926–2008),^[30] German writer
• Dan Reynolds (born 1987),^[31] lead singer of Grammy award-winning rock group Imagine Dragons, who first revealed that he had the condition at an event in Leeds, UK, in November 2015
• Michael Slater (born 1971),^[32] former Australian cricketer
• Chris Small (born 1973),^[33] retired Scottish professional snooker player
• Kodi Smit-McPhee (13 June 1996),^[34] Australian actor
• William Soutar (1898–1943),^[35] Scottish poet
• Jens Stoltenberg (born 1959),^[36] Prime Minister of Norway (2000–2001 and 2005–2013) and 13th Secretary General of NATO
• Ed Sullivan (1901–1974),^[37] American television personality, sports and entertainment reporter and syndicated columnist
• David Oswald Thomas (1924–2005),^[38] Welsh philosopher
• Leonard Trask (1805–1861),^[39] whose condition provided the first American description of anklyosing spondylitis
• Dylan Verrechia (born 1976) filmmaker
• Michael Woodhouse (born),^[40] Minister of Immigration, Police, and Workplace Relations and Safety for New Zealand, and Honorary Life Member of Arthritis New Zealand
• Ian Woosnam (born 1958),^[20] Welsh professional golfer
• Jessica Curry (born) ^[41] English videogame music composer
• Joost Zwagerman (1963–2015),^[42] Dutch writer
• Michelle Butler Hallett (1971-), ^[43] Canadian writer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Questions and Answers about Ankylosing Spondylitis. NIAMS. 28 September 2016. June 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160928175058/http://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/ankylosing_spondylitis/. 28 September 2016. dmy-all.
2. Book: Mann. A. T. . A. T. Mann. The future of astrology. 18 December 2011. 2004. 978-1-931044-87-5. 57641554. 41. Cosimo .
3. News: Simon Armitage: 'I'm quite boyish in my outlook' . The Independent . 18 December 2009 . 25 September 2014.
4. Book: Nick Gough. Puzzling Out General Medicine, Part 2. 18 December 2011. 2005. Remedica. 978-1-901346-87-9. 60.
5. Web site: Meet the Preacher Behind Moral Mondays . Mother Jones . 4 November 2020.
6. Web site: Biden. Joseph. 28 May 2021. Remarks by President Biden Addressing Service Members and their Families. 4 November 2022. whitehouse.gov.
7. Book: Doug Glanville. The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer's Inside View. 18 December 2011. 2010. Macmillan. 978-1-4299-4720-6. 188.
8. Trnavský. K.. Sabová. L.. September 1992. Karel Čapek--Czech Writer, Sufferer from Ankylosing Spondylitis.. Clinical Rheumatology. 11. 3. 337–340. en. 10.1007/BF02207189. 1458780. 6235997.
9. News: Jay Chou discusses the wonder of life in illness 二度造访心情电视 周杰伦谈病痛中的精彩人生 . 28 April 2003 . 2 June 2007 . sina.com.cn . News article. zh.
10. News: Jacky Wu: Jay Chou takes 12 painkillers 吴宗宪：周杰伦一度服12颗止痛药 . zaobao.com . 25 February 2006 . 2 June 2007 . News article . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071012055042/http://stars.zaobao.com/pages3/zhoujielun060225.html . 12 October 2007 .
11. Book: Siân Griffiths. Change and Development in Specialist Public Health Practice: Leadership, Partnership and Delivery. 18 December 2011. 2005. Radcliffe Publishing. 978-1-85775-697-5. 43.
12. Web site: Talia Dean, joins a campaign to increase awareness of axial SpA . Act on Axial SpA . 12 March 2024 . English . 16 June 2021.
13. Jean . Dorthy. Dec 1999. You Gotta Play Hurt. Orange Coast Magazine. 25 . 12 . 20. 0279-0483. 18 December 2011.
14. News: MP Andrew George exercises to keep condition at bay . Elliott. Jane. 14 December 2009. BBC News. 2 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20091217050956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8380193.stm. 17 December 2009 . live.
15. News: Forsyth. Paul. Interview: Gunn slings his hat in the ring at City. Scotland on Sunday. Edinburgh. 25 January 2009. 15 March 2011.
16. Divish, Ryan. "Franklin Gutierrez re-signs with Mariners", The Seattle Times, December 18, 2013.
17. News: Tanya Harrison on Twitter. Twitter. 2018-05-10. en.
18. Book: Edward Hubbard. The work of John Douglas. 18 December 2011. 1991. Victorian Society. 978-0-901657-16-9 . introduction; 289 . illustrated.
19. News: Probe into arthritis pain . BBC News . BBC News . 24 August 2002 . 6 September 2007.
20. News: New treatment puts Woosnam back in title hunt. Phil. Casey. 29 July 2006. The Independent . UK. 18 December 2011.
21. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: I Have An Autoimmune Disease • The Try Vlog . YouTube.
22. Web site: ChessBase.com – Chess News – Kramnik drops out of Wijk Super-Tournament . Chessbase.com . 4 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081021221942/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2846. 21 October 2008 . live. 2006-01-05 .
23. News: Study Finds Arthritis Genes . . 15 July 2002 . 18 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017210529/http://www.allvoices.com/news/9684671-study-finds-arthritis-genes . 17 October 2013 . dead .
24. Erik Pietro Sganzerla, Malattia e morte di Giacomo Leopardi. Osservazioni critiche e nuova interpretazione diagnostica con documenti inediti, Booktime, 2016: «Questo libretto rende giustizia a un uomo che soffriva di numerosi problemi fisici, che ebbe una vita non felice e una cartella clinica in cui sono posti in evidenza i sintomi e il loro decorso temporale, l'età d'esordio della progressiva deformità spinale e dei problemi visivi e gastrointestinali, l'influenza delle condizioni psichiche e ambientali nell'accentuazione o remissione dei segnali. (...) altamente probabile la diagnosi di Spondilite Anchilopoietica Giovanile» (Introduzione); English translation: "This booklet does justice to a man who was suffering from numerous physical problems, which had a unhappy life and not a medical record in which are highlighted the symptoms and their time course, the age of onset of the progressive spinal deformities and visual and gastrointestinal problems, the influence of psychological and environmental conditions nell'accentuazione or remission of signals. (...) Highly likely the diagnosis of youth's ankylosing spondylitis"(Introduction)
25. Many experts affirms that he had Pott's disease, instead.
26. Book: Nigel Fisher. Iain Macleod. 18 December 2011. 1973. Deutsch. 978-0-233-96324-2. 46. registration.
27. Book: Lee. Tommy. Tommy Lee. Strauss. Neil. Neil Strauss. Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. 18 December 2011. reprint, illustrated. 2002. 2001. HarperCollins. 978-0-06-098915-6. 212381899. 186.
28. Book: Dan Richardson . The rough guide to Moscow . 2001 . 135 . Rough Guides . 978-1-85828-700-3 . registration .
29. Web site: Snooker: A Pain in the Neck?. 15 May 2014.
30. News: Hillgruber . Katrin . Nachruf: Christa Reinig—Ich träume von meiner Verkommenheit . . de. 7 October 2008. 20 February 2012 .
31. News: Holy roller: Dan Reynolds interview. London Evening Standard. 13 August 2016.
32. Michael Slater. Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. Presenters: Andrew Denton and Michael Slater. ABC Television. Australia. 14 March 2005 . 30 . (transcript) . http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1323968.htm..
33. News: Small forced to give up snooker. Former World No.12 Chris Small has retired from snooker due to a degenerative spinal disease. . BBC News . BBC . 23 September 2005 . 18 December 2011.
34. News: Hawgood . Alex . 2019-05-31 . Kodi Smit-McPhee, a Star of 'X Men: Dark Phoenix,' Has Real-Life Battles . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-19 . 0362-4331.
35. Book: University of Edinburgh. Graduates' Association . University of Edinburgh journal, Volumes 37–38 . 1995 . 239 . University of Edinburgh. 1831427.
36. Web site: Espen . Sandli . Nå er Jens vaksinert - nyheter . Dagbladet . 2009-08-18 . 2013-04-09.
37. Helfgott. Simon M.. May 1, 2014. Rheuminations: Ankylosing Spondylitis Sometimes Defies Detection. The Rheumatologist. en.
38. Martin Fitzpatrick and W. Bernard Peach; Enlightenment and Dissent; Aberystwyth; 19, 2000, vii–xiii; and 21, 2002 vii.
39. Jayson MI . Leonard Trask: the wonderful invalid: the first American description of ankylosing spondylitis . Arthritis and Rheumatism . 48 . 3 . 612–3 . March 2003 . 12632411 . 10.1002/art.10875.
40. News: Woodhouse Elected Honorary Life Member by Arthritis New Zealand . 3 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150115170633/http://www.arthritis.org.nz/2014/11/minister-elected-honorary-life-member/ . 15 January 2015 . dead .
41. jessicacurry2 . 839800442272034816 . Mar 9, 2017 . I have this disease- it can affect spine, heart, eyes, lungs, gut, skin, feet & as well as the pain causes crippling fatigue. Please do read .
42. News: Laatste interview Joost Zwagerman: 'Zelfmoord beschouw ik als no-go-area' . . nl . 9 September 2015 . 7 April 2021 .
43. Web site: Barrett . Heather . 7 August 2022 . Author Michelle Butler Hallett is exploring the nuance of her disability, one bike ride at a time . 7 August 2022 . cbc.ca.