famous people with asthma

We all know the jokes about asthmatics. You know, the dorky jokes and "nerd alert" comments that go with having asthma.

Of course Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory is an asthmatic!

But jokes aside, the truth is, a lot of really famous (and really powerful!) people have asthma. With the correct care, people with asthma can do just about anything that people without asthma can do!

Take these powerful and famous figures as an example -- all of whom have asthma:

Jason Alexander

Calvin Coolidge

Ludwig von Beethoven

Bill Clinton

Alice Cooper

Rev. Jesse Jackson

Charles Dickens

Bono

Che Guevara

DMX

Greg Louganis

Kenny G

Marcel Proust

Jackie Joyner Kersee

Ricki Lake

Christopher Reeve

Emmitt Smith

King William III

Billy Joel

Joseph Pulitzer

Kristi Yamaguchi

Sharon Stone

Woodrow Wilson

John F. Kennedy

Dylan Thomas

John Updike

David Beckham

Martin Scorcese

Jerome Bettis

Dennis Rodman

Diane Keaton

...and a whole lot more!