Taking Responsibility for Asthma Control:

An Asthma Education Program for Children and Families

If you have asthma, you’re in good company. Many famous people in sports, music, literature, entertainment and

politics have suffered asthma attacks, but have nevertheless achieved greatness. If you follow your doctor’s

 treatment plan your asthma can be controlled and you can live a happy, productive (and possibly famous!) life.

Sports

Jerome Bettis—football player

Emmitt Smith—football player

Jim “Catfish” Hunter—baseball Hall of Fame

Jackie Joyner-Kersee—Olympic medalist-track and field

Greg Louganis—Olympic medalist-swimming

Dennis Rodman—basketball player

Dominique Wilkins—basketball player

Entertainment

Jim Davis—cartoonist

Coolio—actor, singer

Sharon Stone—actress

Orson Welles—actor, director

Elizabeth Taylor—actress

Ricki Lake—talk show host

Christopher Reeve—actor

Ludwig van Beethoven—composer

Alice Cooper—rock singer

Bob Hope—actor, comedian

Literature

Charles Dickens—author

John Updike—author

Politics

Rev. Jesse Jackson—political leader

Theodore Roosevelt—26th President of the U.S.

Woodrow Wilson—28th President of the U.S.

Calvin Coolidge—30th President of the U.S.

John F. Kennedy—35th President of the U.S.