Some famous people who had or have epilepsy
Prince, musician - spoke about having epilepsy as a child
Melanie Griffiths, actress - described having two tonic clonic seizures at the Cannes Film festival in 2011
Julius Caesar, Roman Emporer - The GOAT? It is widely believed by historians to have had epilepsy. Contemporaries wrote of his seizures.
Neil Young, musician - has been open about how epilepsy influenced his work.
Alan Faneca, NFL Hall of Fame player - probably the best known of a long list of people who played professionally with epilepsy.
Danny Glover, actor - began having seizures in his teens, he says they stopped in his 30s.
Dostoevsky, Russian writer - often used epilepsy as part of his characters lives.
Lil Wayne, rapper - has openly talked about his seizures.
Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott & Costello) - had epilepsy his whole life bit tried to keep it secret.
Martin Kemp, musician - Spandau Ballet member developed epilepsy after having brain tumours in the 1990s.
Adam Horovitz (Ad Hoc), rapper- Beastie Boys member has photo sensitive epilepsy. In their song "Skills to Pay the Bills," he references his condition with the lyric, "Well, I'm an epileptic, a skept-a-cleptic."
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You're not alone!!