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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