Famous People with Psoriasis

This is simply a list of famous, infamous, and not-quite-famous people with
psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis (PA). Also included are famous people for
whom there is a lot of speculation that they have or had psoriasis, but who
may not have (or have had) the disease at all.

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a.. Baker, Nicholson (author, b. 1957):
a.. Dave Edelman's Interview
b.. Nicholson Baker, without Blushing
c.. Review of U and I: A True Story
d.. Camel Driver: Exurbia Fights Back
e.. U and I: A True Story at Amazon.com

b.. Bruce, Robert (the) (King of Scotland, 1274-1329):
a.. Biographical compilation from Melanie Campbell
b.. Catholic Prayer Page
c.. The History Behind Braveheart
d.. Strange Tales from Scotland - My heart will go on (although there's
no such thing as "virulent" psoriasis)
e.. The Truth about "Braveheart"
f.. Themes in Dermatology - Did Robert the Bruce have leprosy?(and he
probably didn't have psoriasis, either)

c.. Castagna, Michael (copywriter, b. ?):
a.. Camel Driver: Exurbia Fights Back

d.. Elton, Ben (comedian and author, b. 1959):
a.. Skinship
b.. Surgery Door Health Magazine
c.. Living with cutaneous T cell lymphoma
d.. Gary Shine's List

e.. Garfunkel, Art (musician, b. 1941):
a.. Art Garfunkel's Feelin' Groovy Again

f.. Gastineau, Mark (defensive end, b. 1956):
a.. Strahan's Spotlight will Shine on Gastineau

g.. Guzman, Abimael (Shining Path leader, b. 1934):
a.. Peruvian Police Puts Down Shining Path Captives Riot (Print Version)
b.. Location Story about The Dancer Upstairs
c.. International Emergency Committee to Defend the Life of Dr. Abimael
Guzmán
d.. Andean Coca Trade
e.. Gary Shine's List
f.. 'Superman' Meets Shining Path: Story of a CIA Success
g.. The Telegraph Magazine: The Warlords
h.. Medline entry for Capture of Abimael Guzman

h.. Holstein, Karin (cover girl, NPF spokesperson, author, b. ?):
a.. "Cover Girl Uncovered: A Woman's Journey" (her book)
b.. BK Nelson sells the book
c.. Dr. Greene
d.. Rock-n-Reel. com sells the book
e.. Total Living with Jerry Rose (Feb 8, 2002)

i.. Janis, Byron (pianist with PA in his fingers, b. 1928):
a.. Home Page
b.. Arthritis.org
c.. International Piano Competition and Festival Jury
Biographies
d.. Lyra Music Magazine
e.. Dr. Steven B. Abramson, MD treated Janis
f.. The Standard-Times
g.. Arthritis News Magazine - Use It or Lose It
h.. An LP for Sale

j.. Lish, Gordon (author, editor, b. ?):
a.. Author, Author: On the Threshold (also here )
b.. Lashed by Lish

k.. Marat, Jean-Paul (journalist, anti-aristocracy leader, 1743-1793):
a.. The Flow of Western Culture
b.. Jaques-Louis David's Marat
c.. Skinema says Marat had eczema or maybe dermatitis herpetiformis

l.. Mathers, Jerry (actor, "The Beaver", b. 1948):
a.. Gee, Wally, the Beaver's got Psoriasis
b.. New Class of Drugs Target Psoriasis Offers Hope to Those Who Suffer
With the Disease
c.. Ron's Log
d.. Step Into My SkinTM spokesman
e.. Therapist on Line 1
f.. WPIX-TV New York Morning News
g.. Yahoo! TV Entertainment News & Gossip

m.. Morrison, Danny (friend/manager of Joe Diffie, b. ?):
a.. Country Music Star Joe Diffie is Spokesperson for National Psoriasis
Awareness Month (archived web page)

n.. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich (author, 1899-1977):
a.. The Hidden Delight of Psoriasis
b.. Pedestrian: Weblog Insecurity
c.. Review of Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
d.. VN Collation #20

o.. Palmen, Connie (author, b. 1955):
a.. The Hidden Delight of Psoriasis
b.. Norwegian?
c.. Dutch?

p.. Potter, Dennis (author, TV dramatist, 1935-1994):
a.. The British Film Resource
b.. At the Margin
c.. Robert Downey, Jr., to star in The Singing Detective
d.. DOROTHYL Digest
e.. The Life and Work of Dennis Potter
f.. Potter-Related Links
g.. Psoriasis Researchers Seek Skin Sample Donors
h.. A Review of The Singing Detective
i.. Waiting for the Boat: Dennis Potter and Television
j.. Reviews of Dennis Potter: A Biography
k.. Skinemedia
l.. Medline Entry for Self-consciousness and the psoriatic personality:
considering updike and potter
m.. The Hidden Delight of Psoriasis
n.. BartCop Entertainment

q.. Robbins, Tom (author, b. 1936):
a.. Bibliography

r.. Stalin, Joseph (tyrant, 1879-1953):
a.. Bibliography of Secondary Sources on the History of Dermatology
b.. Medline Entry for Joseph Stalin's psoriasis: its treatment and the
consequences
c.. Italian

s.. Starr, Kenneth Winston (special prosecutor, b. 1947):
a.. A Starr is Spanked
b.. The Truth According to Paula & Ken
c.. The Inquisitor
d.. Ken Starr would not be Denied
e.. Kuran-Sifresi
f.. MOJO Wire Poll for the Week of March 23, 1999
g.. Royals Portal
h.. Starr Crossed
i.. Re: Last Post, I Swear Under Oath
j.. "Chickenhawk" Lists:
a.. BartCop's Political Humor
b.. BuzzFlash Editorial
c.. The Chickenhawk Database
d.. The Chickenhawks
e.. Commentary Archives Page 3
f.. GOP Draft Dodgers
g.. MikeMalloy.Com - Round 64
h.. Republican War Heroes: A Very Short Record
i.. Suburban Guerrilla
j.. Etc, etc...
k.. The Gamer's Nook just refers to the Chickenhawk Database

t.. Updike, John Hoyer (author, b. 1932):
a.. BBC Education Biography
b.. BBCi Books Biography
c.. Pegasos Biography
d.. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. mentions Updike's psoriasis (Print
Version)
e.. Classics in Dermatology (Table of Contents, Editorial)
f.. Geometry Book & Article List
g.. New York Times Review of Self-Consciousness
h.. Chapter 18 of Skin Deep
i.. Storytelling, a movie
j.. U and I, by Nicholson Baker (see above)
k.. Profile in The Guardian (Print Version)
l.. Camel Driver: Exurbia Fights Back m.. Dermatology Rounds n.. VN
Collation #20
o.. AAD Dispatches from the National Psoriasis Foundation
p.. A National Psoriasis Foundation Chat Transcript
q.. Washington Post Review of Gertrude and Claudius
r.. Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
s.. Health Care Solutions' Quality Watch
t.. Affadavit of Dr. Stuart Maddin (from the Miralex Class-Action
Lawsuit)
u.. The Practice of the Ministry of Medicine
v.. Semiotics and the Shakespeare Authorship Debate: The Author--and His
Icon--Do Make a Difference in Understanding the Works
w.. The Archives of the Canadian Dermatology Association has Updike as a
reference
x.. Minnesota Medicine's About Face (Print Version)
y.. Swathmore Warders of Imaginative Literature (check attendance, near
the bottom)
z.. WebMD - Study: Arthritis Drug Shows Early Promise in Relieving
Psoriasis Symptoms
aa.. Bibliography of Secondary Sources on the History of Dermatology
ab.. Litweb.net Biography
ac.. Armstrong Atlantic State University Literary Nonfiction
Book Reviews & Reports
ad.. Episcopal Life Review of John Updike and Religion: The Sense of the
Sacred and the Motions of Grace
ae.. Jonathan Stewart's Biography
af.. Transcript of Film Week which discusses Storytelling (.DOC file)
ag.. Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care
Bibliography
ah.. Chapter 5 of Writing as a Reflective Action
ai.. i digress
aj.. Chapter 17 of Personality, Biology & Society
ak.. Gary Shine's List
al.. Medline Entry for John Updike on psoriasis: At war with my skin,
from the journal of a leper
am.. Medline Entry for Self-consciousness and the psoriatic personality:
considering updike and potter
an.. Chapter 1 of The Private I
ao.. Rabbit Grumble
ap.. I Have Preened, I Have Lived
aq.. The Hidden Delight of Psoriasis
ar.. Italian
as.. Norwegian
at.. Portuguese
au.. Dutch
av.. Spanish:
a.. Review of The Centaur
b.. Blurb of Self-Consciousness aw.. French:
a.. Réflexion sur le Psoriasis
b.. Physiopathologie du psoriasis (Print Version) ax.. German:
a.. Blurb of Self-Consciousness
b.. Heilsames Gemetzel
c.. Neue Strategien gegen die Schuppenflechte
d.. Formvollendete Unartigkeiten

u.. Yezhov, Nikolai Ivanovich (also Ezhov, Stalin henchman [see above],
1895-1940):
a.. Chapter 9 of Stalin's Loyal Executioner