Famous People with Tremor
Essential Tremor PSA Alice Cooper (33 seconds)
Do you know someone with Essential Tremor?
Yes! Essential tremor is so common yet non-transparent. Outside of individuals and families afflicted with essential tremor, the public at large is not familiar with the movement disorder or, misjudges the symptom of tremor as being Parkinsons.
You probably know a neighbor, a co-worker, a service club or faith member, who has essential tremor. If not, you know of the following famous people and otter with essential tremor.
John Adams John Quincy Adams Samuel Adams Magnus Berg Robert C. Byrd Oliver Cromwell John Diefenbaker Goldie |
Katharine Hepburn Joseph McCarthy Sandra Day OConnor Eugene ONeill Ozzy Ozbourne Tim Simpson Bill Werbeniuk |
Adams Family Tremor
Medical history draws upon handwriting analysis and historical accounts to reveal that John Quincy Adams and Samuel Adams were afflicted with essential tremor.
In the article Samuel Adams Tremor, Dr. Elan Louis, TANs medical advisor/contributor, cites the American Revolutionist as having a tremor that affected his hands, head and voice.
To learn more about What is Medical History? visit the Winter 2005 issue of House Call. Dr. George Paulson, author of the publication Illnesses of the Brain in John Quincy Adams, is featured in the quarterly newsletter.
Information on John Adams and John Quincy Adams tremors can be found in John Adams by Paul C. Nagel, and Arguing about Slavery, by William Lee Miller.
Neuroscience for Kids
Neuroscience for Kids provides trivia on John Adams, 2nd President of the US, and John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the US. Both were born in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Magnus Berg The Sculptor
Handwriting analysis and examinations of various sculptures account for the recognition that the sculptor Magnus Berg had essential tremor.
Diefenbaker Disease
Dr. Ali Rajputs extensive research of medical records and Diefenbaker Archives concludes that the 13th Prime Minister of Canada suffered from essential tremor and not Parkinsons Disease. Dr. Rajput renamed essential tremor Diefenbaker Disease, in honor of the Prime Minister.
Late-Life Action Tremor in Goldie
Goldie the Southern Sea Otter was orphaned off the California coast at the age of 5 weeks. The Monterey Bay Aquarium rescued her, and Goldie lived at the Aquarium until the age of 18. Five years prior, Goldie developed a head tremor, similar to essential tremor patients. Dr. Michael Murray, Goldies veterinarian, recorded invaluable information on Goldies tremor, which peaked the interest of TANs medical contributor, Elan Louis. TANs Director, Hokuto Morita, has detailed Dr. Louis collaborative study of Goldies brain in his article, Animal Tremor: Of Mice and Men and Marine Life, featured in the first issue of The TremorAction.org and Care4Dystonia.org newsletter, Spikes & Spasms.
Illnesses of the Brain in John Quincy Adams
Samuel Adams Tremor