Who's got Marfan?
We've got Marfan!
- There is serious speculation that Abraham Lincoln had the Marfan syndrome. Here is a picture of him that shows clearly some of his Marfan-like traits.
- Jonathan Larson, playwright of the Broadway show Rent, died from an aortic dissection. This was most likely due to the Marfan syndrome. He also wrote tick, tick... BOOM!
- British classical composer John Tavener has the Marfan syndrome.
- Pharaoh Akhenaten's portrayal in art suggests symptoms of the Marfan syndrome. See also The Mystery of Akhenaten: Genetics or Aesthetics? by Megaera Lorenze and Flo Hyman, an Olympic volleyball player, had an undiagnosed case of the Marfan syndrome.
- Chris Patton (d. 1976), basketball player for University of Maryland, had undiagnosed Marfan syndrome.
- Russ Hexter, director of the movie Dadetown, had Marfan syndrome. He died shortly after the movie was finished, at age 27, of an aortic aneurysm.
- Also, it's been suggested that Niccolo Paganini may have had either Marfan syndrome or a similar connective tissue disorder, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
See Also
Web Pages of Fellow Marfans
and Pictures from the Marfan Community
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