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Celebrity Deformities
Lacking an eye
- Sammy Davis, Jr.—car accident
- Jefferson Davis—disease
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, struck by a taxiing airplane.
- Moshe Dayan—in WWII
- Edgar Degas
- Sandy Duncan
- Peter Falk
- James Joyce
- Wiley Post
- Horatio Nelson. [From http://www.losteye.com—"When signaled by his superior to halt his attack during the Battle of Copenhagen, Nelson raised his telescope to his blind eye and then announced "I do not see the signal", and then pressed his attack to final victory. It is believed that this is where the phrase "turn a blind eye" originated."]
- Teddy Roosevelt—boxing
- Ian Smith, PM of Rhodesia—WWII dogfight
- Mo Udall—as a child
Lacking ears
Lacking arms
- Rick Allen—drummer for Def Leppard, car accident
- Bob Dole—Bob Dole paralyzed Bob Dole's arm in World War II
- Eric Cornell—Nobel laureate, suffered from Necrotizing Fasciitis, left arm and shoulder amputated in October 2004
Lacking legs
Crippled
Colostomied
Accessory (third) nipple
Lacking a breast
- Betty Ford
- Nancy Reagan
- Shirley Temple Black
- Julia Child
- Linda Ellerbee
- Olivia Newton-John
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Richard Rountree—mastectomy (yes, a man)
- Ingrid Bergman—mastectomy, died from Breast Cancer
- Erma Bombeck
Rhinophyma (Acne rosacea)
Prominent birthmarks
Skin Cancer
- Ronald Reagan—removed
- Burgess Meredith—died from melanoma
- Roger Moore—removed
Cleft lip
- Joaquin Phoenix—repaired
- Cheech Marin—repaired
- Stacey Keach—repaired
Tracheotomy scar
- Elizabeth Taylor—tracheotomy as a child
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
Club foot
Bad hairpieces
Lifetime Achievement Award
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