NASTASE Ilie, 1946-present, (bipolar),
Romanian Tennis player. Won US Opens 1972 and 1975, French Open 1973, Italian Opens 1970 and 1973. Won doubles with Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon 1973.
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NEWTON Sir Issac, 1646-1727, (epilepsy),
He left college (Trinity College) in Cambridge from 1665-1666 due to the bubonic plague. During this time he developed calculus, the law of universal gravitation, the binomial theorem and discovered the composite nature of white light. Newton was a shy and sickly boy and remained shy as an adult. He went to great lengths to avoid controversy.
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NIJINSKY Vaslav, 1888-1950, (mental disorder),
Dancer who had clinical depression. One of the greatest male dancers in the history of ballet. Best known role was in the ballet Afternoon of a Fawn.
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NOBEL Alfred, 1833-1896, (epilepsy),
Swedish Chemist, Engineer and Inventor of Dynamite. Philanthropist left $9.2 million for annual Nobel Prizes first awarded 1901. He established the Nobel Prizes.
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NORTON Emperor Joshua, 1817-1880, (mental disorder),
Self-appointed Norton I Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, Joshua Norton won a permanent place in the annals of San Francisco as the wisest and shrewdest of madmen.
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NUSSBAUM Susan, 1953-present, (spinal cord injury),
While in high school Susan and some classmate wrote and produced a play about women's liberation. The school however took a dim view of her production because the play included a graphic description of an abortion. She was suspended from school. In 1978 while at Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, on her way to class she was struck by a car. The accident fractured her spine and she became a quadriplegic. She worked at a place called Access Living and felt at home. She wrote her first play called String Back. The play pokes fun at the public's misconceptions about people with disabilities. She now teaches drama and directs plays and acts.
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