List of tuberculosis cases

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Notable people who had, or are believed to have had tuberculosis, also known as consumption.

Writers and poets[]

Artists and actors[]

Composers[]

Religious figures[]

  • David Brainerd (1718–1747), left a diary that reflects his reliance upon God's faithfulness amidst his battle with consumption. The diary was historically very influential, particularly to the modern Christian missionary movement.[4][5]
  • John Calvin, leader of the Protestant Reformation
  • Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, the Roman Catholic Religious Sister and mystic from Poland, the proponent of devotion to the Divine Mercy, suffered greatly from tuberculosis and succumbed to it on 5 October 1938.[6]
  • Cardinal Richelieu of France, died from tuberculosis in 1642
  • Saint Thérèse de Lisieux (1873–1897), died of tuberculosis
  • Saint Bernadette Soubirous, the visionary of Lourdes
  • Saint Gemma Galgani, suffered from 'tuberculosis of the spine with aggravated curvature'
  • Richard Wurmbrand, Protestant minister
  • Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), Hasidic rabbi and religious teacher
  • Muktanand Swami (1758–1830), saint of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.[7]

Leaders and politicians[]

  • Abdulmejid I, 31st Ottoman sultan
  • Simón Bolívar, the liberator of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, died in 1830 of tuberculosis
  • Henry B Bolster
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Charles IX of France
  • Elizabeth of Austria (1436–1505), a study of her bones indicated that she probably had tuberculosis at a young age
  • Read Fletcher (c. 1829–1889), American politician, lawyer, co-founder and editor of the Pine Bluff Graphic[8]
  • Henry VII of England
  • Charles Hamilton Houston, NAACP lawyer known as "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow"
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Muhammed Ali Jinnah
  • Andres Larka (1878–1942), Estonian military commander and politician; suffered from tuberculosis after 1924
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier
  • Louis XIII of France
  • Louis XVII of France
  • Peshwa Madhavrao I
  • Mahmud II, 30th Ottoman sultan
  • Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist. He got tuberculosis exacerbated by the dank conditions in his cell
  • Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician
  • James Monroe
  • Napoleon II of France
  • Pedro I of Brazil (Pedro IV of Portugal)
  • Petar II Petrović Njegoš (1813-1851), was a Prince-Bishop (vladika) of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Serbian/Montenegrin literature.
  • Manuel L. Quezon
  • John Aaron Rawlins
  • Dmitri Pavlovitch Romanov
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Haym Salomon, major financier of the American side during the American Revolutionary War
  • Okita Soji (1842/1844–1868), young and famous captain of the Shinsengumi, died from tuberculosis. He was rumored to have discovered his disease when he coughed blood and fainted during the Ikedaya Affair.
  • Alexander Stephens
  • Sudirman, Commander of Indonesia's armed forces during its National Revolution
  • Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French political philosopher
  • Desmond Tutu, had tuberculosis as a child
  • Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
  • John Young

Others[]

References[]

  1. ^ Millan, Nicholas. "Famed American 19th century painter called North Hudson home"; The Union City Reporter; March 16, 2008
  2. ^ Rosero, Jessica. "All-American painter" The Union City Reporter; April 30, 2006; Pages 7 and 32
  3. ^ Virginia Frances Sterret
  4. ^ John Piper (January 31, 1990). ""Oh, That I May Never Loiter on My Heavenly Journey!" — Reflections on the Life and Ministry of David Brainerd". Archived from the original on 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2006-05-08.
  5. ^ Jonathan Edwards. "The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume Two". The Life And Diary of The Rev. David Brainerd. Calvin College: Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Retrieved 2006-05-08.
  6. ^ "Maria Faustina Kowalska". St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. 2006.
  7. ^ Williams, Raymond (2001), Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-65422-7
  8. ^ "Hon. Read Fletcher". The Tennessean. Vol. XV, no. 4830. Nashville, Tenn. November 30, 1889. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Hinds, Richard Brinsley (1812?–1847)". Royal College of Surgeons. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Ella es la primera mujer universitaria de Centroamérica". Noticias de El Salvador - elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

Further reading[]

  • Rothman, Sheila M. (1994). Living in the Shadow of Death: Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History. ISBN 0-8018-5186-6
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