Wednesday, October 7, 2009

What do all of these people have in common??

Charles Darwin (naturalist)
Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals first baseman)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington Congresswoman)
John C. McGinley (actor)
Eva Longoria (actress)
Gene Stallings (Arizona Cardinals headcoach)
George Will (journalist)
Arthur Miller (American playwright)
Jamie Foxx (actor)
Jim O’Brien (Indiana Pacers coach)
Emily Perl Kingsley (Sesame Street writer & author of Welcome to Holland)
Heath Bell (San Diego Padres closing pitcher)
Charles de Gaulle (French military leader)
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans (actor & actress)
David Ragan (NASCAR driver #6)
Sarah Palin (Alaska’s governor)
Julie Newmar (Actress- original Catwoman)
Lowell Weicker (the former Govenor of Connecticut)
Rex Hudler (retired baseball player & Angels Baseball announcer)
Damon Hill (Formula One Racecar Driver-1996 Champion)
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Answer:
They all have a family member with Down syndrome!

# Charles Darwin- son, Charles Waring Darwin
# Albert Pujols- daughter, Isabella
# Cathy McMorris Rodgers- son, Cole
# John C. McGinley- son, Max
# Eva Longoria- sister, Elizabeth
# Gene Stallings- son, Johnny
# George Will- son, Jon
# Arthur Miller- son, Daniel
# Jamie Fox- sister, Diondra
# Jim O’Brien- daughter, Caitlyn
# Emily Perl Kingsley- son, Jason
# Heath Bell- daughter, Jordyn
# Charles de Gaulle- daughter, Anne
# Roy Rogers & Dale Evans- daughter, Robin
# David Ragan- brother, Adam
# Sarah Palin- son, Trig
# Julie Newmar- son, John
# Lowell Weicker- son Jonathan
# Rex Hudler- son, Cade
# Damon Hill- son, Oliver

*If you know someone else famous who has a family member with Down syndrome, let Jessica know and she'll add them to her list!*

Thank you Jessica for all the hard work behind this post!!

10 comments:

♥Lisa♥ @ FinalScore:Boys3Girls2 said...

I had no idea except for Palin.... and umm, your famous :)

Becca said...

Great post! I knew about a few of them, but this was very interesting!

Sewconsult said...

When I saw Darwin & Miller in the same list, I knew it was a DS family member. I don't recognize some of the names, but most, I do.

Thanks, Renee, for stopping by (& commenting) on my blog.
Beckie

Anonymous said...

did you know that kennedy is pictured on the Indiana Down Syndrome site?

http://www.dsindiana.org/NewsEventsPublications.php

eryn said...

Albert Pujols is awesome!

Lynn said...

You can add Rex Hudler. He announces Angel baseball. Only he calls it "up" syndrome.
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Hevel said...

Damon Hill, Formula 1 champion sometime in the 90's has a son with Down's Syndrome. (They are British, so the 's is correct.)

DD said...

I've never met Gene Stallings but we went to church with his daughters. Johnny and Ruth Anne always came to Lubbock during Spring Training for the Dallas Cowboys. I introduced Johnny Stallings to my friend and childhood mate Johnny Steele, who just happened to share that special extra chromosone.

Maureen said...

HI Renee, I tagged you on my blog! Come and see my new idea for a post you can do.

Amanda said...

Wow, that's an awesome list! A knew a few of them, but the others were quite interesting. Thanks for this! :D