List of people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis

The following is a list of notable people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.

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Name	Notability	Reference
Shinzō Abe	Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007 and 2012–2020)	[1]
Casey Abrams	American musician	[2]
Sunny Anderson	TV and radio show personality, food caterer	[3]
Trevor Bauer	American baseball pitcher	[4]
Rolf Benirschke	American football player	[5]
Amy Brenneman	American actress	[6]
Henryk Broder	Polish born German author and TV personality	[7]
Marvin P. Bush	Son of George H. W. Bush	[8]
Rashad Butler	American football player	[9]
Apsley Cherry-Garrard	British polar explorer	[10]
Shayne Corson	Canadian hockey player	[11]
Jake Diekman	American baseball pitcher	[12]
Sertab Erener	Turkish singer	[13]
Jack Fitzwater	English footballer	[14]
Darren Fletcher	Scottish footballer	[15]
Chris Gedney	American former NFL player	[8]
Brian Austin Green	American Actor	[16]
Hank Green	American YouTuber and entrepreneur	[17]
Käärijä	Finnish rapper, pop star	[18]
Gregory Itzin	American film and television actor	[19]
Stewart Lee	English comedian	[20]
Chuck Lorre	American television writer, director, producer and composer	[21]
Erin Martin	American pop singer	[22]
Russell Martin	English born Scottish football player and manager	[23]
Michael Mauti	American football player, linebacker	[24]
Josh Mierkalns	English cricketer	[25]
Lewis Moody	English rugby union player	[26]
David Moxom	American soccer player	[27]
Chie Nakamura	Japanese voice actress	[28]
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	English competitive swimmer	[29]
Johnny Pemberton	American actor	[30] [31]
Adam Pettyjohn	American baseball player	[32]
Fernando Pisani	Canadian hockey player	[33]
Steve Redgrave	British rower	[34]
Dan Reynolds	American musician	[35]
Jerry Sadowitz	Scottish stand-up comic and magician	[36]
Josh Sims	English footballer	[37]
Heath Slocum	American golfer	[38]
Luke Smallbone	Australian-American singer/songwriter	[39]
Tony Snow	American journalist, former White House press secretary	[40]
Jason Somerville	American professional poker player	[41]
Scott Speed	American race car driver	[42]
Georges St-Pierre	Canadian mixed martial artist	[43]
Paul Stewart	Scottish race car driver	[44]
Aaron Swartz	American computer programmer and activist	[45]
Jordan Sweeney	American musician	[46]
Dajuan Wagner	American basketball player	[47]
William Wilberforce	English politician	[48] [49]
Ray Wilkins	English footballer	[50]
Erik Wolpaw	American video game writer	[51]
Hannah Witton	British YouTube personality	[52]
John J. York	American Actor	[53]

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2. "'Casey Abrams Confirms Illness". 95.5 WPLJ. 17 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
3. "Food Network Star Sunny Anderson Opens Up About Ulcerative Colitis". ABC News. 24 October 2014.
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11. "Brotherly Love". CNN. 22 October 2001. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
12. "Gut it Out: Jake Diekman's Fight Against UC". 24 May 2017.
13. Arman, Ayşe (14 June 2009). "Hayatımın bir bölümü abim Serdar'ı kıskanarak geçti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 18 April 2015.
14. Conway, Elizabeth (15 February 2024). "Jack Fitzwater on colitis diagnosis: 'I was embarrassed going to the toilet 30 times a day'". BBC Sport . Retrieved 15 February 2024.
15. "Darren Fletcher takes break for health reasons". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
16. "Brian Austin Green opens up about health challenges". ABC News.
17. "Ulcerative Colitis by Hank Green". Youtube. 8 February 2011.
18. "Käärijä's Journey From Illness And Unemployment To Eurovision Legend". ESC Insight. May 2023.
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20. "How I Escaped My Certain Fate". The Times. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
21. "Entertainment Weekly". All you Need To Know About C. Sheen's Nemesis. March 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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24. "Michael Mauti: Hopeful to return from ulcerative colitis". CBS Sports. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
25. "PCA Benevolent Fund Turns Cricketers' Lives Around". Cricket United. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
26. "Lewis Moody's private battle with bowel disease". BBC News. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
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28. "Naruto's Sakura Voice Actress Chie Nakamura Goes on Hiatus Due to Ulcerative Colitis". Anime News Network. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
29. Schofield, Daniel (10 August 2016). "Siobhan-Marie O'Connor says fellow sufferer Sir Steve Redgrave inspired her to Rio Olympics glory". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 11 August 2016.
30. "Probably Science: Episode 240 - Johnny Pemberton on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
31. Development, PodBean. "If It's Not Funny, Then It's Just True | The Nurses and Hypochondriacs Podcast". nursesandhypochondriacs.podbean.com. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
32. "No Petty Miracle". baseballprospectus. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
33. "Fernando's future". Edmonton Oilers. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
34. "Sir Steve Redgrave". Crohn's and Colitis UK. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
35. "Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds Tweets About Disease Treatments". The Mighty. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
36. "Smoke and mirrors". The Scotsman.
37. Sheldon, Dan (17 November 2022). "'I had this stabbing pain… I thought I it was a heart attack' – Josh Sims explains why he hasn't kicked a ball since May". The Athletic. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
38. "How Ulcerative Colitis Affects a Family". everydayhealth. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
39. "For King & Country gives thanks for family, early trials". The Tennessean. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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41. "Seat Open with Jason Somerville: Scrubbing Toilets, Teaching Karate & Being Bedridden". Poker News. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
42. Scott Speed www.formula1.com. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
43. "'Georges St-Pierre vacates UFC middleweight title". MMA Fighting. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
44. Burns, Janice. "I'll Beat Cancer For My Baby". The Free Library. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
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47. "Intestinal Fortitude". Sports Illustrated. 11 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
48. Pollock 1977 , pp. 78–79
49. Hague 2007 , pp. 149–57
50. "Ray Wilkins has Ulcerative Colitis". The Daily Telegraph. London. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
51. Keighley, Geoff. The Final Hours of Portal 2. e-book. 2011.
52. Witton, Hannah (4 February 2018). "I spent 4 weeks in hospital". YouTube. Hannah Witton. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
53. "John J. York's Journey Through Blood Cancer, Transplantation, and GVHD". Future of Personal Health. Retrieved 20 October 2025.

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• Pollock, John (1977), Wilberforce , New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN   978-0-09-460780-4, OCLC   3738175
• Hague, William (2007), William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner, London: HarperPress, ISBN   978-0-00-722885-0, OCLC   80331607