Flashcards: People with traumatic brain injuries

Muhammad Ali /ɑːˈliː/ (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist.

James Reiher Snuka (born James Wiley Smith; May 18, 1943) better known by the ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, is a Fijian retired professional wrestler and actor.

Andrew James Robert Patrick Martin (March 17, 1975 – March 13, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit (French pronunciation: ​[bəˈnwa]; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is a British human rights campaigner, originally from Australia, best known for his work with LGBT social movements.

Eadweard Muybridge (/ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ/; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.

Gabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American politician from the U.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Константинов; born March 19, 1967) is a Russian-American retired professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings.

Magomed Abdusalamov (Магомед Абдусаламов; born 25 March 1981) is a Russian former professional boxer who fought at heavyweight.

Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaʔɛl ˈʃuːmaxɐ] ; born 3 January 1969) is a German retired racing driver.

Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Daniel Bryan, where he is the on-screen general manager of SmackDown.

Denis Nikolayevich Boytsov (Russian: Денис Николаевич Бойцов; born 14 February 1986) is a Russian professional boxer who fights at heavyweight.

Lee Carlson (born February 21, 1958) is an American writer best known for his memoir, Passage to Nirvana, about surviving traumatic brain injury.

Terry Wallis (born April 7, 1964) is an American man living in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas who on June 11, 2003, regained awareness after spending 19 years in a minimally conscious state.

Leonardo David (27 September 1960 – 26 February 1985) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from northwestern Italy.

Mike Nolan (born Michael Nolan, 7 December 1954) is a singer who is best known as one of the four original members of the British pop group, Bucks Fizz.

William Timothy "Bill" Mantlo (born November 9, 1951) is an American comic book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics.

Lev Zasetsky (9 August 1920 – 9 September 1993) was a patient who was treated by Russian neuropsychologist Alexander Luria.

David Michael "Dave" Mirra (April 4, 1974 – February 4, 2016) was an American BMX rider who later competed in rallycross racing.

Ahad Israfil (born 1973) is a man from Dayton, Ohio, known for his remarkable recovery from a gunshot injury that destroyed most of one of his cerebral hemispheres.

Kent Cochrane (1951 – March 27, 2014), also known as Patient K.

Scott Louis Bolzan (born July 25, 1962) is a motivational speaker, author, entrepreneur, former NFL and USFL football player, and the founder and CEO of Legendary Jets in Tempe, Arizona.

James Scott "Jim" Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an assistant to the U.

Michael Watson, MBE (born 15 March 1965) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1991.

Paul Theriault (born 1950) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach.

James Edward Cracknell, OBE (born 5 May 1972) is a British athlete, rowing champion and double Olympic gold medalist and prospective Conservative Party politician.

Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, writer, actor and voice-over artist.

Christopher John Nowinski (born September 24, 1978) is an American author, co-founder and executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, and a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment.

Oscar Diaz (September 29, 1982 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional boxer and a NABF welterweight titleholder.

Osmar Santos (July 28, 1949) is a former painter and journalist from Brazil.

Nick Blackwell (born 27 October 1990) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016.

Roger Allen Slifer (November 11, 1954 – March 30, 2015) was an American writer of comic books, animation, and video games, who co-created the character Lobo for DC Comics.

Chris Henry (May 17, 1983 – December 17, 2009) was an American football wide receiver who played five seasons in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Robert "Bob" Warren Woodruff (born August 18, 1961) is an American television journalist.

Andrew M. Greeley (February 5, 1928 – May 29, 2013) was an American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and popular novelist.

Reverend Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson (February 15, 1876 – May 21, 1912) was executed for the murder of his fiancee Avis Willard Linnell.

Chris Irwin (born 27 June 1942 in Wandsworth, London) is a British former racing driver.

Edward 'Eddie' Kidd, OBE (born 22 June 1959) is an English former stunt performer.

Haleigh Poutre (born February 24, 1994) is an American woman who became the subject of a legal controversy regarding the removal of life support for patients in persistent vegetative states.

José Antonio Gallardo Marín (31 December 1961 – 15 January 1987) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Jimmy Harte (born 27 February 1958) is a former Irish Labour Party politician and was a member of Seanad Éireann from April 2011 to September 2015.