People with severe brain damage

Edwarda O'Bara (March 27, 1953 – November 21, 2012) was an American who spent 42 years in a diabetic coma starting in January 1970 after contracting pneumonia in December 1969.

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.

User:RMCD bot/subject notice Karen Ann Quinlan (March 29, 1954 – June 11, 1985) was an American woman who entered a persistent vegetative state and became the center of a legal case that became influential on the medical ethics of end-of-life care in the United States.

Harold Bruce Jacobi (June 23, 1935 – February 4, 1987) was an American race car driver.

The Joseph Maraachli case refers to an international controversy over the life of Joseph Maraachli, commonly known as Baby Joseph, a Canadian infant who was diagnosed with a rare progressive and incurable neurologic disorder called Leigh's disease.

Elaine Esposito (December 3, 1934 – November 25, 1978) holds the record for longest coma according to the Guinness World Records, having lost consciousness in 1941 and eventually dying in that condition more than 37 years later.

Fábio Barreto (born June 6, 1957) is a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and film producer.

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

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

Richard Allen Baldwin (June 10, 1955 – June 12, 1997) was an American racing driver who competed on the NASCAR circuit.

Robert Alasdair Davidson Lawrence MC (born 3 July 1960) is a former British Army officer who fought and was severely wounded in the Falklands War.

Martha Sharp Crawford von Bülow, known as Sunny von Bülow (September 1, 1932 – December 6, 2008), was an American heiress and socialite.

Gordon Lee "Don" Williams, Jr.

Butch Lindley (March 25, 1948 - June 6, 1990) was a Short track racer.

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.

James R. "Jim" Robinson (January 28, 1946 – December 28, 1995) was a NASCAR driver from 1979–1987.