What about Celebrities?

Famous People with a Congenital Heart Defect

• Shaun White – Olympic Snowboarder (Tetralogy of Fallot)
  
• Mark “Fight Shark” Miller – MMA Fighter/Kickboxer (Aortic Stenosis)
  
• Joe Strummer(21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002) – Clash front man, passed away due to undiagnosed CHD at 50.
  
• John Glascock(2 May 1951 - 17 November 1979) – base guitarist, Jethro Tull. Died at 28 from CHD complications.
  
• Max Page - Child Actor and Darth Vader in VW Superbowl Ad (Tetralogy of Fallot)
  
• Tedy Bruschi - Former Patriots linebacker and ESPN Commentator (Atrial Septal Defect)
  
• John Ritter(September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) – Actor, passed away due to undiagnosed Congenital Heart Defect
  
• Paul Cardall – Pianist, Complex CHD/Heart Transplant (Paul has a great CHD Blog at http://mytricuspidatresia.blogspot.com)
  
• Brian Littrell – Member of the Backstreet Boys (Ventricular Septal Defect)
• Jessie J - Singer (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome)
• Bret Michaels - Lead Singer: Poison (Atrial Septal Defect)
• Carroll Shelby - automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur (Unspecified congenital heart valve disease)
• Steve Hutchinson - Pro Football Player (Tennessee Titans-Guard) (Unspecified Heart Defect)
• Damon Daniel Weber - actor (Deadwood) Father wrote a book about his passing from CHD post transplant called "Immortal Bird". (Hypoplasia, possible HRHS)
• Corey Smoot - Musician (Flattus Maximus in GWAR). Passed away suddenly due to previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. (Unspecified coronary heart defect)
• Robby Benson - Actor/Director and author of medical memoir "I'm not dead...Yet!" detailing his life with CHD. (Bicuspid Aortic Valve)
• Kirk Urso - Professional Soccer Player with the Columbus Crew. Passed away in 8/2012 from undiagnosed unspecified CHD.
• Kat Edorsson - Reality TV (Survivor). (Unspecified CHD, 2 OHS's)
• Jimmy Osmond - Musician. (Atrial Septal Defect) (* three of his brothers, two of his nephews, and his daughter were also found to have ASD)

Famous Heart Parents with CHD Kids

• Bret Baier – Fox New Anchor (Son with d-transposition of the great vessels)
  
• Sylvester Stallone – Actor (Daughter with Ventricular Septal Defect)
  
• Katherine Heigl– Actress (Daughter with CHD)
  
• Matt Hammitt – Lead Singer of Sanctus Real (Son with hypoplastic left heart syndrome)
  
• Senator Ron Johnson – Junior Senator (Republican) from Wisconsin (Daughter with Transposition of the Great Arteries)
  
• Roger Rosenblatt - an American journalist, author, playwright and teacher. His book Making Toast, details losing his daughter Amy to an undiagnosed/asymptomatic CHD and the aftermath of her death.
  
• Tom Riles – Warm Up Entertainer for the Ellen show (Daughter with CHD)
  
• Charles Tillman – Chicago Bears (Daughter with Cardiomyopathy)
• Mark Feuerstein - actor, "Royal Pains" (Daughter with ALCAPA)
• Greg Olsen - Carolina Panthers tight end (Son with hypoplastic left heart syndrome)

Please note this is a list of people that are in the public eye for something other than Congenital Heart Defects.