Famous people who have suffered from tinnitus
"...There's an insect in your ear, if you scratch it won't disappear, its gonna itch and burn and sting, you wanna see what the scratching brings...waves that leave me out of reach, breaking on your back like a beach, will we ever live in peace? as those that can't do, often have to preach, to the ones, staring at the sun..." U2 – ‘Staring At The Sun’
Some well known people with, or who had tinnitus:
- ‘Sting’ (Pop Star – front man to "The Police")
- Pete Townshend (guitarist with "The Who")
- Barbara Streisand (film actress)
- Sylvester Stallone (film actor – ‘Rambo’)
- William Shatner (film actor – ‘Star Trek’)
- Leonard Nimoy (film actor – ‘Star Trek’)
- Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
- Burt Reynolds (film actor)
- Ozzy Ozborne (‘heavy metal’ musician)
- Vincent Van Gogh (painter)
- Ludwig Van Beethoven (composer)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (former US President)
- Ronald Reagan (former US President)
- Alan Shepard (Astronaut; Tinnitus and Meniere's Disease)
The following website has a long list of "Famous People & Musicians with Tinnitus" and quite a few songs featuring or referring to tinnitus – Famous people and musicians with tinnitus ↗
For further information about tinnitus, go to the website of the British Tinnitus Association: www.tinnitus.org.uk
