54 Famous Amputees

Oliva Jackson, a stunt performer and actress who appeared in Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the new Resident Evil movie, was involved in an a serious motorcycle crash on the set of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. The 34-year-old stuntwoman spent two weeks in a medically induced coma following her injuries, which included a brain bleed, a severed artery, facial scarring, broken ribs, paralyzed arm, shattered scapula, broken clavicle, broken humerus, radius, and ulna, an amputated thumb, torn fingers, 7.5 inches of bone missing, and 5 nerves torn out of her spinal chord. She will also lose her paralyzed arm. Source: Yahoo News

Philanthropist Heather Mills lost her leg below the knee in an accident with a police motorcycle in 1993.

Grateful Dead musician Jerry Garcia lost a finger during a wood chopping accident when he was four years old. He did not let the injury stop him from becoming one of the most famous guitar players of all time.

Surfer Bethany Hamilton's left arm was bitten off in a shark attack. The film "Soul Surfer" is based on her experience.

MLB player Jim Abbott was born without a right hand.

In 1993, Musician Ella Fitzgerald had both of her legs amputated due to complications with diabetes.

Musician Rick Allen lost his arm after being involved in a street racing accident in 1984. Despite the injury, Allen still drums for Def Leppard.

Former CNN anchor Miles O’Brien revealed that his left forearm was amputated in February 2014 after a freak accident. While the journalist was packing up some TV gear, one of the heavy cases toppled onto his left forearm. The advanced swelling led 54-year-old O'Brien to emergency surgery for a potentially life-threatening condition called compartment syndrome. Currently a a PBS science correspondent, O'Brien detailed the incident on his personal blog.

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg was amputated in 2011 as the result of an infection.

Olympian Oscar Pistorious had his legs amputated when he was an infant due to fibular hemimelia.

Musician Cole Porter had his right leg amputated in 1958 due to injuries and ulcers.

French actress Sarah Bernhardt had her leg amputated after it became infected with gangrene in 1915. The injury stemmed from a poorly performed stunt in 1905.

A year before her death in 1954, painter Frida Kahlo's right leg was amputated at the knee due to gangrene.

Actor/musician/activist Ian Gregson was involved in an accident in 1978 in which he lost his right leg above the knee.

Actress, athlete, and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Amy Purdy lost both of her legs below the knee after she contracted a form of bacterial meningitis at age 19.

Actor Erik Stolhanske was born without a fibula. He is a member of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe.

Tom Whittaker lost his right foot in a car accident in 1979. He is the first disabled person to climb Mount Everest.

Stunt man Casey Pieretti lost his leg. He raises money for amputee children by inline skating.

Race car driver Alex Zanardi lost both of his legs in a racing accident in 2000.

Terry Fox lost his leg from cancer in 1977. He ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

Musician Jim Byrnes was hit by a truck in 1972. The accident caused him to lose both of his legs.

Cartoonist Al Capp was hit by a trolley car in 1919. The accident caused him to lose his left leg above the knee.

Politician Max Cleland lost both of his legs and part of his right arm after he was involved in a grenade accident during the Vietnam War.

Athlete Bonnie St. John had her right leg amputated when she was five years old as a result of pre-femoral focal disorder.

MLB player Dave Dravecky had his left arm amputated as a result of cancer in 1991.

Politician Tammy Duckworth lost both of her legs in the Iraq War.

Olympian George Eyser lost his left leg when he was a child as a result of being run over by a train.

Comedian Totie Fields' left leg was amputated in 1976 after she had a terrible blood clot.

MLB player Pete Gray lost his right arm when he was 6 years old as the result of a truck accident.

Actor Robert David Hall had both of his legs amputated after being involved in a car accident with a 18-wheel truck in 1978.

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi lost the tips of two fingers when he was a teen as the result of a factory accident.

Politician Daniel Inouye lost his right arm during World War II.

Stonewall Jackson had his left arm amputated after the Battle of Chancellorsville during the Civil War.

Musician Waylon Jennings had his left foot amputated in 2001 due to complications with diabetes.

Politician Bob Kerrey lost one of his legs because of an injury he sustained in the Vietnam War.

NFL player Ronnie Lott had part of his left pink amputated in 1985 after it was crushed during a football game.

NFL player Curt Marsh had to have his foot amputated due to an injury he sustained when playing football.

Athlete Aimee Mullins had both of her legs amputated when she was an infant as a result of fibular hemimelia.

AFL player Jim Otto had his right leg amputated in 2007 due to injuries that he sustained playing football.

Explorer John Wesley Powell lost most of his right arm during the Civil War. He was hit by a mine ball.

Outdoorsman Aron Ralston amputated his own arm after he became trapped under a boulder in the middle of Utah in 2003. The film "127 Hours" is based on his experience.

Athlete Sarah Reinertsen had her right leg amputated when she was seven years old due to proximal femoral focal deficiency.

MLB player Ron Santo had the lower half of both his legs amputated in the early 2000s due to complications with diabetes.

Politician Peter Stuyvesant lost the lower half of his right leg after he was hit by a cannonball while attacking Saint Martin in 1644.

Athlete Amy Palmiero-Winters was involved in a horrible motorcycle accident in 1994. Three years later, her leg was amputated as a result of injuries sustained in the accident.

Jeffrey D. Bauman lost both of his legs after he was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

Politician Rahm Emanuel cut his finger on a meat slicer when he was working at Arby's as a teen. The finger became infected and eventually had to be amputated.

Politician Boris Yeltsin lost several fingers as a child when he was playing with a stole grenade.

Rock climber Hugh Herr lost both of his legs due to frostbite after being stuck in a blizzard for three nights in 1982.

Athlete Jeremy Campbell is a three time gold medal winner at the Paralympics.

NASA astronaut Donald K. Slayton lost his left ring finger in a farming accident when he was a child.

Actor Harold Lloyd lost a finger and a thumb while performing a film stunt in 1919.

Actor James Doohan lost his middle right finger after he was shot during World War II.

Bill Veeck lost his right leg from an accident in World War II.