Strong-spirit

Strong-spirit: biographies of notable people, their careers, life stories, key achievements and influence on culture, history and society.

Harley Renshaw
Harley Renshaw
Great Britain
5-year-old British man with severe cancer who called on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for help
Yuriy Ovodov
Yuriy Ovodov
Russia
Paratrooper who changed gender
Taylor Marcello
Taylor Marcello
USA
An American woman diagnosed with primordial dwarfism, or, more simply, dwarfism.
Willie Myrick
Willie Myrick
USA
9-year-old boy who coped with the kidnapper
Kristy Love
Kristy Love
USA
36-year-old American with huge breasts, participant in the reality series “Strange Love”
Eden Cahill
Eden Cahill
Great Britain
British woman, victim of trichotillomania.
Marc Corrieri
Marc Corrieri
Great Britain
The British dwarf who became the mascot of bachelor parties
Christine and Justin Clark
Christine and Justin Clark
Great Britain
Parents of quadruplets
Terri Calvesbert
Terri Calvesbert
Great Britain
16-year-old girl with a burned face
Petra Novotna
Petra Novotna
Czech
A 27-year-old woman from the Czech Republic whose scalpel was ripped off by a rotary drill
Louie McGee
Louie McGee
USA
Blind American Teen Preparing to Compete in Ironman Triathlon
Roger Woodward
Roger Woodward
USA
Survivor of Niagara Falls
Shirley Reilly
Shirley Reilly
USA
American wheelchair athlete
Eli Reimer
Eli Reimer
USA
The teenager with Down syndrome who climbed Mount Everest
Wayne Martin
Wayne Martin
Germany
American with penile cancer
Keshia Thomas
Keshia Thomas
USA
American student who saved a racist during a demonstration
Lucy Hawkins
Lucy Hawkins
Great Britain
British assistant manager with Bell's palsy
Anusuiya Devi
Anusuiya Devi
India
Indian woman found with 70 sharp objects in her legs
Jack Oldacres
Jack Oldacres
Great Britain
British boy with Netherton syndrome
Liz Murray
Liz Murray
USA
Motivational speaker
Michael Moloney
Michael Moloney
Great Britain
British boy who nearly suffered a miscarriage.
Diane Gray
Diane Gray
Great Britain
British woman who underwent gastric suturing
Conner Stroud
Conner Stroud
USA
American tennis player without legs
Matthias Schlitte
Matthias Schlitte
Germany
German arm wrestler
Huang Guofu
Huang Guofu
China
Chinese artist without both hands
Sue Austin
Sue Austin
Diver in a wheelchair
Sam Phelps
Sam Phelps
Great Britain
British marine engineer with erythropoietic protoporphyria
Emma Proctor
Emma Proctor
Great Britain
British entrepreneur whose basal cell carcinoma was detected using a mobile app
Chassidy Young
Chassidy Young
USA
American woman with tetra-amelia syndrome
Alamjan Nematilaev
Alamjan Nematilaev
Kazakhstan
A boy with a parasitic twin inside
Ralph Kapostins
Ralph Kapostins
USA
American who founded a social project
 Lalao
Lalao
Madagascar
Madagascar teacher with 5kg tumor on face.
Jack Martindale
Jack Martindale
Great Britain
British man, victim of traumatic brain injury.
Cassandra Foy
Cassandra Foy
USA
Patient with pancreatic cancer, stage IIB
Sharon Blakemore
Sharon Blakemore
USA
American woman loses 150 kg in memory of parents who died of cancer
Floraine Nalugon
Floraine Nalugon
Philippines
Filipino girl with lamellar ichthyosis
Carlos Mariotti
Carlos Mariotti
Brazil
Former Brazilian machinist whose crippled hand was saved through innovative surgery
Hazel Jones
Hazel Jones
Great Britain
British woman with a double uterus.
Carmen Tarleton
Carmen Tarleton
USA
A person who has had a face transplant
Lindsay Clarke
Lindsay Clarke
Great Britain
British woman with stiff muscle syndrome
Bethany Bell
Bethany Bell
Great Britain
Little British girl with 1q4 deletion
Alexandra Ruddy
Alexandra Ruddy
Great Britain
British woman who saved her son from sepsis after spotting suspicious spot on his skin
Christie Dawes
Christie Dawes
Australia
Australian wheelchair athlete
Matt Deeming
Matt Deeming
Great Britain
A 24-year-old Briton who lost 57 kg in six months.
Dylan Bennett
Dylan Bennett
Great Britain
British boy with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Randy Knight
Randy Knight
USA
American, cancer victim.
Ronald Poppo
Ronald Poppo
USA
Victim of cannibal attack
Stefanie Schaffer
Stefanie Schaffer
USA
American Ballerina Left Without Legs After Bahamas Incident
Natalie Penney
Natalie Penney
Great Britain
24-year-old British woman seriously affected by diet pill use
Zoubair Lahdodi
Zoubair Lahdodi
Morocco
Moroccan youth with venous malformation