If you have AS, you are all in great company.
Have a look at the list of celebrities below.
"Because diseases don't exist unless they afflict somebody famous."
AS Celebrity List
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Mike Atherton, cricket player (and his father)
Rico Brogna, baseball player
Michael Clark, cricket player
Lee Hurst, broadcaster
Mick Mars, Mötley Crüe guitarist
Valli Moosa, South African politican
Michael Slater, cricket player
Chris Small, snooker player
Ed Sullivan, television personality
Ian Woosnam, golfer
Paul Eddington, television personality (who portrays the Jerry Leadbetter & Jim Hacker characters)
Historical Figures
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Saint Banus (355-395 AD)
Ramesses II the Great - ancient Egypt's most illustrious pharaohs (1298-1232 BC)
Merneptah (Ramesses II's son)
Amenhotep II - Pharaoh (1439-1413 BC)
Interesting Note
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Egyptian mummies have been found with ankylosing changes to their skeleton.
A disease much like AS has been found naturally in prehistoric crocodiles, monkeys and in horses.
Sources:
http://www.mcwetboy.net/ankylose_this
http://www.graymoose.co.uk/nass/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=45
