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Similar to Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon, this is a fun, super non-scientific, and work in progress Six Degrees from Stump the Librarian. (My Bacon number is 3 as I was in USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage with Nicholas Cage, who was in The Cotton Club with Damien Leake, who was in He Said, She Said with Kevin Bacon).
If you, or someone you love, are an amputee, or you’ve read, watched, or learned about a fictional or mythical amputee that has been meaningful to you, please email me at asamryfhpl@gmail.com with “Wiki” in the subject heading. Include one name, category (human, animal or fictional), and type of limb loss) and I will add the name to this list.
-A-
Abbott, Heather: Boston Marathon Bombing (BMB)
Abbott, Jim,
Acoma Tribesmen
Adside, Barbara
Ahab, Captain
Andre the Dog
Anglesey
Aqattaq, Inuit mentioned in Arctic Dream
Ashton, Tracy: Actress, ex. “My Name is Earl”
Atkins, Susan Denise, Manson Family
-B-
Badoglio, Benito, from The Hat
Jeff Bauman: BMB
Bernhardt, Sarah, Actress
Binter, Jack
Bipod the Dog
Blin, Louis
Blythe, Brittany
Brannock, Ericka: BMB
Brinkley, Kiera
Bundren, Cash: As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
Byrnes, Jim
-C-
Cairo Toe
Caplin, Alfred
Chandran, Sudha
Cashin, Miranda
Clark, George Rogers
Cleland, Max
Clement, Evan F.
Connolly, Kevin, Author
Corcoran, Celeste: BMB
-D-
Daniel, Mery: BMB
Downes, Jessica Kensky: BMB (married to Patrick Downes)
Downes, Patrick: BMB (married to Jessica Kensky Downes
Duckworth, Tammy, US Senator
Dubose, Samuel
-E-
Everly, Lisa
Ewell, Richard,
-F-
Fogler, Earl, Schoolyard bombing victim
Fox, Terry, Canadian cancer survivor, runner
Fucarile, Mark: BMB
-G-
Gadson, Greg
Garnet, Henry Highland, African American Minister and Abolitionist
Glasbrenner, Jeff, Inspiration/model for Skyscraper
Goldman, Jami: Author, Up and Running
Gregory, Rebekah: BMB
Gregson, Ian, Actor
Guidry, Junior, Character in Junior’s Leg
-H-
Hackemer, James
Hall, Robert David, Actor
Hall, Virginia, World War II Spy
Haslet-Davis, Adrianne: BMB prosthesis named the Haslet-Davis in her honor
Highnoon, Peg Leg
Hanger, James, Prosthetic Leg inventor
Bill Hansberg
Hawkins, Field
H, Beth
Henley, William, Poet, Publisher, Agent, Author of “Invictus”
Henry, three-legged cat
Herr, Hugh, Scientist, Inventor, aiming to eradicate disability through technology
Hood, John Bell, Confederate General
Hopewell, Joy: Character in “Good Country People,” by Flannery O’Connor
Howell, Peg Leg: Blues musician
Huckaby, Brenna, Athlete
Huston, Todd
-I-
Iles, Greg: Author
-J-
Jol, Cornelius: Pirate
Jones, Garret
-K-
Kaffka, Eric
Kapacziewski, Joseph
Kavanaugh, Arthur (added 2019: The Wild Man of County Carlow, BBC History Magazine March 2016 28-29)
Kazazic, Maja
Kennedy, Ted, Jr, US Senator’s Son
Kerrey, Robert, US Senator
Kirk, Amos, Teacher, The Warm of Other Suns
Krum, Jennifer
-L-
LaKomski, Greg
LeClerc, Francois: Pirate
Lonergan, Peg Leg: New York Gangster
Lopez de Santa Anna, Antonio: President and General of Mexico
-M-
Malmskog, Glenn
Mars, Elsa
Marsh, Curt
Marshall, Herbert
Martin, Paul: Author, Drinking from My Leg
Maynard, Kyle, Author
Mchugh, Drake: Character in Kings Row
McWatters, Karen Rand: BMB
Mills, Heather: Author of Out on a Limb, ex-wife of Paul McCartney
Minnie
Modesta, Viktoria: Pop Star
Molly the Pony
Monocoli, Mythical Tribe
Moody, Alistair (Mad Eye): character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter books
Montgomery, Christopher: Veteran
Morris, Gouverneur: Wrote final version of the United States Constitution
Mosses, Molly
Mullins, Aimee
-N-
Norden, J.P. BMB (brother to Paul)
Norden, Paul: BMB (brother to J.P.)
-O-
Overton, Wes,
Overton, Wes Sr.
-P-
Pearson, Howard
Philbin, Daniel: Regis Philbin’s son
Pistorius, Oscar, South African Olympic Athlete, Convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
Purdy, Amy, U.S. Paralympian
-Q-
Queen Vishpla: From the Rig Veda
-R-
Rapp, Emily, Author
Reinertsen, Sarah, Athlete, author
Richard, Jane: BMB
Rigsby, Scott
Robinson, Fred
Rosenberg, Jothy, Author
-S-
Sadowski, Joseph: Veteran
Saga of Icelanders
St. John Deane, Bonnie
Santo, Ron, Major League Baseball Player
Sdoia, Roseann: BMB
Shepard, Bert, Major League Baseball Player
Siciliano, John, Actor
Siggins, Rosemarie
Silver, Long John, Character in Treasure Island
Silver, Long Jeanne, Adult Film Star
Skywalker, Anakin: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Smith, Thomas Peg Leg
Smrz, Brett
Stacy, James
Soldier, Steadfast Tin, Character from the Book of the same name
Stolhanske, Eric
Stone, Elizabeth
Strike, Cormoran, character in The Casual Vacancy books, ghostwritten by J.K. Rowling
Stuyvesant, Peter, Director General of New York
Sullivan, Daniel Peg Leg, Blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire
Sullivan, Katy, Calls out the Rock for not using actual amputee in Skyscraper
Sundquist, Josh: Author and Halloween Costume Creator
-T-
Tanner, James: Civil War Veteran at Lincoln’s side
Thomas, Jordan
Tripod: Three-Legged Natchez Cat
Turner, Darryl: Leg Stolen
Tyler, Billy “End Run ” M.A.S.H Episode
Tynan, Ronan
-U-
-V-
Vawter, Zac
Veeck, Bill, Past Owner of the Cleveland Indians
-W-
Ward, Thomas
Waters, Augustus, Character in The Fault in Our Stars
Weise, Jillian, author
White, Bill: BMB
Whittaker, Tom
Winters, Amy
Winter the Dolphin
Woolfenden, Steve: BMB
-X-
= Number of Amputees
-Y-
Youens, Bob
-Z-
Zenardi, Alex
Updated 12/12/18
