What famous people had tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and has affected humans since ancient times. Many famous people have had tuberculosis, including:

- Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Austrian novelist and short-story writer

- Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian playwright and short-story writer

- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish novelist and poet

- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet

- Edvard Munch (1863-1944), Norwegian artist

- George Orwell (1903-1950), English novelist and essayist

- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United States

- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), First Lady of the United States

- Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

- Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), President of South Africa

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th President of the United States