Notable Cases
- King George II of Great Britain
- Jonathan Larson — American composer and playwright
- John Ritter — American TV actor
- Lucille Ball — American actress
- Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, who devised the surgery to correct aortic dissection (as well as other cardiovascular and vascular techniques). DeBakey was also noteworthy for being the oldest patient ever to receive his own operation: he was 97 at the time of his surgery on February 9 and 10 of 2006. He survived and, though he worked with physical therapists to walk on his own again after suffering muscle deconditioning from prolonged physical inactivity during recovery, retained all of his mental faculties and was back to working nearly a full day until his death of natural causes on July 11, 2008.
- Lux Interior - lead singer for The Cramps
- Gérard Houllier — French football team manager
- Liese Prokop (Austrian athlete & politician)
- Richard Holbrooke (American diplomat)
- Richard Biggs (American actor)
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