List of people with Down syndrome

American actor and singer Chris Burke

British actor Tommy Jessop (right) with his brother William

Spanish actor Pablo Pineda, the first European with Down syndrome to complete a university degree

British actress Paula Sage receiving her BAFTA award with Brian Cox

This is a list of people with Down syndrome, a condition also known as Down's syndrome or trisomy 21. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.^[1] It is typically associated with physical growth delays, characteristic facial features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability.^[2] The average IQ of a young adult with Down syndrome is 50, equivalent to the mental age of an 8- or 9-year-old child, but this number varies widely.^[3] Down syndrome is the most common chromosome abnormality in humans,^[3] occurring in about one per 1000 babies born each year.^[2]

A–Z

Name	Details	Birthplace	Source
Alsabbagh, DannyDanny Alsabbagh	Actor who played Toby in Summer Heights High.	Australia	[4]
Barbanell, EdwardEdward Barbanell	Actor who starred in The Ringer	United States	[5]
Barnard, SamSam Barnard	Actor and reality star who appeared on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and The Undateables.	United Kingdom	[6]
Beatty, JayJay Beatty	Celtic F.C. fan.	United Kingdom	[7]
Brewer, JamieJamie Brewer	Actress, best known for her role Adelaide "Addie" Langdon in the horror TV series American Horror Story: Murder House and Nan in American Horror Story: Coven.	United States	[8]
Burke, ChrisChris Burke	Actor and folk singer, best known for his role in Life Goes On as character Charles "Corky" Thacher.	United States	[9]
Darwin, Charles WaringCharles Waring Darwin	Youngest child of Charles and Emma Darwin.	United Kingdom	[10]
de Gaulle, AnneAnne de Gaulle	Youngest child of Charles and Yvonne de Gaulle.	France	[11]
Goksøyr, Marte WexelsenMarte Wexelsen Goksøyr	Actress, playwright, writer and disability rights activist.	Norway	[12]
Goldenberg, ArielAriel Goldenberg	Actor	Brazil	[13]
Duquenne, PascalPascal Duquenne	Actor who won the Best Actor Award at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival for his role in The Eight Day.	Belgium	[14][15][16]
Friedman, Andrea FayAndrea Fay Friedman	Actor and voice actor who portrayed Amanda in Life Goes On and Ellen in the Family Guy episode "Extra Large Medium".	United States	[17]
Gaffney, KarenKaren Gaffney	Special Olympian, swimmer and president of the disability rights organization the Karen Gaffney Foundation. She is the first living person with Down syndrome to receive an honorary doctorate degree.	United States	[18]
Gerrier, MarinMarin Gerrier	Actor who was nominated for a Genie Award for his role in Café de Flore.		[19]
Gordy, SarahSarah Gordy	Actress who has appeared in Upstairs Downstairs and Call the Midwife.	United Kingdom	[20][21]
Jensen, SandraSandra Jensen	Patient who was initially denied a heart-lung transplant by the Stanford University School of Medicine in California because she had Down syndrome. After pressure from disability rights activists, Stanford University School of Medicine administrators reversed their decision. In 1996, Jensen became the first person with Down syndrome to receive a heart-lung transplant.	United States	[22]
Jessop, TommyTommy Jessop	Actor who starred in BBC drama Coming Down the Mountain and played Hamlet professionally with Blue Apple Theatre.	United Kingdom	[23][24]
Kingsley, JasonJason Kingsley	Actor	United States	[25]
Domenica Lawson	Daughter of Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson and The Honourable Rosa Monckton.	United Kingdom	[26]
Laz-D	Rapper	United States	[27]
Moss, JoeyJoey Moss	Edmonton Oilers locker room attendant.	Canada	[28]
Pineda, PabloPablo Pineda	Actor who starred in the semi-autobiographical film Yo También and first student with Down syndrome in Europe to obtain a university degree.	Spain	[29]
Potter, LaurenLauren Potter	Actress who played Becky Jackson in Glee. She was also nominated by Barack Obama onto the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.	United States	[30]
Sage, PaulaPaula Sage	Film actress and Special Olympics netball athlete. Her role in the 2003 film AfterLife brought her a BAFTA Scotland award for best first time performance and Best Actress in the Bratislava International Film Festival, 2004.	United Kingdom	[31][32]
Scott, JudithJudith Scott	Outsider sculptor and fiber artist.	United States	[33]
Sepponen, SannaSanna Sepponen	Actress and Special Olympian, known for her role in Salatut elämät	Finland	[34]
Tim, the "Oldenburg Baby"	An infant who was born after an unsuccessful abortion attempt and subsequently fostered.	Germany	[35]
Bachiller, AngelaAngela Bachiller	Became Valladolid, Spain's first city councillor with Down Syndrome, sworn in on 29 July 2013.	Spain	[36]
S., KaraanKaraan S.	Attended main stream school until twelfth grade, excels in chess at State/National Levels, selected for Special Olympics and is also a board member of Special Olympics Bharat Tamilnadu.	India	[37]
Zimmerman, LukeLuke Zimmerman	Actor who starred in The Secret Life of the American Teenager	United States	[30]

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