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 Walter Mondale
The forty-second Vice President of the United States and former ambassador to Japan, Mondale didn't let his asthma stop him from serving as a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
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 Bill Clinton
An avid runner and passionate about playing the saxophone, Clinton, the forty-second President of the United States, has never let his asthma prevent him from partaking in the activities he enjoys or leading the country!
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 John F. Kennedy
Although he suffered from many illnesses, including asthma, Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, always appeared strong and rugged and enjoyed working out and playing sports with his family.
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 Calvin Coolidge
The thirtieth President of the United States, Coolidge attempted, unsuccessfully, to manage his asthma without the help of a physician by treating himself with patent medicines and breathing chlorine released into the air of a closed room.
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 Woodrow Wilson
The twenty-eighth President of the United States and also asthmatic, as an adult, Wilson enjoyed cycling. When he became President, however, he was unable to cycle around Washington, D.C., so to counteract for his loss of physical activity, he took up golf. During the winter months the Secret Service would paint golf balls black so Wilson could hit and easily find them in the snow.
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 Theodore Roosevelt
The twenty-sixth President of the United States, as a child Roosevelt managed his asthma by exercising. Once an adult, he continued exerting himself physically by ranching in the Badlands, driving cattle, hunting big game, exploring and even serving as lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment during the Spanish-American War. Because of this, Roosevelt is known for his strength of character, never backing down in the face of adversity and possessing a tremendous amount of courage.
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 Che Guevara
An Argentine-born Marxist Revolutionary political figure and leader of Cuban and international guerillas, after his death Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary movements and a cultural icon worldwide. Though suffering from the crippling bouts of asthma that were to afflict him throughout his life, he excelled as an athlete.
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