Inspiring person who has bounced back from adversity?

Question

I'm looking for suggestions for interesting people, preferabely well-known, that have gone through certain hardships and gotten through them. eg Delta Goodrem or Kylie Minogue.

Answer 1

How about Helen Keller? Learnt to talk when she was both  blind and deaf.



Lance Armstrong? Had brain, lung and testicular cancer and then won the Tour de France 7 times!

Answer 2

Helen Keller, Lance Armstrong

Answer 3

Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi.

Answer 4

I'd say Dave Pelzer.  He wrote the book titled, A Child Called "It".  He has an amazing story of resilience.  As a child he was abused, but it was so bad, I'd call it torture.  The fact that he was able to survive is amazing.  And he grew up, wrote a book about what happened to him and is now a good father, one he needed when he was a child.  Even if you don't choose him as the person you are looking for, read this book sometime.  He has an amazing story.

Answer 5

Paula Deen would be one.  She was almost penniless when she started a catering business and now she's a multi-millionaire on the Food Network.

Antwan Fisher would be another one.  He was abused as a child and wound up being a success in the Navy.

Answer 6

Nelson Mandela

Answer 7

Trace Adkins, country singer.  He was declared dead twice that I know of--once when his pickup wrecked when he was about 17, and once when his ex-wife shot him through both lungs and his heart, but he didn't let it stop him.  He "Kept on Trying", to quote one of his songs.  He's amazing.