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PICTURES: Famous Americans With Migraines

By Chris Heller

Updated: July 21, 2011 | 9:37 a.m.
July 20, 2011 | 5:21 p.m.

Despite sitting out the second quarter of Super Bowl XXXII because of a migraine, Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis won Most Valuable Player honors after the Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers, 31-24. (Mark Leffingwell/AFP/Getty Images)

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., admitted to reporters on Wednesday that she takes medication to treat migraine headaches, "[l]ike nearly 30 million other Americans." In the gallery below, we take a look at famous Americans who lived with migraines.

(RELATED: Bachmann Releases Letter from Doctor about Migraines, Bachmann's Migraines Not the Only Headache for Her Campaign, So What If Michelle Bachmann Has Migranes?)

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