Famous People with Name Asbjorn

Asbjorn Folling            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Asbjorn Folling: was a Norwegian physician and biochemist who first described the disease named after him -- Folling's disease -- which is better known outside of Norway as phenylketonuria or, for short, PKU. He was born in Kvam, Steinkjer.In 1934 at Rikshospitalet Dr. Folling saw a young woman named Borgny Egeland. She had two children, Liv and Dag, who had been normal at birth but subsequently developed mental retardation. When Dag was about a year old, the mother noticed a strong smell to his urine. Dr. Folling obtained urine samples from the children and, after many tests, he found that the substance causing the odor in the urine was phenylpyruvic acid. The children, he concluded, had excess phenylpyruvic acid in the urine, a condition called phenylketonuria (PKU).

Robert Anthony (Casper) Asbjornson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Anthony (Casper) Asbjornson: June 19, 1909 - January 21, 1970) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1928-1929) and Cincinnati Reds (1931-1932). Asbjornson batted and threw right-handed.