Anisocoria

The eyes are probably one of the first few things we notice about a person. Along with attractive colors, some eyes might even have conditions as interesting as one known as anisocoria. Translating to “not equal pupil condition,” anisocoria means one pupil is larger than the other. One such person who has this is the late-but-never-forgotten icon, David Bowie.

With his left eye’s pupil significantly wider than his right, the condition undoubtedly gave the late singer/actor a degree of mysticism to his appearance. However, how he got anisocoria isn’t as mystical: he got into a fight with his friend, who punched him in the eye, permanently paralyzing the iris. On the bright side, that brief scuffle didn’t damage their friendship – Bowie even thanked him later on.