Here are the names of some of the many individuals who are dyslexic, or had symptoms of dyslexia or related learning problems:
Actors & Entertainers:
* Harry Anderson
* Orlando Bloom
* Harry Belafonte
* Tom Cruise
* Dave Foley
* Danny Glover
* Whoopi Goldberg
* Susan Hampshire
* Jay Leno
* Keanu Reeves.
* Kiera Knightley
* Edward James Olmos
* Oliver Reed.
* Billy Bob Thornton.
* Tom Smothers
* Robin Williams
* Henry Winkler
* Loretta Young
Artists, Designers, & Architects:
* Ansel Adams, Photographer.
* David Bailey, Photographer.
* Leonardo da Vinci.
* Ignacio Gomez, Muralist.
* Tommy Hilfiger, Clothing Designer.
* Pablo Picasso.
* Robert Rauschenberg.
* Auguste Rodin.
* Bennett Strahan
* Robert Toth
* Jørn Utzon (architect, designed Sydney Opera house)
* Andy Warhol.
Athletes:
* Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Champion Boxer
* Duncan Goodhew, Olympic Swimmer
* Bruce Jenner, Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist
* Magic Johnson
* Greg Louganis
* Bob May, golfer.
* Diamond Dallas Page, World Wrestling Champion.
* Steve Redgrave, Olympic Gold Medalist (rowing).
* Nolan Ryan, Baseball Pitcher.
* Jackie Stewart, race car driver.
Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders:
* Richard Branson,Founder of Virgin Enterprises.
* John T Chambers,CEO of Cisco Systems.
* Henry Ford.
* William Hewlett, Co-Founder, Hewlett-Packard.
* Craig McCaw, Telecommunications Visionary.
* O.D. McKee, founder of McKee Foods.
* David Neeleman, CEO of jetBlue Airways.
* Paul J. Orfalea, founder of Kinko's.
* Charles Schwab, Investor.
* Ted Turner, President, Turner Broadcasting Systems.
* F.W. Woolworth
Filmmakers:
* Robert Benton.
* Nicole Betancourt, Emmy-winning filmmaker.
* Walt Disney.
* Søren KraghJacobsen (Danish film director).
Inventors & Scientists:
* Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer.
* Alexander Graham Bell.
* John Britten, Inventor.
* Thomas Edison.
* Albert Einstein.
* Michael Faraday.
* Dr. James Lovelock.
* Willem Hollenbach, astronomical photographer and inventor.
* John R. Horner, Paleontologist.
* Paul MacCready "Engineer of the Century."
* Archer Martin, Chemist (1952 Nobel Laureate)
* Pierre Curie, Physicist (1903 Nobel Prize).
* John Robert Skoyles, Brain Researcher.
* Werner Von Braun
Law & Justice:
* David Boies, Attorney.
* Erin Brockovich, Investigator.
* Jeffrey H. Gallet, Judge.
Military Heroes:
* Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
* George Patton.
Musicians & Vocalists:
* Cher.
* Brad Little.
* John Lennon.
* Nigel Kennedy, Violinist.
* Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist.
Physicians & Surgeons
* Harvey Cushing, Surgeon.
* Fred Epstein,Neurosurgeon.
Political Leaders:
* Winston Churchill.
* King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
* Michael Heseltine.
* Andrew Jackson.
* Thomas Jefferson.
* John F. Kennedy.
* Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco.
* Nelson Rockefeller.
* Paul Wellstone,U.S. Senator.
* Woodrow Wilson.
* George Washington.
Writers:
* Scott Adams, Cartoonist (Dilbert)
* Hans Christian Andersen
* Avi
* Jeanne Betancourt, (Author of "My Name is Brain Brian").
* Steven Cannell, television writer & novelist.
* John Corrigan, novelist..
* Larry Chambers.
* Andrew Dornenburg, award-winning author and chef.
* Agatha Christie.
* Fannie Flagg (Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe").
* F. Scott Fitzgerald.
* Gustave Flaubert.
* Terry Goodkind fantasy writer, author of The Sword of Truth series.
* Patricia Polacco, Children's Author and Illustrator.
* Eileen Simpson (Author of "Reversals").
* Elizabeth Daniels Squire(author of mystery novels).
* Bernie Taylor, author of Biological Time.
* Victor Villaseñor
* W.B. Yeats
You can find learn more about famous people with dyslexia and related creative thinking styles at the following web sites:
* Blessed with Dyslexia.[Off-Site Link]
* Famous Dyslexics: What they Remember.[Off-Site Link] |
