| Famous people who are
dyslexic |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Author of children's fairy tales |
| Harry Anderson | Actor, magician, comedian |
| Stephen Bacque | Entrepreneur of the Year, 1998 |
| Ann Bancroft | Explorer, lecturer, educator, first woman to travel across the ice to
the North and South Poles |
| Harry Belafonte | Singer, actor, entertainer |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor |
| Neil Bush | Son of Barbara and former President Bush |
| Terry Bowersock | Entrepreneur,
motivational speaker |
| Dale S. Brown | Author, disability advocate |
| George Burns | Actor, comedian |
| Stephen J. Cannell | Screenwriter, producer, director |
| Gaston Caperton | Former governor of West Virginia |
| Nola D. Chee | Award-winning poet and author |
| Cher | Entertainer, actress |
| Agatha Christie | English mystery writer |
| Winston Churchill | Former Prime Minister of Britain |
| John Corcoran | Real estate millionaire |
| Tom Cruise | Actor |
| Fred Curry | Navy pilot, CEO of Greyhound Lines |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | Renaissance artist, sculptor, painter |
| Walt Disney | Cartoonist, visionary founder of Disneyland/Disneyworld |
| Dr. Red Duke | Physician, television commentator |
| Frank Dunkle | Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Thomas Edison | Inventor, scientist
|
| Tomima Edmark | Author, entrepreneur |
| Albert Einstein | Scientist, philosopher |
| Fanny Flagg | Actress, screenwriter |
| Gustave Flaubert | Writer |
| Danny Glover | Actor |
| Tracey Gold | Actress |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Actress |
| Edward Hallowell, MD | Author, psychiatrist, ADD specialist |
| Ellie Hawkins | Record-breaking rock climber |
| John Horner | Curator of paleontology, technical advisor to Steven Spielberg for
Jurassic Park and The Lost World |
| William James | Psychologist, philosopher |
| Bruce Jenner | U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist |
| Bob Jimenez | TV
anchorman |
| Magic Johnson | Professional athlete |
| David Jones | Stunt man, pioneer in helicopter aerial photography |
| Thomas H. Kean | President of Drew University, former governor of New Jersey
|
| Sylvia Law | Professor of law and medicine, author |
| Greg Louganis | U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist |
| Edward James Olmos | Actor, community activist |
| Paul J. Orfalea | Entrepreneur, founder of Kinkos |
| George Patton | Military General |
| Patricia Polacco | Author, illustrator of children's books |
| Robert Rauschenberg | Artist |
| Nelson Rockefeller | Former governor of New York, former vice president of the
United States |
| Nolan Ryan | Professional athlete |
| Charles Schwab | Founder of investment brokerage |
| William Simmons, MD | Professor of anesthesiology |
| Tom Smothers | Comedian |
| Nancy L. Sonnabend | Researcher, inventor, author |
| Jackie Stewart | Race car driver |
| Richard Strauss | Real estate developer, banker |
| Victor Villasenor | Award-winning
author |
| Lindsay Wagner | Actress, author, "The Bionic Woman" |
| Russell White | Professional athlete |
| Roger W. Wilkins | Head of the Pulitzer Prize Board |
| Woodrow Wilson | Former president of the United States |
| Henry Winkler | Actor, director, humanitarian, "The Fonz" |
| Eric Wynalda | Professional athlete |
| William B. Yeats | Poet, dramatist, Nobel prize winner |
| Famous people with appearance
differences |
| Jim Abbott | Professional
athlete |
| Billy Barty | Actor |
| Andrea Bocelli | Opera singer |
| Chang and Eng | Conjoined twins who were sideshow performers |
| Ray Charles | Jazz musician |
| W.C. Fields | Actor |
| Mikhael Gorbachev | Former Russian premier |
| Linda Hunt | Actress |
| Daniel Inouye | U.S. Senator |
| Helen Keller | Author |
| Matt Luke | Professional athlete |
| Ved Mehta | Author |
| Gheorghe Muresan | Actor, former professional athlete |
| Tom Thumb | Sideshow performer |
| John Updike | Author |
| Bree Walker | Television news anchor |
| Stevie Wonder | Singer |
| Famous people with movement
differences |
| Muhammad Ali | Former
professional athlete |
| James Brady | Former presidential press secretary |
| John Callahan | Cartoonist |
| Johnny Cash | Singer |
| Chuck Close | Artist |
| Robert Dole | Former U.S. Senator |
| Chris Fonseca | Comedian |
| Michael J. Fox | Actor |
| Annette Funicello | Actress |
| Billy Graham | Religious leader |
| Stephen Hawking | Astrophysicist |
| Joseph Heller | Author |
| Katherine Hepburn | Actress |
| Judith Heumann | Assistant Secretary of Education |
| John Hockenberry | Journalist |
| Pope John Paul II | Religious leader |
| Ron Kovic | Disability advocate |
| Paul Longmore | Historian, author |
| Nancy Mairs | Author |
| Itzhak Perlman | Violinist |
| Christopher Reeve | Actor |
| Janet Reno | U.S. Attorney General |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Former president of the United States |
| Mary Verdi-Fletcher | Dancer |
| Famous people with speech
differences |
| Ludwig von Beethoven | German
composer |
| Joseph Biden | U.S. Congressman |
| Lewis Carroll | Author |
| Bill Clinton | U.S. President |
| Winston Churchill | Former Prime Minister of Britain |
| Walter Cronkite | Journalist |
| Kirk Douglas | Actor |
| Ron Harper | Professional athlete |
| Stephen Hawking | Astrophysicist |
| Florence Henderson | Actress |
| James Earl Jones | Actor |
| Helen Keller | Author |
| Bob Love | Professional athlete |
| Marlee Matlin | Actress |
| Marilyn Monroe | Actress |
| Curtis Pride | Professional athlete |
| Carly Simon | Singer |
| Richard Thomas | Actor |
| John Updike | Author |
| Heather Whitestone | Former Miss America |
| Frank Wolf | U.S. Congressman |
| Famous people with mood
disorders |
| Patty Duke | Actress |
| Ernest Hemingway | Author |
| Kurt Vonnegut | Author |
| Mike Wallace | Journalist |
| Virginia Woolf | Author |
| Famous people with dementia |
| Rita Hayworth | Actress |
| Ronald Reagan | Former president of the United States |
| Famous people with Tourette
Syndrome |
| Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | Professional athlete |
| Jim Eisenreich | Professional athlete |
| Samuel Johnson | 18th-century writer |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 18th-century composer |
| Michael Wolff | Jazz musician |
| Famous people with mental
retardation |
| Chris Burke | Television actor
|
| Gretchen Josephson | Poet |
| Dwight Mackintosh | Artist
|
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