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Revision as of 01:06, 10 June 2009
The following is a list of notable people who have been diagnosed with dyslexia.
- Louise Arnold, English author.[1]
- Kjell Inge Røkke Norwegian businessman and among the richest men in Norway.
- Abhishek Bachchan, Bollywood actor.[2]
- Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator from Colorado.[3]
- Orlando Bloom, actor[4]
- Jeremy Bonderman, baseball player[5]
- Richard Branson, entrepreneur[6]
- Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian and satirist.[7]
- Erin Brockovich, legal clerk.[8]
- Octavia Butler,science fiction author[9]
- Carl XVI Gustaf, king of Sweden[10]
- Stephen J. Cannell, creator of shows such as The A-Team[11]
- Dave Chalk, Canadian broadcaster and technology journalist [12]
- John Chambers, CEO of Cisco [13]
- Cher, singer and actress, and her daughter, Chastity Bono[14]
- Anderson Cooper, American journalist[15]
- Tom Cruise, actor[16]
- John de Lancie, actor[17]
- Samuel R. Delany, science fiction author and literary critic[18]
- Patrick Dempsey, actor[19]
- Andrew Dornenburg, author and chef[20]
- Michael Dudikoff, actor[21]
- Alexander Faludy, youngest Cambridge undergraduate for 200 years [22]
- Fannie Flagg, comedienne and author [23]
- Joseph Fiennes, actor [24]
- Richard Ford, author[25]
- Noel Gallagher, musician[26]
- Whoopi Goldberg, actress and comedienne[27]
- Mike Gravel, former United States Senator[28]
- Susan Hampshire, actress[29]
- Anthony Hopkins, actor[30]
- John Irving, novelist[31]
- Bruce Jenner, athlete[32]
- Ingvar Kamprad, industrialist, founder of IKEA[33]
- Keira Knightley, actress[34]
- Willem Johan Kolff, physician[35]
- Jay Leno, talk show host and comedian[36]
- W. Lawrence Lipton, author
- Kenny Logan, rugby player[37]
- Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland [38]
- Shlomo Moussaieff, Jewelry businessman and Bible expert [38]
- Paul Oakenfold, a record producer and one of the best-known Trance DJs worldwide [39]
- Jamie Oliver, chef and television host [40]
- Paul Orfalea, founder of FedEx Kinko's[41]
- Ozzy Osbourne, musician[42]
- Scott Quinnell, Rugby player[43]
- Daniel Powter, singer and songwriter[44]
- Guy Ritchie, film director[45]
- Richard Rogers, Architect[46]
- Lee Ryan, Singer and songwriter.[47]
- Bryan Singer, film director[48]
- Charles Schwab, founder of U.S. brokerage firm[49]
- Jo Self, Artist [50]
- Suzanne Somers, actress [51]
- Sylvester Stallone, actor
- Jackie Stewart, racing driver[52]
- Joss Stone, singer [53]
- Helen B. Taussig cardiologist[54]
- Lindsay Wagner, actress[55]
- Ben Way, entrepreneur[56]
- Bob Weir, guitarist[57]
- Henry Winkler, actor, spokesman for the Dyslexia Foundation[58]
- Benjamin Zephaniah, poet[59]
- Fredrik Nordin, stekare[60]
See also
Notes
- ^ Oakes, Keily (2005-07-13). "BBC winner realises writing dream". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ "Times of India". Aamir praises Abhishek.
- ^ Mitchell, Nancy (January 9, 2009). "One finalist enough for DPS board". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
- ^ "The Orlando Bloom Files". Learning Disability. Retrieved July 1 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^ "Detroit Free Press". FAMILY, FORDS AND FASTBALLS: Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman stays true to small-town, blue-jeans roots. Retrieved July 1 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^ Branson, Richard (1999). "A family that would have killed for each other. 1950 - 1963". Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way (1st ed.). Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-8129-3229-3. Retrieved 2006-08-30.
- ^ "Room 101 - Marcus Brigstocke Grammar Bullies". Retrieved August 7 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^
Slaughter, Adele (2001-05-22). "Erin Brockovich scripts victory over dyslexia". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Obituary (The Guardian)". Retrieved July 25 2008.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "A time to rejoice: Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at 50" by Michael Jagerblom in Scandinavian Review, autumn 1996 [1]
- ^ "Cannell Helps "Cobra" Star Find Ways Around Dyslexia". Retrieved October 9 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dave Chalk profile at Chalk Media". Retrieved November 11 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "How Cisco's CEO Works the Crowd". Retrieved April 07 2008.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Cher, The First Time, ISBN 0-684-80900-1
- '^ "Books That Made a Difference to Anderson Cooper". As a child, I had a problem reading. I had a mild form of dyslexia where I would see some letters backward, and I had to go to a special reading instructor.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "MSN". Cruise credits Scientology for his success. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Scifi.com". Interview november 17, 1997. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Samuel R. Delany, The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village ISBN 0-8166-4523-X
- ^ "Medicine.net". Patrick Dempsey Reveals His Dyslexia. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dyslexia.tv". Andrew Dornenburg. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Cannell Helps "Cobra" Star Find Ways Around Dyslexia". Retrieved October 9 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dyslexic boy, 15, makes early start at Cambridge". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "CNN". High hurdles didn't stop Fannie Flagg. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Joseph Fiennes".
- ^ "RN Book Show - 10 June 2007 - Richard Ford's Lay of the Land". Richard Ford's Lay of the Land interview. Retrieved October 31 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "telegraph.co.uk". I don't want dyslexia to be an issue. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Famous people with Dyslexia". DyslexiaOnline.com. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ^ "Last". WashingtonPost.com. 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ^ Susan Hampshire, Susan's Story: My Struggle With Dyslexia ISBN 0-312-77966-6
- ^ "American eagle latitudes". The One and Only Anthony Hopkins. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Queen's university of Charlotte". John Irving Captivates Sold-out Crowd at Queens. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Official Bruce Jenner Website".
- ^ "Mirror.co.uk". IKEA king is world's richest man. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Tough Enough". Keira Knightley has overcome childhood challenges -- including dyslexia -- to become an actress. Yet the 20-year-old says she can't be a role model. Retrieved March 13 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^ "Telegraph.co.uk". Willem Kolff. Retrieved February 12 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^ "HOME BUSINESS Magazine". Jay Leno: Leading With His Chin Success Secrets from the Host of The Tonight Show. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); line feed character in|work=at position 32 (help) - ^ Logan, Kenny (2005-10-13), "How I tackled 30 years of secret shame" ([dead link]), The Times
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- ^ Paul Oakenfold - Reading Champion
- ^ "BBC News". Profile Jamie Oliver. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh, Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea Into One of America's Best Companies ISBN 0-7611-3777-7
- ^ Appleyard, Bryan (November 27, 2005). "Blizzard of Oz". The Sunday Times Magazine. Retrieved 2006-09-17.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "bbc.co.uk". Quinnell's dyslexia triumph. Retrieved August 18 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Allmusic". Biography. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "bbc.co.uk". Dyslexia. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rogers
- ^ http://www.lee-ryan.org
- ^ Robert David Jaffee (2006). "Jersey-raised director Bryan Singer lives a dream in bringing Superman back to the big screen". New Jersey Jewish News. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "The chief executive". Creative learning: how dyslexic CEOs have turned a weakness into a leadership strength. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ | http://artsdyslexiatrust.org/ADT-shows.ht http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/paintingflowers/generic/jo_self_text.shtml
- ^ "lifetimetv.com". Suzanne Somers: The Battling Spirit Behind the Bombshell. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ The Herald newspaper (Glasgow), 'Sir Jackie, was not diagnosed with dyslexia until he was 42'
- ^ "Joss Stone Gets In Touch With Witchy Side For Film Debut In 'Eragon'". VH1. December 12 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "National library of medicine". Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Text "Changing the face of medicine" ignored (help) - ^ "USAToday.com". Lindsay Wagner defeats dyslexia. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "telegraph.co.uk". One day, we'll take over the world. Retrieved December 6 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Allmusic". Biography. Retrieved July 2 2006.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "The Bubble Burst". biography. Retrieved September 5 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^ "Benjamin Zephaniah: A poet to be seen and heard, British Council.org".
- ^ "Steking around the clock".
External links
- dyslexia.com - Famous People with the Gift of Dyslexia
- dyslexia.tv - Blessed with dyslexia
- dyslexiaonline.com - Dyslexic? You're not alone...
- dyslexiamentor.com - Famous dyslexics
- dhea.org.uk - Famous dyslexics