List of people with dyslexia
Appearance
The following is a list of notable people who are listed or reported to be dyslexic, or who some people thought were dyslexic, or more generally whenever there is an urban legend or popular myth about their being dyslexic.
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- Sam Allardyce, English footballer and football manager[1]
- Anthony Andrews, English actor[2]
- Jennifer Aniston, American actress[3]
- Louise Arnold, English author[4]
- Michael "Atters" Attree, English satirical writer and comedian[5]
- Abhishek Bachchan, Indian Bollywood actor[6]
- Geoff Barrow, English musician[7]
- Princess Beatrice of York, member of the British Royal Family and seventh in line of succession to the British throne[8]
- Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor and scientist[9][10]
- Michael Bennet, American politician; United States Senator from Colorado[11]
- Robert Benton, American screenwriter and film director[12]
- Orlando Bloom, English actor[13]
- David Boies, American attorney[14]
- Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist and poet[15]
- Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player[16]
- Chaz Bono, American advocate, writer, musician and actor (see reference for Cher below)
- Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress[17]
- Richard Branson, English entrepreneur[18]
- Chrisann Brennan, an American Artist and the author of The Bite in the Apple[19]
- Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian and satirist[20][21]
- Erin Brockovich, American legal clerk, socio-environmental activist[22]
- Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter; son of actress Anne Bancroft and director Mel Brooks[23]
- Fred Brophy, Australian tent boxing promoter
- Neil Bush, American businessman and son of George H. W. Bush[24]
- Octavia Butler, American science fiction author[25]
- Celine Byrne, Irish soprano[26]
- Stephen J. Cannell, American creator of shows such as The A-Team[27]
- Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden[28]
- Carl Philip of Sweden, Prince of Sweden[29]
- Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician[30]
- Dave Chalk, Canadian broadcaster and technology journalist[31]
- John Chambers, American businessman; CEO of Cisco[32]
- Georgina Chapman, English fashion designer and actress[33]
- Cher, American singer and actress[34]
- Amy Childs, English model and reality television personality[35]
- Timothy Clifford, British art historian[36]
- Gary Cohn, American entrepreneur; COO of Goldman Sachs[37]
- Jason Conley, American basketball player[38]
- Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., American astronaut and third man to walk on the moon[39]
- Anderson Cooper, American journalist[40]
- Tom Cruise, American actor[41]
- Pierre Curie, French scientist[9][10]
- Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter and polymath[10][30][42]
- Clark Janell Davis, American model; Miss Kentucky 2015[43]
- John de Lancie, American actor[44]
- Samuel R. Delany, African American science fiction author and literary critic[45]
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor[46]
- Paul Dewar, Canadian MP, 2006–2015[47]
- Andrew Dornenburg, American award-winning author and chef[48]
- Jacques Dubochet, Swiss biophysicist[49]
- Michael Dudikoff, American actor[27][50]
- Arjan Ederveen, Dutch actor and comedian[51]
- Thomas Edison, American inventor
- Albert Einstein, German scientist[52]
- Fae Ellington OD, Jamaican media personality and lecturer[53]
- Nelsan Ellis, African American actor[54]
- Paloma Faith, English singer-songwriter and actress[55]
- Alexander Faludy, English; youngest Cambridge undergraduate for 200 years[56]
- Michael Faraday, English scientist[10][42][57][58]
- Trevor Ferrell, American advocate for the homeless[59]
- Steve Fielding, Australian politician[60]
- Fannie Flagg, American comedian and author[61]
- Ben Fogle, English television presenter[62]
- Richard Ford, American author[63]
- Paul Frappier, Canadian musician and hip hop MC[64]
- Galileo Galilei, Italian scientist[10][65]
- Noel Gallagher, English musician[66]
- Karina Galvez, Ecuadorian-American poet, TV and radio personality[67]
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, TV personality[68][69][70]
- Alison Goldfrapp, English musician[71]
- Terry Goodkind, American writer[72]
- Frank Gore, American football player[73]
- Mike Gravel, American politician; former United States Senator from Alaska[74]
- Olivia Gray, English actress[75]
- Brian Grazer, American producer[76]
- Susan Hampshire, English actress[77]
- Salma Hayek, Mexican actress[78][79]
- Mark Henry, American professional wrestler[80]
- John Hickenlooper, American politician; Governor of Colorado[81]
- Tom Holland, English actor[82]
- Anthony Hopkins, English actor[83]
- Jack Horner, American paleontologist[84]
- John Irving, American novelist[85]
- Jony Ive, English designer; Chief Design Officer for Apple Inc.[86]
- Caitlyn Jenner, American Olympic athlete[87]
- Steve Jobs, American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.[88]
- Dean Kamen, American inventor, Segway human transport, Luke arm, FIRST Lego League[89]
- Rebecca Kamen, American artist and sculptor[90]
- Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish industrialist; founder of IKEA[91]
- Paul Kanjorski, American politician; former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania[92]
- Mollie King, English singer and songwriter[93][94]
- Laura Kirkpatrick, American model[95]
- Keira Knightley, English actress[96]
- Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch physician[97]
- Colin Jones, English photographer and ballet dancer[98]
- David Koresh, American leader of the Branch Davidians[99]
- J. F. Lawton, American writer, producer and director[100]
- Angie Le Mar, British comedian[101]
- Peter Leitch, New Zealand businessman and philanthropist[102]
- Jay Leno, American talk show host and comedian[103][104]
- Tom Lewis, English golfer[105]
- Kenny Logan, Scottish rugby player[106]
- Greg Louganis, American Olympic diver[107][108]
- Louis of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg[109]
- Dan Malloy, American politician; Governor of Connecticut[110][111]
- Mireille Mathieu, French singer[112]
- James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish scientist[42]
- Steve McQueen, English artist and film director[113]
- Kendrick Meek, American politician; former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida[114]
- James William Middleton, English; brother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge[115]
- Mika, Lebanese-born English singer-songwriter[116]
- Alyssa Milano, American actress[117][118]
- Lorin Morgan-Richards, American children's author and illustrator[119]
- Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli; First Lady of Iceland[120]
- Shlomo Moussaieff, Israeli jewellery businessman and Bible expert[120]
- Don Mullan, Irish author, producer and humanitarian[121][122]
- Róisín Murphy, Irish singer[123]
- Jaime Murray, English actress[124]
- Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer[125][126]
- Fred Newman, American actor, sound engineer, producer & author[127]
- Gavin Newsom, American politician; Lt. Governor of California[128]
- Jace Norman, American actor[129]
- Mike Norris, English businessman
- Paul Oakenfold, English record producer and trance DJ[130]
- Brendan O'Carroll, Irish actor[131][132]
- Olav V of Norway, King of Norway, 1957–1991[133]
- Jamie Oliver, British chef and television host[134]
- Paul Orfalea, American entrepreneur; founder of FedEx Kinko's[135]
- Ozzy Osbourne, English musician[136]
- Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler, actor and author[137]
- Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-born British businessman; panelist on Dragons' Den[138]
- Tom Pellereau, English inventor[139]
- Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist, sculptor[140]
- Dav Pilkey, American author and illustrator[141]
- Daniel Powter, Canadian singer and songwriter[142]
- Hal Prewitt, American artist, photographer, entrepreneur and racecar driver[143][144]
- Scott Quinnell, English rugby player[145]
- Bodo Ramelow, German politician; Minister-President of Thuringia[146]
- Robert Rauschenberg, American artist[147]
- Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor[148][unreliable source?]
- Nicolas Winding Refn, Danish film director[149]
- Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor and singer/songwriter[150]
- Guy Ritchie, English film director[151]
- David Rockefeller, American business executive and philanthropist[152]
- Richard Rogers, British architect[153]
- Louis Rosenberg, American entrepreneur, author, screenwriter, inventor, and professor[154]
- Lee Ryan, English singer and songwriter[155]
- Rex Ryan, American head coach, Buffalo Bills[156]
- Mark Schlereth, American football player[157]
- Philip Schultz, American poet and founder/director of the Writers Studio[158]
- Charles Schwab, American investor; founder of U.S. brokerage firm[159]
- Tim Scott, English guitarist[160]
- Jo Self, English artist[161]
- Peter Shumlin, American politician; Governor of Vermont[162]
- Bryan Singer, American film director[163]
- John Skoyles, English neuroscientist and evolutionary psychologist[10]
- Neil Smith, American football player[164]
- Jackie Stewart, Scottish racing driver[165]
- David Stirling, Scottish military; founder of the Special Air Service[166]
- Joss Stone, English singer[167]
- Channing Tatum, American actor and model[168]
- Helen B. Taussig, American cardiologist[169]
- Tim Tebow, American football player[170]
- Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American engineer and inventor[42][171]
- Bella Thorne, American actress[172]
- Kara Tointon, English actress[173]
- Jules Verne, French author[174]
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, heir-apparent to the Swedish throne[175]
- Lindsay Wagner, American actress[176]
- Butch Walker, American singer and record producer[177]
- Ben Way, English entrepreneur[178]
- Bob Weir, American guitarist[179]
- Mark Wilkinson, English furniture designer[180]
- Toyah Willcox, English actress and singer[181]
- Roger Ross Williams, American Oscar-winning director and producer[182]
- Holly Willoughby, British television presenter[183]
- Justin Wilson, British Indycar driver[184]
- Henry Winkler, American actor; spokesman for the Dyslexia Foundation[185]
- Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Chinese activist and protester from Hong Kong[186][187]
- Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean; first Prime Minister of Singapore[188]
- Benjamin Zephaniah, British poet[189]
Notes
- ^ Allardyce, Sam (2015), Big Sam: My Autobiography, Headline, ISBN 978-1-4722-3267-0
- ^ "The British Dyslexia Association – Famous Dyslexics". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
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- ^ Oakes, Keily (13 July 2005). "BBC winner realises writing dream". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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- ^ Gieben, Bram (2 May 2012). "Geoff Barrow talks DROKK: "2000AD is as important to me as Public Enemy"". The Skinny. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Bannerman, Lucy (23 March 2005). "Duchess tells of Beatrice's long struggle with dyslexia: Princess 'now catching up with her peers'". The Herald. p. 5.
- ^ a b Elsie Jones-Smith (2011). Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student: Why U.S. Schools Need a New, Strengths-Based Approach: Why U.S. Schools Need a New, Strengths-Based Approach. ABC-CLIO. p. 135. ISBN 9780313391545.
Some notable famous people who have been diagnosed with dyslexia include: Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone; Albert Einstein, creator of the theory of relativity; Pierre Curie, physicist and 1903 Nobel Prize winner...
- ^ a b c d e f Famous people with dyslexia: Inventors & scientists
- ^ Mitchell, Nancy (9 January 2009). "One finalist enough for DPS board". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- ^ "His love of lit led director to Roth tale". Philadelphia Inquirer. 2 November 2003. p. H09.
- ^ "The Orlando Bloom Files". Learning Disability. Retrieved 1 July 2006.
- ^ http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/13/322876/index.htm
- ^ Kerr, Sarah (18 December 2008). "The Triumph of Roberto Bolaño". The New York Review of BooksTemplate:Inconsistent citations
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- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
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- ^ Matt Keating (6 November 2007). "The funny side to dyslexia". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Room 101 – Marcus Brigstocke Grammar Bullies". Retrieved 7 August 2007.
- ^ Slaughter, Adele (22 May 2001). "Erin Brockovich scripts victory over dyslexia". USA Today. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
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- ^ "Neil Bush, Perplexed, Angry at Attention He's Received". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. 15 July 1990. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Eshun, Kodwo (16 March 2006). "Obituary (The Guardian)". London. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ^ Fennell, Hillary (30 January 2013). "This much I know: Celine Byrne". Irish Examiner.
People might be interested to know that I'm dyslexic.
- ^ a b "Cannell Helps "Cobra" Star Find Ways Around Dyslexia". Retrieved 9 October 2006.
- ^ "A time to rejoice: Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at 50" by Michael Jagerblom in Scandinavian Review, autumn 1996 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2006.
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- ^ a b Joseph Giovannoli (2000). The Biology of Belief: How Our Biology Biases Our Beliefs and Perceptions. Rosetta Press, Inc. p. 26. ISBN 9780970813718.
- ^ "Dave Chalk profile at Chalk Media". Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
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- ^ Van Meter, Jonathan (10 May 2018). "Georgina Chapman on Life After Harvey Weinstein". Vogue.
- ^ Cher, The First Time, ISBN 0-684-80900-1. For years, Cher experienced difficulties reading, telling time, and writing checks. She did not find out that she had dyslexia until after Chaz Bono was diagnosed. Source: Morton, Andrew (2008). Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-312-35986-7.
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- ^ Miller, Phil (8 October 2005). "Clifford tells of his dyslexia struggle". The Herald. p. 1.
- ^ "Gary Cohn Can't Spell, But He is Not Stupid".
- ^ Schmidt, Neil (16 February 2002). "Five questions with Jason Conley". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Spirit of Innovation Awards – Conrad Foundation". Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- '^ "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.
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(help) - ^ "MSN". Cruise credits Scientology for his success. Retrieved 2 July 2006.
- ^ a b c d Henry D. Tobias, ed. (2004). Focus on Dyslexia Research. Nova Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 9781590339503.
- ^ Gregory, John. "Miss Kentucky Clark Janell Davis". Connections with Renee Shaw. Kentucky Educational Television.
- ^ Gaudin, Sharon (21 March 2007). "Star Trek's 'Q' Says Science Fiction And Technology Can Change The World". InformationWeek. London.
- ^ 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 2 July 2006.
- ^ Brydan, Joan (26 November 2011). "NDP leadership hopeful Dewar shaped by challenge of overcoming dyslexia". Winnipeg Free Press. Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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- ^ http://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/ik-wil-onopvallend-zijn~a844148/
- ^ http://www.albert-einstein.org/article_handicap.html
- ^ Ustanny, Avia (18 December 2005). "Fae Ellington – Transforming every day". Jamaica Gleaner News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
Ellington is the consummate entertainer and overlays with humour the bitter-sweet story her life that of girl who was asthmatic, illegitimate and dyslexic, but who, born with an extraordinary personality, went on to write and successfully perform unique roles in life.
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- ^ "What I've learnt: Paloma Faith". The Times Magazine. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ d'Ancona, Matthew. "Dyslexic boy, 15, makes early start at Cambridge". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
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- ^ Joseph Giovannoli (2000). The Biology of Belief: How Our Biology Biases Our Beliefs and Perceptions. Rosetta Press, Inc. p. 25. ISBN 9780970813718.
- ^ Landau, Elaine (1991). Dyslexia. Franklin Watts. p. 43. ISBN 0-531-20030-2.
- ^ Riley, Robyn (27 September 2009). "Time to get 'fiskal' – Funding calls on dyslexia". Sunday Herald Sun. Melbourne, Australia. p. 102. Fielding's dyslexia was only diagnosed after he revealed his learning difficulties in 2009, and he was diagnosed as suffering from both developmental apraxia of speech, along with the dyslexia.
- ^ "CNN". High hurdles didn't stop Fannie Flagg. Retrieved 2 July 2006.
- ^ Jardine, Cassandra (12 January 2008). "Ben Fogle: Dare to dream". The Telegraph.
- ^ "RN Book Show – 10 June 2007 – Richard Ford's Lay of the Land". Richard Ford's Lay of the Land interview. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- ^ Fine, Phillip (3 March 2011). "Bad News Brown understood the power of music". Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Famous People with Dyslexia ~ Scientists". Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ Muggs, Joe (28 May 2004). "telegraph.co.uk". I don't want dyslexia to be an issue. London. Retrieved 2 July 2006.
- ^ Rosales Cedeño, Martha (October 2014). "Conversando con Nuestra Poetisa". UCSG Radio.
- ^ "The One-Woman Show". American Academy of Achievement. 17 June 1994. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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- ^ "Whoopi Goldberg, Comedian and Award-winning Actress * The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity". Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Sawyer, Miranda (21 March 2004). "Gold rush". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "'Naked Empire': Author Terry Goodkind". USATODAY.com. 8 April 2003.
- ^ "Niners RB Frank Gore misses practice after mother's death". USA Today. Associated Press. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Leahy, Michael (9 September 2007). "Last". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
- ^ Francis, Catherine (21 February 2017). "Carrie Grant: "This is extreme parenting"". Woman Alive. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Wallace, Jane. "Brian Grazer: Producer, Dyslexic * The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity". Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Susan Hampshire, Susan's Story: My Struggle With Dyslexia ISBN 0-312-77966-6
- ^ Shaw, Gina (25 February 2009). "Salma Hayek: Mom on a Mission". WebMD the Magazine. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Carr, Jay (3 July 1999). "Salma Hayek goes 'West'". The Hour. p. C5. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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- ^ "Dyslexia is in the news…". DominicHolland.co.uk.
- ^ "American eagle latitudes". The One and Only Anthony Hopkins. Archived from the original on 21 May 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2006.
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