Who is Dyslexic
Inspiring stories of success: Dyslexia and Famous People
Inspiring stories of success: Dyslexia and Famous People
16-year-old boy's writing
"We set out early with Intent to Run round the sd. Land but being taken in a Rain &it Increasing very fast obliged us to return. It clearning about one o'Clock & our time being too Precious to Loose we a second time ventured out & Worked hard till Night & then returned to pEnningtons we got our Suppoers & was Lighted in to a Room & I not being so good a Woodsman as the rest of my Company striped my slef very orderly & went in to the Bed as they call'd it when to my Surprize I found it to be northing but a Little Straw-matted together without Sheets or any thing else but only on Thread Bear blanket with double its Weight of Vermin such as Lice Feas & c. Had we not have been very Tired, Ia, sure we should not have slep'd much that night. I made a Promise not to Sleep so from that time forward chusing rather to sleep in the open Air before a fire as will Appear hereafter."
Harry Andersen, actor, comedian, and magician.Fred Astaire, dancer, actor, and musician.Harry Belafonte, singer and actor.George Burns, comedian and actor.Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic.Tom Cruise, actor and producer.Dave Foley, actor and comedian.Harrison Ford, actor.Danny Glover, actor and producer.Tracey Gold, actor.Whoopi Goldberg, actor and comedian.Susan Hampshire, actor., Jay Leno, comedian and tv host.River Phoenix, actor and musician.Edward James Olmos, actor.Jill Pages, trapeze artist.Oliver Reed, actor.Tom Smothers, comedian and actor.Cher, singer and actor. Jewel, singer. Henry Winkler, actor and director.Loretta Young, actor.
Artists, Designers, & Architects with a learning disability:
Ansel Adams, photographer.David Bailey, photographer and director.Leonardo da Vinci, painter and sculptor.Ignacio Gomez, artisit.Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor.Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist.Auguste Rodin, French sculptor.Bennett Strahan, visual artist and architect.Robert Toth, painter. Jørn Utzon arthitect.Andy Warhol, artist and film director.
Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Champion Boxer.Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer.Duncan Goodhew, Olympic Swimmer.Bruce Jenner, Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist.Magic Johnson, basketball player.Greg Louganis, Olympic diver.Bob May, golfer.Diamond Dallas Page, World Wrestling Champion.Steve Redgrave, Olympic Gold Medalist (rowing).Nolan Ryan, Baseball Pitcher for the Texas Rangers.Jackie Stewart, race car driver.
Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders with learning disability:
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.Paul J. Orfalea, founder of Kinko's.Charles Schwab, Investor.Ted Turner, President, Turner Broadcasting Systems. F.W. Woolworth.
Filmmakers with learning disability:
Nicole Betancourt, Emmy-winning filmmaker. Walt Disney, animator, producer, and entrepreneur.Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Danish film director.
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, scientist and engineer.Thomas Edison, inventor.Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist..Michael Faraday, scientist.Dr. James Lovelock, scientist.John R. Horner, Paleontologist.John Robert Skoyles, brain Researcher.Werner Von Braun, aerospace engineer.
Law & Justice with learning disability:
David Boies, attorney.Erin Brockovich, investigator.Jeffrey H. Gallet, judge.
Military Heroes with learning disability:
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, General.George Patton, General.
Physicians & Surgeons with learning disability
Harvey Cushing, Surgeon.Fred Epstein, Neurosurgeon.
Political Leaders with learning disability:
Winston Churchill, statesman, soldier and writer.King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King of Sweden.Michael Heseltine, Bristish politican. Andrew Jackson, lawyer and General.Thomas Jefferson, statesman, architect, and lawyer.John F. Kennedy, politician and US President.Nelson Rockefeller, politician.Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator, Woodrow Wilson, politician and US President.George Washington military officer and US President.
Writers with learning disability:
Hans Christian Andersen, author.Avi, author.Jeanne Betancourt, Author of "My Name is Brain Brian".Steven Cannell, television writer & novelist.Agatha Christie, author.Fannie Flagg, Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe".Gustave Flaubert, novelist.Patricia Polacco, Children's Author and Illustrator.Elizabeth Daniels Squire(author of mystery novels).Victor Villaseñor, author.W.B. Yeats, poet and writer.Girard Sagmiller, Author of Dyslexia My Life .
"Dyslexia is not a disease to have and to be cured of, but a way of thinking and learning. Often it's a gifted mind waiting to be found and taught. " - DML
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