Famous People with the Gift of Dyslexia

Actors & Entertainers:

• Harry Anderson
• Orlando Bloom
• Harry Belafonte
• Charley Boorman
• Tom Cruise
• Danny Glover
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Susan Hampshire
• Jay Leno
• Christopher Lowell
• Keanu Reeves.
• Kiera Knightley
• Oliver Reed.
• Billy Bob Thornton.
• Tom Smothers
• Vince Vaughn
• Henry Winkler
• Loretta Young

Inventors & Scientists:

• Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer.
• Alexander Graham Bell.
• John Britten, Inventor.
• Pierre Curie, Physicist (1903 Nobel Prize).
• Thomas Edison.
• Albert Einstein.
• Michael Faraday.
• Carol Greider, Molecular Biologist, awarded 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• Jack Horner, Paleontologist.
• Dr. Peter Lovatt, psychologist and dancer.
• Dr. James Lovelock.
• Paul MacCready "Engineer of the Century."
• Archer Martin, Chemist (1952 Nobel Laureate)
• Matthew H. Schneps, Astrophysicist
• John R. Skoyles, Brain Researcher.

Artists, Designers, & Architects:

• Leonardo da Vinci.
• Ansel Adams, Photographer.
• David Bailey, Photographer.
• Chuck Close.
• Ignacio Gomez, Muralist.
• Tommy Hilfiger, Clothing Designer.
• Ian Marley, Contemporary Artist, South Africa.
• Pablo Picasso.
• Robert Rauschenberg.
• Auguste Rodin.
• Bennett Strahan
• Robert Toth
• Jørn Utzon (architect, designed Sydney Opera house)
• Andy Warhol.
• Willard Wigan, micro sculptor.

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.

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.
• Rex Ryan, Coach.
• Jackie Stewart, race car driver.

Physicians & Surgeons

• Harvey Cushing, Surgeon.
• Fred Epstein, Neurosurgeon.

Political Leaders:

• King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
• Andrew Jackson.
• Dan Malloy, Governor of Connecticut.
• Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco; Lieutenant Governor of California.
• Nelson Rockefeller.
• Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator.
• Woodrow Wilson.
• George Washington.

Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders:

• Richard Branson,Founder of Virgin Enterprises.
• John T Chambers,CEO of Cisco Systems.
• Henry Ford.
• William Hewlett, Co-Founder, Hewlett-Packard.
• Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.
• Sir Peter Leitch, New Zealand businessman
• 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.
• Robert Woodruff, President of Coca-Cola, 1923-1954.
• Frank W. Woolworth.

Filmmakers:

• Robert Benton.
• Nicole Betancourt, Emmy-winning filmmaker.
• Walt Disney.
• Søren KraghJacobsen (Danish film director).
• Steven Spielberg

Writers & Journalists:

• Scott Adams, Cartoonist (Dilbert)
• Hans Christian Andersen
• Avi
• Jeanne Betancourt, (Author of "My Name is Brain Brian").
• Stephen Cannell, television writer & novelist.
• John Corrigan, novelist.
• Larry Chambers.
• Agatha Christie.
• John Edmund Delezen, author of Eye of the Tiger and Red Plateau.
• Andrew Dornenburg, award-winning author and chef.
• Richard Engel, NBC Foreign Correspondent.
• Fannie Flagg (Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe").
• F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• Gustave Flaubert.
• Sally Gardner, children's writer and illustrator.
• Terry Goodkind fantasy writer, author of The Sword of Truth series.
• Byron Pitts, CBS News Correspondent.
• Patricia Polacco, Children's Author and Illustrator.
• Eileen Simpson (Author of "Reversals").
• Natasha Solomons, contemporary novelist.
• Philip Schultz, winner of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
• Elizabeth Daniels Squire(author of mystery novels).
• Bernie Taylor, author of Biological Time.
• Victor Villaseñor, author of bestselling novel, Rain of Gold
• William Butler Yeats, poet.