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Famous People with Dyslexia
Famous people with dyslexia are listed and what a large list it is. Because of the sheer number of stars, celebrities and other notables with dyslexia some of the lesser known ones had to be left off this list.
 Muhammad Ali |
One would think that dyslexia, a learning disability, would hold back many people in life.
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But the famous people with dyslexia on this list have found a way to work around this particular disability and succeed anyway.
List of Famous People with Dyslexia
| Ansel Adams Scott Adams Muhammad Ali Hans Christian Anderson Jennifer Aniston Beethoven Harry Belafonte Alexander Graham Bell Tony Bennett Orlando Bloom Napoleon Bonaparte Lara Flynn Boyle Terry Bradshaw Sir Richard Branson Erin Brockovich George Burns George H.W. Bush Julius Caesar Prince Charles Cher Agatha Christie Winston Churchill Tim Conway Anderson Cooper Tom Cruise Charles Darwin Dom Delouise Patrick Dempsey Walt Disney Thomas Edison Albert Einstein Dwight D. Eisenhower Michael Faraday F. Scott Fitzgerald Fanny Flagg Henry Ford Benjamin Franklin Zsa Zsa Gabor Galileo Danny Glover Vincent Van Gogh Whoopi Goldberg John Grisham Woody Harrelson Steven Hawkings Tommy Hilfiger Dustin Hoffman Sir Anthony Hopkins John Irving |
Andrew Jackson Bruce Jenner Magic Johnson John F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy Keira Knightley John Lennon Jay Leno Carl Lewis Greg Louganis Dexter Manley Steve McQueen Michelangelo Mozart Jack Nicholson Edward James Olmos Louis Pasteur General George Patton Pablo Picasso Edgar Allen Poe Nelson Rockefeller Franklin D. Roosevelt Rodin Pete Rose Nolan Ryan Charles Schulz George C. Scott Charles Schwab Steven Spielberg Tom Smothers Suzanne Somers Sylvester Stallone Jackie Stewart Quentin Tarantino Channing Tatum Nicolai Tesla Thomas Thoreau Mark Twain Jules Verne Leonardo da Vinci Lindsay Wagner Robin Williams Woodrow Wilson Henry Winkler Orville Wright Wilbur Wright William Wrigley, Jr. William Butler Yeats |
The Washington Post quotes Sir Richard Branson (pictured below) as saying, “Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought I was lazy and not very clever, and I got bored easily … thinking of all the things I could do once I left school. I couldn’t always follow what was going on. On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects he was right on both counts!”
Sir Richard Branson
Muhammad Ali (pictured above) became one of the greatest boxers of all time. But he didn’t do well in school because of his problems with reading. After becoming Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, Ali created the “Go the Distance” reading program to inspire young black students.
As an adult, F. Scott Fitzgerald (pictured below) wrote what they teach in school as the “Great American Novel.” The author of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald didn’t have it easy as a child. He was expelled from school when 12-years-old for not keeping up with his schoolwork. Later, he would get into then drop out of Princeton University. History would tell us, though, that this world famous author, would triumph time and again over his reading issues.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
As you can see above from this list of famous people with dyslexia there are many Hollywood actors and actresses, writers, artists, celebrity athletes, musicians, scientists, politicians and business leaders who have made a name for themselves. Having dyslexia didn’t hold these people back. So, show this list to someone dealing with dyslexia today (including family and friends) and give them hope for the future.