disability hall of fame
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DISABILITY HALL OF FAME
Famous People with Disabilities
JIM ABBOTT• Major League Pitcher
• Born without a right hand
RICK ALLEN• Musician
• Retaught himself how to play the drums after losing his left arm
• Member of Def Leppard
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
• Inventor
• Learning Disability
SARAH BERNHARDT• French Actress
• Leg amputated due to knee injury
• “The Divine Sarah”
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
• Composer
• Deaf while composing 9th symphony
ORLANDO BLOOM• Actor
• Dyslexia
CHRIS BURKE• Actor
• 1st person with Down Syndrome to star in a weekly TV series
RAY CHARLES• Musician
• Blind at age 7
CHER• Singer and Actress
• Dyslexia
WINSTON CHURCHILL
• British Politician
• Learning Disability
TOM CRUISE• Actor
• Dyslexia
CHARLES DICKENS• Author
• Epilepsy
WALT DISNEY• Animator and
Businessman
• Learning Disability
THOMAS EDISON• Inventor
• Learning Disability
• Couldn’t read until 12 years old
ALBERT EINSTEIN• Mathematician and
Physicist
• Learning Disability
• Didn’t speak until he was 3 years old
MICHAEL J. FOX• Actor
• Parkinson’s Disease
DANNY GLOVER• Actor
• Dyslexia
WHOOPI GOLDBERG• Actress
• Dyslexia
FRANCISCO GOYA• Spanish Painter
• Deaf at age 46
BETHANY HAMILTON
• Professional Surfer
• Lost right arm in shark attack at age 13
STEPHEN HAWKING• Physicist and
Mathematician
• ALS – Lou Gehrig’s Disease
• Uses a wheelchair and computer to speak
BRUCE JENNER• Olympic Athlete
• Dyslexia
MAGIC JOHNSON• Athlete
• Dyslexia
HELEN KELLER• Author and Activist
• Blind and Deaf
JAY LENO• Comedian
• Dyslexia
GREG LOUGANIS• Olympic Athlete
• Dyslexia
JOHN MILTON• English Author/Poet
• Blind at age 43
GEORGE PATTON• American General
• Learning Disability
NELSON ROCKEFELLER
• Former Vice President
• Dyslexia
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
• Former President – served four terms
• Paralyzed by Polio at age 39
HARRIETT TUBMAN• Abolitionist
• Fractured skull lead to narcolepsy
• Rescued hundreds of slaves on Underground Tunnel
WERNER VON BRAUN
• Rocket Scientist
• Learning Disability
• Failed many math tests in High School
GEORGE WASHINGTON
• First President
• Learning Disability
• Could barely write and had very poor grammar
HEATHER WHITESTONE
• Author and Motivational Speaker
• Deaf
• Miss America 1995
HANK WILLIAMS• Musician
• Spina Bifida
WOODROW WILSON• Former President
• Dyslexia
HENRY WINKLER• Actor
• Dyslexia
STEVIE WONDER• Musician
• Blind
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