Famous people with a disability?

Answer 1

Harriet Tubman - Rescuer of Slaves (1820-1913)
John Wesley Powell - Explorer, Geologist (1834-1902)
"Blind Tom" Wiggins (1849-1908)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - U.S. President (1882-1945)
Dorothea Lange - Photographer (1895-1965)
Frida Kahlo - Artist (1907-1954)
Audre Lorde - Poet, Activist (1934-1992)
Wilma Mankiller - Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1945-)
Harilyn Rousso - Disability Rights Activist/Psychotherapist (1946-)
Judy Heumann - Assistant Secretary of Education (b. 1947)
Helen Keller - Deaf/Blind Activist
Jhamak Ghimire - Nepalese Poet and Writer (1980)


Famous People with Disabilities

Sarah Bernhardt: French actress (1844-1923) Disabled by a knee injury, her leg amputated in 1914, she continued starring on stage until just before her death. She is regarded as France's greatest actress -- "The Divine Sarah".

Beethoven: Composer: Was deaf when he composed his 9th symphony.

Winston Churchill: had a learning disability.

Walt Disney: had a learning disability.

Edison: Had a learning disability. He couldn't read until he was twelve years old and had a very difficult time writing even when he was older.

Albert Einstein: Mathematician/Physicist: Had a learning disability and did not speak until age 3. He had a very difficult time doing math in school. It was very hard for him to express himself through writing.

Goya: Spanish painter (1746-1828): At age 46, an illness left him deaf. He went on to create the most famous Spanish art of the 19th century.

Alexander Graham Bell: had a learning disability.

Stephen Hawking: physicist/mathematician has Lou Gehrigs Disease and is in a wheelchair. He needs a computer to speak.

Milton: English Author/poet (1608-1674): He became blind at age 43. He went on to create his most famous epic, Paradise Lost.

George Patton: This World War II General had a learning disability.

Nelson Rockfeller, former Vice President: had a learning disability: dyslexia.

President Roosevelt: At age 39, his legs were paralyzed by polio. He became governor of New York state and was elected president four times.

Harriett Tubman: Abolitionist (1830-1913): As a child she was struck by an overseer. The blow fractured her skull and resulted in narcolepsy for the rest of her life. She rescued hundreds of slaves on the underground railroad.

Werner Von Braun: had a learning disability and often flunked his math tests in high school.

George Washington: Had a learning disability. He could barely write and had very poor grammar skills.

Woodrow Wilson: U.S. President from 1913-1921. Had a learning disability -- was severely dyslexic.

Other famous people who have learning disabilities: Cher, Tom Cruise, Whoopi Goldberg, Greg Louganis, Bruce Jenner, H.G. Wells (Thanks for this information from Eve Nichols, Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario).

Famous people who are known or are thought to have had epilepsy: Charles Dickens, Neil Abercrombie, Danny Glover, Margaux Hemingway, Tchaikovsky, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Alfred Great, William Pitt, Napoleon, Byron, de Moupassant, Edward Lear, Handel, Berlioz, Paganini, Vincent Van Gogh, Tony Lazzeri, Gary Howatt and British marathon runner Alan Blinston.

Famous people who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Robin Williams and "Magic" Johnson.


TAKE A QUIZ :
http://www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov/about/civil/famousdisability.html
Match the famous person with their disability

*** Note if you see any "typo's " it's because I'm dsylexic :)

Answer 2

Nicholas Saunderson (physicist, England)--blind
John Milton (poet, blind)
Louis Braille (invented Braille, blind)
Abraham Licoln (depression)
Fanny Crosby (hymn writer, blind)
Laura Bridgeman (deaf/blind)
Frederick Jackson Turner (historian, bind)
Beethovan--deaf
Franklin Roosevelt--paralyzed
Helen Keller--deaf/blind
Anne Sullivan Macy--blind
I.F. Stone--journalist, blind
Jim Abbot--baseball pitcher (only one hand)
Stevie Wonder (blind)
Ray Charles (blind)
Steven Hawking--Nobel Laureate physicist (paralyzed)
R. Shockley (unclear--odd or adhd?--Nobel Laureate, phyysics)
Ed Roberts--disability rights activist--paralyzed
Heather Mills--amputee
Marlee Matlin (actress, deaf -- movie "Chlidren of a Lesser God")

just to name a few. . . .

Answer 3

Professor Stephen Hawkins
Louise Savage - undisputed queen of wheelchair racing (now retired) .
Julius Caesar (epilepsy)
Ludwig Van Beethoven - (Deaf)
Michael Milton - Australia's fastest one leg skier clocking 213.65 km per hour in France in 2006

and you know the rest: Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder etc

Answer 4

not a substantial incapacity like multiple those above yet Tony Iommi, guitarist with Black Sabbath, is lacking area of two palms after an twist of destiny at artwork. nonetheless a good guitarist.

Answer 5

Actress Marlee Matlin is hearing impaired.

Answer 6

Stevie Wonder--blind, but beyond fabulous!

Answer 7

Michael J. Fox has parkinsons
Ray Charles was blind (singer)
Ronny Milsap was blind (singer)
Reeves (superman) paralyzed
Roosevelt (president) polio

Answer 8

Gary Coleman is a midget.
Emmanuel Lewis is a little person too.