famous adults with LD

Here are a few famous LD folks….. Churchill, O.J. Simpson, Cher, and me.

I know many people don’t like him,but Ozzy Osbourne is ld and has adhd.

Melanie….hope this helps:-)

Famous People with Disabilities

Famous people who are dyslexic
Hans Christian Andersen Author of children’s fairy tales
Harry Anderson Actor, magician, comedian
Stephen Bacque Entrepreneur of the Year, 1998
Ann Bancroft Explorer, lecturer, educator, first woman to travel across the ice to the North and South Poles
Harry Belafonte Singer, actor, entertainer
Alexander Graham Bell Inventor
Neil Bush Son of Barbara and former President Bush
Terry Bowersock Entrepreneur, motivational speaker
Dale S. Brown Author, disability advocate
George Burns Actor, comedian
Stephen J. Cannell Screenwriter, producer, director
Gaston Caperton Former governor of West Virginia
Nola D. Chee Award-winning poet and author
Cher Entertainer, actress
Agatha Christie English mystery writer
Winston Churchill Former Prime Minister of Britain
John Corcoran Real estate millionaire
Tom Cruise Actor
Fred Curry Navy pilot, CEO of Greyhound Lines
Leonardo Da Vinci Renaissance artist, sculptor, painter
Walt Disney Cartoonist, visionary founder of Disneyland/Disneyworld
Dr. Red Duke Physician, television commentator
Frank Dunkle Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Thomas Edison Inventor, scientist
Tomima Edmark Author, entrepreneur
Albert Einstein Scientist, philosopher
Fanny Flagg Actress, screenwriter
Gustave Flaubert Writer
Danny Glover Actor
Tracey Gold Actress
Whoopi Goldberg Actress
Edward Hallowell, MD Author, psychiatrist, ADD specialist
Ellie Hawkins Record-breaking rock climber
John Horner Curator of paleontology, technical advisor to Steven Spielberg for Jurassic Park and The Lost World
William James Psychologist, philosopher
Bruce Jenner U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist
Bob Jimenez TV anchorman
Magic Johnson Professional athlete
David Jones Stunt man, pioneer in helicopter aerial photography
Thomas H. Kean President of Drew University, former governor of New Jersey
Sylvia Law Professor of law and medicine, author
Greg Louganis U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist
Edward James Olmos Actor, community activist
Paul J. Orfalea Entrepreneur, founder of Kinkos
George Patton Military General
Patricia Polacco Author, illustrator of children’s books
Robert Rauschenberg Artist
Nelson Rockefeller Former governor of New York, former vice president of the United States
Nolan Ryan Professional athlete
Charles Schwab Founder of investment brokerage
William Simmons, MD Professor of anesthesiology
Tom Smothers Comedian
Nancy L. Sonnabend Researcher, inventor, author
Jackie Stewart Race car driver
Richard Strauss Real estate developer, banker
Victor Villasenor Award-winning author
Lindsay Wagner Actress, author, “The Bionic Woman”
Russell White Professional athlete
Roger W. Wilkins Head of the Pulitzer Prize Board
Woodrow Wilson Former president of the United States
Henry Winkler Actor, director, humanitarian, “The Fonz”
Eric Wynalda Professional athlete
William B. Yeats Poet, dramatist, Nobel prize winner
Famous people with appearance differences
Jim Abbott Professional athlete
Billy Barty Actor
Andrea Bocelli Opera singer
Chang and Eng Conjoined twins who were sideshow performers
Ray Charles Jazz musician
W.C. Fields Actor
Mikhael Gorbachev Former Russian premier
Linda Hunt Actress
Daniel Inouye U.S. Senator
Helen Keller Author
Matt Luke Professional athlete
Ved Mehta Author
Gheorghe Muresan Actor, former professional athlete
Tom Thumb Sideshow performer
John Updike Author
Bree Walker Television news anchor
Stevie Wonder Singer
Famous people with movement differences
Muhammad Ali Former professional athlete
James Brady Former presidential press secretary
John Callahan Cartoonist
Johnny Cash Singer
Chuck Close Artist
Robert Dole Former U.S. Senator
Chris Fonseca Comedian
Michael J. Fox Actor
Annette Funicello Actress
Billy Graham Religious leader
Stephen Hawking Astrophysicist
Joseph Heller Author
Katherine Hepburn Actress
Judith Heumann Assistant Secretary of Education
John Hockenberry Journalist
Pope John Paul II Religious leader
Ron Kovic Disability advocate
Paul Longmore Historian, author
Nancy Mairs Author
Itzhak Perlman Violinist
Christopher Reeve Actor
Janet Reno U.S. Attorney General
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Former president of the United States
Mary Verdi-Fletcher Dancer

Famous people with speech differences
Ludwig von Beethoven German composer
Joseph Biden U.S. Congressman
Lewis Carroll Author
Bill Clinton U.S. President
Winston Churchill Former Prime Minister of Britain
Walter Cronkite Journalist
Kirk Douglas Actor
Ron Harper Professional athlete
Stephen Hawking Astrophysicist
Florence Henderson Actress
James Earl Jones Actor
Helen Keller Author
Bob Love Professional athlete
Marlee Matlin Actress
Marilyn Monroe Actress
Curtis Pride Professional athlete
Carly Simon Singer
Richard Thomas Actor
John Updike Author
Heather Whitestone Former Miss America
Frank Wolf U.S. Congressman

Famous people with mood disorders
Patty Duke Actress
Ernest Hemingway Author
Kurt Vonnegut Author
Mike Wallace Journalist
Virginia Woolf Author

Famous people with dementia
Rita Hayworth Actress
Ronald Reagan Former president of the United States

Famous people with Tourette Syndrome
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Professional athlete
Jim Eisenreich Professional athlete
Samuel Johnson 18th-century writer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 18th-century composer
Michael Wolff Jazz musician

Famous people with mental retardation
Chris Burke Television actor
Gretchen Josephson Poet
Dwight Mackintosh Artist

This list was compiled from various sources, including: Everyday Heroes by Jeanne Lagorio Anthony, published by Empowerment in Action, PO Box 3064, Carlsbad, CA 92009. (800)843-0165. 70 p; Understanding and Changing Our Reactions to Disabilities: Everybody’s Differentby Nancy B. Miller and Catherine C. Sammons, published by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc., PO Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624.

Melanie…here is a lot better list….there are a few misspelling and I thought about changing the spelling but then I thought Heck no…I hate it when people correct my spelling…

Famous People with ADHD/LD
With Perserverance They Made It,
So Can You!
· Hans Christian Anderson
· Ann Bancroft
· Beethoven
· Harry Belafonte
· Alexander Graham Bell
· Gregory Boyington
· Wright Brothers
· Sir Richard Francis Burton
· Geroge Bush’s Children
· Admiral Richard Byrd
· Thomas Carlyle
· Andrew Carnegie
· Lewis Carroll
· Prince Charles
· Cher
· Agatha Christie
· Winston Churchill
· John Corcoran
· Tom Cruise
· Leonardo da Vinci
· Salvador Dali
· Walt Disney
· Thomas Edison
· Albert Einstein
· Dwight D. Eisenhower
· Michael Faraday
· F. Scott Fitzgerald
· Malcom Forbes
· Henry Ford
· Benjamin Franklin
· Zsa Zsa Gabor
· Galileo
· Danny glover
· Tracey Gold
· Whoopi Goldberg
· Handel
· Stephen Hawking
· Ernest Hemmingway
· Mariel Hemmingway
· Willima Randolph Hearst
· Dustin Hoffman
· Bruce Jenner
· Michael Jordan
· John F. Kennedy
· Robert Kennedy
· Jason Kidd
· John Lennon
· Carl Lewis
· Abraham Lincoln
· Greg Louganis
· James Clerk Maxwell
· Steve McQueen
· Mozart
· David H. Murdock
· Napoleon
· Nasser
· Isaac Newton
· Jack Nicholson
· Nostradamus
· Luci Baines Johnson Nugent
· Louis Pasteur
· General George Patton
· Picasso
· Edgar Allan Poe
· Puccini
· Sergei Rachmaninoff
· Buddy Rich
· Eddie Rickenbacker
· Joan Rivers
· Nelson & John D. Rockefeller
· Rodin
· Eleanor Roosevelt
· Pete Rose
· Babe Ruth
· Nolan Ryan
· Anwar Sadat
· Pierre Salinger
· Charles Schwab
· George C. Scott
· George Bernard Shaw
· Tom Smothers
· Socrates
· Suzanne Somers
· Sylvester Stallone
· Jackie Stewart
· James Stewart
· Thomas Thoreau
· Henry David Thoreau
· Leo Tolstoy
· Alberto Tomba
· Van Gogh
· Russell Varian
· Jules Verne
· Werner von Braun
· Lindsay Wagner
· General Westmoreland
· Weyerhauser Family
· Russell White
· Robin Williams
· Woodrow Wilson
· Henry Winkler
· Stevie Wonder
· F. W. Woolworth
· Wrigley
· William Butler Yeats
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Where did you here these people had a learning disabilty, what kind of kind of learning disabilty did Stephen Hawking have, and do you know any famous people with Non-verbal learning disabilty.

Vincent,
I did a search on the web. I made sure on the bottom of the post had where I got the information. You could do a search on it and see what you came up with. The first search came up with nothing because I used “famous people with learning disabilities” but then I used “famous people with LD” and that is what I came up with.
I hope this has help! If I can be any more help please let me know…
Anita

me too viper

me too viper

Whoa!!!!!!!!! Ozzy has LD! No freakin’ way! Ozzy is one man that KNOWS how to ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hm…only other celebrity I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned is Whoopi Goldburg- think she’s got dyslexia…and Ted Danson- maybe…other than that- not LD but is disabled- Rick Allen from Def Leppard….remember, he lost his arm in a car accident in 84…..
Nita

And John Lennon too!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no way!!!!!!!! way cool!!!!!!!!
Nita