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Impacting Dyslexia Education Awareness and Support
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IDEAS DYSLEXIA HALL OF FAME The following are some of the many famous or recognized individuals who are dyslexic, or had symptoms of dyslexia or related learning problems:
SCIENCE & INVENTION Albert Einstein / Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner Ann Bancroft / Arctic Explorer Alexander Graham Bell / Inventor Pierre Curie, Physicist (1903 Nobel Prize) Thomas Edison / Inventor Michael Faraday / Physicist Henry Ford / Inventor John R. Horner / Paleontologist, author Willem Hollenbach / Astronomical Photographer & Inventor William Lear / Inventer Charles Lindbergh / Aviator Dr. James Lovelock / pioneer in the development of environmental awareness Archer Martin / Chemist 1952 Nobel Laureate Sir Issac Newton / Scientist & Mathematician Eli Whitney / Inventor Orville & Wilbur Wright / Inventors
MEDICINE Harvey Cushing / Neurosurgeon Fred Epstein / Neurosurgeon William James / Psychologist Dr. Edward Hallowell / Psychiatrist John Robert Skoyles / Brain Researcher Margie C. Sweeney / Doctor, author Helen Taussig / Pediatric Cardiologist
PERFORMING ARTS Harry Anderson / Actor, comedian Fred Astaire / Performer Orlando Bloom / Actor George Burns / Actor and comedian Tom Cruise / Actor Patrick Dempsey / Actor ‘McDreamy’ Harrison Ford / Actor Dave Foley / Actor Danny Glover / Actor Tracey Gold / Actress Whoopi Goldberg / Actress, comedian Anthony Hopkins / Actor Keira Knightley / Actress Susan Hampshire / Actress Salma Hayek / Actress Jay Leno / Comedian, "Tonight Show" host Alyssa Milano / Actress Rosie O'Donnell / Actress, "View" host Billy Bob Thornton / Actor Liv Tyler / Actress Will Smith / Actor, singer Tom Smothers / Actor, singer, comedian Henry Winkler / Actor, author Robin Williams / Actor Comedian Oliver Reed / Actor Keanu Reeves / Actor Edward James Olmos / Actor Loretta Young / Actress
MUSIC Cher / Actress, singer Nigel Kennedy / Violinist Jewel / Singer, actress Harry Belafonte / Singer, actor, producer, human rights activist John Lennon / Singer, songwriter, actor, activist Britney Spears / Singer River Phoenix / Actor Bob Weir / Grateful Dead Guitarist Usher / Singer
GOVERNMENT Erin Brockovich / Activist George Herbert Walker Bush / 41st U.S. President George W. Bush / 43rd President of the United States Winston Churchill / Prime Minister Of England Jeffrey H. Gallet / Judge Michael Heseltine / British Prime Minister Andrew Jackson / 7th President of the United States Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Lyndon Johnson / President of the United States Thomas Jefferson / President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy / President of the United States General George S. Patton / General, pilot Anna Eleanor Roosevelt / First Lady Nelson Rockefeller / Vice President Woodrow Wilson / President of the United States George Washington / President of the United States Paul Wellstone / U.S. Senator
ARTISTS Ansel Adams / Photographer Scott Adams / Cartoonist, "Dilbert" creator David Bailey / British Photographer Michelangelo Buonarroti / Artist Leonardo da Vinci / Artist Walt Disney / Producer, animation artist, theme park pioneer Guy Ritchie / Film director and husband of Madonna Pablo Picasso / Artist Richard Rogers / Architect Steven Spielberg / Filmmaker Bennett Strahan / Architect, Artist Robert Toth / Artist , sculptor Jørn Utzon / architect, designed Sydney Opera house Vincent van Gogh / Artist Andy Warhol / Artist
BUSINESS Richard Branson / Founder of Virgin Enterprises John T Chambers / CEO of Cisco Systems Fred Curry / Chairman & CEO of Greyhound Bus Bill Gates / Microsoft Founder Reyn Guyer / Nerf ball developer William Hewlett / Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard Tommy Hilfiger / Fashion designer Steve Jobs / Founder of Apple Computer Dave Morrison / Owner / The Right Stuff Centers Jim Messelbeck / Genentech Craig McCaw, Telecommunications Visionary. O.D. McKee, founder of McKee Foods. David Murdock / CEO of Dole Foods David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways. Paul J. Orfalea / Founder and Chairman of Kinko's Anthony Parle / Managing Director of Parle Foods Charles Schwab / Investor & multimillionaire businessman Raymond Smith / Former CEO of Bell Atlantic Richard C. Strauss / Real estate developer Arthur Ochs Sulzberger / Harvard University Chick Thompson / Commercial video producer Ted Turner / Founder and President of Turner Broadcasting Systems [link#2] Thomas J. Watson Jr. / Former CEO of IBM F.W. Woolworth / Department store innovator William Wrigley, Jr. / Founder of Wrigley Chewing Gum
WRITERS Avi / Children's author & illustrator Jeanne Betancourt / Author of "My Name is Brain Brian" Hans Christian Anderson / Author Earnest Hemingway / Author Steven Cannell / TV writer Lewis Carroll / Author Agatha Christie / Author Fannie Flagg / Author Gustave Flaubert / French novelists [Link#2] Ronald Davis / Writer, educator John Irving / Author Debbie Macomber / Author Patricia Polacco / Children's author & illustrator Girard Sagmiller / Author Elizabeth Daniels Squire / Author Mark Twain / Author Bernie Taylor / Author of Biological Time Victor Villaseñor / Author William Butler Yeats / Poet
ATHLETICS Terry Bradshaw / Football player, TV host Rulon Gardner / Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler Duncan Goodhew / Olympic Swimmer Bruce Jenner / Olympic Decathlete Magic Johnson / Basketball player Greg Louganis / Olympic Diver Dan O'Brien / Olympic Decathlete Babe Ruth / Baseball player Steven Redgrave / Olympic Rower Jackie Stewart / Race car driver Neil Smith / Football player, author Muhammad Ali / Boxer Bob May / Golfer Joe Montana / Football player Diamond Dallas Page / World Wrestling Champion Jim Shea, Jr. / Gold Medal 2002 Winter Olympics Nolan Ryan / Baseball player Billy Banks / Fitness instructor, creator of Tae-Bo Neil Smith / Football player
MORE Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. / Astronaut Frank Dunkle /Director of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Vince McMahon / World Wrestling Entertainment Founder Jamie Oliver / The Naked Chef Andrew Dornenburg Culinary Artist / Chef / Writer Marco Pierre White / London's Top Chef Roger Wilkins / Past Chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board / Professor of History |
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