Famous People
With Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders
|
Albert Einstein |
Nelson Rockefeller |
Galileo |
|
Thomas Edison |
Sylvester Stallone |
Mozart |
|
Gen. George Patton |
Wright Brothers |
Leonardo da Vinci |
|
John F. Kennedy |
Cher |
Whoppi Goldberg |
|
Bruce Jenner |
Gen. Westmoreland |
Tom Cruise |
|
Eddie Rickenbacker |
Charles Schwab |
Henry Winkler |
|
Harry Belafonte |
Danny Glover |
F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|
Walt Disney |
John Lennon |
Robin Williams |
|
Steve McQueen |
Greg Louganis |
Louis Pasteur |
|
George C. Scott |
Winston Chruchill |
Werner von Braun |
|
Tom Smothers |
Henry Ford |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
Suzanne Somers |
Robert Kennedy |
Lindsay Wagner |
|
Jules Verne |
George Bernard Shaw |
Alexander |
|
"Magic Johnson" |
Beethoven |
Woodrow Wilson |
|
Carl Lewis |
Hans Christian Anderson |
Wrigley |
Although, not all these famous people have been "officially diagnosed" they have exhibited many of the signs of ADD, ADHD & LD.
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 |
|