Famous People with Dyslexia

Below are the names of some of the many individuals, who are dyslexic, or had symptoms of dyslexia or related learning problems:

ACTORS & ENTERTAINERS

Harry Anderson
Fred Astair
Harry Belafonte
George Burns
Enrico Caruso
Cher
Tom Cruise
Danny Glover
Tracey Gold
Whoopi Goldberg
Susan Hampshire
Jay Leno
John Lennon
Tom Smothers
Robin Williams
Henry Winkler
Edward James Olmos
Jill Pages, Trapeze Artist
Harrison Ford
Oliver Reed


WORLD LEADERS

George Bush Sr.
Winston Churchill
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington


ENTREPRENEURS

Henry Ford
F.W. Woolworth
Charles Schwab
Paul J. Orfalea, Founder of Kinko’s
Ted Turner
William Hewlett


ATHLETES

Duncan Goodhew
Bruce Jenner
Magic Johnson
Greg Louganis
Jackie Stewart
Muhammad Ali
Nolan Ryan


MILITARY HEROES

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
George Patton


WRITERS

Avi
Lewis Carroll
Hans Christian Anderson
Agatha Christie
Fannie Flag
Gustave Flaubert
Particia Polacco
W.B. Yeats


INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS

Alexander Graham Bell
Harvey Cushing
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Michael Faraday
John R. Horner
Werner Von Braun
William Lear

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