70 Famous Dyslexics: 31-50

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Tagged as Popular Culture

Tracey GoldTracey Gold
The actress from “Growing Pains” suffered from dyslexia in high school.

Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg
She was called slow and dumb because she had a lot of problems reading as a child and was diagnosed in adulthood with dyslexia.

Woody HarrelsonWoody Harrelson
He was diagnosed with dyslexia and attention deficit disorder as a child.

Salma HayekSalma Hayek
The actress sometimes struggles with her lines as a result of her dyslexia.

William HewlettWilliam Hewlett
Dyslexia forced the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company to memorize schoolwork which developed his memory to the point of him memorizing everything.

Tommy HilfigerTommy Hilfiger
“I performed poorly at school, when I attended, that is, and was perceived as stupid because of my dyslexia. I still have trouble reading. I have to concentrate very hard at going left to right, left to right, otherwise my eye just wanders to the bottom of the page.” -Tommy Hilfiger

Anthony HopkinsAnthony Hopkins
He found a love for the arts such as painting or playing the piano as an alternative to his studies.

Eddie IzzardEddie Izzard
“I don’t read much because I take so long to read things. I’ll catch up one day. This partial dyslexia thing. I just take ages to read.” - Eddie Izzard

Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson
The third President of the United States.

Bruce JennerBruce Jenner
The Olympic track athlete got into sports because he had dyslexia.

JewelJewel
The singer used to love reading when she was younger and then found it more difficult as time went by and was diagnosed with dyslexia.

Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson
He is a retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball player.

John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy
The 35th President of the United States.

Tawny KitaenTawny Kitaen
The actress found school very challenging thanks to her dyslexia.

Christopher KnightChristopher Knight
He learned to deal with his dyslexia while growing up and has found few problems as an adult.

Keira KnightleyKeira Knightley
She says her problems haven’t affected her ability to learn her lines and adds, “I can learn them fine. It’s just reading them in the first place that is the problem.”

David KoreshDavid Koresh
The Branch Dividian religious cult leader dropped out of high school because of his dyslexia.

John LennonJohn Lennon
He was expelled from school for misbehavior but his teachers didn’t know that he suffered from dyslexia and was considered legally blind without his glasses.

Jay LenoJay Leno
His struggle with dyslexia is what he credits as helping him develop drive and perseverance needed to succeed in comedy and in life.

Greg LouganisGreg Louganis
“From the start, I had trouble reading, but it got really bad once we got past single words and simple sentences. What I couldn’t explain - what I didn’t realize - was that I was dyslexic.” - Greg Louganis

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