70 Famous Dyslexics

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Dyslexia is a learning disability that can often be devastating if untreated. People who suffer from dyslexia primarily have trouble with written language, both reading and writing. Despite having this affliction, many people overcome it to lead normal and successful lives. We’ve compiled a list of 70 well known people who suffered (or were thought to suffer) from dyslexia, some of whom will definitely surprise you. On to the list:

Scott Adams
The trained hypnotist, vegetarian and creator of the comic strip “Dilbert” noticed his dyslexia when he worked as a bank teller and couldn’t get his totals to balance at the end of the day.

Muhammad Ali
The boxer barely graduated from high school and also has a daughter who is dyslexic.

Harry Anderson
He played Judge Harry Stone on “Night Court” and was able to deal with his dyslexia enough to be valedictorian on his high school class.

Tim Armstrong
Rancid’s singer/guitarist has never had a driver’s license or bank account due to his dyslexia.

Alexander Graham Bell
The inventor of the telephone reportedly overcome his dyslexia.

Billy Blanks
He created exercise craze Tae-Bo but struggled early on when he was placed in special education classes due to undiagnosed dyslexia.

Orlando Bloom
The actor once said, “Dyslexia is not due to lack of intelligence, it’s a lack of access. It’s like, if you’re dyslexic, you have all the information you need, but find it harder to process.” He now considers himself “mildly dyslexic.”

Laura Flynn Boyle
Known for her role in “The Practice” from 1997 to 2003.

Richard Branson
He dropped out of school at age 16 after doing poorly in school but later founded the very successful Virgin Records.

Erin Brockovich
She struggled in school and wasn’t diagnosed until later in life. She helped win a $333 million class action lawsuit that is the largest in U.S. history.

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On November 12th 2008, cheska wrote:

nice collection very inspiring for people with dyslexuia. i can relate because my brother has one too. he was branded as slow learner and lazy or lacking effort. but i always believed in him. and i'm glad i did.
On December 30th 2008, JRMirador wrote:

I wanted to be a medical doctor, but I thought I was too dumb to make it through medical school. It was before the concept of dyslexia even existed. Studying myself I discovered that dyslexia is more than a learning dissability. It's an abnormal neurological configuration, in the line of autism, or schizophrenia. The clue arrived one morning upon waking, when I noticed I had dreampt backwards, that is, I dreampt the ending of my dream first, and instantaneously filled the details up to the beginning. One day I had a motorcycle accident, and found myself suspended in midair, time and movement frozen, except my thougths, enough to plan my fall. Now I'm a folk healer in the hills north of Azua.
On January 19th 2009, Jeff Dyslexia Treatm wrote:

Hi there you have some amazing content on here.

My own site just explains some famous dyslexics but what I like about yours is the pictures. For dyslexics they need pictures to make sense of the world.

Thanks for this content I will be back.

Jeff
On February 12th 2009, Designer wrote:

interesting…. thanks for the list
On April 15th 2009, Planet Bubbles Unive wrote:

Dsylexia ya that's what I am. I used to find it a burden. Now its a blessing. It's a bit funny that everyone has a piece on what it is and isn't. Really it's many different things and shows in many different ways. I can see an answer, but don't know how I got there. In college, I used to just pick the right answer and scribble out the math part, hoping it looked good. It always worked. Now, thanks to spell check I can communicate better. Before retirement I was a teacher in public school, and my 'disability' was a great help to students needing my kind of help. Now I'm an artist. Some days life is hard, but mostly it's great, just like a normal person.
On July 7th 2009, benja wrote:

really interesting, some really big names in that list!
On September 22nd 2009, grace simpson wrote:

i dont no if i am dislexcic but im am a weak speller as you can see. i read many books like Edie Blyton and Stephany Myers. i am 13 years old
On October 10th 2009, blinking nuisance wrote:

i think that everybody should learn a different language, i'm teaching my cat to bark!!
On December 3rd 2009, sachki wrote:

I have a small child that is dsylexia and she is a hard worker and is very poliet and I do not treat her any diff from her other sister who is not dsylexia. I love them the same and wished that the schools had more programs for my child because I know that she is not the only one who has this learning disorder.
On December 8th 2009, believe in your self wrote:

i have dyslexia and i work my hardest all the time but for teachers it's neaver good enouf.having dyslexia dose not make you any different.it means you find things harder and you have to work harder to achieve your goal in life even low it seams so far away.i am rubbish at math and not good a spelling when i read i get distracted easy.my school dose not believe me when i say i have dyslexia they don't give me help or understand that i need

they don't give me extra time in exams.i think that all teacher should be tough how to spot the signs of dyslexia and how to help.i have struggled through school.i think people with dyslexia should get help as it will help you in life.if you think your dyslexia go find out. =-)
On December 12th 2009, lankavey kellek wrote:

Exposed CEO: Tom Cruise is dyslexic
On January 6th 2010, Sheena wrote:

I am a support assistant in a secondary school in Scotland. I work with children with varying levels of dyslexia. I learn from every child that I work with and try to get them to use different coloured highlighters to help break down bigger pieces of text into small bits. It seems to help if work is more spaced out or large print photocopies.

I love my job and feel very privileged to be a part of children's education.
On January 18th 2010, Warren N MacKenzie wrote:

I am a really, really old man and after seeing the 70 dyslexic persons,the photos, no amount of words have help me know……….."I AM" OK! So many years of self condemnation by the man who should of been a mentor. Hop Scotch, skipping rope was a life style because I was tough shame, blame, humiliation. I always say: "we dyslexics start slow, go slow but always get there on time!"

I believe I have now a purpose in life and in part, it is one of the last things I do is to broud cast, pulish

to the public and dyslexics a like: ignorance or lack is coming to an end. I have some ideas how to do this, but I will take any and all information that will help me in this "ministry" at [email protected] What a blessing this site has been to me.

God Bless WNM
On February 8th 2010, Cell phone tracking wrote:

People struggled to their success, I do not think that anyone make achievements just because of his/her talents.

And those who are not "normal" peopel tend to be more successful because the work harder.
On March 2nd 2010, believe in yor self wrote:

i am 14 and i have dyslexic and i have struggled through school mainly secondary school in northern Ireland my schools in Carrickfergus its called Downshire and it wont help people with dyslexic if they are in the top class they told me their as no such thing as dyslexic in their school not right but i do have this to say go for it you may feel stupid but you not.
On March 20th 2010, MotherLioness wrote:

People with Dyslexia are GIFTED! PLEASE read "The Gift of Dyslexia" by Ronald D. Davis. Visit the website http://www.dyslexia.com for more info. It is amazing, informative and will show you that brilliant people did great things BECAUSE of their Dyslexia …. not in spite of it. Dyslexia does not need to be stomped out of people, nor do they need to be "cured" of it. They just need to be corrected in how Dyslexia effects there perception of symbols (letters, numbers, punctuation etc.) My 8 year old daughter is Dyslexic and The Gift of Dyslexia has thrown me a life line of hope for her and her future.
On July 9th 2010, SloDawg7 wrote:

I’ve found if you have a problem with d or b think of the capital letter B then I can get it straight
On July 14th 2010, ashdjkadh wrote:

I am dyslexic and it hard in school, i knew the stuff i just hard too read it. then in 4th gr i was at a 5 year old (even younger reading level! witch i found out i had it!

at first i was mad, but i know i realiz i have i mildy and there are people worser and there are people that know what it is like.

i go to reading, get different spelling word, go to get my hand writing neater at this 1 class, and get test read and books on tape, and teacher dont let me read out lound, and i dont get speeling or grammer counted. So if you are dyslexic you are not alone.
On December 12th 2010, hannah. wrote:

I have dyslexia, and it is soooooooooo hard to read!
On February 20th 2011, Brian wrote:

I have dyslexia. Many people think that it’s all about spelling and grammar, but that’s only part of it. A dyslexics persons brain has to work 3 times as hard than a normal persons brain even just for every day activities like watching a movie or learning a poem. This means that someone with dyslexia can physically get 10 A’s in the leaving cert, but they would need the right learning techniques and it would probably take them 10 years to do – not the designated 2 years
On May 24th 2011, Jennifer Pritchard wrote:

I am an English woman who lives in Western Australia and my friend is currently fighting for THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. Dyslexia in WA is currently not seen as a Disability so no funding or help is available to our children. We need a public figure to help bring some attention to our cause. If you could help us please contact me. Thank You