Famous People With Dyslexia

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From Tom Cruise to Keira Knightly, the following famous people with dyslexia have harnessed their talents and are leading creative and extremely successful lives. They are living with their dyslexia and using their special talents in a variety of ways.

Famous Dyslexic-Orlando Bloom

Louise Arnold English author.
Abhishek Bachchan Bollywood actor.
Michael Bennet U.S. Senator from Colorado.
Marcus Brigstocke English comedian and satirist.
Orlando Bloom actor

Jeremy Bonderman baseball player
Richard Branson entrepreneur
Erin Brockovich legal clerk.
Octavia Butler science fiction author
Carl XVI Gustaf King of Sweden

Stephen J. Cannell creator of shows such as The A-Team
Dave Chalk Canadian broadcaster and technology journalist
John Chambers CEO of Cisco
Cher singer and actress, and her daughter, Chastity Bono
Anderson Cooper American journalist
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Tom Cruise actor
John de Lancie actor
Samuel R. Delany science fiction author and literary critic
Patrick Dempsey actor
Michael Dudikoff actor

Alexander Faludy youngest Cambridge undergraduate for 200 years
Fannie Flagg comedienne and author
Richard Ford author
Noel Gallagher musician
Mike Gravel former United States Senator

Susan Hampshire actress
Anthony Hopkins actor
John Irving novelist
Bruce Jenner athlete
Ingvar Kamprad industrialist, founder of IKEA
Keira Knightley dyslexia

Keira Knightley actress
Willem Johan Kolff physician
J. F. Lawton writer, producer and director
Jay Leno talk show host and comedian
Kenny Logan rugby player

Dorrit Moussaieff First Lady of Iceland
Shlomo Moussaieff Jewelry businessman and Bible expert
Don Mullan Irish author, producer and humanitarian
Paul Oakenfold record producer and Trance DJ
Jamie Oliver chef and television host

Paul Orfalea founder of FedEx Kinko's
Ozzy Osbourne musician
Scott Quinnell Rugby player
Daniel Powter singer and songwriter
Keanu Reeves actor

Guy Ritchie film director
Richard Rogers Architect
Lee Ryan Singer and songwriter
Rex Ryan head coach, New York Jets
Bryan Singer film director

Charles Schwab founder of U.S. brokerage firm
Jo Self Artist
Jackie Stewart racing driver Famous Dyslexic-Joss Stone

Joss Stone singer
Helen B. Taussig cardiologist

Lindsay Wagner actress
Ben Way entrepreneur
Bob Weir guitarist
Henry Winkler actor, spokesman for the Dyslexia Foundation
Benjamin Zephaniah poet

Thank you to wikipedia.org for information and photos.

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