In Good Company

Famous people with dyslexia. This partial list was compiled from a range of sources (books,
articles, newspapers and websites.)

Author/Writers/Journalists
Georges Bernard Shaw Jeanne Betancourt
Victor Villasenor Agatha Christie
Jules Verne Patricia Polacco
Zelda West-Meads Edward Hallowell, MD
Edgar Allan Poe Lynda La Plante
Alexander Pope F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rudvard Kipling Tomina Edmark
Hans Christian Anderson Sophie Fisher
Mark Twain Stephen J. Cannell
Milton Dale S. Brown
Esther Freud Alex Cohen
Jonathan Dalby Robert Scheer
Gustave Faubert Nola D. Chee
Sophy Fisher Eileen Simpson
Dorothy Einon Earnest Hemingway
A.A. Gill Debbie Macomber
Matthew Sturgis Patricia Polacco
Lord Willis Girard Sagmiller
William Butler Yeats Prophet Joseph Smith
Murray Lachlan Young Elizabeth Daniels Squire
Gary Chapman Victor Villasenor

Artists
Pablo Ruiz Picvasso Leonardo Da Vinci
Vincent VanGogh David Bailey
Chuck Close Robert Rauschenberg
John Irving Mozart
Auguste Rodin Beethoven
François Schuiten Anthony Gormley

Politicians/Military/Aviation
General George S. Patton Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill Benjamin Franklin
Georges Washington Carolyn McCarthy
William Childs Westmoreland George Bush
Woodrow Wilson Frank Dunkle
Nelson Rockefeller Charles Lindburgh
Thomas H. Kean Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy Nicholas Brady
Lorna Fitzsimmons Andrew Jackson

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Albert Einstein Scientists/Inventors/Researchers/Medicine/Education/Law
Sir Isaac Newton
Eli Whitney Ann Bancroft
John VonNeumann Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison Harvey Cushing
Michael Faraday
William Lear
Dr. Matthew Lovelock Jon R. Horner
John Robert Skoyles Galileo
Jeffrey H. Gallet Steven Hawkings
Erin Brockovich Louis Pasteur
David Boies Dr. Larry Silver
Dr. Simon Clemmet Paul Ehrlich
Fred Epstein Dr. Donald Lyman
Nancy L. Sonnabend Dr. Elizabeth Wiig
William Matthew Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Dr. Helen Taussig Dr. Ann McGee-Cooper William Simmons, MD
John W. House, M.D. Sylvia Law
John Horner Werner Von Braun
Charles Darwin

Business
Nicholas Negroponte Terry Bowersock
Wright Brothers Stephen Bacque
Charles Schwab John Corcoran
Alex Strauss Fred Curry
Alex Branson William Hewlett
Paul J. Orfalea F.W. Woolworth
Henry Ford Mark Torrance
Anita Roddick Russell Varian
Fred Curry Craig McCaw
Drexel Burnham Fred Friendly
G. Chris Anderson Mike Drury
Bill Gates Hamish Grant
Ronald Davis David Fogel
Neil Bush Lord Alex Rogers
Malcome Goodridge Mike Norris
William Doyle John Chambers
Weyerhauser family Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Wrigley

Royalty
Olaf – King of Norway (and his children) Prince Charles
King Carl XVI of Sweden Prince William
Duke of Westminster

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Cher Actors/Musicians/Singers/Television/Movies
Whoopi Goldberg
Brian Conley Susan Hampshire
Tom Cruise Margi Clarke
Anthony Andrews Adie Allen
Henry Winkler Fanny Flagg
Marlon Brando Walt Disney
Sarah Brightman Harry Anderson
Georges C. Scott Anthony Andrews
Lindsay Wagner Harry Belafonte
Tom Smothers George Burns
Sylvester Stallone Fred Astaire
Michael Barrymore Enrico Caruso
Steve McQueen Jay Lenno
Edward Matthew Olmos Brad Little
Danny Glover Robin Williams
Tracey Gold Harrison Ford
Bob Jiminez Zsa Zsa Gabor
David Jones Dustin Hoffman
Noel Gallagher Jack Nicholson
Liam Gallagher Guy Ritchie
Loretta Young Anthea Turner
Felicity Kendall
Oliver Reed

Eric Wynalda Athletes

Russell White
Nolan Ryan Bruce Jenner
Jackie Stewart Ellie Hawkins
Greg Louganis Sir Steven Redgrave
Dexter Manley Dennis Bergkamp
Dan O’Brian Chris Boardman
Muhammad Ali Peter Rose
Magic Johnson Carl Lewis
Brooke Theiss
Joe Montana