Famous People
Famous Persons With Learning Differences
Inventors/Engineers/Scientists
Leonardo da Vinci
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Graham Bell
Galileo
Wright Brothers
Werner von Braun
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Stephen Hawkings
Jack R. Horner
Russell Varian
Albert Einstein
Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr.
Reyn Guyer
Nancy L. Sonnabend
Military/Political
Winston Churchill
Gregory Boyington
Prince Charles
King Karl XI of Sweden
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Westmoreland
George Patton
John F. Kennedy
George Bush
Lee Kuan Yew
Eddie Rickenbacker
Robert Kennedy
Gaston Caperton
James Carville
Finance/Entrepreneurs
Nelson Rockerfeller
Wrigley
Charles Schwab
Weyerhauser Family
F.W. Woolworth
Stephen Bacque
Terry Bowersock
John Corcoran
Fred Curry
Paul J. Orfalea
Richard Strauss
Craig McCaw
David Murdock
Richard Branson
Physicians/Psychiatrists
Dr. Red Duke
Edward Hallowell M.D.
William James
Harvey Cushing
Dr. Fred Epstein
Florence Haseltine
Educators/Curators
Thomas H. Kean
Sylvia Law
William Simmons
John Horner
Authors/Story Tellers/Poets
Hans Christian Anderson
Jules Verne
Agatha Christie
William Butler Yeats
John Corcoran
Patricia Polacco
George Bernard Shaw
Avi
Dale S. Brown
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fannie Flagg
Nola D. Chee
Gustave Flaubert
Victor Villasenor
Tomima Edmark
Artists
Walt Disney
Leonardo da Vinci
Rodin
Robert Rauschenbert
August Rodin
Musicians/Singers
Mozart
Harry Belafonte
Cher
Beethoven
John Lennon
Bobby Weir
Athletes
Bruce Jenner
Carl Lewis
“Magic” Johnson
Jackie Stewart
Pete Rose
Greg Louganis
Duncan Goodhew
Jason Kidd
Ellie Hawkins
Nolan Ryan
Russel White
Eric Wynalda
David Jones
Ann Bancroft
Film Directors
Quentin Tarantino
Stephen J. Cannell
Henry Winkler
Performers
George Burns
George C. Scott
Danny Glover
Harry Belafonte
Dustin Hoffman
Harrison Ford
Richard Farnsworth
Steve McQueen
Cher
Fannie Flagg 
Tom Smothers
Henry Winkler
Whoopi Goldberg
Suzanne Somers
Lindsay Wagner
Robin Williams
Jay Leno
Tracy Gold
Tom Cruise
Mariel Hemingway
Edward James Olmos
Bill Daley
Orlando Bloom
Harry Anderson
Note: While not all of the above have been “officially diagnosed” they have reportedly exhibited many of the signs of ADD, ADHD, and/or LD/Dyslexia. Information Deemed Reliable But Not Guaranteed.
