A-Z of Famous People with Dyslexia
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Anthony Andrews – Actor
Kirsty Alsopp – TV presenter
Damon Albarn – Singer / Song writer
Muhammad Ali – Former Boxer
Fred Astaire – Actor
B
David Bailey – Photographer
Louis Barnett- Chocolatier / Entrepreneur
Michael Barrymore – TV personality
Orlando Bloom – Actor
Marlon Brando – Actor
Richard Branson – Entrepreneur
Sarah Brightman – Actor / Singer
Alexander Graham Bell – Inventor
Darcey Bussell – Ballet dancer
Harry Belafonte – Actor / Singer
George Burns – Entertainer
C
Gary Chapman – Film script writer
Cher – Singer
Agatha Christie – Writer
Margi Clarke – TV presenter and actor
Steven J Connell – TV writer and author
Chuck Close – Artist
Brian Conley – Comedian and actor
Tom Cruise – Actor
D
Roald Dahl – Author
Leonardo da Vinci – Artist
Patrick Dempsey – Actor
Walt Disney – Film producer
Kristian Digby – TV presenter
Duchess of York
E
Thomas Edison – Inventor
Albert Einstein – Scientist
Bella Emberg – TV personality and comedian
Ben Elton – Comedian
Erin Pizzey- Started first women’s refuge
F
Sophy Fisher – Journalist
Lorna Fitzsimmons – MP
David Fogel – Buying and Merchandising Director of Hamleys
Esther Freud – Novelist
Harrison Ford – Actor
Michael Faraday – Chemist and Physicist
Dustin Hoffman – Actor
G
Noel Gallagher – Singer
AA Gill – Journalist
Whoopi Goldberg – Actor
Bill Gates – Microsoft Chairman
Duncan Goodhew – Former Olympic Swimmer
Antony Gormley – Sculptor
Danny Glover – Actor
Hamish Grant – Chief Executive of Axeon
Nanci Griffith – Folk singer
H
Jerry Hall – Model
Susan Hampshire – Actor
Guy Hands – EMI Chairman
Woody Harrelson – Actor
Lord Philip Harris – Entrepreneur and millionaire
Salma Hayek – Actor
Johnny Herbert – Formula One racing Driver
Tommy Hilfiger – Designer
Anthony Hopkins – Actor
Jack Horner – Palaeontologist
Bob Hoskins – Actor
Louise Hunt – Actor
Carol Harrison – Actor
I
John Irving – Author
Eddie Izzard – Comedian
J
Steve Jobs – Founder of Apple
Magic Johnson – Basketball player
K
Felicity Kendall – Actor
Nigel Kennedy – Violinist
Jodie Kidd – Supermodel
Keira Knightley – Actor
Ingvar Kamprad – Founder of Ikea
L
Lara Flynn Boyle – Actress
Jay Leno – TV presenter
Kenny Logan – Rugby Player
Lynda La Plante – TV writer
John Lennon – Musician
Carl Lewis – Olympian
Sandy Lyle – Golfer
M
Charles Rennie Mackintosh – Artist and designer
Lord McAlpine
Simon Menzies – Painter
Mika – Singer
Paul Merson – Footballer
Sarah Miles – Actor
Jo Malone – Retailer
John Madjeski – Businessman
Kim Marsh – Actor
James Martin – Chef
O
Dominic O’Brien – Word Memory Champion
Jamie Oliver – Chef
Ozzy Osbourne – Rock Star
P
Theo Paphitis – Chairman/Chief Executive – Ryman and Partners
Marco Pierre-White – Chef
River Phoenix – Actor
Pablo Picasso – Artist
R
Prince Harry
Princess Beatrice
Sir Steven Redgrave – Former Olympic Rower
Oliver Reed – Actor
Beryl Reid – Actor
Auguste Rodin – Sculptor
Zara Reid – Businesswoman
Guy Ritchie – Director
Auguste Rodin – Sculptor
Lord Richard Rogers – Architect
Lee Ryan – Singer
S
Eric Shipton – Mountaineer and Explorer
Sir Jackie Stewart – Racing Driver
Peter Stringfellow – Businessman
Matthew Sturgis – Journalist
Steven Spielberg – Director
Sylvester Stallone – Actor
Rick Stein – Chef
Imogen Stubbs – Actor
Jo Self – Artist
Joss Stone – Singer
T
Mackenzie Thorpe – Artist
Anthea Turner – TV presenter
Liv Tyler – Actor
Billy Bob Thornton – Actor
Brian Turner – Chef
V
Kevin Viner – Chef
W
Henry Winkler – Actor/Author
Ben Way – Entrepreneur
Zelda West-Meads – Relationship counsellor
Ruby Wax – TV presenter
James Whale – Presenter
Andy Warhol – Artist
David Whiffen – Chef
Marco Pierre White – Chef
Mark Wilkinson – Furniture Designer
Toyah Wilcox – TV personality
Lord Willis – Author
Terence Woodgate – Furniture Designer
Zoe Wannamaker – Actor
Lindsay Wagnar – Actor
Y
William Butler Yeats – Poet
Murray Lachlan Young – Poet
Z
Benjamin Zephaniah – Poet