List of famous left-handed people

Contents 1 Actors and Actresses 2 Artists 3 Authors 4 Comedians 5 Criminals 6 Historical Figures 7 Intellectuals 8 Musicians 9 Politicians 10 Royalty 11 Sportsmen and Sportswomen 12 Miscellaneous

Actors and Actresses

• June Allyson (1917-2006), American actress

• Drew Barrymore (1975- ), American actress and producer

• Kenneth Branagh (1960- ),  Northern Irish actor

• Joe E. Brown (1892-1973), American actor and comedian

• Jim Carrey (1962- ), Canadian-American actor/comedian

• Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British-born actor and comedian

• Danny Cooksey American musician, actor, and voice actor famous for role on Salute Your Shorts

• Tom Cruise (1962- ), American actor

• Robert De Niro (1943- ), American actor

• Matt Dillon (1964- ), American actor

• David Duchovny (1960 - ), American actor

• Morgan Freeman (1937- ), American actor

• Judy Garland (1922-1969), American actress and singer

• Brad Garrett (1960- ), American actor and comedian

• Missy Gold (1970- ), child actor and psychologist

• Whoopi Goldberg (1955- ), American actress

• Scarlett Johansson (1984- ), American actress

• Angelina Jolie (1975- ), American actress

• Nicole Kidman (1967- ), Australian actress

• Ricki Lake (1968- ), American actress and talk show hostess

• Michael Landon (1936-1991), American actor and director

• Caroline McWilliams (1945- ), American actress

• Roger E. Mosley (1938- ), American actor

• Don Most (1953- ), American actor

• Kim Novak (1933- ), American actress

• Mary-Kate Olsen (1986- ), American actress

• Brad Pitt (1963- ), American actor

• Keanu Reeves (1964- ), Canadian-American actor

• Julia Roberts (1967-), American actress

• Sylvester Stallone (1946- ), American actor

• Bruce Willis (1955- ),  German-born American actor

• Demond Wilson (1946- ), American actor

• Owen Wilson, American actor

Artists

• Milton Caniff (1907-1988), American cartoonist

• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519),  Italian artist and engineer

• M. C. Escher (1898-1971), Dutch artist

• Matt Groening (1954- ), American cartoonist

• Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Italian artist

• Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish artist

Authors

• Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish playwriter

• Bill Bryson (1951- ), American author

• Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), (1932-1898), British writer and mathematician

• Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer

• James Michener (1925- ), U. S. novelist

Comedians

• Jeremy Beadle (1948-2008), English entertainer

• Carol Burnett (1937?- ), American comedienne

• Danny Kaye (1913-1987), American comedian

• Dane Cook (1972-), American comedian and actor

• Jay Leno (1950- ), American comedian and television host

• Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), French mime

• Harpo Marx (1889-1964), American comedian and harpist

• Rik Mayall (1958- ), English comedian and actor

• Richard Pryor (1940-2006), U. S. comedian and actor

• Jerry Seinfeld (1954- ), American comedian

• Jon Stewart (1962-), American comedian and television host

• Dick Van Dyke (1938- ), American comedian and actor

Criminals

• Arthur Leigh Allen (1933-1992), American prime suspect in the Zodiac murders

• Ted Bundy (1946-1989), American serial killer

• Albert DeSalvo (1931-1973), confessed to being the Boston Strangler

• John Dillinger (1892-1934), American criminal

• Jack the Ripper, English serial killer

• Dylan Klebold (1981-1999) , American perpetrator of the Columbine High School Massacre

• Osama bin Laden (1957-2011 ), Arabian believed founder of Al-Qaeda

Historical Figures

• Buzz Aldrin (1930- ), American astronaut

• Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British politician

• Alexander the Great (356 B. C.-323 B.C.), Macedonian conqueror

• Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French military and political leader

• Julius Caesar (100BC-44BC), Roman leader

• Joan of Arc (1412-1431), medieval Alsatian crusader

• Lord Nelson (1758-1805), English Admiral

• Tiberius (42 B. C. -A. D. 37), Roman emperor

Intellectuals

• Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish historian

• Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish scientist

• James DeKay, American humorist and author; wrote several books on left-handedness

• Albert Einstein (1879-1955),German-American physicist

• Ehud (fl. 12th c. B. C.), Israelite judge

• Hamid Hassani (1968-), Iranian lexicographer

• Iusty X (1986-),  Romanian site administrator

• Mark I Moore (1977-), American hydrologist and psysicist

Musicians

• David Archuleta (1990- ), Season 7 American Idol Contestant

• Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), German composer and musician

• David Bowie (1947- ), English singer/songwriter

• David Byrne (1952- ), American musician

• Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), American musician

• Billy Corgan (1967- ), American musician

• Celine Dion (1968- ), Canadian singer

• Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) (1941- ), American composer and singer

• Eminem (1972), American rap artist

• Bob Geldof (1951- ), Irish singer and political activist

• Noel Gallagher (1967- ), English musician

• Jimi Hendrix (1936-1970), American musician

• Tim Armstrong (1966) , Rancid,Transplants American musician

• John Lydon (1956- ), English musician

• Paul McCartney (1942- ), English musician

• George Michael (1963- ), English singer/songwriter

• Cole Porter (1891-1964), American songwriter

• Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman) (1951-2001), Jewish singer/songwriter

• Ringo Starr (1940- ), English musician

• Rudy Vallee (1901-1986), U.S. musician and bandleader

Politicians

• George Herbert Walker Bush (1924- ), U. S. President

• Fidel Castro (1926- ), Cuban leader

• Bill Clinton (1945- ), U. S. President

• Bob Dole (1923- ), U. S. politician

• Joseph Estrada (1937- ), Filipino President

• Gerald Ford (1913-2007), U. S. President

• James Garfield (1841-1881), U. S. President

• Al Gore (1948- ), U. S. politician

• Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), U. S. President

• John McCain (1936- ), U.S. Senator from Arizona and Presidential candidate

• Barack Obama (1961- ), U.S. President and former U.S. Senator from Illinois

• H. Ross Perot (1930- ), American businessman and Presidential candidate

• Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), U. S. President

• Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979), American politician and businessman

• Harry Truman (1884-1972), U. S. President

Royalty

• Prince Charles (1948- ), Prince of England

• Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), Queen of England and the Queen Mother

• George VI (1895-1952), King of England

• Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of England

• Prince William (1982- ), Prince of England

Sportsmen and Sportswomen

• Dennis Anderson (1960- ), American monster truck driver

• Earl Anthony (1938-2001), American bowler

• Carmen Basilio (1927- ), Italian boxer

• Vida Blue (1949- ), American baseball pitcher

• John Cena (1977- ), American professional wrestler

• Bobby Charlton (1937- ), English football player

• Jack Clements (1864-1941), American baseball player, rare left-handed catcher

• Jim Corbett (1866-1933), American boxer

• Lou Gehrig (1903-1941), American baseball player and victim of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Gehrig's disease

• David Gower (1957- ), English cricket player

• Charlie Grimm (1898-1983), American baseball player and manager; "baseball's only left-handed banjo player"

• Harvey Haddix (1925-1994), American baseball pitcher; pitched extra-inning perfect game and lost

• Ben Hogan (1912- ), American golfer

• Reggie Jackson (1943- ), American baseball player

• Sandy Koufax (1935- ), American baseball pitcher

• Diego Maradona (1960- ), Argentine football player

• John McEnroe (1959- ), American tennis player

• Martina Navratilova (1958- ), Czech-born tennis player

• Joe Nuxhall (1928-2007), American baseball pitcher; youngest major-league player in the modern era

• Pelé (1940- ), Brazilian soccer player

• Paula Radcliffe (1973- ), British long-distance runner

• Taylor Rochestie (1985- ), American basketball player

• Valentino Rossi (1979- ), Italian motorcycle racer

• Greg Rusedski (1973- ), British tennis player

• Babe Ruth (1895-1948), American baseball player

• Monica Seles (1973-), American tennis player

• Ayrton Senna (1960-1994) Brazilian formula one driver

• Ken Stabler (1945- ), ("The Snake") American football quarterback

• Casey Stengel (1890-1975), American baseball player and manager

• George Edward "Rube" Waddell (1876-1914), American baseball pitcher and eccentric

• Jimmy White (1962- ), English snooker player

• Mark J. Williams (1975- ), Welsh snooker player

• Steve Young (1961- ), American football quarterback

• Jim Zorn (1953- ), American football quarterback

Miscellaneous

• F. Lee Bailey (1933- ), American lawyer

• James Cameron (1954- ), Film director

• Roland Chen (1990- ), Film director

• Ned Flanders, fictional character in The Simpsons

• Bill Gates (1955- ), American Founder and Chairman of Microsoft

• Uri Geller (1946- ), Israeli paranormalist

• Lauren Greenberg (1991- ), Artist

• Kermit the Frog, Jim Henson Muppet

• Vin Scully (1927- ), American sports announcer

• Sally Kuchar (1983- ), American Interior Designer

• Bart Simpson (1987- ), one of The Simpsons

• Oprah Winfrey (1954- ), American talk show host

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