HIT: Famous People -- Learning Disabilities, part 3

[Elizabeth Hart <ehart@supreme.cde.ca.gov>]

Here is the last part on famous people with disablilities.  Thanks again to
everyone who sent me information.

 Famous People Who Stutter
>
> IN THE PAST
>
> Moses -- Hebrew prophet, whose brother Aaron spoke for him.
>
> Demosthenes -- the greatest orator of ancient Greece, who practiced
> speaking with pebbles in his mouth to improve articulation, shouted
> above the ocean waves to improve his volume, and worked with a actor in
> reciting Sophocles and Euripedes to coordinate his voice and gestures.
>
> Aesop -- Greek author of fables.
>
> Vergil -- Roman poet.
>
> Claudius -- Roman emperor.  Robert Graves' novel I, Claudius suggests
> that Claudius overplayed his disabilities as a young man, to avoid being
> murdered by enemies seeking his place in line to the throne.  But when
> he became emperor, Claudius was powerful and successful.
>
> Dekanawida -- Great leader who invented democratic government and united
> the Iroquois nation, sixteenth century.
>
> Isaac Newton -- Scientist, developed law of gravity, invented calculus.
>
> Charles I -- King of England, 1625-1649, during the English Civil War.
> His inability to speak to Parliament "had an unfavorable influence on
> his affairs."  Charles lost the war and was hanged.
>
> Robert Boyle -- British chemist, known for his experiments on the
> properties of gases.
>
> Erasmus Darwin -- Physician, scientist, and grandfather of Charles
> Darwin.
>
> Charles Darwin -- Naturalist and author of The Origin of Species.
>
> Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) -- Discovered oxygen, ammonia, carbon
> monoxide.  Wrote U.S. Constitution's statements on personal freedom.
>
> Charles Lamb -- Nineteenth-century British writer.  He was not allowed
> to pursue a scholarly education because of his stuttering, but worked as
> an accountant and wrote on the side.
>
> Leigh Hunt -- Nineteenth-century British writer, founded the liberal
> Examiner newspaper.
>
> Charles Canon Kingsley -- Nineteenth-century English orator, writer, and
> chaplain to Queen Victoria.
>
> Arnold Bennett -- British novelist and playwright (1867-1931).
>
> Clara Barton -- Founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
>
> Cotton Mather -- Puritan leader, medical scientist, prosecuted Salem
> witch trials.  Fasting and prayers failed to affect his speech, but
> speaking in a "drawling...little short of Singing" enabled him to become
> a preacher.
>
> Lewis Carroll -- Author of Alice in Wonderland.  Carroll wasn't allowed
> to become a priest because of his stuttering.
>
> Henry James -- American novelist.
>
> Marilyn Monroe -- Actress, who used a breathy way of speaking to avoid
> stuttering.
>
> Kim Philby -- British spy.  Stuttering once saved his life, by
> confounding a fast-paced interrogator.
>
> Winston Churchill -- Prime minister of Great Britain in World War Two.
> Churchill hummed discreetly to himself to get his vocal folds vibrating,
> and prepared his remarks in advance.  Churchill wrote: "I wrote out my
> arguments with the greatest care, and than learned them backwards and
> forwards...Not many people guessed how little spontaneity of conception,
> fullness of knowledge, or flow of language there was behind this fairly
> imposing facade."  Churchill tried to anticipate issues weeks in advance
> to prepare his remarks.
>
> Aneurin Bevan -- British Labor Party leader in the 1930s.  Bevan was
> Churchill's opponent in Parliament.  To overcome stuttering, Bevan
> forced himself to do public speaking as often as possible, and did so
> with his passions aroused.   Bevan developed an extraordinary vocabulary
> by substituting words to avoid stuttering.  He was regarded as the best
> orator in the Parliament except for Churchill.
>
> Nevil Shute -- English novelist and aeronautical engineer.
>
> Elizabeth Bowen -- Anglo-Irish novelist.
>
> W. Somerset Maugham -- British writer.
>
> Edward Hoagland -- American writer.
>
> Henry Luce -- Founder of Time magazine and Sports Illustrated.
>
> Field Marshall Lord Carver -- British military leader.
>
> Patrick Campbell -- British humorist.
>
> George VI -- King of England, 1937-52, father of Queen Elizabeth II, and
> much-loved by his subjects.
>
> Kenneth Tynan -- British drama critic.
>
> Raymond Massey -- Actor.
>
> Lord David Cecil -- Professor of English literature at Oxford.
>
> John Slaughter -- Elected Cochise County, Arizona sheriff in 1886 with a
> mandate to clean up Tombstone, after Wyatt Earp's 1881 shoot-out.
>
> CONTEMPORARY FIGURES
>
> James Earl Jones -- Actor, voice of Darth Vader and CNN, most in-demand
> voice in Hollywood.  Jones discusses his stuttering at length in his
> autobiography.
>
> Ben Johnson -- Runner.
>
> Bob Love -- Basketball star with Chicago Bulls in 1960s and 1970s.
>
> Ron Harper -- Current star with the Chicago Bulls.
>
> Paul Johnson -- Detective novelist, author of Killing The Blues.
>
> Margaret Drabble -- British novelist.
>
> Tommy John -- Former Yankee pitcher.
>
> Dave Taylor -- Former hockey star with L.A. Kings.
>
> Lester Hayes -- Former All-Pro defensive back with the Oakland/ Los
> Angeles Raiders.
>
> Ken Venturi -- Golfer, won U.S. Open in 1961.
>
> Butch Baird -- Golfer.
>
> John Updike -- Novelist.  Until recent years he avoided interviews.
>
> Annie Glenn -- Wife of astronaut and Senator John Glenn.
>
> Carly Simon -- Singer.
>
> Mel Tillis -- Country-western singer.
>
> Richard Condon -- Novelist.
>
> Jake Eberts -- Movie producer ("Gandhi").
>
> Frank Wolf -- Congressman from Virginia.
>
> Joseph Biden -- Senator from Delaware.
>
> Jack Welch -- President of General Electric.
>
> Thad Spencer -- Boxer.
>
> Henry Rogers -- Public relations pioneer.
>
> Bo Jackson -- Football and baseball star.
>
> John Stossel -- Television reporter, ABC's "20/20".
>
> Chris Zorich -- Football player, Chicago Bears.
>
> Robert Heinlein -- Science fiction novelist.
>
> Pat Leahy -- Football player, New York Jets.
>
> Sam Neill -- Actor.
>
> Peggy Lipton -- Actress.
>
> Robert Merrill -- Opera singer.
>
> John Melendez -- Rock singer, and Howard Stern radio show personality.
>
> Howard Bingham -- Muhammed Ali's best friend and photographer, was in
> the O.J. Simpson trial.
>
> John Larkin -- "Scatman John", American jazz musician.
>
Elizabeth Hart
Library Technical Assistant
California School for the Blind
Fremont, CA  94536
ehart@csb.cde.ca.gov

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