List of people who are left-handed
This is a list of people who are left-handed, sorted by occupation. Left-handedness is a designation of human handedness where the left hand is more dominant in precision, speed, and ability; typically serving as the writing hand. Right-handedness is more prevalent in the world population, with estimates at 90% or more, making left-handedness a distinctive trait.[1] Urban legend has generated myriad theories about left-handed people's superior intellect, reduced longevity, or even likelihood of mental illness, though these theories have been proven inaccurate.[2][3][4]
Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, is left-handed
Actors and actresses
- Jason Alexander, American actor.[5]
- Tim Allen, American actor.[6]
- Fred Astaire, American actor, dancer and singer.[7]
- Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor.[8]
- Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor.[8]
- Kim Basinger, American actress.[9]
- Jason Bateman, American actor.[10]
- Kenneth Branagh, Irish actor, director, screenwriter and producer.[9]
- Matthew Broderick, American actor.[5]
- Jim Carrey, Canadian actor.[11]
- Charlie Chaplin, British actor.[12]
- Terry Crews, American actor and former football player.[6]
- Tom Cruise, American actor.[11]
- Dorothy Dandridge, American actress.[13]
- Robert De Niro, American actor, director and producer.[9]
- Matt Dillon, American actor and director.[9]
- Will Ferrell, American actor.[5]
- Tina Fey, American actress.[5]
- Morgan Freeman, American actor.[9]
- Judy Garland, American actress.[5]
- Cary Grant, American actor.[13]*
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian and television personality.[9]
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress.[6]
- Mark Hamill, American actor.[11]
- Goldie Hawn, American actress.[6]
- Tippi Hendren, American actress, animal rights activist, and model.[13]
- Katharine Hepburn, American actress.[13]
- Kate Hudson, American actress.[14]
- Hugh Jackman, Australian actor.[14]
- Scarlett Johansson, American actress.[6]
- Angelina Jolie, American actress.[5]
- Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, and producer.[6]
- Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer.[10]
- Debora Kerr, British actress.[13]
- Nicole Kidman, Australian actress and producer.[9]
- Val Kilmer, American actor.[9]
- Lisa Kudrow, American actress.[9]
- Jennifer Lawrence, American actress.[5]
- Sunny Leone, American Canadian actress.[8]
- Peter Mayhew, English-American actor.[9]
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress, model, and singer.[9]
- Kim Novak, American actress.[13]
- Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress.[5]
- Ron Perlman, American actor.[15]
- Anthony Perkins, American actor.[13]
- Brad Pitt, American actor.[11]
- Robert Redford, American actor.[14]
- Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor.[5]
- Julia Roberts, American actress and producer.[5]
- Seth Rogen, American actor, comedian and director.[16]
- Eva Marie Saint, American actress.[13]
- Jennifer Saunders, English actress and screenwriter.[9]
- Sylvester Stallone, American actor, screenwriter and director.[9]
- Ben Stiller, American actor.[14]
- Jason Sudeikis, American actor.[6]
- Mark Wahlberg, American actor.[10]
- Allison Williams, American actress.[14]
- Bruce Willis, American actor.[14]
- Owen Wilson, American actor.[14]
- Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host and actress.[17]
Artists
- Karel Appel, Dutch artist.[18]
- Raoul Dufy, French artist.[18]
- M. C. Escher, Dutch artist.[19]
- Matt Groening, American cartoonist.[9]
- Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist.[19]
- Paul Klee, German painter.[9]
- Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter and architect.[9]
- Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist.[9]
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter.[9]
Astronauts
- Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut.[5]
- Neil Armstrong, American astronaut.[12]
- Charles Duke, American astronaut.[20]
- Richard F. Gordon Jr., American astronaut.[20]
- Jim Lovell, American astronaut.[20]
- Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut.[20]
- Wally Schirra, American astronaut.[20]
Athletes
American football
- Frankie Albert, American football player and coach.[21]
- Terry Baker, American football player.[22]
- Mark Brunell, American football player.[23]
- Bobby Douglass, American football player.[21]
- Boomer Esiason, American football player and commentator.[21]
- David Greene, American football player.[22]
- Josh Heupel, American football player and coach.[22]
- Alex Hornibrook, American football player.[24]
- Dave Humm, American football player.[22]
- Matt Leinart, American football player.[22]
- Jared Lorenzen, American football player.[22]
- Todd Marinovich, American football player.[25]
- Paul McDonald, American football player.[22]
- Cade McNown, American football player.[22]
- Scott Mitchell, American football player.[24]
- Kellen Moore, American football player.[22]
- Doug Nussmeier, American football player and coach.[22]
- Tyler Palko, American football player.[22]
- Chris Simms, American football player.[22]
- Ken Stabler, American football player.[21]
- Tua Tagovailoa, American football player.[26]
- Tim Tebow, American football player.[27]
- Michael Vick, American football player.[22]
- Pat White, American football player and coach.[22]
- Steve Young, American football player.[28]
- Jim Zorn, American football player and coach.[21]
Baseball
- Brett Anderson, American baseball player.[29]
- Vida Blue, American baseball player.[30]
- Barry Bonds, American baseball player.[28]
- Dallas Braden, American baseball player.[29]
- Mark Buerhle, American baseball player.[29]
- Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player.[30]
- Rod Carew, American baseball player.[31]
- Steve Carlton, American baseball player.[32]
- Aroldis Chapman, Cuban American baseball player.[30]
- Ty Cobb, American baseball player.[31]
- Patrick Corbin, American baseball player.[23]
- John Danks, American baseball player.[29]
- Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player.[29]
- Benny Distefano, American baseball player.[32]
- Sean Doolittle, American baseball player.[23]
- Whitey Ford, American baseball player.[32]
- Lou Gehrig, American baseball player.[11]
- Jaime Garcia, Mexican baseball player.[29]
- Tom Glavine, American baseball player.[30]
- Gio Gonzalez, American baseball player.[29]
- Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player.[31]
- Tony Gwynn, American baseball player.[31]
- Cole Hamels, American baseball player.[29]
- J.A. Happ, American baseball player.[29]
- Keith Hernandez, American baseball player.[33]
- Carl Hubbell, American baseball player.[32]
- Tommy John, American baseball player.[30]
- Randy Johnson, American baseball player.[28]
- Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player.[34]
- Sandy Koufax, American baseball player.[28]
- Cliff Lee, American baseball player.[29]
- Jon Lester, American baseball player.[29]
- Ted Lilly, American baseball player.[29]
- Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player.[29]
- Brian Matusz, American baseball player.[29]
- Stan Musial, American baseball player.[31]
- Hal Newhouser, American baseball player.[30]
- Andy Pettitte, American baseball player.[30]
- Eddie Plank, American baseball player.[30]
- David Price, American baseball player.[29]
- Clayton Richard, American baseball player.[29]
- Wandy Rodriguez, Dominican Republican baseball player.[29]
- Ricky Romero, American baseball player.[29]
- Babe Ruth, American baseball player.[17]
- CC Sabathia, American baseball player.[30]
- Chris Sale, American baseball player.[30]
- Jonathan Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player.[29]
- Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player.[30]
- George Sisler, American baseball player.[33]
- Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player.[23]
- Warren Spahn, American baseball player.[32]
- Mark Teixeira, American baseball player.[33]
- Bill Terry, American baseball player.[33]
- Rube Waddell, American baseball player.[30]
- Ted Williams, American baseball player.[31]
- C. J. Wilson, American baseball player.[29]
- Barry Zito, American baseball player.[29]
Basketball
- Kenny Anderson, American basketball player.[35]
- Greg Anthony, American basketball player.[36]
- Nate Archibald, American basketball player.[37]
- Stacey Augmon, American basketball player.[38]
- Dick Barnett, American basketball player.[39]
- Kent Bazemore, American basketball player.[40]
- Michael Beasley, American basketball player.[36]
- Andris Biedrinš, Latvian basketball player.[40]
- Chris Bosh, American basketball player.[41]
- Joe Bryant, American basketball player and head coach.[40]
- Michael Cage, American basketball player.[40]
- Derrick Coleman, American basketball player.[39]
- Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player.[35]
- Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach.[39]
- Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach.[42]
- Ed Davis, American basketball player.[40]
- Johnny Dawkins, American basketball player and coach.[36]
- Bison Dele, American basketball player.[36]
- James Donaldson, English-American basketball player.[36]
- Goran Dragić, Slovenian basketball player.[43]
- Chuck Driesell, American basketball player.[23]
- Mark Eaton, American basketball player.[35]
- Nick Van Exel, American basketball player.[35]
- Derek Fisher, American basketball player and coach.[43]
- Chris Gatling, American basketball player.[43]
- Artis Gilmore, American basketball player.[44]
- Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player.[39]
- Gail Goodrich, American basketball player.[45]
- Johnny Green, American basketball player.[38]
- James Harden, American basketball player.[27]
- Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach.[36]
- Rodney Hood, American basketball player.[36]
- Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach.[38]
- LeBron James, American basketball player.[6]
- Brandon Jennings, American basketball player.[43]
- Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach.[43]
- DeAndre Jordan, American basketball player.[39]
- Stacey King, American basketball player and announcer.[40]
- Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player.[35]
- Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player.[43]
- Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach.[46]
- David Lee, American basketball player.[43]
- Anthony Mason, American basketball player.[43]
- C. J. Miles, American basketball player.[36]
- Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player.[40]
- Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player.[38]
- Greg Monroe, American basketball player.[43]
- Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player.[40]
- Chris Mullin, American basketball player and coach.[39]
- Lamar Odom, American basketball player.[39]
- Sam Perkins, American basketball player.[43]
- Morris Peterson, American basketball player.[36]
- Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player and executive.[35]
- Julius Randle, American basketball player.[38]
- Zach Randolph, American basketball player.[35]
- Michael Redd, American basketball player.[35]
- Willis Reed, American basketball player and coach.[39]
- David Robinson, American basketball player.[47]
- Jalen Rose, American basketball player.[35]
- Bill Russell, American basketball player.[28]
- D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player.[38]
- Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player.[35]
- Josh Smith, American basketball player.[38]
- Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player and coach.[38]
- Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player.[39]
- Tristan Thompson, Canadian basketball player.[38]
- Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player.[40]
- Jeff Turner, American basketball player.[40]
- Delonte West, American basketball player.[40]
- Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach.[48]
- Thaddeus Young, American basketball player.[38]
Boxing
- Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican boxer.[49]
- Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer.[49]
- Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer.[49]
- Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer.[49]
- Tiger Flowers, American boxer.[49]
- Rafael Giordano, American boxer.[49]
- Marvin Hagler, American boxer.[49]
- Oscar De La Hoya, Mexican-American boxer.[50]
- Sergio Martínez, Argentine boxer.[49]
- Freddie Miller, American boxer.[49]
- Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer.[49]
- Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer.[49]
- Pernell Whitaker, American boxer.[49]
Cricket
- Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer.[34]
- Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer.[51]
- Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer.[51]
- Allan Border, Australian cricketer.[51]
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indian cricketer.[51]
- Alan Keith Davidson, Australian cricketer.[52]
- Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer.[51]
- Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer.[51]
- Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer.[51]
- Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer.[52]
- David Gower, English cricketer.[52]
- Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer.[51]
- Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer.[52]
- Rangana Herath, Sri Lanken cricketer.[52]
- Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer.[51]
- Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanken cricketer.[52]
- Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricketer.[34]
- Alvin Kallicharran, West Indian cricketer.[51]
- Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer.[52]
- Justin Langer, Australian cricketer.[52]
- Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer.[52]
- Clive Lloyd, West Indian cricketer.[52]
- Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer.[51]
- Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer.[51]
- Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanken cricketer.[51]
- Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer.[53]
- Garfield Sobers, West Indian cricketer.[34]
- Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer.[8]
- Derek Underwood, English cricketer.[54]
- Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanken cricketer.[54]
Curling
- Oskar Eriksson, Swedish curler.[55]
- Dana Ferguson, Canadian curler.[55]
- Val Sweeting, Canadian curler.[55]
- Valentin Tanner, Swiss curler.[55]
- Bradley Thiessen, Canadian curler.[55]
Darts
- Geert Nentjes, Dutch darts player.[56]
- James Wade, English darts player.[57]
- Mark Webster, Welsh darts player.[58]
- Darin Young, American darts player.[59]
Fencing
- Ramón Fonst, Cuban Olympic fencer.[60]
- Benjamin Steffen, Swiss Olympic fencer.[60]
Figure skating
- Dorothy Hamill, American Olympic figure skater.[61]
Football
- Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager.[62]
- Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer and manager.[62]
- Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer.[28]
Golf
- Sam Adams, American golfer.[63]
- Antti Ahokas, Finnish golfer.[64]
- Eric Axley, American golfer.[63]
- Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer.[63]
- Bob Charles, Australian golfer.[63]
- Russ Cochran, American golfer.[63]
- Nick Cullen, Australian golfer.[65]
- Steve Flesch, American golfer.[63]
- Ernie Gonzalez, American golfer.[63]
- Cody Gribble, American golfer.[63]
- Brian Harman, American golfer.[63]
- Phil Mickelson, American golfer.[28]
- Arnold Palmer, American golfer.[66]
- Ted Potter Jr., American golfer.[63]
- Bubba Watson, American golfer.[63]
Ice hockey
Players that shoot from the left are common in ice hockey, with the National Hockey League's percentage ranging from 60-70% in any given season. However, the majority of these players are not naturally left-handed. Instead, players are taught to shoot with their non-dominant hand. For example, Canadian hockey players Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretzky are well known for shooting left but are naturally right-handed. For this reason, only naturally left-handed players are included in this list, not those who shoot left.
- Jaroslav Drobný, Czech ice hockey player.[67]
Mixed martial arts (MMA)
- Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial arts fighter.[68]
Racing
- Ana Beatriz, Brazilian Indycar driver.[69]
- Ryan Briscoe, Australian Indycar driver.[69]
- Dario Franchitti, British Indycar driver.[69]
- Tony Kanaan, Brazilian Indycar driver.[69]
- Oriol Servià, Spanish Indycar driver.[69]
Softball
- Monica Abbott, American softball player.[70]
- Cat Osterman, American softball player.[71]
Squash
- Amanda Sobhy, American squash player.[53]
Swimming
- Josh Davis, American Olympic swimmer.[72]
- Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimmer.[62]
Table tennis
Tennis
- Dianne Fromholtz, Australian tennis player.[67]
- Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player.[67]
- Bob Bryan, American tennis player.[67]
- Jimmy Connors, American tennis player.[67]
- Jaroslav Drobný, Czech tennis player.[67]
- Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player.[67]
- Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player.[67]
- Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player.[67]
- Petr Korda, Czech tennis player.[67]
- Rod Laver, Australian tennis player.[67]
- Rick Leach, American tennis player and coach.[67]
- John McEnroe, American tennis player.[67]
- Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player.[67]
- Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player.[28]
- Martina Navratilova, American-Czech tennis player.[28]
- Tony Roche, Australian tennis player.[67]
- Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player.[67]
- Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player.[67]
- Monica Seles, Yugoslav-American tennis player.[67]
- Margaret Court, Australian tennis player.[67][Note 1]
- Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis player.[67]
- Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player.[67]
- Bob Wrenn, American tennis player.[67]
Track and field
- Caitlyn Jenner, Olympic decathlete and American reality television personality.[5]
Wrestling
- John Cena, American wrestler.[11]
- Ronda Rousey, American wrestler.[6]
Attorneys
- Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[73]
Businesspeople
- Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician.[66]
- Steve Forbes, American businessman and publisher.[74]
- Henry Ford, American businessman.[75]
- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.[17]
- Louis V. Gerstner Jr., American businessman.[74]
- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple.[73]
- David Rockefeller, American banker.[74]
- Ratan Tata, Indian businessman.[8]
- Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook.[73]
Chefs
- Gordon Ramsay, British chef.[5]
- Claire Saffitz, American pastry chef, host of Gourmet Makes on YouTube.[76]
Comedians
- Jay Leno, American stand-up comedian.[5]
- Harpo Marx, American comedian.[9]
- Jerry Seinfeld, American stand-up comedian and actor.[5]
- Jon Stewart, American comedian.[5]
Criminals
- John Dillinger, American bank robber.[61]
Designers
- Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer.[9]
- Mary-Kate Olsen, American fashion designer.[5]
Directors
- James Cameron, Canadian film director.[9]
- Karan Johar, Indian film director.[8]
- Spike Lee, American film director.[11]
Engineers
- Benjamin Franklin, American polymath and Founding Father of the United States.[75]
- Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath.[17]
Fictional characters
- Link, fictional character from the Legend of Zelda series.[5]
- Ned Flanders, fictional character from the Simpsons franchise.[15]
- Bart Simpson, fictional character from the Simpsons franchise.[9]
Inventors
- Nikola Tesla, Serbian American inventor.[75]
Military leaders
- Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military and political leader.[77]
- Napoleon Bonaparte, French politician and military leader.[17]
- Julius Caesar, 1st-century BC Roman politician and general.[77]
- Osama bin Laden, co-founder of terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.[73]
Musicians
- 50 Cent, American rapper.[6]
- Duane Allman, American musician.[78]
- Gregg Allman, American musician.[78]
- Al Anderson, American guitarist.[79]
- Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and chamber musician.[80]
- Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper.[16]
- Daniel Barenboim, Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor.[80]
- Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer.[73]
- Justin Bieber, Canadian musician.[73]
- Steven Blier, American pianist.[80]
- David Bowie, British performer.[73]
- Benjamin Britten, English composer.[9]
- Kurt Cobain, American musician.[73]
- Phil Collins, English musician.[81]
- Billy Corgan, American musician.[79]
- Elvis Costello, English musician.[79]
- Elizabeth Cotten, American musician.[81]
- Celine Dion, Canadian musician.[11]
- Lady Gaga, American musician.[15]
- Noel Gallagher, English musician.[9]
- Bob Geldof, Irish musician and author.[9]
- Janick Gers, British musician.[79]
- Richard Goode, American pianist.[80]
- Glenn Gould, Canadian composer and pianist.[80]
- Hélène Grimaud, French pianist.[80]
- Jimi Hendrix, American musician.[17]
- Niall Horan, Irish musician.[10]
- Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-American pianist and composer.[80]
- Hwasa, South Korean singer.[82]
- Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer.[82]
- Kwon Hyun-bin, South Korean singer.[82]
- JB, South Korean singer.[82]
- Jeongyeon, South Korean singer.[82]
- Joan Jett, American musician.[83]
- Albert King, American musician.[81]
- Mark Knopfler, British musician.[79]
- Annie Lennox, Scottish musician.[9]
- Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist.[80]
- Adam Levine, American musician.[16]
- Herman Li, Hong Kong-British musician.[79]
- Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist.[79]
- Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer.[9]
- Eminem, American rapper.[73]
- Paul McCartney, English musician.[73]
- Tomo Miličević, American musician.[84]
- Cho Mi-yeon, South Korean singer.[82]
- Gary Moore, British guitarist.[79]
- Steve Morse, American guitarist.[79]
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer.[73]
- Jesy Nelson, English musician.[10]
- Niccolò Paganini, Italian composer.[81]
- Joe Perry, American musician.[79]
- Rosé, South Korean singer.[82]
- Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist.[80]
- Donald Runnicles, Scottish conductor.[80]
- Ringo Starr, British musician.[73]
- Sting, English musician.[9]
- Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian pianist.[81]
Philosophers
- Aristotle, Greek philosopher.[12]
- Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher.[85]
Politicians
- Bertie Ahern, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland.[65]
- Steve Beshear, 61st Governor of Kentucky.[86]
- Cory Booker, United States Senator from New Jersey.[87]
- Sherrod Brown, United States Senator from Ohio.[87]
- George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States.[88]
- Jeb Bush, 43rd Governor of Florida.[89]
- David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[77]
- Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[77]
- Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States.[88]
- Brian Cowen, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland.[65]
- Mark Dayton, 40th Governor of Minnesota.[90]
- Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States.[88]
- Barney Frank, Former United States Representative from Massachusetts[91]
- James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States.[88]
- Maggie Hassan, United States Senator from New Hampshire and 81st Governor of New Hampshire.[92]
- Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States.[88]
- Uhuru Kenyatta, 4th President of Kenya.[77]
- Lee Hsien Loong, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore.[77]
- John McCain, United States Senator from Arizona.[93]
- Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India.[8]
- Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel.[77]
- Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States.[88]
- Rand Paul, United States Senator from Kentucky.[89]
- George Pataki, 53rd Governor of New York.[89]
- Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States.[88]
- Rick Snyder, 48th Governor of Michigan.[94]
- Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States.[88]
Puppeteers
- Jim Henson, American puppeteer.[75]
Religious figures
- Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic saint.[12]
- Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic saint.[12]
Royalty
- Queen Elizabeth, Queen consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II.[9]
- Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[95]
- Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, member of the British royal family.[5]
Scientists
- Pierre Curie, French Physicist.[12]
- Marie Curie, Polish-French scientist.[17]
- Isaac Newton, British physicist and mathematician.[75]
- Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist.[75]
Television personalities
- David Letterman, American talk show host.[14]
Writers
- James Baldwin, American author.[96]
- Bill Bryson, American-British author.[96]
- Lewis Carroll, English author.[96]
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, artist, and politician.[13]
- Germaine Greer, Australian writer.[9]
- Franz Kafka, Bohemian novelist.[96]
- Helen Keller, American author.[12]
- Priya Krishna, Indian-American food writer. [97]
- James Michener, American author.[98]
- Janet Street-Porter, British journalist.[9]
- Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist.[99]
- Mark Twain, American author.[96]
- Ludwig Uhland, German poet and politician.[9]
- H. G. Wells, English author.[96]
- Eudora Welty, American short story author and novelist.[96]
Notes
- Court played right-handed but is naturally left-handed.
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