Some famous individuals widely recognized as having a disability include:Jim Abbott Major league pitcher (born without a right hand)Rick Allen Def Leppard drummer (left arm amputated after a car accident),Ludwig van Beethoven classical composer (deaf in later years),Sarah Bernhardt Classical actress (leg amputated after an accident)Ray Charles musician (USA, blind)Tom Dempsey NFL placekicker (born with only half a right foot)Ian Dury Self Advocate Singer-Composer polio (1942-2000)Herbert Everest (USA, wheelchair designer) with Peter Jennings)Michael J. Fox (actor) Parkinson's diseaseGreg Otterholt Television / Radio Broadcaster and MusicianStephen Hawking (professor) motor neurone diseaseCharles Hermite (mathematician) (1822-1901) Had defect in his right foot which meant that he moved around only with difficulty.Carlos Kaiser civil rights activist (born with incomplete upper and lower limbs)Helen Keller civil rights activist (deaf and blind),Marlee Matlin Actress (deaf)Tony Melendez guitar player, singer and songwriter (born without arms)Joseph Merrick ("the Elephant Man"), severe neurofibromatosisCole Porter, musical theater composer (lost legs after riding accident)Deng Pufang - (son of Deng Xiaoping, paraplegia)Christopher Reeve, actor rendered quadriplegic,King Richard III of England (severe curvature of the back and extremely uneven legs)Marcus Roberts jazz pianist (blind)Franklin Roosevelt USA president (Guillain-Barré syndrome or polio),Mike Utley, Football player, quadriplegicGreg Walloch comedian, actor, author, and monologist (cerebral palsy),Stevie Wonder musician (blind)for others see list of people with disabilities.
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