Famous People With Disabilities

Each of these people have achieved great success in spite of a physical disability. How many do you know?

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Last updated: September 07, 2012

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Speaker, author, activist; grew up blind and deaf	Helen Keller
Only U.S. President confined to a wheelchair	Franklin D. Roosevelt
One-handed Major League pitcher	Jim Abbott
Quadriplegic actor known for "Superman"	Christopher Reeve
Wheelchair-bound physicist, author	Stephen Hawking
Quadriplegic Christian author, speaker, and activist	Joni Eareckson Tada
Classical composer; was totally deaf	Ludwig Van Beethoven
Inspirational speaker, actor, born with no arms or legs	Nick Vujicic
Little person, actor, activist; one of the Munchkins	Billy Barty
Blind singer and pianist; known for "Georgia on My Mind"	Ray Charles
Blind singer and songwriter; known for "Superstition"	Stevie Wonder

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Blind operatic tenor	Andrea Bocelli
Blind guitarist and singer; known for "Felice Navidad"	Jose Feliciano
The original Siamese twins	Chang and Eng Bunker
Blind writer of over 1000 poems and hymns	Fanny Crosby
Invented a raised-dot reading system for the blind	Louis Braille
Hawaii Senator & WWII Medal of Honor RECIPIENT	Sen. Daniel Inouye
Kansas Senator and 1992 Presidential candidate	Sen. Bob Dole
Medal of Honor recipient; Nebraska Senator	Sen. Bob Kerrey
Actor; best known as Radar O'Reilly on MASH	Gary Burghoff
Country singer with spina bifida; known for "Your Cheatin' Heart"	Hank Williams, Sr.
Deaf; won an Oscar for best actress in "Children of a Lesser God"	Marlee Matlin