28th Annual Happy Left Handers Day on Sunday, August 13th

Happy Left Handers Day

Welcome to the 28th annual Left Handers Day! August 13th is a chance to tell your family and friends how proud you are of being left-handed, and also raise awareness of the everyday issues that lefties face as we live in a world designed for right-handers.

Famous Left-Handed People

United States Presidents

• James A. Garfield (20th)
• Harry S. Truman (33rd)
• Gerald Ford (38th)
• Ronald Reagan (40th) (*naturally left-handed but he switched before adulthood)
• George H.W. Bush (41st)
• Bill Clinton (42nd)
• Barack Obama (44th)

OTHER US POLITICIANS

• Henry Wallace (Vice President under F.D. Roosevelt)
• Nelson Rockefeller (Vice President under Gerald Ford)
• John McCain (Senator)
• Bob Dole (Senator) (*by necessity; his right arm was paralyzed in World War II)

HISTORIC FIGURES

• Alexander the Great (ancient Greek king, conqueror)
• Charlemagne (Holy Roman emperor)
• Julius Caesar (Roman general)
• Joan of Arc (?) (French heroine)
• Napoléon Bonaparte (?) (French emperor)

ROYALTY

• King Louis XVI of France
• Queen Victoria of England
• King George II of England
• King George VI of England
• Prince Charles of England
• Prince William of England

MUSICIANS

• Jimi Hendrix (played re-strung right-handed guitars upside down from age 12)
• Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (composer)
• Niccolò Paganini (violinist)
• Phil Collins (Genesis)
• Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
• Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
• Robert Plant (Led Zepplin)
• Freddie Mercury (Queen)
• Paul Simon (although he plays guitar right-handed)
• 50 Cent (rapper)
• Eminem (rapper)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Issac Newton (physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher)
• Marie Curie (physicist)
• Linus Pauling (biochemist)
• Benjamin Franklin (scientist, inventor, statesman, publisher)

ARTISTS

• M.C. Escher
• Michelangelo (*ambidextrous)
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Rembrandt

AUTHORS 

• H.G. Wells
• Mark Twain
• Lewis Carroll

ACTORS AND COMEDIANS

• Ben Stiller
• Nicole Kidman
• Lisa Kudrow
• Dan Aykroyd
• Tim Allen
• Matthew Broderick
• Carol Burnett
• Charlie Chaplin
• Tom Cruise
• Matt Dillon
• Robert DeNiro
• Richard Dreyfuss
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Peter Fonda
• Whoopie Goldberg
• Goldie Hawn
• Oprah Winfrey
• Jim Henson (and Kermit the Frog)
• Angelina Jolie
• Diane Keaton
• Michael Landon
• Howie Mandel
• Jay Leno
• Jon Stewart
• Matt Groening (and Bart Simpson)
• Luke Perry
• Richard Pryor
• Morgan Freeman
• Robert Redford
• Keanu Reeves
• Julia Roberts
• Jerry Seinfeld
• Christian Slater
• Emma Thompson
• Dick Van Dyke
• Bruce Willis
• Drew Carey
• Tina Fey
• Steve Harvey

ATHLETES

• Oscar de la Hoya (boxing)
• Reggie Johnson (boxing)
• Freddie Miller (boxing)
• Romario (soccer)
• Hugo Sanchez (soccer)
• Norman "Boomer" Esiason (American football)
• Jim Del Gaizon (American football)
• Deion Sanders (baseball/American football)
• Larry Bird (basketball)
• Guy Rodgers (basketball)
• John McEnroe (tennis)
• Renee Richards (tennis)
• Terry Labonte (NASCAR)
• Paul Gibson (baseball pitcher)
• Randy Johnson (baseball pitcher)
• Barry Bonds (baseball)
• Ty Cobb (baseball)
• Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball)
• Reggie Jackson (baseball)
• David Justice (baseball)
• Kenny Lofton (baseball)
• Paul O'Neil (baseball)
• Rafael Palmeiro (baseball)
• Babe Ruth (baseball)
• Darryl Strawberry (baseball)
• Lou Whitaker (baseball)
• Ted Williams (baseball)

BUSINESS PEOPLE

• Bill Gates (Microsoft)
• Ross Perot (Electronic Data Systems) (also US presidential candidate 1992/96)
• Steve Forbes (Forbes Inc.)
• David Rockefeller (banker)
• Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company)
• Tommy Hilfiger (fashion designer)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Edwin Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
• Helen Keller (advocate for the blind)
• Richard Simmons (exercise guru)
• Fidel Castro (Cuban leader)

Walker Report Editor & former Judge Steve Walker (Left-Handed) Approximately 10 % of population is left-handed.