I am Left-Handed, how about you? 10 percent of population is Lefty
President's Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton,& Barack Obama
Happy Left Handers are famous?
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.
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