Dick Smith A local adventurer and millionaire businessman ... · PDF fileA local adventurer...

Dick SmithA local adventurer and millionaire businessman

Is the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock band The SecretMachines

a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century

(born December 6, 1955) is an American comedian, actor and writer.

a former NFL quarterback and now host of Fox's NFL pre-game show,wrote a book in which he reveals that he has AD/HD.

Is one of the USA's most celebrated contemporary artists.

An award-winning chef, says that cooking "saved" him from hisstruggle with dyslexia

Sculptor, struggled with dyslexia. His wife, actress Anjelica Hustonexplains, "Robert didn't realize he had a form of dyslexia until his ownson was diagnosed. But Robert's artistic gift immeasurably outstrippedhis difficulty."

Will SmithRenowned singer and actor

Is an internationally known fashion designer.

Was a multimedia artist who had significant influence in the world ofmodern art and was even called the "Picasso of the 21st century."

An American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairmanof Microsoft. Gates took an interest in programming the GE system inBASIC and was excused from math classes to pursue his interest.

Tom CruiseTom Cruise is an American actor and producer who has starred in a

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Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician,anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. Hehas been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" andas a universal genius. Leonardo is famous for his masterly paintings,such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa

Is a two-time Olympian in ice hockey and a U.S. National Women'sTeam member since 1990.

A world-famous painter, urges people at an exhibit of his work to"stop looking with your eyes and see with your feelings."

Acclaimed artist has had paintings, sculptures, and bronzes ondisplay in museums throughout the world, including the Smithsonian'sNational Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Orlando BloomA popular English actor who played Legolas, the elf warrior, in the filmLord of the Rings. Orlando once said, “Dyslexia is not due to lack ofintelligence, it’s a lack of access. It’s like, if you’re dyslexic, you haveall the information you need, but find it harder to process.” He nowconsiders himself “mildly dyslexic.”...

Acclaimed artist is the creator of the smallest works of art on earth. Heis emerging as the most celebrated micro-miniaturist of all time.

A world-class martial artist and a television and movie actor, hascreated a foundation to promote self-sufficiency among high-riskwomen and children.

quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has dyslexia.

Richard BransonSir Richard Branson, KBE, a famed British entrepreneur, is anenormously successful entrepreneur and founder of 150 enterprisesthat carry the Virgin name, such as Virgin Airlines

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Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson is a retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball player....

PGA star, used golf as an escape from his troubles at school.

Is a lineman for the New England Patriots.

Received an Olympic gold medal in diving in the 1984 and 1988games and advocates for AIDS awareness.

Patrick DempseyDempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 12 and was placed inspecial education classes before that. He relies on memorization toovercome it. A 25-year acting career He currently stars in thetelevision medical drama Grey's Anatomy

PGA champion, was bullied as a kid because of his learningdisabilities.

Earned a gold medal competing in the skeleton (a small sled) eventat the 2002 Winter Olympics, making him the first third-generationWinter Olympian in U.S. history

An NFL professional football player, is defensive end for the San DiegoChargers.

Steven SpielbergFilm producer of 'Jaws', 'E.T.', 'Jurassic Park', and many other brilliantmovies

CEO of Cisco Systems, has revolutionized the technology industry andis recognized as one of the most fascinating business leaders of ourtimes.

The Swedish founder and chair of IKEA stores, claims he adapted theinner workings of his business to compensate for his dyslexia.

Olympic swimmer made history by breaking records and winningeight gold medals. He also inspired thousands by speaking candidlyabout having AD/HD. His mother has also been very public abouttelling their story.

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Thomas Carlyle Thomas Chatterton Jamie WilliamsSalvador Dali Samuel Clemens Jason KiddSamuel Johnson Samuel T. Coleridge SocratesRalph Waldo Emerson Richard C. Strauss Napoleon


Woody HarrelsonWoody Harrelson was diagnosed with dyslexia and attention deficitdisorder as a child.... An actor, rose to fame as Woody on the hit TVseries Cheers. His movie career includes many starring roles and anAcademy Award nomination

Is the founder and chairperson of Kinko's, an international, billion-dollar copy service company.

Is the founder, chair, and CEO of the Charles Schwab Corporation,the largest brokerage firm in the United States. He also has dyslexia.

Is senior managing director and chief economist for Chicago-basedMesirow Financial, one of the nation's largest banks.

Danny GloverDanny's dyslexia led him to tutor and help coordinate readingcentres in the inner city. . He is an acclaimed actor.

Is a Utah entrepreneur who brings his talents to a wide range ofventures.

Business author and former CEO of Ford Financial, has inspiredbusinesses to overcome obstacles to success. He actively supportsindividuals with LD.

The son of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is president andCEO of the King Center in Atlanta, GA. His memoir, Growing Up King,was published in 2003.

Noel Gallagher“What I was bad at was spelling. Still am. Anything over six letters andthat’s me gone.” '...

A British pop star and composer, recorded his first hit record in hisbedroom.

Singer, best known for his hits Rags to Riches, Fly Me to the Moon, andI Left My Heart in San Francisco, is a 2005 Kennedy Center honoreeand the recipient of 15 Grammy Awards.

A successful producer of movies such as A Beautiful Mind and Apollo13, recalls his personal struggle with dyslexia. (Source: ChristianScience Monitor, January 4, 2002.)

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Pete Rose Pierre Salinger President George Bush (both)Johnson Nugent Jules Verne Michael JordanKing Karl XI of Sweden Leo Tolstoy James BoswellLewis and Clark Lord Alfred Tennyson James Clark Maxwell


John LennonLennon was expelled from school for misbehaviour. His teachers wereunaware that he suffered from dyslexia

Is a popular comedian and late-night talk show host.

Star of the Cincinnati production of Phantom of the Opera, also worksto preserve African wildlife.

One of the most emulated actors of all time, had dyslexia.

Jamie OliverBritain's "Naked Chef", whose programs appear on the Food Network,is known for his lively personality and easy-to-prepare recipes.

is a celebrated actor, entrepreneur, and activist who supports andadvocates for Latino culture in the United States.

a television actor who appeared on The Sopranos, survived life on thestreets as a kid.

is active in the music business as a musician, songwriter, andengineer/producer.

Celebrity designer, was diagnosed with AD/HD as a teenager andnow talks openly and publicly about his experience managing thedisorder. He wants to "help other kids and families understand thatthere are people out there ready to help them and that it's possibleto live a productive life with AD/HD."

British singer talks openly about having dyslexia.

Is a movie actor who starred in The Break-Up, Wedding Crashers,Thumbsucker.

A runner-up in 2000 for Time's Man of the Year, is a prestigious lawyerinvolved in high-profile cases.

Sir Winston ChurchillThe Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM,CH, FRS, PC was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister ofthe United Kingdom during the Second World War...

Is the youngest mayor of San Francisco in 100 years and has dyslexia.

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Sir Richard Francis Burton Jack Nicholson Abraham LincolnLord Byron Louis Pasteur James StewartJohn D. Rockefeller John Ruskin Admiral Richard ByrdGeorge Bernard Shaw George C. Scott Albert Einstein


Walt DisneyWalter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director,screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. One of the most well-knownmotion picture producers in the world

Served as governor of New York for 12 years and as vice president ofthe United States under Gerald Ford.

Is an attorney and advocate who represents children with specialeducational needs

Is one of the most famous U.S. political consultants. According to E.Clarke Ross, CEO of Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), "Mr. Carville is perhaps one of thebest-known people in Washington, and he lives with AD/HD." Carvilleis also an author, restaurateur, and co-host of radio and televisionshows. Today he concentrates on international political andcorporate consulting.

The 1976 gold medallist in the Olympic decathlon, is described as the"world's greatest athlete."

Is a pro golfer who runs a program to teach youth about ethicalleadership in a fun, engaging way.

Is the centre for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.

Benjamin ZephaniahBenjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is a British Rastafarian writer anddub poet, and is well known in contemporary English literature...

(1869-1939) a world renowned neurosurgeon, had dyslexia.

Is a cardiothoracic surgeon, inventor of several medical devices, andCEO of the Cleveland Clinic. He says, "I didn't know I was dyslexic untilI was 33 years old. I went all the way through medical school withoutknowing it."

Is a famous singer, actor, entertainer, and political activist who, eveninto his seventies, uses his position as a celebrity to promote humanrights worldwide.

is a former University of California at Berkeley valedictorian and thesinger-songwriter for Third Eye Blind, a rock group with two platinumalbums to its credit.

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Steve JobsFounder of Apple Computers, CED of Apple and Pixar, the AcademyAward-winning animation studio

one of the country's leading jazz vocalists, was diagnosed with AD/HDin 2000 and says only then did his life journey begin to make sense tohim.

A guitarist and vocalist, formerly with the Grateful Dead, is nowbandleader of RatDog.

Is a famous palaeontologist, or dinosaur expert, who advised StevenSpielberg on films such as Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

CEO of Don Johnston, Inc. His mission is to support diverse learnerswith proven instructional models, effective literacy strategies, andinnovative technologies to help them reach grade-levelperformance.

Engineer and inventor (1913-2001) co-founded with David Packardthe Hewlett-Packard Company in 1939, which became the second-largest computer company in the world. Dyslexia forced the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company to memorize schoolwork

CEO and co-founder of SugarCRM, is seen as a pioneer incommercial open-source software applications that businesses usefor tasks such as managing sales and keeping track of customers.

One of Britain's most-admired architects, is known for his manystunning buildings and his pioneering views on sustainable cities.

A fire investigator with a "seventh sense," has a reputation for solvingthe unsolvable in car crash mysteries.

Richard FordRichard Ford is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the novels The Sportswriter, its award-winningsequel Independence Day, and the widely-anthologized short story"Rock Springs."...

A three-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director whois dyslexic, still finds reading and writing laborious.

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for the Boston Globenewspaper.

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Scott AdamsScott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author ofseveral business commentaries, social satires, and experimentalphilosophy books

Is a successful novelist and an Emmy Award-winning TV writer andproducer who has created or co-created over 40 different shows.

Is a CNN news anchor who gained public attention for his coverageof Hurricane Katrina.

Is a Denver mystery writer and a bookstore proprietor.

Is the author of eight best-selling fantasy novels.

Is a novelist and screenplay writer of World According to Garp, HotelNew Hampshire, and Cider House Rules, a movie that recently wonacclaim and award nominations.

Poet, has struggled with dyslexia all his life, yet it hasn't kept him fromdoing what he loves. A graduate of Yale University, he has publisheda novel, a book of literary criticism, and 12 books of poetry - the firstof which, A Question of Survival, earned him a Pulitzer Prizenomination in the 1970s.

Is a Mexican-American author who has written nine novels, 65 shortstories, and a critically-acclaimed screenplay.

Duncan GoodhewDuncan Goodhew is one of the most respected and instantlyrecognisable UK swimming athletes. He was an Olympic Gold andBronze medallist at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. He was theEngland Swimming team captain, and multi-Olympics champion

Is a California author who documents his challenging childhood inchildren's and young adult books.

Poet, a recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize, suffers from dyslexia anddidn't learn to read until he was in the fifth grade.

Son of the late rock musician, Frank Zappa, has authored the firstbook in a planned trilogy of monster stories.

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Eddie IzzardEddie Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. He has a veryindividual style of rambling, surreal monologue. He has turned hisattention to acting as well as maintaining his demanding touringschedule.

Scott Eyrepitcher for the San Francisco Giants and now the Philadelphia Phillies,was diagnosed with AD/HD at age 30.

Henry WinklerHenry Franklin Winkler is an actor, director and producer who is mostfamous for his role as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcomHappy Days.. is a producer, author, Yale graduate, and children'sadvocate.

Thomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was aninventor and businessman who developed many important devices.Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors, holding arecord 1,093 patents in his name

General George PattonGeorge Smith Patton, Jr., was a leading U.S. Army general in WorldWar II. In his 36-year Army career, he was an early advocate ofarmoured warfare and commanded major units in North Africa, Sicily,and the European Theatre of Operations

Nelson RockefellerNelson Aldrich Rockefeller, an American politician, was Governor ofNew York and the 41st Vice President of the United States of Americafrom December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977

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Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was one of the recognized masters of20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along withGeorges Braque, of Cubism

George Burns“For me the toughest thing about dyslexia was learning to spell it.”

Hans Christian AndersonHans Christian Andersen, was a Danish author and poet most famousfor his fairy tales.

Lewis CarrollBritish author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through theLooking Glass'

Gustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert, French novelist who is counted among the greatestWestern novelists, known especially for his first published novelMadame Bovary, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style

Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was a scientist, inventor, founder of BellCanada, and was formerly credited as father of the telephone

Michael FaradayMichael Faraday was a British scientist (a physicist and chemist) whocontributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism andelectrochemistry.

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Henry FordHenry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and iscredited with contributing to the creation of a middle class inAmerican society. He was one of the first to apply assembly linemanufacturing to the mass production of affordable automobiles

Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States and anAmerican statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher,revolutionary, agriculturalist, horticulturist, land owner, architect,archaeologist, slave owner, author, inventor, lawyer and founder ofthe University of Virginia

John F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to as Jack Kennedy or JFK,was the 35th President of the United States (1961–1963)

Steve RedgraveSir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave, CBE, or less formally Steve Redgrave,is a British rower who won a gold medal at five consecutive OlympicGames from 1984 to 2000 As the only Briton ever to achieve this feat,he is widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian...

Oliver ReedOliver Reed was an English actor known for his macho image on andoff screen

Rodin Charles SchwabCharles R. Schwab is the founder and CEO of the Charles SchwabCorporation.

Woodrow WilsonUS president during World War 1, even though he campaignedagainst it and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Jackie StewartSir John Young Stewart, better known as Jackie Stewart, is a three-time Scottish Formula One racing champion. He is well-known as acommentator of racing television broadcasts where his Scottishaccent made him a distinctive presenceFa

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George WashingtonGeorge Washington was an American planter, political figure, thehighest ranking military leader in U.S. history and first President of theUnited States

Thomas J. Watson, Jr.Thomas J. Watson, Jr. eldest son of Thomas J. Watson, the founder ofIBM, dealt in his youth with the incredible pressure of being raisedunder the popularity and dominance of his father.

Mohammad AliOlympic light heavyweight boxing champion

Babe RuthOften called the greatest of all baseball players

Theo PaphitisDragon's Den star, Paphitis came to England with his parents andbrother, Marinos, when he was six years old.

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