If you have a Learning Disability, you're in good company. People with Learning Disabilities are found in all areas of life. This list was compiled by simply searching the Internet. Conduct your own search to discover more famous people to provide you with inspiration!
SPORTS
Terry Bradshaw, former NFL quarterback, now host of Fox's NFL pre-game show, recently wrote a book in which he reveals that he has AD/HD.
Bruce Jenner, 1976 gold medalist in the Olympic decathlon, is described as the "World's Greatest Athlete."
Michael Phelps made history by breaking records and winning 8 gold medals (when). He also inspired thousands by speaking candidly about having AD/HD.
BUSINESS
Richard Branson is an enormously successful entrepreneur and founder of 150 enterprises that carry the Virgin name, such as Virgin Airlines.
John T. Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems.
Barbara Corcoran, founder of one of New York City's largest residential real estate agencies and author, recently authored Use What You've Got & Other Business Lessons I Learned From My Mom.
Charles Schwab is the founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation, the largest brokerage firm in the U.S. He has dyslexia.
John Roberts, CEO and co-founder of SugarCRM, is a pioneer in commercial open-source software applications.
Richard Rogers, one of Britain's most-admired architects, is known for his pioneering views on sustainable cities.
Tommy Hilfiger is a fashion designer
ENTERTAINMENT
Singer Tony Bennett, is the recipient of 12 Grammy Awards.
Cher, an Academy Award-winning actress, is also well known for her pop music and 1970s hit TV variety show.
Actor Patrick Dempsey star of Sweet Home Alabama and Scream 3, is currently staring in the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
Actor Danny Glover has used his celebrity status to advance community programs and worthy causes.
Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg has used her stardom to raise money to eliminate homelessness.
Jamie Oliver, Britain's "Naked Chef", whose programs appear on the Food Network.
Actor Vince Vaughn was featured in the movies The Break-Up, Wedding Crashers, Thumbsucker.
Henry Winkler, also known as "The Fonz" from the hit TV series Happy Days, is a producer, author, Yale graduate and children's advocate.
Harry Belafonte is a famous singer, actor and political activist who uses his position as a celebrity to promote human rights worldwide.
Jewel is a young pop-singer who recently wrote an autobiography of her life growing up in Alaska.
Bob Weir, guitarist and vocalist, formerly with the Grateful Dead.
Anderson Cooper is a CNN news anchor.
Ty Pennington host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was diagnosed with AD/HD as a teenager.
POLITICS AND LAW
Erin Brockovich, inspiration for the movie of the same name, now serves as Director of Environmental Research at a law firm.Dexter Scott King, son of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is President and CEO of the King Center in Atlanta, GA.
Nelson Rockefeller served as governor of New York for 12 years and as Vice President of the United States under Gerald Ford.
Peter Wright is an attorney and advocate who represents children with special educational needs.
MEDICINE
Dr. Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), a world-renowned neurosurgeon, had dyslexia.Cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig (1898-1986) struggled with dyslexia, which made school difficult for her. She graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School.
AUTHORS
John Irving is a novelist and screenplay writer of World According to Garp, Hotel New Hampshire, and Cider House Rules.
Avi is the author of more than 50 books for children and young adults.
Poet Richard Moore has struggled with dyslexia all his life, A graduate of Yale University, he has published a novel, a book of literary criticism, and 12 books of poetry, one of which earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination in the 1970s.
Patricia Polacco, children's author and illustrator, didn't learn to read until she was 14.
Poet Philip Schultz, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, suffers from dyslexia and didn't learn to read until he was in the fifth grade.
Pulitzer Prize winning writer and playwright Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006) won multiple awards for her play, the Heidi Chronicles.