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ADHD Famous People
Ansel Adams (1902-1984) Photographer
Ann Bancroft (1931-present) Actress
Alexander Graham Bell (1862-1939) Telephone Inventor
Harry Andersen (1952-present) Actor
Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875) Author
Beethoven (1770-1827) Composer
Harry Belafonte (1927-present) Actor, Vocalist
Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (1912-1988)
WWII Flying Ace (Black Sheep Squadron Leader)
Terry Bradshaw (1948-Present) Football Quarterback
George Burns (1896-1996) Actor
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Explorer, Linguist, Scholar, Writer
Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957) Aviator
(Was retired from the navy as, "Unfit for service")
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Scottish historian, critic, and sociological writer
Andrew Carnegie - (1835-1919) Industialist
Jim Carrey (1962-present) Comedian
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Author (Alice in Wonderland)
Prince Charles (1948-present) Future King of England
Cher (1946-present) Actress/Singer
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) Author
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Statesman (Failed the sixth grade)
Bill Cosby (1937-present) Actor
Tom Cruise (1962-present) Actor
Harvey Cushing M.D. (1869-1939)
Greatest Neurosurgeon of the 20th Century
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Artist
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Inventor, Artist
John Denver (1943-1997) Musician
Walt Disney (1901-1971)
(A newspaper editor fired him because he had "No good ideas".)
Kirk Douglas (1916-present) Actor
Thomas Edison (1847-1931) Inventor
(His teachers told him he was too stupid to learn anything)
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Physicist
(Famous Tongue Sticking Out Picture)
(Einstein was four years old before he could speak,
and seven before he could read)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) U. S. President, Military General
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) British Physicist, Chemist
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Author
Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) Forbes Magazine Founder & Publisher
Henry Ford (1863-1947) Automobile Innovator
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) Politician, Elder Statesman
Galileo (Galilei) (1564-1642) Mathematician, Astronomer
Whoopi Goldberg (1955-present) Actress
Milton Hershey "The Chocolate King" (1857-1945)
Dustin Hoffman (1937-present) Actor
Bruce Jenner (1949-present) Athlete
Luci Baines Johnson (1947-present) LBJ's Daughter
"Magic" Johnson (1959-present) Basketball Player
Samuel Johnson Author
Michael Jordan (1963-present) Basketball Player
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) U. S. President
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) U.S. Attorney General
Jason Kidd (1973-present) Professional Basketball Player
John Lennon (1940-1980) Musician
Frederick Carlton (Carl) Lewis (1961-present)
Olympic Gold Metalist, American track-and-field athlete.
Meriwether Lewis (Lewis & Clark) (1774 -1809) Explorer
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) U.S. President
(Entered The Black Hawk War as a Captain and came out a Private)
Greg Louganis (1960-present) Olympic Gold Medalist (Diving)
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) British Physicist
Steve McQueen (1930-1980) Actor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Composer
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1873) Emperor
Nasser (Gamal Abdel-nasser) (1918-1970) Egyptian Leader
Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727) Scientist, Mathematician
(Did poorly in grade school)
Nostradamus (1503-1566) Physician, Prophet
Ozzy Osbourne (1948-present) said he was ADHD on TV
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) Scientist
(Rated as mediocre in chemistry when he attended the Royal College)
General George Patton (1885-1945) Military
Pablo Picasso (1882-1973) Artist
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Author, Poet
Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Composer
Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) WWI Flying Ace
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)
Founder, Standard Oil Company
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) U.S. Vice President
August Rodin (1840-1917) Artist, Sculptor
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1844-1962) First Lady
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (1918-1981) Egyptian President
Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1976
Will Smith Actor, Rapper, Entertainer
Socrates (469-399 B.C.) Philosopher
Steven Spielberg (1946-present) Filmmaker
Sylvester Stallone (1946-present) Actor
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Artist
Robin Williams (1952-present) Comedian
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) U. S. President
Henry Winkler (1945-present) Actor (Fonzie)
Stevie Wonder (1950-present ) Musician
F. W. Woolworth (1852-1919) Department Store Innovator
(While working in a dry goods store at 21, his employers wouldn't let him
wait on a customer because he "Didn't have enough sense.")
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) Architect
Orville Wright (1871-1948) Airplane Developer
Wilber Wright (1867-1912) Airplane Developer
William Wrigley, Jr. (1933-1999) Chewing Gum Maker
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