FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH ADHD
Does your child feel alone or think they're the only one with ADHD? Well, put his/her mind at ease and let them read and explore the following list of famous people that also have ADHD.
Let them think about what the world would be like if these people didn't exist. Some of the most creative, talented, unbelievably smart, "out of the box" thinkers had ADHD and went on to "greatness"!!!!
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
Danny Glover (1947-present) Actor
Tracey Gold (1969-present) Actress
Whoopi Goldberg (1955-present) Actress
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Composer
Valerie Hardin Gothic Poet, Artist, Children's Author
Mariette Hartley (1940-present)
Actress (Tells of her and daughter's ADD)
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) Newspaper Magnate
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Author
Mariel Hemingway (1961) 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
Pete Rose (1941-present) Baseball Player
Babe Ruth (1895-1948) Baseball Legend
Nolan Ryan (1947-present) Baseball Player
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (1918-1981) Egyptian President
Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1976
George C. Scott (1927-present) Actor
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Author
Will Smith Actor, Rapper, Entertainer
Tom Smothers (1937-present) Actor, Singer, Entertainer
Socrates (469-399 B.C.) Philosopher
Suzanne Somers (1946-present) Actress
Steven Spielberg (1946-present) Filmmaker
Sylvester Stallone (1946-present) Actor
Jackie Stewart (1939-present) Grand Prix Hall of Famer
James Stewart (1908-1997) Actor
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Author
(Lev Nikolayevich) Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) ? Russian Author
(Flunked out of college)
Alberto Tomba (1966-present) Italian Alpine Ski Champion
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Artist
Russell Varian (1899-1959) Inventor
Jules Verne (1828-1905) Author
Werner von Braun (1912-1977) Rocket Scientist
Flunked 9th grade algebra.
Lindsay Wagner (1949-present) Actress (Bionic Woman)
Gen. William C. Westmoreland (1914-present) Military (Vietnam Era)
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
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish Author
