List of famous left-handed people Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

List of famous and infamous left-handers. (See left-handedness and laterality)

Table of contents

1 Rulers/politicians 2 Criminals / Terrorists 3 Artists 4 Musicians 5 Actors 6 Athletes 7 Miscellaneous

Rulers/politicians

• Tiberius
• Alexander the Great
• Charlemagne
• Julius Caesar
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• King Louis XVI
• James A. Garfield
• HM King George II
• HM Queen Victoria
• HM King George VI
• HRH The Prince of Wales
• HRH Prince William of Wales
• Lee Hsien Loong
• Fidel Castro
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Benjamin Netanyahu
• Hideki Tojo
• Herbert Hoover
• Harry S. Truman
• Gerald Ford
• Ronald Reagan (converted to right-handedness in childhood)
• George H. W. Bush (left-handed, but batted right-handed in baseball)
• Bill Clinton
• Senator Bill Bradley, Rhodes scholar, basketball star
• Barney Frank
• Benjamin Franklin
• H. Ross Perot
• Nelson D. Rockefeller

Criminals / Terrorists

• Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda
• John Dillinger, bank robber
• Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DiSalvo), serial killer
• Jack-the-Ripper (?), serial killer
• Billy the Kid

Artists

• Pablo Picasso
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Glenn
• M. C. Escher

Musicians

• Eminem, rapper
• Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, composer
• David Byrne (Talking Heads)
• Glen Campbell
• Vicki Carr
• Natalie Cole
• Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
• Phil Collins (Genesis)
• Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
• Dick Dale (guitarist)
• Don Everly (The Everly Brothers)
• Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
• Béla Fleck, jazz musician
• Glenn Frey (the Eagles)
• Eric Gale, guitarist
• Noel Gallagher (Oasis) (?)
• Errol Garner, jazz pianist
• Judy Garland
• Crystal Gayle
• Kevin Griffin, guitarist & lead singer (Better than Ezra)
• Thomas Hedley, vocalist/musician
• Jimi Hendrix, guitar player, singer
• Isaac Hayes
• Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath)
• Albert King, guitarist
• Mark Knopfler, guitarist (Dire Straits, Notting Hillbillies)
• Melissa Manchester
• Chuck Mangione, trumpet
• Martina McBride (?), country music singer
• Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
• Christie Marie Melonson (opera)
• George Michael (Wham!)
• Peter Nero, conductor
• Joe Perry (?) (Aerosmith)
• Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
• Cole Porter, song-writer
• Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer
• Maurice Ravel (?), composer
• Lou Rawls
• John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols / Public Image Ltd.)
• Seal
• Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel;)
• Ringo Starr (?) (The Beatles)
• Michael Stipe (R.E.M)
• Rich Szabo, trumpeter
• Tiny Tim
• Rudy Vallee
• Lenny White, drummer
• Paul Williams (songwriter), song-writer

Actors

• Don Adams
• Dan Aykroyd
• Eddie Albert
• Tim Allen
• June Allyson
• Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian creator of Ali G
• Harry Anderson
• Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
• Herschel Bernardi
• Robert Blake
• Matthew Broderick
• Bruce Boxleitner
• Carol Burnett
• George Burns, comedian
• Ruth Buzzi, comedienne
• Sid Caesar, comedian
• James Cameron
• Keith Carradine
• Jim Carrey
• Khaled Chahrour, Egyptian actor
• Charlie Chaplin
• Victor Garber
• George Gobel, comedian
• Bruce Cockburn
• Dorothy Collins, Canadian singer
• Chuck Connors
• Hans Conried
• James Cromwell
• Tom Cruise
• Quinn Cummings
• Daniel Davis
• Bruce Davison
• Matt Dillon
• Céline Dion
• Marty Engels, comedian
• Olivia de Havilland
• Robert DeNiro
• Michael Dorn
• Fran Drescher, comedian
• Richard Dreyfuss
• Georgia Engel
• W.C. Fields
• Larry Fine (?) (of the Three Stooges)
• Laurence Fishburne
• Peter Fonda
• David Foster, Canadian musician
• Greta Garbo
• Teri Garr
• Paul Michael Glaser
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Betty Grable
• Cary Grant
• Peter Graves
• Bruce Greenwood
• Mark Hamill
• Rex Harrison
• Goldie Hawn
• Joey Heatherton
• Tippi Hedren
• Jim Henson, puppeteer of Kermit the Frog
• Rock Hudson
• Angelina Jolie
• Shirley Jones (?)
• Gabe Kaplan
• Danny Kaye
• Diane Keaton
• George Kennedy
• Nicole Kidman
• Lisa Kudrow
• Michael Landon
• Hope Lange
• Joey Lawrence
• Peter Lawford
• Cloris Leachman
• Hal Linden
• Cleavon Little
• Shirley MacLaine
• Dave Madden
• Andrew McCarthy
• Kristy McNichol
• Steve McQueen
• Howie Mandel, comedian
• Marcel Marceau, mime
• Harpo Marx
• Marsha Mason
• Mary Stuart Masterson
• Anne Meara, comedian
• Sasha Mitchell
• Rick Moranis
• Robert Morse
• Anthony Newley
• Kim Novak
• Ryan O'Neal
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Estelle Parsons
• Anthony Perkins
• Ron Perlman
• Luke Perry
• Bronson Pinchot
• Joe Piscopo, comedian
• Robert Preston
• Michael J. Pollard
• Marilyn Monroe
• Richard Pryor, comedian
• Robert Redford
• Keanu Reeves
• Don Rickles, comedian
• Julia Roberts
• Mickey Rourke
• Eva Marie Saint
• Telly Savalas
• Jean Seberg
• Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
• Christian Slater
• Dick Smothers, comedian
• Brent Spiner
• Sylvester Stallone (?)
• Terence Stamp
• Jessica Steen
• Rod Steiger
• Jon Stewart
• Terry-Thomas, comedian
• Alan Thicke
• Emma Thompson
• Rip Torn
• Peter Ustinov
• Brenda Vaccaro
• Karen Valentine
• Rudy Vallee
• Dick Van Dyke
• Graham Walker a.k.a. Grumbleweeds, English comedian
• Wil Wheaton
• James Whitmore
• Treat Williams
• Bruce Willis
• William Windom
• Oprah Winfrey
• Mare Winningham
• Joanne Woodward
• Keenan Wynn
• Stephanie Zimbalist

Athletes

• Ayrton Senna (Formula One)
• Jim Abbott (baseball) (left-handed by necessity; born without a right hand)
• Jans van Breukelen (soccer)
• Dan Burbott (?) (soccer)
• Willem van Hanegem (soccer)
• Hernan Medford (soccer)
• Diego Armando Maradona (soccer)
• Hugo Sanchez (soccer)
• Richard Witschge (soccer)
• Allan Border (cricket)
• Alistair Campbell (cricket)
• Denis Compton (cricket)
• Saurav Ganguly (cricket)
• David Gower (cricket)
• Brian Lara (cricket)
• Gary Sobers (cricket)
• Francis X. Gorman (diving)
• Greg Louganis (diving)
• Mark Spitz (swimming)
• Bruce Jenner (decathlon)
• Nikita Kohloff (wrestling)
• Dorothy Hamill (skating)
• Bonny Bryant (golf)
• Bob Charles (golf)
• Russ Cochran (golf)
• Connie Decker (golf)
• Ben Hogan (golf) (played right-handed, but was actually left-handed)
• Phil Mickelson (golf) (plays left-handed, but is actually right-handed)
• Mike Weir (golf) (plays left-handed, but is actually right-handed)
• Cécile Argiolas (fencing)
• Laura Flessel-Colovic (fencing)
• Fabrice Gazin (fencing)
• Matthieu Gourdain (fencing)
• Fabrice Jeannet (fencing)
• Giuseppe Mangiarotti (fencing)
• Hugues Obry (fencing)
• Anne-Lise Touya (fencing)
• Adeline Wuilleme (fencing)
• Tom Barrasso (hockey)
• Phil Esposito (hockey)
• Cam Neely (hockey)
• Terry Sawchuk (hockey)
• Roman Turek (hockey)
• Bill Allen (bowling)
• Patrick Allen (bowling)
• Earl Anthony (bowling)
• Mike Aulby (bowling)
• Steve Cook (bowling)
• Patty Costello (bowling)
• Dave Davis (bowling)
• Cara Honeychurch (bowling)
• Tish Johnson (bowling)
• Johnny Petraglia (bowling)
• Andy Varipapa (bowling)
• Steve Mizerak, Jr (billiards)
• Kun-Fang Lee (billiards)
• Bonnie Arnold (billiards)
• Reynaldo Grandee (billiards)
• Erik Poul Hoejer (badminton)
• Peter Rasmussen (badminton)
• Donna Stacey (netball)
• Carmen Basilio (boxing)
• James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (boxing)
• Marvin Hagler (boxing)
• Oscar de la Hoya (boxing)
• Reggie Johnson (boxing)
• Rafael "Bazooka" Limon (boxing)
• Freddie Miller (boxing)
• Jacker Patterson (boxing)
• Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker (boxing)
• Johnny Herbert (Formula 1 driver)
• Terry Labonte (NASCAR race car driver)
• Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 driver)
• Karl Wendlinger (Formula 1 driver)
• Valentino Rossi (motorcycle racer)
• Frankie Albert (Am.football)
• Terry Baker (Am.football)
• Mark Brunell (Am.football)
• Bobby Douglass (Am.football)
• Norman "Boomer" Esiason (Am.football)
• Jim Del Gaizon (Am.football)
• David Humm (Am.football)
• Paul McDonald (Am.football)
• Scott Mitchell (Am.football)
• Gale Sayers (Am.football)
• Allie Sherman (Am.football, coach)
• Kenny Stabler (Am.football)
• Michael Vick (Am.football)
• Steve Young (Am.football)
• Jim Zorn (Am.football)
• Nate Archibald (basketball)
• Walter Berry (basketball)
• Larry Bird (basketball) (shot basketballs mostly right-handed, but does most other tasks left-handed)
• Adrian Branch (basketball)
• Calbert Cheaney (basketball)
• Dave Cowens (basketball)
• Adrian Dantley (basketball)
• Charles "Lefty" Driesell (basketball)
• Mark Eaton (basketball)
• Emanuel Ginobili (basketball)
• Gail Goodrich (basketball)
• Ron Kellogg (basketball)
• Toni Kukoc (basketball)
• Bob Lanier (basketball)
• Brad Lohaus (basketball)
• Harold Miner (?) (basketball)
• Dick Motta (basketball)
• Chris Mullin (basketball)
• Sam Perkins (basketball)
• Digger Phelps (basketball)
• Willis Reed (basketball)
• Guy Rodgers (basketball)
• Bill Russell (basketball)
• Wayman Tisdale (basketball)
• Nick Van Exel (basketball)
• Bill Walton (basketball)
• Lenny Wilkens (basketball)
• Manuel Zuleta (basketball)
• Kenneth Carlsen (tennis)
• Jimmy Connors (tennis)
• Norman Brookes (tennis)
• Courtney De Mone (tennis)
• Guy Forget (tennis)
• Andres Gomez (Santos) (tennis)
• Goran Ivanisevic (tennis)
• Rod Laver (tennis)
• Henri Leconte (tennis)
• John McEnroe (tennis)
• Thomas Muster (tennis)
• Martina Navratilova (tennis)
• Manuel Orantes (tennis)
• Niki Pilic (tennis)
• Renee Richards (tennis)
• Marcelo Rios (tennis)
• Monica Seles (tennis)
• Roscoe Tanner (tennis)
• Sachin Tendulkar (cricket, bats right-handed)
• Guillermo Vilas (tennis)
• Mark Woodforde (tennis)
• Steve Carlton (pitcher)
• Whitey Ford (pitcher)
• Paul Gibson (pitcher)
• Lefty Grove (pitcher)
• Ron Guidry (pitcher)
• Al Hrabosky (pitcher)
• Steve Howe (pitcher)
• Bruce Hurst (pitcher)
• Carl Hubbell (pitcher)
• Randy Johnson (pitcher)
• Tommy John (pitcher)
• Bob Kipper (pitcher)
• Joe Magrane (pitcher)
• Greg Swindell (pitcher)
• Barry Zito (pitcher)
• Brady Anderson (baseball)
• Steve Avery (baseball)
• Harold Baines (baseball)
• Barry Bonds (baseball)
• Wade Boggs (baseball)
• Lou Brock (baseball)
• Brett Butler (baseball)
• Will Clark (baseball)
• Ty Cobb (baseball)
• Lenny Dykstra (baseball)
• John Franco (baseball)
• Tom Glavine (baseball)
• Lefty Gomez (baseball)
• Leon "Goose" Goslin (baseball)
• Ken Griffey, Jr (baseball)
• Tony Gwynn (baseball)
• Rickey Henderson (baseball) (left-handed thrower, but right-handed batter)
• Kent Hrbek (baseball)
• "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (baseball)
• Reggie Jackson (baseball)
• David Justice (baseball)
• Wally Joyner (baseball)
• Sandy Koufax (baseball)
• John Kruk (baseball)
• Tommy Lasorda (baseball manager)
• Kenny Lofton (baseball)
• Fred Lynn (baseball)
• Kevin Maas (baseball)
• John McGras (baseball)
• Fred McGriff (baseball)
• Heinie Manush (baseball)
• Dave Martinez (baseball)
• Don Mattingly (baseball)
• Jackie Mitchell (baseball)
• Stan Musial (baseball)
• Troy O'Leary (baseball)
• Paul O'Neill (baseball)
• John Olerud (baseball)
• Mel Ott (baseball)
• Rafael Palmeiro (baseball)
• Dan Pasqua (baseball)
• Babe Ruth (baseball)
• "Prime Time" Deion Sanders (baseball/Am.football)
• Warren Spahn (baseball)
• Casey Stengel (baseball)
• Darryl Strawberry (baseball)
• Lou Whitaker (baseball)
• Ted Williams (baseball) (right-handed thrower, left-handed batter)
• Fernando Valenzuela (baseball)
• Barry Zito (baseball) (2002 Cy Young Award Winner)

Miscellaneous

• Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (ambidextrous)
• Edwin Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
• Dwight F. Davis, founder of the Davis Cup in tennis
• Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer
• Matt Groening, Simpsons cartoonist (as is his most famous character, Bart Simpson)
• Joan of Arc (?), French saint
• Helen Keller, advocate for the blind
• John F. Kennedy, Jr, lawyer/publisher
• Jay Leno, TV host
• David Letterman (?), TV host
• Marshall McLuhan
• David Rockefeller, banker
• Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr, General
• Ishihara Shintaro Governor of Tokyo and author
• Albert Einstein, scientist

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