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“Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure.”
“If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.”
| Siobhan Fahey, Musician (1957) |
| Colin Firth, Actor (1960) |
| Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Artist (1834) |
| Amy Irving, Actress (1953) |
| Georgia Douglas Johnson, Poet (1880) |
| Randy Johnson, Athlete (1963) |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Politician (1949) |
| Karl Lagerfeld, Designer (1938) |
| Jack Ma, Businessman (1964) |
| John W. Dawson, Politician (1877) |
| Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Educator (1976) |