List of people with dyslexia#M

The following is a list of some notable people who have dyslexia. See also the People with dyslexia category for a longer list.

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Eric Adams (born 1960), American politician{{Cite news |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |date=2022-06-01 |title=How Eric Adams's Struggle With Dyslexia Is Shaping His Mayoralty |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/nyregion/eric-adams-dyslexia.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |issn=0362-4331}}
Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968), British space scientist and science educator{{Cite web |title=Famous Dyslexics & Celebrities {{!}} Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity |url=https://helenarkell.org.uk/about-dyslexia/famous-dyslexics/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=www.helenarkell.org.uk}}
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016), American professional boxer{{cite book |last=Eig |first=Jonathan |title=Ali: A Life: Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017 |date=2017 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781471155963 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzjeDQAAQBAJ}}
Sam Allardyce (born 1954), English footballer and football manager{{Citation|last=Allardyce|first=Sam|title=Big Sam: My Autobiography|publisher=Headline|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4722-3267-0}}
Marc Almond (born 1957), English singer (Soft Cell){{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Jude |author1-link=Jude Rogers |title=Marc Almond: 'I've had the chance to be subversive in the mainstream' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/23/marc-almond-trials-of-eyeliner-soft-cell-bowie-interview-subversive-mainstream |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=23 October 2016}}
Jennifer Aniston (born 1969), American actress{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jennifer-aniston-reveals-struggles-dyslexia-764854|title=Jennifer Aniston Reveals Struggles With Dyslexia, Anger; Shrugs Off Oscar Snub|work=Hollywood Reporter}}

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Mel B (born 1975), English singer (Spice Girls)
Abhishek Bachchan (born 1976), Indian Bollywood actor{{cite news|title= Aamir praises Abhishek? |work=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/India_Buzz/Aamir_praises_Abhishek/articleshow/2631936.cms | date=19 December 2007}}
Robert Ballard (born 1942), deep sea explorer{{Cite web |title=Robert Ballard |url=https://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/success-stories/robert-ballard |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=dyslexiahelp.umich.edu |language=en |quote=already in his 70s when he found out he was dyslexic… says his dyslexia helped him locate the Titanic, as he says his dyslexia allows him to think differently.}}
Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American arctic explorer{{Cite web|title=Ann Bancroft, Polar Explorer|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/ann-bancroft/|access-date=5 July 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
Geoff Barrow (born 1971), English musician{{cite news|last=Gieben|first=Bram|title=Geoff Barrow talks DROKK: "2000AD is as important to me as Public Enemy"|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/features/301804-geoff_barrow_talks_drokk_2000ad_as_important_me_public_enemy|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=The Skinny|date=2 May 2012}}
Princess Beatrice (born 1988), member of the British Royal Family{{cite news|last=Bannerman|first=Lucy|title=Duchess tells of Beatrice's long struggle with dyslexia: Princess 'now catching up with her peers'|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12395014.duchess-tells-of-beatrices-long-struggle-with-dyslexia-princess-now-catching-up-with-her-peers/|access-date=21 March 2022|newspaper=The Herald|date=23 March 2005|page=5}}
Rob Beckett (born 1986), English comedian, television presenter and actor{{cite web |last1=Stephenson |first1=Hannah |title=Comedian Rob Beckett on overcoming body shame and how playing with Lego helps his mental health |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19897873.comedian-rob-beckett-overcoming-body-shame-playing-lego-helps-mental-health/ |website=The Herald |access-date=12 May 2024 |date=12 February 2022}}
BENEE (born 2000), New Zealand singer-songwriter{{cite news |title=Proud to be Different |url=https://www.speld.org.nz/stories/proud-to-be-different |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=Speld}}
Robert Benton (born 1932), American screenwriter and film director{{cite news|title=His love of lit led director to Roth tale|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=2 November 2003|page=H09}}
Orlando Bloom (born 1977), English actor{{cite web | title=The Orlando Bloom Files | work=Learning Disability | url=http://www.theorlandobloomfiles.com/articles/j1404march.html | access-date=1 July 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603094801/http://www.theorlandobloomfiles.com/articles/j1404march.html | archive-date=3 June 2007 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}
Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003), Chilean novelist and poet{{Cite journal | last=Kerr | first=Sarah | title=The Triumph of Roberto Bolaño | journal=The New York Review of Books | date=18 December 2008 | volume=55 | issue=20 | url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2008/dec/18/the-triumph-of-roberto-bolano/ }}
Chaz Bono (born 1969), American advocate, writer, musician and actor
Charley Boorman (born 1966), British TV presenter, writer and actor{{Cite news |date=2010-07-14 |title=Charley Boorman on a childhood spent with dyslexia |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10553942 |access-date=2023-03-27}}
Sir Richard Branson (born 1950), English entrepreneur (Virgin Group){{cite book | last=Branson | first=Richard | year=1999 | title=Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way | chapter=A family that would have killed for each other. 1950 – 1963 | edition=1st | chapter-url=http://www.virgin.com/aboutus/autobiography/ | publisher=Three Rivers Press | access-date=30 August 2006 | isbn=0-8129-3229-3 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830003417/http://www.virgin.com/aboutus/autobiography/ | archive-date=30 August 2006 | df=dmy-all }}
Nancy Brinker (born 1946), American ambassador and founder of The Promise Fund and Susan G. Komen for the Cure{{Cite web|title=Nancy Brinker, Founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/nancy-brinker/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
Erin Brockovich (born 1960), American legal clerk, consumer advocate and socio-environmental activist{{cite news | first = Adele | last = Slaughter | title = Erin Brockovich scripts victory over dyslexia | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-05-22-brockovich-dyslexia.htm | work = USA Today | date = 22 May 2001 | access-date = 25 August 2008}}
Max Brooks (born 1972), American actor and author{{Cite web|title=Max Brooks, New York Times Best-Selling Author|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/max-brooks-author/|access-date=8 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
Dame Darcey Bussell (born 1969), an English retired ballerina{{Cite web |date=2014-04-11 |title=Famous Dyslexics: Darcey Bussell |url=https://dm-ed.com/news/famous-dyslexics-darcey-bussell/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=David Morgan Education |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Griffiths |first=Sian |title=Dyslexic Darcey tiptoed into school cupboard to hide agony |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/dyslexic-darcey-tiptoed-into-school-cupboard-to-hide-agony-3q0qkc926ps |access-date=2023-01-01 |issn=0140-0460}}
Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), American science fiction author{{cite news|title=Obituary (The Guardian)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/16/guardianobituaries.bookscomment| access-date=25 July 2008 | location=London | date=16 March 2006 | first=Kodwo | last=Eshun}}

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Stephen J. Cannell (1941–2010), American television producer, writer and novelist{{cite web|title=Cannell Helps "Cobra" Star Find Ways Around Dyslexia|url=http://www.dudikoff.de/english/artikel03.htm| access-date=9 October 2006}}
Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946), King of Sweden since 1973"A time to rejoice: Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at 50" by Michael Jagerblom in Scandinavian Review, autumn 1996 {{cite web|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3760/is_199610/ai_n8750692 |title=Scandinavian Review: A time to rejoice: Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at 50 |access-date=1 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301092845/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3760/is_199610/ai_n8750692 |archive-date= 1 March 2005 }}
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (born 1979), Prince of Sweden{{Cite web | url=http://www.ibtimes.com/prince-carl-philip-sweden-talks-being-dyslexic-his-struggle-reading-writing-2229464 |title = Prince Carl Philip of Sweden Talks Being Dyslexic, His Struggle with Reading and Writing|website = International Business Times|date = 17 December 2015}}
Tucker Carlson (born 1969), American political commentator{{Cite web |date=1 Mar 2021 |title=Interview with Tucker Carlson |url=https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/interview-with-tucker-carlson/}}
Dan Carter, Canadian politician[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4874731/how-oshawa-s-new-mayor-recovered-from-addiction-and-got-off-the-streets-1.4874735 "How Oshawa's new mayor recovered from addiction and got off the streets"]. As It Happens, 23 October 2018.
Jim Carrey (born 1962), Canadian-American actor and comedian{{cite web |title=Famous Dyslexics: Jim Carrey |url=https://dm-ed.com/news/famous-dyslexics-jim-carrey/ |website=David Morgan Education |access-date=28 October 2022 |date=10 October 2014}}
Dave Chalk (born 1959), Canadian broadcaster and technology journalist{{cite web|title=Dave Chalk profile at Chalk Media|url=http://www.chalk.com/About/OurFounder.asp|access-date=11 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111125046/http://www.chalk.com/About/OurFounder.asp|archive-date=11 November 2007}}
John T. Chambers (born 1949), American businessman and CEO of Cisco{{cite web|title=How Cisco's CEO Works the Crowd|url=http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2006/sb20061011_917113.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108135532/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2006/sb20061011_917113.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2006|access-date=7 April 2008}}
Georgina Chapman (born 1976), English fashion designer and actress{{cite news|last1=Van Meter|first1=Jonathan|title=Georgina Chapman on Life After Harvey Weinstein|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/georgina-chapman-life-after-harvey-weinstein|work=Vogue|date=10 May 2018}}
Blake Charlton (born 1979), American science fiction author and cardiologist{{Cite web|title=Blake Charlton, M.D., Author & Cardiologist Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/blake-charlton-m-d/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
Cher (born 1946), American singer and actressCher, The First Time, {{ISBN|0-684-80900-1}}. For years, Cher experienced difficulties reading, telling time, and writing checks. She did not find out that she had dyslexia until after Chaz Bono was diagnosed. Source: {{cite book |title=Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography |last=Morton |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Morton (writer) |year=2008 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-35986-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tomcruiseunautho00mort/page/77 77] |title-link=Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography }}
Amy Childs (born 1990), English model and television personality{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Deborah|title=Amy Childs: 'I don't bitch about no one'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/amy-childs-i-dont-bitch-about-no-one-7658208.html|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 April 2012|location=London}}
Sir Timothy Clifford (born 1946), British art historian{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Phil|title=Clifford tells of his dyslexia struggle|newspaper=The Herald|page=1|date=8 October 2005}}
Gary Cohn (born 1960), American business leader{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-goldman-gary-cohn-got-to-wall-street-2015-5|title=Goldman Sachs' 2nd-most-powerful executive pulled an audacious move to get his 1st job on Wall Street|last=Roche|first=Julia La|website=Business Insider|access-date=3 March 2020}}
Jason Conley (born 1981), American basketball player{{Cite web | last = Schmidt | first = Neil

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Pete Conrad (1930–1999), American astronaut{{cite web |title=Spirit of Innovation Awards – Conrad Foundation |url=http://www.conradawards.org |access-date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809102403/http://conradawards.org/ |archive-date=9 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Anderson Cooper (born 1967), American broadcast journalist and political commentator{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Anderson |website=O, The Oprah Magazine |title=Books That Made a Difference to Anderson Cooper |url=http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/books/obc_omag_200507_books |quote=As a child, I had a problem reading. I had a mild form of dyslexia where I would see some letters backward, and I had to go to a special reading instructor.}}
Barbara Corcoran (born 1949), American businesswoman, columnist, and television personalityÉva Gyarmathy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Multi-sided Dyslexia -The age of the entrepreneurs with new reading abilities (January 2021). Entrepreneurship, Dyslexia, and Education. (pp.141–158). Routledge Education
Chris Cosentino (born 1972), American celebrity chef and television personality{{cite news |title=Chef Chris Cosentino Returns to Johnson and Wales with Advice for Culinary Students |first=Jamie |last=Coehlo |date=18 October 2018 |work=Rhode Island Monthly |url=https://www.rimonthly.com/chef-chris-cosentino-returns-to-johnson-and-wales-with-advice-for-culinary-students/ }}
Toby Cosgrove (born 1940), American heart surgeon{{Cite web|title=Cleveland Clinic CEO and Pres. {{!}} Toby Cosgrove {{!}} '62|url=https://howdyougetthere.williams.edu/cleveland-clinic-ceo-and-pres-toby-cosgrove-61/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=How'd You Get There?|language=en-US}}
Tom Cruise (born 1962), American actor{{cite web | title=MSN | work=Cruise credits Scientology for his success | date=24 May 2005 | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/cruise-credits-scientology-his-success-wbna7968809 | access-date=2 July 2006}}

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Roald Dahl (1916–1990), British author{{Cite web |last=Eide |first=Fernette |date=2017-06-22 |title=Children's Book Author Roald Dahl – Dear Lexdyslic Reader |url=https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/childrens-book-author-roald-dahl-dear-lexdyslic-reader/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Dyslexia {{!}} Dyslexic Advantage |language=en-US}}
Clark Janell Davis (born 1997), American model{{cite news |last=Gregory |first=John |title=Miss Kentucky Clark Janell Davis |work=Connections with Renee Shaw |publisher=Kentucky Educational Television |url=http://www.ket.org/living/miss-kentucky-clark-janell-davis/}}
John de Lancie (born 1948), American actor and comedian{{cite news | first=Sharon | last=Gaudin | title=Star Trek's 'Q' Says Science Fiction And Technology Can Change The World | work=InformationWeek | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article578354.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604033432/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article578354.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 June 2011 | date=21 March 2007| location=London}}
Michelle de Swarte (born 1980), English actress, comedian, presenter, and model{{Cite interview |last=de Swarte |first=Michelle |title='I fell on my arse on a Gucci catwalk': Michelle de Swarte, model, standup and now star of The Baby |interviewer=Nell Frizzell |work=The Guardian |date=17 June 2022 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jun/17/i-fell-on-my-arse-on-a-gucci-catwalk-michelle-de-swarte-model-standup-and-now-star-of-the-baby}}
Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), American science fiction author and literary criticSamuel R. Delany, The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village {{ISBN|0-8166-4523-X}}
Patrick Dempsey (born 1966), American actor{{cite web | title=Medicine.net | work=Patrick Dempsey Reveals His Dyslexia | url=http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=60267 | access-date=2 July 2006 | archive-date=3 January 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103102858/http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=60267 | url-status=dead }}
Paul Dewar (1963–2019), Canadian educator and politician{{cite news|last=Brydan|first=Joan|title=NDP leadership hopeful Dewar shaped by challenge of overcoming dyslexia|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/ndp-leadership-hopeful-dewar-shaped-by-challenge-of-overcoming-dyslexia--134528403.html|access-date=26 November 2011|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|agency=The Canadian Press|date=26 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129173049/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/ndp-leadership-hopeful-dewar-shaped-by-challenge-of-overcoming-dyslexia--134528403.html|archive-date=29 January 2012|url-status=live}}
Callum Dixon (born 2000), British rower

{{cite web|url=https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/23544652.callum-dixon-finds-solace-sport-amid-dyslexia-struggles/|title=Callum Dixon finds solace in sport amid dyslexia struggles|date=24 May 2023 |publisher=Ealing Times|access-date=2024-06-07}}

{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/66650615|title=World Rowing Championships: Callum Dixon on dyslexia|date=4 September 2023 |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2024-06-07}}

Andrew Dornenburg (born 1958), American chef and author{{Cite web |title=Andrew Dornenburg |url=https://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/success-stories/andrew-dornenburg |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=dyslexiahelp.umich.edu |language=en}}
Nadine Dorries (born 1957), British politician{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Patrick |date=2022-04-23 |title=Nadine Dorries accuses commentators of mocking her dyslexia after video gaffe |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nadine-dorries-culture-secretary-dyslexia-video-tiktok-b995876.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}
Jacques Dubochet (born 1942), Swiss biophysicist{{cite web |url=https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/people/honorary-professors/prof-jacques-dubochet.html |title=Prof. Jacques Dubochet – Honorary Professor of biophysics – DEE UNIL |access-date=4 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004182344/https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/people/honorary-professors/prof-jacques-dubochet.html |archive-date=4 October 2017 }}
Michael Dudikoff (born 1954), American actor{{cite web |last1=Mendoza |first1=N.F. |title=WITH AN EYE ON . . . : Michael Dudikoff rides the fast lane with 'Cobra' series |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-30-tv-16814-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=30 January 1994}}

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Arjan Ederveen (born 1956), Dutch actor and comedian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-b4e6d74e|title=Ik wil onopvallend zijn|date=23 January 2007|website=de Volkskrant}}
Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born theoretical physicist.{{Cite web|last=Usborne|first=Simon|date=2017-09-05|title=Jamie Oliver is right: people with dyslexia really do look at things differently|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2017/sep/05/jamie-oliver-right-dyslexics-do-things-differently-lucky|access-date=2022-01-07|website=The Guardian|language=en}}{{Better source needed|reason=Article is an editorial Jamie Oliver interview, and its claim about Einstein is a false attribution with no source.|date=December 2024}} His dyslexia is disputed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.albert-einstein.org/article_handicap.html|title=Albert Einstein Archives|website=www.albert-einstein.org}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2009-01-08|title=Conferences spell new insight into dyslexia myths|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=B4272CA1-96BF-57FE-AF40-BA07689B5BA9|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Massey University|language=en-NZ}}
Fae Ellington (born 1953), Jamaican media personality and lecturer.{{cite news|title=Fae Ellington – Transforming every day |first=Avia |last=Ustanny |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20051218/out/out1.html |newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner News |date=18 December 2005 |access-date=8 November 2011 |quote=Ellington is the consummate entertainer and overlays with humour the bitter-sweet story her life that of girl who was asthmatic, illegitimate and dyslexic, but who, born with an extraordinary personality, went on to write and successfully perform unique roles in life. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924091357/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20051218/out/out1.html |archive-date=24 September 2010 }}
Ari Emanuel (born 1961), American businessman and CEO of Endeavor.{{Cite web|title=Ari Emanuel, Co-Chief Executive of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/ari-emanuel/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
Aslı Enver (born 1984), Turkish actress.{{cite web |date=1 May 2020 |title=Aslı Enver takipçilerinden gelen sorulara yanıt verdi |url=https://www.cnnturk.com/magazin/asli-enver-takipcilerinden-gelen-sorulara-yanit-verdi?page=1 |access-date=21 March 2022 |publisher=CNN Türk}}

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Paloma Faith (born 1981), English singer-songwriter and actress.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/what-ive-learnt-paloma-faith-thtn8tzrlr2|title=What I've learnt: Paloma Faith|access-date=18 August 2014|work=The Times Magazine |date=9 August 2014|last1=Addison|first1=Harriet}}
Alexander Faludy (born 1983), English Reverend.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/09/29/nspel29.html |title=Dyslexic boy, 15, makes early start at Cambridge |access-date=16 September 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |first=Matthew |last=d'Ancona |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422093958/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1998%2F09%2F29%2Fnspel29.html |archive-date=22 April 2005 }}
Steve Fielding (born 1960), Australian politician.{{cite news | last = Riley | first = Robyn | date = 27 September 2009 | title = Time to get 'fiskal' – Funding calls on dyslexia | work = Herald Sun | location = Melbourne, Australia | page = 102 }} Fielding's dyslexia was only diagnosed after he revealed his learning difficulties in 2009, and he was diagnosed with both developmental apraxia of speech{{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-22|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Apraxia#Apraxia of speech|reason=Anchor "Apraxia#Apraxia of speech" links to a specific web page: "Apraxia of speech". The anchor (Apraxia of speech) has been deleted.}}, along with the dyslexia.
Fannie Flagg (born 1944), American actress, comedian and author.{{cite news | title=CNN | work=High hurdles didn't stop Fannie Flagg | url=http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9901/12/flagg/ | access-date=2 July 2006}}
Ben Fogle (born 1973), English television presenter, writer and adventurer.{{cite news|last1=Jardine|first1=Cassandra|title=Ben Fogle: Dare to dream|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3635281/Ben-Fogle-Dare-to-dream.html|work=The Telegraph|date=12 January 2008}}
Dave Foley (born 1963), Canadian comedian and actor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/15/interview-with-dave-foley|title = Interview with Dave Foley – IGN|date = 15 April 2002}}
Richard Ford (born 1944), American author.{{cite web | title=RN Book Show – 10 June 2007 | work=Richard Ford's Lay of the Land interview | url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2007/1946268.htm| access-date=31 October 2007| date=4 June 2007 }}

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Anaïs Gallagher (born 2000), English model and photographer.{{cite web|url= https://www.instagram.com/gallagher_anais/p/C4OSVp4NPle/?img_index=1 |title= Anaïs Gallagher's Instagram post |website= Instagram |date= 7 March 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Alistair |date=2017-10-11 |title=Noel Gallagher's daughter Anaïs admits her catwalk job is all down to her dad |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/noel-gallagher-s-daughter-anais-says-she-admits-her-catwalk-job-is-all-down-to-her-dad-a3656241.html |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}
Noel Gallagher (born 1967), English musician (Oasis).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNBusPDBQxEC&pg=PA254|title=Off the Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press

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Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian-American poet and television and radio personality.{{cite news | title=Conversando con Nuestra Poetisa | first=Martha | last=Rosales Cedeño | work=UCSG Radio | date=October 2014}}
Sally Gardner (born 1954), English children's book author and illustrator.{{Cite web|title=ABOUT|url=https://www.sallygardner.co.uk/about|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Sally Gardner|language=en}}
Gayle (born 2004), American singer.{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/gayle-spells-out-her-terms-for-moving-on-with-new-single-abcdefu/|title=GAYLE Spells Out Her Terms for Moving On with New Single "abcdefu"|last=Walthall|first=Catherine|website=American Songwriter|date=August 13, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2022}}
Mo Gilligan (born 1988), British stand-up comedian{{Cite web |date=2021-09-06 |title=BBC Radio 5 Live – 5 Live In Short, Mo Gilligan: 'Your dyslexia is not your downfall' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09v60h5 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Comedians with dyslexia |url=https://www.dyslexiacanada.org/en/blog/comedians-with-dyslexia |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Dyslexia Canada |language=en-CA}}
Glowie (born 1997), Icelandic singer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/one-to-watch-glowie__25863/|title=One to watch – Glowie: "Every song has a whole world around it"|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2023-08-14}}
Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), American actress, comedian and television personality.{{cite web|title=The One-Woman Show|url=http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/gol0int-2|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|access-date=6 May 2012|date=17 June 1994|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607065056/http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/gol0int-2|archive-date=7 June 2012}}{{cite news|title=Dyslexia Didn't Stop Her|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=geEyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6458%2C265325|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Wilmington Morning Star|date=17 March 1987|page=2D}}
Alison Goldfrapp (born 1966), English musician and record producer (Goldfrapp).{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/21/popandrock | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Miranda | last=Sawyer | title=Gold rush | date=21 March 2004}}
John B. Goodenough (1922–2023), American materials scientist.{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=2023-06-26 |title=John B. Goodenough, 100, Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithium-Ion Battery |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/science/john-goodenough-dead.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331}}
Terry Goodkind (1948–2020), American writer.{{cite news | title='Naked Empire': Author Terry Goodkind | url=http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20030805003/tscript.htm | work=USA Today | date=8 April 2003}}
Frank Gore (born 1983), American football player.{{cite news|title=Niners RB Frank Gore misses practice after mother's death|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-09-13-1272576651_x.htm|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=13 September 2007|agency=Associated Press}}
Ashley Graham (born 1987), American model and television presenter.{{Cite web |url= https://www.glamour.com/story/ashley-graham-being-okay-with-who-you-are-is-a-revolutionary-act |title= Ashley Graham: 'Being OK With Who You Are Is a Revolutionary Act' |website= Glamour |date= 11 October 2017}}
Mike Gravel (1930–2021), American politician.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090401794_5.html?sid=ST2007101600688 |title=Last |access-date=29 October 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=9 September 2007 | first=Michael | last=Leahy}}
Allan Gray (1938–2019), South African businessman and philanthropist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-12-allan-gray-death-of-a-gentleman/|title=BUSINESS MAVERICK: Obituary: Allan Gray: Death of a gentleman|last=Planting|first=Sasha|website=Daily Maverick|date=11 November 2019|access-date=12 November 2019}}
Olive Gray (born 1994), English actor.{{cite news|url=http://www.womanalive.co.uk/stories/view?articleid=512|title=Carrie Grant: "This is extreme parenting"|work=Woman Alive|last=Francis|first=Catherine|date=21 February 2017|access-date=8 December 2017}}
Brian Grazer (born 1951), American film and television producer and writer.{{Cite web|title=Brian Grazer, Academy Award-Winning Producer|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/brian-grazer/|access-date=5 July 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}

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Jerry Hall (born 1956), American model and actress.{{Cite web |url= https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/jerry-hall-dyslexia-is-a-gift-for-me-986276 |title= Jerry Hall: Dyslexia is a gift for me |website= Manchester Evening News |date= 13 January 2013}}
Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), British racing driver.{{Cite tweet|number=1151814413256658944|user=MercedesAMGF1|title=This team. This family! Each year we take a day to recognise ... Embedded video (at 4:50)|author-link=Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|date=2019-07-18|access-date=2022-03-21|quote=Child : 'Do your have dyslexia ?' Hamilton: 'Yes, I do'}}
Susan Hampshire (born 1937), British actress.
Matt Hancock (born 1978), British politician.{{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Matthew |date=3 October 2018 |title=Matt Hancock dyslexia struggles 'strengthen case against cuts' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/03/matt-hancock-dyslexia-struggles-strengthen-case-against-send-cuts |access-date=11 June 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}
Charles "Chuck" Harrison (1931–2018), American industrial designer{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Gambino |first2=Megan |title=Interview with Charles Harrison |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/interview-with-charles-harrison-132551545/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
Maya Hawke (born 1998), American actor, model and singer-songwriter.{{Cite news |title=In Her Debut Album, Maya Hawke Explores Young Adulthood |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/05/909969081/in-her-debut-album-maya-hawke-explores-young-adulthood |access-date=2022-09-18}}
Salma Hayek (born 1966), Mexican actress.{{cite web|last=Shaw|first=Gina|title=Salma Hayek: Mom on a Mission|url=http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/salma-hayek-mom-on-a-mission?page=3|publisher=WebMD the Magazine|access-date=6 May 2012|date=25 February 2009}}{{cite news|last=Carr|first=Jay|title=Salma Hayek goes 'West'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NBJJAAAAIBAJ&pg=1236%2C525033|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=The Hour|date=3 July 1999|page=C5}}
Mark Henry (born 1971), American professional wrestler and powerlifter.{{cite magazine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/07/15/heavy-duty-weightlifter-mark-henry-is-a-prodigious-prodigy/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102092621/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1139686/2/index.htm |url-status=live |archive-date=2 January 2013 |title=Heavy Duty; Weightlifter Mark Henry is a prodigious prodigy (page 2) |date=15 July 1991 |last=Smith |first=Shelley |access-date=22 July 2009 |magazine=Sports Illustrated }}
Bill Hewlett (1913–2001), American engineer.{{Cite web |title=William Redington Hewlett |url=https://hewlett.org/about-us/hewlett-family-and-history/william-redington-hewlett/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Hewlett Foundation |language=en-US}}
John Hickenlooper (born 1952), American politician.{{cite news|last=Shanley|first=Will|title=School set to 'fill lives with joy': Denver Academy opens a new high school dedicated to serving students with learning disabilities|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=23 September 2004|pages=B–02}}
Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951), American fashion designer.{{Cite web|title=Tommy Hilfiger|url=https://childmind.org/blog/tommy-hilfiger-myyoungerself/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Child Mind Institute|date=28 April 2018|language=en}}
John Hoke III (born 1965), American architect and designer.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-30 |title=John Hoke III, Chief Design Officer, Nike, Inc., to Be Presented with IDA Pinnacle Award – International Dyslexia Association |url=https://dyslexiaida.org/john-hoke-iii-chief-design-officer-nike-inc-to-be-presented-with-ida-pinnacle-award/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=dyslexiaida.org |language=en-US}}
Tom Holland (born 1996), English actor.{{cite web |url=http://www.dominicholland.co.uk/dyslexia-is-in-the-news/ |title=Dyslexia is in the news… |publisher=DominicHolland.co.uk|date=26 February 2014 }}
Sir Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), Welsh actor and director.{{cite web | title=American eagle latitudes | work=The One and Only Anthony Hopkins | url=http://www.eaglelatitudes.com/current/2.html?id=165 | access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060521080951/http://www.eaglelatitudes.com/current/2.html?id=165 |archive-date = 21 May 2006}}
Jack Horner (born 1946), American palaeontologist.{{Citation|last=Horner|first=Jack|title=Building a dinosaur from a chicken|date=7 June 2011 |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken|access-date=29 February 2020}}

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Boman Irani (born 1959), Bollywood actor
John Irving (born 1942), American author and screenwriter.{{cite web |title=Queen's university of Charlotte | work=John Irving Captivates Sold-out Crowd at Queens | url=http://www.queens.edu/print_news.asp?press_id=1249 | access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060908122622/http://www.queens.edu/print_news.asp?press_id=1249 |archive-date = 8 September 2006}}
Jony Ive (born 1967), English product designer.{{cite news|last1=Kahner|first1=Leander|title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Apple's Jony Ive|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-apples-jony-ive-2013-11|work=Business Insider|date=25 November 2013}}
Eddie Izzard (born 1962), British comedian, actor and activist.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Radio 4 in Four – What we learned from Eddie Izzard's Believe Me |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/55BK9k0dTG0s2cW0ZHlrLMP/what-we-learned-from-eddie-izzard-s-believe-me |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}

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Caitlyn Jenner (born 1949), American media personality, retired Olympic gold medal-winning athlete and transgender activist.{{cite web|title=Official Bruce Jenner Website|url=http://www.brucejenner.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106130610/http://brucejenner.com/|archive-date=6 January 2009}}
Daymond John (born 1969), American businessman, investor and television personality (Shark Tank).{{Cite web|title=Daymond John, Entrepreneur|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/daymond-john/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
Colin Jones (1936–2021), English photographer and ballet dancer.{{cite news|last1=Spencer|first1=Charles|title=Colin Jones: an early prototype of Billy Elliot|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/8281776/Colin-Jones-an-early-prototype-of-Billy-Elliot.html|work=The Telegraph|date=25 January 2011}}

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Rebecca Kamen (born 1950), American artist and sculptor.{{cite news|last1=Rolfes|first1=Ellen|title=Portrait of a dyslexic artist, who transforms neurons into 'butterflies'|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/neuroscience-art-brain/|access-date=26 February 2015|work=PBS Newshour|date=16 April 2014}}
Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), Swedish industrialist.{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=2018-01-28 |title=Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea and Creator of a Global Empire, Dies at 91 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/ingvar-kamprad-dies.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |issn=0362-4331}}
Paul Kanjorski (born 1937), American politician.{{cite news|date=12 January 2009 |work=Pocono Record |title=Pocono Power Broker U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski |url=http://kanjorski.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1416&Itemid=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100321023306/http://kanjorski.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1416&Itemid=1 |archive-date=21 March 2010 }}
Mollie King (born 1987), English singer and radio presenter.{{cite news|last=Ricketts|first=Andy|title=John Suchet visits Battersea Dogs & Cats Home|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Fundraising/article/1103693/john-suchet-visits-battersea-dogs-cats-home/|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Third Sector Magazine|date=15 November 2011}}{{cite news|last=Foster|first=Alastair|title=I'd have loved a reading mentor, says dyslexic Saturdays star Mollie King|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/get-london-reading/id-have-loved-a-reading-mentor-says-dyslexic-saturdays-star-mollie-king-6364470.html|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=3 November 2011}}
Laura Kirkpatrick (born 1989), American model and fashion designer.{{Cite news|last=Toadvine |first=Emily |title=Will Stanford's Laura Kirkpatrick be the next "Top Model"? |work=The Advocate-Messenger |date=18 November 2009 |url=http://www.amnews.com/stories/2009/11/18/loc.558055.sto |access-date=25 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124090920/http://www.amnews.com/stories/2009/11/18/loc.558055.sto |archive-date=24 November 2009 }}
Tawny Kitaen (1961–2021), American actress and model.{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/tawny-kitaen |title=Tawny Kitaen – Death, Career & Facts|date=8 May 2021 |publisher=Biography.com|accessdate=May 15, 2021}}
Keira Knightley (born 1985), English actress.{{cite news | title=Tough Enough | work=Keira Knightley has overcome childhood challenges – including dyslexia – to become an actress. Yet the 20-year-old says she can't be a role model.| url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2005/11/06/tough_enough/ | access-date=13 March 2007 | date=6 November 2005 | first1=Judy | last1=Abel}}
Willem Johan Kolff (1911–2009), Dutch physician.{{cite news | title=Willem Kolff |work=The Daily Telegraph | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4604625/Willem-Kolff.html | access-date=12 February 2009 | location=London | date=12 February 2009}}
David Koresh (1959–1993), American cult leader of the Branch Davidians.{{cite news|title=Koresh and the Waco siege|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/431311.stm|access-date=6 May 2012|work=BBC News|date=27 August 1999}}

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LadBaby (born 1987), English YouTuber, blogger and philanthropist.{{Cite news|date=2021-11-11|title=LadBaby feared childhood bullying over dyslexia|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59239793|access-date=2021-11-16}}{{Cite web|last=Stretton|first=Penny|date=2021-11-14|title=Ladbaby couple Mark and Roxanne talk about struggles at school|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/ladbaby-couple-mark-roxanne-open-6187789|access-date=2021-11-16|website=NottinghamshireLive|language=en}}
Penny Lancaster (born 1971), English model.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2018012245630/penny-lancaster-diagnosed-dyslexia/|title=Penny Lancaster diagnosed with learning difficulty|magazine=Hello!|date=22 January 2018|author=Gemma Strong}}
Eugene Landy (1934–2006), American psychologist.{{cite news|last1=Carlin |first1=Peter Ames |author-link1=Peter Ames Carlin |title=Obituaries: Eugene Landy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eugene-landy-472307.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=April 1, 2006 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023180814/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eugene-landy-472307.html |url-status=dead}}
J. F. Lawton (born 1960), American writer, producer and director.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/deorllewin/safle/abertawe/pages/j_f_lawton.shtml|title=J. F. Lawton|work=BBC News|date=4 June 2009}}
Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015), 1st Prime Minister of Singapore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/a-bid-to-help-those-with-dyslexia|title=A bid to help those with dyslexia|last=hermes|date=22 October 2016|website=The Straits Times|access-date=22 January 2020}}
Peter Leitch (born 1944), New Zealand businessman and philanthropist.{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10695314 |title= Success with dyslexia |work= The New Zealand Herald |date= 19 December 2010 |access-date= 19 July 2013}}
Angie Le Mar (born 1965), British comedian, actress and writer.{{cite news|last=Barnett|first=Laura|title=Portrait of the artist: Angie Le Mar, comedian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/may/01/portrait-artist-angie-le-mar-comedian|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 May 2012|location=London}}
Jay Leno (born 1950), American television presenter and comedian.{{cite web | title=HOME BUSINESS Magazine | work=Jay Leno: Leading With His Chin Success Secrets from the Host of The Tonight Show | url=http://www.money-at-home.com/jayleno.htm | access-date=2 July 2006 | archive-date=29 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829110645/http://www.money-at-home.com/jayleno.htm | url-status=dead }}
Tom Lewis (born 1991), English golfer.{{cite news|last=Fraser|first=Paul|title=Lewis shocks The Open|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/9142021.Lewis_shocks_The_Open/|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=The Northern Echo|date=15 July 2011}}
Lil Pump (born 2000), American rapper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vladtv.com/article/246104/lil-pump-says-he-cant-read-gucci-mane-book-will-be-his-first|title=Lil Pump Says He Can't Read, Gucci Mane Book Will Be His First|website=vladtv.com|date=9 June 2018 |access-date=31 May 2019}}
Kenny Logan (born 1972), Scottish rugby union player.{{cite news | last =Logan | first =Kenny | title =How I tackled 30 years of secret shame | newspaper =The Times | date =13 October 2005 | url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article578354.ece | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110604033432/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article578354.ece | url-status =dead | archive-date =4 June 2011 | location=London}}
Harry Lorayne (1926–2023) American magician, memory-training specialist, and author.{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2023-04-07 |title=Harry Lorayne, Dazzling Master of Total Recall, Is Dead at 96 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/arts/television/harry-lorayne-dead.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |issn=0362-4331}}
Greg Louganis (born 1960), American diver, author and LGBT rights activist.{{cite news|last=Flatter|first=Rion|title=Louganis never lost drive to dive|url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00016086.html|access-date=6 May 2012|work=ESPN}}{{cite news|title=A gold medal for courage: Greg Louganis' book isn't polished, but it's candid|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=2 April 1995|page=7}}
Prince Louis of Luxembourg (born 1986), Prince of Luxembourg.{{Cite web |date=2016-01-31 |title=Luxembourg royals help end taboo on dyslexia |url=https://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/learning-difficulties-luxembourg-royals-help-end-taboo-on-dyslexia-56adca520da165c55dc5226a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201101813/https://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/learning-difficulties-luxembourg-royals-help-end-taboo-on-dyslexia-56adca520da165c55dc5226a |archive-date=2016-02-01}}
Noah Lyles (born 1997), American athlete.{{Cite web |last=Curtright |first=Austin |title=Does Noah Lyles have asthma? What to know of track star who won 100m gold at Paris Olympics |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/04/noah-lyles-asthma-olympics-100m-time-final-2024-paris/74667639007/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2024-08-05 |title=Noah Lyles: An Olympic gold medallist and fastest man on earth despite asthma, dyslexia, ADD, depression |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-olympics-2024/noah-lyles-an-olympic-gold-medallist-despite-asthma-dyslexia-add-depression/articleshow/112281441.cms |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

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Dannel Malloy (born 1955), American politician).{{cite news|title=AP Interview: Malloy overcame dyslexia, physical struggles|date = 30 May 2006|access-date = 14 November 2010|url = http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/AP-Interview-Malloy-overcame-dyslexia-physical-112920.php|last = Haigh|first = Susan|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Connecticut Post}}{{cite news|title = Odds Defied? Malloy Knows the Territory|last = Hernandez|first = Raymond|access-date = 14 November 2010 |date = 11 August 2010|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/nyregion/12malloy.html|newspaper=The New York Times}}
Jo Malone (born 1963), British perfumer and entrepreneur{{Cite web |title=Jo Malone |url=https://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/success-stories/jo-malone |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=dyslexiahelp.umich.edu |language=en}}
Steve Mariotti (1953–2024), American social entrepreneur and educator.{{Cite web|title=Steve Mariotti, Founder & Former President of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/steve-mariotti/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
Mireille Mathieu (born 1946), French singer.Mathieu, Mireille; Cartier, Jacqueline. Oui Je Crois Q'une Vie Ca Commence Avec Un Mot D'amour. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1988.
Lee Marvin (1924–1987), American actor
Don McCullin (born 1935), British photojournalist.
Joel McHale (born 1971), American actor, comedian, and television presenter.{{cite web|last1=Haas|first1=Mariah|title=Joel McHale Discovered He Was Dyslexic After Son's Diagnosis|url=https://people.com/tv/joel-mchale-dyslexic-son-diagnosed/|website=People}}
Charlotte McKinney (born 1993), American model and actress.{{Cite web |url= https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/carls-jr-model-charlotte-mckinney-opens-bullied/story?id=28716270 |title= Carl's Jr. Model Charlotte McKinney Opens Up About Being Bullied |website= ABC News |date= 4 February 2015}}
Steve McQueen (1930–1980), American actor{{cite book |last=Terrill |first=Marshall |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781556113802 |title=Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel |publisher=Plexus Press |year=1993 |isbn=978-1-556-11380-2}}
Steve McQueen (born 1969), British film director.{{Cite web |title=Steve McQueen opens up about being dyslexic and his own "painful" journey ahead of Subnormal: A British Scandal |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/steve-mcqueen-subnormal-a-british-scandal-dyslexic-newsupdate/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}
Kendrick Meek (born 1966), American politician.{{cite news | last =Schram | first =Martin | title =Two stories of overcoming dyslexia | newspaper =St. Petersburg Times | date =6 September 2010 | url =http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/two-stories-of-overcoming-dyslexia/1119408 | location =St. Petersburg | access-date =20 September 2010 | archive-date =12 June 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150612064144/http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/two-stories-of-overcoming-dyslexia/1119408 | url-status =dead }}
Douglas Merrill (born 1970), American technologist and fintech entrepreneur.{{Cite web|title=Douglas Merrill, Entrepreneur & Author|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/douglas-merrill/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}
M.I.A. (born 1975), British rapper and singer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/03/mia-deleting-twitter-mental-disorder/|title=After Tweeting About Mental Disorders and Trump, M.I.A. Says She's Deleting Her Account|date=3 March 2017|website=Spin|access-date=3 March 2020|quote="I'm an artist.I'm dyslexic. Over 60% of artists are. Mental illnesses is found in artists too + creative people seek solutions through art 2"}}
Mika (born 1983), Lebanese-born English singer-songwriter.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1830622.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530143315/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1830622.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2010|title=The man of musical Marmite – that's Mika. But love him or hate him, you can't miss that falsetto| newspaper =The Sunday Times|date=27 May 2007 | location=London | first=Robin | last=Eggar | access-date=8 May 2010}}
Alyssa Milano (born 1972), American actress.{{cite video |people=Joy Behar |date=21 April 2010 |title= The Joy Behar Show|medium=Television production |publisher=HLN |location= New York City}}{{cite web|title=Alyssa Milano – Gielgud Tip Helps Dyslexic Alyssa|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/gielgud-tip-helps-dyslexic-alyssa|publisher=Contact Music|access-date=10 August 2011|date=25 August 2003}}
Jerry Moffatt (born 1963), British rock climber.{{cite book | title=Jerry Moffatt: Revelations | first1=Jerry | last1=Moffatt | first2=Nial | last2=Grimes | date=2009 | publisher=Vertebrate Publishing | isbn=978-1-906148-11-9}}
Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975), American author and illustrator.{{cite web|url=http://steamkat.com/feature-dark-letter-days-by-lorin-morgan-richards/ |title=Interview with Lorin Morgan-Richards |publisher=SteamKat.com |date=9 April 2016 |access-date=29 April 2016}}
A. R. Morlan (1958–2016), American writer.{{Cite news |last=Morlan |first=A. R. |date=1998-10-04 |title=Feeling stuck |pages=223 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97846178/feeling-stucka-r-morlan/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Dorrit Moussaieff (born 1950), Israeli jewellery designer.{{Cite web |date=2007-12-10 |title=Dyslexia and daring |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=378212 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071210000538/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=378212 |archive-date=2007-12-10 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Haaretz}}
Shlomo Moussaieff (1925–2015), Israeli jewellery businessman and Bible expert.
Don Mullan (born 1956), Irish author, producer and humanitarian.{{cite web|url=http://www.dyslexia.ie/Don%20Mullan%20Conference%202004.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119034609/http://www.dyslexia.ie/Don%20Mullan%20Conference%202004.pdf |archive-date=19 November 2007 }}
Róisín Murphy (born 1973), Irish singer-songwriter and record producer.{{cite news|title=One-of-a-kind singer songwriter|newspaper=Cream Magazine|date=1 January 2008|quote=I've been troubled with dyslexia since an early age and it's made me overlook expected musical rules ...}}
Jaime Murray (born 1976), English actress).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/jaime_murray.shtml|title=Jamie Murray|publisher=BBC Drama Faces|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-date=9 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309190302/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/jaime_murray.shtml|url-status=dead}}

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Steven Naismith (born 1986), Scottish professional footballer.{{cite news|title=Hard-working football star tackled dyslexia and won|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/hard-working-football-star-tackled-dyslexia-and-won.23509829|newspaper=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=3 March 2014|access-date=21 March 2014}}
David Neeleman (born 1959), Brazilian-American businessman and entrepreneur.{{Cite web |title=David Neeleman |url=http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/david-neeleman |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=dyslexiahelp.umich.edu |language=en}}
Gavin Newsom (born 1967), American politician.{{Cite web | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_29102730/gavin-newsom-delivers-powerful-lesson-dyslexia-marin |title = Gavin Newsom delivers powerful lesson on dyslexia in Marin|date = 11 November 2015}}
Jace Norman (born 2000), American actor.{{cite web |url= http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2014/nov/28/jace-norman-henry-danger/2/?#article-copy |title= San Diego's own Teen Star |access-date= 4 April 2016 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160419105306/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2014/nov/28/jace-norman-henry-danger/2/#article-copy |archive-date= 19 April 2016 |df= dmy-all }}
Mike Norris (born 1961), English businessman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/06/mike_norris_profile/|title=Reseller kingpin: My rise from school disco boss to FTSE 250 biz|last=at 12:22|first=Paul Kunert 6 June 2012|website=The Register|access-date=29 February 2020}}

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Paul Oakenfold (born 1963), English record producer and DJ.{{cite news|title=Oakenfold (L.A. mix)|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/25/entertainment/ca-oakenfold25/2|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=25 June 2006|author=Geoff Boucher|archive-date=6 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506190151/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/25/entertainment/ca-oakenfold25/2|url-status=dead}}
Brendan O'Carroll (born 1955), Irish actor and comedian.{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Andrea|title=Comic O'Carroll's grief for lost child|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/comic-ocarrolls-grief-for-lost-child-2577538.html|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=13 March 2011}}{{cite news|last=Caden|first=Sarah|title=Of chips and old blocks|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/of-chips-and-old-blocks-484895.html|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=10 October 2004}}
Danny O'Carroll (born 1983), Irish actor.
Olav V of Norway (1903–1991), King of Norway (1957–1991).{{cite web |url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Word-blind:+Einar+Engebretsen+drove+his+teachers+to+despair.+30+years+...-a0108113751 |title= Word-blind: Einar Engebretsen drove his teachers to despair : 30 years later he discovered why |access-date= 24 November 2009 |last= Engebretsen |first= Einar |year= 1997 |format= excerpt |work= Ordblind |publisher= Agave Forlag}}
Jamie Oliver (born 1975), British chef and television presenter.{{cite news | title=Profile Jamie Oliver | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4394025.stm | access-date=2 July 2006 | date=30 March 2005 | work=BBC News | first=Andrew | last=Walker}}
Naoisé O'Reilly, Irish psychologist.{{cite news|last1=Leonard|first1=Sue|title=Purple Success – Helping others realise their dreams|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/purple-success--helping-others-realise-their-dreams-230408.html|access-date=28 February 2015|work=Irish Examiner|date=6 May 2013}}
Paul Orfalea (born 1947), American entrepreneur.Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh, Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies {{ISBN|0-7611-3777-7}}
Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948), English musician and television personality.{{cite news |last=Appleyard |first=Bryan |date=27 November 2005 |title=Blizzard of Oz |work=The Sunday Times Magazine |location=London |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/blizzard-of-oz-6rvwjmjpfnr |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 September 2006}}
Will Ospreay (born 1993), English professional wrestler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/will-ospreay-discusses-being-diagnosed-adhd-being-autism-spectrum-and-regretting-tweets|title=Will Ospreay Discusses Being Diagnosed With ADHD, Being On Autism Spectrum, And Regretting Tweets|website=Fightful|date=17 January 2023|access-date=27 June 2023}}

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Alice Pagani (born 1998), Italian actress, model and author.{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/people/2021/05/25/news/alice_pagani_io_attrice_e_scrittrice_un_libro_per_raccontare_le_mie_paure_-302575845/|title=Alice Pagani diventa scrittrice: "Emozioni e sessualità, con un libro esploro le mie paure"|work=la Repubblica|date=2021-05-21|first=Silvia|last=Fumarola|accessdate=2021-05-25}}
Diamond Dallas Page (born 1956), American professional wrestler, actor and author.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120723015013/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/02/18/8439736.html CANOE – SLAM! Sports – Wrestling – DDP answers fan questions]}}
Theo Paphitis (born 1959), Cypriot-born British businessman and retail magnate.{{cite news|last=Attwood|first=Sophie|title=Just spell it like it is|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article3051350.ece|access-date=22 September 2011|newspaper=The Times|date=15 September 2007|location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Nicholas Parsons (1923–2020), English actor and presenter.{{Cite news|last=Cook|first=Emma|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/05/nicholas-parsons-my-family-values|title=Nicholas Parsons: My family values|date=5 January 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 April 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
Jean Paton (born 1929), British bryologist and botanical illustrator.{{cite journal |title=Jean Paton MBE (b. 04.01.29) |journal=Field Bryology |date=June 2009 |volume=98 |pages=49–54 |url=https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FB98_Paton-Autobiography.pdf |access-date=4 October 2022}}
River Phoenix (1970–1993), American actor and musician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/27/river-phoenix-dark-blood-last-film|title=River Phoenix: the last film|date=27 September 2012|work=The Guardian}}
Dav Pilkey (born 1966), American author and illustrator.{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/writer-dav-pilkey-says-having-dyslexia-was-a-blessing|title=Writer Dav Pilkey says having dyslexia was a blessing|last=hermes|date=24 November 2019|website=The Straits Times|access-date=29 February 2020}}
Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021), American illustrator and writer.{{Cite web|date=22 February 2018|title=Picture This: Jerry Pinkney, Renowned Children's Book Illustrator Feted by Senator Murphy In Honor of Black History Month|url=https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/terrence-murphy/picture-jerry-pinkney-renowned-childrens-book-illustrator|access-date=10 December 2020|website=NY State Senate|language=en}}
Daniel Powter (born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter.{{cite web | title = Allmusic | work=Biography | url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p702418|pure_url=yes}} | access-date=2 July 2006}}
Hal Prewitt (born 1954), American artist, photographer, entrepreneur and race car driver.{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-6378228/hal-prewitt-computer-whiz.html|title=Hal Prewitt; a computer whiz kid challenges the big boys|work=Florida Trend|access-date=31 January 2012 | date=1 August 1987}}{{cite web|url=http://www.prewitt.net/biography/biography.php|title=Hal Prewitt|publisher=Driver's Website|access-date=6 February 2012}}

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Scott Quinnell (born 1972), Welsh rugby union player.{{cite web | work = bbc.co.uk | title=Quinnell's dyslexia triumph | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/02_february/16/quinnell.shtml | access-date=18 August 2007}}

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Bodo Ramelow (born 1956), German politician.{{Cite news | url=http://www.taz.de/!144758/ |title = Landtagswahl in Thüringen: Ich, sagt Bodo Ramelow|newspaper = Die Tageszeitung: Taz|date = 25 August 2014|last1 = Reinecke|first1 = Stefan}}
Sara Rankin, British scientist.{{Cite web |title=Sara Rankin – Scientists with disabilities {{!}} Royal Society |url=https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/diversity-in-science/scientists-with-disabilities/sara-rankin/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=royalsociety.org}}
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), American artist.{{cite news|last=Conniff|first=Tamara|title=Common objectsm uncommon artist|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G0EgAAAAIBAJ&pg=3760%2C942178|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=6 April 1999|pages=1E–2E}}
Keanu Reeves (born 1964), Canadian actor.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-10 |title=The Esquire Interview: Keanu Reeves |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a13033/keanu-reeves-john-wick-2-interview/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Esquire |language=en-gb}}
Nicolas Winding Refn (born 1970), Danish film director.{{cite news | title = Nicolas Winding Refn: 'When the chance came, I stuck the knife into Lars von Trier' | work=The Independent | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/nicolas-winding-refn-when-the-chance-came-i-stuck-the-knife-into-lars-von-trier-2352550.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126001002/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/nicolas-winding-refn-when-the-chance-came-i-stuck-the-knife-into-lars-von-trier-2352550.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 November 2011 | access-date=11 November 2011 | location=London | date=11 September 2011}}
Iwan Rheon (born 1985), Welsh actor and musician.{{cite web|title = Iwan Rheon / Interview|url=http://www.buzzmag.co.uk/uncategorized/iwan-rheon-interview/|date=11 May 2010}}
Guy Ritchie (born 1968), English film director.{{cite web | title =Dyslexia| work=BBC | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/health/atoz/dyslexia.shtml | access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051127164421/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/health/atoz/dyslexia.shtml |archive-date = 27 November 2005}}
Chris Robshaw (born 1986), English rugby union player.
David Rockefeller (1915–2017), American business executive and philanthropist.{{cite book |last=Rockefeller |first=David |author-link=David Rockefeller |year=2002 |title=Memoirs|publisher=Random House |isbn=9780679405887 |url=https://archive.org/details/davidrockefeller00davi |url-access=registration }}
Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979), American politician.{{Cite web|url=https://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/success-stories/nelson-rockefeller|title=Nelson Rockefeller|website=dyslexiahelp.umich.edu}}
Richard Rogers (1933–2021), British architect.The Observer (12 February 2006). [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2006/feb/12/architecture.communities Interview Richard Rogers, Building civilisation]
Justin Roiland (born 1980), American animator and voice actor.{{cite web |last1=Couch |first1=Aaron |title='The Simpsons': Matt Groening Dissects 'Rick and Morty' Opening Credits Crossover |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-couch-gag-rick-morty-793924/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=28 August 2021 |date=14 May 2015}}
Kelle Roos (born 1992), Dutch footballer.{{cite news |last1=Nicholson |first1=Steve |title=Kelle Roos' fascinating journey from PSV Eindhoven to Derby County |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-roos-rams-keepers-6860226 |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=DerbyshireLive |date=25 March 2022}}
Louis B. Rosenberg (born 1969), American engineer and businessperson.{{Cite journal |last=Ketchum |first=Pat |date=Spring 2007 |title=Dyslexia To Design: Professor Pioneers New Learning Synergy |url=https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1528&context=calpoly_magazine |journal=Cal Poly Magazine |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=24–25 |quote=A firm believer in the power of technology to help people learn, he says his career has allowed him to focus on studying human perception, bending the rules, twisting the perspective -and using his personal experiences with dyslexia as a source of insight.}}
Hans Rosling (1948–2017), Swedish international health professor and statistician.{{Cite book|last1=Rosling|first1=Hans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-4yDwAAQBAJ&q=hans+rosling+dyslexia&pg=PA20|title=Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think|last2=Rönnlund|first2=Anna Rosling|last3=Rosling|first3=Ola|date=3 April 2018|publisher=Flatiron Books|isbn=978-1-250-12381-7|language=en}}
Mark Ruffalo (born 1967), American actor and producer.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-hulk-the-last-angry-man-51655/|title=The Hulk: The Last Angry Man|first1=Brian|last1=Hiatt|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=4 May 2015}}
Stephanie Ruhle (born 1975) American news host and business analyst.{{Cite web |title=MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle opens up about struggle with dyslexia |url=https://www.today.com/video/msnbc-s-stephanie-ruhle-opens-up-about-struggle-with-dyslexia-205096517592 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}
Rex Ryan (born 1962), American football coach and analyst.{{cite web | title=ESPN | work=Dyslexia frustrates Ryan to this day | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4281660 | access-date=24 July 2006}}

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Lauren Sánchez (born 1969), American media personality {{Cite web |last=Team |first=FOX 11 Digital |date=2024-09-16 |title=Lauren Sánchez says she's taking all-women crew up to space |url=https://www.foxla.com/news/lauren-sanchez-jeff-bezos-all-women-crew-to-space |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=FOX 11 |language=en-US}}
Ronja Savolainen (born 1997), Finnish ice hockey player.{{Cite web|last=Nyman|first=Marianne|date=16 March 2020|title="Ronja, nu får du faktiskt vara tyst och inte lägga din energi på fel saker" – damlejonet Ronja Savolainens adhd märks i både omklädningsrummet och rinken|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2020/03/16/ronja-nu-far-du-faktiskt-vara-tyst-och-inte-lagga-din-energi-pa-fel-saker|access-date=6 November 2020|website=Svenska Yle|language=sv-FI}}
Mark Schlereth (born 1966), American football player.{{cite news|last=Rand|first=Jonathan|title=Aching to play To Broncos' Schlereth, football is a pain in almost any body part|newspaper=Kansas City Star|date=23 January 1998|page=D1}}
Philip Schultz (born 1945), American poet and founder of the Writers Studio.{{cite news|last1=Conan|first1=Neal|title=Prize-Winning Poet: Discovering 'My Dyslexia' At 58|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140220142/prize-winning-poet-discovering-my-dyslexia-at-58|publisher=NPR|date=6 September 2011}}
Charles R. Schwab (born 1937), American investor.{{cite news|title=The chief executive |work=Creative learning: how dyslexic CEOs have turned a weakness into a leadership strength |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4070/is_197/ai_n6040957/pg_2 |access-date=2 July 2006 |first=Mark C. |last=Thompson |year=2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050521203429/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4070/is_197/ai_n6040957/pg_2 |archive-date=21 May 2005 }}
Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), Austrian and American actor, businessman, politician, and bodybuilder.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=Arnold Schwarzenegger Shares How He Manages His Dyslexia |url=https://www.menshealth.com/health/a44752011/arnold-schwarzenegger-dyslexia-advice/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}}
Tim Scott (born 1971), English guitarist.{{cite news | title=Manchester Evening News | quote=Words, on the other hand, tend to slip away from him. For Tim, aged 32, has mastered his music only while battling with severe dyslexia. | url=http://www.timscott.co.uk/review01.htm#men | access-date=1 August 2012 | first=Paul | last=Taylor | date=2 June 2004 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001047/http://www.timscott.co.uk/review01.htm#men | archive-date=5 October 2013 | df=dmy-all }}
Jo Self (born 1956), English contemporary artist and poet.{{cite news|title=Painting Flower|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/paintingflowers/generic/jo_self_text.shtml|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=April 2004|archive-date=11 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111222005/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/paintingflowers/generic/jo_self_text.shtml|url-status=dead}}
Dax Shepard (born 1975), American actor, comedian, and filmmaker.{{Cite web |title=Dax Shepard Reveals How His Childhood Dyslexia Inspired His Acting Career {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/dax-shepard-reveals-how-his-childhood-dyslexia-inspired-his-acting-career-118885 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}
Peter Shumlin (born 1956), American politician.{{cite news|url=http://rutlandherald.com/article/20130106/NEWS03/701069919/1326/NEWS20|title=A different view: Shumlin's politics shaped by dyslexia|work=Rutland Herald|date=6 January 2013|author=Kevin O'Connor|access-date=3 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102185752/http://rutlandherald.com/article/20130106/NEWS03/701069919/1326/NEWS20|archive-date=2 November 2014}}
Carly Simon (born 1943), American singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children's author.{{Cite web |title=Carly Simon And Family Point To Positive, Creative Side Of Dyslexia (Including Theirs) |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/08/07/carly-simon-dyslexia |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=www.wbur.org |date=7 August 2015 |language=en}}
Eileen Simpson (1918–2002), American writer and psychotherapist.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=2002-10-24 |title=Eileen Simpson, 84, Memoirist Of Life With John Berryman |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/arts/eileen-simpson-84-memoirist-of-life-with-john-berryman.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |issn=0362-4331}}
Bryan Singer (born 1965), American film director.{{cite news|url=http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/062906/ltFanOfSteel.html|title=Jersey-raised director Bryan Singer lives a dream in bringing Superman back to the big screen|work=New Jersey Jewish News|year=2006|author=Robert David Jaffee|access-date=28 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615131745/http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/062906/ltFanOfSteel.html|archive-date=15 June 2011|url-status=dead}}
Callum Skinner (born 1992), Scottish racing cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/54993214 |title=Callum Skinner: How the Scot's obsessive pursuit of greatness almost broke him |last=English |first=Tom |date=24 November 2020 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=25 November 2020}}
Neil Smith (born 1966), American football player.{{cite news|last=Sambol|first=Rich|title=Neil Smith's good deeds continue to bring honors|newspaper=Kansas City Star|date=20 December 1995|page=D8}}
Zack Snyder (born 1966), American filmmaker{{cite web|title=Dyslexia and Superhero Film Director Zack Snyder|website=dyslexicadvantage.org |author=Fernette Eide |url=https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/dyslexia-and-superhero-film-director-zach-snyder/ }}File:Zack_Snyder_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg]]
Erna Solberg, (born 1961), Norwegian politician.{{cite news|first1=Eivind|last1=Fondenes|first2=Aslak|last2=Eriksrud|url=http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/vartlilleland/partifellene-syntes-ikke-erna-solberg-var-blaa-nok-3980798.html |title=Partifellene, syntes ikke Erna Solberg var blå nok |trans-title=Comrades did not Erna Solberg was blue enough |publisher=TV2 |access-date=April 2, 2013 |language=no |archive-date=June 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/vartlilleland/partifellene-syntes-ikke-erna-solberg-var-blaa-nok-3980798.html |url-status=dead }}
Brent Sopel (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player.{{Cite web|date=27 November 2017|title=At 40, and still struggling to read, Brent Sopel opens up|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/21589115/nhl-former-blackhawks-defenseman-brent-sopel-helping-others-struggle-dyslexia|access-date=1 December 2020|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}
Steven Spielberg (born 1946), American film director and screenwriter.{{Citation|title=Steven Spielberg discusses his dyslexia for the first time ever, on 12 September, 2012| date=27 September 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N6RKHOHMJQ|access-date=9 November 2019}}
Octavia Spencer (born 1970), American actress.{{Cite web |title=Dyslexia Can't Stop Octavia Spencer's Success |url=https://www.understood.org/en/articles/celebrity-spotlight-dyslexia-cant-stop-octavia-spencers-success |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.understood.org |language=en}}
Glenn Stearns (born 1963), American entrepreneur.Undercover Billionaire Season One: Episode One – First Broadcast October 2020
Georgia Steel (born 1998), English television personality.{{Cite tweet|number=1064879105294913537|title=Just wanna say yeah I do get spellings wrong constantly that people might laugh at. But I am dyslexic and I have never been able to spell. I just write it how it sounds! 😂|user=georgia_steel|last=Steel|first=Georgia|date=20 November 2018}}
Gwen Stefani (born 1969), American singer-songwriter.{{cite web |title=Gwen Stefani and Her Sons Cope with Dyslexia: 'It's All Genetic, They Have Some of Those Issues' |url=https://people.com/parents/gwen-stefani-sons-dyslexia/ |website=Peoplemag |access-date=10 September 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=America |first1=Good Morning |title=How Gwen Stefani learned she has dyslexia |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/gwen-stefani-learned-dyslexia-sons-74757554 |website=Good Morning America |access-date=10 September 2022 |language=en}}
Sir Jackie Stewart (born 1939), Scottish racing driver.[https://archive.today/20120530044405/http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/52309.html The Herald newspaper (Glasgow)], 'Sir Jackie, was not diagnosed with dyslexia until he was 42'
Sir David Stirling (1915–1990), Scottish military officer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/sas-rogue-heroes-by-ben-macintyre-is-a-superb-study-of-wartime-d/|title=dyslexia made his report-writing a battle|work=The Telegraph|access-date=4 April 2017}}
Joss Stone (born 1987), English singer.{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1547720/20061211/story.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045809/http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1547720/20061211/story.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2007 |title=Joss Stone Gets in Touch With Witchy Side For Film Debut In 'Eragon' |access-date=4 March 2007 |publisher=VH1 |date=12 December 2006 }}
Musa Sukwene (born 1986), South Africa singer.{{Cite web |last=Village |first=Youth |date=2016-08-03 |title=Musa Sukwene On Overcoming Dyslexia |url=https://youthvillage.co.za/2016/08/musa-sukwene-on-overcoming-dyslexia/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Youth Village |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dayile |first=Qhama |title=Musa Sukwene on his new album Backroom, living with dyslexia and learning from past mistakes |url=https://www.news24.com/drum/celebs/news/musa-sukwene-on-his-new-album-backroom-living-with-dyslexia-and-learning-from-past-mistakes-20220725 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Drum |language=en-US}}
Kristy Swanson (born 1969), American actress.{{cite web |title=Kristy Swanson |url=https://www.iwf.org/people/kristy-swanson/ |website=Independent Women's Forum |quote=Swanson, who has dyslexia and had never done live theater and was worried about reading before a crowd... |access-date=1 January 2021}}
Diane Swonk (born 1962), American economic advisor.{{Cite web|title=Diane Swonk, Founder of Diane Swonk Economics|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/story/diane-swonk/|access-date=10 December 2020|website=Yale Dyslexia|language=en-US}}

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Helen B. Taussig (1898–1986), American cardiologist.{{cite web|title=National library of medicine – Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_316.html|access-date=2 July 2006}}
Tim Tebow (born 1987), American football player.{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Beth|title=Tebow tells kids nothing doing with Katy Perry|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19956210|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=13 February 2012|agency=Associated Press}}
Bella Thorne (born 1997), American actress, singer and writer.{{cite web|url=http://www.americancheerleader.com/2010/04/time-out-with-big-loves-bella-thorne/|title=Time Out with 'Big Love's' Bella Thorne|access-date=29 January 2011|work=American Cheerleader Magazine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130150633/http://www.americancheerleader.com/2010/04/time-out-with-big-loves-bella-thorne/|archive-date=30 November 2010}}
Kara Tointon (born 1983), English actress.{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2010/07/28/eastenders-kara-tointon-reveals-dyslexia-battle-in-bbc3-documentary-461368/|title=EastEnders' Kara Tointon: I have reading age of a 12-year-old|date=28 July 2010}}
Tina Turner (1939–2023), American-born Swiss singer.{{Cite web |last=WENN |date=2018-12-12 |title=Tina Turner: 'Princess Beatrice saved me from dyslexia shame' |url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/tina-turner-princess-beatrice-saved-me-from-dyslexia-shame-60739025 |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Tickets to Movies in Theaters, Broadway Shows, London Theatre & More {{!}} Hollywood.com |language=en-US}}

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Krystal Versace (born 2001), English drag queen.{{Cite web|last=Damshenas|first=Sam|date=26 November 2021|title=Exclusive: Krystal Versace on "painfully intense" Drag Race UK finale and "decimating" a winners season|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/exclusive-krystal-versace-on-painfully-intense-drag-race-uk-finale-and-decimating-a-winners-season/|url-status=live|access-date=16 December 2021|website=Gay Times|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217002620/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/exclusive-krystal-versace-on-painfully-intense-drag-race-uk-finale-and-decimating-a-winners-season/}}
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (born 1977), heir apparent to the Swedish throne.{{cite news|title=Swedish princess reveals bullying secret|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2190830.stm|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=13 August 2002}}

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Lindsay Wagner (born 1949), American actress.{{cite news|title=Lindsay Wagner defeats dyslexia |work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2002/05/01-wagner.htm|access-date=2 July 2006 | date=1 May 2002}}
Butch Walker (born 1969), American singer and record producer.{{cite book|last=Walker|first=Butch|title=Drinking with Strangers|year=2011|publisher=William Morrow|isbn=978-0-06-178731-7|pages=4}}
Ben Watkins (born 1957), English musician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.side-line.com/30-years-of-journalism-celebration-interview-with-ben-watkins-aka-juno-reactor/|title='30 Years of Journalism – Celebration Interview' with Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor|date=16 May 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2008-09-21|title=Ben Watkins interview|url=https://www.junoreactor.com/20080921-darktwincities.html|access-date=|website=}}
Ben Way (born 1980), English entrepreneur.{{Cite web|url=http://yhponline.com/2009/11/09/ben-way-on-entrepreneurship-and-his-recent-projects/|title=Secret Millionaire and British entrepreneur ben way talks about his life,technology and failure|date=9 November 2009|website=YHP|access-date=29 February 2020}}
Bob Weir (born 1947), American guitarist.{{cite web | title = Allmusic | work=Biography | url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5801/biography|pure_url=yes}} | access-date=2 July 2006}}
Cliff Weitzman (born 1995?), Israeli-American entrepreneur.{{Cite web |last=Fenton |first=Josh |title=Brown Grad and Forbes 30 Under 30's Weitzman – On Overcoming Dyslexia |url=https://www.golocalprov.com/news/brown-grad-and-forbes-30-under-30s-weitzman-on-overcoming-dyslexia |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=GoLocalProv |language=en}}
Willard Wigan (born 1957), English sculptor.{{Cite web|title=Dyslexia made me big in tiny art|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2006/04/dyslexia_made_me_big_in_tiny_a.html|access-date=4 August 2020|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}
Florence Welch (born 1986), British-American singer{{Cite news |last1=Harris |first1=John |last2=@johnharris1969 |date=2010-02-27 |title=The unstoppable rise of Florence Welch |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/27/florence-welch-interview |access-date=2023-10-02 |issn=0261-3077}}
Mark Wilkinson (1950–2017), English furniture designer.{{cite news|title=Royal reward for Wiltshire's unsung heroes|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/4826852.Royal_reward_for_Wiltshire_s_unsung_heroes/|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Wiltshire Times|date=31 December 2009}}
Toyah Willcox (born 1958), English singer and actress.{{cite news|last=Henwood|first=Chris|title=Brummie queen of pop Toyah Wilcox talks about her struggle with dyslexia|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/04/27/brummie-queen-of-pop-toyah-wilcox-talks-about-her-struggle-with-dyslexia-97319-28588120/|access-date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|date=27 April 2011|archive-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501095310/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/04/27/brummie-queen-of-pop-toyah-wilcox-talks-about-her-struggle-with-dyslexia-97319-28588120/|url-status=dead}}
Robbie Williams (born 1974), English singer-songwriter.{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/im-numerically-dyslexic-robbie-williams|title=Homepage}}
Robin Williams (1951–2014), American actor and comedian.{{cite web | url=https://dm-ed.com/news/famous-dyslexics-robin-williams/ | title=Famous Dyslexics: Robin Williams | date=24 October 2014 }}
Holly Willoughby (born 1981), English television presenter.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6510511/Holly-Willoughby-tells-Twitter-followers-who-criticised-spelling-Im-dyslexic.html|title=Holly Willoughby tells Twitter followers who criticised spelling 'I'm dyslexic'|date=6 November 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=9 November 2010|location=London}}
Justin Wilson (1978–2015), British racing driver.{{Cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/news/indycars-justin-wilson-talks-about-overcoming-dyslexia/article4410398/ |title = IndyCar's Justin Wilson talks about overcoming dyslexia}}
Henry Winkler (born 1945), American actor and spokesman for The Dyslexia Foundation.{{cite web | title=The Bubble Burst | work=biography | url=http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Henry%20Winkler | access-date=5 September 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928201235/http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Henry%20Winkler | archive-date=28 September 2007 | df=dmy-all }}
Joshua Wong (born 1996), Hong Kong activist.[https://archive.today/20130430065154/http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2785007/1.html 《黃之鋒：好學生重新定義》], {{in lang|zh}}, Ming Pao, 9 September 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/the-straits-times-archives-joshua-wong-the-17-year-old-battling-beijing-gr|title=From The Straits Times archives: Joshua Wong, the 17-year-old battling Beijing for greater democracy in Hong Kong|date=2 October 2014|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2 October 2014|location=Asia}}
Bethan Laura Wood (born 1983), English designer.{{Cite web |last=Treggiden |first=Emma Love and Katie |date=2017-01-21 |title=The future's bright: 2017's biggest new design talents |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/21/biggest-new-design-talents-of-2017 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
Dominic Wood (born 1978), English radio and television presenter and magician.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20783004|title=Dom Wood talks about his dyslexia – CBBC Newsround|access-date=29 February 2020}}

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Hamza Yassin (born 1990), British TV presenter and cameraman.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m1g4|website=bbc.co.uk|title=How to be a man: Hamza Yassin|first=Rylan|last=Clark|authorlink=Rylan Clark|year=2023}}
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and politician.{{Cite web |title=APA PsycNet |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1992-35544-001 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=psycnet.apa.org |language=en}}
Michael Young (born 1966), British designer.{{Cite web |last=world |first=STIR |title=UNSCRIPTED with Michael Young: Welding Wonders with Naivety |url=https://www.stirworld.com/inspire-people-unscripted-with-michael-young-welding-wonders-with-naivety |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=www.stirworld.com |language=English}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Young — Material Matters |url=https://materialmatters.design/Michael-Young |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=materialmatters.design |language=en}}

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Benjamin Zephaniah (1958–2023), British writer and poet.{{cite web|title=Benjamin Zephaniah: A poet to be seen and heard|website=British Council.org |location=Argentina|author=Beatriz Koessler de Pena Lima|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/argentina-arts-zephaniah_about.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210002451/http://www.britishcouncil.org/argentina-arts-zephaniah_about.htm |archive-date=10 December 2007}}

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