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List of Famous Left-handers

The lefties  

The list is not exhaustive and will be updated as information becomes available.

Lefty Actors

  • Don Adams
  • Dan Akroyd
  • Eddie Albert
  • Tim Allen
  • Harry Anderson
  • Jason Bateman
  • Mark Bateman
  • Peter Berg
  • Matthew Broderick
  • George Burns
  • Sid Caesar
  • Keith Carradine
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Michael Crawford
  • James Cromwell
  • Tom Cruise
  • Bruce Davison
  • Robert De Niro
  • Matt Dillon
  • Richard Dreyfuss
  • W.C. Fields
  • Peter Fonda
  • Paul Michael Glaser
  • Cary Grant
  • Peter Graves
  • Mark Hamill
  • Rex Harrison
  • Rock Hudson
  • Gabe Kaplan
  • Danny Kaye
  • Michael Landon
  • Peter Lawford
  • Joey Lawrence
  • Robert Sean Leonard
  • Hal Linden
  • Cleavon Little
  • Howie Mandel
  • Harpo Marx
  • Andrew McCarthy
  • Steve McQueen
  • Robert Morse
  • Ryan O'Neal
  • Anthony Perkins
  • Luke Perry
  • Bronson Pinchot
  • Joe Piscopo
  • Brad Pitt
  • Robert Preston
  • Richard Pryor
  • Robert Redford
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Michael Richards
  • Mickey Rourke
  • Albert Salmi
  • Telly Savalas
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Peter Sellers
  • Christian Slater
  • Dick Smothers
  • Brent Spiner
  • Rod Steiger
  • Ben Stiller
  • Alan Thicke
  • Dick Van Dyke
  • Jack Warden

Lefty Actresses

  • June Allyson
  • Kim Basinger
  • Fran Drescher
  • Greta Garbo
  • Terri Garr
  • Whoopi Goldberg
  • Betty Grable
  • Goldie Hawn
  • Tippi Hedren
  • Kate Jackson
  • Diane Keaton
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Hope Lange
  • Louise Lasser
  • Cloris Leachman
  • Shirley MacLaine
  • Marsha Mason
  • Mary Stuart Masterson
  • Francis McDormand
  • Kristy McNichol
  • Sasha Mitchell
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Demi Moore
  • Julianne Moore
  • Kim Novak
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Lisa Rinna
  • Julia Roberts
  • Mercedes Ruehl
  • Winona Ryder
  • Eva Marie Saint
  • Jean Seberg
  • Emma Thompson
  • Brenda Vacarro
  • Joanne Woodward
  • Stephanie Zimbalist

Lefty Artists

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • M.C. Escher
  • Hans Holbein
  • Paul Klee
  • Michelangelo
  • LeRoy Neiman
  • Raphael
  • Leonardo da Vinci  

    Lefty Authors/Writers

    • Douglas Adams 
    • Hans Christian Andersen
    • James Baldwin
    • Germaine Greer
    • Franz Kafka
    • Marshall McLuhan
    • Mark Twain
    • H.G. Wells

    Lefty Bowlers

    • Andy Varipapa
    • Bill Allen
    • Dave Davis
    • Earl Anthony
    • Johnny Petraglia
    • Mike Aulby
    • Patty Costello
    • Steve Cook
    • Tiosh Johnson

    Lefty Cartoonist

    • Milt Caniff
    • Pat Oliphant

    Lefty Comedians

    • Drew Carey
    • Charlie Chaplin
    • George Gobel
    • Howie Mandel
    • Harpo Marx
    • Joe Piscopo
    • Don Rickles
    • Dick Smothers

    Lefty Directors

    • James Cameron
    • Joel Coen
    • Spike Lee
    • Ridley Scott

    Lefty Fencers

    • Adeline Wuilleme
    • Anne-Lise Touya
    • Cécile Argiolas
    • Fabrice Gazin
    • Fabrice Jeannet
    • Giuseppe Mangiarotti
    • Hugues Obry
    • Laura Flessel-Colovic
    • Matthieu Gourdain

    Lefty Golfers

    • Ben Hogan
    • Bob Charles
    • Bonny Bryant
    • Connie Decker
    • Russ Cochran

    Lefty Leaders

    • Simon Bolivar

    Lefty Musicians

    • Greg Allman
    • David Bowie
    • David Byrne
    • Kurt Cobain
    • Phil Collins
    • Billy Corgan
    • Bob Dylan
    • Glenn Frey
    • Noel Gallagher
    • Bob Geldof
    • Taylor Hanson
    • Zac Hanson
    • Jimi Hendrix
    • Tony Iommi
    • Annie Lennox
    • John Lydon
    • Chuck Mangione
    • Paul McCartney
    • George Michael
    • Ian Paice
    • Robert Plant
    • Paul Simon
    • Ringo Starr
    • Sting
    • Michael Stipe
    • Roger Taylor

    Lefty Prime Ministers


    Lefty Olympic Sports Athletes

    • Francis X. Gorman (diving)
    • Greg Louganis (diving)
    • Mark Spitz (swimming)
    • Bruce Jenner (decathlon)
    • Nikita Kohloff (wrestling)
    • Dorothy Hamill (skating)

    Lefty Racers

    • Johnny Herbert (Formula 1)
    • Ayrton Senna (Formula 1)
    • Karl Wendlinger (Formula 1)
    • Valentino Rossi (Motorcycle)
    • Terry Labonte (NASCAR)

    Lefty Royals:

    • Charles, Prince of Wales
    • Edward III, King of England
    • Elizabeth II, Queen of England
    • Elizabeth, Queen Mother of England
    • George II, King of England
    • George IV, King of England
    • George VI, King of England
    • Louis XVI, King of France
    • Victoria, Queen of England
    • Willem-Alexander, Prince of the Netherlands
    • Prince William of England

    Lefty Scientist


    Lefty Singers

    • David Bowie
    • Vikki Carr
    • Phil Collins
    • Celine Dion
    • Phil Everly
    • Lauryn Hill
    • Lou Rawls
    • Carly Simon
    • Sting

    Lefty Soccer Players

    • Diego Maradona
    • Herman Medford
    • Hugo Sanchez
    • Jans van Breukelen
    • Johan Cruyff
    • Pelé
    • Romario
    • Willem van Hanegem
    • Richard Witschge 

    Lefty Tennis Players (Men)

    • Jimmy Connors
    • Rod Laver
    • Henri Leconte
    • John McEnroe
    • Renee Richards
    • Jan Siemerink
    • Roscoe Tanner
    • Guillermo Vilas
    • Todd Woodbridge
    • Mark Woodforde

    Lefty Tennis Players (Women)

    • Martina Navratilova
    • Monica Seles

    Lefty U.S. Presidents

    • Barack Obama, 44th
    • Bill Clinton, 42nd
    • George H.W. Bush, 41st
    • Ronald Reagan, 40th
    • Gerald Ford, 38th
    • Harry S. Truman, 334d
    • Herbert Hoover, 31st
    • James A Garfield, 20th 


    Related Article/s:


    Although Truman and Reagan are included as left-handed, some sources say that both former presidents were ambidextrous. This is not surprising. Unlike the present generation, in the past centuries, left-handedness was considered a disability, and both parents and teachers made efforts to suppress this. Result is that, either the child ultimately wrote with the right-hand but remained left-handed in all other activities, or the child became ambidextrous.
    Continue reading ... Left-handed Presidents of the U.S.A.

    Note:  List of famous left-handers created 8 July 2012. The list was originally included in website lefties.biz, discontinued for population, 8 May 2012.  
     
     
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