Notable Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs)
- Alexander Graham Bell, whose mother, Eliza Grace Symonds Bell, was hard of hearing, and whose wife, Mabel Hubbard, became deaf at age 5
- Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor raised by deaf parents, whose upbringing allowed him to communicate better in silent films
- Kambri Crews, American author, comedic storyteller and producer who incorporates sign language in performances and whose maternal grandparents are also deaf.
- Louise Fletcher, American Academy Award-winning actress for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Edward Miner Gallaudet, founder of Gallaudet University, son of Sophia Fowler Gallaudet and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the American School for the Deaf, the first school for the deaf in the U.S.
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, his mother was deaf from birth
- Richard Griffiths, English actor
- Stefan LeFors, Canadian football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Homer Thornberry, United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1948 to 1963
- Jim Verraros, American Idol finalist, season 1
- Keith Wann, performer in a deaf comedic troupe, Iceworm, showcasing cultural and linguistic barriers between the deaf and hearing worlds
- Crescenciano "Chris" Garcia Campbell, featured in ASL production of Sonnet 29 in Phenomenal Shakespeare. Leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith presents an original account for the ways in which Shakespeare's poems and plays continue to resonate with audiences, readers and scholars because of their engagement with the whole body, not just the reading mind. The book is; Smith, B. R. (2010). Phenomenal Shakespeare. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Through this facets of ASL linguistics is incorporated into mainstrean secondary education and world students of Shakespeare.
- Dennis Daugaard, Governor of South Dakota
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—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)