Deaf People - Notable Deaf People

Notable Deaf People

  • Sean Berdy, actor and comedian
  • Linda Bove, actress
  • Deanne Bray, actress who played the lead role on Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
  • Oreste Carpi, Italian painter (1921–2008)
  • Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada
  • Robert R. Davila, ninth president of Gallaudet University
  • Ashley Fiolek, FWA Motocross Champion
  • Phyllis Frelich, Tony Award winner for her role in the stage production of Children of a Lesser God
  • Matt Hamill, MMA fighter
  • T. Alan Hurwitz, tenth president of Gallaudet University and former Vice President of National Technical Institute for the Deaf
  • Paul Johnston, De'VIA Artist, Sculptor and Educator
  • I. King Jordan, first deaf president of Gallaudet University
  • Ryan Lane, actor and model
  • Mojo Mathers (b. 1966), New Zealand politician
  • Marlee Matlin, first deaf woman to win an Academy Award (Best Actress) for her role in Children of a Lesser God
  • Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, (b. 1912) British mathematician and politician
  • Sean Midnight, United Kingdom professional wrestler
  • Signmark, Finnish rap artist
  • Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), Croatian painter
  • Shoshannah Stern, actress in Jericho and Weeds
  • Elizabeth Steel, earliest record of a deaf Australian
  • Sue Thomas, first deaf person to work as an undercover investigator doing lip-reading of suspects for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  • Heather Whitestone, first deaf woman to win the title of Miss America
  • David Wright, South African-born British poet.
  • The Silent Warrior, American professional wrestler and founder of Deaf Wrestling Alliance.

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