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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