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List of famous and infamous left-handers. (See left-handedness and laterality)
Rulers/politicians
- Billy the Kid (Was once thought to be left handed due to the fact that the only known photograph of him, a tintype, was reversed. It is now generally assumed that he was right handed.)
- Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DiSalvo), serial killer
- John Dillinger, bank robber
- Jack the Ripper (although some doctors originally thought the wounds infilicted by this serial killer indicated a left-handed killer, they were basing this idea on a frontal attack when he could have, as most authorities now believe, attacked from behind or from the side when the woman was already on the ground)
- Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
- Eminem, rapper
- Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, composer
- Beethoven, composer
- David Byrne (Talking Heads)
- Glen Campbell
- Vicki Carr
- Natalie Cole
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Phil Collins (Genesis)
- Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Dick Dale (guitarist)
- Don Everly (The Everly Brothers)
- Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
- Béla Fleck, jazz musician
- Glenn Frey (the Eagles)
- Eric Gale, guitarist
- Noel Gallagher (Oasis) (?)
- Errol Garner, jazz pianist
- Judy Garland
- Crystal Gayle
- Kevin Griffin, guitarist & lead singer (Better than Ezra)
- Thomas Hedley, vocalist/musician
- Jimi Hendrix, guitar player, singer
- Isaac Hayes
- Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath)
- Albert King, guitarist
- Mark Knopfler, guitarist (Dire Straits, Notting Hillbillies)
- Melissa Manchester
- Chuck Mangione, trumpet
- Martina McBride (?), country music singer
- Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
- Christie Marie Melonson (opera)
- George Michael (Wham!)
- Mozart
- Peter Nero, conductor
- Joe Perry (?) (Aerosmith)
- Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
- Cole Porter, song-writer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer
- Maurice Ravel (?), composer
- Lou Rawls
- John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols / Public Image Ltd.)
- Seal
- Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
- Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
- Rich Szabo, trumpeter
- Tiny Tim
- Rudy Vallee
- Lenny White, drummer
- Paul Williams (songwriter), song-writer
- Don Adams
- Dan Aykroyd
- Eddie Albert
- Jason Alexander
- Tim Allen
- June Allyson
- Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian creator of Ali G
- Harry Anderson
- Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
- Herschel Bernardi
- Robert Blake
- Matthew Broderick
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Carol Burnett
- George Burns, comedian
- Ruth Buzzi, comedienne
- Sid Caesar, comedian
- James Cameron
- Keith Carradine
- Jim Carrey
- Khaled Chahrour, Egyptian actor
- Charlie Chaplin
- Victor Garber
- George Gobel, comedian
- Bruce Cockburn
- Dorothy Collins, Canadian singer
- Chuck Connors
- Hans Conried
- James Cromwell
- Tom Cruise- Writes right handed, but does most other things left handed
- Quinn Cummings
- Daniel Davis
- Bruce Davison
- Matt Dillon
- Marty Engels, comedian
- Olivia de Havilland
- Robert DeNiro
- Michael Dorn
- Fran Drescher, comedian
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Georgia Engel
- W.C. Fields
- Larry Fine (?) (of the Three Stooges)
- Laurence Fishburne
- Peter Fonda
- David Foster, Canadian musician
- Greta Garbo
- Teri Garr
- Marla Gibbs
- Paul Michael Glaser
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Betty Grable
- Cary Grant
- Peter Graves
- Bruce Greenwood
- Mark Hamill
- Rex Harrison
- Goldie Hawn
- Joey Heatherton
- Tippi Hedren
- Jim Henson, puppeteer of Kermit the Frog
- Rock Hudson
- Scarlett Johansson
- Angelina Jolie
- Shirley Jones (?)
- Gabe Kaplan
- Danny Kaye
- Diane Keaton
- George Kennedy
- Nicole Kidman
- Lisa Kudrow
- Michael Landon
- Hope Lange
- Billy "Froggy" Laughlin
- Joey Lawrence
- Peter Lawford
- Cloris Leachman
- Roy LeRoi
- Hal Linden
- Cleavon Little
- Shirley MacLaine
- Dave Madden
- Andrew McCarthy
- Kristy McNichol
- Steve McQueen
- Howie Mandel, comedian
- Marcel Marceau, mime
- Harpo Marx
- Marsha Mason
- Mary Stuart Masterson
- Anne Meara, comedian
- Sasha Mitchell
- Meredith Monroe
- Rick Moranis
- Robert Morse
- Anthony Newley
- Kim Novak
- Ryan O'Neal
- Gary Owens
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Estelle Parsons
- Anthony Perkins
- Ron Perlman
- Luke Perry
- Bronson Pinchot
- Joe Piscopo, comedian
- Robert Preston
- Michael J. Pollard
- Marilyn Monroe
- Richard Pryor, comedian
- Robert Redford
- Keanu Reeves
- Don Rickles, comedian
- Julia Roberts
- Chris Rock
- Mickey Rourke
- Eva Marie Saint
- Telly Savalas
- Jean Seberg
- Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
- Christian Slater
- Dick Smothers, comedian
- Brent Spiner
- Sylvester Stallone (?)
- Terence Stamp
- Jessica Steen
- Rod Steiger
- Jon Stewart
- Terry-Thomas, comedian
- Alan Thicke
- Emma Thompson
- Rip Torn
- Peter Ustinov
- Brenda Vaccaro
- Karen Valentine
- Rudy Vallee
- Dick Van Dyke- Ambidextrous
- Graham Walker a.k.a. Grumbleweeds, English comedian
- Wil Wheaton
- James Whitmore
- Treat Williams
- Bruce Willis
- William Windom
- Oprah Winfrey
- Mare Winningham
- Joanne Woodward
- Keenan Wynn
- Stephanie Zimbalist
- Jim Abbott (baseball) (left-handed by necessity; born without a right hand)
- Hans van Breukelen (soccer)
- Dan Burbott (?) (soccer)
- Willem van Hanegem (soccer)
- Hernan Medford (soccer)
- Diego Armando Maradona (soccer)
- Hugo Sanchez (soccer)
- Richard Witschge (soccer)
- Allan Border (cricket)
- Alistair Campbell (cricket)
- Denis Compton (cricket)
- Saurav Ganguly (cricket)
- David Gower (cricket)
- Brian Lara (cricket)
- Gary Sobers (cricket)
- Francis X. Gorman (diving)
- Greg Louganis (diving)
- Mark Spitz (swimming)
- Bruce Jenner (decathlon)
- Nikita Kohloff (wrestling)
- Dorothy Hamill (skating)
- Bonny Bryant (golf)
- Bob Charles (golf)
- Russ Cochran (golf)
- Connie Decker (golf)
- Ben Hogan (golf) (played right-handed, but was actually left-handed)
- Phil Mickelson (golf) (plays left-handed, but is actually right-handed)
- Mike Weir (golf) (plays left-handed, but is actually right-handed)
- Cécile Argiolas (fencing)
- Laura Flessel-Colovic (fencing)
- Fabrice Gazin (fencing)
- Matthieu Gourdain (fencing)
- Fabrice Jeannet (fencing)
- Giuseppe Mangiarotti (fencing)
- Hugues Obry (fencing)
- Anne-Lise Touya (fencing)
- Adeline Wuilleme (fencing)
- Tom Barrasso (hockey)
- Phil Esposito (hockey)
- Cam Neely (hockey)
- Terry Sawchuk (hockey)
- Roman Turek (hockey)
- Bill Allen (bowling)
- Patrick Allen (bowling)
- Earl Anthony (bowling)
- Mike Aulby (bowling)
- Steve Cook (bowling)
- Patty Costello (bowling)
- Dave Davis (bowling)
- Cara Honeychurch (bowling)
- Tish Johnson (bowling)
- Johnny Petraglia (bowling)
- Andy Varipapa (bowling)
- Steve Mizerak, Jr. (billiards)
- Kun-Fang Lee (billiards)
- Bonnie Arnold (billiards)
- Reynaldo Grandee (billiards)
- Erik Poul Hoejer (badminton)
- Peter Rasmussen (badminton)
- Donna Stacey (netball)
- Carmen Basilio (boxing)
- James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (boxing)
- Marvin Hagler (boxing)
- Oscar de la Hoya (boxing)
- Reggie Johnson (boxing)
- Rafael "Bazooka" Limon (boxing)
- Freddie Miller (boxing)
- Jacker Patterson (boxing)
- Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker (boxing)
- Johnny Herbert (Formula 1 driver)
- Terry Labonte (NASCAR race car driver)
- Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 driver)
- Karl Wendlinger (Formula 1 driver)
- Valentino Rossi (motorcycle racer)
- Frankie Albert (Am.football)
- Terry Baker (Am.football)
- Mark Brunell (Am.football)
- Bobby Douglass (Am.football)
- Norman "Boomer" Esiason (Am.football)
- Jim Del Gaizon (Am.football)
- David Humm (Am.football)
- Paul McDonald (Am.football)
- Scott Mitchell (Am.football)
- Gale Sayers (Am.football)
- Allie Sherman (Am.football, coach)
- Kenny Stabler (Am.football)
- Michael Vick (Am.football)
- Steve Young (Am.football)
- Jim Zorn (Am.football)
- Nate Archibald (basketball)
- Walter Berry (basketball)
- Larry Bird (basketball) (shot basketballs mostly right-handed, but does most other tasks left-handed)
- Adrian Branch (basketball)
- Calbert Cheaney (basketball)
- Dave Cowens (basketball)
- Adrian Dantley (basketball)
- Charles "Lefty" Driesell (basketball)
- Mark Eaton (basketball)
- Emanuel Ginobili (basketball)
- Gail Goodrich (basketball)
- Ron Kellogg (basketball)
- Toni Kukoc (basketball)
- Bob Lanier (basketball)
- Brad Lohaus (basketball)
- Harold Miner (?) (basketball)
- Dick Motta (basketball)
- Chris Mullin (basketball)
- Lamar Odom (basketball)
- Sam Perkins (basketball)
- Digger Phelps (basketball)
- Willis Reed (basketball)
- Guy Rodgers (basketball)
- Bill Russell (basketball)
- Wayman Tisdale (basketball)
- Nick Van Exel (basketball)
- Bill Walton (basketball)
- Lenny Wilkens (basketball)
- Manuel Zuleta (basketball)
- Kenneth Carlsen (tennis)
- Jimmy Connors (tennis)
- Norman Brookes (tennis)
- Courtney De Mone (tennis)
- Guy Forget (tennis)
- Andres Gomez (Santos) (tennis)
- Goran Ivanisevic (tennis)
- Rod Laver (tennis)
- Henri Leconte (tennis)
- John McEnroe (tennis)
- Thomas Muster (tennis)
- Martina Navratilova (tennis)
- Manuel Orantes (tennis)
- Niki Pilic (tennis)
- Renee Richards (tennis)
- Marcelo Rios (tennis)
- Monica Seles (tennis)
- Roscoe Tanner (tennis)
- Sachin Tendulkar (cricket, bats right-handed)
- Guillermo Vilas (tennis)
- Mark Woodforde (tennis)
- Steve Avery (pitcher)
- Steve Carlton (pitcher)
- Whitey Ford (pitcher)
- Paul Gibson (pitcher)
- Lefty Grove (pitcher)
- Ron Guidry (pitcher)
- Al Hrabosky (pitcher)
- Steve Howe (pitcher)
- Bruce Hurst (pitcher)
- Carl Hubbell (pitcher)
- Randy Johnson (pitcher)
- Tommy John (pitcher)
- Bob Kipper (pitcher)
- Al Leiter (pitcher)
- Joe Magrane (pitcher)
- Eric Milton (pitcher)
- Greg Swindell (pitcher)
- David Wells (pitcher)
- Dontrelle Willis (pitcher)
- Barry Zito (pitcher)
- Brady Anderson (baseball)
- Harold Baines (baseball)
- Barry Bonds (baseball)
- Wade Boggs (baseball)
- Lou Brock (baseball)
- Brett Butler (baseball)
- Will Clark (baseball)
- Ty Cobb (baseball)
- Lenny Dykstra (baseball)
- John Franco (baseball)
- Tom Glavine (baseball)
- Lefty Gomez (baseball)
- Leon "Goose" Goslin (baseball)
- Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball)
- Tony Gwynn (baseball)
- Rickey Henderson (baseball) (left-handed thrower, but right-handed batter)
- Kent Hrbek (baseball)
- "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (baseball)
- Reggie Jackson (baseball)
- David Justice (baseball)
- Wally Joyner (baseball)
- Sandy Koufax (baseball)
- John Kruk (baseball)
- Tommy Lasorda (baseball manager)
- Kenny Lofton (baseball)
- Fred Lynn (baseball)
- Kevin Maas (baseball)
- John McGras (baseball)
- Fred McGriff (baseball)
- Heinie Manush (baseball)
- Dave Martinez (baseball)
- Don Mattingly (baseball)
- Jackie Mitchell (baseball)
- Stan Musial (baseball)
- Troy O'Leary (baseball)
- Paul O'Neill (baseball)
- John Olerud (baseball)
- Mel Ott (baseball)
- Rafael Palmeiro (baseball)
- Dan Pasqua (baseball)
- Babe Ruth (baseball)
- "Prime Time" Deion Sanders (baseball/Am.football)
- Warren Spahn (baseball)
- Casey Stengel (baseball)
- Darryl Strawberry (baseball)
- Lou Whitaker (baseball)
- Ted Williams (baseball) (right-handed thrower, left-handed batter)
- Fernando Valenzuela (baseball)
- Barry Zito (baseball) (2002 Cy Young Award Winner)
- Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (ambidextrous)
- Dwight F. Davis, founder of the Davis Cup in tennis
- Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer
- Matt Groening, Simpsons cartoonist (his characters, Bart Simpson, Montgomery Burns and Ned Flanders are all left handed. Flanders even had a "left handed store" for a brief time)
- Ken Jennings, all time Jeopardy! champion
- Joan of Arc (?), French saint
- Helen Keller, advocate for the blind
- John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/publisher
- Jay Leno, TV host
- Marshall McLuhan
- David Rockefeller, banker
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., General
- Ishihara Shintaro Governor of Tokyo and author
- Albert Einstein, scientist
- Lören GriçhŒk, famous wrestler and diplomat
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