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Tsutomu Aragaki – Japanese tenor, blind from just after birth. [20] Garret Barry – an Irish uilleann piper, among the most famous players of the 19th century. [21] Delta Blind Billy – an American Delta blues artist and outlaw. [22] Blind Blake – American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. [23] The Blind Boys of Alabama – Gospel ...
Legally blind because of the severity of colorblindness. [31] Graham Kennedy: 1934–2005 Australia: Entertainer [32] Brian Kibler: b. 1980 United States: Game designer Publicly stated on his Twitter account. [33] Kim Sang-jin: red–green South Korea: Animator Was barred from art school, so studied economics; animated for Disney for 20 years ...
The theme of blindness has been explored by many different cultures throughout history, with blind characters appearing in stories from ancient Greek mythology and Judeo-Christian religious texts. In the modern era, blindness has featured in numerous works of literature and poetry by authors such as William Shakespeare , William Blake , and H ...
Keller became a world-famous speaker and author. She was an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes. She traveled to twenty-five different countries giving motivational speeches about deaf people's conditions. [43] She was a suffragist, pacifist, Christian socialist, birth control supporter, and opponent of Woodrow Wilson.
Erik Weihenmayer (born September 23, 1968) is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker. He was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001.
العربية; Արեւմտահայերէն; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, forty-five years before the more famous Helen Keller; Bridgman’s friend Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller's aide.
Pages in category "American blind people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 400 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .