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One of the first three blind people to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (along with John Opio and Lawrence Sserwambala). First African competitor at the Winter Paralympic Games. [12] [13] Takeichi Nishi – Colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army During World War II. Commander of the 26th Tank Regiment in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was ...
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 Blind is an epithet for: Béla II of Hungary (c. 1110–1141), King of Hungary and Croatia; Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1306–1353) Bogdan III the One-Eyed (1479–1517), also known as the Blind, Voivode of Moldavia; Didymus the Blind (c. 313–398), Coptic Church theologian; Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg (c. 1112–1196), also ...
Marianela is an 1878 Spanish novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, in which a blind boy falls in love with an unattractive girl, who is afraid to meet him when he recovers his sight. "The Country of the Blind" by H. G. Wells tells the story of a mountaineer who finds himself stranded in an isolated valley inhabited entirely by blind people ...
Works about blind people (6 C, 7 P) Blind writers (2 C, 99 P) Pages in category "Blind people" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Image credits: Bettmann / gettyimages #3 Connie Converse. Elizabeth Eaton Converse, most commonly known by her stage name Connie, is often hailed as one of the first modern singer-songwriters, and ...
Aubrey Herbert, MP 1911-23 (near blind from youth, becoming totally blind in his last year of life and service) Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond, Conservative life peer in the House of Lords (blind) Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth, member of the House of Lords (paralyzed from the neck down following a car accident)
4. Henry Clay Frick. Henry Clay Frick was the chairman of Carnegie Steele when the Titanic was built, so complimentary tickets were gifted to him and his wife.His wife sprained her ankle while ...