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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 ...
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 ...
James Holman FRS (15 October 1786 – 29 July 1857), known as the "Blind Traveller," was a British adventurer, author and social observer, best known for his writings on his extensive travels. Completely blind and experiencing pain and limited mobility, he undertook a series of solo journeys that were unprecedented both in their extent of ...
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.
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.
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 .
A 48-year-old man has made history as the first blind person to complete the New York City Half Marathon, with the assistance of three guide dogs.
العربية; Արեւմտահայերէն; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца)