Famous+People+Who+Stutter

**Stuttering didn't stop them! Don't let it stop you!**
** Below, is a list of a FEW of the hundreds of well known celebrities who stutter. **
 * **James Earl Jones** — Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television, and movie star, is well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in //Star Wars// and his book //Voices and Silences//. He is also the voice of CNN. He received the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for his "long and quiet devotion to advancing literacy, the arts and humanities on a national and local scale," said SAG President Alan Rosenberg.
 * Nicole Kidman** — This award-winning actress is known for her performances in //Dead Calm, The Hours, To Die For, Batman Forever,// and //Rabbit Hole//.
 * Emily Blunt** — This Golden Globe Award-winning actress is probably best known for her work in //My Summer of Love// and //The Devil Wears Prada//.
 * Mel Tillis** — This country music star and songwriter was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and received the lifetime achievement award in 2007. He has also been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Tillis and his band, the Statesiders, released such hits as //I Ain’t Never, Good Woman Blues,// and //I Believe in You.// Listen to a podcast.
 * John Melendez** — He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. __ Listen to a podcast. __
 * Bruce Willis** — Having starred in more than 60 movies, he became popular in the late 1980s with the //Die Hard// series. Other popular films include //Pulp Fiction, Armageddon,// and//The Sixth Sense.//
 * Jimmy Stewart** — He is considered one of the finest actors of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Stewart earned Lifetime Achievement awards from nearly evey major film organization. In addition to acting, he had a military career in which he advanced to the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force.
 * Robert Merrill** — This baritone opera star sang in over 500 performances during three decades at the Metropolitan Opera.
 * Budd Schulberg** — He is an American screenwriter and novelist. His 1954 screenplay //On the Waterfront// won an Oscar. He is also known for his novels //What Makes Sammy Run// and //The Harder They Fall.//
 * Peggy Lipton** — This actress from the TV shows //Mod Squad// and //Twin Peaks// earned four Golden Globe nominations. She won one Golden Globe in 1971 for Best TV Actress in a Drama. In 1962, she signed with the Ford Model Agency.
 * Sheila Fraser** — She starred in the 1938 TV show //General John Regan//.
 * Sam Neill** — This New Zealand film and television star is probably best known for his role in//Reilly, Ace of Spies// and playing Dr. Alan Grant in //Jurassic Park// and //Jurassic Park III//.
 * Eric Roberts** — He has received widespread acclaim for his supporting role in //The Dark Knight//. Oscar-nominated for his role in //Runaway Train//, he has also starred in many movies such as //Star 80// and //The Pope of Greenwich Village//. Roberts is trained in Tae Kwon Do and Jujitsu. His daughter, Emma, and sister, Julia Roberts, are actresses.
 * Raymond Massey** — He became famous for roles such as Abraham Lincoln in //Abe Lincoln in Illinois//. He was nominated for an Academy Award for this role.
 * Carly Simon** — She has an Oscar, two Grammys, a Golden Globe, as well as several hit records. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.
 * Jack Paar** — He was a radio and television talk show host who is most noted for hosting //The Tonight Show//. During World War II, he entertained troops in the South Pacific.
 * Shane Yellowbird** — This popular singer and songwriter has received awards from the Canadian Country Music Awards, the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards. During a three-month period in the fall of 2007, he received eight awards.
 * Mike Rowe** — An actor and opera singer, he currently hosts //Dirty Jobs// and //Shark Week// on the Discovery Channel.
 * Michelle Williams** — This singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress is probably best known for being part of the R&B group Destiny's Child.
 * Marc Anthony** — Pop singer and husband of Jennifer Lopez.
 * Leon Botstein** — He serves as the music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. He is also president of Bard College.
 * Hrithik Roshan** — He is an award-winning Indian actor. He donated funds to help build the audio and speech therapy wing at the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, India.
 * B.B. King** — American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was named the third-greatest guitarist of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time" by //Rolling Stone// magazine.
 * John Lee Hooker** — An influential American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His trademark genre was a half-spoken style of blues.
 * Samuel L. Jackson** — An award-winning actor known for his movies //Goodfellas, Jungle Fever, Patriot Games, Jurassic Park// and //Pulp Fiction//.

__**Sports stars**__
 * Tiger Woods** — He is one of the most successful golfers of all time. Woods was a child prodigy who began to play golf at 2 years old. At age 3, Woods shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, Calif., and at age 5, he appeared in //Golf Digest// and on ABC's//That's Incredible//.
 * Kenyon Martin** — Basketball star Kenyon Martin has been a two-time member of basketball's Team USA and was selected to the 2004 NBA All-Star Team.
 * Bob Love** — This legendary star of the Chicago Bulls went from the court to heading up Community Affairs for the championship team. He is a popular motivational speaker and a spokesman for the Stuttering Foundation. His life story is documented in the film //Find Yourself A Dream - The Bob Love Story//.
 * Johnny Damon** — This Tampa Bay Rays outfielder and designated hitter is among the top of active major leaguers in runs, hits, and stolen bases since the 2000 season. Before playing with the Rays and Tigers, he was with the World Series champion New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. In high school, he was rated as one of the top players in the country and was named to //USA Today's// High School All-American team.
 * Darren Sproles** — This NFL star is a football running back and return specialist for the San Diego Chargers. He was twice named //The Kansas City Star Player// of the Year.
 * Ron Harper** — If he wasn't a basketball star, he said he would want to be a teacher. He is actively involved with Widney High School in L.A., a school for children with disabilities.
 * Pat Williams** — This football player with the Minnesota Vikings was also a star in high school. As a 5-foot, 8-inch and 160 pound freshman kicker/punter, he went on to have an unbelievable high school career. At Wossman High School, he had 43 sacks, 154 tackles, 6 forced fumbles, 8 fumble recoveries, 1 interception, and 3 defensive touchdowns.
 * Bill Walton** — This NBA All-Star and Hall of Famer is recognized as a well-known NBC Sports commentator.
 * Bo Jackson** — This multi-sport professional athlete completed his bachelor of science degree in 1995 at Auburn to fulfill a promise he made to his mother.
 * Lester Hayes** — The former defensive back for the LA Raiders led the NFL with 13 interceptions and was named AP Defensive Player of the Year in 1980. He retired in 1986, after a total of 39 interceptions. __ Watch YouTube __ video.
 * Tommy John** — This former pitcher for Oakland A's and Yankees had a career with 288 victories. He ranked as the 6th highest among lefthanders in major league history.
 * Greg Louganis** — This diving champion is probably best known for winning back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3m and 10m diving events. Some consider him the greatest Olympic diver of all time. In 1984, he received the James E. Sullivan Award for being the top amateur athlete in the United States.
 * Dave Taylor** — He is a former hockey star with the LA Kings. At Clarkson University, he still holds the record for career points (251), goals (98), and assists (153), as well as single season goals (41), assists (67), and points (108) in 1976-77.
 * Adrian Peterson** — He is an NFL running back. In his spare time, he performs community work and hosts an annual free youth football camp. He also volunteers to help children who stutter.
 * Rubin "Hurricane" Carter** — A former prizefighter, Carter earned an honorary championship title belt in 1993 by the World Boxing Council.
 * Jermain Taylor** — During his amateur boxing career, he earned the 1996 Under-19 Championship, the National Golden Glove titles and finished second and third at the 1997 and 1998 U.S. Championships respectively. In 1998, he won a bronze medal at the Goodwill Games. He received the bronze medal for the U.S. team in the 2000 Olympics.
 * Ken Venturi** — Legendary golfer Ken Venturi, U.S. Open Champion, is a successful commentator for CBS Sports.
 * Bob Sanders** — He has been the Green Bay Packers' defensive coordinator since 2006. Before joining the Packers, he was a linebackers coach with the Miami Dolphins. He coached college football for 22 years..
 * Antonio Dixon** — This NFL defensive tackle overcame stuttering, homelessness, and learning disabilities to graduate from the University of Miami.
 * Herschel Walker** — This Heisman Trophy winning running back played for the Dallas Cowboys, the Minnesota Vikings, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the New York Giants.
 * Ivo Karlovic** — This Croatian tennis player has won four ATP singles titles. He is considered to be one of the best servers and tallest players on the ATP tour. He is 6 feet, 10 inches. His height allows him to serve with high speed.
 * Sigi Schmid** — A German-American soccer coach. He came to America with his family at the age of 4. He played for the University of California, Los Angeles. He later coached that college team. He moved on to coach the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Columbus Crew and the Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. He has the most coaching wins in MLS history and received the MLS Coach of the Year Award in 1999 and 2008.
 * Damien Woody** — An offensive lineman for the New York Jets. During his years in football he has played every position on the offensive line except left tackle. When he was with the New England Patriots, he was a member of two Super-Bowl-winning teams, 2001 and 2003. He played college football at Boston College.

__**Writers, authors, producers, composers, and artists**__
 * Alan Rabinowitz** — As a zoologist, conservationist, and author, Rabinowitz works tirelessly to protect endangered species. One of his most recent books is //Beyond the Last Village//.
 * Jeffrey Blitz** — This writer, director, and producer recently wrote and directed //Rocket Science,//a movie about a high schooler who stutters joining the debate team//.// He also directed //Spellbound,// which was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
 * John Updike** — This American writer's most popular work is his //Rabbit// series: //Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest//, and //Rabbit Remembered//. Updike, who died Jan. 27, 2009, won Pulitzer Prizes for //Rabbit is Rich// and //Rabbit at Rest//. In all, he published 22 novels and more than 12 short story collections, as well as poetry, literary criticism, and children's books.
 * Somerset Maugham** — This English playwright, novelist, and short story writer was one of the most popular and highest paid authors during the 1930s.
 * Lewis Carroll** — This British writer's most famous works include //Alice's Adventures in Wonderland// and //Through the Looking Glass,// as well as poems //The Hunting of the Snark// and//Jabberwocky.// In addition to being an author, he was a mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer.
 * Margaret Drabble** — Probably best known for her novels, Drabble has written screenplays, short stories, plays, and nonfiction biographies.
 * Jane Seymour** — This English actress is probably best known for co-starring in the James Bond film //Live and Let Die// and on the TV series //Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman//. She is also an author of children's books
 * Indiana Gregg** — This Scottish singer battled her stuttering by writing and performing her own songs as a child. She is a Billboard and VH-1 Save the Music award-winning songwriter.
 * Marc Shell** — He is an author and professor of comparative literature and English at Harvard University. Shell is a forerunner of the literary-critical movement that has been dubbed "New Economic Criticism."
 * Robert A. Heinlein** — He was one of the most popular science fiction writers. Heinlein was one of the first to break into mainstream pubications, such as //The Saturday Evening Post// in the late 1940s.
 * Neville Shute** — This successful aeronautical engineer was one of the most popular novelists of the mid-20th century. Virtually all of his books remain in print nearly a half-century after his death.
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber** — As a highly successful English composer, he is probably most famous for //Cats// and //Phantom of the Opera.//
 * Jack Eberts** — He produced //Dances with Wolves, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi// and the animiated feature //Chicken Run.// Eberts is known for being a risk-taker and for his high caliber films.
 * Charles Darwin** — This British naturalist is probably best known for his work //The Origin of Species.//
 * John Gregory Dunne** — This American novelist was a journalist, screenwriter, essayist, and literary critic. He wrote two non-fiction books about Hollywood, //The Studio// and //Monster//. He was also a frequent contributor to The //New York Review of Books.//
 * Edward Hoagland** — This famous author wrote //Cat Man, Walking in the Dead Diamond River, African Calliope,// and //The Tugman's Passage//.
 * Jorge Luis Borges** — Argentine writer of short stories and essays considered to be the most influential Latin American writer of the last century. Every year the Argentinean Stuttering Association presents a Jorge Luis Borges Award.
 * Mike Peters** — Syndicated political cartoonist and creator of the Mother Goose & Grim comic strip. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
 * Jim Davis** — The cartoonist from rural Indiana who created Garfield.

__**Journalists and photographers**__
 * John Stossel** — An award-winning journalist, this former //20/20// co-anchor is now with Fox News. Stossel is an author and is a spokesperson for the SFA. His public service ads about stuttering can be heard on radio stations around the country. __ Listen to a podcast. __
 * P.F. Bentley** — This award-winning photographer for //TIME// magazine is known for his behind-the-scenes photographs of presidents and congressmen.
 * Byron Pitts** — Correspondent for //60 Minutes//, Pitts is an Emmy award-winning journalist and author of //Step Out on Nothing//.
 * Henry Luce** — Founder of //Time,// //Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated// and //House & Home//magazines. During college, he was voted "most brilliant" by his class at Yale. Before founding the magazines, he was a reporter for the //Chicago Daily News// and //The Baltimore News//.

__**Government leaders and public officials**__
 * Vice President Joseph Biden** — He began his long political career when he was first elected to the Senate in 1973 at the age of 30, making him the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history. brochure.
 * Winston Churchill** — He served as the British prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 until 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army and an author. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for historical writing.
 * Henry M. Paulson Jr.** — The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury previously served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, one of the world's largest investment banks.
 * Congressman Frank Wolf** — This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the //Congressional Record.//
 * Prince Albert of Monaco** — The prince became interested in oceanography at the age of 22. He founded the world renowned Oceangraphic Institute in Monaco. It includes an aquarium, museum, and library. He also founded a research facility in Paris.
 * Miguel Estrada** — This prominent attorney was a nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by President Bush.
 * Sidney Gottlieb** — This controversial CIA psychiatrist and chemist stuttered as a child and earned a master's degree in speech therapy.
 * Bill Sheffield** — He served as governor of Alaska from 1982-1986.
 * King George VI** — The king was an inspiration to his country during World War II when he addressed the empire in radio broadcasts. //The King's Speech//, a new award-winning movie, hightlights his courage.
 * Annie Glenn** — Wife of former astronaut Senator John Glenn, she is active in community service. Glenn has been involved in programs for children, the elderly, and the handicapped. She is also an accomplished organist. __ Listen to a podcast. __
 * Col. Joshua Chamberlain** — The Union colonel in the Civil War was wounded several times and, according to historians, was an inspiration and a hero to his men.
 * Alan Turing** — This British mathematician is considered the father of modern computer science. During World War II, he helped break German codes.
 * Thomas Kean** — This former governor of New Jersey also served as chairman of the 9/11 Commission. After serving as governor, he was president of Drew University for 15 years. He wrote the book //The Politics of Inclusion//.
 * Rex Lee** — He served as Solicitor General of the United States, as well as a dean of the Brigham Young University School of Law and was a distinguished professor of law and a litigation attorney. He lectured, gave speeches, and brilliantly argued many cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
 * Thomas Kean** — He was the 48th governor of New Jersey, serving from 1982-1990.

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