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Ansel Adams (1902-1984) — Photographer Ann Bancroft — (1931-2007) — Actress Alexander Graham Bell — (1862-1939) — Telephone Inventor Harry Andersen — (1952-present) — Actor Hans Christian Anderson — (1805-1875) — Author Ludwig Beethoven — (1770-1827) — Composer Harry Belafonte — (1927-present) — Actor, Vocalist Col. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington — (1912-1988) WWII Flying Ace (Black Sheep Squadron Leader) Terry Bradshaw — (1948-Present) — Hall of Fame Football Quarterback George Burns — (1896-1996) — Actor Sir Richard Francis Burton — (1821-1890)Explorer, Linguist, Scholar, Writer Admiral Richard Byrd — (1888-1957) — Aviator(Was retired from the navy as, “Unfit for service”)Thomas Carlyle — (1795-1881) Essayist, SatiristScottish historian, critic, and sociological writerAndrew Carnegie – (1835-1919) Industrialist, Philanthropist Jim Carrey — (1962-present) — Comedian Lewis Carroll — (1832-1898) — Author (Alice in Wonderland), Logician Prince Charles — (1948-present) — Future King of England Cher (1946-present)— Actress/Singer Agatha Christie — (1890-1976) — Author Winston Churchill — (1874-1965) — Statesman (Failed the sixth grade) Bill Cosby — (1937-present) — Actor, Educator Tom Cruise — (1962-present) — Actor Harvey Cushing M.D. — (1869-1939)Greatest Neurosurgeon of the 20th Century Salvador Dali — (1904-1989) —Artist Leonardo da Vinci — (1452-1519) — Inventor, Artist, Theoretician John Denver — (1943-1997) — Musician Walt Disney — (1901-1971)(A newspaper editor fired him because he had “No good ideas”.)Kirk Douglas — (1916-present) — Actor Thomas Edison — (1847-1931) — Inventor(His teachers told him he was too stupid to learn anything) Albert Einstein — (1879-1955) — PhysicistDwight D. Eisenhower — (1890-1969) — U. S. President, Military General Michael Faraday — (1791-1867) — British Physicist, Chemist F. Scott Fitzgerald — (1896-1940) — Author Malcolm Forbes — (1919-1990) — Forbes Magazine Founder & Publisher Henry Ford — (1863-1947) — Revolutionized Automobile Industry Benjamin Franklin — (1706 – 1790) — Politician, Elder Statesman, Philosopher Galileo (Galilei) — (1564-1642) — Mathematician, Astronomer Danny Glover — (1947-present) — Actor Tracey Gold — (1969-present) — Actress Whoopi Goldberg — (1955-present) — Oscar winning Actress Georg Frideric Handel — (1685-1759) — Composer Valerie Hardin — Gothic Poet, Artist, Children’s Author Mariette Hartley — (1940-present)Actress (Tells of her and daughter’s ADD) William Randolph Hearst — (1863-1951) — Newspaper Magnate Ernest Hemingway — (1899-1961) — Author, Adventurer Mariel Hemingway — (1961) — Actress Milton Hershey — “The Chocolate King” — (1857-1945) Dustin Hoffman — (1937-present) — Actor Bruce Jenner — (1949-present) — Athlete Luci Baines Johnson (1947-present) — LBJ’s Daughter “Magic” Johnson — (1959-present) — Basketball Player Samuel Johnson — Author Michael Jordan — (1963-present) — Basketball Player John F. Kennedy — (1917-1963) — U. S. President, Auhtor Robert F. Kennedy — (1925-1968) — U.S. Attorney General Jason Kidd — (1973-present) — Professional Basketball Player John Lennon — (1940-1980) — Musician Frederick Carlton (Carl) Lewis — (1961-present) Olympic Gold Metalist, American track-and-field athlete.Meriwether Lewis (Lewis & Clark) — (1774 -1809) — ExplorerAbraham Lincoln — (1809-1865) — U.S. President Greg Louganis — (1960-present) — Olympic Gold Medalist (Diving)James Clerk Maxwell — (1831-1879) — British Physicist Steve McQueen — (1930-1980) — Actor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — (1756-1791) — Composer Napoleon Bonaparte — (1769-1873) — Emperor Gamal Abdel-Nasser — (1918-1970) — First Modern Egyptian President Sir Issac Newton —(1642-1727) — Scientist, Mathematician(Did poorly in grade school)Nostradamus — (1503-1566) — Physician, Prophet Ozzy Osbourne — (1948-present) — said he was ADHD on TV Louis Pasteur — (1822-1895) — Scientist (Rated as mediocre in chemistry when he attended the Royal College) General George Patton — (1885-1945) — Military Leader WWII Pablo Picasso — (1882-1973) — Artist Edgar Allan Poe — (1809-1849) — Author, Poet Sergei Rachmaninov — (1873-1943) — Composer Eddie Rickenbacker — (1890-1973) — WWI Flying Ace John D. Rockefeller — (1839-1937)Founder, Standard Oil Company Nelson Rockefeller — (1908-1979) — U.S. Vice President, Governor August Rodin — (1840-1917) — Artist, SculptorAnna Eleanor Roosevelt — (1844-1962) — First Lady Pete Rose — (1941-present) — Baseball Player Babe Ruth — (1895-1948) — Baseball Legend Nolan Ryan — (1947-present) — Baseball Player Anwar Sadat — (1918-1981) — Egyptian PresidentNobel Peace Prize Winner in 1976George C. Scott — (1927-1999) — Actor George Bernard Shaw — (1856-1950)—Author Will Smith — Actor, Rapper, Entertainer Tom Smothers — (1937-present) — Actor, Singer, Entertainer Socrates — (469-399 B.C.) — Philosopher Suzanne Somers — (1946-present) — Actress Steven Spielberg — (1946-present) — Filmmaker(Made first film in high school) Sylvester Stallone — (1946-present) — Actor Jackie Stewart — (1939-present) — Grand Prix Hall of Famer James Stewart — (1908-1997) — Beloved Actor Henry David Thoreau — (1817-1862) — Author Leo Tolstoy — (1828-1910) — Russian Author(Flunked out of college)Alberto Tomba — (1966-present) — International Alpine Ski Champion Vincent van Gogh — (1853-1890) — Artist Russell Varian — (1899-1959) — Inventor Jules Verne — (1828-1905) — Author, Visionary Werner von Braun — (1912-1977) — Father of space exploration, AstrophysicistFlunked 9th grade algebra.Lindsay Wagner — (1949-present) — Actress (Bionic Woman) Gen. William C. Westmoreland — (1914-present) — Military Leader (Vietnam Era) Robin Williams — (1952-present) — Comedian Woodrow Wilson — (1856-1924) — U. S. President, Founder League of Nations Henry Winkler — (1945-present) — Actor (Fonzie, Happy Days) Stevie Wonder — (1950-present ) — Musician, Blind since childhood F. W. Woolworth — (1852-1919) — Department Store Innovator (While working in a dry goods store at 21, his employers wouldn’t let himwait on a customer because he “Didn’t have enough sense.”)Frank Lloyd Wright — (1867-1959) — Architect Orville Wright — (1871-1948) — Successful Airplane Inventor Wilber Wright — (1867-1912) — Successful Airplane Inventor William Wrigley, Jr. — (1933-1999) — Chewing Gum Magnate William Butler Yeats — (1865-1939) Possibly Greatest Poet of the 20th Century

This list contains the names of many great people who have influenced our life and have been labeled ADD/ADHD. 

We ask you again, would you like to be part of this list? 

This list of people was compiled at www.adhdrelief.com/famous.html

Please note that The Child’s Miracle Mind organization does not encourage nor endorse the use of prescription drugs for the treatment of ADHD without alternative analysis. The advertisers connected to these articles do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of our organization.

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