Famous left-handed or ambidextrous people
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Gearge bush,and Richard Simmons were just coincidences chappie2gte.net
Ace Tracer <acet...@icanect.net> wrote in article
<33B38965...@icanect.net>...
> In lite of the the threads about righties being smarter and lefties
> being more creative but not athletic,
> here's a list of smart and creative people who just happen to be lefty
> (some are ambidextrous). These are just the
> more famous ones there are more but I got these all form one lisr, check
> out "A Left Handers Guide to Life" (great
> book) or "Famous Left-Handers" for more info.
>
> Billy the Kid
> The Boston Strangler
> John Dilinger
> Jack the Ripper
> Alexander the Great
> Napolean Bonaparte
> Fidel Castro
> Charlemagne
> Queen Elizabeth II
> Joan of Arc
> King Louis XVI
> Ramses II
> Tiberius
> Queen Victoria
> M.C. Escher
> Leonardo da Vinci
> Michelangelo Buonaroti
> Pablo Picasso
> Raphael
> Cathy Guisewite
> Matt Groening (many of the Simpsons have showed left handedness or
> ambidexterity)
> Buzz Aldrin (the first lefty to walk on the moon :)
> Albert Einstein
> George Bush
> Bob Dole
> Gerald Ford
> Benjamin Franklin
> James Garfield
> Nelson Rockefeller
> Harry S Truman
> Peter Benchley
> Lewis Carroll
> Ted Koppel
> Mark Twain
> C.P.E. Bach
> Sergei Rachmaninoff
> Glen Campbell
> Phil Collins
> Bob Dylan
> Jimi Hendrix
> Melissa Manchester
> Paul McCartney
> George Michael
> Cole Porter
> Lou Rawls
> Ringo Starr (interestingly enough 1/2 of the Beatles were lefty)
> Don Adams
> Harry Anderson
> Dan Akroyd
> Matthew Broderick
> Carol Burnett
> Georger Burns
> Sid Caesar
> Charlie Chaplin
> Tom Cruise
> Dean Cain (ha! Superman was lefthanded!)
> Robert DeNiro
> Richard Dreyfuss
> W. C. Fields
> Peter Fonda
> Greta Garbo
> Judy Garland
> Whoopi Goldberg
> Betty Grable
> Cary Grant
> Goldie Hawn
> Jim Henson (and so was Kermit, who you can often see playing the guitar
> the other way)
> Diane Keaton
> Michael Landon
> Jay Leno
> David Letterman (ha! lefty's rule late night TV!)
> Hal Linden
> Shirley MacLaine
> Howie Mendel
> Marcel Marceau
> Harpo Marx
> Kristy McNichol
> Marilyn Monroe
> Kim Novak
> Bronson Pinchot
> Joe Piscopo
> Richard Pryor
> Robert Redford
> Don Rickles
> Julia Roberts
> Mikey Rourke
> Christian Slater
> Alan Thicke
> Rudy Vallee
> Dick Van Dyke
> Bruce Willis
> Oprah Winfrey
> Larry Bird
> Ty Cobb
> Jimmy Connors
> Lou Gherig
> Dorothy Hamill
> Keith Hernandez
> Reggie Jackson
> Bruce Jenner
> Sandy Koufax
> Tommy Lasorda
> Rod Laver
> Greg Louganis
> Martina Navratilova
> Pele
> Babe Ruth
> Mark Spitz
> Bill Walton
> Ted Williams (now let me think, Babe Ruth, Lou Gherig, Reggie Jackson,
> Ty Cobb and Ted Williams were all lefty?)
> Lord Baden-Powell (Boy Scout founder)
> F. Lee Baily
> Uri Geller
> Billy Graham
> Helen Keller
> General Normal Schwarzkopf
> Albert Schweitzer
> Richard Simmons
>
> So there we have 119 lefthanded humans and 3 aliens (Superman, Richard
> Simmons, and Bob Dole).
>
>
Stephane Boucher
cap...@panix.com (James Cappio) writes:
> 3. I've watched Letterman carefully for signs of lefthandedness
> over the years, and regret to report I've found none.
Check when he's using a pen during the top 10 to scribble pointlessly
on the cards (although I don't remember if he's using is lefty or
righty).
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