Famous Lefties

Hello, hope everyone is doing well. There is a surprise post coming out this weekend and i am very excited about it. I wish I can tell you but I need to keep it under wraps. Hoping that you will like it :)

Today's post is going to be short and sweet.

Did you know that.....

These US Presidents were and are lefties

James A. Garfield  (1831-1881) 20th
Herbert Hoover  (1874-1964) 31st
Harry S. Truman  (1884-1972) 33rd
Gerald Ford  (1913-    ) 38th
Ronald Reagan  (1911 -    ) 40th
George H.W. Bush  (1924-    ) 41st
Bill Clinton  (1946-    ) 42nd
Barack Obama  (1961-    ) 44th

Miscellaneous Lefties

Alexander the Great
Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor
Julius Caesar, Roman general
Napoléon Bonaparte , French emperor
Josephine de Beauharnais
King Louis XVI of France
Queen Victoria of England
King George II of England
King George VI of England
Prince Charles of England
Prince William of England
Fidel Castro, Cuban leader
Nicole d'Oresme, mathematician
Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer
David Rockefeller, banker
Helen Keller, advocate for the blind
Edwin Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
Cecil Beaton, photographer/costume designer
Dave Barry, journalist
David Broder, journalist
Edward R. Murrow, journalist (my favourite journalist actually)

Ted Koppel, journalist
Forrest Sawyer, journalist
Ray Suarez, journalist
John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/publisher
Caroline Kennedy, lawyer/author
Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan
David Letterman, host
Jay Leno, host
Lenny Bruce, comedian
Richard Simmons, exercise guru
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Matt Groening, cartoonist
John Dillinger, criminal/bank robber
Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DeSalvo), serial killer
Jack-the-Ripper, serial killer Bart Simpson, cartoon character

The Medium is the Message- Marshall McLuhan

Lefty Authors
James Baldwin, novelist
Bet Bowen, horror novelist
Peter Benchley, novelist
Lewis Carroll
Richard Condon, novelist
Marshall McLuhan- media students you know who this is.....H.G. Wells

Lefty Musicians
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Glen Campbell
Natale Cole
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
Dick Dale (guitarist)
Don Everly (The Everly Brothers)
Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
Bela Fleck, jazz musician
Glenn Frey (the Eagles)
Judy Garland
Thomas Hedley, vocalist/musician
Jimi Hendrix
Isaac Hayes
Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath)
Albert King, guitarist
George Michael (Wham!)
Peter Nero, conductor
Robert Plant (Led Zepplin)
Cole Porter, song-writer
Lou Rawls
Seal
Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
Tiny Tim
Rudy Valee
Lenny White, drummer
Paul Williams, song-writer

Lefty Artists
Albrecht Dürer
Michelangelo
LeRoy Neiman
Raphael

 Lefty Athletes
Carmen Basilio (boxing)
James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (boxing)
Marvin Hagler (boxing)
Oscar de la Hoya (boxing)
Reggie Johnson (boxing)
Johnny Herbert (Formula 1 driver)
The late Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 driver)
Valentino Rossi (motorcycle racer)

The late Ayrton Senaa

Now I didn't bother with left handed celebrities because the list is endless. But, here is a a couple of well-known lefties

Oprah Winfrey

Sir Paul McCartney

Jerry Seinfeld

Sir Paul McCartney

Bruce Willis

Marilyn Monroe- oh yeah

Julia Roberts- Even Pretty Woman is a lefty

Sarah Jessica Parker- Sex in the City wouldn't be the same with out a lefty Carrie

These are only some of the lefties that walk amongst us. And they call us a minority; I can hardly believe it.

Till the next post, have a lefty day!