Deaf and Hard of Hearing Role Models
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Joey Baer- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/joey.html
Ferdinand Berthier- (1803-1886) Earliest Champion of Deaf Culture
Nancy J. Bloch- (1954- ) NAD
Frank G. Bowe- (1947-2007)
http://www.unioncountyhistoricalsociety.org/Article10.pdf
Robert Cook- ( ) DSA
John Fletcher Egbert- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/egbert.html
Sheri Farinha- ( ) Lobbyist
Gertrude Scott Galloway- (1930- )
http://www.dwconline.org/fallsite2006/fall06whosherstory.html
Cheryl Heppner- ( ) NVRC
Kathie Skyer Hering- (1950- ) ALDA
Dr. E. Lynn Jacobowitz- ( )
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/jacobowitz.html
Jack Levesque- ( )
http://www.dcara.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=
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Helen Keller- (1880-1968)
http://www.afb.org/section.asp?SectionID=1&TopicID=129
Marcella M. Meyer- (1925-2009) http://www.gladinc.org/about-glad/tribute-tomarcella-meyer
Marvin Miller- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/MillerMajeriRally.html
Damara Paris- ( ) IDC
Frances “Peggie” Parsons- (1923- )
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20066432,00.html
David Peikoff- (1900-1995) Deaf Rights Advocate
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/peikoff.html
Frederick C. Schreiber- (1922-1979)
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/schreiber.html
Bobbie B. Scoggins- ( ) NAD
Jennifer Sooley- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/Sooley.html
Donald M. Tinsley- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/tinsley.html
Karen Tony-Bregman- ( ) NADC
Boyce R. Williams- (1910-1998)
http://deafpeople.com/history/history_info/williams.html
Architects:
o Deaf Space- http://www.rollingrains.com/2011/04/reprinted-with-permissiondeaf-space.html
o George Balsley, AIA- ( ) http://www.adaptenv.org/adp/profiles/3_balsley.php
o John Dickinson- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/Dickinson.html
o Olof Hanson- (1862-1933)
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/3222/
o Thomas Scott Marr-(1866-1936)
http://deafpeople.com/history/history_info/marr.html
Artists:
o RIT Deaf Art/Deaf Artists: http://www.rit.edu/ntid/dccs/dada/dada.htm
o Hillis Arnold- (1906-1988) sculptor
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/arnold.html
o Chuck Baird- (1947-2012)painter http://www.chuckbairdart.com/
o John Brewster Jr.- (1766-1854) itinerate artist
o Morris Broderson- (1928- ) painter
http://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/282/Broderson/Morris
o Louis Frisino- (1934- ) painter
http://deafness.about.com/cs/celebfeatures/a/louisfrisino.htm
o Walter Geikie- ( ) Scottish painter
o Francisco Goya- ( ) Spanish painter
o Samuel Hudson- (1946- ) painter
http://www.nad.org/events/biennial-conference/silent-auction
o Regina Olson Hughes- (1895-1993) illustrator
http://www.botany.si.edu/botart/hughes.htm
o Leon Lim- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/leon_lim.html
o Betty G. Miller, Ed.D.- (1934- ) visual artist/counselor http://bettigee.purple-swirl.com/
o Granville Redmond- (1871-1935) painter
http://www.granvilleredmondgallery.com/granvilleredmondbio.html
o Gerald Becker Steffen- ( )
o Douglas Tilden-(1860-1935) sculptor
http://www.sfcityguides.org/public_guidelines.html?article=345&submitted=TRUE&srch_text=&submitted2=&topic=The%2
0Arts
o Cadwallader Washburn- (1866-1965) painter
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/washburn.html
Athletes:
o Deaflympics- http://www.deaflympics.com/
o U.S Deaf Sports Federation- http://www.usdeafsports.org/
Baseball
o William Ellsworth “Dummy” Hoy- (1862-1961) http://dummyhoy.com/
o Curtis Pride- (1968- ) http://www.fitness.gov/about-us/who-we-are/council-members/curtis-pride/ ,
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/CurtisPride.html
o Ryan Ketchner- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/Ketchner.html
o Luther “Dummy” Taylor- (1875-1958)
http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=14004&bid=987
Basketball
o Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever)- (1979- )
http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/tamika_catchings/ , http://catchin24.com/
o Paul Hubbard- ( ) http://www.deafis.org/sports/miller.php
o Ronda Jo Miller- ( )
o William Schyman- (1930- )
http://jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=351
o Miha Zupan- (1982- ) First deaf player in Euroleague
Body building
o Shelley Beattie/“Siren” American Gladiators- (1968-2008)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064180/bio
o Lou Ferrigno- (1951- ) http://www.louferrigno.com/
Boxing
o James Burke- (1809-1845)
http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/pioneer/burke.html
o Eugene Hairston-(1930- ) http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Eugene_Hairston
o Matt Hamill “The Hammer”- (1976- ) http://thehammerfilm.com/TheHammer-News.html
Football
o Paul D. Hubbard- (1871-1946) http://www.deafis.org/sports/hubbard.php
o Kenny Walker- (1967- )
http://www.jiffynotes.com/a_study_guides/book_notes/nspf_04/nspf_04_00601.html
Golf
o Kevin Hall- (1982- ) http://www.kevinhallgolf.com/
Racing
o Ashley Fiolek- (1990- ) http://ashleyfiolek.com/#/post/-1,
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/1_Fiolek.html
o Kitty O'Neil- (1946- ) http://www.deafis.org/sports/kitty.php,
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1091963/index.htm
Referee/Umpire
o Peter John Rozynski- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/Rozynski.html
o Marsha Wetzel- ( ) http://www.deafis.org/sports/wetzel.php,
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1028020/index.htm
Soccer
o Cliff Bastin- ( ) British soccer player
o Emily Cressy- ( ) http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/october/2/cressy.shtml
o Philip John “P.J.” Dolan- ( ) http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1012912-deafsoccer-player-issued-yellow-card-for-ignoring-whistle
Speed skating
o Kevin Frost- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/frost.html
Swimming
o Leroy Colombo- (1905-1974) (lifeguard) Guinness Book of World Records
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000008963
o Gertrude Ederle- (1906-2003) First woman to swim English Channel
o Jeffrey Float- (1960- ) http://en.goldenmap.com/Jeffrey_Float
o Terrence Parkin- (1980- )
http://www.southafrica.info/news/sport/swimming-parkin-221009.htm
o Marcus Titus- (1986- )
http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1453&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&biosi
d=f8db5f56-b9dc-4292-b390-3b19b54d4df5
Tennis
o Natasha Basma- ( ) http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/owls/florida-atlanticsnatasha-basma-is-the-only-deaf-1190008.html
Track
o USA Deaf Track & Field- http://www.usadtf.org/
Attorneys:
o Michael Chatoff- ( ) http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/24/nyregion/first-deaflawyer-goes-before-supreme-court.html
o Gregory Hlibok- ( ) http://www.gallaudet.edu/news/Hlibok_leads_FCC_DRO.html,
http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/news/2011/2011-01-10-natlawjournal.html,
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/hlibok.html
o Lowell Myers- (1930-2006)
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073798,00.html
o Howard Rosenblum- ( ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQBjUhlY8ic
Aviators:
o Philip Bilgray- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/Bilgray.html
o Howard Hughes – (1905-1976)
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hhughes.html
o Cal Rodgers- (1879-1912)
http://www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/PILOTS/Cal%20Rodgers.htm
o Rhulin Thomas- (1910-1999) http://www.augie.edu/CWS/telegram.html
o Nellie Zabel Willhite- (1892-1991) http://www.augie.edu/CWS/telegram.html,
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/willhite.html
Business Professionals:
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Business Convention & Expo of the Deaf- http://www.deafbusiness.org/
Deaf Business Alliance- http://www.deafbusinessalliance.org/index.html
National Deaf Business Institute- http://www.ndbi.org/about.php
Signs of Success (Gallaudet)- http://signsofsuccess.gallaudet.edu/
Myrna Aiello- ( ) http://www.tcsassociates.com/about-us/
Seth Bravin- ( ) http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/seth_bravin.html
Stephen Burton- ( )
Joe Dannis- ( ) http://smallbusinessschool.org/page2459.html
http://www.jdcc.org/site/julaug97/business.htm, http://www.dawnsign.com/
Marina Fanshteyn- ( )
Duane Halliburton- ( )
http://www.gallaudet.edu/Board_of_Trustees_List/Halliburton.html
Stephen Hlibok- ( )
Andrew Lange- ( )
James Macfadden- ( )
Amy Markel- ( )
Ben Soupkup- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/soukup.html
Judith Viera Tingley- (1939- ) President Teletec
Roberto Wirth- ( ) DBA
Jason Yeh- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/jason_yeh.html
John Yeh- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/yeh.html
Certified Deaf Interpreters:
o Tony Saccente- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/saccente.html
Educators:
o Shirley J. Allen, PhD- (1941- )
http://www.deaflife.com/back_issue/listing/088.html
o Glenn B. Anderson, PhD- ( ) http://ualr.edu/care/index.php/home/faculty-andstaff/dr-glenn-b-anderson/
o Benjamin J. Bahan, PhD- ( ) http://www.gallaudet.edu/facultystaff/asl_and_deaf_studies/bahan_ben.html
o Dr. Gerald Buckley- ( ) http://www.ntid.rit.edu/president/biography
o Douglas J.N. Burke- (1931-1988)
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/burke.html
o Laurent Clerc- (1785-1869)
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/clerc_laurent_7.htm
o Alice Cogswell- (1805- )
http://ifmyhandscouldspeak.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/alice-cogswell-aninspiration/
o Dr. Andrew Foster- (1925-1987)
http://deafpeople.com/history/history_info/foster.html,
http://ifmyhandscouldspeak.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/andrew-foster-thegallaudet-of-africa/
o Alice L. Hagemeyer- (1934- )
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/hagemeyer.html
o Kristine Hall- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/KHall.html
o Roy Kay Holcomb- (1923-1998)
http://deafpeople.com/history/history_info/roy_holcomb.html
o Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/hurwitz.html
o Dr. David James- (1950- ) Mathematician
o I. King Jordan- (1943- ) http://www.weber.edu/WSUToday/jordanbio.html
o Terry Kohut- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/kohut.html
o Chris Laskowski- ( ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ6sxV-d1aM
o Carole Lazorisak- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/lazorisak.html
o Ricardo Lopez- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/lopez.html
o Rachel Mazique- ( ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAYHWzSad0Q,
http://www.nad.org/news/2010/8/interview-rachel-mazique-nad-miss-deaf-america-ambassador
o Cathy Oshrain- ( )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVVC8OnK2k0&feature=related
o Roz Rosen- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/rosen.html
o Charlotte Angas Scott- (1858-1931) Mathematician
o Frank R. Turk- ( ) http://www.nllcamp.com/pdfs/NLLC_Frank_bio.pdf
o George William Veditz – (1861-1937)
http://veditzcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=5
o Kyle Viola- ( ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PybjOhwqXLQ
o William Willard-(1809-1881)
http://www.deafhoosiers.com/AboutISD/SchoolHistory.asp
o Scotty Zwicker- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/zwicker.html
Entertainers:
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D-PAN- http://www.d-pan.com/
Switched at Birth- http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/switched-at-birth?kmed=ppc
Luke Adams- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/lukeadams.html
Michelle Banks- (1969- ) http://www.nbda.org/spotlights/spotlight_banks.html
Fred Beam- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/beam.html
Sean Berdy- (1993- ) http://www.seanberdysite.com/,
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/Berdy.html
Halle Berry- (1966- ) http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/halle-berry/
Linda Bove- (1945- )
http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/theshow/cast/additional_cast
Bernard Bragg- (1928- ) http://bernardbragg.com/,
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/bragg.html
Deanne Bray- (1971- ) http://www.deannebray.com/web2/
Trix Bruce- ( ) http://www.trixbruce.com/
Luis Bunuel- ( ) Spanish filmmaker
Rudi Carrell- (1934-2006) German TV star “The Rudi Carrell Show”
Peter Cook- ( ) http://deafpetercookonline.com/
Gilbert Eastman- (1934-2006)
http://www.gallaudet.edu/Theatre_Arts/Gilbert_C_Eastman.html
Amy Ecklund- (1970- )
http://deafness.about.com/cs/celebfeatures/a/amyecklund.htm
Julianna Fjeld- (1974- ) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608773/
Phyllis Frelich- (1944- )
http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/phyllis_frelich
Patrick Graybill- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/action/action_info/graybill.html
Russel Harvard- ( ) http://www.russellharvard.com/
Bob Hilterman- (1952- ) http://bobhiltermann.com/
Bruce Hlibok- (1960-1995)
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/hlibok.html
Georgia Horsley- ( ) Miss England & Miss World 2007
Robert Hoskin- (1962- ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edxMVIIKYno
Antoine Hunter- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/hunter.html
o CJ Jones- (1980- ) http://www.cjjoneslive.com/,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7XjLDubXS4&feature=related
o JJ Jones- ( ) http://www.jjmime.com/
o Tommy Korn- ( ) http://www.deafestivalla.org/committee.html
o Troy Kotsur- ( ) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1319274/resume
o Herb Larson- ( ) http://www.davideo.tv/catalog3.9.html
o Katie Leclerc- (1986- ) http://www.katieleclerc.com/
o Rush Limbaugh- (1951- ) http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/
o Jane Lynch- (1960- ) http://jane-lynch.com/ ,
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/04/09/jane_lynch_is_stonecold_deaf_in_one_ea
o Ernest Marshall-(1910-1999)
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/marshall.html
o Marlee Matlin- (1965- ) http://www.marleematlinsite.com/,
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/marlee.html
o Kelly Monaco- ( ) http://kellymonacoonline.webs.com/aboutkelly.htm ,
http://www.soapoperadigest.com/kelly-monaco-bio
o Liliana Morgan- ( ) http://www.magicmorgan.com/russia/dvd.html
o Matthew Morgan- ( ) http://www.magicmorgan.com/
o Anthony Natale- ( ) http://anthonynatale.net/
o Leslie Nielsen- (1926-2010)
http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Nielsen,_Leslie/Biography/
o Mary Lou Novitsky-(1954- ) http://www.learnsignlanguagenow.com/about.html
o Sam Sandler- ( ) http://www.samsandler.com/
o Billy Seago- ( ) http://yvccasl.club.officelive.com/billyseago.aspx
o Howie Seago- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/seago.html
o David K. Shelton- ( )
o Christy Smith- (1978- ) http://www.womenof.com/PrintProfile_Christy_Smith_CoFounder_Discovering_Deaf_Worlds-Article.aspx
o Ricky Smith- ( ) http://www.rickysmithmime.net/
o Shoshannah Stern- (1980- ) http://www.shoshannah-stern.com/blog/?page_id=2
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/stern1.html
o Angela Stratiy- ( ) http://www.deafutopia.com/
o Terrylene- (1967- ) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856105/bio
o Tristan Thunderbolt- ( ) http://www.tristanthunderbolt.com/
o Rosa Lee Timm- (1976- ) http://rosaleeshow.com/
o Heather Whitestone- (1973- ) http://www.missamerica.org/our-missamericas/1990/1995.aspx
o Frances Woods- (1907-2000)
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/woods.html
Founders:
o Juliette Low- (1860-1927)
http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/history/low_biography/
o Marilyn J. Smith- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/MarilyJSmith.html
Historians:
o George Hyde- (1882-1968) http://www.nebraskahistory.org/libarch/research/manuscripts/family/hyde-george.htm
Musicians:
o Mental Floss- http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/66719
o Ryan Adams- ( 1974- ) singer, songwriter
o Ludwig van Beethoven- (1770-1827)
http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyLudwig.html
o Beethoven’s Nightmare http://www.beethovensnightmare.com/joomla/
o Foxy Brown- (1978- ) rapper
o Gabriel Faure- ( ) French Composer
o Sean Forbes- ( ) http://www.npr.org/2010/08/08/129012320/sean-forbes-pavesthe-way-for-deaf-musicians
o Evelyn Glennie- (1965- ) http://www.evelyn.co.uk/
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3V6zNER4g
o http://splicd.com/IU3V6zNER4g/1138/1211
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5l-2Jo14cQ
o Ayumi Hamasaki- ( ) Japanese singer, songwriter
o Mandy Harvey- ( ) http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23844117/detail.html,
o http://www.mandyharveymusic.com/
o Johnnie Ray (John Alvin Ray)- (1927-1990) singer, songwriter, pianist
o Janine Roebuck- ( ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ5PswatGUk&feature=related
o Signmark (Marko Vuoriheimo)- (1978- ) Finnish rapper
o Peter Townsend- (1945- ) guitarist, singer, songwriter
o Paul Whittaker- ( ) http://matd.org.uk/signed-song/
Physicians & EMS/Medical Professionals:
o Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losseshttp://www.amphl.org/
o Deaf Firefighters Answer Call To Serve (NTID)- http://www.ntid.rit.edu/news/deaffirefighters-answer-callserve?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NTIDNews+%28National+T
echnical+Institute+for+the+Deaf+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
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Deaf MD- http://www.deafmd.org/
Adam Bondurant- ( ) http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6853
Dr. Angela Earhart- ( ) http://www.amphl.org/articles/livadas2003.html
Frank Peter Hochman- (1935- ) http://sandbox.jdcc.org/jewish-deaf-tidbits/firstdeaf-doctor-looks-back
http://www.deafpeople.com/action/action_info/hochman.html
Mark Kite- ( ) http://firegeezer.com/2009/02/02/deaf-firefighter-becomes-firechief/
Allison Lam – ( ) Firefighter
Dr. Christopher Moreland- ( )
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/20070207_som_deaf_resident/i
ndex.html
Dr. Charles Henri Nicolle- (1866-1936) Nobel Laureate in Physiology and
Medicine
Dr. Wyn Owston (formerly Ethal Sharrad)- (1919- ) WWI physician
Dr. Judith Ann Pachciarz- (1941- )
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_244.ht
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Steven L. Schrader- ( ) http://flashovertv.firerescue1.com/Media/2502-How-ToBe-A-Deaf-Firefighter/
Jim Snow- ( ) http://fire2020.org/2011/07/sebagos-deaf-firefighters-silent-heroes/
Dr. Jason Sobel- ( ) http://www.amphl.org/articles/wahlberg2000.html
Dr. Helen Taussig- ( ) Pediatric Cardiologist
Dr. Philip Zazove- ( ) http://www.michdhh.org/profiles/zazove_phil.html
Politicians/Government Officials:
o Dr. Robert Davila- ( ) http://www.gallaudet.edu/davila_profile.xml ,
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/davila.html https://graciasvrs.com/vrsnews/deaf-spotlight/deaf-spotlight-on-dr-robert-davila/
o Claudia Gordon- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/Gordon.html
o Steven Hamerdinger- ( )
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/hamerdinger.html
o Pam Holmes- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/holmes.html
o Leah Katz-Hernandez- ( )
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/hernandez.html
o Gary Malkowski- ( )
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/GaryMalkowski.html
o Dr. Angela McCaskill- ( )
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/MarilyJSmith.html
o Sir William McMahon- ( ) Former Australian Prime Minister
o Lizzie Sorkin- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/lizzie.html
o Sue Thomas- ( ) http://suethomasfbeye.com/default.aspx
Royalty:
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Infante Jaime (Duke Of Segovia)- (1908-1975)
Kanthirave Narasaraja- (1704-1714) Ruler of Indian State of Mysore
Mary O’Brien- (1721-1791) Third Countess of Orkney
Henry Percy- (1564-1632) Ninth Earl of Northumberland
Princess Alice of Battenberg- (1885-1969)
http://www.paralumun.com/royaltyalice.htm
o Queen Alexandria- (1844-1925) Queen of Denmark
o Joan Stewart- (1428-1486) Countess of Morton
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Deaf Scientist Corner- http://www.twu.edu/dsc/level_I_alphabetical.htm
Robert Grant Aitken- (1864-1951) Astronomer
Guillaume Amontus- (1663-1705) Physicist
George K. Andree- ( ) Dentist
Raymond T. Atwood- ( ) Bacteriologist
Kreigh B. Ayers- ( ) Chemist
Lewis H. Babbitt- ( ) Herpetologist
Donald L. Ballantyne-( 1922- ) http://www.rit.edu/ntid/lyon/speakers/donald-lballantyne
Frederick A.P. Bernard- (1809-1889) Scientist/President of Colombia College
Ruth Fulton Benedict- (1887-1948) Anthropologist
Charles Bonnett- (1720-1793) Naturalist
Ed Bosson- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/ed_bosson.html
Annie Jump Cannon- (1863-1941) Astronomer
Vinton Cerf- (1943- ) http://www.icann.org/en/biog/cerf.htm
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Harold J. Conn- (1886-1975) Bacteriologist
Sir John Warchup Cornforth- ( 1917- ) Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
George T. Dougherty- (1860-1938) Metallurgist
Tilly Edinger- (1897-1967) Paleoneurologist
Thomas Alva Edison- (1847-1931) http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html
Andres Gustaf Ekeberg- ( 1767-1813) Chemist
Robert J. Farquharson- (1824-1884) Civil War Surgeon
Sir John Ambrose Fleming- (1849-1945) Electrical Scientist
John Goodricke- (1764-1786) Astronomer
Wilson H. Grabill- (1912-1983) Statistician
Anthony A. Hajna- (1907-1992) Bacteriologist
Olaf Hassel- (1898-1972) Astronomer
Oliver Heaviside- (1850-1925) Electrical Scientist
Donald J. Kidd- ( 1922-1966) Geologist
Alfred Kroeber- ( ) Anthropologist
Henrietta Swan Leavitt- (1868-1921) Astronomer
Leo Lesquereux- (1806-1889) Paleobotanist
James H. Logan- (1843-1917) Microscopist
James Marsters- (1924- )
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/23marsters.html
Gerald M McCarthy- (1858-1915) Entomologist
Thomas Meehan- (1826-1901) Botanist
Fielding Bradford Meek- (1817-1895) Geologist
Gideon E. Moore- (1842-1895) Chemist
Malcolm Norwood- ( ) http://www.dcmp.org/caai/nadh87.pdf
Einer Rosenkjar- ( ) Civil Engineer
Nansie Sharpless- (1932-1987) Biochemist
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky- (1857-1935) Rocket Pioneer
Robert H. Weitbrecht- (1920-1983) http://www.twu.edu/dsc/weibrechti.htm
Social Workers:
o Jennifer Ficker-Halupnik- ( )
http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/FickerHalupnik.html
Soldiers:
o Cadet Private Keith Nolan- ( ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtKTcPq7XBs,
http://www.military.com/news/article/deaf-man-battles-to-join-the-army.html
o Erastus “Deaf” Smith- (1787-1837)
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsm10
o Rodger Young- ( )
http://ifmyhandscouldspeak.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/rodger-young-americanhero/
Writers/Journalists:
o William W. Beadell- (1865-1931)
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/beadell.html
o Jamie Berke- ( ) http://deafness.about.com/bio/Jamie-Berke-80.htm
o Edmund Booth- (1810-1905)
http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/bookpage/EBbookpage.html
o Connie Brisco- ( ) http://aalbc.com/authors/connie.htm
o John Carlin- (1813-1891)
http://www.deafbiography.com/biography/johncarlinbio.htm
o Pierre Desloges- (1747-?) First deaf author
o Mark Drolsbaugh- ( ) http://www.deafpeople.com/dp_of_month/drolsbaugh.html
o Jack R. Gannon- ( ) http://www.nad.org/news/2011/7/jack-r-rosalyn-gannonreceive-wfd-award
o Tom L. Humphries- ( )
o Leo Jacob- ( )
o Henry A. Kisor- ( ) http://www.henrykisor.com/bio.htm
o Art Kruger- (1911-1992)
http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/kruger.html
o Emmanuelle Laborit- (1971- ) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/arts/13ihtriding.html
o Raymond Luczak- ( ) http://www.raymondluczak.com/
o Harold MacGrath- (1871-1932) novelist
o Harriet Martineau- (1802-1876) http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/martineau.html
o Sondra McCoy-( ) Hard Road, Easy Riding: Deaf Biker Lady
o Gina Olivia- ( )
o T.J. O’Rourke- (1932-1992)
http://deafpeople.com/history/history_info/orourke.html
o Tomora Michelle Pace- ( ) poet
o Carol Padden- ( )
o Stevie Platt- ( ) http://deafness.about.com/od/deafleaders/a/stevieplatt.htm
o Martin L.A. Sternberg- ( )
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/9489/Martin_L_Sternberg/index.aspx
o Laura C. Redden Searing- (1840-1923)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaAhTMo7uKo&feature=related
http://harpers.org/subjects/HowardGlyndon
o Bonnie Poitras Tucker- (1939- )
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1220_reg_print.html
o Clayton Valli, PhD- ( ) ASL Linguistics and Poetry
o Julius Wiggins- ( )
http://www.trudysuggs.com/2001/11/01/silent%E2%80%88news%E2%80%88fou
nder-julius-wiggins%E2%80%88dies-at-73/
Great Websites
Centre for Deaf Studies (University of Bristol)http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/DeafStudiesTeaching/dhcwww/contents.htm
DeafPeople.com- http://www.deafpeople.com/
Famous Deaf Women Power Point (Kent University):
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=toolbarinstant&hl=en&ion=1&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4GZBN_enUS441US441#pq=shirley+allen&hl=en&sugexp
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deaf&aq=0v&aqi=gv1&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=aab36c6f8bb16842&biw=1123&bih=807
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First Deaf Doctors, Scientists, Dentists in Historyhttp://fookembug.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/first-deaf-doctors-scientists-dentists-in-thehistory/
Footsteps to Inspire Us (DCMP): http://www.dcmp.org/caai/nadh265.pdf
Gallaudet University Library Deaf Biographies: http://liblists.wrlc.org/gsdl/cgibin/library?e=d-01000-00---off-0deafbios--00-1--0-10-0---0---0prompt-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-600---20home---00-1-1-00-0-0-11-0-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=CL1
National Black Deaf Association: http://www.nbda.org/fiveblackdeaf.html
Successful Deaf Leaders in Government: http://bostonteachnet.org/clark/clark.htm