LEFTIES, the FAMOUS and the INFAMOUS
U.S. PRESIDENTS
RECORDING ARTISTS
James Garfield, 20th President
Herbert Hoover, 31st President
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President
Gerald Ford, 38th President
George H.W. Bush, 41st President
Bill Clinton, 42nd President
Barack Obama, 44th President
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Don and Phil Everly (The Everly
Brothers - 100% of the group!)
Jimi Hendrix
Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
Tiny Tim
Rudy Valee
Some notes about the Presidents:
(1) Ronald Reagan was rumored to have
been born left-handed but was forced
to switch early in his life. However, no
documentation, photos, or witnesses
have come forth to verify. So he is
disqualified from this elite list.
(2) Grover Cleveland was elected to
two non-consecutive terms and is
counted twice.
(3) The totals, then, is out of 43 US
Presidents, 7 have been left-handed.
This is about twice the national
percentage. Does the data suggest
that if you are left-handed, you have
slightly better chance of becoming a
US president? Probably not, but it is
fun to speculate.
VISUAL ARTISTS
Don Adams (Actor)
Dan Aykroyd (Actor)
Eddie Albert (Actor)
Tim Allen (Actor)
June Allyson
Harry Anderson (Actor)
Amitabh Bachchan (Indian actor)
Herschel Bernardi
Robert Blake (Actor)
Matthew Broderick (Actor)
Bruce Boxleitner
Carol Burnett (Actress)
George Burns (Comedian)
Ruth Buzzi (Comedienne)
Drew Carey (Actor)
Keith Carradine (Actor)
Khaled Chahrour (Egyptian actor)
Charlie Chaplin (Actor)
George Gobel (Comedian)
Chuck Conners (Actor)
Hans Conreid
James Cromwell
Tom Cruise (Actor)
Quinn Cummings
Daniel Davis
Bruce Davison
Matt Dillon (Actor)
Marty Engles (Comedian)
Olivia de Havilland
Robert DeNiro (Actor)
Michael Dorn
Fran Drescher (Comedian)
Richard Dreyfuss (Actor)
W.C. Fields
Peter Fonda (Actor)
Greta Garbo (Actress)
Terri Garr
Paul Michael Glaser
Whoopie Goldberg (Actress)
Betty Grable (Actress)
Cary Grant (Actor)
Peter Graves (Actor)
Mark Hamill (Actor)
Rex Harrison (Actor)
Goldie Hawn (Actress)
Joey Heatherton
Tippi Hedren
Jim Henson (Puppeteer)
Rock Hudson (Actor)
Angelina Jolie (Actress married to
actor Brad Pritt, another lefty)
Gabe Kaplan (Actor)
Danny Kaye (Actor)
Diane Keaton (Actress)
George Kennedy
Nicole Kidman (Actress)
Lisa Kudrow
Michael Landon (Actor)
Hope Lange
Joey Lawrence
Peter Lawford
Cloris Leachman
Hal Linden (Actor)
Cleavon Little
Shirley MacLaine
Andrew McCarthy
Kristy McNichol (Actress)
Steve McQueen (Actor)
Howie Mandel (Comedian)
Marcel Marceau (Mime)
Harpo Marx (Actor)
Marsha Mason
Mary Stuart Masterson
Anne Meara (Comedian)
Sasha Mitchell
Marilyn Monroe (Actress)
Robert Morse
Anthony Newley
Kim Novak
Ryan O’Neal (Actor)
Sarah Jessica Parker (Actress)
Estelle Parsons
Anthony Perkins (Actor)
Ron Perlman
Luke Perry
Bronson Pinchot
Joe Piscopo (Comedian)
Brad Pitt (Actor married to actress
Angelina Jolie, another lefty)
Robert Preston
Michael J. Pollard
Richard Pryor (Comedian)
Robert Redford (Actor)
Keanu Reeves (Actor)
Don Rickles (Comedian)
Julia Roberts (Actress)
Mickey Rourke (Actor)
Eva Marie Saint
Telly Savalas (Actor)
Jean Seberg
Jerry Seinfeld (Comedian)
Christian Slater
Dick Smothers (Comedian)
Brent Spiner (Actor)
Sylvester Stallone (Actor)
Terence Stamp
Jessica Steen
Rod Steiger
Alan Thicke
Terry Thomas (Comedian)
Emma Thompson
Rip Torn
Peter Ustinov (Actor)
Brenda Vaccaro
Karen Valentine
Rudy Vallee
Dick Van Dyke (Actor)
Wil Wheaton (Actor)
James Whitmore
Treat Williams
Bruce Willis (Actor)
William Windom (Actor)
Oprah Winfrey (Actress)
Mare Winningham
Joanne Woodward (Comedienne)
Keenan Wynn
Stephanie Zimbalist
BASEBALL
Steve Carlton (Pitcher)
Whitey Ford (Pitcher)
Paul Gibson (Pitcher)
Lefty Grove (Pitcher)
Ron Guidry (Pitcher)
Al Habrosky (Pitcher)
Steve Howe (Pitcher)
Bruce Hurst (Pitcher)
Carl Hubbell (Pitcher)
Randy Johnson (Pitcher)
Tommy John (Pitcher)
Bob Kipper (Pitcher)
Joe Magrane (Pitcher)
Greg Swindell (Pitcher)
Brady Anderson
Steve Avery
Harold Baines
Barry Bonds
Lou Brock
Brett Butler
Will Clark
Lenny Dykstra
John Franco
Tom Glavine
Lefty Gomez (Pitcher)
Leon “Goose” Goslin (Pitcher)
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Tony Gwynn
Rickey Henderson
Kent Hrbek
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
David Justice
Wally Joyner
Sandy Koufax (Pitcher)
John Kruk
Tommy Lasorda (Manager)
Kenny Lofton
Kevin Maas
John McGras
Fred McGriff
Heinie Manush
Dave Martinez
Don Mattingly
Jackie Mitchell
Stan Musial
Troy O’Leary
Paul O’Neil
John Olerud
Mel Ott
Rafael Palmeiro
Dan Pasqua
Babe Ruth (Pitcher and Outfielder)
Vin Scully (Broadcaster)
Warren Spahn
Casey Stengel
Darryl Strawberry
Lou Whitaker
Ted Williams
Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher)
OTHER SPORTS
Bruce Jenner (Decathloner)
John McEnroe (Tennis Player)
Greg Louganis (Diver)
Mark Spitz (Swimmer)
FICTIONAL
Included on some left-handed lists,
but definitely not left-handed, include
Ronald Reagan (US president)
Ben Hogan (Golfer)
Shirley Jones (Actress/Singer)
Kermit the Frog
Bart Simpson (of The Simpsons)
Ned Flanders (Also of The Simpsons)
THE INFAMOUS ONES
Albert Henry DeSalvo, AKA the Boston
Strangler (Serial killer)
John Dillinger (Bank robber)
Jack-the-Ripper, serial killer
The devil is also portrayed as being
left-handed as the Latin word for left,
“sinistra” is also the origin of the word,
“sinister”.
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