Many times I can see a solution to something and synthesize things differently and quicker than other people….I would see the end zone and say ‘This is where we need to go’. This annoys sequential thinkers” who think in a “rigorous step-by-step process.”
– Charles Schwab
business leader/
philanthropist

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Famous Dyslexics

Athletes
Muhammad Ali (boxer)
Bruce Jenner (olympic gold medal     winner in the decathalon)
Nolan Ryan (pitcher)
Jackie Stewart (racing driver)

Writers
Hans Christian Anderson
Avi
Stephen Cannell
Dame Agatha Christie
Gustave Flaubert

Astronauts/Scientists/
Doctors

Albert Einstein
Fred Epstein (neurosurgeon)
Michael Faraday
John R. Horner

Chefs
Jamie Oliver
Marco Pierre White

Business Leaders

Sir Richard Branson (founded
    Virgin records and Virgin Atlantic)
Henry Ford (Ford cars)
William Hewlett
Paul Orfalea (founder of Kinko’s) Charles Schwab
Diane Swonk (chief economist of
    Mesirow Financial)
Ted Turner
F.W. Woolworth


Lawyers
David Boies
Peter W.D. Wright

Actors, Singers, Dancers,
Comedians


Harry Belafonte
Orlando Bloom
Marlon Brando
George Burns
Cher
Tom Cruise
Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg
Keira Knightley
John Lennon
Jay Leno
Robin Williams
Henry Winkler

Directors/Producers
Guy Ritchie
Steven Spielberg

Visual Artists/Inventors
Ansel Adams
Alexander Graham Bell
Leonardo Da Vinci
Walt Disney
Bill Dreyer
Thomas Edison
Pablo Picasso
Auguste Rodin

Architects
Charles Renie Mackintosh
Jorn Utza (architect for the
    Sydney Opera House)


Politicians/World Leaders
Sir Winston Churchill
President Thomas Jefferson
President John F. Kennedy
General George Patton
Nelson Rockefeller
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson