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List Of Deaf PeopleThis is an incomplete list of notable deaf people. Important historical figures in Deaf history and culture The idea that a person who was deaf could achieve a notable or distinguished status did not come along until in France in the latter half of the 18th century where Charles-Michel, the Abbe de l'Epee, founded the world's first public school for deaf students in Paris. The Abbe de l'Epee was the first to recognize the value of using the natural language of the deaf, manual sign language, as a means to raise deaf people to literacy and to provide an avenue to an independent lifestyle. Prior to Epee, the vast majority of common deaf people of all nations languished in frustration and isolation, especially those who did not have access to communities of signing deaf people common in the world's large cities. Only the deaf children of royal, aristocratic or wealth families were afforded any type of education. The success of the Paris school spawned similar schools throughout Europe and the New World. Significant in American history, deaf Frenchman Laurent Clerc, both a student and teacher at the Paris school (1798-1816), and Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, an American, founded the first school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut in 1816. Clerc, along with Paris school faculty members Jean Massieu and Ferdinand Berthier formed the core of the first deaf intellectuals in human history. They are followed by many people on this list who, like them, were born deaf, used French Sign Language or American Sign Language as their mother language, and were notable for their leadership and accomplishments. - Melville Ballard
- Cliff Bastin, Soccer player
- Ferdinand Berthier, French intellectual, first deaf person to receive the French Legion of Honor. Founder of world's first deaf organization.
- Eliza Boardman Member of the first class of students in America's first school for the deaf; wife of Laurent Clerc.
- Edmund Booth
- Julia Brace, first deaf-blind American to receive an education.
- John Brewster Jr., leading artist of the Federalist Period in America.
- Laura Bridgeman
- Thomas Lewis Brown, first deaf person in America to be elected to a state legislature. Co-founder of first national organization of the deaf.
- Laurent Clerc, Co-founder of first school for the deaf in America. First deaf teacher of the deaf in America.
- Alice Cogswell, among the first students to receive public school education in America
- Theophilus d'Estrella
- Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, wife of Gallaudet University founder Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
- Richard Griffiths actor
- Edwin A. Hodgson
- William Elsworth "Dummy" Hoy
- Mabel Hubbard Daughter of Gardiner Green Hubbard and wife of Alexander Graham Bell
- Regina Olsen Hughes
- Helen Keller, deafblind
- Jean Massieu, deaf intellectual and internationally renowned public figure. World's first deaf teacher of the deaf.
- Granville Redmond
- Laura Searing
- Douglas Tilden
- Job Turner
Notable deaf people active in the Deaf community Notable people with a hearing loss - Guillaume Amontons, during his youth.
- Ludwig van Beethoven, in later life.
- Luis Buuel, in later life
- Rudi Carrell, partially
- Vint Cerf
- Winston Churchill, in later life. British Prime Minister.
- Gertrude Ederle
- Thomas Edison, progressively
- Gabriel Faur, in later life
- Evelyn Glennie
- Francisco Goya, in later life
- Oliver Heaviside, partially
- John Howard, Australian Prime Minister since 1996; has had a hearing aid for many years
- Steve Jobs, partially
- George Martin, in later life
- Rush Limbaugh, radio host and political commentator, has a cochlear implant
- Sir William McMahon
- Johnnie Ray, partially. American popular singer.
- Pierre de Ronsard
- Bedřich Smetana, in later life after an illness. Czech composer.
- Eric Sykes
- Brian Wilson, partially. American singer and musician with The Beach Boys.
- Judith Wright, total loss of hearing in later life
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