There is a list of notable people who have been diagnosed with dyslexia shown below.

The list comes from Wikipedia the Free Online Encyclopedia. You can read their entire write up at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_dyslexia

[When you visit the above url you can click on the name for a brief biography and/or on the number for more references and details concerning the person}

The following is a list of notable people who have been diagnosed with dyslexia. (The numbes beside their names refer to footnotes below or on the next page.)

    * Abhishek Bachchan, Bollywood actor.[1]
    * Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian and satirist.[2]
    * Orlando Bloom, actor[3]
    * Jeremy Bonderman, baseball player[4]
    * Richard Branson, entrepreneur[5]
    * Erin Brockovich, legal clerk.[6]
    * Octavia Butler,science fiction author[7]
    * Carl XVI Gustaf, king of Sweden[8]
    * Stephen J. Cannell, creator of shows such as The A-Team[9]
    * Dave Chalk, Canadian broadcaster and technology journalist [10]
    * John Chambers, CEO of Cisco [11]
    * Cher, singer and actress, and her daughter, Chastity Bono[12]
    * Anderson Cooper, American journalist[13]
    * Tom Cruise, actor[14]
    * John de Lancie, actor[15]
    * Samuel R. Delany, science fiction author and literary critic[16]
    * Patrick Dempsey, actor[17]