Blind/Low Vision Hall of Fame
What is a Vision Disability?
Various conditions require only eyeglasses or contact lenses in order to correct the person’s vision. Other conditions may require surgery. Additional health concerns can affect a person’s vision as well, such as Diabetes or Glaucoma.
There are a number of eye problems and conditions that may make it more difficult for a person to see things clearly, yet do not cause loss of vision . . .
Be Inspired
By the Achievements and Abilities!
Take a quick look into the archives of people with blindness or low vision who became famous. 1 min 35 sec
Be Informed
Links to bio’s of famous people with blindness/low vision to learn more about each person:
- Homer
- Helen Keller
- Stevie Wonder
- Harriet Tubman
- Louis Braille
- Alec Templeton
- Galileo Galilei
- Andrea Bocelli
- John Milton
- James Thurber
- Claude Monet
- James Joyce
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
- Brian McKeever
- Sabriye Tenberken
- Dr. Jacob Bolotin
- Jacobus Tenbroeck
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Peter Falk
- Joseph Plateau
- Marla Runyan
- Ray Charles
- Sidney Bradford
- Thomas Gore
- William Prescott
- Esref Armagan
- Frederick Delius
- Didymus The Blind
- John Stanley (composer)
- Kelvin Tan Weilian
- Omar Abdel-Rahman
- Thomas Rhodes Armitage
- Joseph Pulitzer
- Leonhard Euler
- Roland Kirk
- Tilly Aston
- Doc Watson
- Francesco Landini
- Sue Townsend
- Sammy Davis Junior
- Bernard Morin
- Erik Weihenmayer
- Maria Theresa Paradis
- Jacques Lusseyran
- David Alexander Paterson
- Tony Max
- Jeff Healey
- Peter White (broadcaster)
- Anne Sullivan
- Abdurrahman Wahid
- Al Hibbler
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Blind Willie McTell
- Brandon Jardine
- Clarence Carter
- David Blunkett
- Denise Leigh
- Dorothea Lange
- Dr. William Moon
- Eamon de Valera
- Edgar Degas
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Enrico Dandolo
- Esmond Knight
- Fritz Lang
- Francisco Goya
- Frankie Armstrong
- Frida Kahlo
- George Shearing
- Gilbert Montagne
- Ginny Owens
- Honore Daumier
- Isaac the Blind
- Isaac
- Jessica Callahan
- Jhamak Ghimire
- Joaquin Rodrigo
- John II of Aragon
- John Wesley Powell
- José Feliciano
- Joshua Reynolds
- John of Bohemia
- Mike May (skier)
- Ronnie Milsap
- Samson
- St. Paul
- Surdas
- Tim Cordes
- WC Handy
- Edmund Booth
- Beverly Butler
- Hume Cronyn
- Sandy Duncan
- John Ford
- John Langston Gwaltney
- Sir Rex Harrison
- Alan Lerner
- Ved Mehta
- George Bernard Shaw
- Norma Shearer
- Raoul Walsh
- Jules Verne