The following is a list of notable people who are listed or reported to be dyslexic, or who some people thought were dyslexic, or more generally whenever there is an urban legend or popular myth about their being dyslexic.
- Sam Allardyce, English footballer and football manager
- Anthony Andrews, English actor
- Jennifer Aniston, actor
- Louise Arnold, English author
- Michael "Atters" Attree, English satirical writer and comedian
- Abhishek Bachchan, Bollywood actor
- Geoff Barrow, English musician
- Princess Beatrice of York, member of the British Royal Family and seventh in line of succession to the British throne
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and scientist
- Michael Bennet, United States Senator from Colorado
- Robert Benton, screenwriter and film director
- Orlando Bloom, actor
- David Boies, attorney
- Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist and poet
- Jeremy Bonderman, baseball player
- Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress
- Richard Branson, entrepreneur
- Chrisann Brennan, an American Artist and the author of The Bite in the Apple
- Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian and satirist
- Erin Brockovich, legal clerk, socio-environmental activist
- Max Brooks, author and screenwriter, son of actress Anne Bancroft and director Mel Brooks.
- Neil Bush, businessman and son of George H. W. Bush
- Octavia Butler, science fiction author
- Celine Byrne, soprano
- Stephen J. Cannell, creator of shows such as The A-Team
- Lewis Carroll, author and mathematician
- Gary Cohn, COO of Goldman Sachs
- Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., astronaut and third man to walk on the moon
- Carl XVI Gustaf, king of Sweden
- Carl Philip of Sweden, prince of Sweden
- Dave Chalk, Canadian broadcaster and technology journalist
- John Chambers, CEO of Cisco
- Cher, singer and actress, and Chaz Bono (formerly known as Chastity)
- Amy Childs, model and reality television personality
- Timothy Clifford, British art historian
- Jason Conley, American basketball player
- Anderson Cooper, American journalist
- Tom Cruise, actor
- Pierre Curie, scientist
- Leonardo da Vinci, painter and polymath
- Clark Janell Davis, Miss Kentucky 2015
- John de Lancie, actor
- Samuel R. Delany, science fiction author and literary critic
- Paul Dewar, Canadian MP from 2006 - 2015.
- Patrick Dempsey, actor
- Andrew Dornenburg, award-winning author and chef
- Jacques Dubochet, biophysicist
- Michael Dudikoff, actor
- Arjan Ederveen, Dutch actor and comedian
- Thomas Edison, inventor
- Albert Einstein, scientist
- Fae Ellington, OD, Jamaican media personality and lecturer
- Nelsan Ellis, actor
- Paloma Faith, Singer-songwriter and actress
- Alexander Faludy, youngest Cambridge undergraduate for 200 years
- Michael Faraday, scientist
- Trevor Ferrell, advocate for the homeless
- Noel Fielding, British comedian
- Steve Fielding, Australian politician 2005-2011.
- Fannie Flagg, comedian and author
- Ben Fogle, English television presenter
- Richard Ford, author
- Paul Frappier, musician and hip hop MC
- Galileo Galilei, scientist
- Noel Gallagher, musician
- Karina Galvez, Ecuadorian-American poet, TV and radio personality
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, TV personality
- Alison Goldfrapp, English musician
- Terry Goodkind, American writer
- Frank Gore, American football player
- Mike Gravel, former United States Senator from Alaska
- Brian Grazer, producer
- Susan Hampshire, actress
- Salma Hayek, actress
- Mark Henry professional wrestler
- John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado
- Tom Holland English Actor
- Jack Horner, paleontologist
- Anthony Hopkins, English actor
- John Irving, novelist
- Caitlyn Jenner, Olympic athlete
- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc.
- Jony Ive, Chief Design Officer for Apple Inc.
- Ingvar Kamprad, industrialist, founder of IKEA
- Dean Kamen, inventor, Segway human transport, Luke arm, FIRST Lego League
- Rebecca Kamen, artist and sculptor
- Paul Kanjorski, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Mollie King, singer and songwriter
- Laura Kirkpatrick, model
- Keira Knightley, English actress
- Willem Johan Kolff, physician
- David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians
- J. F. Lawton, writer, producer and director
- Angie Le Mar, comedian
- Peter Leitch, New Zealand businessman and philanthropist.
- Jay Leno, talk show host and comedian
- Tom Lewis, golfer
- Kenny Logan, rugby player
- Greg Louganis, Olympic diver
- Louis of Luxembourg, prince of Luxembourg
- Dan Malloy, Governor of Connecticut
- James Clerk Maxwell, scientist
- Mireille Mathieu, French singer
- Steve McQueen, artist and film director
- Kendrick Meek, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
- James William Middleton, brother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- Mika, singer-songwriter
- Alyssa Milano, American actress
- Lorin Morgan-Richards, children's author and illustrator
- Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
- Shlomo Moussaieff, jewellery businessman and Bible expert
- Don Mullan, Irish author, producer and humanitarian
- Jaime Murray, English actress
- RóisÃn Murphy, Irish singer
- Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
- Fred Newman, actor, sound engineer, producer, author
- Gavin Newsom, Lt Governor of California
- Jace Norman, American Actor
- Paul Oakenfold, a record producer and trance DJ
- Olav V of Norway, reign 1957â€"1991
- Jamie Oliver, chef and television host
- Paul Orfalea, founder of FedEx Kinko's
- Ozzy Osbourne, musician
- Brendan O'Carroll, Irish actor
- Diamond Dallas Page (Page Falkinburg), professional wrestler, actor and author
- Theo Paphitis, businessman, panelist on Dragons' Den
- Tom Pellereau, inventor
- Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist, sculptor
- Daniel Powter, singer and songwriter
- Hal Prewitt, Artist, photographer, entrepreneur and racecar driver
- Scott Quinnell, rugby player
- Bodo Ramelow, Minister-President of Thuringia
- Robert Rauschenberg, American artist
- Keanu Reeves, actor
- Nicolas Winding Refn, film director
- Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor and singer/songwriter
- Guy Ritchie, film director
- David Rockefeller, American business executive and philanthropist
- Richard Rogers, architect
- Louis Rosenberg, American Entrepreneur, author, screenwriter, inventor, and professor
- Lee Ryan, singer and songwriter
- Rex Ryan, head coach, Buffalo Bills
- Mark Schlereth, American football player
- Charles Schwab, founder of U.S. brokerage firm
- Tim Scott, guitarist
- Jo Self, artist
- Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont
- Bryan Singer, film director
- John Skoyles, neuroscientist and evolutionary psychologist
- Neil Smith, American football player
- Jackie Stewart, Scottish racing driver
- David Stirling - founder of the Special Air Service
- Joss Stone, singer
- Helen B. Taussig cardiologist
- Tim Tebow, American football player
- Nikola Tesla, scientist and engineer
- Bella Thorne, American actress
- Kara Tointon, English actress
- Jules Verne, French author
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, heir-apparent to the Swedish throne
- Lindsay Wagner, actress
- Butch Walker, singer and record producer
- Ben Way, entrepreneur
- Bob Weir, guitarist
- Mark Wilkinson, furniture designer
- Toyah Willcox, actress and singer
- Roger Ross Williams, Oscar-winning director and producer
- Holly Willoughby, television presenter
- Henry Winkler, actor, spokesman for the Dyslexia Foundation
- Joshua Wong Chi-fung, an activist and a protester from Hong Kong
- Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore
- Channing Tatum, Actor and model
- Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
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