Xtraordinary People

Celebrity X's

More and more celebrities are coming forward and admitting they have forms of Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Dyscalculia). Below is just a small cross section of them.

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Xtraordinary Actors & Entertainers

Anthony Andrews, Marlon Brando, Orlando Bloom, Tom Cruise, Brian Conley, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Izzard, Fred Astaire, Harry Belafonte, George Burns, Ben Elton, Dave Foley, Harrison Ford, Danny Glover, Tracey Gold, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Hampshire, Dustin Hoffman, Keira Knightley, Jay Leno, River Phoenix, Sylvester Stalone, Billy Bob Thornton, Lindsay Wagner, James Whale, Robin Williams, Henry Winkler, Loretta Young, Liv Tyler, Zoe Wanamaker, Johnny Depp, Ruby Wax, Keanu Reeves.

Xtraordinary Chefs

Jamie Oliver, Marco Pierre-White, Rick Stein, James Martin, Ed Baines, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Sophie Conran.

Xtraordinary Artists, Designers & Architects

Tommy Hilfiger, David Bailey (Photographer), Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Lord Richard Rogers, Simon Menzies, Tomas Starzenski, Jørn Utzon (architect - designed Sydney Opera House), Andy Warhol, Mark Wilkinson.

Xtraordinary Sportsmen

Sir Jackie Stewart, Muhammad Ali, Duncan Goodhew, Bruce Jenner, Magic Johnson, Carl Lewis, Greg Louganis, Johhny Herbert, Sandy Lyle Golfer, Paul Merson, Sir Steve Redgrave.

Xtraordinary Inventors & Scientists

Ann Bancroft, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday, Wright Brothers, Sir Isaac Newton, Henery Ford.

Xtraordinary Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs

Sir Richard Branson, Guy Hands, Lord Phillip Harris, Bill Gates, John T Chambers (CEO - Cisco Systems), William Hewlett (Co-Founder - Hewlett-Packard), Charles Schwab, Peter Stringfellow, Ted Turner (President - Turner Broadcasting Systems), F.W. Woolworth, Theo Paphitis, Simon Woodruff.

Xtraordinary Film Makers & Directors

Nicole Betancourt, Walt Disney, Lynda La Plante, Guy Richie, Steven Speilberg, Ted Turner, Quentin Tarrantino.

Xtraordinary Composers, Musicians & Vocalists

Beethoven, Mozart, Damon Albarn, Cher, Noel Gallagher, Brad Little, John Lennon, Nigel Kennedy (Violinist), Bob Weir (Grateful Dead Guitarist), Toyah Wilcox, Harry Belafonte, Lee Ryan (Blue), Robbie Williams, Mika.

Xtraordinary Political & Military Leaders

Winston Churchill, George Bush, George W Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, Benjamin Franklin, Michael Heseltine, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, Woodrow Wilson, George Washington, Thomas Jonathan, 'Stonewall' Jackson, George Patton.

Xtraordinary Writers

AA Gill, John Irving, Hans Christian Andersen, Jeanne Betancourt, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allen Poe, Bernie Taylor, W.B. Yeats, Benjamin Zafamiah.

Xtraordinary Law & Justice

David Boies (Attorney), Erin Brockovich (Investigator), Jeffrey H. Gallet (Judge), Nelson Rockefeller (former Governor of New York).

Xtraordinary Media & Fashion

Jerry Hall, Meg Matthews, Sophie Dahl, Jodie Kidd.

Xtraordinary Members of Parliament

Mr David Mundell.