Famous Lefties

Written on March 4, 2010 – 5:16 pm | by Anita |

Famous SouthPaws

ARTISTS

Leonardo da Vinci –A man before his time;  
Albrecht Dürer;  
M.C. Escher;  
Hans Holbein;  
Paul Klee;  
Michelangelo;  
LeRoy Neiman;  
Pablo Picasso ;  
Raphael

ASTRONAUTS

Edwin Buzz Aldrin;  
Wally Schirra

AUTHORS

James Baldwin, novelist;  
Bet Bowen, horror novelist;  
Peter Benchley, novelist;  
Lewis Carroll;  
Richard Condon, novelist;  
Jean Genet;  
Marshall McLuhan;  
Diane Paul;  
Helen Hooven Santmyer, novelist;  
Viktoria Stefanov;  
Mark Twain, novelist–and one of my favorites;  
Samuel C. Warner ? poet;  
H.G. Wells, Novelist;  
Jessamyn West;  
Eudora Welty, see One Writer’s Beginnings (1983:27)

CARTOONISTS

Milt Caniff;  
Matt Groening;  
Cathy Guisevite;  
Bill Mauldin;  
Pat Oliphand, political cartoonist;  
Jean Plantureux (Plantu), political cartoonist;  
Ronald Searle

FILM & TV PERSONALITIES

Don Adams; 
Dan Aykroyd; 
Eddie Albert; 
Jason Alexander;  
Harry Anderson; 
Tim Allen; 
June Allyson; 
Harry Anderson; 
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor; 
Herschel Bernardi; 
Robert Blake; 
Bruce Boxleitner; 
Marlon Brando; 
Matthew Broderick; 
Pierce Brosnan –James Bond, and Remington Steele; 
Lenny Bruce, comedian; 
Carol Burnett, comedienne; 
George Burns, comedian; 
Ruth Buzzi, comedienne; 
Sid Caesar, comedian; 
Vicki Carr;  
Keith Carradine; 
Jim Carrey;  
Khaled Chahrour, Egyptian actor;  
Charlie Chaplin;  
Chuck Conners;  
Hans Conreid;  
James Cromwell;  
Tom Cruise;  
Quinn Cummings;  
Daniel Davis;  
Bruce Davison;  
Matt Dillon;  
Robert DeNiro;  
Michael Dorn;  
Fran Drescher, comedian;  
Richard Dreyfuss;  
David Duchovny;  
Marty Engles, comedian;  
W.C. Fields;  
Larry Fine ? (of the Three Stooges);  
Peter Fonda;  
Alan Funt, TV producer– Candid Camera; 
Clark Gable;  
Greta Garbo;  
Judy Garland;  
Terri Garr;  
Uri Geller, psychokinetic performer;  
Paul Michael Glaser;  
George Gobel, comedian;  
Whoopie Goldberg;  
Betty Grable;  
Cary Grant;  
Peter Graves;  
Mark Hamill;  
Rex Harrison;  
Olivia de Havilland;  
Goldie Hawn;  
Joey Heatherton;  
Tippi Hedren;  
Jim Henson, puppetteer;  
Joel Hodgson, host of Mystery Science Theater 3000;  
Rock Hudson;  
Angelina Jolie;  
Shirley Jones ;  
Gabe Kaplan;  
Danny Kaye;  
Diane Keaton;  
Howard Keel;  
George Kennedy;  
Nicole Kidman;  
Lisa Kudrow;  
Michael Landon;  
Diane Lane;  
Hope Lange;  
Joey Lawrence;  
Peter Lawford;  
Cloris Leachman;  
Jay Leno;  
David Letterman;  
Hal Linden;  
Cleavon Little;  
Allen Ludden;  
Shirley MacLaine;  
Andrew McCarthy;  
Kristy McNichol;  
Steve McQueen;  
Howie Mandel, comedian;  
Marcel Marceau, mime;  
Wink Martindale, TV Host;  
Harpo Marx;  
Marsha Mason;  
Mary Stuart Masterson;  
Steve McQueen;  
Anne Meara, comedienne;  
Sasha Mitchell;  
Marilyn Monroe;  
Demi Moore;  
Robert Morse;  
Anthony Newley;  
Kim Novak;  
Mary Kate Olsen;  
Ryan O’Neal;  
Sarah Jessica Parker;  
Estelle Parsons;  
Anthony Perkins;  
Rob Perlman;  
Luke Perry;  
Bronson Pinchot;  
Joe Piscopo, comedian;  
Robert Preston;  
Michael J. Pollard;  
Richard Pryor, comedian;  
Dennis Quaid;  
Robert Redford;  
Keanu Reeves;  
Don Rickles, comedian;  
Julia Roberts;  
Mickey Rourke;  
Eva Marie Saint;  
Telly Savalas;  
Jean Seberg;  
Jerry Seinfeld, comedian;  
Bart Simpson;  
Christian Slater;  
Dick Smothers, comedian;  
David Spade;  
Brent Spiner;  
Slyvester Stallone;  
Terence Stamp;  
Jessica Steen;  
Rod Steiger;  
Alan Thicke;  
Terry Thomas, comedian;  
Emma Thompson;  
Rip Torn;  
Peter Ustinov;  
Brenda Vaccaro;  
Karen Valentine;  
Rudy Vallee;  
Dick Van Dyke;  
Graham Walker a.k.a. Grumbleweeds, English comedian;  
Wil Wheaton;  
James Whitmore;  
Treat Williams;  
Bruce Willis;  
William Windom;  
Oprah Winfrey;  
Mare Winningham;  
James Woods;  
Joanne Woodward;  
Keenan Wynn;  
Stephanie Zimbalist

JOURNALISTS

Dave Barry, journalist;  
Ted Koppel, journalist;  
Edward R. Murrow, correspondent;  
Forrest Sawyer, journalist;  
Ray Suarez, journalist;  

INVENTORS, SCIENTISTS, plus OTHER SMART COOL SOUTHPAWS

Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (ambidexterous);  
Cecil Beaton, photographer/costume designer;  
Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets;  
Nicole d’Oresme, mathematician;  
Edison, Thomas;  
Albert Einstein, Physicist;
Steve Forbes, businessman/publisher;  
Henry Ford, Auto Manufacturer;  
Bill Gates, Microsoft President;  
Euell Gibbons, naturalist;  
Helen Keller, advocate for the blind;  
Joan of Arc;  
August Piccard, inventor of stratosphere, bathosphere;  
Paul Prudhomme, chef;  
David Rockefeller, banker;  
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, physician/missionary;  
Dr. Mark Silver, surgeon;  
Richard Simmons Fitness Guru

MUSICIANS

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer;  
David Bowie;  
David Byrne (Talking Heads);  
Glen Campbell;  
Vicki Carr;  
Natale Cole;  
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana);  
Phil Collins (Genesis);  
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins);  
Dick Dale (guitarist);  
Celine Dion, Musician;  
Bob Dylan;  
Don Everly ;  
Phil Everly;  
Bela Fleck, jazz musician;  
Glenn Frey (the Eagles);  
Eric Gale, guitarist;  
Noel Gallagher ? (Oasis);  
Errol Garner, jazz pianist;  
Crysal Gayle;  
Kevin Griffin, guitarist & lead singer (Better than Ezra);  
Thomas Hedley;  
Jimi Hendrix;  
Isaac Hayes;  
Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath);  
Albert King, guitarist;  
Melissa Manchester;  
Chuck Mangione, trumpet;  
All of the Manhattan Transfer;  
Martina McBride country music singer;  
Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings);  
Christie Marie Melonson (opera);  
George Michael (Wham!);  
Peter Nero, conductor;  
Joe Perry (Aerosmith);  
Robert Plant (Led Zepplin);  
Cole Porter, song-writer;  
Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer;  
Maurice Ravel composer;  
Lou Rawls;  
John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols / Public Image Ltd.);  
Seal;  
Carly Simon;  
Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel);  
Ringo Starr (the Beatles);  
Sting;  
Rich Szabo, trumpeter;  
Tiny Tim, Musician;  
Lenny White, drummer;  
Paul Williams, song-writer

SPORTS

Vin Scully, sports broadcaster

CRICKET

Alan Border;  
Alistair Campbell;  
Denis Compton;  
Saurav Ganguly;  
David Gower;  
Gary Sobers;  

BADMINTON

Erik Poul Hoejer;  
Peter Rasmussen;  

BASEBALL PITCHERS

Steve Carlton; 
Whitey Ford;  
Paul Gibson;  
Lefty Grove;  
Ron Guidry;  
Al Habrosky;  
Steve Howe;  
Bruce Hurst;  
Carl Hubbell;  
Randy Johnson;  
Tommy John;  
Bob Kipper;  
Joe Magrane;  
Greg Swindell;  

OTHER BASEBALL PLAYERS

Brady Anderson;  
Steve Avery;  
Harold Baines;  
Vida Blue;  
Barry Bonds;  
Wade Boggs ?;  
Lou Brock;  
Brett Butler;  
Will Clark;  
Ty Cobb;  
Lenny Dykstra;  
John Franco;  
Tom Glavine;  
Lefty Gomez;  
Leon “Goose” Goslin;  
Ken Griffey, Jr;  .
Tony Gwynn;  
Rickey Henderson;  
Kent Hrbek;  
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson;  
Reggie Jackson;  
David Justice;  
Wally Joyner;  
Sandy Koufax;  
John Kruk;  
Kenny Lofton;  
Fred Lynn?;  
Kevin Maas;  
John McGras;  
Fred McGriff;  
Heinie Manush;  
Dave Martinez;  
Don Mattingly;  
Jackie Mitchell;  
Stan Musial;  
Troy O’Leary;  
Paul O’Neil;  
John Olerud;  
Mel Ott;  
Rafael Palmeiro;  
Dan Pasqua;  
Babe Ruth;  
“Neon” Deion Sanders (baseball/Am.football);  
Warren Spahn;  
Casey Stengel;  
Darryl Strawberry;  
Lou Whitaker;  
Ted Williams;  
Fernando Valenzuela;  
Tommy Lasorda (baseball manager)

BASKETBALL

Nate Archibald;  
Walter Berry;  
Larry Bird;  
Adrian Branch;  
Calbert Cheaney;  
Dave Cowens;  
Adrian Dantley;  
Charles “Lefty” Driesell;  
Mark Eaton;  
Nick Van Exel;  
Gail Goodrich;  
Ron Kellogg;  
Toni Kukoc;  
Bob Lanier;  
Brad Lohaus;  
Harold Minor ?;  
Dick Motta;  
Chris Mullen;  
Sam Perkins;  
Digger Phelps;  
Willis Reed;  
Guy Rodgers;  
Bill Russell;  
Wayman Tisdale;  
Bill Walton;  
Lenny Wilkins;  
Manuel Zuleta

BILLARDS

Steve Mizerak, Jr;  
Kun-Fang Lee;  
Bonnie Arnold;  
Reynaldo Grandee;  

BOWLING

Bill Allen;  
Patrick Allen;  
Earl Anthony;  
Mike Aulby;  
Steve Cook;  
Patty Costello;  
Dave Davis;  
Cara Honeychurch;  
Tish Johnson;  
Johnny Petraglia;  
Andy Varipapa;  

BOXERS

Carmen Basilio;  
James “Gentleman Jim” Corbett;  
Marvin Hagler;  
Oscar de la Hoya;  
Reggie Johnson;  
Rafael “Bazooka” Limon;  
Freddie Miller;  
Jacker Patterson;  
Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker

DRIVERS

Johnny Herbert (Formula 1 driver);  
Terry Labonte (NASCAR race car driver);  
Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 driver);  
Karl Wendlinger (Formula 1 driver);  
Valentino Rossi (motorcycle racer);  

FOOTBALL

Frankie Albert;  
Terry Baker;  
Mark Brunell (quarterback);  
Bobby Douglass;  
Norman “Boomer” Esiason;  
Jim Del Gaizon;  
David Humm;  
Paul McDonald;  
Scott Mitchell;  
Gayle Sayers;  
Allie Sherman (coach);  
Kenny Stabler;  
Steve Young;  
Jim Zorn

FENCING

Cécile Argiolas;  
Laura Flessel-Colovic;  
Fabrice Gazin;  
Matthieu Gourdain;  
Fabrice Jeannet;  
Giuseppe Mangiarotti;  
Hugues Obry;  
Anne-Lise Touya;  
Adeline Wuilleme;  

GOLF

Bonny Bryant;  
Bob Charles;  
Russ Cochran;  
Connie Decker;  

HOCKEY

Tom Barrasso;  
Phil Esposito;  
Cam Neely;  
Terry Sawchuk;  
Roman Turek;  

NETBALL

Donna Stacey

OLYMPIC SPORTS

Francis X. Gorman (diving);  
Greg Louganis (diving);  
Mark Spitz (swimming);  
Bruce Jenner (decathlon);  
Nikita Kohloff (wrestling);  
Dorothy Hamill (skating);  

SOCCER

Jans van Breukelen;  
Dan Burbott (?);  
Johan Cruyff ;  
Willem van Hanegem;  
Hernan Medford;  
Pelé -Edson Arantes do Nascimento;  
Diego Armando Maradona;  
Romario;  
Hugo Sanchez;  
Richard Witschge

TENNIS

Kenneth Carlsen;  
Jimmy Connors;  
Norman Brookes;  
Dwight F. Davis, founder of the Davis Cup in tennis;  
Courtney De Mone;  
Guy Forget;  
Andres Gomez (Santos);  
Goran Ivanesivic;  
Rod Laver;  
Henri LeConte;  
John McEnroe;  
Thomas Muster;  
Martina Navratilova -ambidexterous;  
Manuel Orantes;  
Niki Pilic;  
Renee Richards;  
Marcello Chino Rios;  
Monica Seles;  
Roscoe Tanner;  
Guillermo Vilas;  
Mark Woodforde

SOUTHPAWS IN HISTORY & GOVERNMENT

HISTORCAL SOUTHPAWS

Alexander the Great; &nbsp
Josephine de Beauharnais;  
Napoléon Bonaparte ? French emperor;  
Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor;  
Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor;  
Ramses II ? Egyptian pharaoh;  
Tiberius ? Roman emperor;  
Lloque Yapanqui ? Inca monarch

US POLITICIANS

Sam Adams;  
F. Lee Bailey, Lawyer;  
Melvin Belli, lawyer;  
Senator Bill Bradley, Rhodes scholar, basketball star;  
McGeorge Bundy, presidential advisor;  
George H. W. Bush, 41st US President;  
Marcia Clark, lawyer;  
Clinton, William, 42nd US President;  
Clarence Darrow, lawyer;  
Ford, Gerald 38th President;  
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Supreme Court Justice;  
Herbert Hoover, 31st US President;  
N.B. Forrest, Confederate General;  
Benjamin Franklin;  
James Garfield, 20th US President;  
Senator Daniel Inouye;  
Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice;  
Caroline Kennedy, lawyer/author;  
John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/publisher;  
Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense;  
Col. Oliver North, White House aide;  
Ross Perot, Businessman U.S. Secretary of Defense;  
William Perry, Secretary of Defense;  
Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan;  
Ronald Reagan, 40th US President;  
Pat Robertson, Evangelist/politician;  
Nelson Rockefeller, US Vice President;  
Senator Hugh Scott;  
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf;  
Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President;  
Robert Wagner, New York mayor;  
Henry Wallace, Vice President;  

BRITISH LEFTIES
Churchill, Winston, Ex Prime Minister of England;  
King George II of England;  
King George VI of England;  
Prince Charles of England;  
Prince William of England;  
Queen Elizabeth of England;  
Queen Elizabeth II of England;  
Queen Victoria of England;  

LEFTIES AROUND THE WORLD

Fidel Castro; Cuban Leader 
Gandhi, Ex Prime Minister of India;  
Jean-Marc Froidevaux ? Suiss Politician;  
Brigadier Gen. Lee Hsien Loon, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore;  
King Louis XVI of France;  
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime-minister;  

INFAMOUS LEFTIES

Billy the Kid;  
Albert Henry “the Boston Strangler” DeSalvo, serial killer;  
John Dillinger, criminal/bank robber;  
John Wesley Hardin, Western gunslinger;  
Jack the Ripper, serial killer/bank robber

ACCIDENTAL SOUTHPAWS

Thomas Carlyle – switched due to injury;  
Senator Bob Dole – switched due to injury;  
King Edward III of England, switched due to stroke