FAMOUS LEFTIES

THE CREATIVES

ARTISTS

Leonardo da Vinci
Albrecht Dürer
M.C. Escher
Hans Holbein
Paul Klee
Michelangelo
LeRoy Neiman
Pablo Picasso
Raphael

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 But hey, give me 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
Bert Convey
James Cromwell
Tom Cruise
Quinn Cummings
Clifton Davis
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–ahhh, the early days of 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
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
Brett Somers
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, OTHER SMART & COOL LEFTIES

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
Thomas Edison
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

ASTRONAUTS

Edwin Buzz Aldrin
Wally Schirra

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