Famous Blind People

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10 Famous Blind People Who Changed the World
Blindness is the complete lack of form and light perception. Most people believe that we see with our eyes.
The fact is, however, that it is our brain that "perceives" what we think we see. These famous blind people have changed and shaped the world in many areas such as music, politics, science, art and sport because they refused to allow their lack of external light perception to quench or stifle their inner light. The world has been illuminated by their courage and talent.
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Louis Braille
Louis Braille - (January 4, 1809-January 6, 1852)
Louis Braille accidentally stabbed himself in the eye, becoming blind from this injury. He was the inventor and designer of Braille writing which enables blind people to read from a series of organized bumps. Six dots. Six bumps. Six bumps in different patterns, like constellations, spreading out over the page. What are they? Numbers, letters, words. Who made this code? None other than Louis Braille, a French 12-year-old, who was also blind. And his work changed the world of reading and writing, forever.
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Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman - (1820/21-March 1913)
Harriet Tubman was a slave throughout her youth who escaped to Canada but returned to the U.S. where she helped bring hundreds of black slaves to safety in what was called the Underground Railroad. She received a cruel head wound which led to severe vision impairment and seizures. This did not stop her from fighting for the freedom of her people.
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Thomas Gore
Thomas Gore - (December 10, 1870-March 16, 1949)
Thomas Gore was a Democratic politician. He became blind as a child, but never gave up his dream of becoming a senator. In 1907, he was one of the first two senators from the new state of Oklahoma. He was re-elected twice more. He was famous as a member of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Thomas P. Gore's most important contributions were his staunch support of the oil industry, soil conservation, and American Indian tribal issues. But he may be best remembered for his glowing tribute of his adopted state. He said, "I love Oklahoma. I love every blade of her grass. I love every grain of her sands. I am proud of her past and I am confident of her future. The virtues that made us great in the past can keep us great in the future. We must march, and not merely mark time.
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Claude Monet
Claude Monet - (November 14, 1840-December 5, 1926)
Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting. By 1907, he had become quite famous, but began having serious problems with his eyesight and started to go blind. Even though his eyes continued to get worse, he never stopped painting. At the end of his life, when he was almost completely blind, he painted one of his most famous murals of water lilies.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - (January 30, 1882 -April 12, 1945)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States of America. Roosevelt had several disabilities including vision impairment. He was one of the most popular presidents in history. http://www.abisee.com
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Marla Runyan
Marla Runyan - (Born January 4, 1969)
Marla Runyan is a marathon runner who is legally blind. She is the three-time national champion in the women's 5.000 meter run. Runyan was the first legally blind athlete to compete in the Olympics Games. She placed eighth in the 1,500-meter in the 2000 Sydney Olympics making it the highest finish by an American woman in that event. In 2002 she finished as the top American at the 2002 New York City Marathon to post the second-fastest debut time ever by an American woman.
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Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli - (Born 22 September 1958)
Andrea Bocelli became blind at the age of 12 years old following a football accident. He was a multi-instrumentalist and has sung with other great operatic singers such as Pavarotti.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder -- (Born May 13, 1950)
Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter-record producer and multi-instrumentalist. A list of famous blind people wouldn't be complete without this composer's name. Wonder penned such hits as "Ebony and Ivory" that aided the civil rights cause in a non-violent way.
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles - (September 23, 1930-June 10, 2004)
Ray Charles was an American pianist and musician whose gritty and soulful voice shaped the sound of rhythm and blues.
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[astrospace23]

@themonkeylover141 Thank you for sharing your history. Where do you live by the way ? i live in brasil. I work in a institute that helps people with some sort of deficiency, including blindness. Hugs from Brasil, Bruno.

[themonkeylover141]

I am 12 years old and I am "visually impaired". I am blind in my left eye and I can see most out of my right eye. It is hard cuz there are so many things you use your eyes for that you don't think of until u experience it such as reading a menu at a restaurant ,reading emails/texts, even reading street signs can be difficult . I am in 8th grade and I have to walk around with a magnifying glass in my pocket just incase. I don't mind not being able to see though, I am lucky to be walking and livi

[pairgirl21]

harriet tubman was not blind

[pairgirl21]

hellen keller <3

[MegaPurplepanda69]

what about jose feliciano?

[XxXAngelOfPainXxX]

their lifes must be so hard... I really admire ppl who have worse problems then others in the world, such as ppl who are blind, ppl with sick children, ppl with no arms ... I saw a video of a child with two heads... the poor mother... i saw a guy with no legs pushing himself along the street looking through rubbish bags once... things make me feel sad, but it must be awful to have a child born blind or lose your legs and i see my friends n ppl cope still, whilst others are weak and selfish.

[4eversaintz]

wow this was all just to get people to buy your product ur a dick

[4eversaintz]

Andrea Bocelli became blind when he fell off a horse not from football

[DarkQuietWyattON]

Ok, since its about blindness and some of us are blind, couldn't you have narrated!?