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Actors and Actresses
Sports Figures
Founders
Artists
Writers
100
The famous deaf actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut role in Children of a Lesser God at the age of twenty-one.
Who is Marlee Matlin.
100
The first deaf major-league baseball player.
Who is Dummy Hoy.
100
Founder of American School for the Deaf.
Who is Thomas H. Gaulladet.
100
- A deaf artist whose work truly edifies the struggles and issues in the deaf community
Who is Betty G. Miller .
100
- The deaf author of the books Go to the Hill and The Last Servant.
Who is Stevie Platt
200
A very well respected deaf actress who acted on shows such as E.R. and Diagnosis Murder as well as Love is Never Silent, the made-for-tv movie
Who is Phyllis Frelich.
200
Professional bodybuilder who once held the record for bench pressing (315 pounds!)
Who is Shelley Beattie
200
Helped found Gaulladet University.
Who is Edward Gaulladet
200
- A well-known deaf painter who painted pictures of realistic-looking animals.
Who is Louis Frisino
200
- The About.com Deafness Guide
Who is Jamie Berke
300
The deaf actress who played "Linda the Librarian" on Sesame Street, as well as many other roles.
Who is Linda Bove.
300
A deaf Olympic swimmer who took home a silver medal in the 2000 Olympics and two gold medals in the 2005 Deaflympics.
Who is Terrence Parkin
300
Founded National Theatre for the Deaf.
Who is Bernard Bragg.
300
a world-famous deaf sculptor who went to the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley, California (now in Fremont, California).
Who is Douglas Tilden.
300
According to the New York Times, his book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901.
Who is Harold MacGrath.
400
Played Abigail on the soap opera, Guiding Light.
Who is Amy Ecklund
400
A famous deaf boxer. He was the first boxer who was involved in a fight that resulted in a death.
Who is James "Deaf" Burke
400
Founded Girl Scouts.
Who is Julliette Low.
400
He is considered one of the last post-impressionist painters of the 20th century in Italy.
Who is Oreste Carpi
400
French deaf writer and bookbinder. First known deaf person to publish a book.
Who is Pierre Desloges
500
Starred in the feature film, Beyond Silence.
Who is Howie Seago.
500
- A current deaf professional baseball player
Who is Curtis Pride
500
- Founder of Self Help for Hard of Hearing people (SHHH).
Who is Rocky Stone
500
Spanish painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns.
Who is Francisco Goya.
500
was a French poet and "prince of poets" (as his own generation in France called him).
Who is Pierre de Ronsard.