Johnny Paul Penry

Johnny Paul Penry

male
death sentence, prisoner sentenced to death, Pamela Moseley Carpenter, U.S. Supreme Court, raping, death row…mentallyretarded
Johhny Paul Penry is a Texas Death Row convict who is said to be mentally retarded. He was sentenced to death for raping and stabbing Pamela...
Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori

female, deceased (1952)
from the Province of Ancona, Ancona, philosopher, Educationist, mentallyretarded, Italian
Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 - May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician, educator, philosopher, humanitarian and devout Catholic; she is best...
Henry H. Goddard

Henry H. Goddard

male, deceased (1957)
mental retardation, Intelligence researcher, mentallyretarded, English, intelligence quotient, intelligence test
Henry Herbert Goddard (August 14 1866 - June 18 1957) was a prominent American psychologist and eugenicist in the early 20th century. He is known...
John Langdon Down

John Langdon Down

male, deceased (1896)
Catholic, From Cornwall, teeth, ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Devonport…mentallyretarded
John Langdon Haydon Down was a British doctor best known for his description of what is now called Down syndrome. Down was born in Torpoint,...
Ronny Cox

Ronny Cox

male, 71 years old
Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox, From Portales, New Mexico, Beverly Hills Cop II, banjoist, Beverly Hills Cop actor, Deliverance…mentallyretarded
Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American character actor, singer/songwriter, and guitarist.
Billy Redden

Billy Redden

male, 53 years old
film actor, Deliverance, Big Fish, From Georgia, mentallyretarded, American
Billy Redden is an American actor best known for his role as Lonnie—the "banjo kid"—in the 1972 movie "Deliverance". Redden, then sixteen, earn...
Morris Mason

Morris Mason

male, deceased (1985)
executed for murder, electric chair, mentallyretarded, Morris Odell Mason
Morris Odell Mason (March 28, 1954 - June 25, 1985) was a convicted rapist and murderer who called himself "the killer for the Eastern Shore." He...
Timothy Evans

Timothy Evans

male, deceased (1950)
Disputed convictions leading to execution, executions by the United Kingdom, From Merthyr Tydfil, execution, pardon, mentallyretarded
Timothy John Evans was a young man, possibly mentally retarded, who was hanged in the United Kingdom in 1950 for the murder of his infant daughter....
E. S. Gosney

E. S. Gosney

male, deceased (1942)
eugenics, mentally ill, philanthropist, Ezra Seymour Gosney, mental illness, American…mentallyretarded
Ezra Seymour Gosney (November 6, 1855 - September 14, 1942) was an American philanthropist and eugenicist. In 1928 he founded the Human Betterment...
Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke

male, 52 years old
hero, Southern Methodist University, Home Box Office, HBO, Minico High School, American football…mentallyretarded
William "Bill" Fagerbakke (born October 4, 1957, in Fontana, California) is an American actor. 6.5 feet tall, Fagerbakke played football and...