Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

male, deceased (1988)
blind, Ooby Dooby, guitarist, Only The Lonely, singer, golden record
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23 1936 - December 6 1988), nicknamed "The Big O," was an influential American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer...
Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli

male, 51 years old
Opera Singer, blind, from the Province of Pisa, glaucoma, congenital disorder, operatic…Blind musician
Andrea Bocelli is an Italian singer, writer, and music producer. He is both an operatic tenor and a classical crossover singer. To date, he has...
John Milton

John Milton

male, deceased (1674)
blind, Christian heresy, from the City of London, Sonneteers, Old Pauline, New Latin author
John Milton (December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674) was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed...
Louis Braille

Louis Braille

male (Paris)
blind, inventor, visual impairment, visually impaired, braille, Inventor of writing systems…inventor of a writing system for the blind, completely blind by the age of four, Institute for Blind Boys, tactile writing system used by blind people
This section contains free worksheets, flashcards, online activities and other educational resources to support teaching and learning about Louis...
Omar Abdel-Rahman

Omar Abdel-Rahman

male, 71 years old
blind, terrorist, serving life sentence, prisoner, Egyptian, November 1997 Luxor massacre
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman is a blind Egyptian Muslim cleric who is currently serving a life sentence at the Federal Administrative Maximum...

Bob Jones

male
El Paso, disabled, CEO, blind, oregonian, texas businessman
Bob Jones is a Texas businessman. He is the former CEO of the National Center for Employment of the Disabled (NCED), which was based in El Paso,...
New Jack

New Jack

male, 46 years old
Wrestling Society X alumni, Natural Born Killaz, Bumps, Stiff, Hardcore wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni…blind
Jerome Young (born January 3 1963) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, New Jack. He is known for his willingness...

Bartimaeus

male
Christian miracle narrative, crucifixion, Bar Timaeus, Son of David, biblical character, From Jesus to Christ…blind
Bartimaeus (more accurately "Bar Timaeus", "Son of Timaeus") is the name given in the Gospel of Mark to a blind man healed by Jesus as he exited...
Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

male, deceased (1986)
writer, blind, El Aleph, H.G. Wells, Légion d'honneur recipient, Magic realism writer
Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer. Best-known in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a...
David Blunkett

David Blunkett

male, 62 years old
British political scandal, From sheffield, Education Secretary, British MP, Labour MP, labour party…blind
David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. Blind...