José Feliciano

José Feliciano

male, 64 years old
blind, Blind musician, Roman Catholic, glaucoma, composer, singer
José Montserrate Feliciano García is a Puerto Rican singer and guitarist. He was left permanently blind at birth due to congenital glaucoma. Fe...
Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

male, 94 years old (Brooklyn, New York, United States)
American, character actor, BAFTA winner, Emmy Award winner, television actor, American military personnel of World War II…blind
Eli Herschel Wallach (born December 7, 1915) is an American film, TV and stage actor.
Laura Bridgman

Laura Bridgman

female, deceased (1889)
deaf, blind, American School For The Deaf, scarlet fever, deafblind, Schoolteacher…perkins school for the blind
Laura Dewey Bridgman (December 21, 1829 - May 24, 1889) is known as the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the...
Marcus Roberts

Marcus Roberts

male, 46 years old
Contemporary jazz pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Post-bop pianist, stride pianist, Florida State University faculty, Florida State University alumni…blind
Marcus Roberts (born September 7, 1963 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American jazz pianist who has achieved fame as a gifted stride pianist...
Arvella Gray

Arvella Gray

male, deceased (1980)
folk music, gospel music, Blues guitarist, guitarist, singer, Busker…blind
Arvella Gray Blues Singer and Guitarist (real name either James or Walter Dixon), born in Texas but spending the latter part of his life performing...
Bobby Hebb

Bobby Hebb

male, 71 years old
recording, sound recording and reproduction, From Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, From Nashville, blind
Bobby Hebb (born Robert Von Hebb, 26 July 1938, Nashville, Tennessee) is an African American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1966...
Fanny Crosby

Fanny Crosby

female, deceased (1915)
poet, preaching, writer, American, from New York City, Lyricist…Blind musician, blind
Frances Jane Crosby usually known as Fanny Crosby, was an American lyricist best known for her Protestant Christian hymns. She was one of the most...
Al Hibbler

Al Hibbler

male, deceased (2001)
blind, Blind musician, Arkansas musician, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Traditional pop music singer, Big band singer
Albert George Hibbler (August 16, 1915-April 24, 2001) was a singer. He was born in Tyro, Mississippi. From birth he was blind.
Samuel Gridley Howe

Samuel Gridley Howe

male, deceased (1876)
Non-fiction writer, Harvard Medical School alumni, philanthropist, abolitionist, Brown University, physician…blind
Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 - January 9, 1876) was a prominent 19th century United States physician, abolitionist, advocate of education...
Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison

female, 60 years old
Fellowship of Southern Writer, From Greenville, South Carolina, poet, Stonewall Book Award winner, LGBT writer, from the United States…blind
Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. She was raised in...