Mary Ingalls

Mary Ingalls

female, deceased (1928)
Pioneer Girl, measles, blind, grace, caroline, Ingalls family…Iowa College for the Blind
Mary Amelia Ingalls (January 10, 1865-October 20, 1928) was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the first child of Caroline and Charles...

Alex Stone

male
prisoner, From London, blind, British, Extradition Act 2003
Alex Stone is a British man who was extradited to the United States under the provisions of the Extradition Act 2003. No evidence was presented...

Cecilia

female, deceased (235)
patron saint, Bishop of Poitiers, church music, trastevere, saint cecilia, ancient roman…blind
Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and Church music. Her feast day, celebrated both in the Catholic and Orthodox Church, is November...
John Metcalf

John Metcalf

male, deceased (1810)
Yorkshireman, from Knaresborough, turnpike road, turnpike trust, Blind Jack Metcalf, smallpox…blind
John Metcalf, or as he was more popularly known, Blind Jack Metcalf (August 15, 1717 - April 26, 1810) was the first of the professional road...
Rachael Scdoris

Rachael Scdoris

female, 24 years old
dog musher, blind, visual perception, American with Disabilities Act of 1990, cross country runner, Race to the Sky…color blind, legally blind
Rachael Scdoris (born February 1, 1985 in Bend, Oregon) is an American dog musher and cross country runner who became the first legally blind...
James Holman

James Holman

male, deceased (1857)
buried at Highgate Cemetery, Human echolocation, Naval Knight of Windsor, Guerriere, Grand Tour, Member of the Linnean Society of London…blind
James Holman (October 15, 1786 - July 29, 1857), known as the "Blind Traveler," was a British adventurer, author and social observer, best known...
Ed Towns

Ed Towns

male, 75 years old
Adelphi University alumni, from North Carolina, from New York City, From Brooklyn, African American in the United States Congress, North Carolina A & T University…blind
Edolphus "Ed" Towns (born July 21, 1934) is an American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 10th...
Joybubbles

Joybubbles

male, 60 years old
Joe Engressia, Phone Phreak, 2600 hertz, From Minneapolis, Minnesota, joybubbles, blind
Joybubbles (born May 25, 1949 as Joe Engressia in Richmond, Virginia, USA) was an early phone phreak. Born blind, he became interested in...

Valentin Haüy

male, deceased (1822)
Polyglot, linguistics, dunce cap, linguist, angelus, blind
Valentin Haüy was the founder of the first school for the blind. Haüy was born into a family of weavers. His father, a full-time loomer, also he...
Henry Wanyoike

Henry Wanyoike

male
east africa, Christian Blind Mission International, Paralympics, kikuyu, Kikuyu, Kenya, kenyan…blind
Henry Wanyoike is a Kenyan athlete. He is blind and competes in the Paralympics and in marathon racing. Wanyoike is one of the world’s fastest ru...