Alice Betteridge

Alice Betteridge

female, deceased (1966)
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Child, myocardial infarction, blind, deaf, meningitis, dux…Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Alice Betteridge (born 1901 at Sawyers Gully, near Maitland, New South Wales; died 1966, Woollahra) is known as the first deafblind child to be...
Jacques Lusseyran

Jacques Lusseyran

male, deceased (1971)
French road accident victim, blind, French, French Resistance member, memoirist, Road accident victim
Jacques Lusseyran (1924-1971) was a blind French author. Jacques Lusseyran was born on September 19th, 1924, in Paris, France. He became totally...
Al-Ma'Arri

Al-Ma'Arri

male, deceased (1057)
Fusul wal ghayat, writer, philosopher, vegetarian, 11th century, Syrian…blind
Abu al-Ala' Ahmed ibn Abd Allah ibn Sullaiman al-Tanookhy al-Ma'arri (Arabic: أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري. December 26, 9...
Eddie Timanus

Eddie Timanus

male
blind, from Virginia, Reston, retinoblastoma, From Kansas City, Wake Forest University
Eddie Timanus is a "Jeopardy!" champion and "USA Today" sportswriter who grew-up in Reston, Virginia then graduated from Wake Forest University. He...
Henry Fawcett

Henry Fawcett

male, deceased (1884)
Salisbury, Postmaster-General, pleurisy, Rector of Glasgow University, Professor of Political Economy, The Economic Position of the British Labourer…blind
Henry Fawcett (1833 - 1884) was a blind English statesman and economist. He was born in Salisbury, and educated at the University of Cambridge,...
George Matheson

George Matheson

male, deceased (1906)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Minister of the Free Church of Scotland, blind, Scottish, university of edinburgh, doctor of divinity
George Matheson (March 27, 1842-August 28, 1906) was a Scottish theologian and preacher.
Lynn Manning

Lynn Manning

male, 54 years old
African American, writer, Playwright, American, blind, actor
Lynn Manning (1955-) is an award winning playwright, poet and actor.
Ed Walker

Ed Walker

male, 77 years old
American University, WAMU-FM, improvisational theatre, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Jack Benny Show, Owned-and-operated station…blind
Ed Walker (born April 23, 1932 in Forrest, Illinois) is a Washington, D.C. radio personality. Since 1990, he has hosted a weekly four-hour Sunday...

William Moon

male, deceased (1894)
east sussex, blind, Assistive Technology, Englishman, Moon type, Tactile alphabets
Dr William Moon (1818 - October 9, 1894) was an Englishman who created Moon type. Moon was originally from Horsmonden, Kent. By 1839 he had become...
Hosea Williams

Hosea Williams

male, deceased (2000)
American military personnel of World War II, Master's Degree, From Georgia, NAACP, leadership, blind
Hosea Lorenzo Williams (January 5, 1926 - November 16, 2000) was an United States civil rights leader, ordained reverend, and later a politician....