| |  | Charles the Deaf from the House of Bjelbo was the jarl of Sweden during 1216-1220. His father was jarl Bengt Snivil. He was the younger brother of... |  | Erastus "Deaf" Smith (April 19, 1787 - November 30, 1837) was an American frontiersman noted for his part in the Texas Revolution and the army of... |  | Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri,... |  | Thomas Alva Edison (February 11 1847 - October 18 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly... |  | Laurent Clerc was born December 26, 1785 in La Balme-les-Grottes, "département" of Isère, France, a village on the northeastern edge of Lyon. Cl... |  | Ludwig van Beethoven, (baptized December 17, 1770 - March 26, 1827) was a German composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the... |  | Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24 1965) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who is almost completely deaf. | | | I. King Jordan (b. June 16, 1943) made history in 1988 when he became the first deaf president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university... |  | Jane Kelleher Fernandes (b. August 21, 1956 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a deaf educator and was the former President Designate of Gallaudet... |  | Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, DBE (born July 19 1965 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She was the first full-time solo... | |
