This is an incomplete list of notable deaf people. The word deaf can have very different meanings depending on the background of the person speaking or the context in which the word is used. ...

Important historical figures in deaf history and culture

The idea that a person who was deaf could achieve a notable or distinguished status was not common until the latter half of the 18th century, when Abbé Charles-Michel de l'Épée founded the world's first public school for deaf students in Paris. The Abbe de l'Epee was one of the first advocates for using sign language in deaf education, as a means to raise deaf people to literacy and to provide an avenue to an independent lifestyle. Prior to de l'Épée, only the deaf children of royal, aristocratic or wealthy families were afforded any type of education. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Abbé Charles-Michel de lÉpée, b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Two sign language Intepreters working as a team for a school. ...

Épée originally favored using a fabricated sign system, similar to Signed Exact English, based on French grammar and sound. The local Deaf communities insisted on maintaining their own Paris sign language, and on his deathbed de l'Épée wrote his final work decrying all constructed systems and finally endorsing the use of the natural signed languages made by Deaf people.

The success of the Paris school spawned similar schools throughout Europe and the New World. Significant in American history, deaf Frenchman Laurent Clerc, both a student and teacher at the Paris school (1798-1816), and Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a hearing American, founded the first school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut in 1816. Clerc, along with Paris school faculty members Jean Massieu and Ferdinand Berthier formed the core of a group of pioneering deaf intellectuals. They are joined by many people on this list who, like them, were born deaf, used a sign language as their mother language, and were notable for their leadership and accomplishments. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Frontispiece of Peter Martyr dAnghieras De orbe novo (On the New World). Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, 1722. ... Pre-Colonial America For details, see the main Pre-Colonial America article. ... Laurent Clerc (born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc) was born December 26, 1785 in La Balme les Grottes, department of Isere, France, a village on the northeastern edge of Lyon. ... Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787–September 10, 1851) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Coordinates: , Country State NECTA Hartford Region Capitol Region Named 1637 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1896 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Eddie Perez Area  - City  18. ... Year 1816 (MDCCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Two sign language Intepreters working as a team for a school. ...

• Ferdinand Berthier, French intellectual, first deaf person to receive the French Legion of Honor. Founder of world's first deaf organization.
• Julia Brace (1807-1884), early American deafblind student at the Hartford Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.
• John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854), American, itinerant artist of the Federalist Period in America.
• Laura Bridgman, (1829-1889), American, first deafblind student of Dr. Samuel Howe at the Perkins School for the Blind.
• Laurent Clerc (1785-1869), French-American, co-founder of first school for the deaf in America. First deaf teacher of the deaf in America.
• Pierre Desloges (1742-??), French deaf writer and bookbinder. First known deaf person to publish a book.
• William Elsworth "Dummy" Hoy (1862-1961), American baseball player.
• Helen Keller, American deafblind socialist writer and lecturer.
• Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America
• Granville Redmond, American painter.
• Douglas Tilden, American sculptor.

Ferdinand Berthier Ferdinand Berthier (born in Louhans, Saône-et-Loire, France, September 28, 1803, died in Paris July 12, 1886) was a deaf educator, intellectual and political organiser in nineteenth-century France, and is one of the earliest champions of Deaf identity and culture. ... Born June 13, 1807, to a poor family in Hartford County, Connecticut, Julia Brace became deafblind at age five from typhus fever. ... Deafblindness (or deaf-blindness) is the condition of a person who is both deaf and blind. ... John Brewster Jr. ... Laura Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind person to be successfully educated, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. ... Laurent Clerc (born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc) was born December 26, 1785 in La Balme les Grottes, department of Isere, France, a village on the northeastern edge of Lyon. ... Born in 1742 in the Touraine region of France, Pierre Desloges moved to Paris as a young man, where he became a bookbinder and upholsterer. ... William Ellsworth Dummy Hoy (May 23, 1862 - December 15, 1961) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. ... Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Granville Redmond (1871 – 1935) was an American painter. ... Douglas Tilden (May 1, 1861 to August 5, 1935) was a world-famous deaf sculptor who went to the California School for the Deaf, Berkeley, California (now in Fremont, California). ...

Notable Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs)

• Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor raised by deaf parents, his upbringing allowed him to better communicate in silent film.

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Notable deaf people

• Heather Whitestone McCallum, became the first deaf woman to win the title of Miss America.
• Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf woman to win an Academy Award for her role in Children of a Lesser God. She won for Best Supporting Actress.

Heather Whitestone-McCallum (born 1973 in Dothan, Alabama) was the first Miss America title holder to have had a major disability. ... The word deaf can have very different meanings depending on the background of the person speaking or the context in which the word is used. ...

Notable people with a hearing loss

• Guillaume Amontons, French inventor and physicist.
• Cliff Bastin, British footballer
• Luis Buñuel, Spanish surrealist filmmaker and poet.
• Gertrude Ederle, American competitive swimmer, first woman to swim the English Channel.
• Thomas Edison, American inventor.
• Walter Geikie, Scottish painter.
• Francisco Goya, Spanish painter
• Oliver Heaviside, British engineer, mathematician and physicist.
• Georgia Horsley, Miss England 2007. Also a contestant in Miss World 2007.
• Harold MacGrath, American author.
• Sir William McMahon Australian politician and former Prime Minister.
• Pierre de Ronsard, French poet.
• Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player. First deaf/hearing-impaired person ever to play in the Euroleague.

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Musicians with a hearing loss

• Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer.
• Rudi Carrell, Dutch popular singer.
• Gabriel Fauré, French composer.
• Johnnie Ray, American popular singer.
• Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer.
• Pete Townshend, British lead guitarist and songwriter with The Who.
• Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist.
• Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese popular singer and songwriter.