Talk:List of people diagnosed with dyslexia

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Without credible sources this page amounts to speculation. Maximus Rex 22:23, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

It is inappropriate to "suspect" a living person, even if they are a celebrity, of having dyslexia. If they are still alive, it should be considered their private medical data until they have released the information to the public.


Yeah, I have never heard of Jefferson or Washington, and that is just a theory, on top of that I know Jefferson was a very avid reader, he also showed no signs of it at all.

Think before you speak.

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[edit] list needs another clean-up

My criteria would be: you do not make it onto the dyslexia "A list" if you do no link to dyslexia in your Wikipedia page. Also, this pre-20th-century people are borderline at best.

[edit] Double-listing and poorly thought out list

First off, Keira Knightley's listed in two categories: confirmed as having dyslexia and unconfirmed. Which is it?

Second, I agree that it's foolish to list pre-modern age persons as having dyslexia (particularly the likes of thomas jefferson, known to be ambidextrous). I'd like some more proof of Jefferson, Washington, Einstein, et al, or I will delete their names. I'll do a bit of research first and will post the names I plan to remove here before doing so, if anyone wishes to dispute. Manticore 22:35, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Clean Up

I have substantially slimmed this list down. I removed every name that did not have dyslexia mentioned in the repected article. As a dyslexic, I can assure you, it is not something that simply goes away nore do I think it is worth it to try and seperate people in to varying degrees of dyslexia, since such a thing is nearly impossible to quantify so I morphed these two lists together. However, it might be useful to list individuals who are widely beleived to have had dyselixa but died before the terms inception, such as Einstein and da Vinci, however the persons article must be the final judge. I'm going to keep an eye on this list, anyone added to it that does not have dyslexia mentioned in their article will be removed. --The_stuart 17:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Listing names

I was going to add some names to the list but noticed the following warning "Persons added to this list who do not have dyslexia mentioned in their article will be removed" There are many names missing from this list that could be varified like Bill Gates, Wayne Gretzky and Nolan Ryan to name a few. Should I add them to the list AND add that they are dyslexic in there article? I could also add a footnote to where this info. came from--69.156.151.238 08:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

  • I think the best way to do this would be to add the fact that they are diagnosed to their article with the refrence, then add their name to this list. We don't want people finding this list and going to their article and then wondering why such an important fact as dyslexia isn't even mentioned in the persons respective article. --The_stuart 18:21, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced list

From the edit page:

"Persons added to this list MUST have there dyslexia mentioned in their article, if not their names will be removed. Citations are not necessary for this list. If the mention of dyslexia is removed from their article then their name will be removed from this list"

I don't think this is good. A list should be like any article and needs to be sourced. Especially since it's about living people. It doesn't seem handy to look at changes in the articles to see if dyslexia is mentioned, or check if the fact that a person has dylexia has a good source. Garion96 (talk) 00:20, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I sourced them all and removed some. Just for the following people I couldn't find a reliable source although I do think it's true.

Garion96 (talk) 02:01, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] fictional people?

How about fictional characters? I believe Theodore "Theo" Huxtable of The Cosby Show was dyslexic.. M. Stern 21:23, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Please no. Let's keep it only concerning real people. Garion96 (talk) 22:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)






[edit] Sourced entry

Please look at the following paragraph:

Excerpt from the book " Top 1000 Scientists from the beginning of Time to 2000 A.D. " is as below: Johnubiprasad , Ashoka (1955- ) " Indian polymath , who used a shortened form of his surname for publications ,born in Patna ,India,son of a meritorious judge in a highly distinguished family ;his great grandfather was one of the the Fathers of the Indian Constitution and later First president of the Indian Republic and his great uncle led the revolt resulting in the downfall of Mrs. Indira Gandhi 's dictatorship in the mid 1970s.He was educated at the ultra elite Kolvin School in Lucknow where he had a distinguished academic record despite dyslexia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vr (talk • contribs) 06:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Seems fine to me, Ashoka Jahnavi-Prasad is included in the list, some of these details could be included in his article. --Salix alba (talk) 09:11, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Prasad's article has (repeatedly) been deleted and for the forseeable future it will stay deleted. -- Hoary (talk) 03:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)