The 38 celebrities the most famous left in history
What do these artistic legends, famous philosophers and movie stars have in common? These are SouthPaws!
It's not always easy being a left-handed person in a world of right. In fact, only around10% of the population is left-handed, which means that most things are designed for right-handed, often leavingthe left to fend for themselves. But being left-handed is not to resist anyone to success. In fact, some of the people the most accomplished in the world - including guitaristJimi Hendrix, Super starLady Gagaand formerPresident Barack Obama-On the left. Check out who else is in the club with our list of the most famous lefties in history. And the stars that ended with not-a-listers, check28 celebrities who have married normal people, not famous.
1 OPRAH WINFREY
When not directing his media empire,OPRAH WINFREY likes to spend his time in the kitchen cooking delicious food, such asChalah French Toast,sweet potato gratin, andcranberry sauce. And if you look closely at the photos and videos of her whip these tasty treats, you will notice that it always uses his left hand! For more information on the host checkOprah says it was the worst invited she had ever had.
2 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesRuth Bader Ginsburg left behind a political legacy inspiring and sustainable. In 2018rbgA documentary about his life, viewers can see Ginsburg hard at work, usually with apen in his left hand.
3 Prince William
It turns out, the British royal family produced many lefties. In addition toPrince William,Queen Victoria,King George VI, theQueen Mother,Queen Elizabeth II,Prince Charles, andPrince George are lefties. For more information on the Royals, checkPrince William taught his children from Princess Diana.
4 Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong Was the first person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission - and, like many other astronauts at the time, he was left-handed. According to NASA,Among the Apollo astronauts"More than twice that predicted percentages" were left - which, they note, are particularly unexpected because of the fact that "it is more convenient for test pilots in the right hand."
5 Leonardo DeVinci
Leonardo DeVinci is probably one of the most famous left-handed artists of all time. According toScience MuseumDa Vinci was known for his mirror writing, a type of coded script in which he wrote his text back - something he could have done because writing in ink from left to right was too messy as a southpaw.
"Historians have suggested that the left Da Vinci added to his genius because he was forced to think and see in extraordinary ways," write the editorsTime. However, a 2019 study byUffizi Gallery ItalyDa Vinci may have been ambidextrous. Anyway, he definitely preferred to write with his left. For more fascinating trivia sent directly to your inboxSign up for our daily newsletter.
6 Paul McCartney
Some of the best players of guitars are left, includingPaul McCartney. The Beatles'Ringo Starr but also leftplayed on a right-handed drum kit.
7 Napoleon Bonaparte
According toTimesouthpawNapoleon Bonaparte "Objective to the honored military practice of walking the road of the road of the road with weapons in his right hand: he put lefties like him at a strategic disadvantage."
When he could have his way, he had his passage shaft of the army and walk right. The same went for all days, which apparently led to the modern rules of the road and asTimeStates, "also explains why the British ... still drive on the left." For more trivia to impress your friends, check125 facts that will make you feel instantly smarter.
8 Barack Obama
When Barack Obamasigned his first executive order As President January 20, 2009, he joked: "It's true, I'm left-handed, get used to it." But having a southpaw in the Oval Office is nothing new. Several former American presidents, includingJames Garfield,Herbert Hoover,Harry S. Truman,Gerald Ford,Ronald Reagan, andGeorge H.W. BushWere also left.
9 Angelina Jolie
If you ever meet in Academy Award and Golden Globe award-winning priceAngelina JolieYou could find Starstruck. But if you manage to give you together enough to ask an autograph, you will notice that it signs his name with his left hand. For pretty and more stars that have attached the Secrecy, discoverCouple of celebrities who had high-secret weddings.
10 Keanu Reeves
Despite his being left-handed,Keanu Reeves is quite effective with his right hand too. Although theJohn Wick Starwritten with his left hand, heplays the bass with his right.
11 Lady Gaga
Just like Reeves uses his right hand to play bass, Lady Gaga uses his right hand when sheplay guitar (andkeytar) Even if it is naturally a SouthPaw. However, when the actor and the singersign a contract Whereapplies his makeupShe uses her left left hand.
12 Bill Gates
"There is a bit of higher talent, up and down, for the left-handed. But it has never been explained," said Microsoft FounderBill Gates, according toEconomic times. And he can have a point, considering that other innovative entrepreneurs likeAmar Bose, the founder of Bose, andMark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, are left-handed, as well as the Apple co-founderSteve Jobs.
13 Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix is often recognized as one of the best guitars players of all time - and it is despite the fact that he refused to use the instrument as planned.
"The six-string revolutionary favored a stratocaster in keeping a right-handed, Slung upside down on his shoulders, who did not even need to be restricted," according toTime. "Hendrix learned to hit the ropes in reverse order, producing a unique sound and allowing him to alternate between the left and right-handed game if he wished. (He could play right-handed but preferred usually not to)."
14 Julia Robert
The left people of the world should count it as a victory that "the love of America"Julia Robertis one of them. TheA pretty womanStar can be seenwrite down All the fans of time gather in the hope of scoring his autograph.
15 Seth Rogen
With regard to writing and other tasks are concerned, actor and writerSeth Rogenis left-handed. Cornhis habit of pottery and theFinished ceramic products He shared on Instagram show that, as an artist, it is pretty good with both.
16 Charlie Chaplin
Even ifCharlie Chaplin He was primarily known for his silent film comedy, the artist could sometimes be seen on the screen with violin in his hands. And all the fans ready to attract the attention have probably noticed that he always used his left hand to play. In reality,Stan Laurel, an artist companion,recalled that during an American tour in 1912,Chaplin had the ropes on his violin "inverted so he can play left."
17 Morgan Freeman
Hollywood legendMorgan Freeman, who played everyone from the driver inDriving Miss Daisy To God himselfBruce Almighty, is also left-handed.
In 2008, however, he broke the left shoulder, elbow and arm in acar accident who also paralyzed his left hand. The forced traumatic event Freeman to make serious changes, including his horse horseshop, flying jets and golf, which he now plays in one hand.
18 Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll was the author of several famous novels, such asAlice's adventures in Wonderland andon the other side of the mirror, who have been readers in fictitious kingdoms filled with fantastic fantasies. And it turns out, he made every beautifully bizarre story with his left hand.According to Cliffnotes, "Carroll was, apparently, the archetype of the gaucher man in a right-handed world, like his own white knighton the other side of the mirror. "
19 Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackmanis also at home dancing at home on stage and sculpting bad guys like hisX MenCharacter character, but pay attention to any performance in its wide range and you will probably notice that it promotes its left hand.
20 Jeanne D'Arc
Jeanne D'Arc fell into history as a left-handed and aAnalysis of his signaturefound that she was probably. However, it has also been suggested that the religious rebel could have been considered a left-handed against it.
According toRight, left, right, bad!"At that time, witches and heretics were generally represented as being considered by the left by the Church as the devil's mark - whether or not they are." And that could have been what happened to Joan of Arc.
21 Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musical genius that also remained on the left. According toConcordia University-Portland"The artist and the Austrian prolific composer whose operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas have profoundly formed classical music have done everything with a dominant left hand."
22 Helen Keller
"Blind, Deaf and Gaucher, literally nothing could holdHelen Keller Back, "According to the Concordia University. Despite major obstacles during his life, Keller is another slight whose story will remain a lasting inspiration.
23 Emma Thompson
In addition to being an award-winning actor from the Academy,Emma Thompsonis also an acclaimed writer. And when she made notes for theMeaning and sensitivityScript that won the best Scenario adapted Oscar, she did it with her left hand.
24 Ruth babe
Some of the most famous baseball players of all time, includingTY COBB,Ted Williams,Sandy Koufax, andBarry Bonds, have been left-handed. So it's not surprising thatRuth babeOne of the best sluggers has never hit Homers in the MLB, was also a left-handed.
25 Marie and Pierre Curie
Nobel Prize Scientists and Married CoupleMarie and Pierre Curie were not only incredibly brilliant, but they were also both left-handed. According toTime, their daughter,Irene Joliot-Curie, who got his own Nobel price for his studies in artificial radioactivity, was also tried left-handed, as well as his husband,Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
26 Wins Mate
The simpsonsCreatorWins Mate Is so proud to be a left-handed that he wrote many of his most famous characters to be too. By the Wiki, Bart and Margin Simpson of the show, Skinner Main, Meo and Ned Flanders are among theCitizens of Springfield who write with their left hands.
27 Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci was not the only famous artist who born a left-handed. According toNational Library of the United States, "Although there is no doubt that almost allMichelangelo BuonarrotiWell attributed designs have been drawn with the right hand ... It has often been overlooked in the literature that it was an innate left-hand. "According to their research, the artist" formed a young age to become right given. "He apparently used his dominant left hand while working with mediums that obliged the force", like hammering, sculpture and marble chopping. "
28 Aristotle
Aristotle lived between 384 BC. and 322 B.c. - And during that time, the Greek thinker wrote his philosophical ideas in flexion and perspective, according to the left hand, according to Concordia University.
29 Annie Lennox
British SuperstarAnnie Lennox brought the beloved songs of the world like "More than I love you '" and "Stroke on a broken glass. "She is also another famous singer whouses his left hand.
30 SPIKE LEE
Director, Manufacturer and WriterSPIKE LEE is responsible for many revolutionary films, including 1986She must have it, 1991Jungle fever, 1992'sMalcolm Xand 2018Blackkklansman.
By putting his name on aDVD version 1989Do good thingHe paired his signature with his left hand, proving that he is just a left-handed, on the left.
31 Harpo Marx
Comedian of the early twentieth centuryHarpo Marx had a professional name rather fit. Fans, of course, know that he oftenperformed on the harp (So, HARPO). But what some could have noticed is that he used aGAUCHER INSTRUMENTHe learned to play even if he could not read music.
32 Judy Garland
Back in September 1939,Wizard of Oz actressJudy Garland and star companionMickey Rooney signed their names in the cement Following the first screen guild theater show at the Earl Carroll Theater in Hollywood, California. When Guand added his signature, she was photographed using her left hand.
33 Julius Caesar
According toThe New York Times,Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, the politician and the military general who lived by 100 BC. at 44 BC., was left-handed.
34 Celine Dion
Celine Dion-The voice behind beloved ballads like "the power of love", because you liked me, "" It will come back now now "and" my heart will continue "-is one of the singers the most legendary of all time. And every time she cookie one of her hits, the left-handed singerhold the microphone in his left hand.
35 Kurt COBAIN
When the media has punishedKurt COBAIN To use low-end instruments, the Frontman of Nirvana returned and explained that his choices were motivated by the fact that he was a left-handed, according toThe complete history of the world of the guitar.
"I'm left-handed and it's not very easy to find guitars left reasonable and high quality," he saidWorld of guitar.
36 David Bowie
According toPenn state, 50% of the left playing guitar in the right-handed position. And it was certainly true ofDavid Bowie, Which wrote timeless melodies like "heroes", "rebellious rebel" and "Ziggy Stardust" with his non-dominant hand.
37 Mother Teresa
Roman Catholic NonneMother Teresa We remember many things, one of which is left left. InPhotographs of his signature documents, we can see using his left hand.
38 Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay is one of the most famous celebrity leaders there is. And if you have already seen it work his culinary magic, you may have noticed that while he iscutting andcuttingHe uses his left (and more dominant) hand. And while left-handed left-handed restaurants say they are sayingMaybe a challenge Since cooking tools are often designed for right-handers, Ramsay seems to go well.