List of people with color blindness
Appearance
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This is a list of people with color blindness, meaning they have a decreased ability to see color or differences in color.[1]
A–Z
[edit]Name | Picture | Type/Details | Lifespan | Country | Profession | Notes | Source |
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Jacques Abeille | 1942–2022 | ![]() |
Surrealist writer | Wanted to be a painter. | [2][3] | ||
František Bílek | ![]() |
1872–1941 | ![]() |
Sculptor | Was forced in school to switch from painting to sculpting. | [4] | |
Ian Botham | ![]() |
b. 1955 | ![]() |
Cricketer | [5] | ||
Jack Buck | ![]() |
red–green | 1924–2002 | ![]() |
Sportscaster | Prevented promotion in merchant navy. | [6] |
Taj Burrow | ![]() |
red–green | b. 1978 | ![]() |
Surfer | Was prevented from becoming a pilot. | [7] |
Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
b. 1956 | ![]() |
Politician, retired athlete | [8] | ||
Walter Cronkite | ![]() |
red–green | 1916–2009 | ![]() |
Journalist | [9] | |
Roger Crouch | ![]() |
b. 1940 | ![]() |
NASA Astronaut | Payload specialist in two Space Shuttle missions in 1997. | [10] | |
John Dalton | ![]() |
deuteranopia | 1766–1844 | ![]() |
Scientist | Could only recognize blue, purple and yellow. Pioneered research into colorblindness, which was originally named Daltonism after him. Specified in his will that an autopsy of his eyes be conducted. | [12][13] |
Russell T Davies | b. 1963 | ![]() |
Screenwriter | Was dissuaded from a career as a comic artist. | [14] | ||
Grant Dayton | red–green | b. 1987 | ![]() |
Major League Baseball pitcher | [15] | ||
Thomas Delaney | red–green | b. 1991 | ![]() |
Association football player | [16] | ||
Jesse Draxler | red–green | b. 1983 | ![]() |
Visual artist | Since 2015, Draxler has worked exclusively in black and white. | [17] | |
Milton H. Erickson | 1901–1980 | ![]() |
Hypnotist | [18] | |||
Brian Foster | b. 1972 | ![]() |
BMX rider | Foster once held a job painting bikes. | [19] | ||
Merrick Garland | red–green | b. 1952 | ![]() |
86th United States Attorney General | Kept a list of matching suits and ties. | [20] | |
Bill Gates | b. 1955 | ![]() |
Founder of Microsoft | [21][unreliable source?] | |||
Joseph Gatt | b. 1971 | ![]() |
Actor, model | Was prevented from becoming a pilot. | [citation needed] | ||
Jeff Gerstmann | red–green | b. 1975 | ![]() |
Video game journalist | [22] | ||
Oliver Goldsmith | blue cone monochromacy | 1728–1774 | ![]() |
Writer | Among the oldest believed incidences of colorblindness. | [23] | |
Jonny Greenwood | ![]() |
red–green | b. 1971 | ![]() |
Composer, member of Radiohead | [24] | |
Neil Harbisson | ![]() |
achromatopsia | b. 1984 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Artist, musician, political activist | Started a project in 2003 to develop a sensor that transposed color frequencies into sound frequencies. | [25] |
Cal Henderson | b. 1981 | ![]() |
Programmer | Worked on applications to make the Internet more accessible to colorblind people. | [26] | ||
Matt Holland | red–green | b. 1974 | ![]() ![]() |
Association football player | [27] | ||
Richard Hughes | red–green | b. 1975 | ![]() |
Musician, member of Keane | [28] | ||
Jake Humphrey | red–green | b. 1978 | ![]() |
TV presenter, journalist | Publicly stated on BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports show Fighting Talk. | [29] | |
Ian Hunter | red–green | b. 1979 | ![]() |
Cricketer | Publicly stated in BBC interview. | [30] | |
John Kay | achromatopsia | b. 1944 | ![]() ![]() |
Lead singer of Steppenwolf | Legally blind because of the severity of colorblindness. | [31] | |
Graham Kennedy | 1934–2005 | ![]() |
Entertainer | [32] | |||
Brian Kibler | b. 1980 | ![]() |
Game designer | Publicly stated on his Twitter account. | [33] | ||
Kim Sang-jin | red–green | ![]() |
Animator | Was barred from art school, so studied economics; animated for Disney for 20 years. | [34] | ||
Yair Lapid | b. 1963 | ![]() |
Journalist, politician | Was known to wear a black shirt because of his colorblindness. | [35] | ||
Howie Mandel | b. 1955 | ![]() |
TV host | Publicly stated: "I'm colorblind". | [36] | ||
Nicholas U. Mayall | 1906–1993 | ![]() |
Astronomer | Dissuaded from becoming a mining engineer. | [37] | ||
Matt Meese | b. 1983 | ![]() |
Comedian | Has joked about his colorblindness. | [38] | ||
Jose M. Mendoza | ![]() |
Sculptor | Worked as a color separator in a publishing house for three years. | [39] | |||
Charles Meryon | ![]() |
b. 1821 | ![]() |
Artist | Focused on etching instead of painting. | [40] | |
Peter Milton | deuteranopia | b. 1930 | ![]() |
Artist, teacher | Horrified to learn that his landscapes were pink, so he switched to monochrome art. | [41] | |
Christopher Paolini | red–green | b. 1983 | ![]() |
Author (Eragon) | Gave some of his characters red-green CVD. | [42] | |
Logan Paul | red–green | b. 1995 | ![]() |
YouTuber, actor | Caused controversy for allegedly faking his reaction to color-corrective lenses in a vlog. | [43] | |
Jan Pol | red–green | b. 1942 | ![]() |
Veterinarian, TV host | [44] | ||
Clifton Pugh | ![]() |
protanopia | 1924–1990 | ![]() |
Artist | Won three Archibald Prizes. | [45] |
Cory Brandan Putman | b. 1976 | ![]() |
Musician | [46] | |||
Eddie Redmayne | b. 1982 | ![]() |
Actor | Publicly stated that he is colorblind. | [47] | ||
Rachael Scdoris | ![]() |
achromatopsia | b. 1985 | ![]() |
Musher | First legally blind person to complete the Iditarod. | [48] |
Mark Twain | ![]() |
red-green | 1835-1910 | ![]() |
Author | Regularly joked about his colorblindness. | [49] |
Keanu Reeves | ![]() |
b. 1964 | ![]() ![]() |
Actor | [50] | ||
Nicolas Winding Refn | ![]() |
b. 1970 | ![]() |
Director, screenwriter, producer | Publicly stated that he is unable to see mid-tones but has not specified which colors. | [51] | |
Chris Rogers | b. 1977 | ![]() |
Cricketer | Struggles with ball color. | [52] | ||
Fred Rogers | ![]() |
red–green | 1928–2003 | ![]() |
Children's television presenter (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) | [53][54] | |
Roger Staubach | red–green | b. 1942 | ![]() |
NFL quarterback | Naval officer who could not distinguish port (red) from starboard (green). | [55] | |
Rod Stewart | ![]() |
red–green | b. 1945 | ![]() |
Singer-songwriter | Held a job at 15 selling and designing wallpaper. | [56][57] |
Vinny Testaverde | red–green | b. 1963 | ![]() |
NFL quarterback | First overall draft pick in 1989. | [58] | |
Matthew Wade | b. 1987 | ![]() |
Cricketer | Struggles with ball color. | [59] | ||
Mark Williams | red–green | b. 1975 | ![]() |
Snooker player | Has mistakenly sunk the wrong balls while playing. | [61] | |
Neil Young | ![]() |
red–green | b. 1945 | ![]() |
Musician | [62] | |
Mark Zuckerberg | ![]() |
red–green | b. 1984 | ![]() |
Founder of Facebook | [63] |
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