American writers with disabilities

The list American writers with disabilities includes Halsey, Zach Braff, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosanna Pansino and Joe Walsh. The list consists of 354 members.

1.

Halsey

American singer-songwriter (born 1994)

Overview: Ashley Nicolette Frangipane ( FRAN-jih-PAH-nee; born September 29, 1994), known professionally as Halsey ( HAWL-zee), is an American singer and songwriter. Halsey was born and raised in New Jersey. Gaining ...

Date of birth: 29 September 1994

Age: 29

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Avan Jogia (Engaged)

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Bisexual women musicians 1T

American bisexual musicians 1T

American bisexual writers 217T
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Mara Wilson

American actress (born 1987)

Overview: Mara Elizabeth Wilson (born July 24, 1987) is an American actress and writer. She rose to prominence as a child for playing Natalie Hillard in the film Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and went on to play Susan Walker ...

Date of birth: 24 July 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American bisexual women 255T

LGBT bloggers 33T

LGBT podcasters 18T
3.

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer (1939–2023)

Overview: Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was an American-born Swiss singer. Known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina ...

Date of birth: 26 November 1939

Date of death: 24 May 2023

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Swiss

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American musicians with disabilities 265T

MTV Video Music Award winners 224T

Musicians with dyslexia 60T
4.

Zach Braff

American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)

Overview: Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as J. D. on the television series Scrubs (2001–2010), for which he was ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni 52T

Film producers from New Jersey 105T
5.

Whoopi Goldberg

American actor, comedian, and television personality (born 1955)

Overview: Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one ...

Date of birth: 13 November 1955

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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National Arts Club Medal of Honor Recipients 1T

American activists with disabilities 260T

American actors with disabilities 239T
6.

Rosanna Pansino

American YouTuber (born 1985)

Overview: Rosanna Pansino (born June 8, 1985) is an American YouTuber, baker, actress, singer, and author. In 2010, Pansino started the cooking series Nerdy Nummies, which has become one of the most well-known baking ...

Date of birth: 10 June 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Internet Celebrity

Gender: Female

Height: 4' 10" (147 cm)

Partner: Mike Lamond (Long-Term)

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Shorty Award winners 215T

Gaming YouTubers 112T

YouTube Diamond Play Button recipients 83T
7.

Joe Walsh

American rock guitarist

Overview: Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has been a member of five successful rock bands: James Gang ...

Date of birth: 20 November 1947

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Marjorie Bach (Married)

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The Best (band) members 6T

Barnstorm (band) members 3T

American male pianists 2,053T
8.

Billy Corgan

American musician (born 1967)

Overview: William Patrick “Billy” Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter, who is the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins ...

Date of birth: 17 March 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Chloe Mendel (Married)

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Catholic libertarians 14T

Starchildren members 5T

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling executives 10T
9.

Brad Falchuk

American television writer, director and producer

Overview: Bradley Douglas Falchuk (born March 1, 1971) is an American television writer, director, and producer, best known for co-creating with Ryan Murphy the comedy-drama television series Glee, the drama series ...

Date of birth: 1 March 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Gwyneth Paltrow (Married)

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Paltrow family 7T

American male television writers 1,879T

Screenwriters from Massachusetts 188T
10.

Helen Keller

American author and activist

Overview: Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and hearing after ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1880

Date of death: 1 June 1968

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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20th-century memoirists 804T

American women memoirists 620T

Connecticut socialists 3T
11.

Fannie Flagg

American actress, comedian and author

Overview: Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal; September 21, 1944) is an American actress, comedian and author. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–82 versions of the game show Match Game and for ...

Date of birth: 21 September 1944

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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LGBT actors from the United States 279T

American LGBT novelists 407T

Ramsay High School alumni 16T
12.

Patty Duke

American actress (1946–2016)

Overview: Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016) was an American actress and health advocate. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1946

Date of death: 29 March 2016

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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Actresses of Irish descent 597T

American women memoirists 620T

People from Elmhurst, Queens 50T
13.

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

Overview: Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1946

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Kate Capshaw (Married)

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Dyslexic writers 21T

20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 95T
14.

Marlee Matlin

American actress, author, and activist (born in 1965)

Overview: Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress, author, and activist. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986) and to date is the only deaf performer ...

Date of birth: 24 August 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Kevin Grandalski (Married)

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Harper College alumni 18T

Members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service 22T

American activists with disabilities 268T
15.

George Watsky

American rapper, singer and poet

Overview: George Virden Watsky (born September 15, 1986), better known mononymously as Watsky, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, poet, and author.

Date of birth: 15 September 1986

Age: 37

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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21st-century American male musicians 5,527T

21st-century male musicians 9,897T

21st-century American male writers 6,080T
16.

Greta Gerwig

American actress and filmmaker (born 1983)

Overview: Rod Webber is an American musician, filmmaker and actor. Though, in his early music career he shared the stage with anti-folk acts Daniel Johnston (The Devil and Daniel Johnston) and Kimya Dawson, (former ...

Date of birth: 4 August 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Noah Baumbach (Married)

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Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Actresses of British descent 497T
17.

Anthony Bourdain

Chef and food writer

Overview: Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American chef, book author, journalist, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture ...

Date of birth: 25 June 1956

Date of death: 8 June 2018

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Chef

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Chefs from New York City 15T

Jewish American chefs 15T

2018 suicides 69T
18.

Lisa Ling

Journalist and correspondent

Overview: Lisa J. Ling (born August 30, 1973) is an American journalist, television personality, and author. She is currently the host of This Is Life with Lisa Ling on CNN. Previously, she was a reporter on Channel ...

Date of birth: 30 August 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Paul Song (Married)

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American women writers of Chinese descent 42T

American women journalists of Asian descent 47T

American women war correspondents 36T
19.

Truman Capote

American author (1924–1984)

Overview: Truman Garcia Capote (born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1924

Date of death: 25 August 1984

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American postmodern writers 134T

20th-century American LGBT people 2,014T

American LGBT dramatists and playwrights 207T
20.

Salman Rushdie

British, Writer

Overview: Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions ...

Date of birth: 19 June 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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People with Overseas Citizenship of India 11T

Substack writers 88T

Eyepatch wearers 61T