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Notable Deaf people are typically defined as those who have profound hearing loss in both ears as a result of either acquired or congenital hearing loss. Such people may be associated with Deaf culture. Deafness (little to no hearing) is distinguished from partial hearing loss or damage (such as tinnitus), which is less severe impairment in one or both sides. The definition of deafness varies across countries, cultures, and time, though the World Health Organization classes profound hearing loss as the failure to hear a sound of 90 decibels or louder in a hearing test.[1]

In addition to those with profound hearing loss, people without profound hearing loss may also identify as Deaf, often where the person is active within a Deaf community and for whom sign language is their primary language.[2] Those who have mostly lived as a hearing person and acquire deafness briefly, due to a temporary illness or shortly before death, for example, are not typically classed as culturally Deaf.

Deaf educators and organizers

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Actors

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Artists

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Musicians

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Scientists

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Sports

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American football

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  • Albert Berg, American football player, coach, and writer
  • Derrick Coleman, American fullback and Super Bowl champion
  • Gilbert O. Erickson, American college football player and photographer
  • Bonnie Sloan, American defensive tackle and first deaf person drafted to the National Football League
  • Kenny Walker, American gridiron player and first deaf player in the Canadian Football League
  • Blaise Winter, American coach and former defensive end in the NFL

Association football

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Athletics

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Baseball

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  • Michael Cuddyer, American outfielder in MLB during 2001–2015; two-time MLB All-Star
  • Dummy Deegan, American pitcher for the New York Giants in 1901
  • Ed Dundon, American pitcher and first deaf player in MLB, in 1883–1884
  • Tyson Gillies, Canadian outfielder and Pan American Games gold medalist
  • Dummy Hoy, American center fielder and most accomplished deaf player in MLB, during 1888–1902
  • Yuya Ishii, Japanese pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Dummy Leitner, American pitcher in MLB during 1901–1902
  • Thomas Lynch,[citation needed] American pitcher for the Chicago White Stockings (NL) in 1884
  • Curtis Pride, American outfielder in MLB during 1993–2006; college baseball coach
  • Dick Sipek, American outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds in 1945
  • Dummy Stephenson, American outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1892
  • Dummy Taylor, American pitcher in MLB during 1901–1908

Basketball

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Cricket

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  • Anjan Bhattacharjee, Indian first-class bowler for Bihar
  • Lance Cairns, New Zealand all-rounder and international test player
  • John Hodgkins, English first-class all-rounder for Nottinghamshire
  • Charlie McLeod, Australian all-rounder and international test player
  • Imran Sheikh, former captain of the deaf India national team
  • Baba Sidhaye, Indian first-class all-rounder and first national-level deaf-mute player
  • Umesh Valjee, former captain of the deaf England national team

Swimming

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Tennis

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Winter sports

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Writers

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Other occupations

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Fictional characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Deafness and hearing loss Fact sheet N°300". March 2015. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ^ Madeleine Chapman, Jesper Dammeyer, The Significance of Deaf Identity for Psychological Well-Being, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Volume 22, Issue 2, April 2017, Pages 187–194, https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enw073
  3. ^ hsdb.k12.hi.us./about-hsdb/hsdb-history
  4. ^ Chow, Andrew R. (2019-05-11). "The Society's Sean Berdy on A.S.L. Representation, Teen Activism and His Buzzy New Netflix Drama". Time. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ^ Moore, Matthew S.; Panara, Robert (1996). "Chapter 54: Linda Bove". Great Deaf Americans : The Second Edition. Rochester, N.Y. : Deaf Life Press. pp. 352–357. ISBN 9780963401663.
  6. ^ Remnick, David (July 25, 2005). "Reporter Guy". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2006.
  7. ^ Hetrick, Adam (2012-05-06). Tribes Actor Russell Harvard Finds His Pack. Playbill. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  8. ^ Bergan, Ronald (2010-11-29). Leslie Nielsen obituary . The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  9. ^ Stern, Shoshannah (2020-05-08). Mothering While Deaf in a Newly Quiet World. New York Times. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  10. ^ Falk, Peter Hastings, ed. (1999). Who Was Who in American Art, 1564–1975: 400 Years of Artists in America. Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press. p. 437. ISBN 0932087558.
  11. ^ The Deafness of Goya – Part I in hearinghealthmatters.org
  12. ^ Swerling, Gabriella (2017-09-28). David Hockney: Hearing loss has helped me paint better. The Times. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  13. ^ Martínez, Antonio.Interview with Jan, DifuSord number. 2 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Pyatt, Joseph O. (1868). Memoir of Albert Newsam, Deaf Mute Artist. Philadelphia. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  15. ^ Sonnenstrahl, Deborah M. (2003). Deaf Artists in America: Colonial to Contemporary. DawnSignPress. ISBN 9781581210507. Retrieved 2022-08-17. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  16. ^ Bento RF. Beethoven's Deafness, the Defiance of a Genius. Int. Arch. Otorhinolaryngol. 2009;13(3):317-321.
  17. ^ Beechey, Gwilym, William Boyce, and J. H. "Memoirs of Dr. William Boyce." The Musical Quarterly 57, no. 1 (1971): 87-106. Accessed July 10, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/740872.
  18. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2010-04-08). Deaf, and Trying to Make It in Showbiz. New York Times. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  19. ^ I’m a Grammy Award Winning Musician and I’m Deaf. Evelyn Glennie (2019-05-28). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  20. ^ H Dominic & W Stiles (2012-01-06). Deafness and tinnitus in a musician – Bedřich Smetana. UCL. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  21. ^ Lang, Harry G. (1995). Deaf persons in the arts and sciences : a biographical dictionary. Bonnie Meath-Lang. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-29170-5. OCLC 31374052.
  22. ^ "Annie Cannon". www.sheisanastronomer.org. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  23. ^ "The medical mystery that helped make Thomas Edison an inventor". PBS NewsHour. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  24. ^ "Disability history month: John Goodricke the deaf astronomer". BBC News. 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  25. ^ "Olaf Hassel", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 2023-03-08, retrieved 2023-04-30
  26. ^ "Sharpless, Nansie | Gallaudet University Library Guide to Deaf Biographies and Index to Deaf Periodicals". liblists.wrlc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  27. ^ Sobel, Dava (2016). The glass universe : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars. New York, New York. ISBN 978-0-670-01695-2. OCLC 952469237.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  28. ^ "Deaf astronomers John Goodricke and Konstantin Tsiolkowski". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  29. ^ Alex Soojung-Kim Pang (2005-07-14). Michael Chorost and the cyborg memoir.Institute for the Future. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  30. ^ "Deaf-Blind Harvard Law Grad Slays Every Expectation, But Don't Call Her An "Inspiration"". Oxygen Official Site. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  31. ^ Kehe, Marjorie (2012-03-12). That 'Crazy Daisy' who started the Girl Scouts . Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2020-07-10.

Further reading

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  • Lang, Harry G. Fighting in the Shadows: Untold Stories of Deaf People in the Civil War (Washington: Gallaudet University Press, 2017), xv, 255 pp.
  • Sonnenstrahl, Deborah M. Deaf Artists in America, Colonial to Contemporary. San Diego: Dawnsign Press, 2002.
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