This is a list of people with color blindness, meaning they have a decreased ability to see color or differences in color. [1]
This is a list of people with color blindness, meaning they have a decreased ability to see color or differences in color. [1]
| Name | Type/Details | Lifespan | Country | Profession | Notes | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Abeille | 1942–2022 |  France | Surrealist writer | Wanted to be a painter. | [2] [3] | ||
| František Bílek | 1872–1941 |  Czechia | Sculptor | Was forced in school to switch from painting to sculpting. | [4] | ||
| Ian Botham | b. 1955 |  England | Cricketer | [5] | |||
| Jack Buck | red–green | 1924–2002 |  United States | Sportscaster | Prevented promotion in merchant navy. | [6] | |
| Taj Burrow | red–green | b. 1978 |  Australia | Surfer | Was prevented from becoming a pilot. | [7] | |
| Sebastian Coe | b. 1956 | England | Politician, retired athlete | [8] | |||
| Walter Cronkite | red–green | 1916–2009 | United States | Journalist | [9] | ||
| Roger Crouch | b. 1940 | United States | NASA Astronaut | Payload specialist in two space shuttle missions in 1997. | [10] | ||
| John Dalton | deuteranopia | 1766–1844 | England | Scientist | Could only recognize blue, purple and yellow. Conducted extensive research into colorblindness, which was originally named Daltonism after him. Specified in his will that an autopsy of his eyes be conducted. | [11] [12] | |
| Russell T Davies | b. 1963 |  Wales | Screenwriter | Was dissuaded from a career as a comic artist. | [13] | ||
| Grant Dayton | red–green | b. 1987 | | Major League Baseball pitcher | [14] | ||
| Thomas Delaney | red–green | b. 1991 |  Denmark Denmark | Association football player | [15] | ||
| Jesse Draxler | red–green | b. 1983 | United States | Visual artist | Since 2015, Draxler has worked exclusively in black and white. | [16] | |
| Milton H. Erickson | 1901–1980 | United States | Hypnotist | [17] | |||
| Brian Foster | b. 1972 | United States | BMX rider | Foster once held a job painting bikes. | [18] | ||
| Merrick Garland | red–green | b. 1952 | United States | 86th United States Attorney General | Kept a list of matching suits and ties. | [19] | |
| Bill Gates | b. 1955 | United States | Founder of Microsoft | [20] [ unreliable source? ] | |||
| Joseph Gatt | b. 1971 | England | Actor, model | Was prevented from becoming a pilot. | [ citation needed ] | ||
| Jeff Gerstmann | red–green | b. 1975 | United States | Video game journalist | [21] | ||
| Oliver Goldsmith | Blue cone monochromacy | 1728–1774 | England | Writer | Among the oldest believed incidences of colorblindness. | [22] | |
| Jonny Greenwood | red–green | b. 1971 | England | Composer, member of Radiohead | [23] | ||
| Neil Harbisson | extreme | b. 1984 |  Spain/ United Kingdom/ Ireland | Artist, musician, political activist | Started a project in 2003 to develop a sensor that transposed color frequencies into sound frequencies. | [24] | |
| Cal Henderson | b. 1981 | United Kingdom | Programmer | Worked on applications to make the Internet more accessible to colorblind people. | [25] | ||
| Matt Holland | red–green | b. 1974 | England/ Ireland | Association football player | [26] | ||
| Richard Hughes | red–green | b. 1975 | England | Musician, member of Keane | [27] | ||
| Jake Humphrey | red–green | b. 1978 | England | TV presenter, journalist | Publicly stated on BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports show Fighting Talk. | [28] | |
| Ian Hunter | red–green | b. 1979 | England | Cricketer | Publicly stated in BBC interview. | [29] | |
| John Kay | achromatopsia | b. 1944 |  Germany/ Canada | Lead singer of Steppenwolf | Legally blind because of the severity of colorblindness. | [30] | |
| Graham Kennedy | 1934–2005 | Australia | Entertainer | [31] | |||
| Brian Kibler | b. 1980 | United States | Game designer | Publicly stated on his Twitter account. | [32] | ||
| Jin Kim | red–green |  Korea | Animator | Was barred from art school, so studied economics; animated for Disney for 20 years. | [33] | ||
| Yair Lapid | b. 1963 |  Israel | Journalist, politician | Was known to wear a black shirt because of his colorblindness. | [34] | ||
| Howie Mandel | b. 1955 | Canada | TV host | Publicly stated: "I'm colorblind". | [35] | ||
| Nicholas U. Mayall | 1906–1993 | United States | Astronomer | Dissuaded from becoming a mining engineer. | [36] | ||
| Matt Meese | b. 1983 | United States | Comedian | Has joked about his colorblindness. | [37] | ||
| Jose M. Mendoza |  Philippines | Sculptor | Worked as a color separator in a publishing house for three years. | [38] | |||
| Charles Meryon | b. 1821 | France | Artist | Focused on etching instead of painting. | [39] | ||
| Peter Milton | deuteranopia | b. 1930 | United States | Artist, teacher | Horrified to learn that his landscapes were pink, so he switched to monochrome art. | [40] | |
| Christopher Paolini | red–green | b. 1983 | United States | Author ( Eragon ) | Gave some of his characters red-green CVD. | [41] | |
| Logan Paul | red–green | b. 1995 | United States | YouTuber, actor | Caused controversy for allegedly faking his reaction to color-corrective lenses in a vlog. | [42] | |
| Jan Pol | red–green | b. 1942 |  Netherlands | Veterinarian, TV host | [43] | ||
| Clifton Pugh | protanopia | 1924–1990 | Australia | Artist | Won three Archibald Prizes. | [44] | |
| Cory Brandan Putman | b. 1976 | United States | Musician | [45] | |||
| Eddie Redmayne | b. 1982 | England | Actor | Publicly stated that he is colorblind. | [46] | ||
| Rachael Scdoris | Achromatopsia | b. 1985 | United States | Dog musher | First legally blind person to complete the Iditarod. | [47] | |
| Nicolas Winding Refn | b. 1970 | Denmark | Director, screenwriter, producer | Publicly stated that he is unable to see mid-tones but has not specified which colors. | [48] | ||
| Chris Rogers | b. 1977 | Australia | Cricketer | Struggles with ball color. | [49] | ||
| Fred Rogers | red–green | 1928–2003 | United States | Children's television presenter ( Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ) | [50] [51] | ||
| Roger Staubach | red–green | b. 1942 | United States | NFL quarterback | Naval officer who could not distinguish port (red) from starboard (green). | [52] | |
| Rod Stewart | red–green | b. 1945 | England | Singer-songwriter | Held a job at 15 selling and designing wallpaper. | [53] [54] | |
| Vinny Testaverde | red–green | b. 1963 | United States | NFL quarterback | First overall draft pick in 1989. | [55] | |
| Matthew Wade | b. 1987 | Australia | Cricketer | Struggles with ball color. | [56] | ||
| Mark Williams | red–green | b. 1975 | Wales | Snooker player | Has mistakenly sunk the wrong balls while playing. | [58] | |
| Neil Young | red–green | b. 1945 | Canada | Musician | [59] | ||
| Mark Zuckerberg | red–green | b. 1984 | United States | Founder of Facebook | [60] |
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