Biographies of Famous Deaf Persons
All stories were written by Stan Griffin, Deaf Friends International Special Contributor.
Terrence James ("T. J.") O’Rourke: "A Deaf Man For All Seasons" Buster Keaton: "Some Buster!" Stefan Le Fors: "Family Interpreter" Kevin Hall: "Quit Being Afraid and Reach for the Sky" First Deaf Sailor in History to Travel Alone Around the World--Charl de Villiers Kate Nelson "Rocky" Stone: From CIA to SHHH A Look Back at Olympic Fencing--Ildiko Uslaky-Rejto
Deaf Baseball Player Reads Lips Speaking English and Spanish!--Luis Figueroa Disability No Obstacle to This U.K. Daredevil!--Graham Hicks A Very Early Space Pioneer--Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Deaf Australian Fencer to Participate In Olympics--Frank Bartolillo Wounded Knee; The End of American Indian Resistance--Black Coyote
A Rising Star "Lights Up" the World--Michelle Banks
Will He Be the Next Deaf Major League Baseball Player?--Ryan Ketchner
Fiona Garfield
Mabel Hubbard Bell Triumph Over Adversity--Nellie L. Zimmerman
Dr. Helen Taussig: "He's a Lovely Color Now!"
Blindness and Deafness Can't Keep Her From Her Patients--Dr. Linda Medleau Jacobs
"Cousin" Amelia Would Be Proud!--Angela Earhart
"I'm Not Afraid of Anything!"--Curtis Pride
"The Doctor is In!"--Dr. Josephine Deubler
Louise Fletcher--It's Nice to be Hated (Sometimes)!!
Jim Ryun--Run, Ryun Run!!!
Deanne Bray: "Little Sister"
Sue Thomas--"It is Only in Our Silence That We Learn to Hear God"
Kathy Buckley--America's First Hearing-Impaired Comedienne
The "Deaf Music" Man--Shawn Dale Barnett
Steve McQueen--Forever "Cool"
Olympic Silver to Deaf South African Swimmer--Terrence Parkin