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List of people with color blindness

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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]

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Name Picture 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]

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John Dalton   deuteranopia 1766–1844   England 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   Wales Screenwriter Was dissuaded from a career as a comic artist. [14]
Grant Dayton red–green b. 1987   United States Major League Baseball pitcher [15]
Thomas Delaney red–green b. 1991   Denmark Association football player [16]
Jesse Draxler red–green b. 1983   United States Visual artist Since 2015, Draxler has worked exclusively in black and white. [17]
Milton H. Erickson 1901–1980   United States Hypnotist [18]
Brian Foster b. 1972   United States BMX rider Foster once held a job painting bikes. [19]
Merrick Garland red–green b. 1952   United States 86th United States Attorney General Kept a list of matching suits and ties. [20]
Bill Gates b. 1955   United States Founder of Microsoft [21][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 [22]
Oliver Goldsmith blue cone monochromacy 1728–1774   England Writer Among the oldest believed incidences of colorblindness. [23]
Jonny Greenwood   red–green b. 1971   England Composer, member of Radiohead [24]
Neil Harbisson achromatopsia 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. [25]
Cal Henderson b. 1981   United Kingdom Programmer Worked on applications to make the Internet more accessible to colorblind people. [26]
Matt Holland red–green b. 1974   England
  Ireland 		Association football player [27]
Richard Hughes red–green b. 1975   England Musician, member of Keane [28]
Jake Humphrey red–green b. 1978   England TV presenter, journalist Publicly stated on BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports show Fighting Talk. [29]
Ian Hunter red–green b. 1979   England Cricketer Publicly stated in BBC interview. [30]
John Kay achromatopsia b. 1944   Germany
  Canada 		Lead singer of Steppenwolf Legally blind because of the severity of colorblindness. [31]
Graham Kennedy 1934–2005   Australia Entertainer [32]
Brian Kibler b. 1980   United States Game designer Publicly stated on his Twitter account. [33]
Kim Sang-jin red–green   South Korea Animator Was barred from art school, so studied economics; animated for Disney for 20 years. [34]
Yair Lapid b. 1963   Israel Journalist, politician Was known to wear a black shirt because of his colorblindness. [35]
Howie Mandel b. 1955   Canada TV host Publicly stated: "I'm colorblind". [36]
Nicholas U. Mayall 1906–1993   United States Astronomer Dissuaded from becoming a mining engineer. [37]
Matt Meese b. 1983   United States Comedian Has joked about his colorblindness. [38]
Jose M. Mendoza   Philippines Sculptor Worked as a color separator in a publishing house for three years. [39]
Charles Meryon   b. 1821   France Artist Focused on etching instead of painting. [40]
Peter Milton deuteranopia b. 1930   United States Artist, teacher Horrified to learn that his landscapes were pink, so he switched to monochrome art. [41]
Christopher Paolini red–green b. 1983   United States Author (Eragon) Gave some of his characters red-green CVD. [42]
Logan Paul red–green b. 1995   United States YouTuber, actor Caused controversy for allegedly faking his reaction to color-corrective lenses in a vlog. [43]
Jan Pol red–green b. 1942   Netherlands Veterinarian, TV host [44]
Clifton Pugh   protanopia 1924–1990   Australia Artist Won three Archibald Prizes. [45]
Cory Brandan Putman b. 1976   United States Musician [46]
Eddie Redmayne b. 1982   England Actor Publicly stated that he is colorblind. [47]
Rachael Scdoris   achromatopsia b. 1985   United States Musher First legally blind person to complete the Iditarod. [48]
Mark Twain   red-green 1835-1910   United States Author Regularly joked about his colorblindness. [49]
Keanu Reeves   b. 1964   Lebanon
  Canada 		Actor [50]
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. [51]
Chris Rogers b. 1977   Australia Cricketer Struggles with ball color. [52]
Fred Rogers   red–green 1928–2003   United States Children's television presenter (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) [53][54]
Roger Staubach red–green b. 1942   United States NFL quarterback Naval officer who could not distinguish port (red) from starboard (green). [55]
Rod Stewart   red–green b. 1945   England Singer-songwriter Held a job at 15 selling and designing wallpaper. [56][57]
Vinny Testaverde red–green b. 1963   United States NFL quarterback First overall draft pick in 1989. [58]
Matthew Wade b. 1987   Australia Cricketer Struggles with ball color. [59]

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Mark Williams red–green b. 1975   Wales Snooker player Has mistakenly sunk the wrong balls while playing. [61]
Neil Young   red–green b. 1945   Canada Musician [62]
Mark Zuckerberg   red–green b. 1984   United States Founder of Facebook [63]

References

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