Around 10%-12% of the population are left-handers. That includes celebrities, of course: actors, musicians, sports stars, tech experts, and more.
This list is not of course extensive.
Artists |
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| 1 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Polymath | |
| 2 | Paul Klee | Swiss-German artist | |
| 3 | Michelangelo Buonarroti | Italian sculptor and painter | |
| 4 | Henri de Toulouse Lautrec | French painter | |
| 5 | Peter Paul Rubens | Flemish artist and diplomat | |
Actors |
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| 6 | Abhishek Bachchan | Indian actor and film producer | |
| 7 | Angelina Jolie | Academy Award-winning actress | |
| 8 | Brad Pitt | American actor and film producer | |
| 9 | Bruce Willis | American actor | |
| 10 | Chewbacca the Wookie | Star Wars character | |
| 11 | Christian Slater | American actor and film producer | |
| 12 | Dan Aykroyd | Canadian actor and comedian | |
| 13 | Dennis Quaid | American actor | |
| 14 | Diane Keaton | American actress | |
| 15 | Drew Barrymore | American actress and film producer | |
| 16 | Emma Thompson | Actress and screenwriter | |
| 17 | Goldie Hawn | American actress and dancer | |
| 18 | Hugh Jackman | Australian actor | |
| 19 | James Cromwell | American actor | |
| 20 | Jennifer Lawrence | American actress | |
| 21 | Jennifer Saunders | Actress and comedienne | |
| 22 | Jim Carrey | Canadian-American actor and comedian | |
| 23 | Judy Garland | American actress and singer | |
| 24 | Julia Roberts | American actress | |
| 25 | Julianne Moore | Actress | |
| 26 | Kate Hudson | American actress | |
| 27 | Keanu Reeves | Canadian actor and musician | |
| 28 | Kenneth Branagh | British actor and filmmaker | |
| 29 | Kim Basinger | American actress | |
| 30 | Lisa Kudrow | Actress and film producer | |
| 31 | Marilyn Monroe | American actress and model | |
| 32 | Mark Hamill | American actor | |
| 33 | Mark Wahlberg | American actor | |
| 34 | Martin Freeman | Actor | |
| 35 | Matt Dillon | American actor | |
| 36 | Morgan Freeman | American actor and film producer | |
| 37 | Nicole Kidman | American-Australian actress and film producer | |
| 38 | Owen Wilson | American actor | |
| 39 | Pierce Brosnan | Irish actor and film producer | |
| 40 | Richard Dreyfuss | American actor | |
| 41 | Robert De Niro | American actor | |
| 42 | Ron Perlman | American actor | |
| 43 | Sarah Jessica Parker | Actress and film producer | |
| 44 | Sylvester Stallone | Would-be actor | |
| 45 | Tom Cruise | Would-be actor | |
| 46 | Val Kilmer | American actor | |
| 47 | Whoopi Goldberg | American actor and comedian | Caryn Elaine Johnson |
Writers |
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| 48 | Berthold Schwartz | Legendary German alchemist | |
| 49 | Bill Bryson | Journalist and author | |
| 50 | Germaine Greer | Australian writer | |
| 51 | Janet Street-Porter | Broadcaster and journalist | |
| 52 | Lewis Carroll | Author and poet | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
| 53 | Mark Twain | Writer and humorist | Aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
| 54 | Seth Rogen | Actor and comedian | |
| 55 | Uhland Ludwig | German author | |
Animation |
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| 56 | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons character | |
| 57 | Matt Groening | Professional cartoonist and writer | |
| 58 | Ned Flanders | The Simpsons character | |
Comedy |
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| 59 | Ben Stiller | American actor and comedian | |
| 60 | Charlie Chaplin | Comic actor and filmmaker | |
| 61 | Harpo Marx | American comedian and actor | |
| 62 | Jerry Seinfeld | American stand-up comedian and actor | |
| 63 | Richard Pryor | American stand-up comedian and actor | |
| 64 | Will Ferrell | American actor and comedian | |
Fashion |
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| 65 | Ashley Olsen | American businesswoman and fashion designer | |
| 66 | Jean-Paul Gaultier | Haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer | |
Directors |
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| 67 | James Cameron | Canadian filmmaker | |
| 68 | Spike Lee | American film director | |
Music |
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| 69 | Annie Lennox | Singer-songwriter and political activist | Eurythmics |
| 70 | Barry Gibb | Musician, singer, songwriter and record producer | The Bee Gees |
| 71 | Benjamin Britten | Composer and conductor | |
| 72 | Bob Geldof | Singer-songwriter and political activist | The Boomtown Rats |
| 73 | Celine Dion | Canadian singer | |
| 74 | David Bowie | Singer-songwriter and musician | |
| 75 | Eminem | Marshall Bruce Mathers III | |
| 76 | Gordon Sumner | Aka Sting | Musician and actor |
| 77 | Jimi Hendrix | American guitarist and songwriter | |
| 78 | John Lydon | Aka Johnny Rotten | The Sex Pistols |
| 79 | Justin Bieber | Canadian singer | |
| 80 | Kurt Cobain | American musician | Nirvana |
| 81 | Lady Gaga | Singer-songwriter and actress | Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta |
| 82 | Ludwig Van Beethoven | German composer and pianist | |
| 83 | Noel Gallagher | Guitarist and singer-songwriter | Oasis |
| 84 | Paul McCartney | Singer-songwriter and musician | The Beatles |
| 85 | Paul Simon | American singer and songwriter | |
| 86 | Phil Collins | Singer and drummer | Genesis |
| 87 | Ricky Martin | Puerto Rican singer and actor | |
| 88 | Ringo Starr | Musician and songwriter | The Beatles |
Television/Entertainment |
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| 89 | Charlie Dimmock | Gardener | |
| 90 | Gordon Ramsay | Celebrity chef and restaurateur | |
| 91 | Jeremy Beadle | Television presenter | |
| 92 | Jonathan Ross | Broadcaster and film critic | |
| 93 | Julian Clary | Comedian, actor, novelist and presenter | |
| 94 | Juliet Morris | Television presenter | |
| 95 | Loyd Grossman | American-British author, broadcaster, musician, businessman and cultural campaigner | |
| 96 | Magnus Magnusson | Journalist, translator, writer and television presenter | |
| 97 | Melinda Messenger | Television presenter and former glamour model | |
| 98 | Nicholas Parsons | Actor, straight man and radio and television presenter | |
| 99 | Oprah Winfrey | Host and television producer | |
| 100 | Paul Daniels | Magician and television presenter | |
| 101 | Rik Mayall | Comedian and actor | |
| 102 | Ross Kemp | Actor and author | |
| 103 | Shane Richie | Actor, comedian, television presenter and singer | Shane Patrick Paul Roche |
| 104 | Ted Koppel | British-American broadcaster and journalist | |
| 105 | Tim Allen | American actor and comedian | |
| 106 | Uri Geller | Israeli-British illusionist and magician | |
History |
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| 107 | Albert Henry DeSalvo | Aka The Boston Strangler | |
| 108 | Alexander the Great | Historical conquerer | |
| 109 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher and polymath | |
| 110 | Benjamin Frankllin | Writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher | One of the Founding Fathers of the United States |
| 111 | David Rockefeller | Investment banker | |
| 112 | Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. | Astronaut | |
| 113 | Emperor Charlemagne | Former Holy Roman emperor | |
| 114 | Helen Keller | American author | |
| 115 | Horatio Nelson | British flag officer | |
| 116 | Jack The Ripper | Based on forensic analysis of his crime scenes and of the bodies of his victims. | casebook.org/dissertations/rip-left.html, there is no concrete evidence that Jack the Ripper was left-handed, the theories and evidence suggest that it is a possibility |
| 117 | Joan of Arc | Maid of Orléans | |
| 118 | John Dillinger | Bank Robber | |
| 119 | Josephine de Beauharnais | Wife of Napoleon | |
| 120 | Julius Caesar | Former Roman dictator | |
| 121 | Marie and Pierre Curie | ||
| 122 | Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu | Aka Mother Teresa | |
| 123 | Michael Collins | Astronaut | |
| 124 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Former Emperor of the French | |
| 125 | Neil Armstrong | Astronaut | |
| 126 | Nikola Tesla | Inventor and electrical engineer | |
| 127 | Robert Baden-Powell | First Chief Scout | |
| 128 | Simon Bolivar | President of Bolivia | |
| 129 | Terry Waite | Humanitarian and author | |
| 130 | William Bonney | Aka Billy the Kid | |
| 131 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Composer | |
| Royalty | |||
| 132 | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | wife of King George VI | |
| 133 | Queen Victoria | Former Queen | Born Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent |
| 134 | Queen Elizabeth II | Former Queen | |
| 135 | King Charles III | Current King | |
| 136 | King George VI | Former King | |
| 137 | Prince William | Duke of Cambridge | Prince of Wales |
| 138 | Prince George | Third in line to the throne | |
Politics |
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| 139 | Aneurin (Nye) Bevan | Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | spearheaded the creation of the National Health Service |
| 140 | David Cameron | Former Prime Minister | |
| 141 | James A. Garfield | 20th president of the United States | |
| 142 | James Callaghan | Former Prime Minister | |
| 143 | John F. Kennedy Jr. | American attorney, journalist, and magazine publisher | Son of John F. Kennedy |
| 144 | Leon Brittan | Conservative politician and barrister | |
| 145 | Mahatma Gandhi | Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist | |
| 146 | President Bill Clinton | 42nd U.S. President | |
| 147 | President George H.W. Bush | 41st U.S. President | |
| 148 | President Gerald Ford | 38th president of the United States | |
| 149 | President Harry S. Truman | 33rd U.S. President | |
| 150 | President Herbert Hoover | 31st U.S. President | |
| 151 | President Hugo Chavez | Former President of Venezuela | |
| 152 | President Ronald Reagan | 40th U.S. President | |
| 153 | President Barack Obama | 44th U.S. President | |
| 154 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister of Israel | |
| 155 | Roy Jenkins | Former President of the European Commission | |
| 156 | Winston Churchill | Former Prime Minister | |
Sport |
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| 157 | Caitlyn Jenner | Olympic gold-medal winner | Now Bruce Jenner |
| 158 | David Gower | Cricket commentator and former cricketer | |
| 159 | Diego Armando Maradona | Footballer | |
| 160 | Edson Arantes do Nascimento | Aka Pelé | Footballer |
| 161 | George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. | Baseball player | |
| 162 | Greg Rusedski | British-Canadian former tennis player | |
| 163 | Jimmy White | Snooker player | |
| 164 | John McEnroe | American former tennis player | |
| 165 | Mark Spitz | Olympic champion swimmer | |
| 166 | Mark Williams | Welsh snooker player | |
| 167 | Martina Navratilova | Czech-American former tennis player | |
| 168 | Oscar De La Hoya | Boxer | |
| 169 | Paula Radcliffe | Long-distance runner | |
| 170 | Rafael Nadal | Spanish tennis player | |
| 171 | Rod Laver | Australian tennis star | Number one professional tennis player in the world from 1964 through 1970 |
| 172 | Shawn Michaels | American wrestler | |
| 173 | Sir Bobby Charlton | Footballer | |
| 174 | Wasim Akram | Cricket commentator | |
Business |
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| 175 | Bill Gates | Microsoft entrepreneur | |
| 176 | Henry Ford | Founder Ford motor cars | |
| 177 | Mark Zuckerberg | Founder Facebook | |
| 178 | Ratan Tata | Indian industrialist, philanthropist and former chairman of Tata Sons | Chairperson of Jaguar Land Rover |
| 179 | Steve Jobs | Co-founder of Apple | |