ASL Info Quest: Notable Deaf People

Marlee Matlin is most famous for being:

• a Nobel Prize winning scientist

• a political leader in the United Kingdom

• an Academy Award winning actress

• an astronaut and astrophysicist

I. King Jordan is most famous for being:

• the first American deaf author

• the first deaf president of Gallaudet University

• the first deaf person to travel into space

• the first deaf leader of a major political party

William C. Stokoe is most famous for being:

• the first deaf president of Gallaudet University

• an American political leader

• the first president of the National Association of the Deaf

• an American linguist whose research on American Sign Language revolutionized the understanding of ASL

George W. Veditz is most famous for being:

• one of the first presidents of National Association of the Deaf

• one of the first labor union leaders to organize deaf workers

• one of the first deaf people to earn a medical degree

• one of the first presidents of the International League of the Deaf

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet is most famous for being:

• a co-founder of the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America

• the founder of the first school for the deaf in the world

• a leader in American politics who championed deaf rights

• a co-founder of Gallaudet University

Laurent Clerc is most famous for being:

• a 17th century French priest who developed the first manual alphabet

• a 20th century researcher who wrote the first ASL dictionary

• a 19th century doctor who determined the hereditary nature of some forms of deafness

• a 19th teacher of the deaf from France

Lance Allred is most famous for being:

• a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player

• a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player

• a former Olympic swimming champion

• the first deaf person to win an Olympic gold medal

Dummy Hoy is most famous for being:

• a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player

• a former Olympic swimming champion

• a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player

• the first deaf person to win an Olympic gold medal

Robert F. Panara is most famous for being:

• an American filmmaker

• an American astronaut

• an American poet

• an American composer

Betty Miller is most famous for being:

• a leading deaf academic researcher and teacher

• a deaf artist and painter

• a deaf musician and composer

• a deaf businessperson and philanthropist