There are many famous people who stutter. My friend Darrell Dodge made a picture of some of them at the top of this page. Do you recognize any of the pictures? If you are interested, there is a long list of famous people who stutter. The list below has people that kids may have heard about.

• Popular actors, singers and TV personalities
  • James Earl Jones - an actor - He does ads for the phone company. He was the Rock of Ages in the Merlin movie and was the voice of Darth Vadar in Star Wars.
  • Marilyn Monroe - an actress
  • Carly Simon - a singer
  • John Stossel - a television newscaster
  • Mr. Bean - an actor from England
  • Bruce Willis - actor
  • Mel Tillis - country-western singer -- the side of his tour bus used to read "M-m-m-m-m-el
• Great Leaders
  • Winston Churchill - a statesman from England during WWII
  • King Charles I - King of England
  • Moses - a Hebrew leader who lead the people of Israel out of captivity in Egypt.
• Great Writers
  • Aesop - wrote Aesop's Fables
• Great Scientists
  • Isaac Newton - discovered the law of gravity
• Great Athletes
  • Ron Harper - basketball
  • Bo Jackson - baseball and football

last modified July 7, 2026