en List of people with color blindness

This is a list of people with color blindness, meaning they have a decreased ability to see color or differences in color.^[1]

A–Z


Name	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] ^[11]
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		1821–1868	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 1987.	^[58]
Matthew Wade		b. 1987	Australia	Cricketer	Struggles with ball color.	^[59] ^[60]
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]