American writers with disabilities

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and he is the second highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is one of the world's wealthiest celebrities. He is one of 22 people to achieve EGOT status.

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

American author (1924-1984)

Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

American actor (born 1948)

American actress (born 1965)

American actress and filmmaker (born 1983)

American actor (born 1936)

American actress (1946–2016)

American novelist and screenwriter

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Noted for her distinctive singing voice, she has received numerous accolades, including three Billboard Music Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, and an American Music Award, as well as nominations for three Grammy Awards. She was on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.

American writer (1925–1964)

American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)

American hacker (1963–2023)

Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

Australian evangelist and motivational speaker

Governor of Texas since 2015

American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)

American science fiction writer (1947-2006)

American publisher

American writer (1900–1948)

Sequoyah ( ; , , or , , ; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.

American actor and filmmaker (born 1959)

American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist

American filmmaker (born 1968)

American Olympic springboard and platform diver

Scott Adams was an American cartoonist, author, and conservative commentator. He was best known for the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire.

American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)

American actor

American war correspondent (1956–2012)

American guitarist, singer and composer

American musician

American writer and filmmaker (born 1954)

Brandi Marie Carlile is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans multiple genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. During her career, she has received eleven Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards, in addition to being nominated for an Academy Award. In 2026, she was named one of Time's Women of the Year.

American rock musician

American novelist (1948-2020)

American lawyer and polio survivor (1946–2024)

deaf actor and film producer

American actress (born 1981)

American actress

American singer and actor

Catholic cardinal (1937–2015)

American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859)

Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1945–2010)

American journalist (1950-2018)

American animator and voice actor (born 1980)

Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated 20th United States president James A. Garfield in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental illness, Guiteau delusionally believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a consulship. Guiteau felt frustrated and offended by the Garfield administration's rejections of his applications to serve in Vienna or Paris to such a degree that he shot Garfield in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. Garfield died on September 19 from infections related to the wounds. Caught immediately after shooting Garfield, Guiteau was tried, convicted, and publicly executed by hanging on June 30, 1882.

American author and filmmaker

American physician, activist, diplomat and author

American motivational speaker

American television writer, director and producer

American actress, singer, and producer

Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer (1995–2024)

American screenwriter, novelist, essayist, playwright, LGBT-rights and AIDS activist (1935–2020)

American film producer

American television producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor, and the founder of Cannell Entertainment (1941-2010)

Catholic cardinal (1918–2008)