As you may know, first observed in 1976, every August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders International. As its name suggests, it is meant to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handers in a predominantly right-handed world. With the dominance of right-handed products, hidden-rules and even some interventions since our childhood, left-handed people are always having some problems during their every-day life. As a fact that their uniqueness and difference, who are from seven to ten percent of the world’s population, many left-handed people are discriminated against today’s society and are forced to use right handed tools (scissors, knives, rulers etc.), drive on the right side of the road (mostly), and even get harassed (do you know that in some cultures, left-handed children are forced to use their right hands while their left one is tied?). International Lefthanders Day is made to end this discrimination.
As Architecture of Life, we are celebrating this well-thought day and want to take you a tour of some left-handed actors, artists, authors, directors, musicians and misc left-handers from all around the world.
Celebrate your right to be left-handed.
Left-handers, unite! o/
Actor / Actress
Drew Barrymore
Kim Basinger
Kenneth Branagh
Bruce Campbell
Jim Carrey
Charlie Chaplin
Tom Cruise
Robert DeNiro
Morgan Freeman
Whoopi Goldberg
Angelina Jolie
Nicole Kidman
Val Kilmer
Marilyn Monroe
Ron Perlman
Brad Pitt
Keanu Reeves
Mickey Rourke
Jerry Seinfeld
Sylvester Stallone
Bruce Willis
Artists
Albrecht Dürer
M.C. Escher
Michelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Authors
Douglas Adams
Hans Christian Andersen
Lewis Carroll
Franz Kafka
Mark Twain
H.G. Wells
Directors
James Cameron
Spike Lee
Christopher Nolan
Ridley Scott
Joss Whedon
Musicians
David Bowie
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
Eminem
Bob Geldof
Jimi Hendrix
Tony Iommi, (Black Sabbath)
Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
George Michael (Wham!)
Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Seal
Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
Sting
Sports etc.
Rafael Nadal
Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Diego Armando Maradona
Ayrton Senna
Miscellaneous Left-Handers
Joan of Arc
Ramses II
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Napoléon Bonaparte
Winston Churchill
Fidel Castro
Bill Clinton
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
Jay Leno
Mahatma Gandhi
Barack Obama
I like it when individuals get together and share
opinions. Great blog, continue the good work!