| Name | Disability | Occupation |
| Alice Beard | dyslexia | author |
| Alicia Keys | depression | pianist, singer-songwriter |
| Andrae Crouch | dyslexia | singer |
| Barbara Jordan | multiple sclerosis | lawyer, educator, politician, civil rights leader |
| Blind Tom Wiggins | blind | music prodigy, pianist, musician |
| Brandon Marshall | borderline personality disorder | football player |
| Chadwick Boseman | colon cancer | actor, playwright |
| Chris Rock | non-verbal learning disorder | comedian, actor, television producer, and filmmaker |
| Christopher Bell | HIV/AIDS | disability studies scholar |
| Clarence Page | ADHD | journalist, columnist |
| Claudia Gordon | deaf | attorney |
| Curtis Pride | deaf | former baseball player |
| Danielle Perez | amputee | comedian, writer, actress |
| Danny Glover | Epilepsy, dyslexia | Actor, producer, and humanitarian |
| David Paterson | legally blind | governor |
| Daymond John | dyslexia | businessman, investor, TV personality, author |
| Diana Elizabeth Jordan | cerebral palsy | actor, producer, director, speaker-storyteller, educator, activist |
| DMX | bipolar disorder, “drug addiction” | rapper, songwriter |
| Dr. Janice Brunstrom | cerebral palsy | neuroscientist, poet |
| Dr. Maya Angelou | childhood selective mutism | poet, memoirist, activist |
| Dr. Nathie Marbury | deaf | instructor, linguist, researcher |
| Dwayne Johnson | depression | actor, wrestler |
| Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson | ADHD, dyslexia | former player and president of operations of the Los Angeles Lakers |
| Emmett Till | polio and subsequent stutter | child lynched in Mississippi for flirting with a white woman |
| Fannie Lou Hamer | permanent limp | activist, community organizer, civil rights leader |
| Haben Girma | Deaf-Blind | activist, lawyer, author, speaker |
| Halle Berry | Type I Diabetes and Hard of Hearing | actor, model |
| Harriet Tubman | suspected epilepsy | abolitionist and political activist |
| Harry Belafonte | dyslexia, ADHD | activist, actor, lyricist, and singer |
| Janet Jackson | depression | singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, record producer |
| Jennifer Lewis | bipolar disorder | actress, comedian, singer, activist |
| Jerry Pinkney | dyslexia | illustrator, writer |
| Johnnie Lacy | polio leading to wheelchair | activist |
| Keah Brown | cerebral palsy | disability rights activist, author, journalist, and writer |
| Keisha Greaves | Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy | fashion designer, podcaster, influencer |
| Kid Cudi | depression, anxiety | singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, record executive |
| Lauren Ridloff | deaf | actor |
| Lisa Nicole Carson | bipolar disorder | actor |
| Lois Curtis | intellectual disability | artist and activist |
| Lolo Spencer | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | actor, style influencer |
| Maya Angelou | childhood mutism, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy | poet, memoirist, activist |
| Michael Jordan | ADHD | businessman, former basketball player |
| Michelle Banks | spinal meningitis, deaf | actor, writer, director, producer, choreography, teacher |
| Michelle Williams | depression | singer, actor |
| Missy Elliott | Graves Disease | singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter |
| Montel Williams | multiple sclerosis | former television host, actor, and motivational speaker |
| Muhammad Ali | dyslexia | boxer, activist, philanthropist |
| Octavia Butler | dyslexia | author |
| Octavia Spencer | dyslexia | actress, author, and producer |
| Ray Charles | blind | singer, songwriter, pianist, composer |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | low vision | singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, comedian, photographer |
| Serena Williams | Pulmonary Embolism and Hematoma | Tennis Champion with 23 Grand Slam Titles |
| Simone Biles | ADHD | Most Decorated Gymnast of All Time |
| Solange Knowles | ADHD | singer, songwriter, record producer, performance artist, and actress |
| Stevie Wonder | Blind, ADHD | singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer |
| Tatiana Lee | spina bifida | actress, model, influencer |
| Toni Braxton | systemic lupus erythematosus | singer, songwriter, pianist, actor, TV personality |
| Vanessa A. Harris, P.E. | bipolar, wheelchair user, cancer survivor | activist, engineer, filmmaker, fashion designer, deejay |
| Venus Williams | Sjögren’s syndrome | Tennis Champion |
| Wayne Brady | depression | actor, singer, comedian, game show host, TV personality |
| Whoopi Goldberg | dyslexia, ADHD | Won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar & Tony Award |
| Will Smith | ADHD | actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter |
| Wilma Rudolph | polio and subsequent leg weakness | sprinter, activist, teacher |
| Yvie Oddly | Ehlers Danlos | drag queen, performer, fashion designer, rapper, and recording artist |
| Zazel O’Garra | brain tumor survivor | dancer, choreographer, actress, model |
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