Famous South-Paws

Presidents

1. Ronald Reagan
2. George H. W. Bush
3. Bill Clinton
4. Barack Obama

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Women

1. Queen Victoria of England
2. Oprah Winfrey
3. Helen Keller
4. Marcia Clark
5. Judy Garland
6. Joan of Arc
7. Melissa Manchester
8. Carol Burnett
9. Fran Drescher
10. Greta Garbo 
11. Whoopie Goldberg       
12. Betty Grable
13. Goldie Hawn
14. Angelina Jolie    
15. Diane Keaton      
16. Nicole Kidman          
17. Marilyn Monroe

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Men

1. Benjamin Franklin
2. Julius Caesar
3. Henry Ford
4. Richard Simmons
5. Jay Leno
6. Glen Campbell
7. Matt Groening
8. Ted Koppel
9. David Letterman
10. John F. Kennedy, Jr
11. Pat Robertson
12. Alexander the Great

Musicians

1. Paul McCartney
2. Tiny Tim
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Isaac Hayes
5. Kurt Cobain
6. George Michael
7. Bela Fleck
8. Lou Rawls
9. Paul Simon
10. Glenn Frey
11. Rudy Valee
12. Crystal Gayle
13. Natale Cole
14. Robert Plant

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Criminals

1. John Wesley Hardin
2. Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DeSalvo)
3. John Dillinger
4. Jack-the-Ripper

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How Left-Handed People Were Treated In Earlier Times

In earlier times left-handed people were looked down upon.  Many of them were thought to be evil and were tortured and killed.

Some Facts On Being Left-Handed

We can see more easier underwater.  Societies pioneers were often left-handed.  Left-handed people have the advantage when it comes to fighting, because no one knows where the punches are coming from.  Many famous artists and musicians are left-handed.  There are over 30 million left-handed people in the United States.  Vegetarians are more likely to be left handed.  The left tusk of the can grow to the link of nine feet, spiraling in a counterclockwise direction.  During the Renaissance, painters would switch to the left-hand.

The Genetics Of Being Left-Handed

1. One in ten people are left-handed. 
2. 26% of children from two left-handed parents will be left-handed.
3. 9% of children from two right-handed parents will be left-handed.
4. 75% of children from two left-handed parents will be right-handed.
5. 2% of left-handed children will have left-handed parents.
6. Mothers who have children later in life are more likely to have a left-handed child.
7. Women between the ages of 30 and 35 are more likely to have left-handed children.

International Left Handers Day is August 13!

On August 13,1992 International Left Handers Day was launched.  An annual event where left-handers everywhere can celebrate their uniqueness and increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed. 

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This event is celebrated worldwide.  In the U.K. there are thier are 20 events to mark the day.  These events have contributed to the awareness of left-handed life, even product designers have jumped on the band wagon and started to modify thier products for us.  Left-handed people make up ten percent of the worlds poplulation.