This is a list of notable individuals who were blind or became blind over the course of their lives. The list is organized into categories based on their notable achievements or contributions.


Activists and organizers of the blind

Adventurers

Artists

Acting and performing

  • Jack Birkett – also known as "Orlando" and "The Incredible Orlando"; camp actor, dancer, mime. Best known for his roles as Borgia Ginz in the Derek Jarman film Jubilee, and as Caliban in Jarman's version of The Tempest. Though his best-known and most prominent roles have been with Jarman, he has had roles in other films, including 1984's The Bride[15] and in televised productions of Shakespeare[16]
  • Dana Elcar – Played Peter Thornton (MacGyver). He lost his vision during this time and it was written into the character's story.[17]
  • S. Robert Morgan – A recurring role in The Wire.[18]
  • Callan Mulvey – (an actor seen in various series as Rush and in movies like Batman Vs Superman) has lost the sight in one eye during an accident.
  • Geraldine Lawhorn – one-woman show performer in New York City.
  • Marilee Talkington – a low vision actress and activist with a retinal disease who starred in See, NCIS, and New Amsterdam.[19]
  • Tommy Edison - Person known as the "Blind Film Critic", being blind since birth.

Music

Visual artists

  • Esref Armagan – Turkish painter, born blind.[72]
  • John Bramblitt – American painter & writer, lost sight in 2001, paints realistically through touch techniques[73] with intense color.
  • Keith Salmon – English painter & sculptor, blind through diabetes retinopathy.[74]

Writers

Other

  • Richard Turner – Close-up card magician
  • Steve Cunningham - British bank worker and «The fastest blind man»[82]

Athletes and sportspersons

Engineers

Mathematicians and scientists

Medical professionals

  • Dr. Satish Amarnath – an Indian medical microbiologist who became totally blind after an acid attack.
  • Jacob Bolotin – the world's first totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine.
  • Tim Cordes – American physician.

Politicians

Political activists

Rulers

Saints

Diplomats

Others

Fictional

  • Daredevil – Blind Marvel Comics superhero
  • Geordi La Forge – was blind since birth, but uses a VISOR and later ocular implants that allow him to see the electromagnetic spectrum. The character was created by Gene Roddenberry – a positive role model for disabled people.
  • Toph Beifong – from the show Avatar: The Last Airbender was born blind, but uses her Earthbending abilities to sense vibrations and "see" things that are in contact with the earth. For this reason, she hates flying and sailing, as she lacks contact with the ground and is truly blind.
  • Reader – a blind inhuman who has the ability to make anything he reads manifest into reality. He needs to sleep in between uses of his powers.
  • Tommy – titular character of the album of the same name by The Who. His blindness, along with his deafness and muteness, are actually psychosomatic.
  • Phillip Enright – Main character of The Cay who becomes temporarily blind due to a concussion.
  • Jerec – A Star Wars character who served Emperor Palpatine as an Inquisitor. A Miraluka, he was born without eyes.
  • Snap - A character from ChalkZone
  • Tahl – A love interest of Qui-Gon Jinn, was rendered blind after being held captive. However, with the use of the Force, she was able to compensate for her blindness.
  • Halcyon "Hal" Green – a character from the short story "The Diary of Luke Castellan" of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, was a blind seer who antagonist Luke Castellan befriended long before his fall from grace.
  • Master Po – from the Kung Fu TV series.
  • Garrett – from Quest for Camelot, a love interest of Kayley, was rendered blind after being struck accidentally by a horse during a stable fire. But uses his skills he learnt from Ayden, a silver-winged falcon, to survive whilst living in the Forbidden Forest.
  • Snake – from Zero Escape, a blind man forced into a Nonary Game.
  • Terezi Pyrope - from Homestuck, a main character in the webcomic, who is blind, but can process the world through scent and taste.

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