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Rowan Atkins: Great Britain's Funniest Man

Marilyn Monroe

NFL Star Adrian Peterson

Steve Harvey

Budd Schulberg

Puritan Leader Cotton Mather

General Battled Stuttering

Actor Sam Neill Talks About Stuttering

Singer Rocks On

James Rodriguez is a Star

Paul Young's "Everytime You Go Away" Still a Hit

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Singing a 'Safe Haven' for Marc Anthony

Bollywood Star Talks About His Stuttering

Ann Wilson: Rock Star Tells Her Personal Story

Actors Who Stutter Provide Inspiration

Garth Gates: Unchained Melody

Hoagland: Writing Wild 

Sophie Gustafson Tees Off with Courage

Rowan Atkinson: Who Knew? Mr Bean?

Dominick and John Gregory Dunne: Famous Brothers Didn't Let Stuttering Stop Them 

Lewis Carroll

Byron Pitts: Stuttering Didn't Silence the News

Look Who's Talking: It's Bruce Willis

Travis Kruck: Hip Hop Rap Artist Finds His Voice 

Rory Storm: The story of an almost famous singer

An interview with actor Eric Roberts

B.B. King & John Lee Hooker: Blues Legends Have Many Things in Common

BTO's Song is Unique

I Kid You Not! Paar is an Inspiration to Others

Eric and Julia Roberts Share Many Things: Including Stuttering

Singer Bill Withers Overcame Stuttering

Dave Taylor: Former Hockey Player Inspires On and Off Ice

Movie Star Emily Blunt Talks About Stuttering

Cuban Author Frequently Wrote About Stuttering

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Listen to a podcast.

Darren Sproles

Darren Sproles, a former player for The Philadelphia Eagles, the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers, made history in 2007 when he became the first player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt for his first two NFL touchdowns in the same game. In 2021, he was selected to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

Famous People Who Stutter

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