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Meet Shalom Goodman

"I don't like the term successful, since most people equate success with money. I feel that success is the constant struggle to do what is right."
Creed Bratton

When people who stutter watch The Office, they can take pride in knowing that this multi-talented individual is a fellow person who stutters.
Peggy Lipton: Hollywood Icon & Stuttering Pioneer

She was one of the first modern women celebrities who was open about her stuttering and a definite role model.
Most Exciting Thing in the Stuttering Community: Van Riper Tapes

While the recordings are several decades old, the ideas are anything but outdated.
What is Stuttering?

A Close Look at the Actual Speech Disruptions
Meet Mitch Guerra from Survivor

"You have to surround yourself with people who are going to encourage you to do the crazy things that no one thinks are possible."
Fall 2025 Magazine

Meet Mitch Guerra from Survivor, read letters from kids, and much more in our latest edition.
Spreading the Word About Stuttering in the Nation's Capital

During the ASHA Convention, most resources in the online store are 50% off!
Brandon Kelly on George Springer: "He never, ever gave up"

"Don't let anybody or anything get in the way of who you are and who you want to be."
Remembering William P. "Bill" Murphy

He leaves a profound legacy for the stuttering community to treasure.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Bob Love

The late Bob Love dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his "talking" on the basketball court.

John Melendez

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

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.

Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe, according to Wikipedia, is known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2025) by her death in 1962.

Famous People Who Stutter