List of deaf firsts
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This is a list of deaf firsts noting the first time that a deaf person achieved a given historical feat. This list also includes some deafblind persons.
Academics
[edit | edit source]- Ferdinand Berthier, French deaf educator, intellectual and political organiser, first deaf person to receive the Legion of Honour (1849)[1]
- Helen Keller, American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree (1904)[2]
- Pierre Gorman, Australian librarian, academic and educator of children with disabilities, first deaf person to receive a PhD at Cambridge University (1960).[3]
- Geraldine Lawhorn, American musician, actress and instructor, first deafblind African-American person to earn a college degree (1983)[4]
- Irving King Jordan, American educator, first deaf president of Gallaudet University (1988)[5][6]
- Haben Girma, American lawyer and advocate, first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School (2013).[7]
Sports
[edit | edit source]- Ed Dundon, American baseball pitcher and first deaf player in MLB (1883-1884)[8]
- Lance Allred, American basketball forward and first legally-deaf NBA player (2008)[9][10]
Actors
[edit | edit source]- Marlee Matlin, American actress, first deaf winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Children of a Lesser God (1986)
- Troy Kotsur, American actor, first deaf man to win an Academy Award for acting; he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in CODA (2022)[11]
Other
[edit | edit source]- Henry Winter Syle, American cleric, first deaf person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States (1883).[12][13]
- Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, South African politician, first deaf female Member of Parliament in the world[14]
- Heather Whitestone, first deaf woman to win the title of Miss America (1995)[citation needed]
- Heike Heubach, first deaf Member of the German Bundestag (2024)[15]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ "Phi Beta Kappa Members" Archived April 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. The Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK.org). Retrieved March 25, 2020.
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- ^ Brueggemann, B. J. (1995). The Coming out of Deaf Culture and American Sign Language: An Exploration into Visual Rhetoric and Literacy. Rhetoric Review, 13, 409-420.
- ^ Fussman, Cal (1988). The Nonstop Hero. The Washington Post Magazine (December 18, 1988), pp. 20-26, 46-47.
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