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John Lee Hooker's Stuttering Highlighted in New Documentary

John Lee Hooker's stutter caught fellow Blues music legend Buddy Guy by surprise, according to a new documentary.
Emily Blunt Stars in New Disney Movie 'Jungle Cruise'

One of the stuttering community's biggest supporters and herself a person who stutters, Emily Blunt, returns to the big screen with the release of Jungle Cruise.
International Conference on Stuttering

The 2021 International Conference on Stuttering will be held Oct. 14-16 in Gubbio, Italy.
Richard Condon

Acclaimed novelist Richard Condon joins the list of little-known celebrities who stutter.
Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb's name appears on some lists of famous people who stutter, but unlike others, there is very little written about Cobb's life as a person who stuttered.
"It Won't Stop You"

Aussie Billionaire Has Message For Kids Who Stutter
Q&A with Philanthropist and Speaker

Justin Blackstone is a an advisor to the Boy Scouts of America National Foundation.
Temperament and Teens

Temperament and the Impact of Stuttering in Children Aged 8-14 Years
Rowan Atkinson

Great Britain's Funniest Man
Challenge & Change

A Look Back at the 12th Annual Oxford Dysfluency Conference

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt's name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David's hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA's All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.

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.

John Melendez

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

Famous People Who Stutter