Subj : Famous Left-Handers
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed Aug 13 2025 22:05:44

Because today is left-handers Day, today's focus is on left-handed celebrities.  Per 
wikitree.com I am:

21 degrees from Prince William Mountbatten-Windsor
20 degrees from Fred Astaire
20 degrees from Joe Clark
22 degrees from Kurt Cobain
21 degrees from Lefty Driesell
17 degrees from James Garfield
18 degrees from Marc Garneau
20 degrees from Glenn Gould
21 degrees from Jimi Hendrix
31 degrees from Ringo Starr
22 degrees from Kiefer Sutherland
36 degrees from Paul Verlaine

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More on each:

William, Prince of Wales

Fred Astaire, dancing extraordinaire

Joe Clark, Canadian Prime Minister

Kurt Cobain, grunge rock innovator and leader of the band, Nirvana

Charles "Lefty" Driesell, one of the most successful college basketball coaches in history

James Garfield, US President

Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and politician

Glenn Gould, eccentric world renown pianist

Jimi Hendrix, psychedelic rock musician

Ringo Starr, drummer for the Beatles and solo rocker
(too bad I am not cousins with Paul McCartney.  He's a lefty as well_

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor

Paul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Decadent movement

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, 
bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, pro hockey players,  singers and
musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers.  I guess that 
I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly 
newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by 
giving me some basic information by going to:

https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history, 
and I would love to see how WE are related.

Mike Dippel
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