# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 625
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12482 "2012-10-09T18:55:12Z")
Famous Blind People 1. John Milton 2. Stevie Wonder 3. Helen Keller 4. Ray Charles 5. Homer 6. Louis Braille 7. James Thurber 8. Laura Bridgman 9. David Paterson 10. Galileo Galilei [in his dotage] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12483 "2012-10-09T19:16:30Z")
Famous Blind People 1. John Milton 2. Stevie Wonder 3. Helen Keller 4. Ray Charles 5. Homer 6. Louis Braille 7. James Thurber 8. Laura Bridgman 9. David Paterson 10. Galileo Galilei [in his dotage] 11. Blind Lemon Jefferson Was actually blind. Was not technically a lemon. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12484 "2012-10-09T19:31:17Z")
Famous Blind People 1. John Milton 2. Stevie Wonder 3. Helen Keller 4. Ray Charles 5. Homer 6. Louis Braille 7. James Thurber 8. Laura Bridgman 9. David Paterson 10. Galileo Galilei [ 11. Blind Lemon Jefferson 12. Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12485 "2012-10-09T19:53:59Z")
Famous Blind People 1. John Milton 2. Stevie Wonder 3. Helen Keller 4. Ray Charles 5. Homer 6. Louis Braille 7. James Thurber 8. Laura Bridgman 9. David Paterson 10. Galileo Galilei [ 11. Blind Lemon Jefferson 12. Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman 13. Turlough O’Carolan Next up: Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12486 "2012-10-09T20:31:06Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12487 "2012-10-09T20:37:25Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison (not COMPLETELY deaf, admittedly) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12488 "2012-10-09T20:43:29Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12489 "2012-10-09T20:52:25Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy Though his real name was William, he [referred to himself as “Dummy”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_Hoy#Personal_life) and preferred that people address him thus. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12490 "2012-10-09T21:07:09Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12491 "2012-10-09T21:27:54Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin 7. [Kitty O’Neil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_O%27Neil) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12492 "2012-10-09T21:38:45Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin 7. Kitty O’Neil 8, Heather Whitestone (Miss America 1995) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12493 "2012-10-09T21:48:29Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin 7. Kitty O’Neil 8. Heather Whitestone 9. Juliet Low, founder of the Girl Scouts ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12494 "2012-10-09T22:04:27Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin 7. Kitty O’Neil 8. Heather Whitestone 9. Juliet Low, founder of the Girl Scouts 10. Howard Hughes ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12495 "2012-10-10T02:18:58Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin 7. Kitty O’Neil 8. Heather Whitestone 9. Juliet Low 10. Howard Hughes 11. Alexander Graham Bell ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12496 "2012-10-10T02:30:36Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin 7. Kitty O’Neil 8. Heather Whitestone 9. Juliet Low 10. Howard Hughes 11. Alexander Graham Bell [/QUOTE] 12. Lou Ferrigno ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12497 "2012-10-10T03:12:36Z")
Famous deaf people 1. Ludwig von Beethoven 2. Helen Keller 3. Thomas Edison 4. Rush Limbaugh 5. Dummy Hoy 6. Marlee Maitlin 7. Kitty O’Neil 8. Heather Whitestone 9. Juliet Low 10. Howard Hughes 11. Alexander Graham Bell 12. Lou Ferrigno 13. Halle Berry Next Up: Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12498 "2012-10-10T03:34:35Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia Was interested to learn that Equatorial Guinea doesn’t actually lie on the equator. They lied! They LIED to us! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12499 "2012-10-10T03:58:03Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12500 "2012-10-10T04:04:04Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12501 "2012-10-10T04:05:59Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=624) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=626)