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8 CELEBRITIES WHO WENT BLIND, BUT WERE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR FATE!

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Singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer Stevie Wonder is one of the most well known blind celebrities in the world. Wonder was born six weeks premature, which resulted in retinopathy of prematurity, a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach, causing blindness.
Stevie Wonder. The famous musician was born blind due to a rare condition called retinopathy of prematurity. The eye disease can occur in premature babies and is when abnormal blood vessels grow on the retina in the back of the eye. Despite the disease, Wonder is one of the most successful musicians of his time.
Famous People and Fictional Characters Who Were Blind
  • Helen Keller: One of the most well-known blind persons throughout history, Helen Keller was an inspiration to visually impaired people everywhere. ...
  • Louis Braille: There are few names more iconic when talking about the visually impaired than that of Louis Braille.
Galileo was the first to discover the four largest satellites (moons) of Jupiter which were named the Galilean moons in his honor. Galileo had also improved compass design and eventually opposed the geocentric view. His sight started to deteriorate at the age of 68 years old and it eventually led to complete blindness.
When Johnny Depp first swashbuckled across the screen as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” he had a secret – he's blind in one eye and near-sighted in the other.