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Give a list of name of famous deaf and blind one-eye persons in the early time (from ancient to 1960s)?

Need to know more information who were those famous people who were deaf and blind one-eye that influenced and/or impact to the world history and its courses in early times (from ancient (pre-BC to 1960s). Inventors, military soldiers, explorers, artists, writers, actors, etc. Anyone knows?

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1. Not sure if you are looking for famous people that are both deaf and blind in one eye, or two separate list. So, here are two lists: one for famous people blind in one eye, and one for famous people who are deaf. People blind in one eye - Louise Ashby (born 1971), American actress and model, lost an eye in a car accident at the age of 21 - Tex Avery (1908–1980), blind in his left eye - Ryan Balton (1989– ), filmmaker, journalist, blind in right eye since birth - Gordon Banks, English Goalkeeper, lost sight in one eye in a car accident - Jón Þor Birgisson (born 1975), lead singer of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós - Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) - Gordon Brown (born 1951), lost the use of his left eye as a boy during a game of rugby. - Bushwick Bill (born 1966), American rapper, member of the Geto Boys, lost an eye during an argument with a girlfriend - Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990), lost his left eye in a car accident in 1954 - Jack Elam, stabbed in left eye with a pencil at a Boy Scout meeting - André De Toth (1912–2002), film director known for his work on House of Wax, a film notable for its 3D effects. Ironically, since he was blind in one eye, De Toth was not himself able to perceive the effects. - Peter Falk (born 1927), lost his right eye at age three as a result of a tumor. - Hannibal (247 BC–183/182 BC), lost one of his eyes during the crossing of the Apennines. - Rex Harrison (1908–1990), blind in one eye as the result of a childhood illness. - Eric Hosking, bird photographer - Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) compiler of the first English dictionary, blind in one eye from childhood - Johnny Jordaan (1924–1989), Dutch singer, lost one eye in a friendly fight during childhood - Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832), German classical composer, lost his right eye at the age of nine in a street accident - Patrick Leahy (born 1940), blind in one eye from birth - Horatio Nelson (1758–1805), lost an eye in battle and later took advantage of his disability. - Kirby Puckett (1960–2006), Baseball Hall of Famer; baseball career ended when he lost the sight in his right eye due to glaucoma - Theodore Roosevelt, blinded in left eye in White House boxing match - Cordwainer Smith (pen name of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), blinded in left eye as a child, vision impaired in right eye by infection - James Grover Thurber - Robert Thurman (born 1941), scholar and author, lost his left eye after a tire iron slipped. - Dick Vitale (born 1939), basketball sportscaster; blind in one eye from a childhood accident - Wesley Walker, Wide Receiver, New York Jets - Rich Williams - E.O. Wilson (born 1929), blind in his right eye from a childhood fishing accident - Xiahou Dun, blinded by arrow during a battle. According to legend, is said to have immediately eaten it. - Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi (1607–1650), most legends state he lost it in a sword sparring session with his father; however, the truth is unknown. Famous Deaf People: - Melville Ballard, American teacher, first undergraduate to receive a degree from Gallaudet College. - Dean Barton-Smith, Australian, decathlon athlete at the 1992 Olympic Games - Ferdinand Berthier, French intellectual, first deaf person to receive the French Legion of Honor. Founder of world's first deaf organization. - Eliza Boardman, American, member of the first class of students in America's first school for the deaf; wife of Laurent Clerc. - Edmund Booth, American publisher, teacher and adventurer. - Julia Brace (1807-1884), early American deafblind student at the Hartford Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. - Deanne Bray, American actress who starred in the TV series Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye. - John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854), American, itinerant artist of the Federalist Period in America. - Laura Bridgman, (1829-1889), American, first deafblind student of Dr. Samuel Howe at the Perkins School for the Blind. - Thomas Lewis Brown American, first deaf person to be elected to a state legislature. Co-founder of first national organization of the deaf. - Laurent Clerc (1785-1869), French-American, co-founder of first school for the deaf in America. First deaf teacher of the deaf in America. - Alice Cogswell, American student who inspired the founding of the first school for the deaf in the United States. - Pierre Desloges (1742-??), French deaf writer and bookbinder. First known deaf person to publish a book. - Theophilus d'Estrella, American artist and first student at San Francisco's Institution for the Deaf. - Sophia Fowler, American, wife of Gallaudet University founder Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. - Edwin A. Hodgson, American, former president of the National Association of the Deaf. - William Elsworth "Dummy" Hoy (1862-1961), American baseball player. - Mabel Hubbard, American, daughter of Gardiner Green Hubbard and wife of Alexander Graham Bell - Helen Keller, American deafblind writer and lecturer. - Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America - Jean Massieu, French deaf intellectual and internationally renowned public figure. World's first deaf teacher of the deaf. - Marlee Matlin, American, Best-Actress award for Children of A Lesser God. - Terence Parkins, South African Deaf swimmer, won silver in the 200m BrS in the 2000 Olympics at Sydney. - Curtis Pride, African-American who became the first deaf baseball player to play a full major-league season in the modern era. He and his wife, Lisa, are actively involved in the Together with Pride foundation, which offers support to deaf children and their families. - Granville Redmond, American painter. - Laura Redden Searing, American journalist and poet. - Howard E. "Rocky" Stone, American, founder of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, now known as Hearing Loss Association of America. - Douglas Tilden, American sculptor. - Job Turner, American educator, first president of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. - Heather Whitestone McCallum, became the first deaf woman to win the title of Miss America.