This is a list of deaf firsts noting the first time that a deaf person achieved a given historical feat. This list also includes some deafblind persons.

Academics

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Sports

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  • Ed Dundon, American baseball pitcher and first deaf player in MLB (1883-1884)[8]
  • Lance Allred, American basketball forward and first legally-deaf NBA player (2008)[9][10]

Actors

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Other

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ministère de la culture - Base Léonore". www2.culture.gouv.fr.
  2. ^ "Phi Beta Kappa Members" Archived April 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. The Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK.org). Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Gregory, Alan (4 October 2006). "'Australia's Helen Keller'". The Age. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ^ "People". Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. 99. New York: 506–8. August 2005 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Brueggemann, B. J. (1995). The Coming out of Deaf Culture and American Sign Language: An Exploration into Visual Rhetoric and Literacy. Rhetoric Review, 13, 409-420.
  6. ^ Fussman, Cal (1988). The Nonstop Hero. The Washington Post Magazine (December 18, 1988), pp. 20-26, 46-47.
  7. ^ "Haben Girma – The Journey from Self-Advocate to Legal Advocate to Educator". American Bar Association. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  8. ^ McKenna, Brian. "Ed Dundon". sabr.org. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  9. ^ "The Lance Allred Story - Part 1: Breaking the legally-deaf barrier in the NBA". July 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "Photos: First deaf NBA player shares story overcoming obstacles". Deseret News. March 13, 2018.
  11. ^ Barco, Mandalit del (2022-03-27). "CODA's Troy Kotsur is now the first Deaf man to win an Oscar for acting". NPR. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  12. ^ Leslie, Frank; Deems, Charles Force; Thomas De Witt Talmage (25 January 1886). Talmage, Thomas De Witt (ed.). Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine (PDF). New York, NY: Frank Leslie's Publishing House. p. 434. ISBN 978-1246600933. Retrieved 1 December 2015. The first deaf mute clergyman in the United States was the Rev Henry WL Syle who was ordained deacon by Bishop Stevens of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in October 1876 and advanced to the priesthood in 1883
  13. ^ "Henry Winter Syle". Gallaudet University. Gallaudet University. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Owners of Mandela 'fake' interpreter firm 'vanish'". BBC News. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  15. ^ "German parliament welcomes its first deaf lawmaker". The Independent. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-04-04.