International Lefthanders Day 2022: International Day of the Left is celebrated every year on 13 August to honor the uniqueness of left-handed people around the world. The day celebrates papaya, the medical term for the left hand, and aims to create awareness of the benefits and pitfalls that right-handers face in a world designed to be right-handed. According to estimates, only 10-12 percent of the world’s population is leftist. On International Left Wing Day 2022, let’s take a look at some of the famous rightists from around the world.
- Ratan Tata
Indian industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata is a well-known leftist. In a TV interview a few years ago, the chairman of Tata Trusts claimed that while taking piano lessons, he had a problem because he “couldn’t join his left hand to do something different with his right”. Until 2015, Tata’s Trust used to offer scholarships to Indian left-handed students. - Barack Obama
Barack Obama, the first African American President of the United States of America, is left-handed. It is interesting to note that the US has a long list of presidents who were right-wing. It includes James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and Bill Clinton. - Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founding president and CEO, is another left-hander making it big. Zuckerberg revolutionized the way people used the Internet with the launch of the social networking website Facebook. - tom cruise
Popular American actor Tom Cruise who is one of the biggest names in Hollywood is left handed. In his career spanning over 4 decades, the actor has featured in several successful films such as Mission: Impossible Series, Jack Reacher, Vanilla Sky and The Mummy. - Oprah Winfrey
TV personality, Oprah Winfrey often referred to as the “Queen of all media”, is also a part of this list. Born into poverty, Oprah worked her way up to become one of the richest African Americans of the 20th century. - Bill Gates
Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, needs no introduction. Gates, who has long dominated the list of the richest people, is a renowned technocrat
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