When is Left-Handers Day?
International Left-Handers Day is August 13.
Why is Left-Handers Day celebrated?
Left-Handers Day is celebrated to honor left-handed people as well as to raise awareness of the everyday struggles they overcome just by existing.
How do people celebrate National Left-Handers Day?
On Left-Handers Day, it’s encouraged for right-handed people to do activities with their left hand that they normally take for granted. It’s harder than you think!
What are the disadvantages of being left-handed?
Simple things that many of us take for granted—for example, buttoning a shirt, wearing an oven mitt, ironing, using a computer mouse, eating with a full place setting or cutting with scissors—can be tricky for left-handed people, because most items are made for right-handed use. There may also be a wage gap between right- and left-handed people. A Harvard study reported that left-handed people earn, on average, between 10% and 12% less income per year than right-handed people. Male left-handed people earn about $2,500 less than their righty peers, while left-handed women may earn $3,600 less than female southpaws. There may be other correlated factors at play: Left-handed people are more likely to do physical labor and less likely to graduate from college. Lefties may also be more prone to ADHD, dyslexia and certain mood disorders, and some data show that lefties actually (gulp) die earlier than righties.
Is it special to be left-handed?
Everyone is special in their own way. That said, fewer left-handed people exist than right-handed people, so by the numbers, it is a relatively special trait.
Do left-handers think differently?
They might! Studies have shown that left-handers may be more skilled in divergent thinking, which may account for why so many amazing artists are lefties. Some studies also show that lefties may hear slowly-changing sounds differently than right-handed people.
Do left-handers have higher IQs?
While studies vary, Bloombergreported that left-handed people are more likely than right-handed people to have an IQ above 131.
Are lefties more clumsy?
Lefties are statistically more likely to get injured in certain kinds of accidents. However, that isn’t necessarily an indicator that lefties are more clumsy than right-handed people, largely because so many tools and everyday items—that can potentially cause harm if anything were to go awry—are made with right-handed use in mind.
What are the benefits of being left-handed?
Lefties are statistically more likely to pass their driving test on their first try, are often faster typists and may be better at multitasking.
Do lefties have bad memory?
Au contraire! Some studies have shown that lefties actually demonstrate better memory than right-handed people, especially in regards to events.
Are left-handers good at math or are left-handers bad at math?
Studies suggest that left-handed males score better on math exams than left-handed females or right-handed peers.
What causes a person to be left-handed?
The causes of left-handedness are debated, and none are considered 100% accurate at this point in time. That said, there are theories that genetics, sex (males tend to be left-handed more than females) and fetal development may make lefties, while southpaws can also form by modeling after their parents or simply adjusting to using their left hand.
Are lefties more successful?
That depends on how you define success. Numerous recent presidents have been left-handed, for example, but many left-handed people earn less money than their right-handed peers.
What is another name for a left-handed person?
You can call a left-handed person a lefty or a southpaw.
What percentage of people are left-handed?
Studies have shown that approximately 10% of people worldwide are left-handed.
Are lefties better musicians? Who are left-handed musicians?
While whether lefties are better musicians is rather subjective, The Guardianreports that there may be science to back up one particular fact: Lefties and ambidextrous people tend to be into more obscure music. That is a handy trait to have when you want to be creative and do something outside the box with your sound! These are all left-handed musicians:
MozartDavid BowieJimi HendrixCardi BPaul McCartneyRingo StarrKurt CobainJustin BieberAnnie LennoxStingPaul SimonBarry GibbPhil CollinsTommy IommiTim ArmstrongBob GeldofEminemLady GagaRicky MartinNoel GallagherSealAlbert KingOtis RushDuane AllmanTiny TimKris RoeMichael Fry
Who are famous left-handed people?
There are so many left-handed celebrities! Here are just a few.
Left-Handed Politicians and Political Figures
President Barack ObamaPresident Bill ClintonPresident George H.W. BushPresident Gerald FordPresident Harry TrumanPresident James GarfieldSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgWinston Churchill
Left-Handed Artists, Inventors, Scientists, Moguls and Philosophers
Bill GatesOprah WinfreySteve JobsMark ZuckerbergHenry FordNikola TeslaMarie CurieLeonardo Da VinciMichelangelo BuonarotiNeil ArmstrongNapoleon BonaparteJulius CaesarAristotleHelen Keller
Left-Handed Actors and Directors
Goldie HawnBen StillerDrew BarrymoreRobert De NiroKim BasingerBruce WillisMorgan FreemanJennifer LawrenceSeth RogenTina FeyJeremy RennerHugh JackmanJennifer SaundersTim AllenWill FerrellDan AykroydWhoopi GoldbergJim CarreyScarlett JohanssonMark WahlbergLisa KudrowRon PerlmanKenneth BranaghSarah Jessica ParkerMartin FreemanGordon RamsayJulianne MooreKeanu ReevesChristian SlaterRichard DreyfussDiane KeatonJerry SeinfeldMarilyn MonroeBrad PittJulia RobertsTom CruiseAngelina JolieMatt GroeningCharlie ChaplinSpike LeeMatt DillonNicole KidmanMatthew BroderickSylvester StalloneJames CromwellMary-Kate OlsenVal KilmerAshley OlsenPierce BrosnanJudy GarlandJames CameronKate HudsonMark HamillRebel WilsonOwen Wilson
Left-Handed Athletes
Diego Armando MaradonaPeleMartina NavratilovaBabe RuthMark SpitzOscar De La HoyaPhil MickelsonRafael NadalJohn McEnroe
Next, check out these 100 self-care quotes to make sure you treat yourself well—whether you’re a righty or a lefty!
