Famous People with Cleft Palate

Historical

Tutankhamen:
Egyptian Pharaoh who may have had a cleft lip according to diagnostic imaging.

Doc Holliday:
Dentist, gambler and gunfighter of the American Old West frontier.

Tad Lincoln:
Fourth and youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln.

Thomas Malthus:
18th and 19th Century English demographer and political economist

Modern

Carmit Bachar:
American dancer and singer.
Jesse Jackson:
American politician, professional civil rights activist and Baptist minister.
Peyton Manning:
Famous NFL Quarterback.
Joaquin Phoenix:
American Actor, Born in Puerto Rico.
Geoff Plant:
Canadian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of British Columbia.
Lee Raymond:
American business executive – former CEO and Chairman of ExxonMobil.
Louis Wain:
English artist, best known for his drawings featuring anthropomorphised large-eyed cats.
Jürgen Habermas:
German philosopher and sociologist.
Cheech Marin:
American actor and comedian.
Richard Hawley:
English guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer.
Michael Helm:
Canadian novelist.
Stacy Keach:
American actor and narrator.
Tim Lott:
English novelist.
Ljubo Milicevic:
Australian football (soccer) player.
Nikki Payne:
Canadian comedian and actress.

The popular belief that Joaquin Phoenix has a repaired cleft lip is mistaken. The mark on his lip is a microform, an almost-cleft that healed itself in utero. If the tissues join up just enough to create correct bone and muscle tissues, no corrective surgery is required, as was the case with Phoenix.