Five Famous Stutterers

Moses

When Moses referred to "the knot upon my tongue," Biblical scholars believe he was referring to his stuttering. Whatever the extent of his particular condition, it didn't stop Moses from that little matter of delivering the Ten Commandments.

Hard to believe that the towering orator Winston Churchill suffered from stuttering, one of many interesting details in The King's Speech. Churchill was said to have hummed before his speeches to help overcome the problem.

Hard to believe that the towering orator Winston Churchill suffered from stuttering, one of many interesting details in The King's Speech. Churchill was said to have hummed before his speeches to help overcome the problem.

When Carly Simon struggled with serious stuttering as a child, few would have predicted that she would one day be known for the angelic clarity in her string of hit songs.

Vice President Joe Biden was teased by schoolmates, who taunted him with "B-B-B-Biden." His political career has been free of stammers (including the time he famously dropped the F-bomb while whispering in the President's ear).

With his dashing looks and ease on camera, many might have thought that ABC and, more recently, Fox News anchor John Stossel was a natural. But he had to overcome stuttering even in the earliest days of his career. Today, he has the last word on the topic, having said, "In general, it is better to let them talk it out and try not to get freaked out about it."