Top 10 World Famous Left Handers

By siliconindia | Friday, 15 March 2013, 12:01 Hrs

A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research floated the idea that left-handed men favor "divergent" thinking, a form of creativity in which the brain moves "from conventional knowledge into unexplored association." Maybe that's what it takes to develop a net worth estimated at $61 billion.

#9 Amitabh Bachchan

The ‘angry young man’ of Indian Bollywood who began his illustrious career in 1970’s, is the India’s most popular leftie. Currently in his seventies, Amitabh Bachchan is a very revered and respected man in the world of Indian film making and abroad. He is regarded as the greatest and most influential actor in the history of Indian cinema – so much so that that the French director Francois Truffaut went as far as to call him a "one-man industry”. He is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 37 nominations overall. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He also had a stint in politics in the 1980s. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001 for his contributions towards the arts.