Oprah Winfrey

　　The talk－show queen doesn’t need much more to set her apart from the rest.She has her estimated $2.7 billion fortune and a magic ability to sell books just by glancing at them，but she also has the distinction of being a member of the left－handed club.Men are more likely to be left－handed than women，which makes Oprah more impressive.She’s “in good company”：other showbiz ladies of the southpaw persuasion include Whoopi Goldberg，Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie(her husband Brad Pitt is also a lefty)．

　　Napoleon Bonaparte

　　Legend has it that Napoleon objected to the time－honored military practice of marching on the left side of the road with weapons at the ready in the right hand: it put lefties (左撇子) like him at a strategic disadvantage.Once in power，the story goes，the French emperor，whose queen，Josephine，was also a southpaw，ordered his armies to change sides.Civilians in countries he conquered had to do the same.Hence，it’s said that the rules of the road were born，which also explains why the British (who，along with the Prussians，defeated Napoleon at Waterloo) still drive on the left.

　　Marie Curie

　　Not only was atomic scientist Marie Curie left－handed，but she was the matriarch (女家长) of a whole family of accomplished，southpaw scientists.Curie，who discovered the principles of radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes，was married to fellow lefty Pierre Curie，who was playing an important part in helping Marie’s atomic research and shared one of her Nobel awards.Historians believed their daughter，Irene，was also left－handed.Irene went on to win a Nobel Prize of her own with her husband，who，you guessed it，was also left－handed.

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