5. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882 – 1945
Number 5 on our list of majorly successful people with disabilities is President Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR was one of the most popular US presidents and the only one who won 4 presidential elections. Even more astonishing is the fact that he won them while being paralyzed from the waist down. The paralysis was brought by polio, which Roosevelt contracted in 1921. Roosevelt was able to stand (and even walk for a few steps) by using the cumbersome metal braces that locked his knees. He still went on to win WW2 and a place in world history.
