List of people with heterochromia

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This is a list of notable people who have been documented as having heterochromia iridis, a condition when the irises have different colours.

Actors

• Gracie Allen^[1][2]
• Dan Aykroyd^[3][4]
• Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey^[5]
• Elizabeth Berkley^[6]
• Kate Bosworth^[4][7][8]
• Henry Cavill^[4][8]
• Garrett Clayton^[9]
• Benedict Cumberbatch^[10]
• Robert Downey, Jr.^[6]
• Norma Eberhardt^[11]
• Alice Eve^[8][12]
• James Forde^[13]
• Alyson Hannigan^[6]
• Josh Henderson^[8][14]
• Liam James^[15]
• Mila Kunis^[4][8][16]
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers^[4][17]
• Colleen Moore^[18]
• Simon Pegg^[4][8]
• Joe Pesci^[6]
• Jane Seymour^{[3][4][8][19]}
• Dominic Sherwood^[20]
• Kiefer Sutherland^[4][21]
• Christopher Walken^[4][22][23]
• Olivia Wilde^[6]

Athletes and coaches

• Shawn Horcoff^[24]
• Oded Kattash^[25]
• Ilya Kovalchuk^[26]
• Jens Pulver^[27][28]
• Max Scherzer^[29][30]
• Michael Schwimer^[6]
• Shane Warne^[31]

Authors, poets and writers

• Les Murray^[32]
• Pacho O'Donnell^[33]

Dancers

• Michael Flatley^[4][34]

Musicians and singers

• David Bowie^{[35][36][37][38][39]}

(Bowie's status was ambiguous. Some sources indicate that Bowie's appearance resulted only from a permanently dilated pupil, and not from heterochromia.^[4][21] This condition is known as anisocoria.)

• Tim McIlrath^[40]

Politicians

• Alexander the Great^[4][41][42]
• Anastasius I of the Byzantine Empire^[42][43]
• Harry M. Daugherty^[44]

Scientists

• Louis Émile Javal^[45]

Other

• David Headley, AKA "Daood Sayed Gilani"^[46]

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