- 80+ Famous simian lines, including 4 Academy Award nominees! -
Even though the simian line is relatively rare among celebrities & famous people, some of them do have the single palmar transverse crease: 80+ reports are presented below, but only 15 reports involve a simian line in both hand!
The top 5 most well-known celebrities with a simian line in both hands are:
• Tony Blair (former UK Prime Minister)
• Ferdinand Marcos (former President of Philippines)
• Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (King of Saudi Arabia)
• Rainn Wilson (American actor, Emmy Award nominee)
• Takashi Murakami (Japanese artist)
Also, very well-known celebrities with a simian line in just one hand are these 4 Academy Award/Oscar winners- & nominees:
• Robert De Niro (American actor, Oscar winner)
• Anthony Hopkins (Welsh actor, Oscar winner)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (English actor, Oscar nominee)
• Joaquin Phoenix (American actor, Oscar nominee)
Other relatively well-known celebrities with a simian line in just one hand are:
Armin van Buuren (Dutch DJ), Matthew Broderick (American actor), Hillary Clinton (former US president candidate), Alain Delon (French actor), Nigel Farage (British politician), Ethan Hawke (American actor), Lee Kuan Yew (first Prime Minister of Singapore), Meghan Markle (wife of Prince Harry from Wales), Michael Moore (American documentary maker), Tony Robbins (American motivational speaker), Thom Yorke (English musician), Jessie J (English singer-songwriter) + others!
The full list of the 80+ simian crease celebs is presented below; 25 cases photo are featured with photo impressions for both hands of each simian line celeb!
TIP: how to recognize a simian line properly?
(13 sub-sections for the simian line are presented below)
NOTE: Quite a few false claims have been made in the past involving famous people who do not really have a simian line; for this reason a summary of 40+ false/alleged claims which have often been parroted on the internet (especially in some Facebook groups run by people with a simian line) is also presented.
In 'disconnected' simian lines a connection with the life line is missing; they are much more rare than 'connected' simian lines
SIMIAN LINE INDEX (13 sub-sections):
INTRO: The simian line: a minor physical anomaly!
• HOW TO RECOGNIZE Simian Lines?
• WHY THE NAME Simian Line?
• HISTORY of the Simian Line
• ETHNICITY & the Simian Line
• HEALTH & the Simian Line
• PSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: the Simian Line
• BIG FIVE PROFILING: personality & Simian Line
• PSYCHODYNAMIC PROFILES: the Simian Line
• HAND SIGN TUTOR: Simian Line - quick summary
• FAMOUS PEOPLE with Simian Lines [80+ celebs]
• PROJECTS related to the Simian Line
• ONLINE READINGS for the Simian Line
• SYNONYMS for the Simian Line
19 Celebrities with a DOUBLE simian line!
Especially in the Western world, few celebrities have a simian line in both hands; 19 double simian crease celebs are listed below (incl. 8 celebs with a photo):
Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister
left hand: complete simian line,
right hand: complete simian line
Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines
left hand: complete simian line,
right hand: complete simian line
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, former King of Saudi Arabia
left hand: complete simian line,
right hand: complete simian line
Rainn Wilson, US actor/comedian & producer
r-hand: complete simian line,
l-hand: incomplete simian line
Joralf Gjerstad ('Snåsamannen')
Norwegian psychic & fait healer
r-hand: complete simian line,
l-hand: incomplete simian line
11 Other simian line celebrities with a DOUBLE simian line are listed below (names listed by country + last name):
Tom Hollander - actor, England (both hands: incomplete simian line)
Roi Fabito, a.k.a. "Guava Juice" - Youtuber, Philippines (both hands: disconnected complete simian line)
Steven Moffat - TV producer, Scotland (both hands: complete simian line)
Eddie Huang - chef & businessman, US (both hands: complete simian line)
Megan Mullaly - actress & comedian, US (both hands: disconnected complete simian line)
Paul Rodriguez - actor & comedian, US (both hand: complete simian line)
Rico Rodriguez - actor, US (right hand: complete simian line, left hand: incomplete simian line)
Peter Sarsgaard - actor, US (both hands: disconnected simian line)
Atticus Shaffer (has osteogenesis imperfecta) - actor, US (both hands: complete simian line)
Tony Sirico - actor, US (both hands: incomplete simian line)
Clifford Smith, a.k.a. 'Method Man' - rapper, US (both hands: disconnected complete simian line)
66 Celebrities with a SINGLE simian line!
Most celebrities with a simian line have it in just one hand (66 simian crease celebs are listed below, - incl. 20 celebs with a photo):
Barbara Levy Boxer, former US politician [House of Represent.]
Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ (most popular DJ in 2007-2010)
Hillary Clinton, former US presidential candidate
Benedict Cumberbatch, UK actor 1x Oscar nominee
Nigel Farage, UK politician & political analyst
Darren Hayes, AUS singer-songwriter [Savage Garden]
Jessie J [Jessica Ellen Cornish], UK singer-songwriter
Tony Kornheiser, US sportswriter & talkshow host
Meghan Markle, US Actress, wife of Prince Harry (Wales)
Michael Moore, US documentary filmmaker/activist
Joaquin Phoenix, US actor
2x Oscar nominee
right hand: disconnected compl. simian line (left hand: normal)
Tony Robbins, US motivational speaker, life coach, author
Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of the Singapore
Thom Yorke, UK musician, leadsinger of 'Radiohead'
right hand: incomplete simian line (left hand: normal [short, irregular heart line])
46 Other simian line celebrities with a SINGLE simian line are listed below (names listed by country + last name):
Alex Mallari Jr - actor, Canada (right hand: incomplete simian line, left hand: bridge)
Drew Scott - actor & entrepreneur, Canada (left hand: incomplete simian line)
Jonathan Scott - TV personality, Canada (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Hu Jintao - 6th President of China (right hand: complete simian line)
Zhang Ziyi - actress, China (left hand: complete simian line)
Jamie Bamber - actor, England (right hand: complete simian line)
John Bercow - speaker House of Commons, England (left hand: incomplete simian line)
Lena Headey - actress, England (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Cher Lloyd - singer-songwriter & model, England (left hand: complete simian line)
JeRonelle McGhee - singer, England (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Paul Rodgers - singer-songwriter, England (right hand: complete simian line)
Sophie Turner - actress, England (left hand: incomplete simian line)
James Whale - film director, England (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Marco Pierre White - chef, TV personality, England (left hand: incomplete simian line)
Marco Minniti - politician, Italy (left hand: complete simian line)
Amedeo Sebastiani ('Amadeus') - presentator, Italy (right hand: complete simian line)
Giuseppe Tornatore - film director, Italy (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso - 34th President of Brazil (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Kim Jong Nam - eldest son of Kim Jong-il, North-Korea (left hand: incomplete simian line)
Sohail Aman - Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan (right hand: complete simian line)
Bongbong Marcos - politician, Philippines (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Mar Roxas - politician, Philippines (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Dong Young-Bae, a.k.a. 'Taeyang' and 'Sol' - singer, South-Korea (r-hand: incompl. simian line)
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, a.k.a. 'PewDiePie'- Youtuber, Sweden (left: complete simian line)
Carl Philip - Prince of Sweden (left: incomplete simian line)
Marty Baller - rapper & songwriter, US (left hand: complete simian line)
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss - hip-hop dancer & actor, US (l-hand: compl. simian line, r-hand: bridge)
Miguel Osorio Chong - Secretary of the Interior, Mexico (right hand: complete simian line)
Andrew Cuomo - 56th Governor of New York, US (right hand: complete simian line)
Bob Denver - comedic actor, US (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Lyn Erhard/Charlotte Chandler - biographer & playwright, US (r-hand: diss. complete simian line)
Ina Garten - author & White House Office staff, US (r-hand: compl. simian line, l-hand: minor bridge)
John Goodman - actor, US (right hand: complete simian line)
Corey Hawkins - actor & singer, US (left hand: complete simian line)
Billy Joel - singer-songwriter, US (left hand: incomplete simian line)
Cheech Marin - actor & comedian, US (right hand: complete simian line)
Floyd Mayweather - boxer, US (right hand: dissociated incomplete simian line)
Leslie Odom - actor & singer, US (right hand: dissociated complete simian line)
Lori Petty - actress & director, US (right hand: dissociatied incomplete simian line)
Lynn Redgrave - actress & director, US (right hand: complete simian line)
Coleen Rowley - FBI agent, US (right hand: complete simian line)
Johnathon Schaech - actor & writer, US (left hand: complete simian line)
Neil Sedaka - singer-songwriter, US (right hand: complete simian line)
Marina Sirtis - actress, US (right hand: dissociated incomplete simian line)
Paul Stanley ('Stanley Bert Eisen') - musician (KISS), US (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Steve Wilkos - TV personality, US (right hand: incomplete simian line, left hand: bridge)
NOTE: Due to the well-known connected between trisomy 21 and the simian line, well-known people with Down syndrome
(such as: 
Spanish actor Pablo Pineda & American model Katie Meade)
are not included in the list above.
A curiosity involves the fact that 4 Oscar-nominees are included in the list above involving a SINGLE simian line; in 2 cases it involves a 'dissociated' simian line (it has no connection with the thenar crease - a.k.a. 'life line'). Another rather remarkable fact is that the 2 Oscar winners belong to a very small group of only 5 top-actors who have received the "Cecil B. DeMille Award", the Golden Globe oeuvre award for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment": Anthony Hopkins [2006] & Robert De Niro [2011].
Jodie Foster [2013] also belongs to this superb group of five actors; even though her hands have been described to bare a simian line, there is no evidence for this claim at all: Jodie Foster actually belongs to the group 'alleged' (false) reports!
48 Alleged (false) simian line reports: these celebs do NOT have a simian line!
Even though there are other famous people (not listed) who have a simian line, there also many celebrity names circulating that became on false grounds associated with the simian line. For this reason a small collection of photo materials (+ a list with other names) is presented below describing some of the (false) claims made on various websites/forums/groups for famous people who do NOT have a simian line in any of both hands:
Muhammad Ali: American boxer
both hands: normal
Björk: Icelandic singer, songwriter & actress
both hands: normal
Bill Clinton: former US president
both hands: normal [left hand has 'extra-radial crease']
Bob Dylan: American singer-songwriter, artist, and writer
both hands: normal
Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist
both hands: normal
Mahatma Gandhi: Indian spiritual leader, civil right activist
both hands: normal [right hand: bridges]
Benny Hill: English comedian & actor
both hands: normal [right hand has 'bridges']
Lauryn Hill: US singer-songwriter
both hands: normal [Suwon line variant in both hands]
Pope Saint John XXIII: Italian pope
both hands: normal [both hands: minor bridges]
Kevin Costner: American actor
both hands: normal
Jodie Foster American actress, director & producer 2x Oscar winner
both hands: normal
Patti LaBelle: American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur
both hands: normal [Suwon line variant]
Rosmah Mansor: 2nd wife of Najib Razak (6th Prime Minister of Malaysia)
both hands: normal
Henry Miller: American author
both hands: normal [bridges between heart line & head line]
Eddie Murphy: US comedian / actor
both hands: normal [right hand: heart line only approaches head line]
Seiji Ozawa: Japanese conductor
both hands: normal
Ronald Reagan: former US president, actor
both hands: normal [right hand: bridge]
Charlie Sheen: American actor
both hands: normal [right hand: head line approaches head line]
Britney Spears: American popstar
both hands: normal [left hand: heart line approaches head line]
Margaret Thatcher: former UK prime minister
both hands: normal [left hand: bridge]
Louis Theroux: American documentary filmmaker, broadcaster
both hands: normal [right hand: bridge]
Amy Winehouse: UK singer-songwriter
both hands: normal [right hand: bridge between heart line and head line]
27 Other celebrities featured in false reports are:
• Chuck Berry (left hand: pseudo-bridge)
• Lilly Collins (right hand: splitting head line)
• Edison Chen (both hands: bridge, falling heart line)
• Jermain Coleman, 'Maino' (right hand: weak head line)
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left hand: weak bridge, broken heart line)
• Joshua Hunter, Idols 'JChosen' (r-hand: long heart line)
• Dane Cook (left hand: minor bridge)
• Lisa Edelstein (right hand: faint head line)
• Art Garfunkel (both hands: bridge)
• Keith Habersberger (both hands: normal)
• Bill Haley (right hand: narrow quadrangle)
• Allen Iverson (right hand: falling heart line)
• Salman Khan (left hand: falling heart line)
• Shakib Khan (right hand: bridge)
• Shin Koyamada (left hand: falling heart line)
• Shin Lim (left hand: narrow quadrangle)
• Imelda Markos (both hands: bridge)
• Robert Mitchum (left hand: bridge)
• Wanya Morris (both hands: irregular headline)
• Jimmy Page (r-hand: bridge, l-hand: falling heart line)
• River Phoenix (both hands: bridge)
• Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (left hand: bridge)
• Keanu Reeves (right hand: incomplete bridge)
• Gustavo Adolfo Rol (left hand: bridge)
• John Salley (both hands: bridge)
• Aftab Shivdasani (right hand: falling heart line)
• Frances de la Tour (both hands: bridge)
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