Simian lines

- 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

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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):

Psychic & healer Joralf Gjerstad has a simian line in both hands.

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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):

England flag Tom Hollander - actor, England (both hands: incomplete simian line)

Philippines flag Roi Fabito, a.k.a. "Guava Juice" - Youtuber, Philippines (both hands: disconnected complete simian line)

Scotland flag Steven Moffat - TV producer, Scotland (both hands: complete simian line)

US flag Eddie Huang - chef & businessman, US (both hands: complete simian line)
US flag Megan Mullaly - actress & comedian, US (both hands: disconnected complete simian line)
US flag Paul Rodriguez - actor & comedian, US (both hand: complete simian line)
US flag Rico Rodriguez - actor, US (right hand: complete simian line, left hand: incomplete simian line)
US flag Peter Sarsgaard - actor, US (both hands: disconnected simian line)
US flag Atticus Shaffer (has osteogenesis imperfecta) - actor, US (both hands: complete simian line)
US flag Tony Sirico - actor, US (both hands: incomplete simian line)
US flag 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):


46 Other simian line celebrities with a SINGLE simian line are listed below (names listed by country + last name):

Canada flag Alex Mallari Jr - actor, Canada (right hand: incomplete simian line, left hand: bridge)
Canada flag Drew Scott - actor & entrepreneur, Canada (left hand: incomplete simian line)
Canada flag Jonathan Scott - TV personality, Canada (right hand: incomplete simian line)

China flag Hu Jintao - 6th President of China (right hand: complete simian line)
China flag Zhang Ziyi - actress, China (left hand: complete simian line)

England flag Jamie Bamber - actor, England (right hand: complete simian line)
England flag John Bercow - speaker House of Commons, England (left hand: incomplete simian line)
England flag Lena Headey - actress, England (right hand: incomplete simian line)
England flag Cher Lloyd - singer-songwriter & model, England (left hand: complete simian line)
England flag JeRonelle McGhee - singer, England (right hand: incomplete simian line)
England flag Paul Rodgers - singer-songwriter, England (right hand: complete simian line)
England flag Sophie Turner - actress, England (left hand: incomplete simian line)
England flag James Whale - film director, England (right hand: incomplete simian line)
England flag Marco Pierre White - chef, TV personality, England (left hand: incomplete simian line)

Italy flag Marco Minniti - politician, Italy (left hand: complete simian line)
Italy flag Amedeo Sebastiani ('Amadeus') - presentator, Italy (right hand: complete simian line)
Italy flag Giuseppe Tornatore - film director, Italy (right hand: incomplete simian line)

Mexico flag Fernando Henrique Cardoso - 34th President of Brazil (right hand: incomplete simian line)

North-Korea flag Kim Jong Nam - eldest son of Kim Jong-il, North-Korea (left hand: incomplete simian line)

Pakistan flag Sohail Aman - Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan (right hand: complete simian line)

Philippines flag Bongbong Marcos - politician, Philippines (right hand: incomplete simian line)
Philippines flag Mar Roxas - politician, Philippines (right hand: incomplete simian line)

South-Korea flag Dong Young-Bae, a.k.a. 'Taeyang' and 'Sol' - singer, South-Korea (r-hand: incompl. simian line)

Sweden flag Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, a.k.a. 'PewDiePie'- Youtuber, Sweden (left: complete simian line)
Sweden flag Carl Philip - Prince of Sweden (left: incomplete simian line)

US flag Marty Baller - rapper & songwriter, US (left hand: complete simian line)
US flag Stephen 'tWitch' Boss - hip-hop dancer & actor, US (l-hand: compl. simian line, r-hand: bridge)
US flag Miguel Osorio Chong - Secretary of the Interior, Mexico (right hand: complete simian line)
US flag Andrew Cuomo - 56th Governor of New York, US (right hand: complete simian line)

US flag Bob Denver - comedic actor, US (right hand: incomplete simian line)
US flag Lyn Erhard/Charlotte Chandler - biographer & playwright, US (r-hand: diss. complete simian line)
US flag Ina Garten - author & White House Office staff, US (r-hand: compl. simian line, l-hand: minor bridge)
US flag John Goodman - actor, US (right hand: complete simian line)
US flag Corey Hawkins - actor & singer, US (left hand: complete simian line)
US flag Billy Joel - singer-songwriter, US (left hand: incomplete simian line)
US flag Cheech Marin - actor & comedian, US (right hand: complete simian line)
US flag Floyd Mayweather - boxer, US (right hand: dissociated incomplete simian line)
US flag Leslie Odom - actor & singer, US (right hand: dissociated complete simian line)
US flag Lori Petty - actress & director, US (right hand: dissociatied incomplete simian line)
US flag Lynn Redgrave - actress & director, US (right hand: complete simian line)
US flag Coleen Rowley - FBI agent, US (right hand: complete simian line)
US flag Johnathon Schaech - actor & writer, US (left hand: complete simian line)
US flag Neil Sedaka - singer-songwriter, US (right hand: complete simian line)
US flag Marina Sirtis - actress, US (right hand: dissociated incomplete simian line)
US flag Paul Stanley ('Stanley Bert Eisen') - musician (KISS), US (right hand: incomplete simian line)
US flag 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: Spain flag Spanish actor Pablo Pineda & US flagAmerican 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!


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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 does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Muhammad Ali: American boxer

both hands: normal

Björk does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

Iceland flag Björk: Icelandic singer, songwriter & actress

both hands: normal

Bill Clinton does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Bill Clinton: former US president

both hands: normal [left hand has 'extra-radial crease']

Bob Dylan does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Bob Dylan: American singer-songwriter, artist, and writer

both hands: normal

Albert Einstein does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

German flag Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist

both hands: normal

Mahatma Gandhi does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

India flag Mahatma Gandhi: Indian spiritual leader, civil right activist

both hands: normal [right hand: bridges]

Benny Hill does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

England flag Benny Hill: English comedian & actor

both hands: normal [right hand has 'bridges']

Lauren Hill does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Lauryn Hill: US singer-songwriter

both hands: normal [Suwon line variant in both hands]

Pope Saint John XXIII does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

Italian flag Pope Saint John XXIII: Italian pope

both hands: normal [both hands: minor bridges]

Kevin Costner does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Kevin Costner: American actor

both hands: normal

Jodie Foster does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Jodie Foster American actress, director & producer 2x Oscar winner

both hands: normal

Patti LaBelle does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Patti LaBelle: American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur

both hands: normal [Suwon line variant]

Rosmah Mansor does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

Malaysia flag Rosmah Mansor: 2nd wife of Najib Razak (6th Prime Minister of Malaysia)

both hands: normal

Henry Miller does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

USA flag Henry Miller: American author

both hands: normal [bridges between heart line & head line]

Eddie Murphy does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Eddie Murphy: US comedian / actor

both hands: normal [right hand: heart line only approaches head line]

Seiji Ozawa does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

Japan flag Seiji Ozawa: Japanese conductor

both hands: normal

Ronald Reagan does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Ronald Reagan: former US president, actor

both hands: normal [right hand: bridge]

Charlie Sheen does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Charlie Sheen: American actor

both hands: normal [right hand: head line approaches head line]

Britney Spears does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

US flag Britney Spears: American popstar

both hands: normal [left hand: heart line approaches head line]

Margaret Thatcher does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

England flag Margaret Thatcher: former UK prime minister

both hands: normal [left hand: bridge]

Louis Theroux does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

England flag Louis Theroux: American documentary filmmaker, broadcaster

both hands: normal [right hand: bridge]

Amy Winehouse does not have a simian line in any of both hands.

English flag 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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