who famous is an aspie?

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Thomas Jefferson
Leonardo Di Vinci

I swear I've heard some where that the Roman Emperor Claudius may have been on the spectrum.

Erik Satie, Captain Beefheart?

Satie showed a distinctive, bizarre sense of humour, like naming his pieces things like "The Dreamy Fish" and "Ode To One's Playmate Who Has A Big Head". However, when people used to laugh at stuff he did like that, he was downhearted about it. He had ideas way ahead of his time, extending into ambient and minimalist music as well as other art forms. He made up, twisted and lumped words togther to fashion titles for his pieces that only had meaning to him. He was an alcoholic, maybe he was depressed, trying to drink the pain away?

When I've seen Beefheart getting interviewed, he's...terrible. Makes no eye contact, really aloof but somehow looks scared witless, and on stage, his hand gestures are very stereotyped and repetitive. The guy gave up music to focus on painting, presumably because that meant he didn't have to work with other people. His famous dictatorial bent in the studio seems to be indicative of not being able to follow social rules. He couldn't hold down a job, barely even tried. Oh, and he thinks in a very odd way, his music and art make that very plain

gotten from wikipedia (which is alot more reliable than most people think)(just saying incase you dont trust it)

Nikki Bacharach, deceased, daughter of composer Burt Bacharach and actress Angie Dickinson.[1]

Richard Borcherds, Fields Medalist.[2]

William Cottrell, student sentenced for fire-bombing SUV dealerships.[3]

Peter Howson, Scottish painter.[4]

Luke Jackson, author.[5]

Heather Kuzmich, fashion model and reality show contestant on America's Next Top Model.[6]

Craig Nicholls, frontman of the Australian garage rock band, The Vines.[7]

Gary Numan, British singer and songwriter.[8]

Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author.[9]

Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD, primate anthropologist, ethologist, and author.[10]

Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in economics.[11]

Satoshi Tajiri, creator and designer of Pokémon Pocket Monsters.[12]

Raymond Thompson, New Zealand scriptwriter and TV producer.[13]

Liane Holliday Willey, author.[14]

The director even said that Evanna WAS Luna instead of playing the character. Luna Lovegood, the character herself, seems like someone who has AS. She's incredibly smart, but is odd to everyone else at Hogwarts. I don't know whether Rowling intended this, but it may even be that she did.

Being a fan does not mean she cannot have AS. But yeah, the reasoning was a bit odd.

Also, someone said Damon Albarn?! If anything, I'd say Graham is, but he seems more psychotic.

Aw, no, poor Graham. XD

Yeah, mentioning Damon Albarn seems weird. He is too... normal? ^^

Yeah, with a slight 'everyone hates me' complex, but otherwise so.

H.P. Lovecraft, who gave us the Cthulhu Mythos

Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian

David Lynch, film maker extraordinaire, who gave us Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, etc.

Nicolai Tesla, whose genius - unfortunately for us - was not appreciated during his life time.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Glenn Gould - canadian pianist