MOST FAMOUS aspergians?

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I think Howard Stern...

I don't think Mozart was an aspie, Beethoven though...probably.

Were/are there any famous females whom likely or reportedly, had/have AS? I never rsee any mentioned.

As for Mr Bean, I got scared when I realized how much of myself I'd see in that character (before I discovered AS).

true, I think in a previous thread someone mentioned Janeane Garofalo and Helena Bonham Carter

I was reading "Peanuts" today. Schroeder was reading some tidbits about Beethoven and I thought he sounded Aspie or HFA. Especially where he couldn't keep quiet around social injustice and its promoters.

I think after reading a profile Bono might have it. Read his lifestyle away from fame he seems aspie or something like that.

By any stretch of the imagination Michael Palin does NOT has Asperger's. He is far too social.
Albarn has'nt either. Mozart probably had ADHD. Kubrick may have had AS. Hitchcock thats a new one, its possible.

Maybe Thomas Jefferson was stemming the day of the signing of the Constitution and that is why his signature is not on there.

Ah...Rowan Atkinson; his facial expressions are about as unique as one can create! Others maybe can try to copy his humor, but who in the world could duplicate those eyes?!?!

I don't put full stock into historical diagnosis, but I don't dismiss them either...

As for the topic: Isn't the creator of BitTorrent a dx'd aspie?

Edit: nvm, self-dx...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Cohen

Also, a gem from around here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... age&pid=98

I normally hate it when people slap labels on the deceased, but in the cases of Newton and Einstein especially, it does seem very possible. Particularly Einstein since we know so much about him, have his writings, have historys of his family, etc.

Why is he clearly not AS? How do you know he said it as a joke? Others have said he took off the minute an episode of SNL finished airing and that he wasn't social, etc. Maybe he's self diagnosed or something, but I don't think he meant it as a joke.



Are those guys actually known for sure? That's incredibly cool if John Cleese really does have it, but are you sure?



No, he didn't have AS, he had schizophrenia. What were you picking up on that made you think AS? (Just curious)

It's been suggested that Bill Gates is an aspie. I've heard it's very common among those in Silicon Valley.

There is a book out there called Diagnosing Jefferson that gives very good argument for Thomas Jefferson being an Apsie. I don't think Einstein was an Aspie, but he was very much DID have inattentive-type ADD IMO.

Pretty much every character in that strip could be considered an Aspie.

What about Ben Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci?

I also have had thoughts of James Madison and Abrahan Lincoln being at least close to the 'spectrum'.

Mike

In her mother's biography, Eve Curie reports that as a student, Marie Curie couldn't afford to heat her appartment, so she piled chairs onto her bed, supposedly to simulate warmth through the weight. I never thought that made a lot of sense, and now I'm wondering whether it wasn't simply a typical Aspie desire for the comfort of pressure. Also, Albert Einstein is quoted as complaining that on their walks together, Mme. Curie would be so concentrated on the subject under discussion that she didn't notice the birds singing in the trees.

I agree with you regarding da Vinci and Lincoln. Lincoln seemed to have many Aspish traits.

However, I don't know enough about Madison. Franklin was a bon vivant and a real ladies man. I doubt that such social success would mesh with Asperger's Syndrome.

Of the other Founding Fathers of the United States, I would guess that Samuel Adams was probably the one most likely to have had Asperger's Syndrome. He lived a semi-hermetic existence and was described of having few friends and being absorbed in his interests.

Of the former presidents, I believe that the one president with the most autistic traits was Calvin Coolidge. If you ever read about him, you'd understand why. He was taciturn, disliked socializing and loved animals, amongst other traits.