MOST FAMOUS aspergians?

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I heard from my aunt that Adam Young from Owl City is an aspie. She used to be his neighbor.

Adam Lanza, by so damn much.

Seriously, he made an entire world stop and talk. It's still going, and it probably won't for a long time.

He's publicly stated as much as well:

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/count ... _oneal.php

I guess there was a reason why I was drawn to his music...

(Wow, this is an old thread...! )

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Actress Daryl Hanna is about the only female I know of that I think there is a reasonable possibility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Hanna

I believe she was diagnosed as a child with "mild autism", and her description of herself at age 18 sounds very Aspie (from an interview I saw of her).

Oooooh - me, too!!

Make a google research.
You'll find out that Einstein, Mozart, Da Vinci, etc. not only had AS, but even ADHD and dyslexia.
Same for Mark Twain.
Van Gogh had AS, bipolarism and schizofrenia.
The same goes for many other famous people.
I consider this all stupid assumptions that the web community had made when autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other disorders have become "famous".
Do we have evidences that Mozart, Da Vinci, etc. had oversensority issues? Do we have evidences that they couldn't understand non-verbal language? Do we have other evidences that they were autistic/had ADHD/dyslexia? No, we don't. They are supposed to have Asperger's/ADHD/dyslexia, etc. just because they had "special abilities".
Nowdays almost everyone who's famous is labeled by the web community with a condition, just because they are talented.

Of those, the only one that seems at all possible is Courtney Love. Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie are just weirdos. ASD and being weird are assuredly not mutually exclusive, but one does not entail the other.

Yay, really old threads

As for the actual question...

I'd have to say...

Me.

...

Eventually.

Cristiano Ronaldo? He's the last person I'd expect to have Asperger's.

I don't know much about Tarantino, but the others strike me as "eccentric" rather than autistic. May is probably the closest.

By "eccentric" I mean "deemed strange by society". For example, Murray is seen as extraordinarily arrogant. Fry is an erudite introvert with a broad general knowledge who had to hide his homosexuality when growing up. Cobain could listen to the Beatles for hours on end and had an extensive knowledge of punk, but didn't seem to have much social impairment.

I always think it's funny that certain celebrities seem to either have every diagnose there is, in adition to have said almost everything wise in the world.
I am of course thinking about Newton and Einstein.

Cristiano Ronaldo? He's the last person I'd expect to have Asperger's - you should have seen him when he doesnt get his way.

Tarentino got the nod after his monkey interview recently

Andy Murray is not arrogant imo. Quite the opposite - he has always been passive and reserved. To the point where he feels bad to win sometimes. He has changed that recently and imo will win the Aus open sunday night

The majority of eccentrics are either aspies or have some asperger traits of. A lot of the eccentrics of bygone years would be diagnosed with aspergers in this day and age.

As for the list of famous people with aspergs:
I don't know about Murray but Fry has not got aspergers at all, Cobain probably sufferd from clinical depression and Tarantino is a bad case of ADHD.

I read in one account of Isaac Newton's life that he would wake up in the morning, swing his legs over the side of the bed like he was getting up....and then just sit there. For hours. Deep in thought. Don't know if that would be Aspie -- although I know that I zone out quite a bit -- but there's definitely something going on there.

Agreed. I would have maybe said bipolar for him. He could be way up high and then sink into deep depressions. Just listen to the lyrics of some of his songs.

Gary Numan was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome.

Glenn Gould had definite personality traits and habits.

Albert Einstein(Theoretical Physicist)- Brilliant mind, Socially awkward

Vincent van Gough(Artist) Very creative, Depression/Anxiety sufferer

Socrates(Philosopher)

Sir Issac Newton(Scientist)

Bill Gates(CEO and founder of Microsoft)- Socially awkward, Diagnosed?

Clay Marzo(Surfer)- Reclusive, Stimming, Savant, Diagnosed

Adolf Hitler(Dictator)- Obsessive, Socially immature(e.g meltdowns when not getting his way), Creative (he was an artist before WWI)

Satoshi Tajiri(Founder of Pokémon)- Reclusive, creative, Diagnosed