Famous aspies

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Who do you think of as being an aspie and being know in the wide world?
I mean also..do you think that one field has a beyond ordidany amount
also as a sidenote what is your pick as an aspie musician
Mine..Bob Dylan yeah
ps most of my famous aspie guys? i can only pick one by field

Here's a website about famous people with autistic traits.

I like Bob Dylan...

Some of his stuff is a bit self-righteous... but that's sort of the point... the Vietnam War and the Nixon Presidency were a travesty...

There are more famous aspie engineers and scientists like Nikola Tesla...

"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality."

Source: "Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World". Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July, 1934

I'm studying philosophy of science...

If you believe some of the theories going 'round, its practically impossible to be a great scientist unless you're an aspie, so there's some good in it.

Personally, the famous "alleged" aspie I feel I can identify most with is Robin Williams (if he is indeed AS - there seems to be some debate on this) - he's seemingly made a career out of his "front" personalties, somewhat similarly to (albeit to a much more extreme level than) myself. He still gets on my nerves as an entertainer though.....

tony benn is an aspie!! !! ! i'm in heaven! mind you, so's keanu reeves - oh well, can't have it all ways.

Keanu Reeves is aspie according to several sources.
Steven Spielberg is officially diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, according to the Internet Movie DataBase and other sources.
Craig Nicholls, the lead singer of The Vines, is officially aspie too.

Dan Aykroyd supposedly came out as 'mild' Aspie as well recently.

Cool you know any other facts about movie and music starts that could be aspies
I always wondered about syd barret and also i thought that maybye lou reed ..I don't know i'm a huge VU Fan and andy warhol was from what i know acutully very aspie ..fun fact he was so sensetive to touch not even his mom or boyfreind could hold his hand or even a light hug would he said hurt
of couse the coolest would be if tolkien was acutully an aspie or the guy who created eva who has even claimed to be autistic
My two curentt favourite things anime and LOTR

Andy Warhol is autistic, as far as I know. At least, I read it several times.


There is no official source claiming that, yet when I watched the documentaries about J.R.R. Tolkien in the DVDs of the extended versions of LOTR, he seemed very aspie to me. I think he was. I will list all the things that makes me think so.

Woody Allen
Albert Einstein
Thomas edision
Bill Gates

I knew about Albert Einstein (he is the most famous aspie) and Thomas Edison. I am not sure about Woody Allen, though he has some traits.
Is Bill Gates really an aspie or is he a smart geek ?

Unortunately, there are very few 100% confirmed famous aspies: Steven Spielberg, The bloke out of the "Vines" (whoever they are) and Gary Numan being the only ones I know of who are 100% "outed". All the rest are basically speculation, sadly. And its highly unlikely any of the dead people mentioned can ever be totally confirmed.....

Andy Warhol, from what I've read, definitely suffered from AS.

I didn't know Spieldberg was, that's pretty neat.

Is Johnny Depp an Aspie? I read an interview he gave and he sure sounds like one if he isn't.

I never heard or read his name in any aspie list. What made you think so ?

I'm basing it mostly on his demeanor. He doesn't follow the dictates of fashion, he moved to and lives in France, he likes it there because, he says, he feels safer. He and his family can move about without being disturbed.

I also noticed speech patterns that are very similarto AS.

I adore Johnny and would like to know more about him, but; he is also very reclusive.