MOST FAMOUS aspergians?

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I heard Einstein was an aspie. Who else?

Mozart, Thomas Jefferson, and Dan Ackroyd are a few I know of...

Oh - Marie Curie was one too, they say.

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I heard about Jefferson being an Aspie but I find it hard to believe. After all, he was a pretty good diplomat during his tenure as ambassador to France.

I personally think the president most likely to have had Asperger's Syndrome was Calvin Coolidge...

Henry Ford - automobile manufacturer, Ford motors

Mozart - composer

Van Gogh - artist

Thomas Jefferson

Leonardo Da Vinci - artist

Alexander Graham Bell - who invented the lightbulb is thought to have had autistic traits

Thomas Edison - who invented the lightbulb is thought to have had autistic traits

Albert Einstein 1879–1955- He was a loner and a late talker who often repeated sentenses obsessively until aound seven years of age. he was the winner of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921. He formulated the theory of relativity

Isaac Newton 1642–1726- This scientist had few friends and was often bad tempered with them. he would forget to eat sometimes and would give a lecture even if nobody had turned up for it..He formulated the laws of gravity


Samuel Beckett - winner of Nobel Prize in literature in 1969, playwright, poet, novelist, left-handed cricket player


Richard Borcherds - diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, winner of Fields Medal 1998, professor of mathematics


Paul Dirac - winner of Nobel Prize in physics in 1933



Bill Gates - could possibly have Aspergers Syndrome. Socially awkward he also rocked to and fro when at a computer.

Temple Grandin - didn't talk until the age of three and a half. She was then diagnosed with autism She went on to design livestock handling facilities and is an author and speaker for autism.

Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon -Satoshi Tajiri has allegedly been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.He is thought to be creative but reclusive and eccentric His obsession was insects. In fact, his peers used to call him "Dr. Bug."

Craig Nicholls - Frontman of the band The Vines, Craig has been recently diagnosed as having Aspergers Syndrome


Some other celebrities who may have Aspergers.Woody Allen, Isaac Asimov, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alexander Graham Bell, Anton Bruckner, Henry Cavendish, John Denver, Bob Dylan, Thomas Edison, Bobby Fischer, Henry Ford, Jim Henson, Alfred Hitchcock, Thomas Jefferson, Carl Jung, Andy Kaufman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Michael Palin, Charles Schulz, Steven Spielberg, James Taylor, Andy Warhol, Thom Yorke

Add Morrissey.

Alfred Kinsey

If Michael Palin ever came out and said he had AS, I think I'd be a lot more comfortable with the concept of having it myself. I genuinely like him.

What good does it do to slap this label on people who are already dead?

Why John Denver? He seemed shy and talented... I can't see much beyond that.

Michael Palin doesn't seem likely to be an Aspie, IMO. Where did that come from?

it's WAY more likely than Dan Akyroyd

but so is me being god.

I was fascinated to read once that some suspect, that you guessed it........Adolf Hitler had autistic traits which if true would make him potentialy the most famous aspie. I dont know if its true or not I just thought it was curious.

there needs to be a parody thread of this too

these things pop up like every hour. omg I heard Einstein had AS. what? Einstein was dead before it was even discovered, and who did you "hear this from"? God whispered in your ear?

then we get someone like Akyroyd, who clearly isn't AS, and said he was as a joke. guess what, now everyone is saying he had it too!

I likes the artist Henry Darger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger

I might be wrong here but I think

Damon Albarn from Blur/Gorrillaz/The Good The Bad and The Queen might have AS because in one of the Blur albums most of it is based upon him having social problems. Anyway how many people would come up with a cartoon band who wasn't aspie.

Quintin Tarantino? I heard some people think he is and I have an inkling...

One thing I think of when I see these threads: I thought those on the 'trum didn't care for popularity, people's standing and people's accomplishments (that's what they say anyway)? I mean, I don't give a...perfectly dictated note of never-ending numerals if the universe itself is autistic, big deal; it means nothing to me.

People and their groups.