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Famous People Who Have/Had Aspergers Syndrome: NOTE: Also included are famous people for whom there is a lot of speculation that they have or had Aspergers Syndrome, but who may not have (or have had) Aspergers at all.

• Adam Young, multi-instrumentalist, producer and the founder of the electronic project Owl City.
• Adrian Lamo, American computer hacker
• Carl Soderholm, speaker in neuropsychiatric disorders
• Clay Marzo, American professional surfer
• Craig Nicholls, frontman of the Australian garage rock band, The Vines
• Dan Aykroyd, comedian and actor: Aykroyd stated he has Asperger's, but some feel he was joking.
• Daniel Tammet, British autistic savant, believed to have Asperger Syndrome
• Daryl Hannah, actress
• Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD, primate anthropologist, ethologist, and author of Songs for the Gorilla Nation
• Gary Numan, British singer and songwriter
• Heather Kuzmich, fashion model and reality show contestant on America's Next Top Model
• James Durbin, finalist on the tenth season of American Idol
• Jerry Newport, American author and mathematical savant, basis of the film Mozart and the Whale
• John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the Eye
• Judy Singer, Australian disability rights activist
• Liane Holliday Willey, author of Pretending to be Normal, Asperger Syndrome in the Family; Asperger syndrome advocate; education professor; and adult diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at age 35
• Lizzy Clark, actress and campaigner
• Luke Jackson, author
• Michael Burry, US investment fund manager
• Nicky Reilly, failed suicide bomber from Britain
• Paddy Considine, actor
• Peter Howson, Scottish painter
• Phillipa "Pip" Brown (aka Ladyhawke), indie rock musician
• Raymond Thompson, New Zealand scriptwriter and TV producer
• Richard Borcherds, mathematician specializing in group theory and Lie algebras
• Robert Durst, American real estate developer accused of murder
• Robert Napper, British murderer
• Satoshi Tajiri, creator and designer of Pokemon
• Tim Ellis, Australian magician and author
• Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author
• Travis Meeks, lead singer, guitarist and song writer for acoustic rock band Days of the New.
• Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in Economics
• William Cottrell, student who was sentenced to eight years in jail for fire-bombing SUV dealerships

Speculated to have Asperger's Syndrome

• Abraham Lincoln,1809-1865, US Politician
• Alan Turing, 1912-1954, English mathematician, computer scientist and cryptographer
• Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German/American theoretical physicist
• Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922, Scottish/Canadian/American inventor of the telephone
• Anton Bruckner , 1824-1896, Austrian composer
• Bela Bartok, 1881-1945, Hungarian composer
• Benjamin Franklin,1706-1790, US polictician/writer
• Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British logician
• Bobby Fischer, 1943-2008, World Chess Champion
• Carl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychoanalyst
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868-1928, Scottish architect and designer
• Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, US poet
• Erik Satie, 1866-1925 - Composer
• Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Czech writer
• Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher
• George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish playwright, writer of Pygmalion, critic and Socialist
• George Washington, 1732-1799, US Politician
• Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911, Czech/Austrian composer
• Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, US actress
• H P Lovecraft, 1890-1937, US writer
• Henry Cavendish, 1731-1810, English/French scientist, discovered the composition of air and water
• Henry Ford, 1863-1947, US industrialist
• Henry Thoreau, 1817-1862, US writer
• Isaac Newton, 1642-1727, English mathematician and physicist
• Jane Austen, 1775-1817, English novelist, author of Pride and Prejudice
• Kaspar Hauser, c1812-1833, German foundling, portrayed in a film by Werner Herzog
• Ludwig II, 1845-1886, King of Bavaria
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Viennese/English logician and philosopher
• Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German/Viennese composer
• Mark Twain, 1835-1910, US humorist
• Michelangelo, 1475 1564 - Italian Renissance artist
• Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian/American scientist, engineer, inventor of electric motors
• Oliver Heaviside, 1850-1925, English physicist
• Richard Strauss, 1864-1949, German composer
• Seth Engstrom, 1987-Present, Magician and World Champion
• Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, US inventor
• Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, US politician
• Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter
• Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941, English Writer
• Wasily Kandinsky, 1866-1944, Russian/French painter
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, Austrian composer

Historical people

• Alfred Hitchcock, 1899-1980, English/American film director
• Andy Kaufman, 1949-1984, US comedian, subject of the film Man on the Moon
• Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, US artist.
• Charles Schulz, 1922-2000, US cartoonist and creator of Peanuts and Charlie Brown
• Glenn Gould, 1932-1982, Canadian pianist
• Hans Asperger, 1906-1980, Austrian paediatric doctor after whom Asperger's Syndrom is named
• Howard Hughes, 1905-1976, US billionaire
• Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, Russian/US writer on science and of science fiction, author of Bicentennial Man
• Jim Henson, 1936-1990, creator of the Muppets, US puppeteer, writer, producer, director, composer
• John Denver, 1943-1997, US musician
• L S Lowry, 1887-1976, English painter of "matchstick men"

Contemporary People

• Al Gore, 1948-, former US Vice President and presidential candidate
• Bill Gates, 1955-, Entrepreneur and philanthropist. A key player in the personal computer revolution.
• Bob Dylan, 1941-, US singer-songwriter
• Charles Dickinson, 1951, US Writer
• Crispin Glover, 1964-, US actor
• David Helfgott, 1947-, Australian pianist, subject of the film Shine
• Garrison Keillor, 1942-, US writer, humorist and host of Prairie Home Companion
• Genie, 1957-?, US "wild child" (see also L'Enfant Sauvage, Victor, )
• James Taylor, 1948-, US singer/songwriter
• Jamie Hyneman, 1956-, Co-host of Mythbusters
• Jeff Greenfield, 1943-, US political analyst/speechwriter, a political wonk
• John Motson, 1945-, English sports commentator
• John Nash, 1928-, US mathematician (portrayed by Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind, USA 2001)
• Joseph Erber, 1985-, young English composer/musician who has Asperger's Syndrome, subject of a BBC TV documentary
• Keith Olbermann, 1959-, US sportscaster
• Kevin Mitnick, 1963-, US "hacker"
• Michael Palin, 1943-, English comedian and presenter
• Oliver Sacks, 1933-, UK/US neurologist, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings
• Paul Kostabi 1962-, writer, comedian, artist, producer, technician
• Pip Brown "Ladyhawke", 1979-, New Zealand Singer/Songwriter, Musician
• Robin Williams, 1951-, US Actor
• Seth Engstrom, 1987-, Magician and World Champion in Sleight of Hand. The best man with a deck of cards that the world has ever seen.
• Tony Benn, 1925-, English Labour politician

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