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awesome-autism

A list of public figures who MIGHT HAVE Asperger syndrome or autism spectrum disorder.

The list is in alphabetical order of first name.

Maybe

  • People who either have said they are autistic but don't have an official diagnosis
  • Or contemporary people who exhibit some of the traits of autism (purely subjective opinion).
  • Or historical figures (i.e. before 1943) whose documented behaviour and comorbidities could possibly be speculated to indicate autism.
  • I hope this list does not hurt anyone's feelings, it is written with love.
Name Known for Member of Notes / Sources
Albert Einstein 1 Theoretical physicist Historical 2
Courtney Love Musician Provisionally diagnosed 3
Dan Aykroyd Actor Self-diagnosed
Florian Schneider Musician Kraftwerk Unconfirmed
Fritz Hilpert Musician Kraftwerk Unconfirmed
Gary Numan Musician Self-diagnosed 4
Henry Cavendish 5 Scientist Historical 6
Isaac Newton 7 Mathematician Historical 2
Jarvis Cocker Musician Pulp Self-diagnosed 8
John Flansburgh Musician They Might Be Giants Unconfirmed 9
John Linnell Musician They Might Be Giants Mentioned 10
Karl Bartos Musician Kraftwerk Unconfirmed
Mark Zuckerberg 11 Founder of Facebook Unconfirmed 12
Matt Farley 13 Musician Motern Media Unconfirmed
Paul Dirac 14 Theoretical physicist Historical 15
Ralf Hütter Musician Kraftwerk Unconfirmed 16
Satoshi Tajiri Video game designer, inventor of Pokemon Refuted 17 18
Thom Yorke Musician Radiohead Unconfirmed
Wolfgang Flür Musician Kraftwerk Unconfirmed

Questionable/unreliable sources

These articles are more clickbait than fact:

References

Footnotes

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein ↩

  2. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3676-einstein-and-newton-showed-signs-of-autism/ ↩ ↩2

  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Love:_The_Real_Story ↩

  4. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/28/gary-numan-eye-contact-is-something-i-find-incredibly-difficult ↩

  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cavendish ↩

  6. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.57.7.1347 ↩

  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton ↩

  8. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/24/jarvis-cocker-pulp-pop-music ↩

  9. https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/interview-john-flansburgh-40-years-they-might-be-giants-book ↩

  10. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-03-14-ct-ott-0315-tmbg-20130314-story.html ↩

  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg ↩

  12. https://www.todaysparent.com/family/special-needs/how-the-mark-zuckerberg-backlash-is-for-people-whore-actuallyautistic/ ↩

  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Farley ↩

  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac ↩

  15. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3273018 ↩

  16. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/19/kraftwerk-hutter-manchester-international ↩

  17. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-popular-claim-about-pokemons-creator-has-been-debunked/ ↩

  18. https://www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk/pokemon.html ↩