Which famous person has asperger's syndrome?
May seem like a strange question but its for my daughters homework, she has to find and research them.we can't find anything.
Answers:
Isaac Asimov
Albert Einstein
Bobby Fischer
Bill Gates
Glenn Gould
Edward Gorey
Alfred Hitchcock
Thomas Jefferson
H.P. Lovecraft
Isaac Newton
Nikola Tesla
Andy Warhol
I found more details here. DIscussions of why these folks may have had Asperger's and an overview of the condition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_speculated_to_have_been_autistic
John Blacker.
* Dan Aykroyd, comedian and actor: Aykroyd stated he has Asperger's, but some feel he was joking. [11]
* Richard Borcherds, mathematician specializing in group theory and Lie algebras [12]
* William Cottrell, student who was sentenced to eight years in jail for fire-bombing SUV dealerships [13]
* Craig Nicholls, frontman of the band The Vines [14]
* Gary Numan, British singer and songwriter [15]
* Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD, primate anthropologist, ethologist, and author of Songs for the Gorilla Nation [16]
* Judy Singer, Australian disability rights activist [17]
* Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in Economics [18]
* Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokémon [19]
* Daniel Tammet, British autistic savant, believed to have Asperger Syndrome [20]
* 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 [21]
a lot of people believe that Michelangelo had it. so too did Einstein, Jane Austen and Socrates.
Woody Allen, Jane Austen, Charles Darwin, Bob Dylan, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain and Vincent Van Gogh
mozart may have that or adhd
It has been speculated that Bill Gates has Asperger's syndrome.
Einstein I believe.
Contact Aspergers Society or go online. They will be happy to help this is a very misunderstood syndrome.
Einstein apparently
Tim Burton has displayed symptons
Alfred Hitchcock
Andy Kaufman
- were speculated
Joseph Erber
Gary Numan
- confirmed
Check out this link: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/72282004.htm
.it claims Tim Burton does. Might be an interesting celeb subject for your daughter (with all Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fame and such.)
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