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Famous people who suffered from Aspergers Syndrome
Your not alone! The following list of people were suffering from Aspergers or a version of Autism
Sir Isaac Newton
(4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727)
Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.
Thomas Jefferson
(April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States.
Ludwig van Beethoven
(December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827)
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers
Charles Darwin
(12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882)
Darwin was a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world. He was one of the leading intellectuals of 18th century England.
Susan Boyle
(Born 1st April 1961)
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables.
Sir Patrick Stewart
(Born 13th July 1940)
Sir Patrick Stewart OBE (born 13 July 1940) is an English film, television, and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career on stage and screen. He is most widely known for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Henry Ford
(Born 30th July 1863)
Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
George Orwel
(Born 25th June 1903)
George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and commitment to democratic socialism.
Bill Gates
(Born 28 October 1955)
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
(August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980)
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director and producer. Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense", he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
John Denver
(Born 31st December 1943)
John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, actor, activist and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer, starting in the 1970s.
Richard Strauss
(Born 11th June 1864)
Richard Strauss was a German composer best known for symphonic poem 'Also sprach Zarathustra' (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1896) used as the music score in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Daryl Hannah
(Born 3rd December 1960)
Daryl Christine Hannah ( is an American film actress. She is best known for her performances in the films Blade Runner (1982), Splash (1984), Roxanne (1987), Wall Street (1987), Steel Magnolias (1989) and Kill Bill (2003)
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