Autistic public figures

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Here's a non-exhaustive list of autistic celebrities that have publicly identified themselves as such. This does not include speculation about anyone's neurotype.

Maybe sort this by

- Actors

- Musicians

- Scientists

etc?

Somebody could change the links at the end to proper references

  • Anthony Hopkins – actor (desertsun.com)
  • Armani Williams – NASCAR driver (blackdoctor.org)
  • Billy West – voice actor (wikipedia.org)
  • Chris Packham – Naturalist and TV presenter (UK) (wikipedia.org)
  • Christine McGuinness – model (instagram.com)
  • Clay Marzo – surfer (wikipedia.org)
  • Dan Aykroyd – comedian (wikipedia.org)
  • Dan Harmon – author (wikipedia.org)
  • Darryl Hannah – actor (wikipedia.org)
  • David Byrne – musician (wikipedia.org)
  • Elon Musk – capitalist (wikipedia.org)
  • Greta Thunberg – climate activist (wikipedia.org)
  • Hannah Gadsby – comedian (wikipedia.org)
  • John "Doomsday" Howard – MMA fighter
  • J. Michael Straczynski – author
  • Kodi Lee – musician, America’s Got Talent winner 2019
  • Melanie Sykes – TV personality (UK)
  • Questlove – musician
  • Susan Boyle – singer (wikipedia.org)
  • Tim Burton – filmmaker (wikipedia.org)
  • Tom Stoltman – athlete, power lifter
  • Vernon Smith – economist, Nobel laureate
  • Wentworth Miller – actor
  • Yuh-Line Niou – politician (NY state, USA)

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