Autistic public figures
From ActuallyAutistic Wiki
Here's a non-exhaustive list of public figures that have identified themselves as autistic. This page does not include speculation about anyone's neurotype.
- Activists
- Greta Thunberg – climate activist (wikipedia.org)
- Isabelle Axelsson - climate activist (wikipedia.org)
- Actors & actresses
- Anthony Hopkins – actor (desertsun.com)
- Billy West – voice actor (wikipedia.org)
- Chloé Hayden – actress, author (official website)
- Dan Aykroyd – actor, comedian (wikipedia.org) (HuffPost Show interview YouTube)
- Darryl Hannah – actor (wikipedia.org)
- Roseanne Barr - actress and comedian (wikipedia.org
- Stephanie Davis - actress (wikipedia.org)
- Tom Arnold - actor and comedian (wikipedia.org)
- Wentworth Miller – actor (wikipedia.org) (CNN)
- Artists
- George Widener - artist (wikipedia.org)
- Larry Bissonnette - artist & disability activist (folkart.org)
- Matthew Wong - painter (wikipedia.org)
- Ping Lian Yeak - artist (official page)
- Stephen Wiltshire - architectural artist (wikipedia.org)
- Athletes
- Armani Williams – NASCAR driver (blackdoctor.org)
- Brianna Clark - track and field athlete (teamusa.org)
- Clay Marzo – surfer (wikipedia.org)
- Chris Morgan - rower (wikipedia.org) (abc.net.au)
- Jessica-Jane Applegate - swimmer (wikipedia.org)
- John "Doomsday" Howard – MMA fighter (www.mixedmartialarts.com)
- Michael Brannigan - track and field athlete (wikipedia.org)
- Ulysse Delsaux - racing driver (wikipedia.org)
- Tom Stoltman – athlete, power lifter (barbend.com)
- Authors
- Axel Brauns - author & filmmaker (wikipedia.org)
- Daniel Tammet - essayist, mathematician (wikipedia.org)
- David Finch - writer & keynote speaker (official website)
- Donna Williams - writer & artist (wikipedia.org)
- Helen Hoang (official page)
- Henriett Seth F. - poet, artist (wikipedia.org)
- Holly Smale (wikipedia.org)
- J. Michael Straczynski (wikipedia.org)
- Marieke Nijkamp - author of novels for young adults (wikipedia.org)
- Naoki Higashida (wikipedia.org)
- Talia Hibbert - romance novelist (wikipedia.org)
- Comedians
- Asperger's Are Us - comedy troupe (wikipedia.org)
- Bethany Black - comedian (wikipedia.org)
- Fern Brady - comedian (wikipedia.org)
- Joe Wells - comedian & author (official website)
- Hannah Gadsby – comedian & author (wikipedia.org)
- Michael McCreary - comedian & author (official page)
- Internet personalities
- Chuggaaconroy - youTuber (wikipedia.org)
- Models
- Alexis Wineman (wikipedia.org)
- Christine McGuinness (instagram.com)
- Heather Kuzmich (NY Times)
- Paula Hamilton (wikipedia.org)
- Musicians
- Aleksander Vinter (aka: Savant) - electro artist (futuregrooves.com)
- Courtney Love - singer and actress (wikipedia.org) (rollingstone.com)
- David Byrne – musician (wikipedia.org)
- Derek Paravicini - musical prodigy (wikipedia.org)
- Johnny Dean - musician (wikipedia.org)
- Kodi Lee – musician, America’s Got Talent winner 2019 (wikipedia.org)
- Leslie Lemke - musician (wikipedia.org)
- Questlove – musician (wikipedia.org) (NY Times)
- Rex Lewis-Clack - pianist (wikipedia.org)
- Susan Boyle – singer (wikipedia.org)
- Tom Wiggins - pianist and composer (wikipedia.org)
- Politicians
- Jessica Benham - US politician & disability rights activist (wikipedia.org)
- Tim Fischer - Australian politician & diplomat (wikipedia.org)
- Yuh-Line Niou – politician (NY state, USA) (wikipedia.org) (newsweek.com)
- Scientists
- Temple Grandin - scientist & animal behaviorist (wikipedia.org)
- Vernon Smith – economist, Nobel laureate (wikipedia.org)
- TV personalities
- Chris Packham – naturalist and TV presenter (UK) (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- Melanie Sykes – TV personality (UK) (wikipedia.org) (the guardian.com)
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson - television personality (wikipedia.org) (dailymail.co.uk)
- Others
- Dan Harmon - writer, TV show creator (wikipedia.org)
- Elon Musk – capitalist (wikipedia.org)
- Kim Peek - inspiration for "Rain Man" (This is now disputed as likely being FG Syndrome rather than autism) (wikipedia.org)
- Scott Steindorff - TV & film producer (wikipedia.org) (hollywoodreporter.com)
- Tim Burton – filmmaker (wikipedia.org)
Maybe sort this by
- Actors
- Musicians
- Scientists
etc? --Fochti (talk) 03:04, 24 August 2022 (UTC)>> When we have more people in the list, then we'll be able to better see what kind of labeling and sorting is useful. I'd def like to see some of that, but would like to wait until it's needed. Severian (talk) 16:57, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
References
https://blog.ongig.com/diversity-and-inclusion/famous-people-with-autism/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_on_the_autism_spectrum
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