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19 Famous People With Autism
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Prison Break's Wentworth Miller shared a note on Instagram in July 2021 with a heartfelt message to fans:
"Like everyone, life in quarantine took things from me. But in the quiet/isolation, I found unexpected gifts. This fall marks 1 year since I received my informal autism diagnosis. Preceded by a self-diagnosis. Followed by a formal diagnosis. It was a long, flawed process in need of updating. IMO. I'm a middle-aged man. Not a 5-year-old. And (it's a "both/and") I recognize access to a diagnosis is a privilege many do not enjoy. Let's just say it was a shock. But not a surprise."
Miller also thanked people he's worked with over the years who unknowingly respected his then-undiagnosed condition, adding, "Oh - I also want to say to the many (many) people who consciously or unconsciously gave me that extra bit of grace + space over the years, allowed me to move thru the world in a way that made sense to me whether or not it made sense to them... thank you."
- Age: 52
- Birthplace: Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- 1Prison Break: The Final Break298 Votes
- 2The Loft89 Votes
- 3Resident Evil: Afterlife79 Votes
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Elon Musk revealed his diagnosis while hosting Saturday Night Live in May 2021. During the opening monologue, he said, "I don't always have a lot of intonation or variation in how I speak... which I'm told makes for great comedy. I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger's to host SNL."
Asperger's falls under the autism "umbrella."
- Age: 53
- Birthplace: Pretoria, South Africa
Anthony Hopkins revealed in a 2017 interview that he was diagnosed with Asperger's, which falls under the autism "umbrella" - in 2014.
- Age: 87
- Birthplace: Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, UK
- 1The Silence of the Lambs515 Votes
- 2The Elephant Man264 Votes
- 3Bram Stoker's Dracula251 Votes
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In November 2014, Jerry Seinfeld told Brian Williams on NBC's Nightly News that he believes he's on the autism spectrum. "I think, on a very drawn-out scale, I think I'm on the spectrum."
"Basic social engagement is really a struggle. I'm very literal, when people talk to me and they use expressions, sometimes I don't know what they're saying," Seinfeld said. "But I don't see it as dysfunctional, I just think of it as an alternate mindset."
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- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Daryl Hannah has been coping with autism since she was a child. She says that in her youth, doctors wanted to institutionalize her.- Age: 64
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1Blade Runner76 Votes
- 2Splash99 Votes
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Experts believe that Andy Warhol's social ineptitude, use of minimal words in speech and difficulty recognizing friends are all signs that the pop artist was autistic.- Age: Dec. at 58 (1928-1987)
- Birthplace: Pittsburgh, USA, Pennsylvania
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Courtney Love was diagnosed by one of her therapists as having a mild form of autism.- Age: 60
- Birthplace: USA, California, San Francisco
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Albert Einstein was thought to have autism because he experienced delayed language development and educational slowness.- Age: Dec. at 76 (1879-1955)
- Birthplace: Ulm, Germany
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Leading psychiatrists believe that Charles Darwin had autism because of his great attention to detail and his difficulties with social interactions.- Age: Dec. at 73 (1809-1882)
- Birthplace: The Mount, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
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Temple Grandin is an autistic author and savant who revelutionized the livestock industry.- Age: 77
- Birthplace: Boston, USA, Massachusetts
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- Isaac Newton was thought to have autism because of his extreme focus on his work and his lack of friends. Newton also had many eccentricities and he would teach to an empty classroom if no one showed up for a lesson.
- Age: Dec. at 84 (1643-1727)
- Birthplace: Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, United Kingdom
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Emily Dickinson led a very reclusive life. Experts believe that her struggles with epilepsy coincide with an autism diagnosis.
- Age: Dec. at 55 (1830-1886)
- Birthplace: Amherst, Massachusetts
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Several autism researchers believe that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had autism.- Age: Dec. at 35 (1756-1791)
- Birthplace: Salzburg, Austria
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Matt Savage is an autistic musical savant who has toured the world and performed Late Night with David Letterman.- Age: 32
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Marty Balin, best know for being in Jefferson Airplane, was diagnosed with mild autism as a child.- Age: Dec. at 76 (1942-2018)
- Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Tony DeBlois is a blind, autistic savant who can play over 20 instruments.- Age: 51
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Caiseal Mor is an autistic best-selling novelist.- Age: 64
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Johnathan Janye is an autistic special Olympian who was cruelly mocked when he auditioned for "American Idol."- Photo:
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James Hobley is an autistic dancer who was a finalist on "Britain's Got Talent."- Age: 25
- Birthplace: Redcar, United Kingdom
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