Asperger's Syndrome
Further information: Asperger syndrome- Jessica-Jane Applegate, Paralympic swimmer
- Henry Bond, writer and photographer
- Phillipa "Pip" Brown (aka Ladyhawke), indie rock musician
- Michael Burry, US investment fund manager
- Lizzy Clark, actress and campaigner
- Ryan Cleary, LulzSec hacker
- William Cottrell, student sentenced for fire-bombing SUV dealerships
- Paddy Considine, actor
- James Durbin, finalist on the tenth season of American Idol
- Robert Durst, American real estate developer accused of murder
- Tim Ellis, Australian magician and author
- Paula Hamilton, model
- Daryl Hannah, actress
- Peter Howson, Scottish painter
- Luke Jackson, author
- Heather Kuzmich, fashion model and reality show contestant on America's Next Top Model
- Adrian Lamo, American computer hacker
- Clay Marzo, American professional surfer
- Gary McKinnon, computer hacker who broke into high-security military and government sites
- Travis Meeks, lead singer, guitarist and song writer for acoustic rock band Days of the New
- Les Murray, Australian poet
- Robert Napper, British murderer
- Ari Ne'eman, American autism rights activist
- Jerry Newport, American author and mathematical savant, basis of the film Mozart and the Whale
- Craig Nicholls, frontman of the Australian alternative rock band, The Vines
- Gary Numan, British singer and songwriter (although he has not been medically diagnosed)
- Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author
- Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D., primate anthropologist, ethologist, and author
- Nicky Reilly, failed suicide bomber from Britain
- John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the Eye
- Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in economics
- Raymond Thompson, New Zealand scriptwriter and TV producer
- Liane Holliday Willey, author
- Adam Young, multi-instrumentalist, producer and the founder of the electronic project Owl City
Read more about this topic: List Of People With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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