Many famous people have either been diagnosed with ASD or are thought to have had ASD (diagnoses were rare and more difficult in less recent decades).
Filmmaker
Artist
Writer
Animator
Famous for: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Alice in Wonderland, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Theoretical Physicist
German-born
Famous for: Theory of Relativity, E = mc2, Nobel Prize in Physics, and development of quantum physics
Entrepreneur
Investor
Author
Philanthropist
Famous for: Principal founder of Microsoft
Artist
Director
Producer
Famous for: pop art (see right image), Campbell's Soup Cans (1962)