Famous People Are Human
Famous People with ADHD
There are many famous people with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) who have gone onto fame and fortune. Unlike some other diseases and conditions, ADHD doesn’t have to hold one back in life.
 Robin Williams (R. I. P.) |
If properly diagnosed and treated, not only famous people may live with ADHD but so can everyone else.
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Below is a list of famous and notable people with ADHD that are known at this time. If you have a celeb or other notable person to add to this list please send it in.
Famous People with ADHD
| Actors and DirectorsAmy Adams Ann Bancroft Harry Belafonte George Burns Jim Carey Cher Bill Cosby Tom Cruise Kirk Douglas Danny Glover Tracey Gold Whoopi Goldberg Alfred Hitchcock Dustin Hoffman Steve McQueen Jack Nicholson Joan Rivers George C. Scott Will Smith Tom Smothers Steven Spielberg Suzanne Somers Sylvester Stallone James Stewart Lindsay Wagner Robin Williams Henry Winkler Jennifer Connelly Hilary Duff Eva Longoria Liv Tyler Paris Hilton Cameron Diaz Michelle Rodriguez Brittany Snow Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen Alison Lohman Christopher Knight Dakota Fanning Daniel Bedingfield Diane Kruger Ellen Page Emma Watson Forrest Griffin Glenn Beck Howie Mandel Jamie Oliver Jason Earles Megan Fox Melissa Joan Hart Rachel Hurd-Wood Rory Bremner Salma Hayek Ty Pennington Vince Vaughn Willa Holland Woody Harrelson Zooey Deschanel Jillian Michaels Channing Tatum Hayley Williams Robin Williams Musicians William James Adams Ludwig van Beethoven John Denver John Lennon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ozzy Osbourne Elvis Presley Stevie Wonder Avril Lavigne Justin Timberlake Adam Levine Kurt Cobain Steven Tyler |
Entrepreneurs / Business PeopleSir Richard Branson Andrew Carnegie Walt Disney Malcolm Forbes Henry Ford Bill Gates William Randolph Hearst FW WoolworthArtistsAnsel Adams Salvadore Dali Vincent Van Gogh Pablo Picasso August Rodin Statesmen Napoleon Bonaparte Lewis Carroll Alexander Graham Bell
Terry Bradshaw |
These are just some of the famous names of people with ADHD. There are many other stars with ADHD who have not made their conditions public or the research has not been conclusive about this ailment.
Some stars have been forthcoming including Justin Timberlake who says he has this condition mixed with OCD (Howie Mandel, too), Will Smith who says that while growing up he had trouble paying attention and reading, Michael Phelps who acknowledges he has ADHD and that swimming helps him focus, and Jim Carrey says that his zany antics are the result of his ADHD.
Sir Richard Branson says he has it. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan state that they each have taken Adderall to control it. Terry Bradshaw, Bruce Jenner and James Carville speak about it publicly.
And, of course, Robin Williams (pictured above), duh! Just look at his high energy comedy and it’s not hard to see what fuels the comedic fire with him.
Albert Einstein
As you can see, having ADHD did not hold many of these famous people back in their careers. In fact, some of the most creative (and brilliant) people the world has known have had this condition.
Reader Comments …
Happy New Year to you and your team. I recently found out i have ADHD.I am a novelist from Corinth, Greece. I plan to write an article based on personal experience on this syndrom.
My favourite artist has been Da Vinci, i write cathreptic script too. And my favourite painter has always been Van Gogh. I never considered him as psychopath, i had this strange understanding of him and his paintings. Hemingway has always been deeply appreciated, i could see throuh his dialogues more than an average reader would do. I now know because we had ADHD in common. Because i can focus extremely, i wrote from the beggining pastiches, which are absolute literary imitation of other writers, such as Llorca. It is a very particular and rare literary gift.
People with ADHD understand each other more deeply.
Other Comments …
Your article remains amazing.
respectfully,
Ntina K.
Novelist