Of course I have always seen my son as brilliant, annoying, but brilliant and knew that the way his head works could bring him great fame, fortune and happiness. I also know that the greatest men and women in history all had something in common, just like my child and I, they thought outside the box.
I have checked like 50 websites in the past few years and found this list to be pretty consistent. It doesn't surprise me at all. I can't say for certain that any of the historical people (dead ones) on this list had ADHD or ADD, but it makes a lot of sense. You be the judge.
Some, like Albert Einstein, if you pardon the expression, are no brainers. Their documented histories show that they had all the behaviors, symptoms and abilities that we ADHD people possess.
So, I am not claiming that this list is 100% accurate, but I'll bet it's damn close.
Albert Einstein Ansel Adams Ann Bancroft Beethoven Alexander Graham Bell James Boswell Sir Richard Francis Burton President George Bush (both) Admiral Richard Byrd Lord Byron Thomas Carlyle Andrew Carnegie Jim Carrey Gen. H. Norman Charles Thomas Chatterton Samuel Clemens Samuel T. Coleridge Christopher Columbus Tom Cruise Leonardo da Vinci Salvador Dali Emily Dickinson Patty Duke Thomas Edison Ralph Waldo Emerson Ernest & Marel F. Scott Fitzgerald Edward Fitzgerald Malcomb Forbes Henry Ford Rick Fox Benjamin Franklin Robert Frost Zsa Zsa Gabor Tom Gainsborough Galileo Bill Gates Susan Hampshire Handel Mariette Hartley Stephen Hawking Wm Randolph Hearst Ernest Hemingway Bill Hewlett Alfred Hitchcock Dustin Hoffman Thomas Jefferson Bruce Jenner "Magic" Johnson Samuel Johnson Michael Jordan Carl Jung, M.D. King Karl XI of Sweden John F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy Jason Kidd Evel Knievel Bill Lear John Lennon Lewis and Clark Carl Lewis Abraham Lincoln Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Louis Pasteur Gen. George Patton H. Ross Perot Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf George C. Scott George Bernard Shaw Tom Smothers Socrates Steven Spielberg Sylvester Stallone Robert Louis Stevenson Jackie Stewart James Stewart Richard C. Strauss Lord Alfred Tennyson Nicolai Tesla Henry David Thoreau Leo Tolstoy Ted Turner Vincent Van Gogh Jules Verne Werner von Braun Lindsay Wagner Mike Wallace General Westmoreland Weyerhauser Family Walt Whitman Jamie Williams Robin Williams Tennessee Williams Woodrow Wilson Henry Winkler Stevie Wonder Virginia Woolf F.W. Woolworth Wright Brothers Vince Lombardi Robert Lowell James Clark Maxwell Steve McQueen Mozart David H. Murdock Napoleon Nasser Isaac Newton Jack Nicholson Anthony Hopkins Howard Hughes Nostradamus Edgar Allan Poe Cole Porter Elvis Presley Dan Rather Buddy Rich Eddie Rickenbacker Guy Ritchie Joan Rivers John D. Rockefeller Nelson Rockefeller Pete Rose John Ruskin Nolan Ryan Eleanor Roosevelt Anwar Sadat Pierre Salinger Robert Schumann Pablo Picasso Charles Schwab Michael Phelps Ty Pennington (thanks for the update Angel) Cody and ME!
Go ahead, add yourself or your kids name to this list... now go do something GREAT!

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I have checked like 50 websites in the past few years and found this list to be pretty consistent. It doesn't surprise me at all. I can't say for certain that any of the historical people (dead ones) on this list had ADHD or ADD, but it makes a lot of sense. You be the judge.
Some, like Albert Einstein, if you pardon the expression, are no brainers. Their documented histories show that they had all the behaviors, symptoms and abilities that we ADHD people possess.
So, I am not claiming that this list is 100% accurate, but I'll bet it's damn close.
Albert Einstein
Ansel Adams
Ann Bancroft
Beethoven
Alexander Graham Bell
James Boswell
Sir Richard Francis Burton
President George Bush (both)
Admiral Richard Byrd
Lord Byron
Thomas Carlyle
Andrew Carnegie
Jim Carrey
Gen. H. Norman Charles
Thomas Chatterton
Samuel Clemens
Samuel T. Coleridge
Christopher Columbus
Tom Cruise
Leonardo da Vinci
Salvador Dali
Emily Dickinson
Patty Duke
Thomas Edison
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ernest & Marel
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald
Malcomb Forbes
Henry Ford
Rick Fox
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Frost
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Tom Gainsborough
Galileo
Bill Gates
Susan Hampshire
Handel
Mariette Hartley
Stephen Hawking
Wm Randolph Hearst
Ernest Hemingway
Bill Hewlett
Alfred Hitchcock
Dustin Hoffman
Thomas Jefferson
Bruce Jenner
"Magic" Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Michael Jordan
Carl Jung, M.D.
King Karl XI of Sweden
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Jason Kidd
Evel Knievel
Bill Lear
John Lennon
Lewis and Clark
Carl Lewis
Abraham Lincoln
Luci Baines Johnson Nugent
Louis Pasteur
Gen. George Patton
H. Ross Perot
Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf
George C. Scott
George Bernard Shaw
Tom Smothers
Socrates
Steven Spielberg
Sylvester Stallone
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jackie Stewart
James Stewart
Richard C. Strauss
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Nicolai Tesla
Henry David Thoreau
Leo Tolstoy
Ted Turner
Vincent Van Gogh
Jules Verne
Werner von Braun
Lindsay Wagner
Mike Wallace
General Westmoreland
Weyerhauser Family
Walt Whitman
Jamie Williams
Robin Williams
Tennessee Williams
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Winkler
Stevie Wonder
Virginia Woolf
F.W. Woolworth
Wright Brothers
Vince Lombardi
Robert Lowell
James Clark Maxwell
Steve McQueen
Mozart
David H. Murdock
Napoleon
Nasser
Isaac Newton
Jack Nicholson
Anthony Hopkins
Howard Hughes
Nostradamus
Edgar Allan Poe
Cole Porter
Elvis Presley
Dan Rather
Buddy Rich
Eddie Rickenbacker
Guy Ritchie
Joan Rivers
John D. Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Pete Rose
John Ruskin
Nolan Ryan
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anwar Sadat
Pierre Salinger
Robert Schumann
Pablo Picasso
Charles Schwab
Michael Phelps
Ty Pennington (thanks for the update Angel)
Cody and ME!
Go ahead, add yourself or your kids name to this list... now go do something GREAT!