Famous people with Tourette’s syndrome

I was curious so I went over to this wikipedia page, which at the time of this writing includes:

musicians/composers 12
actors/performers/motivational speakers 10
athletes 6
writers/journalists 4
politicians/activists 3
scientists 3
rich people / political commentators 2

Some of the people fell into multiple categories; for them, I picked one.

It’s an interesting mix, with Samuel Johnson as the top dog. More musicians and performers than I would’ve thought, but maybe that’s just who’s on wikipedia?

The most interesting story on the list is of this guy, who died from methanol poisoning while working in Antarctica. It’s possible he was murdered.

3 thoughts on “Famous people with Tourette’s syndrome

  1. “In September 2008, the written report resulting from the December 2006 inquest was released. The coroner could not find evidence to support theories of a prank gone awry nor foul play nor suicide.”

    Then how did he die???

    • No evidence to support doesn’t mean none of those happened, but the item missing from the list is accident. Either moonshine that inadvertently contained methanol, or knowingly drinking lab methanol but misjudging its toxicity. But wikipedia says he had an ample supply of alcohol, so it’s a real mystery.

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