ADD In The Rich And Famous

Having Attention Deficit Disorder does not mean that you'll go through life as a failure. Many people with ADD live rich productive lives when they learn how to cope and harness their tremendous energy and creativity.

According to One ADD Place, these successful people have been diagnosed with ADD or who exhibit the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder in their lives.

  • Albert Einstein, physist
  • Galileo, scientist
  • Mozart, musician
  • Wright Brothers, inventors
  • Leonardo da Vinci, artist
  • Cher, musician/actor
  • Bruce Jenner, athlete
  • Tom Cruise, actor
  • Charles Schwab, entrepreneur
  • Henry Winkler, actor/director
  • Danny Glover, actor
  • Walt Disney
  • John Lennon, musician
  • Greg Louganis, athlete
  • Winston Churchill, statesman
  • Henry Ford, inventor
  • Stephen Hawkings, physist
  • Jules Verne, author
  • Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
  • Woodrow Wilson, president
  • Hans Christian Anderson, author
  • Nelson Rockefeller, politician
  • Thomas Edison, inventor
  • Gen. George Patton, soldier
  • Agatha Christie, author
  • John F. Kennedy, president
  • Whoopi Goldberg, actor
  • Rodin, sculptor
  • Thomas Thoreau, author
  • Dustin Hoffman, actor
  • Pete Rose, athlete
  • Louis Pasteur, scientist
  • Werner von Braun, rocket scientist
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, president
  • Robert Kennedy, politician
  • Luci Baines Johnson Nugent
  • George Bush's children
  • Prince Charles, British royal family
  • Gen. Westmoreland, soldier
  • Eddie Rickenbacker, pilot
  • Harry Belafonte, musician
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald, author
  • Mariel Hemingway, actor
  • Steve McQueen, actor
  • George C. Scott, actor
  • Tom Smothers, comedian
  • Suzanne Somers, actor
  • Lindsay Wagner, actor
  • George Bernard Shaw, playwright
  • Beethoven, musician
  • Carl Lewis, athlete
  • Jackie Stewart, comedian
  • "Magic" Johnson, athlete
  • Weyerhauser family, entrepreneurs
  • John Corcoran, lawyer
  • Sylvester Stallone, actor