Prominent ADHD sufferers

After weighing up the profound reluctance to expose third parties and the advantage of showing many sufferers that ADHD is nothing to be ashamed of and that very successful careers are possible with it, we have compiled the following collection of celebrities who have made their diagnosis public themselves and of people from contemporary history who are said to have had ADHD.

• Abraham Lincoln, US President¹
• Adam Levine, singer, guitarist (Maroon 5), actor²³
• Adam Meckler, Internet entrepreneur³
• Albert Einstein¹⁴
• Andreas Wolf, national handball goalkeeper⁵
• Ashley Olsen, actress⁶
• Avril Lavigne, Singer⁷
• Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre, author⁵
• Britney Spears, pop singer⁸
• Bill Cosby, actor⁹
• Bill Gates, Microsoft founder¹⁰
• Bruce Jenner, athlete,¹¹¹² has come out as transgender and is now called Caitlyn Jenner, actress¹³
• Cameron Diaz, actress⁷
• Cammi Granato (ice hockey player)
• Carl Lewis¹²
• Christopher Knight (Actor)
• Christopher Lauer (politician)⁵
• Channing Tatum (actor, model)³
• Chris Kaman, basketball player⁴
• Courtney Love, rock singer and guitarist¹⁴
• Dexter Scott King, civil rights activist, actor and documentary filmmaker⁴
• David Neeleman, entrepreneur (Morris Air, JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines)¹⁵¹¹
• David Striesow, actor¹⁶
• Eckart von Hirschhausen, author⁵ARD 30.10.23: Hirschhausen and ADHD
• Edgar Allan Poe, writer¹
• Emma Watson, actress¹³¹⁷
• Ernest Hemingway, writer¹⁰
• Eva Longoria, Model⁷
• Gabi Grecko, fashion designer, model and DJ⁵
• George Bernhard Shaw, writer¹
• Glenn Beck, mixed martial arts fighter¹⁰
• Heather Kuzmich, Model¹⁰
• Hilary Duff, singer, actress and author¹⁰⁷
• Howie Mandel, comedian and voice actor¹¹
• Jackie Chan, actor¹⁸
• James Carville, political commentator and critic, campaign manager for Bill Clinton¹⁰
• James Middelton, relative of the English royal family¹⁹
• Jamie Oliver, TV chef¹¹
• Jan Ulrich, racing cyclist⁵
• Jason Earles, actor¹⁰
• Jennifer Connelly, actress¹⁰
• Jennifer Lawrence, actress (hyperactivity)²⁰
• Jim Carrey, actor¹¹
• Jim Caviezel, actor³
• Jennifer Lopez, singer, actress²¹
• John F. Kennedy, US President¹⁰
• Justin Bieber³
• Justin Timberlake, pop singer and actor¹¹²²⁷
• Karina Smirnoff, dancer¹¹⁶
• Katherine Ellison, Pulitzer Prize winner⁶
• Kathrin Weßling, writer⁵
• Kristen Stewart, actress²³
• Kurt Cobain ✝, musician and artist¹³
• Lisa Ling, actress⁶
• Liv Tyler, actress and model²⁴⁷
• Lochmann, Heiko and Roman²⁵
• Magic Johnson, basketball player¹²
• Mariette Hartley, actress
• Mary-Kate Olsen, actress⁶
• Matt Morgan, professional wrestler, actor²⁶
• Melissa Joan Hart, actress, voice actress, film producer and director.
• Megan Fox, actress and model²⁷
• Mel B., singer, Spice Girl²⁸
• Michael Jordan, basketball player¹²
• Michael Phelps, swimmer¹¹³¹²
• Michelle Rodriguez, actress, voice actress¹¹
• Nadja Adb El Farrag (“Naddel”), actress⁵²⁹
• Nicole Vaidišová, tennis player¹²
• Noah Gordon, author (The Medicus)³⁰
• Norman Schwarzkopf, US General¹⁰
• Paris Hilton, fashion designer, model, actress, singer and entrepreneur¹¹³
• Paul Orfalea, entrepreneur and visiting professor¹¹
• Pete Rose, baseball player¹¹
• Richard Branson, entrepreneur and balloonist¹³
• Robin Williams ✝, actor, comedian and Oscar winner; comorbidly depressed¹³
• Rory Bremner, comedian³¹
• Roxy Olin, actress³²
• Ryan Gosling, actor³
• Salma Hayek, actress³³³⁴
• Salvador Dali, painter¹
• Sascha Lobo, blogger, author, journalist, copywriter³⁵
• Serena Williams, tennis player¹²
• Shane Victorino, baseball player
• Sir Richard Branson, entrepreneur¹¹³
• Solange Knowles, actress, singer, songwriter and music producer¹¹³
• Ted Turmer¹⁰
• Terry Bradshaw, football player¹¹³⁴
• Thomas Edison, inventor¹⁴
• Ty Pennington, TV presenter, model and carpenter¹⁰
• Whoopy Goldberg, actress¹⁰
• Will.I.Am (William James Adams), rapper and hip-hop producer³⁶
• Will Smith, actor, film producer and rapper¹¹
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart¹
• Woody Harrelson, actor³⁴
• Zooey Deschanel, actress, singer¹⁰