Famous People with Schizoid Personality Disorder
It's difficult to find verifiable examples of famous people with schizoid personality disorder as people with the condition rarely have the desire to become famous. Experts speculate that Adam Lanza, the young man who killed so many people at Sandyhook Elementary School, suffered from schizoid personality disorder. But, since he's now dead, making it impossible to conduct a full psychological evaluation on him, we'll never know for sure.
At least one prolific and well-known blogger, Robert Chaen, speculates that the following famous people have (or had) schizoid personality disorder or least exhibited symptoms of schizoid personality disorder:
Albert Einstein
Peter Green
Mary Todd Lincoln
Vaclav Nijinsky
Charles Darwin
Sigmund Freud
Stephen Hawking
Bill Gates
Isaac Asimov
Bobby Fisher
Karl Marx
Celebrities With Schizoid Personality Disorder
While you won't read about celebrities with schizoid personality disorder here, at least two well-received movies depict characters with traits of the condition:
The Remains of the Day – The 1993 movie starring Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton and multiple Oscar Award winning Anthony Hopkins as James Stevens portrays the life of a head butler in and English manor who shows many traits of schizoid personality disorder. Anthony Hopkins plays the schizoid head butler, James Stevens.
The English Patient – The 1996 drama portrays the life of a critically burned World War II pilot who shows a number of schizoid characteristics when it comes to his relationship with his nurse caretaker. Ralph Fiennes plays Count Laszio de Almasy (the English patient). Juliette Binoche plays Hana (the nurse caretaker).
Watching these movies or reading about the personalities of the famous people suspected of having schizoid personality disorder may deepen your insight into this condition. There is no cure for the condition and treatment of schizoid personality disorder is next to impossible.
APA Reference
Gluck, S.
(2021, December 17). Famous People with Schizoid Personality Disorder, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, August 31 from https://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/schizoid-personality-disorder/famous-people-with-schizoid-personality-disorder