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Greta Thunberg
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is a Swedish activist known for pressuring governments to address climate change and social issues. She gained global attention in 2018, at age 15, after starting a solo school strike outside the Swedish parliament, which inspired the worldwide Fridays for Future movement.
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress. Primarily known for her roles as headstrong and complicated women in independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012.
Ed Asner
American actor (1929–2021)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
American physicist
Toni Braxton
American singer
Joe Mantegna
American actor, producer, and director
Nick Hornby
English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer (born 1957)
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English novelist (b. 1969)
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
Jim Simons
American mathematician and hedge fund manager (1938–2024)
Aidan Quinn
American actor
Eugene Levy
Canadian actor and comedian
Clay Aiken
American singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
David Gallagher
American actor
Mark Rober
American YouTuber, engineer and inventor
Letícia Sabatella
Brazilian actress and singer
Lucy Hawking
English journalist and novelist
Simon Baron-Cohen
British psychologist and author
Ernie Els
South African professional golfer
Steve Earle
American musician
Olaf Kölzig
German ice hockey player
Harvey Kurtzman
American cartoonist (1924–1993)
Steve Shirley
British businesswoman and philanthropist (1933–2025)
William Christopher
American actor (1932-2016)
Lorna Wing
British autism researcher (1928–2014)
Didi Conn
American actress (born 1951)
Holly Robinson Peete
American actress and singer
Fred Melamed
American actor
Donna Williams
Australian writer, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and sculptor
Dominique Dawes
American artistic gymnast, actress, and health activist (born 1976)
Jaap van Zweden
Dutch conductor (born 1960)
Nathan Fielder
Canadian writer and comedian
Don Imus
American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author (1940 – 2019)
Cheryl Gillan
British politician (1952–2021)
Barbara Roberts
1936- American politician (1985-1991 Oregon Secretary of State, member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 1991-1995 Governor of Oregon)
Robert Smigel
American actor and comedian
Alex Arnold
English actor
Michael F. Doyle
American politician (born 1953)
Darryl Strawberry
American baseball player (born 1962)
Keith Duffy
Irish musician and actor
David Miedzianik
British writer
Doug Flutie
American football player
Torey Hayden
Child psychologist, teacher, lecturer and non-fiction writer
Tim Fischer
Australian politician, 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1946–2019)
Scott Mellanby
Canadian ice hockey player
Jim Sinclair
autism rights activist
Gunilla Gerland
Swedish author, lecturer and debater on the topic of Asperger syndrome
Saima Wazed
Bangladeshi psychologist
Steve Silberman
American writer and journalist (1957–2024)
Ari Ne'eman
American autism rights advocate
Bernard Rimland
American psychologist (1928–2006)
Liri Berisha
Albanian pediatrician and wife of former president
Luke Hancock
American basketball player (born 1990)
Byron Dafoe
Canadian ice hockey player
Josef Schovanec
French autistic philosopher and writer
Mel Baggs
American blogger (1980–2020)
Desmond de Silva
Sri Lankan singer
Christopher Gillberg
Swedish psychiatrist
Josh Greenfeld
American writer (1928–2018)
Rudy Simone
American author