List of recluses

This is a list of notable recluses.

Name Date of birth Date of death Known for
Syd Barrett[1] 1946 2006 former leader of the band Pink Floyd
David Bowie[2][3] 1947 2016 singer and actor
Huguette Clark[4] 1906 2011 heiress and philanthropist
Emily Dickinson[5][6] 1830 1886 American poet
Steve Ditko[7] 1927 comic book artist, writer and co-creator of Spider-Man
Bobby Fischer[8] 1943 2008 former world chess champion
Greta Garbo[9] 1905 1990 movie actress
João Gilberto[10] 1931 Brazilian singer and composer
Alexander Grothendieck[11] 1928 2014 stateless mathematician
Burkhard Heim[12] 1925 2001 German theoretical physicist
Lauryn Hill[13][14][15] 1975 American musician
Howard Hughes[9][16] 1905 1976 billionaire aviation pioneer, businessman and movie producer
Theodore Kaczynski[17][18] 1942 American terrorist known as the Unabomber
Kamo no Chomei 1153 or 1155 1216 Japanese author, poet (in the waka form) and essayist
Daniel Kitson[19] 1977 British comedian
Stanley Kubrick[20] 1928 1999 American film director
Harper Lee[21] 1926 2016 author of To Kill a Mockingbird
Terrence Malick[22][23] 1943 American filmmaker
Pordenone Montanari[24][25] 1937 painter, sculptor and philosopher
Edvard Munch[26][27] 1863 1944 Norwegian painter of The Scream
Leo Ornstein[28][29][30] 1893 or 1892 2002 avant-garde pianist-composer
Grigori Perelman[31][32] 1966 Russian mathematician
Thomas Pynchon[21] 1937 novelist
Marcel Proust[33] 1871 1922 French novelist of In Search of Lost Time
Axl Rose 1962 Guns N' Roses lead singer
J. D. Salinger[9][21] 1919 2010 author of The Catcher in the Rye
Arthur Scargill[34] 1938 Leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain) during a year-long strike in 1984-1985
Phil Spector[35] 1940 record producer and songwriter
Layne Staley[36] 1967 2002 lead singer of the band Alice in Chains

References

  1. ↑ Audrey Gillan (12 July 2006). "Rock's crazy diamond dies after 30 years as a recluse". The Guardian. London.
  2. ↑ "Reclusive David Bowie spotted on rare public outing". The Telegraph. London. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  3. ↑ Goodman, Dean (1 March 2010). "David Bowie's new makeover: Rock 'n' roll recluse". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune".
  5. ↑ "Emily Dickinson - Top 10 Most Reclusive Celebrities - TIME". TIME. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Emily Dickinson". University of Illinois at Chicago. 3 September 1999.
  7. ↑ Tucker, Reed. "The secret hero of Spider-Man". New York Post. NYP Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Christine Toomey (April 20, 2008). "Bobby Fischer's final manoeuvre". The Sunday Times. London.
  9. 1 2 3 Andrew Martin (31 January 2010). "How to be a recluse". The Independent. London.
  10. ↑ Aaron Cohen (July 31, 2003). "Bossa nova legend has his way at Ravinia". Chicago Tribune. He may be Brazil's foremost recluse.
  11. ↑ Matt Schudel (November 15, 2014). "Alexander Grothendieck, mathematical genius who went into self-exile, dies at 86". Washington Post.
  12. ↑ Ludwiger, Illobrand. "Zum Tode des Physikers Burkhard Heim". Retrieved 20 January 2001.
  13. ↑ Touré (October 30, 2003). "The Mystery of Lauryn Hill". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  14. ↑ McGee, Tiffany (August 18, 2008). "Whatever Happened to ... Lauryn Hill?". People. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  15. ↑ Checkoway, Laura (August 26, 2008). "Inside 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  16. ↑ "1976: Billionaire Howard Hughes dies". BBC. 5 April 1976. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  17. ↑ Alston Chase (June 2000). "Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber". The Atlantic Online. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  18. ↑ "On this day: 1996: 'Unabomber' suspect arrested". BBC. 3 April 1996. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  19. ↑ Brian Logan (August 5, 2012). "Daniel Kitson: the Salinger of standup". The Guardian.
  20. ↑ "Stanley Kubrick (obituary)". The Daily Telegraph. London. March 8, 1999.
  21. 1 2 3 Paul Harris (5 February 2006). "Mockingbird author steps out of shadows". The Observer. London.
  22. ↑ "The secret life of Terrence Malick". The Independent. London. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  23. ↑ Zimmerman, Neetzan (14 June 2012). "TMZ Accidentally Runs Into Reclusive Auteur Terrence Malick; Has No Idea Who He Is".
  24. ↑ Alberge, Dalya. "Italian recluse Pordenone Montanari, aged 73, hailed as a genius of art". Guardian Observer. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  25. ↑ Rees, Jasper. "In old Italian home, new owner finds a secret master". The National. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  26. ↑ Lawrence Warick; Elaine Warick. "A Study of Loss, Grief and Creativity". Michigan State University. Retrieved 11 August 2004.
  27. ↑ "A Celebrated Artist-Recluse". New York Times. 14 February 1937.
  28. ↑ Michael Broyles; Denise Von Glahn (21 September 2007). Leo Ornstein: Modernist Dilemmas, Personal Choices. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253348944.
  29. ↑ Journal of American history. Organization of American Historians. 1994. p. 616.
  30. ↑ Stearns, David. "Composer Leo Ornstein's long-delayed return". The Inquirer. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  31. ↑ Forrest, Brett (22 August 2012). "Searching for Grigori Perelman, Russia's reclusive maths genius". Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  32. ↑ "Annals of Mathematics: Manifold Destiny". New Yorker. Retrieved 28 August 2006.
  33. ↑ "Top 10 Most Reclusive Celebrities". Time magazine. 3 June 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  34. ↑ Harris, John (28 February 2014). "In search of Arthur Scargill: 30 years after the miners' strike". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  35. ↑ Tim Cumming (2 November 2001). "I want to be alone". The Independent. London.
  36. ↑ Joe D'Angelo (April 22, 2002). "'An Angry Angel' — Layne Staley Remembered By Bandmates, Friends". MTV.com. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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