List of people with synesthesia

This is a list of notable people who have claimed to have the neurological condition synesthesia. Following that, there is a list of people who are often wrongly believed to have had synesthesia because they used it as a device in their art, poetry or music (referred to as pseudo-synesthetes).

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Synesthetes
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Name Type Lifespan Country Profession Quote Notes Source
Adil Omar Multiple b. 1991  Pakistan Singer-songwriter, Record producer [1]
Alessia Cara Multiple b. 1996  Canada Singer-songwriter [2]
Charli XCX Sound to color b. 1992  England Singer-songwriter [3]
Jennifer Cook O'Toole Multiple b. 1975  United States Author [4]
Jack Coulter Sound to color b. 1994  Northern Ireland Artist [5]
Marina Diamandis Multiple b. 1985  Wales Singer-songwriter [6]
Patricia Lynne Duffy Unspecified Unknown Unknown Author Wrote Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens, the first book by a synesthete about synesthesia.

Co-founded the American Synesthesia Association.

 [7]
Billie Eilish Multiple b. 2001  United States Singer-songwriter [8]
David Hockney Multiple b. 1937  England Artist, stage designer, photographer [9]
Greg Jarvis Sound to shape Unknown  Canada Leader of the Flowers of Hell Founded the Canadian Synesthesia Association. [10][11]
Ash Lieb Unspecified b. 1982  Australia Artist, author, comedian [12]
Bloem de Ligny Multiple b. 1978  Netherlands Lead singer of Sam and the Womp [13]
Lorde Sound to color b. 1996  New Zealand Singer-songwriter [14]
Ida Maria Sound to color b. 1984  Norway Singer-songwriter [15]
Marian McPartland Sound to color 1918-2013  England/ United States Jazz pianist [16]
Bea Miller Sound to color b. 1999  United States Singer-songwriter, actress [17]
Stephanie Morgenstern Multiple b. 1965  Canada Actress, filmmaker [18]
Finneas O'Connell Unspecified b. 1997  United States Musician, record producer, actor [8]
Itzhak Perlman Sound to shape b. 1945  Israel/ United States Violinist, conductor, music teacher [19]
Osmo Tapio Räihälä Sound to shape b. 1964  Finland Composer [20]
Maggie Rogers Sound to color b. 1994  United States Singer-songwriter, record producer [21]
Carol Steen Multiple b. 1943  United States Artist Co-founded the American Synesthesia Association. [22][23]
Brendon Urie Multiple b. 1987  United States Lead singer of Panic! at the Disco [24]
Daniel Tammet Unspecified b. 1979  England Author [25]
Sabrina Vlaškalić Multiple 1989-2019  Serbia Classical guitarist [26]
Ryan Met Multiple b. 1994  United States Producer and member of AJR "I see visuals when I'm hearing the music, and that very much helps when I'm building ... and choosing the right drums."[27] [27]
Duke Ellington Sound to color 1899-1974  United States Composer, pianist, bandleader [28][29]
Franz Liszt Sound to color 1811-1886  Hungary Composer, pianist "Oh, please, gentlemen, a little bluer, if you please! This key requires it!"[30][31] [30][29][31]
Billy Joel Sound to color, color to sound b. 1949  United States Singer-songwriter, composer, pianist "[W]hen I think of different types of melodies which are slower or softer, I think in terms of blues or greens ... When I [see] a particularly vivid color, it's usually a strong melodic, strong rhythmic pattern that emerges at the same time. When I think of [these] songs, I think of vivid reds, oranges, or golds.”[19] [19][29]
Pharrell Williams Sound to color b. 1973  United States Singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer "The ability to see and feel [this way] was a gift given to me that I did not have to have. And if it was taken from me suddenly I'm not sure that I could make music. ... I wouldn't have a measure to understand [it]."[19]

"I thought all kids had mental, visual references for what they were hearing."[19]

 [19][29]
Jean Sibelius Unspecified 1865-1957  Finland Composer, violinist [29]
Richard Wagner Sound to color 1813-1883  Germany Composer, theatre director, conductor [19]

Pseudo-synesthetes

References
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  4. Cook O'Toole, Jennifer (4 December 2018). Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum. ISBN 9781510732858.
  5. "Synesthesia artist Jack Coulter creates 'musical painting' of Glastonbury". 20 June 2016.
  6. "Trust Your Gut: An Interview With Marina and the Diamonds". Rookie. 25 February 2015.
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  25. Tammet, Daniel. 2006. "Born on a Blue Day." London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
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  27. Breaking down the production of Three-Thirty, Next Up Forever and Bang!. AJR. YouTube. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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  31. Liu, Annie (Yen-Ling) (2013). "Listening as Gazing: Synaesthesia and the Double Apotheosis in Franz Liszt's "Hunnenschlacht"". Studia Musicologica. 54 (4): 379–388. doi:10.1556/SMus.54.2013.4.4. ISSN 1788-6244. JSTOR 43289733.
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  33. B. M. Galeyev and I. L. Vanechkina (August 2001). "Was Scriabin a Synesthete?". Leonardo; Vol. 34, Issue 4, pp. 357 - 362.
  34. Scriabin, Alexander. 1995(1911). "Poem of Ecstasy" and "Prometheus: Poem of Fire". New York: Dover.
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