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==Definition of eccentricity==
[[Eccentricity (behavior)|Eccentricity]] is necessarily defined relatively. For the purposes of this article, an eccentric is someone whose behaviour, beliefs and/or hobbies deviate in a significant way from the accepted norms of their society, but otherwise can function largely as normal in society. He or she may be regarded as strange, odd or at least unconventional, irregular and erratic. Other people may regard the eccentric with apprehension but also(contracted; show full)* [[Brian G. Hughes]], US banker
* [[Howard Hughes]], US industrialist and aviator who became a recluse and feared germs
* [[Bernarr McFadden]], US publisher and fanatical [[fitness]] proponent
* [[George Francis Train]], US businessman who went around the world four times, then spent his final days handing out dimes and refusing to speak to anyone but children and animals.

==Entertainers==


* [[David Bowie]], British singer, musician, currently residing in New York City.
* [[Anton Newcombe]], US rock singer, of the [[Brian Jonestown Massacre]], currently residing in New York City.⏎
* [[that]] [[weird]] [[guy]] from ? and the mysterions, whereabouts unknown.

er, that's it. there are no other eccentric entertainers.

==Inventors==
* [[Alex Chiu]], "discoverer" of "immortality rings"
* [[Lyman Gilmore]], inventor, possibly the first man to fly a plane. He did not bathe, and carried a pair of pistols.
* [[Troy Hurtubise]], an obsession with bears led him to invent a suit that could protect him from grizzly bears. He claims his latest invention "can make blind men see and lame men walk."
(contracted; show full)* [[Impostor]]
* [[Mad scientist]]
* ''[[Fantastic Architecture|Fantastic Architecture: Personal and Eccentric Visions]]'' by [[George R. Collins]] et al. ISBN 0810909146

==Bibliography==
* ''Le livre des bizarres'' (in French) - Guy Bechtel and Jean-Claude Carrière, Robert Laffont, Paris (1981)

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