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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)
* [[Hetty Green]], US businesswoman famous for her stinginess; her estate was more than $100,000,000
* [[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==

* [[Eden Ahbez]], proto-hippie, wrote ''[[Nature Boy]]''
* [[GG Allin]], American punk rocker
* [[Tori Amos]], American musician
* [[The Great Antonio]], [[Canada|Canadian]] strongman
* [[Tom Baker]], British actor; former star of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and narrator of ''[[Little Britain]]''
* [[Björk]], Icelandic singer, recently voted most eccentric celebrity of all time by the ''[[BBC]]''
*[[Marc Bolan]], 1970s [[British]] rock musician who claimed to have lived with a wizard in Paris
* [[David Bowie]], British singer, musician, whose creativity often goes to the point of eccentricity
* [[Boy George]], androgynous frontman of the pop band [[Culture Club]].⏎
* [[Buckethead]], guitarist who never performs without wearing a kabuki mask and KFC chicken bucket as a hat.
* [[Tim Burton]], film director
* The [[Cherry Sisters]], whose performances were typically met with a barrage of thrown [[vegetable]]s
* [[Les Claypool]], frontman of the alternative funk-metal band, [[Primus (band)|Primus]].
* [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], leader of [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] bands [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] and [[Funkadelic]]
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* [[Antony Hegarty]], singer and frontman of [[Antony and the Johnsons]] 
* [[Werner Herzog]], German film director, walked to [[Paris, France|Paris]] from [[Munich]] and describes chickens as demonic
* [[Michael Jackson]], US pop singer
* [[Jandek]], reclusive musician
* [[Andy Kaufman]], American "song and dance man" known for his bizarre [[anti-humor]] and many elaborate hoaxes.

* [[Tony Kaye]], director, musician⏎
* [[Klaus Kinski]], German actor
* [[John Lennon]], musician, member of The Beatles
* [[Courtney Love]], singer of the rock band [[Hole (band)|Hole]], widow of [[Kurt Cobain]]
* [[David Lynch]], film director
* [[John Lydon]] (aka 'Johnny Rotten'), former lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) - also an Irish [[individualist]] and [[anarchist]].
* [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], musician, changed her name to Esther after converting to Kabalah.  Released a book called "Sex" with her in different sexual positions.
* [[Marilyn Manson (person)|Marilyn Manson]], Musician, author, visual artist
* [[John McCririck]], English television horse racing pundit 
* [[Freddie Mercury]], singer of the rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]].
* [[Russ Meyer]], American cult film director and photographer
* [[Thelonious Monk]], jazz musician
* [[Keith Moon]], drummer for [[The Who]]
* [[Patrick Moore]], English tv astronomer and writer.
* [[Morrissey]] (Steven Patrick Morrissey), former lead singer of the highly influential English indie band [[The Smiths]] and is now a successful solo artist. 
* [[Anton Newcombe]], US rock singer, of the [[Brian Jonestown Massacre]]
* [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]], US [[rapper]] famous for a series of bizarre public actions and legal trouble
* [[Ozzy Osbourne]], singer of [[Black Sabbath]]⏎
* [[Lucia Pamela]], American musician
* [[Mike Patton]], singer of [[Faith No More]], [[Mr Bungle]], [[Tomahawk (band)|Tomahawk]] and [[Fantomas (band)|Fantomas]], amongst others
* [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], developer of [[dub music]]
* [[Elvis Presley]], visited morgues and cemeteries at night, "The King"'s most prized possession was said to be his bag of sheriff badges that he collected from around the country.
* [[Prince (artist)|Prince]], American musician, also formerly known as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince"
* [[Sun Ra]], American jazz musician
* [[Jimmy Savile]], British DJ and television personality
*[[Bon Scott]], original lead singer of [[AC/DC]]
* [[Edie Sedgwick]], model, actor
* [[Robert Smith]], singer of [[The Cure]]⏎
* [[Edward Askew Sothern]], British actor
* [[Phil Spector]], producer
* [[Vivian Stanshall]], British Musician
* [[Tiny Tim]], US musician
* [[Stanley Unwin (comedian)|Stanley Unwin]], [[comedian]] and wordsmith
* [[Sid Vicious]], [[punk rock]] musician, member of the [[Sex Pistols]]
* [[Captain Beefheart|Don Van Vliet]], musician known as ''Captain Beefheart'', visual artist
* [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]], American film director
* [[Brian Wilson]], songwriter and former member of [[The Beach Boys]]
* [[Ed Wood, Jr.|Ed Wood]], independent film director⏎
* [[Steven Wright]], comedian
* [[Frank Zappa]], American rock/jazz fusion musician, composer, and satirist

==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.
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* [[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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