Topic summary
Autistic savant
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Savant syndrome.
Fictional characters
- Raymond Babbitt, autistic savant in the 1988 American film Rain Man (inspired by Kim Peek)
- Maria Bagtikan-Cruz, acquired savant in a 2011 episode of the Philippine television sitcom series Pepito Manaloto
- Ireneo Funes, acquired savant in the 1942 short story Funes the Memorious by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges
- Forrest Gump, savant in the 1986 American novel Forrest Gump by Winston Groom and the 1994 film
- Kazan, developmentally disabled savant in the 1997 Canadian film Cube
- Shaun Murphy, autistic savant in the 2017 American medical drama television series The Good Doctor (remake of the 2013 South Korean series)
- Patrick Obyedkov, acquired savant in a 2007 episode of the American medical drama House
- Park Shi-on, autistic savant in the 2013 South Korean medical drama Good Doctor
- Christian Wolff, autistic savant in the 2016 American film The Accountant and its 2025 sequel The Accountant 2
- Woo Young-woo, autistic savant in the 2022 South Korean television series Extraordinary Attorney Woo