Name |
Type |
Lifespan |
Country |
Profession |
Notes |
Source |
Richard Feynman |
grapheme-colour |
1918-1988 |
United States |
Physicist |
"When I see equations, I see the letters in colors. I don't know why. I see vague pictures of Bessel functions with light-tan j's, slightly violet-bluish n's, and dark brown x's flying around." |
[3] |
Frank Iero |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1981 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, guitarist |
|
[4] |
Tilden Daken |
Multiple |
1876-1935 |
United States |
Artist |
Painted to orchestral music. |
[5][6] |
Syd Barrett |
Multiple |
1946-2006 |
United Kingdom |
Singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist |
|
|
Suzuka Nakamoto |
Sound to color |
b. 1997 |
Japan |
Singer |
|
[7] |
Vladimir Nabokov |
Grapheme-Color |
1899-1977 |
Russia/United States/Switzerland |
Novelist, poet |
|
[8] |
Alessia Cara |
Multiple |
b. 1996 |
Canada |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[9][10] |
Beyoncé |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1981 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress |
|
[11][12][13][14] |
Charli XCX |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1992 |
United Kingdom |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[15] |
Jennifer Cook |
Multiple |
b. 1975 |
United States |
Author |
|
[16] |
Marilyn Monroe |
Taste to colour |
1926-1962 |
United States |
Actress |
|
[17][18][19] |
Jack Coulter |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1994 |
United Kingdom |
Artist |
|
[20][21] |
Marina Diamandis |
Multiple |
b. 1985 |
United Kingdom |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[22][23] |
Patricia Lynne Duffy |
Unspecified |
b. 1952 |
United States |
Author |
Wrote Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens, the first book by a synesthete about synesthesia. Co-founded the American Synesthesia Association. |
[24] |
Mary J. Blige |
Sound to colour |
b. 1971 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, actress |
|
[25] |
Billie Eilish |
Multiple |
b. 2001 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[26] |
Kanye West |
Multiple |
b. 1977 |
United States |
Rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, fashion designer |
|
[2][27] |
Nikola Tesla |
Chromesthesia |
1856–1943 |
Austria/United States |
Inventor |
|
[28] |
Eves Karydas |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1994 |
Australia |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[29][30] |
Duke Ellington |
Chromesthesia |
1899–1974 |
United States |
Composer, pianist, bandleader |
|
[31] |
David Hockney |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1937 |
United Kingdom |
Artist, stage designer, photographer |
|
[32] |
Greg Jarvis |
Sound to shape |
b. 1944 |
Canada |
Musician |
Founded the Canadian Synesthesia Association. |
[33][34][35] |
Ramin Djawadi |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1974 |
Germany |
Score composer |
|
[36] |
Billy Joel |
Multiple |
b. 1949 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, composer, pianist |
|
[37][38] |
Bloem de Ligny |
Multiple |
b. 1978 |
Netherlands |
Singer |
|
[39] |
Franz Liszt |
Sound to color |
1811–1886 |
Hungary |
Composer, pianist |
|
[40][41][37] |
Lorde |
Sound to color |
b. 1996 |
New Zealand |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[42][43] |
Adi Meyerson |
Unspecified |
b. 1991 |
United States |
Composer, Double Bassist |
|
[44][45] |
Olivia Rodrigo |
Sound to colour |
b. 2003 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[46][47][48] |
Tori Amos |
Sound to color |
b. 1963 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[49] |
Ida Maria |
Sound to color |
b. 1984 |
Norway |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[50][51] |
Marian McPartland |
Sound to color |
1918–2013 |
United Kingdom/United States |
Jazz pianist |
|
[52] |
Bea Miller |
Sound to color |
b. 1999 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, actress |
|
[53] |
Stephanie Morgenstern |
Multiple |
b. 1965 |
Canada |
Actress, filmmaker |
|
[54] |
Finneas O'Connell |
Multiple |
b. 1997 |
United States |
Musician, record producer, actor |
|
[2] |
Frank Ocean |
Sound to color |
b. 1987 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, producer, artist |
Released Channel Orange in 2012, an album themed around his own synesthesia |
[55] |
Adil Omar |
Multiple |
b. 1991 |
Pakistan |
Singer-songwriter, record producer |
|
[56] |
Andy Partridge |
Multiple |
b. 1953 |
United Kingdom |
Singer-songwriter, musician |
|
[57][58] |
Itzhak Perlman |
Sound to shape |
b. 1945 |
Israel/United States |
Violinist, conductor, music teacher |
|
[38] |
Jon Poole |
Sound to color |
b. 1969 |
United Kingdom |
Musician |
|
[59] |
Osmo Tapio Räihälä |
Shape to sound |
b. 1964 |
Finland |
Composer |
|
[60] |
Maggie Rogers |
Sound to color |
b. 1994 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, record producer |
|
[61] |
Jean Sibelius |
Unspecified |
1865–1957 |
Finland |
Composer, violinist |
|
[37] |
Holly Smale |
Emotions to color |
b. 1981 |
United Kingdom |
Writer |
|
[62] |
Carol Steen |
Multiple |
b. 1943 |
United States |
Artist |
Co-founded the American Synesthesia Association. |
[63][64] |
Daniel Tammet |
Unspecified |
b. 1979 |
United Kingdom |
Author |
|
[65] |
Brendon Urie |
Multiple |
b. 1987 |
United States |
Singer |
|
[66] |
Sabrina Vlaškalić |
Multiple |
1989–2019 |
Serbia |
Classical guitarist |
|
[67] |
Solomon Shereshevsky |
Fivefold |
1886-1958 |
Russian Empire/Soviet Union |
Journalist, mnemonist |
|
[68][69] |
Richard Wagner |
Sound to color |
1813–1883 |
Germany |
Composer, theatre director, conductor |
|
[38] |
Pharrell Williams |
Sound to color |
b. 1973 |
United States |
Singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer |
|
[38][37] |
Richard D. James |
Unspecified |
b. 1971 |
Ireland |
Musician, record player, composer, remixer, DJ |
|
[70][38] |
Hans Zimmer |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1957 |
Germany |
Composer, music producer |
|
[71] |
Olivier Messiaen |
Chromesthesia |
1896-1979 |
France |
Composer, pianist, organist |
|
[72][73][74] |
Awsten Knight |
Sound to color |
b. 1992 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter, producer |
|
[75] |
Nyokabi Kariûki |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1998 |
Kenya |
Composer, sound artist |
|
[76] |
J57 |
Sound to color |
b. 1983 |
United States |
Musician |
|
Peter Steele |
Chromesthesia |
1962-2010 |
United States |
Singer-songwriter |
|
[77] |
Ryan Met (AJR) |
Chromesthesia and sound to shapes/textures |
b. 1994 |
United States |
Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Producer |
|
[78][79] |
Jack Met (AJR) |
Chromesthesia |
b. 1997 |
United States |
Musician, Songwriter, Singer |
|
[78] |