recluses

• Syd Barrett, former leader of the band Pink Floyd
• Emily Dickinson, American poet
• Bobby Fischer, former world chess champion
• Greta Garbo, movie actress
• Howard Hughes, billionaire aviation pioneer, businessman, movie producer
• Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird
• Thomas Pynchon, novelist
• J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye
• Phil Spector, record producer and songwriter
• Sly Stone, musician, songwriter and record producer
• Brian Wilson, leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys
• Bill Watterson, cartoonist

nice names

• Brigitte Bardot
• Coco Chanel
• Courtney Love
• Franz Kafka
• Gloria Swanson
• Marlene Dietrich
• Nicky Wire