Brad Williams (born October 8, 1956) is an American man from
Prairie du Chien,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
who is considered by scientists to have one of the best memories in the world and one of the only 62 people in the world who has been confirmed by researchers as having a condition called
hyperthymestic syndrome. He can remember almost every day of his life, easily naming the day of the week, date, month, and year of innumerable personal and public events.
Williams is the author of the Triviazoids, a daily blog showing unusual connections in history for that particular date. He is the subject of the documentary ''Unforgettable'' (2010) by his brother Eric Williams and of a part of the episode ''Super Special'' of ''
Stan Lee's Superhumans''.
Williams won the Wisconsin Spelling Bee in 1969 at the age of 12 and has worked as a pronouncer for the Wisconsin Spelling Bee since 1978.
He also worked as a radio newsman.
See also
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USA Memory Championship
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Solomon Shereshevsky
Solomon Veniaminovich Shereshevsky (; 1886 – 1 May 1958), also known simply as 'Ш' ('Sh'), 'S.', or Luria's S, was a Soviet journalist and mnemonist active in the 1920s. He was the subject of Alexander Luria's case study ''The Mind of a Mnemon ...
References
External links
Triviazoids— A Day-By-Day Look At History's Links
''Unforgettable'' (2010) trailer
Living people
American mnemonists
People from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
1956 births
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