Who are some famous ISTP people you can easily identify and those you wish you knew? The ISTP is one of the 16 personality types of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test. But who is the ISTP?
The ISTP are perfectionists who have a curiosity to know the functionality of any thing they come across. They never like staying in one place for too long and although all their approaches to improvement doesn’t work, they come out a lot better.
ISTPs are very mechanical in their approach of things. They also tend to act without thinking and this affects the people around them. The ISTP isn’t overly emotional and they can’t usually handle more than one thing at once.
However, the things they do hold close, they give it their all. They dedicate their lives to learning and unlearning.
Here are a few famous ISTPs you should know.
Famous ISTP Actors and Entertainers
- Tom Cruise (American actor).
- Scarlett Johansson (American actress).
- Christian Bale (Welsh actor).
- Woody Allen (American director).
- Clint Eastwood (American actor).
- Bill Murray (American actor).
- Simon Cowell (English television judge and producer).
- Daniel Craig (English actor).
- Bruce Lee (Hong Kong actor and martial artist).
- Demi Moore (American actress).
- Kristen Stewart (American actress).
- James Dean (American actor).
Famous ISTP Musicians
ISTP musicians are well known for their technicality and delivery. Some even transcend time. Here are a few musicians with an ISTP personality
- Frank Sinatra (American Singer).
- Snoop Dogg (American rapper).
- Easy E (American rapper).
- Angus Young (Scottish Australian guitarist).
- Eminem (American rapper).
- Joe Walsh (American guitarist).
- Mikes Davis (American Jazz Trumpeter).
- Joe Strummer (American musician).
- Willie Nelson (American musician).
- Glenn Danzing (American musician and producer).
Famous ISTP Athletes
Sports is one of the greatest outlets for the ISTPs. They are competitive and strive to perfect themselves. Here are a few athletes with a most likely ISTP personality.
- Venus Williams (American tennis player).
- Shaquille O’Neal (American center).
- Barry Sanders (American running back).
- Ted Williams (American Left Fielder).
- Larry Bird (American Forward).
- Wayne Gretzky (Canadian coach and center).
- Barry Sanders (American running back).
- Phil Ivey (American poker champion).
- John McEnroe (American tennis player).
- Ayrton Senna (Brazilian F1 driver).
- Magnus Carlsen (Norwegian chess grandmaster).
Well Known ISTP Adventurers
The ISTP is known to be fearless and spontaneous. They are usually attracted to more daring careers. Here are a few of these adventurers with a most likely ISTP characteristics.
- Amelia Earhart (American pilot).
- Sally Ride (American astronaut).
- Miyamoto Musashi (Japanese swordsman).
- Edmund Hillary (New Zealand mountaineer).
- Alan Shepard (American astronaut).
- Chuck Yeager (American test pilot).
Famous ISTP Politician and World Leaders
The ISTP politician is firm and technical. Some leaders with ISTP characteristics include;
- Vladimir Putin (Russian President).
- Zachary Taylor (American President).
- Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter).
- Melania Trump (First lady of the United States).
- Erwin Rommel (German General).
- Yulia Tymoshenko (Ukrainian prime minister).
Popular ISTP Fictional Characters
Here are a few fictional characters who exhibit ISTP traits. They include:
- Melinda May (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.S).
- Arya Stark (Game of Thrones).
- Bobby Singer (Supernatural).
- Steven Hyde (That 70s show).
- Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man: into the spiderverse).
- Merlin (Kingsman: the secret service).
- Aragon (The Lord of the Rings).
- Matt Flamhalf (13 going on 30).
- Baymax (Big Hero 6).
- Bronn (Game of Thrones).
- Wolverine.
- Jason Bourne (The Bourne Series).
- Garnet (Steven Universe).
- James Bond.
- Gamora (MCU).
- Nick Fury (MCU).
- Eleven (Stranger Things).
- Derek Hale (Teen Wolf).
- Dead shot (Suicide Squad).
