Some shunned sex for religious reasons, choosing a life of celibacy for themselves. Others may have had celibacy forced upon them. But then there are a few who chose to shun the act of sex because it genuinely didn’t interest them. In some cases, they may have been romantics, in love with the idea of love and happiness in a relationship but uninterested in consummating it. Others, meanwhile, preferred to devote their energies to their work or other calling in life, seeing sex as an unwanted distraction. So here, we have ten of the most notable asexual individuals from history: