Hmm. John Hickenlooper has a medical condition where he doesn't remember faces...

[brooklynite]

He's clearly learned to compensate.

[RDANGELO]

1. Never heard of that - interesting.

[brooklynite]

2. Prosopagnosia...

Prosopagnosia is a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces. Prosopagnosia is also known as face blindness or facial agnosia. The term prosopagnosia comes from the Greek words for “face” and “lack of knowledge.” ... Some people with the disorder are unable to recognize their own face.

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Prosopagnosia-Information-Page

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. More here:

Most people occasionally have trouble recognizing faces they have seen before, but prosopagnosia is much more severe than these everyday problems. Prosopagnosics have difficulty knowing whether they have seen a face before, and they often have problems recognizing faces they have encountered many times. In extreme cases, prosopagnosics have trouble recognizing even those people that they spend the most time with such as their spouse and children. It is important to note that prosopagnosia is defined by problems recognizing faces, not recalling names.

One of the telltale signs of prosopagnosia is great reliance on non-facial information such as hair, gait, clothing, voice, and other information. One of the most common complaints of prosopagnosics is that they have trouble following the plot of television shows and movies, because they cannot keep track of the identity of the characters. Prosopagnosics also sometimes have difficulty imagining the faces of people they know.

https://www.faceblind.org/research/

[sweetloukillbot]

7. There's an author I know and have met several times with this

She never remembers me until she can find some specific trait to remember. The last time I'd dyed my beard blue for a convention and she was able to latch on to that.
My ex-wife claims she has it as well, but it was never an issue when we were married (that I knew of).

[TrogL]

9. I scare myself in the mirror

Who let some old guy into the bathroom?

[Talking Tom]

3. So he won't know who his vice president is?

I’m going to need more details.

[brooklynite]

5. I believe it sinks in over time...

I'd think he clearly knows who his competitors are.

[JI7]

8. in post 6 it says in exteme cases they might even have difficulty

recognizing spouse and kids.

[madville]

4. I can't remember first names

Someone introduces themselves to me at work or whatever and their first name instantly leaves my brain. Wonder if that is something similar.

[Dem2theMax]

12. I'm the same way.

And the older I get, the worse it gets.

I finally had to come up with some sort of mental game to play so that I could remember names. If someone is named Ellen, I will make a mental note of Ellen DeGeneres. Then every time I see this person who is named Ellen, somehow I can remember Ellen DeGeneres, and then I am able to go up to the woman and say hello Ellen.

It's dumb, but it works for me. As long as I don't run out of famous people to think of, I think I will be okay.

[defacto7]

10. What do you call the neurological disorder where someone can't recall anything factual?

[Lefta Dissenter]

11. Trumpism (n/t)

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. CRS Disease

Can’t Remember Shit

[Socal31]

15. Please tell me it isn't hereditery.

I have two blood-uncles that show advanced symptoms at every family get-together.

[pnwest]

14. Brad Pitt has this.