Whatever the cause of it is, mental illness can happen to anyone. Whether you're rich or poor, tall or short, black or white, famous or not, you have just as equal a chance of getting it. If you become aware of it, you'll see it's as common as night and day. You probably have a friend, relative, co-worker, or acquaintance who has depression right now; who is experiencing difficulty from a loss in their life be it a job or loved one. Or it could be that they are having trouble in school, like being bullied which could in fact cause them to contemplate sucide. Or maybe they're all of a sudden experiencing too much stress and feel like they're having some sort of emotional breakdown.
Here is a list of famous individuals and cultural creatives who have also lived life with mental illness.
Paula Deen Agoraphobia and panic attacks
Billy Joel alcohol and depression
Craig Ferguson alcoholic
Karen Carpenter anorexia nervosa
Sandra Dee anorexia nervosa
Tracey Gold anorexia nervosa, attention deficit disorder;
Richard Simmons anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa;
Kurt Cobain attention deficit disorder and bipolar depression
Michael Phelps attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Doug Flutie, Jr. autism
Bill Oddie bipolar disorder
DMX bipolar disorder
Frank Bruno bipolar disorder
James Dean Bradfield bipolar disorder
Jane Pauley bipolar disorder
Macy Gray bipolar disorder
Ozzy Osbourne bipolar disorder
Rosemary Clooney bipolar disorder
Sinead O’Connor bipolar disorder
Tony Slattery bipolar disorder
Mel Gibson bipolar disorder
Britney Spears bipolar and postnatal depression
Stephen Fry bipolar depression
Alonzo Spellman bipolar disorder
Art Buchwald bipolar disorder
Axl Rose bipolar disorder
Ben Stiller bipolar disorder
Bert Yancey bipolar disorder
Bill Lichtenstein bipolar disorder
Brian Wilson bipolar disorder
Burgess Meredith bipolar disorder
Dimitrius Underwood bipolar disorder
Francis Ford Coppola bipolar disorder
Gaetano Donizetti bipolar disorder
J.P. Morgan bipolar disorder
Jack Irons bipolar disorder
Jean-Claude Van Damme bipolar disorder
Jimmy Piersall bipolar disorder
John Gibson bipolar disorder
John Mulheren bipolar disorder
Joshua Logan bipolar disorder
Kate Millett bipolar disorder
Kristy McNichol bipolar disorder
Larry Flynt bipolar disorder
Linda Hamilton bipolar disorder
Ludwig van Beethoven bipolar disorder
Margaret Trudeau Kemper bipolar disorder
Murray Pezim bipolar disorder
Ned Beatty bipolar disorder
Patty Duke bipolar disorder
Pierre Péladeau bipolar disorder
Robert Boorstin bipolar disorder
Robert Campeau bipolar disorder
Robert Lowell bipolar disorder
Robert Munsch bipolar disorder
Spike Milligan bipolar disorder
Ted Turner bipolar disorder
Alvin Ailey bipolar disorder (aka “manic depression”)
Abbie Hoffman bipolar disorder (speculated)
Isaac Newton bipolar disorder (suspected)
Vivien Leigh bipolar disorder after miscarriage
Kitty Dukakis bipolar disorder, alcoholism; substance abuse;
Patricia Cornwell bipolar disorder, anorexia nervosa, anorexia bulimia;;
Carrie Fisher bipolar disorder, substance abuse;
Shecky Greene bipolar disorder, with severe panic attacks
Charley Pride bipolar disorder; alcoholism
John Daly bipolar disorder; alcoholism, gambling addiction;
Jaco Pastorius bipolar disorder; alcoholism; substance abuse
Winston Churchill bipolar disorder; dyslexia
Frances Lear bipolar disorder;, substance abuse
Catherine zeta jones bipolar II
Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard) bipolar disorder
Doug Ferrari borderline personality disorder
Marsha Linehan bpd
Adam Rickett bulimia nervosa
Barbara Niven bulimia nervosa
Herb McCauley bulimia nervosa
Jane Fonda bulimia nervosa
Ally Sheedy bulimia nervosa; substance abuse
Sir Elton John bulimia nervosa; substance abuse, alcoholism;
Princess Diana Bulimia nevosa, depression and multiple suicide attempts
Paula Abdul bullimia nervosa
Alanis Morissette clinical depression
Alma Powell clinical depression
Anne Sexton clinical depression
Ben Vereen clinical depression
Benjamin Disraeli clinical depression
Billy Joel clinical depression
Boris Yeltsin clinical depression
Buzz Aldrin clinical depression
Carmen Miranda clinical depression
Cary Grant clinical depression
Charles Schulz clinical depression
Charley Pell clinical depression
Clara Bow clinical depression
Connie Francis clinical depression
Damon Wayans clinical depression
Darryl Strawberry clinical depression
Diane Arbus clinical depression
Dick Clark clinical depression
Dolly Parton clinical depression
Dorothy Day clinical depression
Drew Carey clinical depression
Dwight Gooden clinical depression
Eminem clinical depression
Emma Thompson clinical depression
Eric Clapton clinical depression
Ernest Hemingway clinical depression
Eugene O’Neill clinical depression
F. Scott Fitzgerald clinical depression
Frank Lloyd Wright clinical depression
George Eliot (Marian Evans) clinical depression
Georgia O’Keeffe clinical depression
Harrison Ford clinical depression
Hermann Hesse clinical depression
Hunter Tylo clinical depression
Irving Berlin clinical depression
Jack Farrell clinical depression
James Forrestal clinical depression
James Garner clinical depression
Janet Jackson clinical depression
Jessica Lange clinical depression
Jim Carrey clinical depression
Joey Kramer clinical depression
Joey Slinger clinical depression
John Kenneth Galbraith clinical depression
John Quincy Adams clinical depression
Jose Canseco clinical depression
Jules Feiffer clinical depression
Karen Kain clinical depression
Kendall Gill clinical depression
Larry King clinical depression
Lawton Chiles clinical depression
Leonard Bernstein clinical depression
Leonard Cohen clinical depression
Mark Rothko clinical depression
Meriwether Lewis clinical depression
Mike Wallace clinical depression
Morrissey (S.P.) clinical depression
Natalie Cole clinical depression
Neil Simon clinical depression
Norman Mailer clinical depression
Pablo Picasso clinical depression
Pat Lafontaine clinical depression
Patrick Kennedy clinical depression
Paul Gascoigne clinical depression
Paul Simon clinical depression
Pete Harnisch clinical depression
Peter Gabriel clinical depression
Queen Victoria clinical depression
Ray Charles clinical depression
Rick Springfield clinical depression
Robert McFarlane clinical depression
Rod Steiger clinical depression
Rodney Dangerfield clinical depression
Sarah McLachlan clinical depression
Scott Donie clinical depression
Sheryl Crow clinical depression
Sigmund Freud clinical depression
Sir Anthony Hopkins clinical depression
Sting (Gordon Sumner) clinical depression
Susan Powter clinical depression
Sylvia Plath clinical depression
Tennessee Williams clinical depression
Theodore Dreiser clinical depression
Thomas Eagleton clinical depression
Tipper Gore clinical depression
Tracy Thompson clinical depression
Walker Percy clinical depression
William Styron clinical depression
Yves Saint Laurent clinical depression
Calvin Coolidge clinical depression (speculated)
Elizabeth Hartman clinical depression (speculated)
Tiberius clinical depression (speculated)
Vincent Foster clinical depression (speculated)
Edgar Allan Poe clinical depression (speculated); alcoholism
Richey James clinical depression, anorexia nervosa;;alcoholism
Robin Williams clinical depression, learning disability;
Marie Osmond clinical depression, post-partum
Jack Kerouac clinical depression, substance abuse, severe alcoholism;
Tammy Wynette clinical depression, substance abuse;
Ann-Margret clinical depression; alcoholism
Hart Crane clinical depression; alcoholism
Robert Young clinical depression; alcoholism
Spencer Tracy clinical depression; alcoholism
Drew Barrymore clinical depression; alcoholism, substance abuse;
Cole Porter clinical depression; alcoholism; paranoid delusions; obsessive-compulsive disorder (speculated)
Winona Ryder clinical depression; anxiety
Daniel Johns clinical depression; anxiety disorder;eating disorder
James Taylor clinical depression; bipolar disorder
Vincent van Gogh clinical depression; bipolar disorder (speculated)
Charles Dickens clinical depression; bipolar disorder (suspected)
Joan Rivers clinical depression; bulimia nervosa
George S. Patton clinical depression; dyslexia
Audrey Hepburn clinical depression; eating disorders
Leo Tolstoy clinical depression; hypochondriasis; alcoholism; substance abuse
Donny Osmond clinical depression; social phobia
Jackson Pollock clinical depression; substance abuse
Kris Kristopherson clinical depression; substance abuse
Judy Garland clinical depression;,substance abuse
Kurt Vonnegut clinical depression/bipolar
Phil Spector clinical depression/bipolar
Richard Dreyfuss clinical depression/bipolar
Marilyn Monroe clinical depression/suicide
David Bowie crying but not diagnosed but lots of family mental health issues
Alastair Campbell depression
Ben Moody depression
Fiona Phillips depression
Graeme Obree depression
Hugh Laurie depression
Keisha Buchanan depression
Kylie Minogue depression
Lenny Henry depression
Lord Bragg depression
Meg Mathews depression
Mel C: depression
Melinda Messenger depression
Neil Lennon depression
Robbie Williams depression
Ruby Wax depression
Russell Grant depression
Sarah Lancashire depression
Trisha Goddard depression
Uma Thurman depression
Jack Dee depression
Dick Cavett depression – found electro shock therapy helpful
Delta Burke depression and compulsive hoarding
George Michael depression and fear
Patsy Palmer depression and panic attacks
Angelina Jolie depression and self harm/OCD
Dame Kelly Holmes depression and self harm
Mike Tyson depression and severe insecurities and anger
Heath Ledger depression, anxiety and sleep depravation
Herschel Walker dissociative identity disorder
Roseanne dissociative identity disorder (aka “multiple personality disorder”); obsessive-compulsive disorder; clinical depression; agoraphobia
Courtney Love drub abuse, clinical depression
Sophie Anderton drug addiction and depression
Alexander Graham Bell dyslexia
Alfred Taubman dyslexia
Charles Schwab dyslexia
Craig McCaw dyslexia
David Boies dyslexia
David Murdock dyslexia
Edward McVaney dyslexia
John Chambers dyslexia
Lewis Preston dyslexia
Nelson Rockefeller dyslexia
Richard Branson dyslexia
Thomas Alva Edison dyslexia
Tom Cruise dyslexia
Walt Disney dyslexia
Whoopi Goldberg dyslexia
William Hewlett dyslexia
Woodrow Wilson dyslexia
Albert Einstein dyslexia (speculated)
Margaux Hemingway dyslexia; alcoholism; clinical depression (speculated)
Justine Bateman eating disorders
Amy Heckerling eating disorders; obsessive-compulsive disorder
Danny Glover learning disability
George Washington learning disability
Harry Andersen learning disability
Henry Winkler learning disability
Caroline Aherne major depressive disorder
Margot Kidder manic depression (Bipolar) and paranoia
Denise Welch nervous breakdown
Howard Stern obsessive-compulsive disorder
Howie Mandel obsessive-compulsive disorder
Marc Summers obsessive-compulsive disorder
Howard Hughes OCD (clinical depression and psychosis both speculated
Jessica Alba OCD and eating disorder
Shayne Corson panic attacks
Nicole Kidman panic attacks on the red carpet
Earl Campbell panic disorder
Kim Basinger panic disorder
Donald Trump possible OCD
Gail Porter post natal depression
Katie Price/Jordan post natal depression
Julie Krone post-traumatic stress disorder; clinical depression
Brooke Shields postpartum depression
Charles “Buddy” Bolden schizophrenia
Charles Faust schizophrenia
John Nash schizophrenia
Peter Greene schizophrenia
Syd Barrett schizophrenia
Vaslav Nijinsky schizophrenia
John Forbes Nash schizophrenia (paranoid-type)
Lionel Aldridge schizophrenia (paranoid-type)
Veronica Lake schizophrenia; alcoholism
Abraham Lincoln severe clinical depression
Charles Darwin severe panic disorder
Barbra Streisand social phobia
Carly Simon social phobia
Ricky Williams social phobia
Steve Blass social phobia
Steve Sax social phobia
John Madden specific phobia (flying)
Elton John substance abuse and bulimia
Halle Berry suicide attempt
Tulisa’s mum Tulisa’s mum had scizoaffective disorder
Emily Carr various speculations, neurasthenia; hypochondriasis; clinical depression; conversion disorder; schizophrenia:
Related Article:
Comments