300 Famous Individuals with Mental Health issues, illnesses, and disorders
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: