Famous People Are Human
Famous People with
Bipolar Disorder
Famous people with bipolar disorder are listed here. Some of the celebrities and notables listed here can also be found on the famous people with mental illness list.
 Buzz Aldrin |
It used to be called manic depression because of the alternating manic and depressive episodes.
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Some people have a tendency towards one but not as much of the other and some experience both symptoms. But, within the last decade or so, the term bipolar has been used as the norm.
 Frank Sinatra |
 Marilyn Monroe |
Famous and notable people with bipolar disorder have achieved much over time and span the careers of Hollywood actors and actresses, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, writers, politicians and athletes. Some of the stars, celebs and notables believed, from their own accounts or the accounts of others, (but not confirmed) to have suffered from bipolar disorder include Buzz Aldrin, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe.
List of Famous People with Bipolar Disorder
| Buzz Aldrin Adam Ant Ned Beatty Ludwig Von Beethoven Russell Brand Chris Brown Art Buchwald Tim Burton Amanda Bynes Jim Carey Dick Cavett Winston Churchill Rosemary Clooney Kurt Cobain Francis Ford Coppola John Daly Jean-Claude Van Damme Ray Davies Charles Dickens Robert Downey Jr. Richard Dreyfuss Kitty Dukasis Patty Duke Thomas Eagleton Ralph Waldo Emerson Carrie Fisher Larry Flynt Connie Francis Stephen Fry Peter Gabriel Kaye Gibbons Mel Gibson Vincent Van Gogh Phil Graham Graham Greene Shecky Greene Peter Gregg Linda Hamilton George Handel George Fredrick Handel Mariette Hartley Ernest Hemingway Jimi Hendrix Abbie Hoffman Jack Irons Jesse Jackson, Jr. Catherine Zeta-Jones John Keats Margot Kidder Vivien Leigh |
Bill Lichtenstein Jack London Demi Lovato Kevin McDonald Kristy McNichol Burgess Meredith Spike Milligan Marilyn Monroe Edvard Munch Robert Munsch Ilie Nastase Friedrich Nietzsche Florence Nightingale Kim Novak Sinéad O’Connor Jane Pauley Jimmy Piersail Sylvia Plath Edgar Allen Poe Jackson Pollock Charley Pride Jeannie C. Riley Lynne Rivers Theodore Roethke Theodore Roosevelt Axl Rose Francesco Scavullo Robert Schumann Frances Sherwood DMX Earl Simmons Don Simpson Frank Sinatra Phil Spector Dusty Springfield Ben Stiller Sting Darryl Strawberry Gene Tierney Margaret Trudeau Ted Turner Mark Twain Tracy Ullman Jean-Claude Van Damme Tom Waits Robin Williams Brian Wilson Amy Winehouse Jonathon Winters Virginia Woolf Townes Van Zandt |
As one can see from this distinguished list of famous people with bipolar disorder this disease didn’t hold them back from achievement and doesn’t have to hold anyone else back as well.
Catherine Zeta Jones sought treatment for bipolar II disorder in April 2011 and again in April 2013. Jones blamed stress for her hospital stay in 2011 as her husband, movie star Michael Douglas was diagnosed with throat cancer.
Catherine Zeta Jones
Actress Linda Hamilton who starred in the first two Terminator movies has talked openly and publically about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Hamilton said she was diagnosed when she was younger but denied treatment until she turned 40-years-old.
British comedian Russell Brand disclosed in his autobiography My Booky Wook that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in addition to being addicted to drugs and suffering from bulimia. Brand credits Transcendental Meditation for helping to ground him.
Singer and actress Selena Gomez has revealed that she has bipolar disorder. She did so while doing a live stream with Miley Cyrus.
Prognosis …
With the proper diagnosis and treatment the stars, celebs and other notables with bipolar disorder simply “continue to be” and live life along a manageable path. And that goes for the rest of us, as well.