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.
It used to be called manic depression because of the alternating
manic and depressive episodes. 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.
Famous 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.
Famous People with Bipolar Disorder
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Buzz Aldrin
Ned Beatty
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Art Buchwald
Tim Burton
Jim Carey
Dick Cavett
Winston Churchill
Rosemary Clooney
Francis Ford Coppola
John Daly
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Ray Davies
Robert Downey Jr.
Kitty Dukasis
Patty Duke
Thomas Eagleton
Carrie Fisher
Larry Flynt
Connie Francis
Peter Gabriel
Kaye Gibbons
Vincent Van Gogh
Phil Graham
Graham Greene
Shecky Greene
Peter Gregg
Linda Hamilton
George Fredrick Handel
Mariette Hartley
Jimi Hendrix
Abbie Hoffman
Jack Irons
Margot Kidder
Vivien Leigh
Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Bill Lichtenstein
Kevin McDonald
Kristy McNichols
Burgess Meredith
Spike Milligan
Robert Munsch
Ilie Nastase
Jane Pauley
Jimmy Piersail
Sylvia Plath
Edgar Allen Poe
Charley Pride
Jeannie C. Riley
Lynne Rivers
Theodore Roethke
Theodore Roosevelt
Axl Rose
Francesco Scavullo
Robert Schumann
Frances Sherwood
DMX Earl Simmons
Don Simpson
Phil Spector
Ben Stiller
Sting
Darryl Strawberry
Ted Turner
Mark Twain
Tracy Ullman
Tom Waits
Robin Williams
Brian Wilson
Jonathon Winters
Virginia Woolf
Townes Van Zandt
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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.
With the proper diagnosis and treatment the famous people with
bipolar disorder simply become "famous people". And
the rest of us just get to live our lives.
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