Famous People with Bipolar

Depression and Bipolar list: These famous authors, scientists, leaders, artists, and celebrities all have been reported as having depressive mood disorders such as major depression or manic-depression (bipolar disorder). The list makes no distinction for individuals suffering from major depression or bipolar manic-depression.

Marlon Brando, actor
Jim Carrey, actor and comedian
Ray Charles, R&B performer
Winston Churchill, British prime minister
Eric Clapton, blues-rock musician
Natalie Cole, singer
Rodney Dangerfield, comedian
Richard Dreyfuss, actor
F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer
Betty Ford, former First Lady
Harrison Ford, actor
Sigmund Freud, psychiatrist
Ernest Hemingway, writer
Eugene Izzi, writer
Andrew Jackson, U.S. President
Robert E. Lee, U.S. general
Sir Isaac Newton, physicist
Florence Nightingale, British nurse
Richard Nixon, U.S. president
Deborah Norville, television journalist
Donny Osmond, musician
Marie Osmond, musician
Dorothy Parker, writer, poet, wit
Dolly Parton, singer
Edgar Allen Poe, writer
Joan Rivers, comedian

Sources:
Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba, What Do All These Famous People Have in Common? (poster), August 1999
Celebrity Meltdown, Psychology Today, December 1999, pp. 46-49,70,78
Ikelman, Joy. Famous (Living) People Who Have Experienced Depression or Manic Depression, http://www.frii.com/~parrot/living.html
Ikelman, Joy. People of the 20th Century Who Had Depression or Manic Depression, http://www.frii.com/~parrot/dead.html