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List of people who have suffered from depression



A number of well-known individuals have suffered from clinical depression.

In recent years, some individuals have discussed their depression openly. Earlier figures were often reluctant to discuss or seek treatment for depression due to social stigma about the condition, or due to ignorance of diagnosis or treatments. Some historical personalities are presumed to have suffered from depression based on analysis or interpretation of letters, journals, artwork, writings or statements of family and friends.

Many depression sufferers are encouraged by noted individuals who have succeeded in spite of depression.

For people believed to have been affected by bipolar disorder, see List of people believed to have been affected by bipolar disorder.


Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

  • Caroline Aherne, British comedy performer [1]
  • Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut, the second man to set foot on the moon [2]
  • Woody Allen, American film director [3]
  • Claus von Amsberg, German diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands [4]
  • Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer [5]
  • Adam Ant, British musician
  • Diane Arbus, American photographer [6]
  • Malcolm Arnold, British composer [7]
  • Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer [8]

B

  • David Banner, American hip hop artist [9]
  • Charles Baudelaire, French poet [10]
  • Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director [11]
  • William Blake, British poet and painter [12]
  • Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician Prime Minister of Norway [13]
  • David Bohm, American quantum physicist [14]
  • Terry Bradshaw, American Quarterback [15]
  • Joe Budden, American hip hop artist [16]
  • Robert Burton British academic author of The Anatomy of Melancholy [17]

C

  • Albert Camus, French writer and philosopher [18]
  • Drew Carey, American comedian and actor [19]
  • Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and Comedian [20]
  • Dick Cavett, American talk show host [13]
  • Iris Chang, Chinese American writer, historian [21]
  • Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer [22]
  • Lawton Chiles, American politician [13]
  • Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister [23] [24]
  • Leonard Cohen, Canadian songwriter [25]
  • Joseph Conrad, Polish writer [26]
  • Kurt Cobain, American musician, (Nirvana)
  • Billy Corgan, American musician, (The Smashing Pumpkins) [27]
  • Sheryl Crow, American musician [28]
  • Rivers Cuomo, American musician, (Weezer) [29]
  • Ian Curtis, British musician, leader of Joy Division [30]

D

  • Roméo Dallaire, Canadian general, senator and humanitarian [31]
  • Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor [32]
  • Charles Darwin, British biologist [33]
  • Edgar Degas, French painter [34]
  • John Denver, American musician [35]
  • Charles Dickens, British writer [36]
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer
  • Nick Drake, British musician [37]
  • Doug Duncan, American politician [13]

E

  • Thomas Eagleton, American senator[38]
  • T. S. Eliot, American poet[39]

F

  • Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher of science [40]
  • Harrison Ford, American actor [41]
  • Michel Foucault, French philosopher [42]

G

  • Geoff Gallop, Australian politician [43]
  • Romain Gary, French-Lithuanian-Polish novelist and diplomat [44]
  • Paul Gauguin, French painter [45]
  • Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer, after murdering his wife, her lover, and his own son [46]
  • Paul Getty, British philanthropist [47]
  • Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter [48]
  • Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter [49]
  • Spalding Gray, American actor and writer [50]
  • Graham Greene, British writer [51]
  • Eddie Griffin, American NBA Player. [40]

H

  • Elizabeth Hartman, American actress [52]
  • Ernest Hemingway, American writer [53]
  • John Hinckley, Jr., American would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan [54]
  • Sir Julian Huxley, British biologist, author and administrator[55]
  • Herbert Hart, British Philosopher [56]

I

J

  • Janet Jackson, American singer[57]
  • Henry James, British writer [58]
  • William James, American philosopher and psychologist [59]
  • Billy Joel, American musician [60]
  • Daniel Johns, Australian musician [61]
  • Samuel Johnson, British lexicographer, biographer, essayist, and poet [62]
  • Ashley Judd, American actress [63]
  • Jung Da Bin, Korean actress [64]

K

  • Sarah Kane, British playwright [65]
  • Susanna Kaysen, American writer [66]
  • John Keats, British poet [67]
  • Kool Keith, American hip hop artist [68]
  • Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher [69]
  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter [70]
  • John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player, former All Black, currently coach of Japan national rugby team. [71]
  • Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director [72]

L

  • Hugh Laurie, British actor [73]
  • Denis Lawson, British actor [74]
  • Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer [75]
  • Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer [76]
  • Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 16th President of the United States [77]
  • Oscar Lopez, Chilean-Canadian folk guitarist [78]
  • Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet [79]
  • Martin Luther, German priest and theologian [80]

M

  • Gustav Mahler, German composer [81]
  • Henri Matisse, French painter [82]
  • Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian writer and poet [83]
  • Brian May British guitarist [84]
  • Guy de Maupassant, French writer [85]
  • Ewan McGregor, British actor [86]
  • Herman Melville, American writer [87]
  • Charlotte Mew, British poet [88]
  • Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor [89]
  • John Stuart Mill, political philosopher [90]
  • Spike Milligan, Irish comedian and writer [91]
  • Joan Miró, Spanish painter [92]
  • Morrissey, British singer and former frontman of The Smiths [93]
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer [94]
  • Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter [95]

N

  • Isaac Newton, British physicist [96]
  • Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher [97]

O

  • Bill Oddie, British comedy performer [98]
  • Eugene O'Neill, American playwright [99]
  • Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist 'father of the atomic bomb' [100]
  • Marie Osmond, American musician [101]

P

  • Parveen Babi, Bollywood actress. [102]
  • Ryan Phillippe, American actor [103]
  • Sylvia Plath, American writer [104]
  • Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and writer [105] (speculated)
  • Bill Pulsipher, American baseball player [106]

R

  • Trent Reznor, American musician [107]
  • Anne Rice, American writer [108]
  • Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet [109]
  • Mark Rothko, American painter [110]
  • Hans Rott, Austrian composer [111]
  • Renato Russo, Brazilian singer (Legião Urbana) [112]

S

  • Siegfried Sassoon, British poet and soldier [113]
  • Robert Schumann, German composer [114]
  • Jean Seberg, American actress [115]
  • Anne Sexton, American poet [116]
  • Brooke Shields, American actress [117]
  • Sarah Silverman, American comedian [118]
  • Elliott Smith, American musician [119]
  • Vivian Stanshall, British humourist and musician (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) [120]
  • Rod Steiger, American actor [121]
  • William Styron, writer [13]

T

  • Amy Tan, Chinese American writer [122]
  • James Taylor, American singer-songwriter [123]
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer [124]
  • Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer [125]
  • Georg Trakl, Austrian poet [126]
  • Lars Von Trier, Danish film director [127]
  • Mark Twain, American writer [128]
  • Jeff Tweedy, American musician (Wilco).[129]

V

  • Ned Vizzini - American writer [130]
  • Kurt Vonnegut - American Author [131]

W

  • Mike Wallace, American journalist on 60 Minutes [13]
  • Evelyn Waugh, British novelist and journalist [132]
  • Dan White, American killer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone [133]
  • Walt Whitman, American poet [134]
  • Kevin Whitrick, British electrical engineer[135]
  • Robbie Williams, British pop singer [136]
  • Tennessee Williams, American playwright [137],
  • William Carlos Williams, American poet [138]
  • Brian Wilson, American musician (Beach Boys) [139]
  • Gregory Wilton, Australian politician [140]
  • Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer [141]
  • Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer [142]

Z

  • Stefan Zweig, German poet [143]

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