List of people with depression

A number of well-known people have suffered from major depression. While depression was a seen as a shameful secret until the 1970s, since then, society has begun discussing depression more 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.

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

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* Caroline Aherne, British comedy performer [cite news | url= http://bbc.net.uk/comedy/news/20021001.shtml | title=Caroline Aherne quits sitcom | work=BBC | date=1 October 2002 | accessdate= 2006-08-09 ]
* Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut, the second man to set foot on the moon [ Aldrin, Buzz, Return to earth ISBN 0-394-48832-6 ]
* Woody Allen, American film director [ cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4539493.stm | title= Allen uses films to avoid anxiety | work=BBC | date=12 May 2005 | accessdate= 2006-11-06] [ [http://www.biogs.com/famous/allenwoody.html Woody Allen] biogs.com ]
* Claus von Amsberg, German diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands [ cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1174778,00.html | title=Queen Juliana of the Netherlands | work=The Guardian | date=22 March 2004 | accessdate= 2006-08-09 ]
* Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer [ Bloom, Harold [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110006606 Hans Christian Andersen wrote dark, timeless fairytales--for children and grown-ups] The Wall Street Journal April 20, 2005 ]
* Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator and film director cite book | last = Sadamoto | first = Yoshiyuki | authorlink = Yoshiyuki Sadamoto | others = Essay by Hideaki Anno; translated by Mari Morimoto, English adaptation by Fred Burke | title = Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1 | year = 1998 | month = December | origyear = 1995 | origmonth = July | publisher = VIZ Media LLC | location = San Francisco | id = ISBN 1-56931-294-X | pages = 170–171 | chapter = What were we trying to make here? ]
* Adam Ant, British lead singer of 1980s New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants [ http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1472603/20030612/ant_adam.jhtml : '80s Rocker Adam Ant Institutionalized After Window Smash-Incident marks second time this year 'Prince Charming' has visited a psychiatric ward. By Gil Kaufman]
* Malcolm Arnold, British composer [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2373141,00.html Sir Malcolm Arnold] Timesonline; September 25, 2006 ]
* Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer [http://www.expoente.com.br/professores/kalinke/trabalhos/HomePagePersonalidades/ASSIS.html]

B

* David Banner, American hip hop artist [ [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.809/title.david-banner-preaches David Banner Preaches!] ]
*Parveen Babi, Bollywood actress. [ [http://movies.indiainfo.com/newsbytes/babi-240106.html Pooja Bhat gifts Parveen Babi's cassette to dad "Parveen Babi has spoken for 45 minutes. It was the time when she was going through depression."IndiaInfo.com] ]
* Charles Baudelaire, French poet [ [http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/baudelaire.htm Charles Baudelaire] Poet's graves ]
* Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director [ Katz, Ephraim [http://www.bergmanorama.com/profile.htm Bergman Biography] The Film Encyclopedia (3rd ed., 1998)]
* William Blake, British poet and painter [http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/Philosophy%20And%20Depression.htm Philosophy and Depression] Philosophical Society, USA, June 2005 ]
* Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician and Prime Minister of Norwaycite news | first=Kay | last=Redfield Jamison | coauthors= | title=Acknowledging Depression | date=25 June 2006 | publisher= | url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/24/AR2006062400771.html | work =The Washington Post | pages = | accessdate = 2006-08-09 | language = ]
* David Bohm, American quantum physicist [ Pruyn, Fred [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/sc-pruyn.htm Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm] ]
* Terry Bradshaw, American Quarterback [cite news | first=John | last=Morgan | coauthors= Stephen A. Shoop | title=Terry Bradshaw's winning drive against depression | date=30 January 2004 | publisher= | url =http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2004-01-30-bradshaw_x.htm | work =USA today | pages = | accessdate = 2006-08-10 | language = ]
* Joe Budden, American hip hop artist [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joebudden/articles/story/5935489/joe_budden_pumps_it_up Joe Budden Pumps It Up] ]
* Robert Burton British academic (author of "The Anatomy of Melancholy") [ *Burton, Robert "The Anatomy of Melancholy", New York Review of Books, 2001 - one-volume reprint of 1932 3-volume Everyman pocket edition, with a new introduction by William H. Gass ]

C

* Albert Camus, French writer and philosopher [ [http://www.geocities.com/camus_forum/ Albert Camus Forums] ] [ [http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/camus.htm Albert Camus (1913-1960)] ]
* Drew Carey, American comedian and actor [ [http://depression.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=depression&cdn=health&tm=20&f=10&su=p284.8.150.ip_&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.jhu.edu/%7Egazette/aprjun96/apr2996/drew.html This Comic's Life Is Not Always A Laughing Matter] ]
* Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian [cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/18/60minutes/main656547.shtml | title=Carrey: 'Life Is Too Beautiful' | work=CBS News | accessdate = 2006-08-10 | date=21 November 2004 ]
* Dick Cavett, American talk show host ^{[Wikipedia:Footnotes| [broken footnote]}
* Melanie Chisholm, English pop singer-songwriter [ [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2091851,00.html Melanie C talks about her depression and being dropped by her record label | Music | The Guardian ] ]
* Cheryl Cole, English pop singer, member of Girls Aloud [http://www.medindia.com/news/Cheryl-Cole-Decides-to-Give-Up-Her-Depressive-Ways-33048-1.htm]
* Raymond Chandler, writer of detective fiction [ http://www.panbello.com/WebNoir7_Raymond_Chandler.html ]
* Iris Chang, Chinese American writer and historian [ cite web|url= http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/11.17.04/chang-0447.html|title=Remembering Iris Chang ]
* David Chase, American television writer, television director and television producer ("The Rockford Files", "Northern Exposure", "The Sopranos") [ http://www.askmen.com/specials/2007_top_49/david-chase-44.html ]
* Lawton Chiles, American politician ^{[Wikipedia:Footnotes| [broken footnote]}
* Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister [ [http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Churchill_Winston_Spencer.html Churchill's Black Dog] ]
* Agatha Christie, English crime writer [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/oct/15/books.booksnews Christie's most famous mystery solved at last | UK news | The Observer ] ]
* Leonard Cohen, Canadian songwriter [ Pita, Elena [http://www.webheights.net/10newsongs/press/elmunmag.htm An Intimate Conversation with...Leonard Cohen] , El Mundo September 26, 2001 (translated from Spanish)]
* Joseph Conrad, Polish writer [ Najder, Zdzisław [http://conrad-centre.w.interia.pl/pages/conrad_life_en.htm Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski -Joseph Conrad] 2nd Polish ed. Warszawa 1996 ]
* Billy Corgan, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins) [cite news | first=Nekesa | last=Mumbi Moody | coauthors= | title=Billy Corgan embraces solo life | date=6 June 2005 | publisher= | url =http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/07/06/entertainment/music/7605130259.txt | work =Associated Press | pages = | accessdate = 2006-08-10 | language = ]
* Sheryl Crow, American musician [cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47E1DDE4CAB7E20C3932D4DC6BA22A2598E63E38F162F451BDFBA3C548C5F23B208F495C5AEFB75AB7BAFFF28E85305D0CEE456FBCC1740&searchlink=SHERYL|CROW&samples=1&sql=11:5kd8vwpva9tk~T1 |title=Allmusicguide | first=Steve | last=Huey | accessdate = 2006-08-10 ]
* Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer) [ [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/07/3002.cfm Rivers Cuomo] ]
* Ian Curtis, British musician, leader of Joy Division [ [http://members.aol.com/lwtua/iancurtis.htm Curtis Biography] ]

D

* Roméo Dallaire, Canadian general, senator and humanitarian [ Dallaire, Roméo, Shake Hands with the Devil ISBN 0-7867-1510-3 ]
* Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor [ [http://depression.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=depression&cdn=health&tm=632&f=10&su=p284.8.150.ip_&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040718/news_1a18rodney.html Dangerfield is no laughing matter] ]
* Edgar Degas, French painter [ [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dgsp/hd_dgsp.htm Edgar Degas (1834–1917): Painting and Drawing | Thematic Essay | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art ] ]
* John Denver, American musician [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/198538/Take-Me-Home-The-John-Denver-Story/overview Take Me Home: The John Denver Story - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times ] ]
* Charles Dickens, British writer
* Nick Drake, British musician [ [http://www.nickdrake.com/nick_life_in_quotes.html www.nickdrake.com] ]
* Douglas M. Duncan, American politician, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland in the 2006 elections [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062200755.html] Washington Post 22 June 2006]
* Kirsten Dunst, American actress [cite news | url= http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b1352_kirsten_dunst_battles_depression_not.html | title= Kirsten Dunst Battles Depression, Not Drugs and Alcohol ]

E

* Thomas Eagleton, American senator [ [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/37/21/10 With Politics and Mental Illness, The More Things Change. . . - Bender 37 (21): 10 - Psychiatr News ] ]
* T. S. Eliot, American poet [ philosophical society]

F

* Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher of science [ Feyerabend, Paul, Killing Time: The Autobiography of Paul Feyerabend (1995), ISBN 0-226-24531-4, ISBN 0-226-24532-2 ]
* Harrison Ford, American actor [ [http://depression.about.com/od/famous/p/harrisonford.htm Famous People With Depression - Harrison Ford ] ]
* Michel Foucault, French philosopher [ Eribon, Didier, Michel Foucault Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991 ISBN 0-674-57286-6 ]
* Nelly Furtado, Canadian musician [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article719882.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2]

G

* Geoff Gallop, Australian politician [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1548584.htm | title=Quitting Gallop's frankness earns praise | work=ABC News Online | date= January 16 2006 | accessdate = 2006-08-10 ]
* Romain Gary, French-Lithuanian-Polish novelist and diplomat [ [http://www.liw.lt/archive_vid.php?shid=1157453649&id=1157107083 A Promising Beginning by Romas Ramanauskas - Lithuania in the World ] ]
* Paul Gauguin, French painter [ [http://www.abcgallery.com/G/gauguin/gauguinbio.html Paul Gauguin. Biography - Olga's Gallery ] ]
* Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer, after murdering his wife, her lover, and his own son [ Watkings, Glenn: Gesualdo: The Man and His Music." 2nd edition. Oxford, 1991. ISBN 0-19-816197-2 ]
* Paul Getty, British philanthropist [cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,938991,00.html | work= Sir Paul Getty, Philanthropist who gave £50m to the National Gallery | first= John | last= Cunningham | title=The Guardian | date= 17 April 2003 | accessdate = 2006-08-10 ]
* Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter
* Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter [ [http://www.worldandi.com/newhome/public/2004/february/bkpub1.asp The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters ] ]
* Spalding Gray, American actor and writer [cite news| url=http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9787/ | title=Vanishing Act | work=New York Magazine | first = Alex | last = Williams | date= February 2, 2004 | accessdate=2006-08-10 ]
* Graham Greene, British writer [ Sherry, Norman, The Life of Graham Greene ISBN 0-641-68443-6]
*Eddie Griffin, American NBA Player. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/2007-08-24-406325719_x.htm Eddie Griffin: His last chance ended in a fiery crash - USATODAY.com ] ]

H

* Tony Hancock, English actor and comedian [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3554582.ece Tony Hancock, the comic genius I loved - Times Online ] ]
*Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian (part of "The Chaser" team) [ [http://www.greenleft.org.au/1997/296/15583 Uni Documentary] ]
* Elizabeth Hartman, American actress [cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7DD103FF931A25755C0A961948260 | title=Elizabeth Hartman, 'Patch of Blue' Star, Is Suspected Suicide | work= New York Times | date = 12 June 1987 | accessdate=2006-08-10 ]
* Ernest Hemingway, American writer
* Margaux Hemingway, American actress; granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway [ [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,165437,00.html 1996: Margaux Hemingway is found dead] , ew.com. Retrieved on 2-04-08]
* John Hinckley, Jr., American would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan [ [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleykeyfigures.htm The John Hinckley trial: Key figures] ]
* Sir Julian Huxley, British biologist, author and administrator [ [http://www.icr.org/article/496/ Evolutionists and the Moth Myth ] ]
* Herbert Hart, British Philosopher [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/legal/article431917.ece The troubled life of a tormented man and brilliant legal philosopher - Times Online ] ]

I

* Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter, actress and model. [ [http://www.sane.org/Information/People/Natalie_Imbruglia.html SANE Australia - Natalie Imbruglia ] ]

J

* Janet Jackson, American singer [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/janetjack.htm Washington Post – "Crushed Velvet"] ]
* Henry James, British writer [ [http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/jamesbio.htm William James - Biography of William James ] ]
* William James, American philosopher and psychologist [ [http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/jphotos.html Biography, Chronology and Photographs of William James] ]
* Billy Joel, American musician [ [http://depression.about.com/od/famous/p/billyjoel.htm Famous People With Depression - Billy Joel ] ]
* Daniel Johns, Australian musician [ [http://www.sane.org/mos/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=383 Daniel Johns - SANE Australia editorial] ]
* Samuel Johnson, British lexicographer, biographer, essayist and poet [ James Boswell's "Life of Johnson"]
* Ashley Judd, American actress [cite news | url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13722724/ | title= Ashley Judd says she was treated for depression | work=AP | date=5 July 2006]
* Jung Da Bin, Korean actress [ [http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20070210/670000000020070210154936E4.html Suicide News] ]

K

* Sarah Kane, British playwright [cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/05/14/btkane14.xml | title= Sarah Kane's howl of pain is an act of artistic heroism | work = Telegraph.co.uk | date = 14 may 2001 | accessdate =2006-08-11 ]
* Susanna Kaysen, American writer [ Kaysen, Susanna: Girl Interrupted ISBN 0-679-74604-8 ]
* John Keats, British poet [http://scorpioncity.com/depr.html Artists with Depression] ]
* David Kelly, English weapons inspector and biological warfare expert [ [http://dr-david-kelly.blogspot.com/2007/01/coroner-and-david-kelly-by-renan.html Dr David Kelly ] ]
* Kool Keith, American hip hop artist [ http://www.earthhiphop.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=42 Kool Keith "Nogatco Rd. ]
* Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher [ [http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/kier.htm Kierkegaard's Biography] ]
* Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter [ [http://www.museothyssen.org/thyssen_ing/coleccion/obras_ficha_biografia409.html Kirchner Biography] ]
* John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player, former All Black, currently coach of Japan national rugby team. [ [http://subs.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10405228 John Kirwan to front new depression campaign - 10 Oct 2006 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news ] ]
* Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director [ [http://www.1worldfilms.com/Tribute%20Akira%20Kurosawa.htm Tribute to Akira Kurosawa] ]

L

* Alan Ladd, American actor [ [http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=161109 Alan Ladd 8/12 ] ]
* Hugh Laurie, British actor [cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4631772.stm | title=Hugh Laurie | work=BBC.co.uk | date = 20 January 2006 | accessdate=2006-08-11 ]
* Denis Lawson, British actor [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/denis_lawson.shtml Denis Lawson BBC bio] ]
* Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer [ [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/football.cfm?id=1220872006 Scotland on Sunday ] ]
* Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer [Ambrose Stephen. Undaunted Courage]
* Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 16th President of the United States [ Burlingame, Michael : The inner world of Abraham Lincoln ISBN 0-252-06667-7 ]
* Oscar Lopez, Chilean-Canadian folk guitarist [ [http://www.smoothjazznow.com/interview_oscar_lopez.htm Oscar Lopez Talks About His Darkest Moment] ]
* Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet [ Lorca on Wikipedia ]
* Martin Luther, German priest and theologian [ [http://www.susanlynnpeterson.com/luther/late.html Luther's Later Years (1538 - 1546) ] ]

M

*Paul Merton, English comedian [ [http://justaminutesite.blogspot.com/2006/05/interesting-article-about-paul-merton.html Just A Minute blog: Interesting article about Paul Merton ] ]
* Gustav Mahler, German composer [ [http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=irp.008.0257a Mahler's Depression] ]
* Henri Matisse, French painter [ [http://www.newstatesman.com/200503280038 New Statesman - Paradise found ] ]
* Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian writer and poet [ [http://www.schicklerart.com/exh/mayakovsky/index.html Mayakovsky Biography] ]
*Brian May British guitarist [ [http://www.brianmay.com/brian/briannews/briannewsdec05.html Brian News - December 2005 ] ]
* Guy de Maupassant, French writer [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/000808_maupassant.shtml Remembering Maupassant | Arts and Entertainment | BBC World Service ] ]
* Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor [ [http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/48672004.htm cited "Playboy" (USA), August 2005, Vol. 52, Iss. 8] ]
* Herman Melville, American writer [http://www.littlebluelight.com/lblphp/intro.php?ikey=18]
* Charlotte Mew, British poet [ [http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/asp/authors/00110/introduction.htm Biography Charlotte Mew] ]
* Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor [ [http://www.theallineed.com/medicine/06012118.htm Ilnesses in artists ] ]
* John Stuart Mill, British political philosopher [ Capaldi, Nicholad : John Stuart Mill: A Biography ISBN 0-521-62024-4 ]
* Spike Milligan, Irish comedian and writer [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1092904.stm BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Milligan's comic genius ] ]
* Joan Miró, Spanish painter [ [http://us.easyart.com/artist/Joan-Miro-2394.html Joan Miro Art Prints & Posters. Buy Joan Miro Art Prints in the UK ] ]
*Morrissey, British singer and former frontman of The Smiths [ [http://www.morrissey-solo.com/articles/uncut0898b.htm Manchester's Answer To The H-Bomb (Uncut magazine, August 1998 - part 2) ] ]
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer

N

* Isaac Newton, British physicist [ [http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Newton,Isaac.html SPECTRUM Biographies - Isaac Newton ] ]
* Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

O

*Bill Oddie, British comedy performer and naturist [cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/09_september/24/who_oddie.shtml | title=Who do you think you are | work = BBC.Co.uk | accessdate=2006-08-11 ]
* Eugene O'Neill, American playwright [ cite book | author=Black, Stephen A. | title=Eugene O'Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy | publisher=Yale University press | year=2002 | id=ISBN 0-300-09399-3 ]
* Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist ('father of the atomic bomb') [ Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin : American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer ISBN 0-375-41202-6 ]
* Marie Osmond, American musician [ [http://www.oprah.com/health/coping/depression/health_copedep_mosmond.jhtml Coping with Depression — Kids and Depression] ]

P

* Jenny Pat, Canadian television personality, Grand-daughter of Fu, Baoshi [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Pat#Accident_in_2008] Attempted suicide due to depression (speculated) in February 2008 by jumping out of her apartment building in Hong Kong ] [ [http://paper.wenweipo.com/2008/02/10/YO0802100014.htm Wen Wei Po article: "Fu Bao-shi granddaughter Jenny Pat fell from building" ( In Chinese )] ]
*Henri Paul, French chauffer (driver during the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales) [Henri Paul#Personal circumstances and attitude to alcohol]
* Ryan Phillippe, American actor [ [http://www.r-phillippe.com/nydailynews2002.php Ryan Phillippe] ]
* T. Boone Pickens, Jr., American oil tycoon [ [http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2007/03/29/Fortune-Hunter Fortune Hunter - Executive Articles - Portfolio.com] by Harry Hurt III. Retrieved on 2-04-08.]
*Sylvia Plath, American writer
* Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and writer (speculated)
*Bill Pulsipher, American baseball player cite news
title=For Pulsipher, Down Doesn't Mean Out
author=Bill Pulsipher as told to Alan Schwarz
publisher=Baseball America
date=2005-04-07
accessdate=2007-03-26
url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/columnists/050407schwarz.html]
*Jackson Pollock, American Painter [Jackson Pollock: A Biography by Deborah Solomon 28 September 2001]

R

* Trent Reznor, American musician [ [http://en.allexperts.com/e/t/tr/trent_reznor.htm Trent Reznor at AllExperts ] ]
* Anne Rice, American writer [cite web | url=http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/BustedAnneRicePart1.htm | work = Busted: Anne Rice (interview) | title= Busted Halo.com | accessdate=2006-08-11 ]
* Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet [ [http://art-bin.com/art/oduinocontents.html Rilke and Depression] ]
* John D. Rockefeller, American Industrialist [ [http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/0103 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | Book Reviews | EH.Net ] ]
* Mark Rothko, American painter [ [http://articons.co.uk/rothko.htm Biography] ]
* Hans Rott, Austrian composer [ [http://www.hans-rott.de/life.htm Hans Rott - His Life ] ]
* JK Rowling, British writer [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/23/nrowling123.xml JK Rowling contemplated suicide - Telegraph ] ]

* Siegfried Sassoon, British poet and soldier [cite news| url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,924120,00.html | work=The Hermit of Heytesbury | title=The Guardian | date = 29 March 2003 | accessdate=2006-08-11 ]
* Robert Schumann, German composer [ [http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/schumann_bio.html Schumann Biography] ]
* Jean Seberg, American actress [ [http://www.tedstrong.com/jeanseberg.html Jean Seberg] ]
* Brian Sewell, English art critic [ [http://mccooke.blogspot.com/2007/11/is-brian-sewell-actually-best-thing-on.html That's Mad: Is Brian Sewell the Best Thing on Television? ] ]
* Will Self, English novelist, reviewer and columnist [ Will Self#Personal life]
* Anne Sexton, American poet [ Middlebrook, Diane Wood : Anne Sexton: A Biography, ISBN 0-679-74182-8 ]
* Brooke Shields, American actress [ Shields, Brooke: Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression ISBN 1-4013-0189-4 ]
* Sarah Silverman, American comedian [cite news | url=http://www.slate.com/id/2129955/ | title = Sarah Silverman Interview | work = Slate.com | date = 10 november 2003 | accessdate=2006-08-11 ]
* Elliott Smith, American musician [cite news | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1172275,00.html | work = The mysterious death of Mr Misery | title=The Guardian | date = 19 March 2004 |accessdate=2006-08-11 ]
* Vivian Stanshall, British humourist and musician (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) [ Randall, Lucian : Ginger Geezer: The Life of Vivian Stanshall ISBN 1-84115-679-5 ]
* Rod Steiger, American actor [cite news | url= http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/14/lklw.00.html | title= Larry King Weekend: Interview with Rod Steiger | work=CNN | date=15 July 2002]
* William Styron, writer
* Britney Spears, American pop singer [ [http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/7399/13484/time-spears/ Depression - Here we go again. This time, Britney Spears ] ]

T

* Amy Tan, Chinese American writer [ [http://www.salon.com/12nov1995/feature/tan2.html The SALON Interview: Amy Tan] ]
* Catherine Tate, English comedienne and actress [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/catherine-tate-the-shy-star-429671.html Catherine Tate: The shy star - People, News - The Independent ] ]
* James Taylor, American singer-songwriter [ White, Tomithy : James Taylor: Long Ago and Far Away ISBN 0-7119-8803-X ]
* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer [ [http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5648/PLife.htm Personal Life] ]
* Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer [ [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579029/Tolstoy_Leo_Nikolayevich.html Tolstoy - MSN Encarta ] ]
* Georg Trakl, Austrian poet [cite web | url = http://www.littlebluelight.com/lblphp/intro.php?ikey=27 | work = Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914) Poet, Playwright | title=Littlebluelight.com | accessdate=2006-08-11]
* Lars Von Trier, Danish film director [ [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/12/vontrier-depression.html CBC.ca Arts - Lars von Trier's depression could finish his filmmaking] ]
* Mark Twain, American writer
* Jeff Tweedy, American musician (Wilco) [cite news|last=LaGambina|first=Gregg|url=http://www.filter-mag.com/features/interior.46.html|title=The Wilco Interview|date=August 30, 2004]

V

*Ned Vizzini - American writer [ [http://www.nedvizzini.com Ned Vizzini | Home ] ]
*Kurt Vonnegut - American author [ [http://www.wdog.com/rider/writings/KVJ_soitgoes.htm Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: So it goes ] ]
*Ville Valo - Finnish singer (HIM) [ [http://www.komodorock.com/latest-news/latest-news/ville-valo-depressed-by-song-writting-200710032132/ Komodo Rock | Ville Valo Depressed By Song Writting ] ]

W

* David Foster Wallace, American writer [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace#Death] ]
* Mike Wallace, American journalist on "60 Minutes" ^{[Wikipedia:Footnotes| [broken footnote]}
* Evelyn Waugh, British novelist and journalist [ [http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/au2003/waugh.html Literary Scamp Evelyn Waugh, by Arthur Jones; Notre Dame Magazine Online - University of Notre Dame ] ]
* Dan White, American killer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone [ [http://www.mistersf.com/notorious/notwhiteindex.htm Dan White] ]
* Walt Whitman, American poet [ [http://classiclit.about.com/od/whitmanwalt/a/aa_wwchr.htm Walt Whitman A Brief Chronology ] ]
*Kevin Whitrick, British electrical engineer [cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23390052-details/British+man+commits+suicide+on+live+webcam/article.do |title=Chatroom users 'egged on father to kill himself live on webcam' |accessdate=2007-05-27 |date=2007-03-23 |work=This is London |publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd ]
* Robbie Williams, British pop singer [cite episode|title=The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive|network=BBC TV|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/tv_and_radio/secretlife_documentary.shtml]
* Tennessee Williams, American playwright [Jeste ND, Palmer BW, Jeste DV. Tennessee Williams. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2004 Jul-Aug;12(4):370-5. PMID: 15249274 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=search&term=15249274] ]
* William Carlos Williams, American poet [http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/asphodel.html]
* Brian Wilson, American musician (Beach Boys) [ Van Dyke & Wilson, Brian : Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece ISBN 1-86074-627-6 ]
* Gregory Wilton, Australian politician [http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/reps/dailys/dr190600.pdf]
* Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer [ [http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/wolf.html Hugo Wolf biography] ]
* Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen, British novelist (1882-1941) [ [http://www.malcolmingram.com/vwframe.htm] Virginia Woolf's Psychiatric History]
* Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer [ Wurtzel, Elizabeth: Prozac Nation ISBN 1-57322-512-6 ]

Z

* Stefan Zweig, Austrian poet [ [http://www.sbg.ac.at/ger/zelewitz/crimmel1.htm crimmel1 ] ]

See also

* List of people believed to have been affected by bipolar disorder

References