Famous Bipolars

A brief and partial list of famous people with bipolar disorder:

• Alonzo Spellman, athlete (football)
  
• Axl Rose, rock singer
  
• Ben Stiller, actor, director, writer, comedian
  
• Bill Lichtenstein, producer (TV & radio)
  
• Burgess Meredith, actor
  
• Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
  
• Carrie Fisher, actress/writer
  
• Connie Francis, singer, actress
  
• Daniel Johnston, musician
  
• Danny Bonaduce, radio personality, actor, writer
  
• Darryl Strawberry, athlete (baseball)
  
• Earl Simmons (DMX), musician, actor
  
• Francis Ford Coppola, director
  
• Jack Irons, musician
  
• Jane Pauley, newsanchor
  
• Jay Marvin, radio personality, writer
  
• Jean-Claude Van Damme, actor
  
• Jeannie C. Riley, Singer
  
• Jonathan Winters, comedian, actor
  
• Kay Redfield Jamison, psychologist, writer
  
• Kevin McDonald, comedian, actor
  
• Kitty Dukakis, former First Lady of Massachusetts
  
• Kristy McNichol, actress
  
• Larry Flynt, magazine publisher
  
• Larry Flynt, publisher, activist
  
• Linda Hamilton, actress
  
• Margot Kidder, actress
  
• Mariette Hartley, actress, advocate
  
• Maurice Benard, actor
  
• Muffin Spencer-Devlin, athlete (pro golf)
  
• Ned Beatty, actor
  
• Patty Duke (Anna Duke Pearce), actress, writer
  
• Peter Nolan Lawrence, writer (England)
  
• Phil Spector, musician, producer
  
• Rika Lesser, writer, translator
  
• Robert Downey, Jr., actor
  
• Robert Evans, film producer
  
• Rosemary Clooney, singer
  
• Scott Simmie, writer, journalist
  
• Shelley Beattie, athlete (bodybuilding, sailing), artist
  
• Sting, musician, actor
  
• Sylvia Plath, poet/author
  
• Tim Burton, artist, movie director
  
• Virginia Woolf, novelist
  
• Vivien Leigh, actress