Depressed? 135 Famous People Who Struggled With Depression: 101-135
Franklin Pierce
14th President of the United States
Sylvia Plath
Poet, committed suicide at age 30
Edgar Allan Poe
Short story writer, “The Raven”
Lisa Marie Presley
Elvis Presley’s daughter, singer-songwriter
Richard Pryor
Comedian, actor, writer
Robin QuiversRadio show personality, “The Howard Stern Show”
Christina Ricci
Actress, “Casper”, “Speed Racer”
Little Richard
Singer, songwriter, pianist, “Tutti Frutti”
Joan Rivers
Comedian, red carpet interviewer
RuPaul
Drag performer, actor, singer, talk show host
Winona Ryder
Actress, shoplifter, “Heathers”
Charles Schulz
Peanuts cartoon creator
Monica Seles
Tennis player, stabbed by Steffi Graf’s stalker
Brooke Shields
Actress, former model, “Lipstick Jungle”
Anna Nicole Smith
Married to billionaire, model, reality show queen
Yeardley Smith
Voice of “Lisa” on the “Simpsons”
Suzanne Somers
Actress, “Three’s Company”
Britney Spears
Singer, train wreck, “Oops! I Did it Again”
Scott Stapp
Lead singer of “Creed”
Darryl Strawberry
Baseball player with a long rap sheet
Donna Summer
Singer-songwriter, “Queen of Disco”
James Taylor
Singer-songwriter, “You’ve Got a Friend”
Mark Twain
Author, “Huckleberry Finn”
Vincent Van Gogh
Painter, “Starry Night”
Kurt Vonnegut
Author, “Slaughterhouse Five”
Rick Warren
Author, “Purpose Driven Life”
George Washington
1st President of the United States
Carnie Wilson
Singer, “Wilson Phillips”
Owen Wilson
Actor, “You, Me and Dupree”
Virginia Woolf
Novelist, drowned herself by putting stones in her pocket and walking into the River Ouse
Andrea Yates
Drowned her 5 kids because of postpartum depression in 2001
