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According to Wikipedia, these are some of the of well-known people who have, or have had, major depressive disorder.
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Caroline Aherne, British comedian[1]
Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut, the second man to set foot on the moon[2]
Woody Allen, American film director[3][4]
Claus von Amsberg, German diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands[5]
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer[6]
Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator and film director[7]
Malcolm Arnold, British composer[8]
Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter[9][10]
B
Alec Baldwin, American actor[11]
David Banner, American hip hop artist[12][13]
Parveen Babi, Bollywood actress.[14]
Christian Bale, British actor[15]
Maria Bamford, Comedienne and voice-over actress[16][17]
Charles Baudelaire, French poet[18]
Amanda Beard, American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist [19]
Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director[20]
Halle Berry, American actress.[21]
William Blake, British poet and painter[22]
David Bohm, British quantum physicist[23]
Jon Bon Jovi, American rock singer and songwriter[24][25]
Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician and former Prime Minister of Norway[26]
Terry Bradshaw, American football player,[27] Football Analyst, Sports Anchor
Frank Bruno, British boxer[28]
Art Buchwald, humorist[29]
Joe Budden, American hip hop artist[30]
Delta Burke, American actress[31]
David Burton-Richardson, British Artist
Robert Burton British academic, (author of The Anatomy of Melancholy)[32]
Anthony Callea, Australian pop singer[33]
Anna-Varney Cantodea, musician.[34]
Drew Carey, American comedian and actor[35]
Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian[36]
Johnny Carson, American television presenter.[37]
D*ck Cavett, American talk show host[38]
Melanie Chisholm, English pop singer-songwriter[39]
Jeb Corliss, American professional skydiver and BASE jumper[40]
Courteney Cox, American actress[41]
Raymond Chandler, writer of detective fiction[42]
Iris Chang, Chinese American writer and historian[43]
David Chase, American television writer, television director and television producer
Lawton Chiles, American politician[26]
Agatha Christie, English crime writer[44]
Kurt Cobain, lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana[45]
Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister[46]
Catherine Cookson, English author[47]
Leonard Cohen, Canadian songwriter[48]
Stan Collymore, British footballer[49]
Joseph Conrad, Polish writer[50]
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States.[51]
Billy Corgan, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)[52]
Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter[53]
Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer)[54]
Ian Curtis, British musician, leader of Joy Division[55]
D
Romιo Dallaire, Canadian general, senator and humanitarian[56]
Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor[57]
Edgar Degas, French painter[58]
John Denver, American musician[59]
Diana, Princess of Wales[60]
Charles Dickens, British writer[22]
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian writer[61]
Nick Drake, British musician[62]
Doug Duncan, American politician, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland in the 2006 elections[26]
Kirsten Dunst, American-German actress[63]
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Thomas Eagleton, American senator[64]
T. S. Eliot, British poet[65]
James Ellroy, American crime writer[66]
Eminem, American rapper[67]
Robert Enke, German Football Player[68]
Richey Edwards, guitarist and lyricist (Manic Street Preachers)[69]
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William Faulkner, American author[70]
Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher of science[71]
Harrison Ford, American actor[72]
Michel Foucault, French philosopher[73]
John Frusciante, American musician[74]
Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American talk show host[75]
Lupe Fiasco, American rapper[76]
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Geoff Gallop, Australian politician[77]
Romain Gary, French-Lithuanian-Polish novelist and diplomat[78]
Paul Gauguin, French painter[79]
Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer, after murdering his wife, her lover, and his own son[80]
Paul Getty, British philanthropist[81]
Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter[82]
Spalding Gray, American actor and writer[83]
Graham Greene, British writer[84]
Zack Greinke, American MLB pitcher[85]
Eddie Griffin, American NBA Player[86]
Ken Griffey Jr., American MLB player[87]
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Jon Hamm, American actor[88]
Tony Hancock, English actor and comedian[89]
Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian (part of The Chaser team)[90]
Johann Hari, British journalist[91]
Elizabeth Hartman, American actress[92]
Anne Hathaway, American actress[93]
Friedrich August Hayek, Austrian economist[94]
Ernest Hemingway, American writer[22]
Margaux Hemingway, American actress; granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway[95]
John Hinckley, Jr., American would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan[96]
Frankie Howerd OBE, British comedian[97]
Sir Julian Huxley, British biologist, author and administrator[98]
Geoffrey Hill, English poet[99]
Herbert Hart, British philosopher[100]
Michael Hutchence, Australian singersongwriter[101]
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Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter[102]
Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter, actress and model.[103]
Jack Irons, American musician, drummer for the bands Eleven, Pearl Jam, and Red Hot Chili Peppers[104]
J
Janet Jackson, American singer[105]
Henry James, British writer[106]
William James, American philosopher and psychologist[107]
Richard Jeni, American stand-up comedian and actor[108]
Billy Joel, American musician[109]
Daniel Johns, Australian musician[110]
Daniel Johnston, American musician[111]
Samuel Johnson, British lexicographer, biographer, essayist and poet[112]
Angelina Jolie, American actress[113]
Ashley Judd, American actor[114]
Jung Da Bin, Korean actress[115]
K
Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor[116]
Sarah Kane, British playwright[117]
Hamid Karzai, Afghan President[118]
Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter [119]
Susanna Kaysen, American writer[120]
John Keats, British poet[121]
Marian Keyes, Irish writer[122]
Kool Keith, American hip hop artist[123]
Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter[124]
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter[125]
John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player, former All Black, currently coach of Japan national rugby team.[126]
Beyoncι Knowles, American singer-songwriter[127]
Joey Kramer, American musician (Aerosmith)[128]
Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director[129]
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Alan Ladd, American actor[130]
Hugh Laurie, British actor[131]
Denis Lawson, British actor[132]
Heath Ledger, Australian actor[133]
Amy Lee, American singer of Evanescence[134]
Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer[135]
David Letterman, American comedian and television presenter[136]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor[137]
Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer[138]
Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 16th President of the United States[139]
Oscar Lopez, Chilean-Canadian folk guitarist[140]
Federico Garcνa Lorca, Spanish poet[141]
Demi Lovato, American singer, actress
Martin Luther, German priest and theologian[142]
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Shirley Manson, Scottish singer of Garbage[143]
Paul Merton, English comedian[144]
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer[145]
Heather Matarazzo, American actress[146]
Henri Matisse, French painter[147]
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian writer and poet[148]
Brian May, British guitarist[149]
Guy de Maupassant, French writer[150]
Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor[151]
Herman Melville, American writer[152]
Charlotte Mew, British poet[153]
Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor[154]
John Stuart Mill, British political philosopher[155]
Spike Milligan, Irish comedian and writer[156]
Joan Mirσ, Spanish painter[157]
Morrissey, British singer and former frontman of The Smiths[158]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer[121]
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Isaac Newton, British physicist[159]
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher[22]
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Graeme Obree, British cyclist[160]
Bill Oddie, British comedy performer and naturalist[161]
Eugene O'Neill, American playwright[162]
Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist ('father of the atomic bomb')[163]
Patton Oswalt, American comedian and actor[164]
Marie Osmond, American musician[165][dead link]
Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player[166]
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Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress[167]
Henri Paul, French chauffeur (driver during the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales)[168]
Jenny Pat, Chinese-Japanese Discovery Channel TV personality and famous art dealer[169]
Ryan Phillippe, American actor[170]
T. Boone Pickens, Jr., American oil tycoon[171]
Jαnos Pilinszky, Hungarian poet[172]
Brad Pitt, American actor[173]
Sylvia Plath, American writer[22]
Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and writer[22] (speculated)
Bill Pulsipher, American baseball player[174]
Jackson Pollock, American painter[175]
Charley Pride, American country music singer.[176]
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist[177]
Charlotte Rampling, English actress[178]
Trent Reznor, American musician[179]
Anne Rice, American writer[180]
Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet[181]
John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist[182]
Mark Rothko, American painter[183]
Hans Rott, Austrian composer[184]
J. K. Rowling, British writer[185][186]
Winona Ryder, American actress[187]
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Peter Steele, American musician[188][189]
Terry Sawchuk, Canadian goaltender[190]
Jim Salinger, New Zealand climate change scientist[191]
Siegfried Sassoon, British poet and soldier[192]
Robert Schumann, German composer[193]
Jean Seberg, American actress[194]
Brian Sewell, English art critic[195]
Will Self, English novelist, reviewer and columnist[196]
Amanda Seyfried actress, [197]
Anne Sexton, American poet[198]
Brooke Shields, American actress[199]
Sarah Silverman, American comedian[200]
Elliott Smith, American musician[201]
Brittany Snow, American actress[202]
Andrew Solomon, American author[203]
Shafee Spacee, British hip hop artist
Britney Spears, American pop singer[204]
Layne Staley, American musician.[205]
Vivian Stanshall, British humourist and musician (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)[206]
Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer of My Dying Bride[207]
Rod Steiger, American actor[208]
Gwen Stefani, American pop singer[209]
William Styron, writer[210]
T
T.I., American Rapper[211]
Amy Tan, American writer[212]
Catherine Tate, English comedienne and actress[213]
James Taylor, American singer-songwriter[214]
Corey Taylor, American singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour[215]
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer[216]
Uma Thurman, American actress[217]
Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer[218]
Georg Trakl, Austrian poet[219]
Lars Von Trier, Danish film director[220]
Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish songwriter and keyboardist of Nightwish[221]
Mark Twain, American writer[22]
Tyler, the Creator, American rapper[222]
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Ville Valo - Finnish singer (HIM)[223]
Vincent Van Gogh - Dutch artist[224] [225]
Ned Vizzini - American writer[226]
Kurt Vonnegut - American author[227]
Joey Votto - Canadian baseball player[228]
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David Foster Wallace, American writer[229]
Mike Wallace, American journalist on 60 Minutes[230]
David Walliams,British actor, writer and comedian[231]
Tyler "NonY" Wasieleski, American electronic sports player[232]
Evelyn Waugh, British novelist and journalist[233]
Gerard Way, American singer and comic book writer, frontman of the rock band My Chemical Romance.[234]
Denise Welch, English actress and television presenter[235]
Billy West, American voice artist[236]
Delonte West, American basketball player[237]
Jerry West, American basketball player and executive[238]
Dan White, American killer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone[239]
Walt Whitman, American poet[240]
Kevin Whitrick, British electrical engineer[241]
Kenneth Williams, British Comedian[242]
Robbie Williams, British pop singer[243]
Tennessee Williams, American playwright[244]
William Carlos Williams, American poet[245]
Brian Wilson, American musician (Beach Boys)[246]
Owen Wilson, American comedian and actor[247]
Gregory Wilton, Australian politician[248]
Dean Windass, British Football Player[249]
Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host[250]
Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer[251]
Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer[252]
Lewis Wolpert, British developmental biologist, author and broadcaster[253]
Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen, British novelist (18821941)[254]
Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer[255]
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Boris Yeltzin, first President of Russia[256]
Thom Yorke, English musician, lead singer of Radiohead[257][258]
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