Some People With Schizophrenia - People With Mental Illnesses Who Enrich Or Have Enriched Our Lives
This sign in a waiting room startled me...
I will add more of my thoughts when I have had time to read this list. For now I'm just posting it...
The list goes on.
Here's the website listed on the poster:
And, here's a list I found on Wikipedia for just Schizophrenia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_schizophrenia
Please note that some letters of the alphabet have no entries. I don't know if that is intentional on Wiki's part.
List of people with schizophrenia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of people with schizophrenia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of people, living or dead, accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with schizophrenia, either based on their own public statements, or (in the case of dead people only) reported contemporary or posthumous diagnoses of schizophrenia. Remember that schizophrenia is an illness that varies with severity.
Regarding posthumous diagnoses: only a few famous people are believed to have been affected by schizophrenia. Most of these listed have been diagnosed based on evidence in their own writings and contemporaneous accounts by those who knew them. Also, persons prior to the 20th century may have incomplete or speculative diagnoses of schizophrenia.
Lionel Aldridge - professional football player[1]
Parveen Babi - Indian actress[1]
Syd Barrett - British musician, founding member of Pink Floyd[1]
Buddy Bolden - pioneering jazz musician[2]
Clara Bow - Hollywood flapper actress and "It Girl" of the 1920s[3]
Camille Claudel - French sculptor of the 19th century[4]
Philip K. Dick - American sci-fi author. Diagnosis is contested. [5]
Eduard Einstein - son of Albert Einstein[1]
Will Elliott - Australian writer[6]
Roky Erickson - rock musician, founder of The 13th Floor Elevators [7]
Zelda Fitzgerald - wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald; writer, dancer and artist[8]
Vincent van Gogh - visual artist/painter (with schizophrenia and/or bipolar)[9]
Andy Goram - Scottish football/soccer player[1]
Jim Gordon - drummer, member of Derek and the Dominos[9]
Peter Green - guitarist, founder of Fleetwood Mac[1]
Darrell Hammond - comedian, actor on Saturday Night Live[10]
Tom Harrell - successful Jazz Musician[1]
John Hinckley, Jr., American failed assassin.[11]
Adèle Hugo - Daughter of French writer Victor Hugo; her story is told in the film The Story of Adele H.[12]
Daniel Johnston - artist, musician [13]
Veronica Lake - Hollywood actress of the 1940s[14]
Ash Lieb - Artist, comedian and writer[15]
Mary Todd Lincoln - Wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady of the United States[16]
Rufus May - clinical psychologist[17]
Joe Meek - pioneering English record producer and songwriter[1]
William Chester Minor - contributed to Oxford English dictionary[7]
Bob Mosley - rock musician, member of Moby Grape [1]
John Nash - economist/mathematician/Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences in year 1994 (along with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten) [1]
Vaslav Nijinsky - ballet dancer, choreographer[1]
John Ogdon - English pianist and composer[18]
Jeremy Oxley - Musician and member of Australian band the Sunnyboys.[19]
Khieu Ponnary - Wife of Pol Pot.
Katherine Routledge - British archaeologist[20]
Elyn Saks - law professor/schizophrenia writer/researcher[21]
Ingo Schwichtenberg - former drummer of power metal band Helloween, committed suicide on the 8th March 1995 at 29 years of age by throwing himself in front of a subway train due to increased schizophrenic episodes after being fired from the band
Alexander "Skip" Spence - rock musician, cofounder of Moby Grape [1]
Gene Tierney - American actress[22]
Louis Wain - artist[23]
Hannah Weiner - American 'Clairvoyant' poet.
Wesley Willis - Musician and artist.[24]
Brian Wilson - Musician and member of The Beach Boys[9]
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka - Hungarian painter.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Famous People with Schizophrenia" . Disabled-world.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "HEALTH | Mental illness 'at the root of jazz'" . BBC News. 2001-07-10. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Addison, Heather (2003). Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture. Routledge. pp. 124–5. ISBN 9780415946766.
Jump up ^ "Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - Camille Claudel: a revulsion of nature. The art of madness or the madness of art?" . Scielo.br. 1990-01-06. doi:10.1590/S0047-20852006000300012 . Retrieved 2011-12-09.
Jump up ^ "Risk Factor: Schizophrenia" . Nndb.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Will Elliott - Guests" . Coast to Coast AM. 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
^ Jump up to: a b "Famous People with Schizophrenia" . Buzzle.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Ludwig, Arnold M. (1995). The Price of Greatness: Resolving the Creativity and Madness Controversy. Guilford Press. p. 141. ISBN 9780898628395.
^ Jump up to: a b c Jul 16, 2011 (2011-07-16). "Famous People with Schizophrenia" . Schizophreniapoetry.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Hammond, Darrell. "'SNL's' Darrell Hammond Reveals Cutting, Abuse" . NPR. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Should John Hinckley be allowed to go on unsupervised trips?
Jump up ^ Frey, John Andrew (1999). A Victor Hugo Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 129–30. ISBN 9780313298967.
Jump up ^ Burr, Ty (24 July 2011). "His life is troubling, his fame disturbing" . The Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
Jump up ^ DailyTop10 (2011-09-10). "Top 10 Celebrities With Schizophrenia" . The Daily Top 10. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Harry Brumpton (2012-05-14). "Creative outlet for mentally ill artists" . The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
Jump up ^ Levine, Jerome and Irene S. Levine (2008). Schizophrenia For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 11. ISBN 9780470444863.
Jump up ^ "Home" . Rufus May. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "John Ogdon- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music" . Naxos.com. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Films" . The Sunnyboy. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
Jump up ^ "Schizophrenia: The Bearded Lady Disease - Google Books" . Books.google.ca. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Gluck, Samantha (2012-04-20). "Famous People and Celebrities with Schizophrenia" . HealthyPlace. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Letters -DAWN Magazine; March 16, 2008" . Archives.dawn.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Cats" . Dangerous Minds. 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Bands" . Alternative Tentacles. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
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Some People With Schizophrenia - People With Mental Illnesses Who Enrich Or Have Enriched Our Lives
This sign in a waiting room startled me...
I will add more of my thoughts when I have had time to read this list. For now I'm just posting it...
The list goes on.
Here's the website listed on the poster:
And, here's a list I found on Wikipedia for just Schizophrenia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_schizophrenia
Please note that some letters of the alphabet have no entries. I don't know if that is intentional on Wiki's part.
List of people with schizophrenia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of people with schizophrenia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of people, living or dead, accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with schizophrenia, either based on their own public statements, or (in the case of dead people only) reported contemporary or posthumous diagnoses of schizophrenia. Remember that schizophrenia is an illness that varies with severity.
Regarding posthumous diagnoses: only a few famous people are believed to have been affected by schizophrenia. Most of these listed have been diagnosed based on evidence in their own writings and contemporaneous accounts by those who knew them. Also, persons prior to the 20th century may have incomplete or speculative diagnoses of schizophrenia.
Lionel Aldridge - professional football player[1]
Parveen Babi - Indian actress[1]
Syd Barrett - British musician, founding member of Pink Floyd[1]
Buddy Bolden - pioneering jazz musician[2]
Clara Bow - Hollywood flapper actress and "It Girl" of the 1920s[3]
Camille Claudel - French sculptor of the 19th century[4]
Philip K. Dick - American sci-fi author. Diagnosis is contested. [5]
Eduard Einstein - son of Albert Einstein[1]
Will Elliott - Australian writer[6]
Roky Erickson - rock musician, founder of The 13th Floor Elevators [7]
Zelda Fitzgerald - wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald; writer, dancer and artist[8]
Vincent van Gogh - visual artist/painter (with schizophrenia and/or bipolar)[9]
Andy Goram - Scottish football/soccer player[1]
Jim Gordon - drummer, member of Derek and the Dominos[9]
Peter Green - guitarist, founder of Fleetwood Mac[1]
Darrell Hammond - comedian, actor on Saturday Night Live[10]
Tom Harrell - successful Jazz Musician[1]
John Hinckley, Jr., American failed assassin.[11]
Adèle Hugo - Daughter of French writer Victor Hugo; her story is told in the film The Story of Adele H.[12]
Daniel Johnston - artist, musician [13]
Veronica Lake - Hollywood actress of the 1940s[14]
Ash Lieb - Artist, comedian and writer[15]
Mary Todd Lincoln - Wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady of the United States[16]
Rufus May - clinical psychologist[17]
Joe Meek - pioneering English record producer and songwriter[1]
William Chester Minor - contributed to Oxford English dictionary[7]
Bob Mosley - rock musician, member of Moby Grape [1]
John Nash - economist/mathematician/Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences in year 1994 (along with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten) [1]
Vaslav Nijinsky - ballet dancer, choreographer[1]
John Ogdon - English pianist and composer[18]
Jeremy Oxley - Musician and member of Australian band the Sunnyboys.[19]
Khieu Ponnary - Wife of Pol Pot.
Katherine Routledge - British archaeologist[20]
Elyn Saks - law professor/schizophrenia writer/researcher[21]
Ingo Schwichtenberg - former drummer of power metal band Helloween, committed suicide on the 8th March 1995 at 29 years of age by throwing himself in front of a subway train due to increased schizophrenic episodes after being fired from the band
Alexander "Skip" Spence - rock musician, cofounder of Moby Grape [1]
Gene Tierney - American actress[22]
Louis Wain - artist[23]
Hannah Weiner - American 'Clairvoyant' poet.
Wesley Willis - Musician and artist.[24]
Brian Wilson - Musician and member of The Beach Boys[9]
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka - Hungarian painter.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Famous People with Schizophrenia" . Disabled-world.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "HEALTH | Mental illness 'at the root of jazz'" . BBC News. 2001-07-10. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Addison, Heather (2003). Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture. Routledge. pp. 124–5. ISBN 9780415946766.
Jump up ^ "Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - Camille Claudel: a revulsion of nature. The art of madness or the madness of art?" . Scielo.br. 1990-01-06. doi:10.1590/S0047-20852006000300012 . Retrieved 2011-12-09.
Jump up ^ "Risk Factor: Schizophrenia" . Nndb.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Will Elliott - Guests" . Coast to Coast AM. 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
^ Jump up to: a b "Famous People with Schizophrenia" . Buzzle.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Ludwig, Arnold M. (1995). The Price of Greatness: Resolving the Creativity and Madness Controversy. Guilford Press. p. 141. ISBN 9780898628395.
^ Jump up to: a b c Jul 16, 2011 (2011-07-16). "Famous People with Schizophrenia" . Schizophreniapoetry.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Hammond, Darrell. "'SNL's' Darrell Hammond Reveals Cutting, Abuse" . NPR. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Should John Hinckley be allowed to go on unsupervised trips?
Jump up ^ Frey, John Andrew (1999). A Victor Hugo Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 129–30. ISBN 9780313298967.
Jump up ^ Burr, Ty (24 July 2011). "His life is troubling, his fame disturbing" . The Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
Jump up ^ DailyTop10 (2011-09-10). "Top 10 Celebrities With Schizophrenia" . The Daily Top 10. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Harry Brumpton (2012-05-14). "Creative outlet for mentally ill artists" . The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
Jump up ^ Levine, Jerome and Irene S. Levine (2008). Schizophrenia For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 11. ISBN 9780470444863.
Jump up ^ "Home" . Rufus May. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "John Ogdon- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music" . Naxos.com. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Films" . The Sunnyboy. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
Jump up ^ "Schizophrenia: The Bearded Lady Disease - Google Books" . Books.google.ca. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ Gluck, Samantha (2012-04-20). "Famous People and Celebrities with Schizophrenia" . HealthyPlace. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Letters -DAWN Magazine; March 16, 2008" . Archives.dawn.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Cats" . Dangerous Minds. 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Jump up ^ "Bands" . Alternative Tentacles. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
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