List of suicides
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A list of famous people who have committed suicide:
- Johnny Ace, (1954), singer
- Nick Adams, (1968), actor
- Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader
- Louis Althusser, French philosopher
- Jean Améry, Austrian writer
- Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor
- Roger Nicholas Angleton, imprisoned Texas extortionist who admitted in his suicide note killing his sister-in-law, socialite Doris Angleton.
- Mark Antony, (30 BC), Roman politician and general
- Mary Bacon, thoroughbred race horse jockey
- Albert Ballen
- Isobel Barnett, British TV personality
- Gertrude Bell, archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"
- Alain Berdarin, founder/owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon" - Paris
- Pierre Bérégovoy, French politician, killed himself in 1993 after serving a year as prime minister.
- Ricky Berry, American NBA Basketball player (Sacramento Kings)
- Bruno Bettelheim, child psychologist
- Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist
- Ernest Bornemann, German sexologist
- Francesco Borromini, architect
- Karin Boye, Swedish author
- Charles Boyer, French actor
- Eva Braun, (1945), mistress of Adolf Hitler
- Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter
- Eustace Budgel, remembered because his death was discussed in a conversation between Samuel Johnson and his friend and biographer Boswell
- Capucine, (1990), French actress
- Dora Carrington, artist
- Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, British politician
- Ugo Cavallero, (1943), Italian Field Marshal
- Paul Celan, Romanian poet
- Valerie Chacon, wife of Bobby Chacon
- Thomas Chatterton, English poet
- Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong movie star and singer
- Chung Mong-hun, Korean businessman, chairman of Hyundai Asan
- Kurt Donald Cobain, (1994), American musician and singer (Nirvana)
- Billy Collins Jr., young boxer
- Ray Combs, former host of popular American game show Family Feud
- Andrew Cunanan, killer of Gianni Versace and four others.
- Ian Curtis, (1980), English singer and songwritter (Joy Division)
- Dalida, French singer
- Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher
- Peter Deuel, American actor
- George Eastman, inventor
- Brian Samuel Epstein, British manager of the The Beatles
- Patrick William Feeney, American college basketball player
- John Gould Fletcher, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
- Romain Gary, Russian - French novelist, film director and diplomat
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist and author (Herland)
- Joseph Goebbels, (1945), German Nazi leader
- Hermann Göring, (1946), German Nazi leader
- Richard Greene, boxing referee
- Ritter von Greim, (1945), German Air Marshal
- Mitch Halpern, boxing referee
- Pete Ham, (1975), rock musician (Badfinger)
- Tony Hancock, (1968), British comedian.
- Hannibal, military commander
- Larry James Harper, member of the Texas Seven
- Donny Hathaway, singer, best known for his duets with Roberta Flack
- Felix Hausdorff, mathematician. He committed suicide with his wife and sister-in-law in the concentration camp.
- Ernest Hemingway, American novelist
- Margaux Hemingway, (1996), American actress and model
- Heinrich Himmler, (1945), German SS leader
- Adolf Hitler, (1945), Austrian/German Nazi leader
- Michael Hutchence Australian lead singer of rock group INXS
- Phyllis Hyman Singer
- Judas Iscariot, according to the Bible, betrayed Jesus
- Jim Jones, reverend, leader of the "People's Temple" cult. Died during mass suicide that cost the lives of more than 500 in Guyana.
- Sarah Kane, British playwright
- Terry Kath, guitarist, Chicago (died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound)
- Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair)
- Dr. David Kelly, British scientist and source of BBC story about the Dodgy Dossier
- Heinrich von Kleist, German dramatist and poet
- Hans von Kluge, (1944), German Field Marshal
- Arthur Koestler, Hungarian novelist, political activist and social philosopher
- Hannelore Kohl, wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl
- Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-American author
- Paul Lafargue, son-in-law of Karl Marx, communist theorist and author of The Right to Be Lazy
- Hans Langsdorff, (1939), captain of the Admiral Graf Spee
- Hector Lavoe, Salsa Music singer
- Florence Lawrence, Hollywood's first movie Star
- Primo Levi, Italian author
- John Lovelock, New Zealand doctor and Olympic athlete
- Malcolm Lowry, British writer
- Gherashim Luca, Romanian surrealist
- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist
- Billy MacKenzie Lead singer of 1980s pop group The Associates
- Magnentius, (353), Roman usurper
- Niklaus Meienberg, Swiss author
- Kitty Melrose, (1912), English actress
- Charlotte Mew, English poet
- Kid McCoy, world champion boxer (real name: Norman Shelby. Suicide note read, among other things: Everything in my possession, I want to go to my dear wife, Sue E. Shelby.....To all my dear friends...best of luck...sorry I could not endure this world's madness.)
- Walter Model, (1945), German Field Marshal
- Donnie Moore, relief pitcher for the California Angels, gave up a last inning home-run preventing the Angels from going to the World Series in 1986.
- Ted Moult, British television personality
- Renate Müller, (1937), German actress
- Gerard de Nerval, French writer
- Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist, Tour de France winner
- Phil Ochs, American singer
- Judge O'Connor, actor
- Dazai Osamu, Japanese novelist
- Billy Papke, world champion boxer
- Jules Pascin, French-American painter, "Prince of Montparnasse"
- Sylvia Plath, American poetess, author and essayist
- Dana Michelle Plato, (1999), American actress
- Freddie Prinze, Puerto Rican comedian and actor
- George Reeves, (1959), actor, played Superman on television
- Carlos Roberto Reina, former president of Honduras
- John Riggins, former American football star
- Erwin Rommel, (1944), German Field Marshal
- Iris von Roten-Meyer, (1917-1990), artist and jurist
- Irv Rubin, leader of the Jewish Defense League
- Mark Rothko, Russian-American painter
- Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (see Mayerling)
- Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Japanese novelist
- George Sanders, actor. His suicide note read: "Dear World: I am leaving because I am bored. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool."
- Alberto Santos-Dumont, pilot
- Jean Seberg, (1979), American actress
- Anne Sexton, American poet
- Del Shannon, (1990), American singer
- Elizabeth Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite icon
- The Singing Nun, Belgian singer
- Rory Storm, singer of the Hurricanes (the band Ringo Starr was in before he joined the Beatles), in a pact with his mother
- David Strickland, Actor
- Sara Teasdale, American poet
- Wolfe Tone, Irish independence leader
- John Kennedy Toole, American novelist
- Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva, Russian poetess and writer
- Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and satirist
- Alan Turing, (1954), British mathematician and computer scientist
- Randy Turpin, British world champion boxer
- Vincent van Gogh, (1890), Dutch painter
- Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil. Killed himself in 1954 during impeachment trial.
- Lupe Velez, actress
- Herve Villechaize, French actor
- Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher
- James Whale, (1957), film director
- Paul Williams, singer (Temptations)
- Wendy O. Williams, (1998), musician, The Plasmatics
- Virginia Woolf, (1941), British novelist
- Mahmoud Zuabi, Syrian prime minister shot himself on May 21, 2000, two months after resigning over corruption charges.
- Stefan and Lotte Zweig, Austrian novelist and his wife
Monarchs
- Shang Zhou, the last king of the Shang Dynasty of China
- Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dyansty of China
- Ying Fu Su, brother of Ying Huhau, forced to commit suicide by a fake decree
- Ying Huhai, the second emperor of Qin dynasty
- Boudicca, Celtic chieftainess
- Decebal, Dacian king
- Cleopatra VII of Egypt, (30 BC)
- Clodius Albinus, (197), Roman emperor
- Eugenius, (394), Roman emperor
- Gordian I, (238), Roman emperor
- Maximian, (310), Roman emperor
- Nero, (68), emperor of Rome (under duress)
- Otho, (69), Roman emperor
- Quintillus, (270), Roman emperor
By Harakiri
- Oda Nobunaga
- the Soga
- Akou-Roushi (47 ronins)
- Saigo Takamori, Japanese politician
- Hashimoto Sanaii
- Yoshida Shouin
- Kusaka Gennai
- Takechi Hanpeita
- Kimitake Hiraoka better known as Yukio Mishima
Others
- Sarah Marple-Cantrell 12 year old girl who became famous after commiting suicide.
- Eric Harris, (1999), alleged Columbine High shooter
- Dylan Klebold, (1999), alleged Columbine High shooter