Famous Individuals who have filed for Bankruptcy Protection



Lionel Bart – British composer-lyricist-playwright (1972).

Kim Basinger – Oscar-winning actress (1993).

Jay Black – rock star, lead member of Jay and the Americans (1986).

Lorraine Bracco – Oscar-nominated actress (1999).

Matthew Brady – portrait/U.S. Civil War photographer (1872).

Toni Braxton – rock star (1998).

Anita Bryant – singer (twice: 1997 and 2001).

George Clinton – rock star (1984).

Samuel L. Clemens (“Mark Twain”) – best-selling American author-humorist (1894).

Natalie Cole – singer (19__).

Gary Coleman – actor (1999).

Concrete Blonde – rock group (19__).

John Connally – former Texas governor (1987).

Francis Ford Coppola – Oscar-winning film writer-director-producer (1990).

Cathy Lee Crosby – actress; American author (1992).

Lee de Forest – Oscar-winning film/sound synchronization pioneer; producer (1937).

Dino De Laurentis – Oscar-winning film producer (1988).

Walt Disney – Oscar-winning film producer; animation & theme park pioneer (1923).

Eddy “the Eagle” Edwards – Great Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper (1991).

Keith Famie – Survivor II: The Australian Outback contestant (1997).

Mick Fleetwood – rock star; lead member of “Fleetwood Mac” (1984).

Heidi Fleiss – Clothing line founder; American author (1999).

William Fox – co-founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (1936).

Marvin Gaye – singer (mid-late 1970s).

Andy Gibb – rock star (1987).

Ulysses S. Grant – 18th U.S. President; Civil War general; best-selling American author; face is pictured on the U.S. fifty dollar bill (1884, after leaving office).

Elizabeth Ward Gracen – actress; model; Miss America 1982 (1999).

Bob Guccione – publisher and founder of Penthouse magazine (2003).

Merle Haggard – country music star (1993).

Corey Haim – actor (1997).

Dorothy Hamill – Olympic gold-medal ice-skater (1996).

M.C. Hammer – rock star (1996).

Richard Harris – Oscar-nominated actor-producer-director (twice bankrupt).

Isaac Hayes – Oscar-winning songwriter-composer-musician-singer (1976).

Sherman Hemsley – actor (2002).

Ron Isley – rhythm-and-blues singer (mid-late 1990s).

La Toya Jackson – rock star (1995).

Don Johnson – actor-producer (2004).

Janice-Marie Johnson – rock star/disco diva (1980s).

Kacey Jones – country music star; musical humorist (19__).

Clay Jordan – Survivor V: Thailand contestant; restaurateur (2001).

Chaka Kahn – rock star (19__).

Larry King – talk-show host; best-selling American author (1978).

Bowie Kuhn – former U.S. baseball commissioner (19__).

Gary Kurtz – Oscar-nominated film producer (Star Wars, American Graffiti) (19__).

Veronica Lake – actress (1951).

Stan Lee – comic book industry pioneer (Spider Man,The Incredible Hulk,The X-Men,) (2001).

Joanne Lopes and Jorge Lopes – Big Game multi-state Lotto jackpot winners in 2002 in the U.S. (2001).

Meat Loaf – rock star (1983).

Ashley MacIsaac – musician-fiddler (2000).

Mindy McCready – country music star (1997).

Melba Moore – singer-actress (1990s).

Debelah Morgan – singer-songwriter-producer (2000).

Lorrie Morgan – country music star; American author (19__).

Motor City Five/MC5 – rock group of the 1960s (1970).

Willie Nelson – singer-songwriter-actor; American author (1990).

Wayne Newton – singer-actor-entertainer (1992).

Immanuel Nobel – father of manufacturer-philanthropist Alfred Nobel, who founded the Nobel Prizes (twice: 1833/year Alfred was born; 1856/when Alfred was 23).

Mary Nolan – actress (1931).

Johnny Paycheck – country music star (1976).

Tom Petty – rock star (1979).

Susan Powter – exercise/fitness expert; talk-show host; best-selling American author (1995).

Burt Prelutsky – American television writer; screenwriter (1997).

Burt Reynolds – Oscar-nominated actor-director (1995).

Debbie Reynolds – Oscar-nominated actress-singer (1997).

Mickey Rooney – Oscar-nominated actor (1962).

Harry Saltzman – film producer (James Bond movies) (1975).

Ray Sawyer – rock star; member of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (1973).

Shenandoah – country music band (1991).

Anna Nicole Smith – model-actress; 1993 Playboy magazine “Playmate of the Year” (1996).

Lynne Spears – mother of rock star Britney Spears (1998; filed with husband James prior to Britney’s stardom).

J. Fife Symington – Governor of Arizona (1995, while still in office).

TLC – rock group (1995).

Mike Tyson – boxer (2003).

Tammy Wynette – country music star (1988).