Famous People Who Filed Bankruptcy
- Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum – Founder of Barnum Circus (who later merged his circus with James Bailey to form Barnum & Bailey Circus)
- Kim Basinger – Actress
- L. Frank Baum – Wizard of Oz author
- King Edward II – 14th century English King
- Lorraine Bracco – Actress (Dr. Melfi – Sopranos)
- Mathew Brady – Distinguished Civil War photographer
- Toni Braxton – Singer
- George Clinton – Singer (“Atomic Dog”)
- Samuel L. Clemens (“Mark Twain”) – Author
- Natalie Cole – Singer
- Gary Coleman – Actor (Arnold – Different Strokes)
- John Connally – Former Texas Governor
- Francis Ford Coppola – Film Director/Producer
- Cathy Lee Crosby – Actress
- Vic Damone – Singer
- Dorothy Dandrdge – Actress
- Dino De Laurentis – Film Producer
- Walt Disney – Film Producer & Theme Park Pioneer
- Eddie Fisher – Actor
- Mick Fleetwood – Singer (Fleetwood Mac)
- Heidi Fleiss – Clothing Line Founder & Famous Hollywood Madam
- Henry Ford – First two automobile companies failed
- William Fox – Co-founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
- Marvin Gaye – Singer
- Andy Gibb – Singer
- Charles Goodyear – Founder of Goodyear Tire Co.
- Ulysses S. Grant – 18th U.S. President & Civil War General
- Bob Guccione – Publisher/Founder of Penthouse Magazine
- Merle Haggard – Bakersfield, California raised County & Western Singer
- Corey Haim – Actor (Star of The Lost Boys (1987))
- Dorothy Hamill – Olympic Ice Skater
- M.C. Hammer – Singer/Rapper (“Can’t Touch This”)
- Richard Harris – Actor/Producer/Director
- Isaac Hayes – Songwriter/Musician/Singer
- Henry John Heinz – Famous Condiment Manufacturer
- Sherman Hemsley – Actor (George Jefferson from The Jeffersons)
- Milton Snavely Hershey – Founder of Hershey’s Foods Corp.
- Ron Isley – Singer
- Jermaine Jackson – Singer (Michael Jackson’s brother)
- Joe & Katherine Jackson – Parents of the Michael Jackson
- La Toya Jackson – Singer (Michael Jackson’s sister)
- Randy Jackson – Singer (Michael Jackson’s brother)
- Tito Jackson – Singer (Michael Jackson’s brother)
- Thomas Jefferson – American Founding Father and President
- Don Johnson – Actor/Producer
- Kacey Jones – Singer
- Chaka Kahn – 80’s R & B Singer
- Larry King – Talk-show Host/Author
- Bowie Kuhn – Former Major League Baseball Commissioner
- Lorenzo Lamas – Actor
- Cyndi Lauper – 80’s Singer
- Stan Lee – Co-creator of Spider Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, etc.
- Jerry Lewis – Actor
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Singer
- Meat Loaf – Singer
- Jorge & Joanne Lopes – Winners of the $110.3 million 2002 Big Game Multi-state Lotto jackpot.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Famous Musical Composer
- Willie Nelson – Country & Western Singer/Songwriter
- Wayne Newton – Famous Singer/Actor who regularly performs in Las Vegas
- Immanuel Nobel – Father of Alfred Nobel (who founded Nobel prizes)
- Johnny Paycheck – Country & Western Singer
- Tom Petty – Singer
- Susan Powter – Exercise/Fitness Expert
- Burt Reynolds – Actor/Director
- Debbie Reynolds – Actress/Singer
- Rembrandt Heremenszoon Van Rijn – Famous Dutch painter
- Juan Rodriguez – $149 million New York Mega Millions Lotto jackpot winner (He filed shortly before winning).
- Mickey Rooney – Actor
- Harry Saltzman – Film Producer (James Bond movies)
- Shenandoah – Country Music Band
- Anna Nicole Smith – Model/Actress
- James & Lynne Spears – Britney Spear’s parents
- William G. Stern – British property mogul
- J. Fife Symington – Governor of Arizona
- Donald Trump’s Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc.
- Mike Tyson – Boxer
- Johnny Unitas – Hall of Fame Quarterback
- Oscar Wilde – Acclaimed Author and Poet
- Tammy Wynette – Singer
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