Famous People That Have Filed For Bankruptcy

You Are Not Alone!

If you are considering filing for bankruptcy, please remember that you are not alone! Bankruptcy filing is on the rise, if you feel stressed and overwhelmed at the prospect of filing for bankruptcy, let us help you through the process. Contact one of the honest bankruptcy lawyers at the Bornmann Law Group, (a Phoenix, Arizona bankruptcy firm), and find out if filing for bankruptcy might be the right choice for you.

Below is a list of famous people who have filed for bankruptcy. A majority of these listed individuals utilized the bankruptcy process out of necessity and to obtain a fresh start. Through bankruptcy they were given a new chance to rebuild their financial position.

Please take a look at the list below as you will recognize several names. There are famous actors, entertainers, athletes, and politicians. This list is meant to show that you are not alone.

In 2009, there were well over 1 millions bankruptcies filed in the United States!

One of the many misconceptions people have regarding the October 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy Laws is that it is now very difficult to qualify for a chapter 7 bankruptcy. Most individuals, however, still easily qualify under the new laws.

If you are considering filing for bankruptcy, we encourage you to contact us for a free consultation to decide what might be the best course of action to help you with your current financial situation.

A List of Famous People who have Filed for Bankruptcy

• Abraham Lincoln
• Benedict Arnold
• John James Audubon
• P.T. Barnum
• John Barrymore
• Lionel Bart
• Kim Basinger
• Frank Baum
• Barbara Bel Geddes
• Melvin Belli
• Bunny Berigan
• George Best
• Jay Black
• John Wayne Bobbitt
• Peter Bogdanovich
• Bjorn Borg
• Lorraine Bracco
• Matthew Brady
• Toni Braxton
• Louise Brooks
• Sylvia Browne
• Lenny Bruce
• Buffalo Bill
• Gary Burghoff
• Anita Bryant
• Crazy Cabbie
• Tia Carrere
• Nell Carter
• Raymond Carver
• Miguel de Cervantes
• George Clinton
• Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain")
• Natalie Cole
• Gary Coleman
• Concrete Blonde
• John Connally
• Francis Ford Coppola
• Cathy Lee Crosby
• David Crosby
• Aleister Crowley
• Vic Damone
• Dorothy Dandridge
• Darren Day
• Daniel Defoe
• Lee De Forest
• Dino De Laurentis
• John DeLorean
• Clarissa Dickson Wright
• Walt Disney
• Henry Dunant
• William C. Durant
• Eddy "the Eagle" Edwards
• Chris Eubank
• Keith Famie
• Freddy Fender
• Stephin Fetchit
• Eddie Fisher
• Mick Fleetwood
• Heidi Fleiss
• Henry Ford
• William Fox
• Red Foxx
• R. Buckminster Fuller
• Zsa Zsa Gabor
• Marvin Gaye
• Andy Gibb
• Gary Glitter
• Bernhard Goetz
• Charles Goodyear
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Elizabeth Ward Gracen
• Paulo Gucci
• Bob Guccione
• Johannes Gutenberg
• Tony Gwynn
• Merle Haggard
• Corey Haim
• Frans Hals
• Dorothy Hamill
• M.C. Hammer
• George Frideric Handel
• Richard Harris
• Isaac Hayes
• H.J. Heinz
• Margaux Hemingway
• Sherman Hemsley
• Ty Herndon
• Milton Snavely Hershey
• Kent Hovind
• Steve Howe
• E. Howard Hunt
• Nelson Bunker Hunt
• Ron Isley
• La Toya Jackson
• Don Johnson
• Eli Jacobs
• Janice - Marie Johnson
• Al Jolson
• George Jones
• Grace Jones Singer
• Kacey Jones
• Clay Jordan
• Chaka Kahn
• Charles Keating
• Buster Keatonv
• Bernard Kerik
• Margot Kidder
• Larry King
• Robert Kiyosaki
• Marion “Suge” Knight
• Bowie Kuhn
• Gary Kurtz
• Veronica Lake
• Lorenzo Lamas
• Cyndi Lauper
• Anton LaVey
• Stan Lee
• Jerry Lewis
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Horace Liveright
• Meat Loaf
• Joe Louis
• Ashley MacIsaac
• Jackie Mason
• Henry Mayhew
• Mindy McCready
• George McGovern
• William McKinley
• Tom Metzger
• Marvin Mitchelson
• Melba Moore
• Debelah Morgan
• Lorrie Morgan
• Robert Morris
• Levi P. Morton
• Motor City Five/MCS
• John Nash
• Willie Nelson
• Wayne Newton
• Harry Nilsson
• F. Donald Nixon
• Immanuel Nobel
• Mary Nolan
• Emperor Norton
• Ted Nugent
• Kate O’Brien
• Thomas Paine
• Johnny Paycheck
• Tom Petty
• Gaylord Perry
• Philip II
• Buddy Post
• Susan Powter
• Burt Prelutsky
• Randy Quaid
• Lynn Redgrave
• Rembrandt
• Tommy Rettig
• Burt Reynolds
• Debbie Reynolds
• Mickey Rooney
• Rick Ross
• Run DMC
• Harry Saltzman
• Derek Sanderson
• Ray Sawyer
• Oskar Schindler
• Shenandoah
• Billy Sims
• Tom Sizemore
• Anna Nicole Smith
• Dee Snider
• Phoebe Snow
• Lynne Spears
• Leon Spinks
• Sheryl Swoopes
• J. Fife Symington
• Lawrence Taylor
• Randall Terry
• Nikola Tesla
• Donald Trump
• TLC
• Mark Twain
• Mike Tyson
• Johnny Unitas
• John Whitehead
• Oscar Wilde
• James Wilson
• Tammy Wynette
• Florenz Ziegfeld

And the list keeps growing and growing.

They all filed bankruptcy,
...and then got on with their lives.

Bad times come to all of us...even celebrities and politicians.