Famous People Who Have Filed for Bankruptcy

As the following list of famous people who have filed for bankruptcy confirms, anyone can find themselves unable to pay their bills. People of all income levels find themselves in financial trouble. You should not feel alone in considering bankruptcy, millions of people file for bankruptcy relief every year. Like most people, after filing for bankruptcy most of these celebrities not only recovered financially, but many went on to earn great wealth.

Kim Basinger - Actress
Toni Braxton - Singer
Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain") - Author
Natalie Cole - Singer
Gary Coleman - Actor
John Connally - Former Texas Governor
Francis Ford Coppola - Film Director/Producer
Cathy Lee Crosby - Actress
Vic Damone - Singer
Dino De Laurentis - Film Producer
Walt Disney - Film Producer
Mick Fleetwood - Singer (Fleetwood Mac)
Heidi Fleiss - Clothing Line Founder
William Fox - Co-founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Marvin Gaye - Singer
Andy Gibb - Singer
Ulysses S. Grant - 18th U.S. President
Bob Guccione - Publisher/Founder of Penthouse Magazine
Merle Haggard - Singer
Dorothy Hamill - Olympic Ice Skater
M.C. Hammer - Singer
Richard Harris - Actor/Producer/Director
Isaac Hayes - Songwriter/Musician/Singer
Sherman Hemsley - Actor
Ron Isley - Singer
La Toya Jackson - Singer
Don Johnson - Actor/Producer
Kacey Jones - Singer
Chaka Kahn - Singer
Larry King - Talk-show Host/Author
Bowie Kuhn - Former Major League Baseball Commissioner
Lorenzo Lamas - Actor
Cyndi Lauper - Singer
Stan Lee - Co-creator of Spider Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, etc.
Jerry Lewis - Actor
Meat Loaf - Singer
Willie Nelson - Singer/Songwriter
Wayne Newton - Singer/Actor
Johnny Paycheck - Singer
Tom Petty - Singer
Susan Powter - Exercise/Fitness Expert
Burt Reynolds - Actor/Director
Debbie Reynolds - Actress/Singer
Mickey Rooney - Actor
Harry Saltzman - Film Producer (James Bond movies)
Anna Nicole Smith - Model/Actress
J. Fife Symington - Governor of Arizona
Mike Tyson - Boxer
Tammy Wynette - Singer