Below you will find a list of notable people who have filed bankruptcy. I post this, not to encourage others to file, but as a reminder. Take a look at the list. These names represent millions of dollars, huge networths, and reckless spending. No matter how much money you have, if you spend it all, you will be broke.
- Kim Basinger – Actress
- Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum – Founder of Barnum Circus (later merged to become Barnum & Bailey Circus)
- L. Frank Baum – Wizard of Oz author
- Benedict Arnold
- King Edward II – 14th century English King
- Lorraine Bracco – Actress (Dr. Melfi – Sopranos)
- Toni Braxton – Singer
- George Clinton – Singer
- Samuel L. Clemens (“Mark Twain”) – Author
- Natalie Cole – Singer
- Gary Coleman – Actor
- Francis Ford Coppola – Film Director/Producer
- Walt Disney – Film Producer & Theme Park Pioneer
- 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
- Charles Goodyear – Founder of Goodyear Tire Co.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor – Actress
- Ulysses S. Grant – 18th U.S. President & Civil War General
- Bob Guccione – Publisher/Founder of Penthouse Magazine
- Merle Haggard – County & Western Singer
- John Wayne Bobbitt
- Tia Carrere
- Buffalo Bill
- Dorothy Hamill – Olympic Ice Skater
- M.C. Hammer – Singer/Rapper (“Can’t Touch This”)
- Isaac Hayes – Songwriter/Musician/Singer
- Henry John Heinz – Famous Condiment Manufacturer
- Sherman Hemsley – Actor (George Jefferson from The Jeffersons)
- Suge Knight
- Milton Snavely Hershey – Founder of Hershey’s Foods Corp.
- 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
- Randy Quaid
- Don Johnson – Actor/Producer
- Abraham Lincoln
- Chaka Kahn – 80’s R & B Singer
- Sheryl Swoopes – WNBA Basketball Star
- Ted Nugent – Guitarist & NRA President
- Larry King – Talk-show Host/Author
- Cyndi Lauper – 80’s Singer
- Lawrence Taylor – NFL Great
- Stan Lee – Co-creator of Spider Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, etc.
- Jerry Lewis – Actor
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Singer
- Meat Loaf – Singer
- 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)
- Tom Petty – Singer
- Burt Reynolds – Actor/Director
- Mickey Rooney – Actor
- Harry Saltzman – Film Producer (James Bond movies)
- Anna Nicole Smith – Model/Actress
- James & Lynne Spears – Britney Spear’s parents
- 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
- Michael Vick – NFL Star
Stay tuned. Sadly, I am sure there are more to come…
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