List of people with bipolar disorder


Numerous notable people have had some form of mood disorder. This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable sources associating them with some form of bipolar disorder, including cyclothymia, based on their own public statements; this discussion is sometimes tied to the larger topic of creativity and mental illness. In the case of dead people only, individuals with a speculative or retrospective diagnosis should only be listed if they are accompanied by a source reflective of the mainstream, academic view. Individuals should not be added to this list unless the disorder is regularly and commonly mentioned in mainstream, reliable sources.

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  • The Game, Rapper.
  • Alan Garner, novelist, wrote about having bipolar disorder in a collection of critical and autobiographical essays.
  • Jeff Garlin, American actor
  • Paul Gascoigne, English footballer, wrote about his treatment for bipolar disorder in his second book.
  • Isa Genzken, German contemporary artist.
  • Mel Gibson, actor and director.
  • Selena Gomez, American singer-songwriter and actress. Revealed her bipolar diagnosis in April 2020 in an Instagram livestream with Miley Cyrus.
  • Matthew Good, Canadian musician. He first disclosed his illness in a personal blog.
  • Willa Goodfellow, American author and cleric. Goodfellow wrote a memoir about her Bipolar II diagnosis, which was initially misdiagnosed as depression.
  • Ben Gordon, Former NBA Player. Winner of the Sixth Man of the Year in 2005.
  • Boon Gould, British musician.
  • Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist.
  • Philip Graham, publisher and businessman.
  • Emily Graslie, an American science communicator and YouTube educator, revealed in June 2023 that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in late 2020.
  • Graham Greene, English novelist.
  • Everson Griffen, American football player

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  • XXXTentacion, rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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