Even some of the “Rich & Famous” have had to file bankruptcy…
- Phineas Taylor Barnum (P.T.) – founder “The Greatest Show on Earth”
- Lionel Bart – British composer-lyricist-playwright
- Kim Basinger – Oscar-winning actress
- Frank Baum – Author, famous for the Wizard of Oz
- Jay Black – rock star, lead member of Jay and the Americans
- Concrete Blonde – rock group
- David Bowie – singer/actor
- Loraine Bracco – who stars as Dr. Jennifer Melfi in ‘The Sopranos’
- Matthew Brady – famous Civil War photographer (1872)
- Toni Braxton – rock star
- Anita Bryant – singer (twice)
- Nell Carter – Actress
- Samuel L. Clemens (“Mark Twain”) – best-selling American author-humorist
- George Clinton – rock star
- Natalie Cole – singer
- Gary Coleman – actor
- John Connelly – former Treasury secretary and Texas governor
- Francis Ford Coppola – Oscar-winning film writer-director-producer
- Seymour Cray – inventor of the Cray supercomputer
- Cathy Lee Crosby – actress, author
- Doris Day – actress
- Vic Damone – singer
- Dorothy Dandridge – Oscar-nominated actress-singer
- Lee de Forest – Oscar-winning film/sound synchronization pioneer; producer (1937)
- Dino De Laurentis – Oscar-winning film producer
- Walt Disney – Oscar-winning film producer; animation & theme park pioneer (1923)
- Eddy “the Eagle” Edwards – Great Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper
- Keith Famie – Survivor II: The Australian Outback contestant
- Eddie Fisher – singer — declared bankruptcy four times!
- Mick Fleetwood – rock star; leader of “Fleetwood Mac”
- Heidi Fleiss – Clothing line founder; author, Infamous Madame
- William Fox – co-founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (1936)
- Marvin Gaye – singer
- Linda Georgian – spokesperson for Psychic Friends Network
- Andy Gibb – rock star
- Ulysses S. Grant – 18th U.S. President; Civil War general; author; pictured on the U.S. fifty dollar bill (in 1884, after leaving office)
- Elizabeth Ward Gracen – actress; model; Miss America 1982
- Bob Guccione – publisher and founder of Penthouse magazine
- Merle Haggard – country music star
- Corey Haim – actor
- Dorothy Hamill – olympic gold medalist figure skater
- Rembrandt Haremenszoon Van Rijn – famous Dutch painter (1656)
- Oscar Wilde – Irish Playwrite (1897)
- Tammy Wynette – country music star
- Richard Harris – Oscar-nominated actor-producer-director (twice bankrupt)
- Isaac Hayes – Oscar-winning songwriter-composer-musician-singer
- Sherman Hemsley – actor
- Paul Heyman – founder and CEO of ECW
- Ron Isley – rhythm-and-blues singer (The Isley Brothers)
- La Toya Jackson – rock star
- Thomas Jefferson – 3rd U.S. President
- Don Johnson – actor-producer
- Janice-Marie Johnson – rock star/disco diva
- Kacey Jones – country music star; musical humorist
- Clay Jordan – Survivor V: Thailand contestant; restaurateur
- Chaka Kahn – rock star
- Margot Kidder – actress, famous for playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies
- Larry King – host of the Larry King Live
- Bowie Kuhn – former U.S. baseball commissioner
- Gary Kurtz – Oscar-nominated film producer (Star Wars, American Graffiti)
- Veronica Lake – actress (1951)
- Cyndi Lauper – rock star, boxing manager/promoter
- Stan Lee – comic book industry pioneer (Spider Man,The Incredible Hulk,The X-Men and more, ’nuff said)
- Jerry Lewis – actor, comedian, fundraiser
- Jerry Lee Lewis – rock star
- Abe Lincoln – former US president and all-around good guy
- Mindy McCready – country music star
- Denny McLain – baseball pitcher
- Ashley MacIsaac – musician
- Meat Loaf – actor, rock star
- Melba Moore – singe, actress
- Lorrie Morgan – country music star, author
- Motor City Five/MC5 – 1960′s rock group
- Willie Nelson – singer-songwriter-actor, author
- Wayne Newton- singer, actor, entertainer, Las Vegas legend
- Mary Nolan – actress
- Johnny Paycheck – country music star
- Tom Petty – singer/songwriter
- Susan Powter – exercise/fitness expert; talk-show host, author
- Randy Quaid – actor/producer
- Burt Reynolds – actor
- Debbie Reynolds – actress
- Mickey Rooney – Oscar-nominated actor
- Harry Saltzman – film producer (James Bond movies)
- Anna Nicole Smith – model-actress; 1993 Playboy magazine “Playmate of the Year”
- Leon Spinks – heavyweight Boxer and olympic gold medalist
- J. Fife Symington – Governor of Arizona (filed while still in office)
- TLC, Vocal group
- Donald Trump – businessman (casinos: Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc.) (1992; 2004)
- Mike Tyson – boxeR
- M.C. Hammer – rapper
- Johnny Unitas – legendary Hall of Fame football quarterback
