Given the ongoing stigma around mental health, it’s rare for people to openly admit the challenges they’ve faced. Here are some of the people who have come out and talked about it.
Technology
Richard Branson, entrepreneur, dyslexia
Andy Dunn, co-founder of Bonobos, bipolar
Paul English, founder of Kayak, bipolar
Brad Feld, venture capitalist, depression
Pedro Franceschi, co-founder Brex
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Asperger’s
Hunter Walk. venture capitalist
Entertainment
Catherine Zeta-Jones, actor, bipolar
Billie Eilsh, anxiety, body dysmorphia
Kanye West, rapper, bipolar
Jim Carrey, actor and comedian, depression and ADHD
Will Smith, actor, ADHD
Michelle Rodriguez, actor, ADD
Glenn Close, actor, depression
Whoopi Goldberg, actor and comedian, dyslexia
Howie Mandel, actor and game show host, ADD and OCD
Paris Hilton, I don’t know what she is, ADHD
Robin Williams, actor and comedian, depression
Vincent Van Gogh, artist, likely bipolar
Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA
Dan Aykroyd, actor and comedian, Asperger’s
Sports
Simone Biles, gymnast
Naomi Osaka, tennis player
Michael Jordan, basketball player, ADHD
Michael Phelps, swimmer, ADHD
Scientists
John Nash, Nobel prize winning mathematician, paranoid schizophrenia (featured in A Beautiful Mind)
Other public figures who are widely believed to have had mental health conditions:
Albert Einstein
Walt Disney
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