FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO NEEDED DEBT RELIEF
- Abraham Lincoln – filed several times, due to business failures
- Thomas Jefferson – filed several times, including after leaving office due to large debt
- Ulysses S. Grant – 18th US President – filed in 1884 after leaving office
- Daniel Webster – US Secretary of State – 1841
- George McGovern – US Senator – filed in 1991
- John Connally – former Texas Governor and Treasury Secretary – filed Chapter 11 in 1987
- William McKinley – 25th US President
- J. Fife Symington – Governor of Arizona – filed in 1995 while still in office
- Walt Disney – filed after a company owing him money filed bankruptcy
- Henry Ford – Founder of Ford Motor Company
- William Durant – Founder of General Motors
- Larry King – filed in 1971 and 1978
- Donald Trump – filed several corporate bankruptcies
- P. T. Barnum – Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus
- H.J. Heinz – Founder of the H.J. Heinz Ketchup Company
- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) – filed in 1894 due to failed investments
- Oscar Wilde – acclaimed poet and author
- William Fox – Founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
- Burt Reynolds – chapter 11 in 1996 after owing more than 8 million in debts
- Lorraine Bracco – filed after long custody battle
- Mickey Rooney – 1986 filing – first bankruptcy was in 1962
- Kim Basinger – filed due to $8 million judgment after backing out of a movie
- Jerry Lewis – filed in the 70’s after losing stage bookings
- Gary Coleman – 1999 bankruptcy
- Redd Foxx –chapter 11 after owing millions to IRS
- Mike Tyson – filed after blowing $300 million foolishly
- Morton Downey, Jr. – filed 5 bankruptcies
- Larry King – filed in 1971 and again in 1978
- Gloria Vanderbilt – 1938 bankruptcy
- John Wayne
- Toni Braxton – filed in 1998
- Francis Ford Coppola – filed in 1999
- David Crosby – filed in 1985
- Mick Fleetwood – filed in 1984
- Dorothy Hamill – filed in 1996
- Marvin Gaye – filed in the 70’s
- M. C. Hammer – filed in 1996
- Merle Haggard – filed in 1993
- Chaka Kahn
- Jackie Mason – filed in 1983 after bad investments
- Ted Nugent
- Tom Petty – filed in 1979
- Debbie Rooney – filed in 1962
- Anna Nicole Smith
- Cindy Lauper – filed in 1981
- Latoya Jackson – filed in 1995
- Wayne Newton – filed in 1992