Famous People Who Died of Suicide - Celebrities with Suicide - page 2

Losing a loved one to suicide is probably one of the most emotionally devastating experiences a person can go through. And when a celebrity commits suicide, then it is not just their family but the entire world that is left shocked and betrayed. On the surface it might seem like celebrities have perfect lives, courted by fame, wealth, and the adoration of fans. However like every other human being, famous people too experience pains and disappointments albeit away from the public eye. The news of a celebrity suicide catches us unawares and shocks us to the core. When the much beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams committed suicide, his fans were left devastated. Just how could someone who made the world laugh get so disillusioned with life that he killed himself? Whitney Houston and Philip Seymour Hoffman are the other two name who immediately come to mind when we talk of suicide. Read on to know more about the famous people who committed suicide.

List of famous people who committed suicide with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

The Most Famous People Who Died of Suicide

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Monika DannemannJune 24, 1945GermanCheck out all that you wanted to know about Monika Dannemann, the famous German Figure Skater & Painter; her birthday, her family and personal life, her boyfriends, fun trivia facts and more.
Mark SallingAugust 17, 1982AmericanMark Wayne Salling was an American actor, singer and musician
Brenda BenetAugust 14, 1945AmericanBrenda Benet was an American TV and film actress
AviciiSeptember 8, 1989SwedishTim Bergling, better known by his stage name Avicii, was a Swedish musician, DJ, remix artist, and record producer
Ilse KochSeptember 22, 1906GermanIlse Koch was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the chief of the Nazi concentration camps in Buchenwald and Majdanek
Jonathan BrandisApril 13, 1976AmericanJonathan Brandis was an American actor known for his role in the miniseries ‘It.’
Chris BenoitMay 21, 1967CanadianChris Benoit (Christopher Michael Benoit) was a Canada born professional wrestler
René Gerónimo FavaloroJuly 12, 1923ArgentinianRené Gerónimo Favaloro was a renowned Argentinean cardiovascular surgeon
Heinrich HimmlerOctober 7, 1900GermanHeinrich Himmler was a German Nazi military commander and a close associate of Adolf Hitler
Fred WestSeptember 29, 1941BritishFred West was an English serial killer who committed more than 12 murders
Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky was a talented Armenian born American painter

AmericanApril 15, 1904168 views

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary considered to be the chief strategist of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).

IndianJuly 23, 190697 views

Martin Bormann

Martin Bormann was the private secretary of Adolf Hitler and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery

GermanJune 17, 1900160 views

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American writer and journalist, who is considered to be the founder of the ‘gonzo journalism’

AmericanJuly 18, 1937122 views

George Eastman

George Eastman was an inventor, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist all rolled into one

AmericanJuly 12, 1854144 views

Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn was a celebrated American novelist and journalist

Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes was a famous Greek philosopher, mathematician and geographer who is credited for the measurement of earth’s circumference

Greek119 views

Ludwig Boltzmann

Ludwig Boltzmann was a famous Austrian physicist who is the eponym for the Boltzmann Constant in physics

AustrianFebruary 20, 1844126 views

Nero

Nero was the last Roman emperor in the Julio-Claudian dynasty who ruled from 54 to 68 AD

V. Gordon Childe

Vere Gordon Childe was an Australian historian, linguist and archaeologist

AustralianApril 14, 1892120 views