Discussion List of famous people who have CTB

[zdeweilx]

Philosophy, Literature, Intellectuals


Socrates (philosopher; state-ordered death)

Seneca (philosopher; forced suicide)

Gilles Deleuze (philosopher)

Jean Améry (philosopher, essayist)

Arthur Koestler (writer, intellectual)

Virginia Woolf (writer)

Sylvia Plath (poet)

Anne Sexton (poet)

Ernest Hemingway (writer)

David Foster Wallace (writer)

Romain Gary (writer)

Stefan Zweig (writer)

Cesare Pavese (writer)

Yukio Mishima (writer)

Vladimir Mayakovsky (poet)

Heinrich von Kleist (writer)

Walter Benjamin (philosopher)

Paul Celan (poet)

Sergey Yesenin (poet)

Edwin Arlington Robinson (poet)

John Kennedy Toole (writer)

Lafcadio Hearn (probable suicide)

Hunter S. Thompson (writer, journalist)



Film, Television, Entertainment


Robin Williams (actor)

Marilyn Monroe (actress)

Tony Scott (film director)

Jean Seberg (actress)

Peg Entwistle (actress)

Jonathan Brandis (actor)

Lee Thompson Young (actor)

Lucy Gordon (actress)

Mark Salling (actor)

George Sanders (actor)

Gig Young (actor)

Chris Penn (actor)

Dana Plato (actress)

Freddie Prinze (actor/comedian)

Trevor Moore (comedian)

Inger Stevens (actress)

Dana Hill (actress)



Music


Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)

Avicii (DJ, producer)

Ian Curtis (Joy Division)

Elliott Smith (musician)

Nick Drake (debated, often listed)

Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)

Sulli (K-pop singer)

Jonghyun (SHINee)

Goo Hara (K-pop singer)

Kim Jong-hyun (composer)

Dickie Pride (singer)

Charles-Valentin Alkan (composer; debated)

Pete Ham (Badfinger)

Keith Flint (The Prodigy)

Wayne Static (musician)

Donny Hathaway (singer)



Visual Arts & Fashion


Vincent van Gogh (painter)

Mark Rothko (painter)

Francesca Woodman (photographer)

Basquiat (overdose debated)

Ottilie Moosdorf (artist)

Alexander McQueen (fashion designer)

Isabella Blow (fashion editor)

Diane Arbus (photographer)

Liam Payne (debated)



Politics, Power, Military


Adolf Hitler

Joseph Goebbels

Hermann Göring

Heinrich Himmler

Pierre Bérégovoy (French Prime Minister)

Alan García (President of Peru)

Getúlio Vargas (President of Brazil)

Budd Dwyer (US politician)

Slobodan Praljak (general, tribunal)

Roh Moo-hyun (President of South Korea)

Eduardo Frei Montalva (debated)

Boris Nemtsov (debated)



Science, Technology, Academia


Alan Turing (computer science pioneer)

Ludwig Boltzmann (physicist)

Georg Cantor (mathematician)

Wallace Hume Carothers (inventor of nylon)

Sergey Korolyov

Rudolf Diesel (cause debated)

Étienne-Jules Marey (debated)



Business, Finance


Adolf Merckle (billionaire investor)

René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet (financier, Madoff fallout)

Arpad Elo

Andrew Getty (heir, debated)

Thomas H. Lee (private equity billionaire)



Sports


Robert Enke (football/soccer goalkeeper)

Justin Fashanu (footballer)

Naoki Matsuda (footballer)

R. B. Lewis (NFL)

K. P. Singh (Indian athlete, debated)

Mike Bossy



Media, Journalism, Public Figures


Anthony Bourdain (chef, writer)

Hunter S. Thompson (journalist)

L. W. Seecamp (journalist)

Bernard Loiseau (chef)

Kate Spade (fashion entrepreneur)

Aaron Swartz (technologist, activist)

Kevin Carter (photojournalist)

 

[U. A.]

Socrates didn't kill himself.

 

[Seneca65AD]

Don't forget my "spirit animal" - George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak) "To my friends, my work is done – Why wait?"

 

[traingirl]

Philosophy, Literature, Intellectuals


Socrates (philosopher; state-ordered death)

Seneca (philosopher; forced suicide)

Gilles Deleuze (philosopher)

Jean Améry (philosopher, essayist)

Arthur Koestler (writer, intellectual)

Virginia Woolf (writer)

Sylvia Plath (poet)

Anne Sexton (poet)

Ernest Hemingway (writer)

David Foster Wallace (writer)

Romain Gary (writer)

Stefan Zweig (writer)

Cesare Pavese (writer)

Yukio Mishima (writer)

Vladimir Mayakovsky (poet)

Heinrich von Kleist (writer)

Walter Benjamin (philosopher)

Paul Celan (poet)

Sergey Yesenin (poet)

Edwin Arlington Robinson (poet)

John Kennedy Toole (writer)

Lafcadio Hearn (probable suicide)

Hunter S. Thompson (writer, journalist)



Film, Television, Entertainment


Robin Williams (actor)

Marilyn Monroe (actress)

Tony Scott (film director)

Jean Seberg (actress)

Peg Entwistle (actress)

Jonathan Brandis (actor)

Lee Thompson Young (actor)

Lucy Gordon (actress)

Mark Salling (actor)

George Sanders (actor)

Gig Young (actor)

Chris Penn (actor)

Dana Plato (actress)

Freddie Prinze (actor/comedian)

Trevor Moore (comedian)

Inger Stevens (actress)

Dana Hill (actress)



Music


Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)

Avicii (DJ, producer)

Ian Curtis (Joy Division)

Elliott Smith (musician)

Nick Drake (debated, often listed)

Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)

Sulli (K-pop singer)

Jonghyun (SHINee)

Goo Hara (K-pop singer)

Kim Jong-hyun (composer)

Dickie Pride (singer)

Charles-Valentin Alkan (composer; debated)

Pete Ham (Badfinger)

Keith Flint (The Prodigy)

Wayne Static (musician)

Donny Hathaway (singer)



Visual Arts & Fashion


Vincent van Gogh (painter)

Mark Rothko (painter)

Francesca Woodman (photographer)

Basquiat (overdose debated)

Ottilie Moosdorf (artist)

Alexander McQueen (fashion designer)

Isabella Blow (fashion editor)

Diane Arbus (photographer)

Liam Payne (debated)



Politics, Power, Military


Adolf Hitler

Joseph Goebbels

Hermann Göring

Heinrich Himmler

Pierre Bérégovoy (French Prime Minister)

Alan García (President of Peru)

Getúlio Vargas (President of Brazil)

Budd Dwyer (US politician)

Slobodan Praljak (general, tribunal)

Roh Moo-hyun (President of South Korea)

Eduardo Frei Montalva (debated)

Boris Nemtsov (debated)



Science, Technology, Academia


Alan Turing (computer science pioneer)

Ludwig Boltzmann (physicist)

Georg Cantor (mathematician)

Wallace Hume Carothers (inventor of nylon)

Sergey Korolyov

Rudolf Diesel (cause debated)

Étienne-Jules Marey (debated)



Business, Finance


Adolf Merckle (billionaire investor)

René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet (financier, Madoff fallout)

Arpad Elo

Andrew Getty (heir, debated)

Thomas H. Lee (private equity billionaire)



Sports


Robert Enke (football/soccer goalkeeper)

Justin Fashanu (footballer)

Naoki Matsuda (footballer)

R. B. Lewis (NFL)

K. P. Singh (Indian athlete, debated)

Mike Bossy



Media, Journalism, Public Figures


Anthony Bourdain (chef, writer)

Hunter S. Thompson (journalist)

L. W. Seecamp (journalist)

Bernard Loiseau (chef)

Kate Spade (fashion entrepreneur)

Aaron Swartz (technologist, activist)

Kevin Carter (photojournalist)

Trevor Moore didn't kill himself. He was drunk and fell off a balcony.

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

Don't forget writer & director Jeff Baena (Aubrey Plaza's late husband).

 

[bananaolympus]

Rip Jason david frank the GOAT power ranger

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

Also Anne Burrell, celebrity chef & TV personality.

 

[OzymandiAsh]

Cantor died of heart attack not suicide.

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

Also Edgar Rosenberg, writer & producer (Joan Rivers' husband).

 

[Sweet Tart]

Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor & singer. I loved his work for a long time before knowing that he was long gone.

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

Also actor Nicky Katt.

 

[badatparties]

What a world.

 

[Defenestration]

Pierre quinon sport

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

Also the Kessler twins! Entertainers. Died together via assisted suicide.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Chris Penn had a heart attack

 

[badatparties]

Rip Jason david frank the GOAT power ranger

holy crap poor guy.

 

[miles-away]

Osamu Dazai
Qiu Miaojin

 

[kouna]

List of suicides in the 21st century - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[unluckysadness]

It's not 100% sure for Marilyn because his doctor prescribed her several meds with strange dosages and interaction between meds (I saw a very good documentary about it).

 

[shylady222]

Today (December 18, 2025) is Jonghyun 8 year death anniversary.