Deliberately self-inflicted.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Johnny Ace |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jun-1929 |
25-Dec-1954 |
R&B star, shot himself |
| Louis Adamic |
Author |
23-Mar-1899 |
4-Sep-1951 |
Laughing in the Jungle |
| Robert Adams, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Feb-1849 |
1-Jun-1906 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Ross Alexander |
Actor |
27-Jul-1907 |
2-Jan-1937 |
Captain Blood |
| Salvador Allende |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1908 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet |
| Forrest H. Anderson |
Politician |
30-Jan-1913 |
20-Jul-1989 |
Montana governor, committed suicide |
| Jack Z. Anderson |
Politician |
22-Mar-1904 |
9-Feb-1981 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Pedro Armendáriz |
Actor |
9-May-1912 |
18-Jun-1963 |
From Russia with Love |
| Malcolm Arnold |
Composer |
21-Oct-1921 |
23-Sep-2006 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Paul C. Barth |
Politician |
1858 |
12-Aug-1907 |
Mayor of Louisville, 1905-07 |
| Thomas M. Bayne |
Politician |
14-Jun-1836 |
16-Jun-1894 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Ludwig Beck |
Military |
29-Jun-1880 |
20-Jul-1944 |
Supported failed coup against Hitler |
| Brenda Benet |
Actor |
14-Aug-1945 |
7-Apr-1982 |
Days of Our Lives |
| Pierre Bérégovoy |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1925 |
1-May-1993 |
Prime Minister of France, 1992-93 |
| Mary Kay Bergman |
Actor |
5-Jun-1961 |
11-Nov-1999 |
South Park |
| Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
| Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
| Georges Boulanger |
Military |
29-Apr-1837 |
30-Sep-1891 |
French general-turned-politician |
| Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
| Richard Brautigan |
Author |
30-Jan-1935 |
14-Oct-1984 |
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away |
| Percy Williams Bridgman |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1882 |
20-Aug-1961 |
High-pressure physics |
| Dan Burros |
Activist |
5-Mar-1937 |
31-Oct-1965 |
Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times |
| Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| Donald Cammell |
Film Director |
17-Jan-1934 |
24-Apr-1996 |
Performance |
| Jose Canseco |
Baseball |
2-Jul-1964 |
|
Troubled Oakland A's player |
| Iris Chang |
Author |
28-Mar-1968 |
9-Nov-2004 |
The Rape of Nanking |
| Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
| Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
| Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
| Harrison Cockrill |
Politician |
18-Jun-1826 |
22-May-1876 |
Kentucky State Senator, committed suicide |
| Joseph Conrad |
Author |
3-Dec-1857 |
3-Aug-1924 |
Heart of Darkness |
| Don Cornelius |
TV Personality |
27-Sep-1936 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Soul Train |
| Dennis Crosby |
Singer |
13-Jul-1934 |
7-May-1991 |
Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun |
| Andrew Cunanan |
Criminal |
31-Aug-1969 |
23-Jul-1997 |
Murdered Gianni Versace |
| John C. Cutler |
Politician |
5-Feb-1846 |
30-Jul-1928 |
Utah Governor, committed suicide |
| Donald DeFreeze |
Criminal |
16-Nov-1943 |
17-May-1974 |
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Patrick Dewaere |
Actor |
26-Jan-1947 |
16-Jul-1982 |
Les valseuses |
| R. Budd Dwyer |
Government |
21-Nov-1939 |
22-Jan-1987 |
Suicided in front of TV cameras |
| George Eastman |
Inventor |
12-Jul-1854 |
14-Mar-1932 |
Inventor of the Kodak camera |
| Richard J. Egan |
Business |
28-Feb-1936 |
28-Aug-2009 |
Co-Founder, EMC Corporation |
| Richard Farnsworth |
Actor |
1-Sep-1920 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Comes a Horseman |
| Ed Flanders |
Actor |
29-Dec-1934 |
22-Feb-1995 |
Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere |
| Peter Fonda |
Actor |
23-Feb-1940 |
|
Easy Rider |
| Thomas King Forcade |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1945 |
17-Nov-1978 |
Founder of High Times |
| Vince Foster |
Attorney |
15-Jan-1945 |
20-Jul-1993 |
Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton |
| Dave Garroway |
Talk Show Host |
13-Jul-1913 |
21-Jul-1982 |
Host of Today, 1952-61 |
| Romain Gary |
Novelist |
8-May-1914 |
2-Dec-1980 |
Roots of Heaven |
| Maxim Gorky |
Playwright |
28-Mar-1868 |
17-Jun-1936 |
The Lower Depths |
| Philip L. Graham |
Publisher |
18-Jul-1915 |
3-Aug-1963 |
Washington Post publisher, 1947-63 |
| Shauna Grant |
Pornstar |
30-May-1963 |
21-Mar-1984 |
Killed herself with a .22 rifle |
| Bo Gritz |
Military |
18-Jan-1939 |
|
Former Green Beret |
| Jerry Hadley |
Singer |
16-Jun-1952 |
18-Jul-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Jonathan Hale |
Actor |
21-Mar-1891 |
28-Feb-1966 |
J. C. Dithers |
| Rusty Hamer |
Actor |
15-Feb-1947 |
18-Jan-1990 |
Make Room for Daddy |
| Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Marvin Heemeyer |
Criminal |
1952 |
4-Jun-2004 |
Killdozer pilot |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| George Hennard |
Criminal |
15-Oct-1956 |
16-Oct-1991 |
Killed 22 at Luby's Cafeteria in Texas |
| George W. Hill |
Film Director |
25-Apr-1895 |
10-Aug-1934 |
The Big House |
| Adolf Hitler |
Head of State |
20-Apr-1889 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45 |
| Robert E. Howard |
Author |
24-Jan-1906 |
11-Jun-1936 |
Original Conan series |
| Sandy Hume |
Journalist |
c. 1969 |
22-Feb-1998 |
The Hill Correspondent, 1996-98 |
| Lester C. Hunt |
Politician |
8-Jul-1892 |
19-Jun-1954 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
| Richard Jeni |
Comic |
14-Apr-1957 |
10-Mar-2007 |
A Big Steaming Pile of Me |
| J. J. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
22-Jan-1924 |
4-Feb-2001 |
Jazz trombonist |
| Anson Jones |
Politician |
20-Jan-1798 |
9-Jan-1858 |
President of Texas, committed suicide |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Brian Keith |
Actor |
14-Nov-1921 |
24-Jun-1997 |
Uncle Bill on Family Affair |
| Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
| Samuel A. Kendall |
Politician |
1-Nov-1859 |
8-Jan-1933 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Dylan Klebold |
Criminal |
11-Sep-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| William F. Knowland |
Politician |
26-Jun-1908 |
23-Feb-1974 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Alan Ladd |
Actor |
3-Sep-1913 |
29-Jan-1964 |
Shane |
| James Henry Lane |
Politician |
22-Jun-1814 |
11-Jul-1866 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1861-66 |
| Adam Lanza |
Criminal |
22-Apr-1992 |
14-Dec-2012 |
Connecticut school shooter |
| Friedrich Leibacher |
Criminal |
21-Jul-1944 |
28-Sep-2001 |
Killed 14 Swiss politicians on a rampage |
| Megan Leigh |
Pornstar |
2-Mar-1964 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Ali Boobie & the 40 D's |
| Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Mark Linkous |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1962 |
6-Mar-2010 |
Sparklehorse |
| Damien Marchessault |
Politician |
1-Apr-1818 |
20-Jan-1868 |
Los Angeles mayor, committed suicide |
| Mindy McCready |
Country Musician |
30-Nov-1975 |
17-Feb-2013 |
Troubled country music singer |
| Colin R. McMillan |
Politician |
27-Jul-1935 |
24-Jul-2003 |
US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92 |
| Joe Meek |
Music Producer |
5-Apr-1929 |
3-Feb-1967 |
Innovative record producer |
| Bob Merrill |
Songwriter |
17-May-1921 |
17-Feb-1998 |
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? |
| Philip Merrill |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1934 |
10-Jun-2006 |
Capital Gazette Communications |
| Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
Novelist |
23-Jan-1923 |
9-Jan-1996 |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| William O. Mills |
Politician |
12-Aug-1924 |
24-May-1973 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| John Milton |
Politician |
20-Apr-1807 |
1-Apr-1865 |
Florida governor, committed suicide |
| Ronnie Montrose |
Guitarist |
29-Nov-1947 |
3-Mar-2012 |
Montrose and Gamma |
| Philip Musica |
Business |
1884 |
16-Dec-1938 |
Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler |
| Abu Nidal |
Terrorist |
May-1937 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Palestinian terrorist |
| Hugh O'Connor |
Actor |
7-Apr-1962 |
28-Mar-1995 |
Lt. Jamison on In the Heat of the Night |
| Revilo P. Oliver |
Activist |
7-Jul-1908 |
10-Aug-1994 |
Founding member, John Birch Society |
| Freddie Prinze |
Actor |
22-Jun-1954 |
29-Jan-1977 |
Chico of Chico and the Man |
| Richard Quine |
Film Director |
12-Nov-1920 |
10-Jun-1989 |
Bell Book and Candle |
| Geli Raubal |
Relative |
4-Jun-1908 |
18-Sep-1931 |
Hitler's niece |
| George Reeves |
Actor |
5-Jan-1914 |
16-Jun-1959 |
Television's first Superman |
| Thomas Caute Reynolds |
Politician |
11-Oct-1821 |
30-Mar-1887 |
Missouri governor, committed suicide |
| Kermit Roosevelt |
Relative |
10-Oct-1889 |
4-Jun-1943 |
Theodore Roosevelt's son |
| Frank Rosolino |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1926 |
26-Nov-1978 |
Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose! |
| Thomas J. Rusk |
Politician |
5-Dec-1803 |
29-Jul-1857 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Savannah |
Pornstar |
9-Oct-1970 |
11-Jul-1994 |
Saturday Night Beaver |
| Junior Seau |
Football |
19-Jan-1969 |
2-May-2012 |
NFL Linebacker, committed suicide |
| Del Shannon |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Dec-1934 |
8-Feb-1990 |
1960s songwriter, Runaway |
| Walter Slezak |
Actor |
3-May-1902 |
21-Apr-1983 |
Hitchcock's Lifeboat |
| Benjamin Nathaniel Smith |
Criminal |
1978 |
5-Jul-1999 |
White supremacist spree killer |
| Merriman Smith |
Journalist |
10-Feb-1913 |
13-Apr-1970 |
UPI correspondent, reported Kennedy's death |
| Albert Szent-Györgyi |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1893 |
22-Oct-1986 |
Vitamins C and B2 |
| Hunter S. Thompson |
Journalist |
18-Jul-1937 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gonzo journalist and author |
| Hideki Tojo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1884 |
23-Dec-1948 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44 |
| Dick Trickle |
Auto Racing |
27-Oct-1941 |
16-May-2013 |
Stock car racer |
| Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
| Vicki Van Meter |
Aviator |
13-Mar-1982 |
15-Mar-2008 |
Child cross-country aviator |
| Hervé Villechaize |
Actor |
23-Apr-1943 |
4-Sep-1993 |
Boss, the plane! The plane! |
| Daniel von Bargen |
Actor |
5-Jun-1950 |
1-Mar-2015 |
Kruger on Seinfeld |
| Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel |
Military |
2-Jan-1886 |
30-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler |
| Doodles Weaver |
Radio Personality |
11-May-1911 |
17-Jan-1983 |
Professor Feetlebaum |
| Gary Webb |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1955 |
10-Dec-2004 |
Exposed CIA Nicaragua/drugs angle |
| Bob Welch |
Guitarist |
31-Aug-1945 |
7-Jun-2012 |
Guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, 1971-74 |
| Larry Williams |
Musician |
10-May-1935 |
7-Jan-1980 |
Bony Moronie and Dizzy Miss Lizzie |
| Paul Williams |
Singer |
2-Jul-1939 |
17-Aug-1973 |
The Temptations |
| Wendy O. Williams |
Singer |
28-May-1949 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Singer for The Plasmatics |
| Faron Young |
Musician |
25-Feb-1932 |
10-Dec-1996 |
The Hillbilly Heartthrob |
| Lee Thompson Young |
Actor |
1-Feb-1984 |
19-Aug-2013 |
The Famous Jett Jackson |
