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List of suicides
This is a list of famous people who are known to have committed suicide. Year of their deaths are given in parenthesis.
See also: deaths by accidental drug overdose, people by cause of death
Alphabetical
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Johnny Ace, (1954), singer
- George Washington Adams , (1829), son of John Quincy Adams, jumped off a boat
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Nick Adams, (1968), actor; died of drug overdose
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Robert Adams Jr., (1906), congressman from Pennsylvania, shot self after heavy losses in stock speculation
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Neil Aggett, (1982), South African worker's union leader; hanged in prison, murder is suspected by some
- General Sergei Akhromeev, (1991), Soviet military commander who led an unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev
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Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, (1899), grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Tsar Alexander II of Russia
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Salvador Allende, (1973), president of Chile whose left-wing government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet, possibly murdered in that coup
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Louis Althusser, (1990), French philosopher
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Jason Altom, (1998), Ph.D. student
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Jean Améry, (1978), Austrian writer
- Jack Z. Anderson , (1981), U.S. Representative from California
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Fridolin Anderwert, (1880), Swiss Federal Councilor
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Aman Andom, (1974), military ruler of Ethiopia; committed suicide to avoid his execution in a internal purge
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Pier Angeli, (1971) (on the same day that Bella Darvi also took her own life)
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Roger Angleton, (1998), brother of imprisoned Texas extortionist who admitted in his suicide note to killing his sister-in-law, socialite Doris Angleton.
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Mark Antony, (30 BC), Roman politician and general
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Hubert Aquin, (1977), author
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Diane Arbus, (1971), art photographer
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Edwin Armstrong, (1954), US inventor of FM radio; jumped from a 13th floor window believing FM was a failure.
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- Mary Bacon , (1991), thoroughbred race horse jockey
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Albert Ballin, (1918)
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Barney Barnato, (1897), South African diamond entrepreneur, jumped overboard while his ship was south of Madeira
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Isobel Barnett, (1980), British TV personality
- Diana Barrymore , (1960), US actress, writer ('Too Much, Too Soon')
- Uwe Barschel , (1987), German politician
- Carl Barth , (1853)
- Gert Bastian , (1992)
- Cliff Baxter , (2002), Enron vice-chairman
- Thomas M. Bayne , (1894), congressman from Pennsylvania
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Gertrude Bell, (1926), archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"
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Walter Benjamin, (1940), German cultural theorist
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Pierre Bérégovoy, (1993), French Prime Minister, killed himself a month after losing a general election
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Hans Berger, (1941), German physician and inventor of electroencephalography, by hanging
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Mary Kay Bergman (1999), American voice actress, shot herself.
- Paul Bern , (1932), slashed his wrists after finding himself unable to consummate his marriage to Jean Harlow
- Alain Bernardin , (1994), founder/owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon" - Paris
- Ricky Berry , (1989), American NBA Basketball player (Sacramento Kings)
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Bruno Bettelheim, (1990), child psychologist
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Blossius of Cumae, Roman philosopher who led a failed revolt
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Robert Bishop, (1991), fetish artist
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Clara Blandick, (1962), played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz
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Barcroft Boake, (1892), Australian poet, hanged himself from a tree
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Ludwig Boltzmann, (1906), Austrian physicist
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Ricardo Bordallo, (1990), two-time Governor of Guam
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Ernest Borneman, (1995), German sexologist
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Francesco Borromini, (1667), architect
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Georges Boulanger, (1891), French politician and general
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Karin Boye, (1941), Swedish author
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Charles Boyer, (1978), French actor
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Jonathan Brandis, (2003), American actor
- Frank B. Brandegee , (1924), U.S. Senator from Connecticut, died in office
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Eva Braun, (1945), mistress and then wife of Adolf Hitler
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Richard Brautigan, (1984), American writer
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Gaetano Bresci, (1901), Italian anarchist, assassin of King Umberto I (officially suicide, but he was found strangled)
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Herman Brood, (2001), Dutch musician and painter
- Oskar Brüsewitz , (1976)
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Brutus, (42 BC), Roman politician, assassin of Julius Caesar
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Eustace Budgell, (1737), remembered because his death was discussed in a conversation between Samuel Johnson and his friend and biographer Boswell
- Bernard Buffet , (1999), French painter ('The Crucifixion')
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Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916), Italian sculptor
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Michael Buonauro, (2004), Web Cartoonist, Web author, "Marvelous Bob "
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Daniel Burros, (1965), Jewish Neo-Nazi
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Capucine, (1990), French actress
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Dora Carrington, (1932), artist
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Joseph Daniel 'Danny' Casolaro, (1991), journalist
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Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1968), painter
- Paul Cassirer , (1926)
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Gaius Cassius Longinus, (42 BC), Roman politician, co-assassin of Julius Caesar
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, (1822), British politician
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Cato the younger, (46 BC), Roman republican statesman
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Ugo Cavallero, (1943), Italian Field Marshal
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Paul Celan, (1970), Romanian poet
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Valerie Chacon, (1982), wife of Bobby Chacon
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Iris Chang, (2004), Chinese-American author
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Claude Chappe, 1805, French inventor
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Thomas Chatterton, (1770), English poet
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Leslie Cheung, (2003), Hong Kong movie star and singer
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Vere Gordon Childe, (1957), Australian archaeologist and historian, jumped off Govett's Leap in the Blue Mountains
- Vern Christie , (1991), Australian businessman, General Manager of the Commonwealth Bank
- Edwin P Christy , (1862), American entertainer, founder of the Christy Minstrels ; jumped from a window
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Christine Chubbuck, (1974), US newsreader, shot herself in the head on live TV after reading the news
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Chung Mong-hun, (2003), Korean businessman, chairman of Hyundai Asan
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Diana Churchill, (1963), UK social worker, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill
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Jeremiah Clarke, (1707), composer of Trumpet Voluntary , shot himself
- Charmian Clift , (1969), Australian writer, wife of George Johnston ; her namesake, Cleopatra's maid Charmian also committed suicide
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Robert Clive, (1774), British conqueror of India and founder of the Empire, cut throat with pen-knife
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Kurt Cobain, (1994), American musician and singer (Nirvana)
- Billy Collins Jr. , (1984), young boxer
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Ray Combs, (1996), former host of popular American game show Family Feud
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F. W. S. Craig, (1989), UK election expert
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Hart Crane, (1932), American poet; born on the same date as Ernest Hemingway, another American writer who committed suicide
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Darby Crash, (1981), lead singer of the LA punk band the Germs
- René Crevel , (1935), French painter, gassed himself
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Harry Crosby, (1929), writer, publisher
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Andrew Cunanan, (1997), killer of Gianni Versace and four others
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Will Cuppy, (1949), American writer, humorist
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Ian Curtis, (1980), English singer and songwritter (Joy Division)
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Adam Czerniakow, (1942), Warsaw Ghetto leader killed himself rather than obey Nazi orders
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Dalida, (1987), French singer
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Dorothy Dandridge, (1965), American singer and actress, first black woman nominated for Academy Award as Lead Actress for "Carmen Jones" , death ruled suicide by overdose
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Monika Dannemann, (1996), Girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix
- Bella Darvi , (1971), Polish-US actress (on the same day that Pier Angeli also took her own life)
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Dazai Osamu, (1948), Japanese novelist
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Guy Debord, (1994), French philosopher, member of Situationist International
- C J De Garis , (1926), Australian financier
- Delphine Delamare , (1848), French woman, the basis for Flaubert's Madame Bovary
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Gilles Deleuze, (1995), French philosopher
- Dioxippus , (336 BC ?), Greek pankration fighter who nakedly defeated an armored and armed soldier of Alexander the Great's... he was framed for theft and forced into suicide for his victory
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Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, (2001), young King of Nepal, committed suicide after assassinating his father, King Birendra, and other members of the royal family
- Jenny Dolly , (1941), Hungarian/US entertainer, one of the Dolly Sisters
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Terence Donovan, (1996), English celebrity photographer
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Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1983), former president of Cuba
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Nick Drake (1974), British singer-songwriter, possibly an accident
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Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1945), French novelist
- Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb (2004), American heart surgeon
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Pete Duel, (1971), American actor
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K. Sello Duiker, (2005), South African author
- Isaak Dunayevsky , (1955), Soviet composer (Katyusha)
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Budd Dwyer, (1987), American politician
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John P. East, (1986), U.S. Senator from North Carolina
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George Eastman, (1932), inventor
- Ronald 'Buster' Edwards , (1994), British Great Train robber and flower seller
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John Ellis (1931), remorseful hangman
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Empedocles, (432 BC), Greek philosopher, threw himself into Mt Etna
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Peg Entwistle, (1932), US actress, the first person to jump from the letter 'H' of the Hollywood sign; step-mother of Brian Keith who also committed suicide
- Tom Evans , (1983), Guitarist for Badfinger
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Richard Farnsworth, (2000), US actor, Oscar nominee
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Justin Fashanu,(1998), British footballer
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder, (1982), German film director (often listed as a drug overdose)
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Andrea Feldman, (1972) Actor, Warhol superstar
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Lolo Ferrari, (2000), actress, singer
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George Fiske, (1918), photographer
- Ed Flanders , (1995), US actor
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John Gould Fletcher, (1950), Pulitzer Prize winning poet
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James V Forrestal, (1949), Former U.S. Secratary of Defense who quoted Sophocles in his suicide note
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Vincent Foster, (1993), Deputy White House Counsel
- John Friedrich , (1991), Australian businessman and fraudster
- Mike Furber , (1973), Australian singer
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Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993), former president of Georgia
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Romain Gary, (1980), Russian-French novelist, film director and diplomat
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Danny Gatton, (1994), American guitarist
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Michel Gauquelin, (1991), French psychologist and astrology researcher
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1935), American feminist and author (Herland )
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Henri Giffard, (1882), French aeronautical engineer
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Joseph Goebbels, (1945), German Nazi leader
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Adam Lindsay Gordon, (1870), Australian poet ('Life is mostly froth and bubble')
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Hermann Göring, (1946), German Nazi leader
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Arshile Gorky, (1948), Armenian painter
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Richard Greene, (1983), boxing referee
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Robert von Greim, (1945), German Air Marshal
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Anton Gustafsson, (2003), Swedish singer (Anton Maiden)
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Antonio Guzmán Fernández, (1982), serving president of the Dominican Republic
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Kenneth Halliwell, (1967), English writer, lover of Joe Orton whom he killed then killed himself
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Mitch Halpern, (2000), boxing referee
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Peter Ham, (1975), rock musician (Badfinger)
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Lois Hamilton, (1943-1999), actress, model, author, aviatrix
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Tony Hancock, (1968), British comedian
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Hannibal, (182 BC), military commander
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Lewis Vernon Harcourt, (1922), British politician who killed himself after knowledge of his attempted seduction of a 12 year old boy became public
- James Harden-Hickey , (1898), US eccentric who wrote a book listing 88 poisons and 51 instruments that could be used for suicide; he chose an overdose of morphine
- Mary Hardy , (1985), Australian TV personality (found dead in the bath and was presumed to have committed suicide)
- Larry James Harper , (2001), member of the Texas 7
- Michael D. Harter , (1896), congressman from Ohio
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Brynn Hartman, (1998), wife of actor Phil Hartman whom she killed before turning the gun on herself
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Elizabeth Hartman, (1987), US actress who emulated a character in her film 'The Group' who jumped from a window
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Donny Hathaway, (1979), singer, best known for his duets with Roberta Flack
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Felix Hausdorff, (1942), mathematician. He committed suicide with his wife and sister-in-law in the concentration camp.
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Benjamin Haydon, (1846), British painter
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Jeanne Hébuterne (1898-1920), painter, partner of Modigliani
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Ernest Hemingway, (1961), American novelist
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Margaux Hemingway, (1996), American actress and model; Ernest's granddaughter
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James Leo Herlihy, (1993), US novelist ('Midnight Cowboy')
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Rudolf Hess, (1987) Nazi leader
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Paul Hester, (2005) Australian musician
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Heinrich Himmler, (1945), German SS leader
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Adolf Hitler, (1945), Nazi Germany's leader. Shot/poisoned himself in bunker.
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Abbie Hoffman, (1989), US political activist and political demonstrator
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Doug Hopkins, (1993), musician, founding member of rock group The Gin Blossoms. Killed himself with a .38 pistol December 5
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Elmyr de Hory, (1976), Hungarian art forger
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Robert E. Howard, (1936), "Pulp" writer of Conan the Barbarian. Shot himself in head
on June 11, 1936 after learning his mother was in a permanent coma.
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William Inge, (1973), US playwright (Picnic, Come Back, Little Sheba, Bus Stop, Splendor in the Grass)
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Isocrates, (338 BC), Greek rhetorician
- Wafa Idis , (2002), Palestian. The first female suicide bomber and known as the modern Joan of Arc to her peers. She started a deadly new trend: female suicide bombers.
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Vittorio Jano, (1965), automobile design engineer
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Randall Jarrell (1965), US writer and poet
- Rick Jason , (2000), US actor best known in 'Combat'
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Jiang Qing, (1991), 3rd wife of Mao Zedong, leader of the Gang of Four
- David Johnson , (1995), Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts
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Jim Jones, (1978), reverend, leader of the "People's Temple" cult. Died during mass suicide that cost the lives of more than 900 in Guyana.
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Nafisa Joseph, (2004), Miss India 1997, killed herself four weeks before being married.
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Judas Iscariot, (1st century), according to the Bible, betrayed Jesus
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Frida Kahlo, (1954), Mexican painter
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Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin, (1918), Cossack leader during the Russian Civil War
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Sarah Kane, (1999), British playwright
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Kostas Karyotakis, (1928), Greek poet, shot himself
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Terry Kath, (1978), guitarist, Chicago (died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound)
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Brian Keith, (1997), American actor (Family Affair)
- Dr. David Kelly, (2003), British scientist, source of BBC story about the September Dossier
- Samuel A. Kendall , (1933), congressman from Pennsylvania, self inflicted gunshot wound in the House Office Building
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Preston King, (1865), senator from New York, lept from ferryboat in New York Harbor
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Heinrich von Kleist, (1811), German dramatist and poet
- Jochen Klepper , (1942)
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Günther von Kluge, (1944), German Field Marshal
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Fletcher Knebel, (1993), US novelist ('Seven Days in May')
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William F. Knowland, (1974), former Senate Majority Leader, self inflicted gun shot
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Arthur Koestler, (1983), Hungarian novelist, political activist and social philosopher; committed suicide with his wife
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Hannelore Kohl, (2001), wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl
- Nestor Kombot-Naguemon 2004 diplomat and politician from the Central African Republic, jumped out of a window in Paris while serving as ambassador to France
- Prince Fumimaro Konoe , (1945), Japanese war criminal
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Jerzy Kosinski, (1991), Polish-American author
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Philip Taylor Kramer, (1995), Rock musician and physicist
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Ivar Kreuger, (1932), Swedish 'match-king'
- Friedrich Krupp , (1902), German industrialist; committed suicide when his homosexuality was revealed
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Paul Lafargue, (1911), son-in-law of Karl Marx, communist theorist and author of The Right to Be Lazy
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Karen Lancaume, (2005), French adult film star.
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Carole Landis, (1948), actress
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James H. Lane, (1866), senator from Kansas, general in Civil War, shot himself after being charged with financial irregularities
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Hans Langsdorff, (1939), captain of the Admiral Graf Spee
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Héctor Lavoe, (1993), salsa music singer
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Florence Lawrence, (1938), Hollywood's first movie Star
- George P. Lawrence , (1917), representative from Massachusetts, jumped out of building to death due to stress caused by World War I
- Katherine Lawrence , (2004), writer
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Lee Kyung Hae, (2003), South Korean activist
- Victoria Lee , (1888), daughter of Emma Lee French
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Primo Levi, (1987), Italian author and Auschwitz survivor
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Meriwether Lewis, (1809), US explorer with Clark; died in mysterious circumstances, either murder or suicide
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Robert Ley, (1945), Nazi war criminal
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Vachel Lindsay, (1931), US poet
- Peter Llewellyn-Davies , (1960), UK publisher who as a boy was the inspiration for J M Barrie's Peter Pan
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Ross Lockridge, Jr., (1948}, US novelist, author of Raintree County
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Mark Lombardi, (2000), US artist whose art described international white-collar crime networks; hanged himself in his Williamsburg, New York studio
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Jack London, (1916), US novelist (his doctor believed he had committed suicide by overdose of morphine and atropine, but his widow prevailed on a more senior doctor to ascribe the death to uremia, and had the body quickly cremated before an autopsy could be done)
- Hans Loritz (date unknown ), concentration camp commandant at various times - Esterwegen, Dachau, Sachsenhausen
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Malcolm Lowry, (1957), British writer
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Gherasim Luca, (1994), Romanian surrealist
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Lucan, (65), Roman poet
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, (1918), Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist
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Richard Manuel, (1986), singer, multi-instrumentalist, member of The Band hung himself while on tour in Fla.
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Kid McCoy, (1940), world champion boxer (real name: Norman Shelby)
- Billy MacKenzie , (1996), lead singer of 1980s pop group The Associates
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Magnentius, (353), Roman usurper
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Jan Masaryk, (1948), Czech politician and statesman who either jumped, fell, or was pushed out a window
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Hideto Matsumoto, (1998), Japanese rock musician
- Denis Matthews , (1988), UK pianist
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Robert Maxwell, (1991), Czech-born UK newspaper magnate who jumped overboard in the Atlantic leaving a financial disaster in his wake
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Vladimir Mayakovsky, (1930), Russian poet; his suicide note said 'I don't recommend it for others'
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Jacques Mayol (2001), Chinese free-diver
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Joe Meek (1967), Record producer
- Niklaus Meienberg , (1993), Swiss author
- Kitty Melrose , (1912), English actress
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Joseph Merrick, (1890), UK celebrity known as the Elephant Man; alleged to have committed suicide by allowing his massive head to obstruct his windpipe
- General Ioannis Metaxas, (1940), Greek military leader and dictator 1936-41
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Charlotte Mew, (1928), English poet
- Noel Mewton-Wood , (1953), Australian pianist; drank prussic acid
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James Miller, fan man, (2003), parachutist
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Walter M. Miller, Jr., (1996), science-fiction writer
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Freddie Mills, (1965), world champion boxer
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Yukio Mishima, (1970), Japanese novelist; committed public ritual seppuku
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Walther Model, (1945), German Field Marshal
- Moses Taiwa Molelekwa , (2001), South African jazz pianist
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Jürgen W. Möllemann, (2003), German politician
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Marilyn Monroe, (1962), American actress (some suspect foul play)
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Henry de Montherlant, (1972), French writer
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Donnie Moore, (1989), relief pitcher for the California Angels
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Florencio Morales Ramos, 1989, Ramito, trova singer
- Ted Moult , (1986), British television personality
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Renate Müller, (1937), German actress
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David Munrow, (1976), UK early music specialist, founder of the Early Music Consort
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- Oscar Nedbal , (1930), Czech composer ('The Tale of the Simply Johnny'); jumped out a window on Christmas Eve
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Gérard de Nerval, (1855), French writer
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Frank Nitti, (1943), US gangster, who shot himself rather than go to jail. Some believe Nitti was murdered.
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Luis Ocaña, (1994), Spanish cyclist, Tour de France winner
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Phil Ochs, (1976), American singer
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John O'Brien, (1994), author of Leaving Las Vegas (on which the film was based)
- Hugh O'Connor , (1995), actor
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Johnny O'Keefe, (1978), Australian rock legend known as The Wild One; drug overdose
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Jan Palach, (1969), protesting Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring
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Billy Papke, (1936), world champion boxer
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Violeta Parra (1967), famous Chilean folk singer
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Jules Pascin, (1930), French-American painter
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John Patrick, (1995), US playwright and screenwriter; placed a plastic bag over his head
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Cesare Pavese, (1950), Italian poet, novelist
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Petronius Arbiter, (66), Roman satirist; opened his own veins
- Richard Piggott , (1890), author of the Piggott Forgeries.
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H. Beam Piper, (1964), American science fiction writer
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Sylvia Plath, (1963), American poetess, author and essayist
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Dana Plato, (1999), American actress
- Stevie Plunder , (1995), Australian guitarist, The Whitlams
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Jan Potocki, (1815), Polish aristocrat, traveler, writer; shot himself with a silver bullet
- Felix Powell , (1942), UK song writer best known for 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile', once described as 'the most optimistic song ever written'
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Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol (1870), French journalist and diplomat
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George R. Price American population geneticist.
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Freddie Prinze, (1977), Puerto Rican American comedian and actor, best known for television show Chico and The Man, died of self inflicted gunshot wound]
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Carlos Prío Socarrás, (1977), former president of Cuba.
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Boris Pugo, (1991), serving minister of the Interior of the USSR
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Jack Purvis, (1962), American jazz trumpeter
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David Rappaport, (1990), actor
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Geli Raubal, (1931), niece and possibly lover of Adolf Hitler; officially committed suicide but may have been murdered
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Alfred Redl, (1913), Austrian army officer, spied for Russia
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George Reeves, (1959), US actor, played Superman on television
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Carlos Roberto Reina, (2003), former president of Honduras
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John Robarts. (1982) former Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, 1961 - 1971; committed suicide with shotgun
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Samuel Romilly, (1818), British prison reformer
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Erwin Rommel, (1944), German Field Marshal
- Iris von Roten-Meyer , (1990), artist and jurist
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Mark Rothko, (1970), Russian-American painter
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Ruan Lingyu, (1935), Chinese actress
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Irv Rubin, (2002), leader of the Jewish Defense League
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Thomas Jefferson Rusk, (1857) U.S. senator from Texas
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Jakub Jan Ryba, (1815), Czech composer and teacher
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Akutagawa Ryunosuke, (1927), Japanese novelist
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- Albert Salmi , (1990), American actor
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Alexander Samsonov, (1914), Russian military commander
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George Sanders, (1972), English actor
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Alberto Santos-Dumont, (1932), aviation pioneer
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Savannah, (1994), pornographic actress
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Romy Schneider, (1982), Austrian actress (officially cardiac arrest, but may have been self-induced)
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Margie Schoedinger, (2003), Filed lawsuit against George W. Bush claiming she had been raped
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Conrad Schumann, (1998), GDR refugee
- William Seabrook (1886-1945), adventurer, travel writer
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Jean Seberg, (1979), American actress
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Seneca the Younger, (65), was ordered to commit suicide by the emperor Nero
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Anne Sexton, (1974), American poet
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Del Shannon, (1990), American singer
- H.A. Shanu , (1905), Congo reformer
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Harold Shipman, (2004), British doctor, serial killer
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Arthur Shrewsbury, (1903), former captain of the England cricket team
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Elizabeth Siddal, (1862), Pre-Raphaelite icon
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The Singing Nun, (1985), Belgian singer
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Walter Slezak, (1983), US actor
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Socrates, (399 BC), philosopher
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John Hanning Speke, (1864), UK explorer of Africa
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Sir Bernard Spilsbury, (1947), UK leading forensic pathologist; his evidence helped convict Dr. Crippen; gassed himself in an oven
- Serge Stavisky , (1934), Russian-French swindler
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Gary Stewart, (2003), country singer
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Rory Storm, (1972), singer of the Hurricanes (the band Ringo Starr was in before he joined the Beatles), in a pact with his mother
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David Strickland, (1999), actor
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Screaming Lord Sutch, (1999), UK eccentric singer
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Yutaka Taniyama, (1958), Japanese mathematician
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Tawfik Abu al-Huda Baja, (1956), former prime minister of Jordan
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Sara Teasdale, (1933), American poet
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky, (1893), Russian composer (possible suicide)
- Count Paul Teleki , (1941), Hungarian statesman
- Jesse B. Thomas , (1853), U.S. Senator from Illinios
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Hunter S. Thompson, (2005), American author
- Ric Throssell , (1999), Australian diplomat, writer
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Georg Tintner, (1999), Austrian-born conductor active in Canada and Australia; jumped 11 stories when he was no longer able to conduct due to illness
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Ernst Toller, (1939), German writer
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Wolfe Tone, (1798), Irish independence leader
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John Kennedy Toole, (1969), American novelist
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Marina Tsvetaeva, (1941), Russian poetess and writer
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Kurt Tucholsky, (1935), German journalist and satirist
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Alan Turing, (1954), British mathematician and computer scientist
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Randy Turpin, (1966), British world champion boxer
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Amy Vanderbilt, (1974), etiquette writer
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Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke, (1941), American film director
- Peter Van Eyck , (1969), Dutch-UK film actor
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Vincent van Gogh, (1890), Dutch painter
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Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, (1954), President of Brazil. Killed himself during impeachment trial.
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Publius Quinctilius Varus, (9), at the end of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
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Lupe Vélez, (1944), actress
- Baroness Maria Vetsera , (1889), mistress of Crown Prince Rudolph - see Mayerling
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Sid Vicious, (1979) bass player of the Sex Pistols, not long after allegedly killing his girlfriend
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Hervé Villechaize, (1993), French actor
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Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1806), French admiral who lost the Battle of Trafalgar
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Stephen Ward, (1963), UK osteopath who was caught up in the Profumo affair
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Peter Warlock, (1930), UK composer (also known as Philip Heseltine )
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Doodles Weaver, (1983), US comedian, member of Spike Jones' City Slickers
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Gary Webb, (2004), US investigative reporter; death ruled as suicide from two gunshots
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Otto Weininger, (1903), Austrian philosopher
- Ernst Weiß , (1940), German author
- George Weldon , (1963), UK conductor, died in South Africa
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Fred West, (1995), husband of convicted British killer Rosemary West. Hanged himself in prison whilst awaiting trial on the same crimes.
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James Whale, (1957), UK film director
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Samuel Whitbread, (1815), Whig politician
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Kenneth Williams (1988), camp comedian, UK TV personality and diarist
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Paul Williams, (1973), singer (Temptations)
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Percy Williams (1982), athlete
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Rozz Williams, (1998), Musician, "Christian Death"
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Wendy O. Williams, (1998), musician, The Plasmatics
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Greg Wilton, (2000), the only Australian Federal politician who has ever successfully attempted suicide
- Eduard Wirths (1945), military surgeon conducted research work at Auschwitz concentration camp
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Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, (1939), Polish author, novelist, painter, philosopher
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Wally Wood, (1981), cartoonist
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Virginia Woolf, (1941), British novelist
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Shang Zhou, (1046 BC), the last king of the Shang Dynasty of China
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Fusu, (210 BC), son of the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, and brother of the Second Emperor, Qin Er Shi, forced to commit suicide by a fake decree
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Qin Er Shi, (207 BC), the Second Emperor of Qin dynasty China
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Cleopatra VII of Egypt, (30 BC), last Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt
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Ludwig II of Bavaria, (1886), drowning
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Nero, (68), emperor of Rome (under duress)
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Otho, (69), Roman emperor
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Boudicca, (1st century), Celtic chieftainess
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Decebal, (106), Dacian king
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Clodius Albinus, (197), Roman emperor
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Gordian I, (238), Roman emperor
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Quintillus, (270), Roman emperor
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Maximian, (310), Roman emperor
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Eugenius, (394), Roman emperor
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Chongzhen, (1644), the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China
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Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, (2001), young King of Nepal, committed suicide after assassinating his father, King Birendra, and other members of the royal family
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