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<blockquote data-quote="kris" data-source="post: 19609" data-attributes="member: 74"><p>jamie, i for one, think it's critical for kids with-any kind of disorder to understand that while they may struggle with-their behaviors that they are ultimately still responsible for what they say & do.</p><p></p><p>as for famous people who have/had bipolar here's one list i found:</p><p><strong>Actors & Actresses</strong></p><p></p><p>Ned Beatty</p><p>Maurice Bernard, soap opera</p><p>Jeremy Brett</p><p>Jim Carey</p><p>Lisa Nicole Carson</p><p>Rosemary Clooney, singer</p><p>Lindsay Crosby</p><p>Eric Douglas</p><p>Robert Downey Jr.</p><p>Patty Duke</p><p>Carrie Fisher</p><p>Connie Francis, singer and actress</p><p>Shecky Greene, comedian</p><p>Linda Hamilton</p><p>Moss Hart, actor, director, playright</p><p>Mariette Hartley</p><p>Margot Kidder</p><p>Vivien Leigh</p><p>Kevin McDonald, comedian</p><p>Kristy McNichols</p><p>Burgess Meredith, actor, director</p><p>Spike Milligan, actor, writer</p><p>Spike Mulligan, comic actor and writer</p><p>Nicola Pagett</p><p>Ben Stiller, actor, director, writer</p><p>David Strickland</p><p>Lili Taylor</p><p>Tracy Ullman</p><p>Jean-Claude Van Damme</p><p>Robin Williams</p><p>Jonathon Winters, comedian</p><p></p><p><strong>Artists</strong></p><p></p><p>Alvin Alley, dancer, choreogapher</p><p>Ludwig Von Beethoven</p><p>Tim Burton, artist, director</p><p>Francis Ford Coppola, director</p><p>George Fredrick Handel, composer</p><p>Bill Lichtenstein, producer</p><p>Joshua Logan, broadway director, producer</p><p>Vincent Van Gogh, painter</p><p>Gustav Mahier, composer</p><p>Francesco Scavullo, artist, photographer</p><p>Robert Schumann, composer</p><p>Don Simpson, movie producer</p><p>Norman Wexler, screenwriter, playwright</p><p></p><p><strong>Entrepreneurs</strong></p><p></p><p>Robert Campeau</p><p>Pierre Peladeau</p><p>Heinz C. Prechter</p><p>Ted Turner, media giant</p><p></p><p><strong>Financiers</strong></p><p></p><p>John Mulheren</p><p>Murray Pezim</p><p></p><p><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></p><p></p><p>Buzz Aldrin, astronaut</p><p>Clifford Beers, humanitarian</p><p>Garnet Coleman, legislator (Texas)</p><p>Larry Flynt, publisher and activist</p><p>Kit Gingrich, Newt's mom</p><p>Phil Graham, owner of Washington Post</p><p>Peter Gregg, team owner and manager, race car driver</p><p>Susan Panico (Susan Dime-Meenan), business executive</p><p>Sol Wachtier, former New York State Chief Judge</p><p></p><p><strong>Musicians</strong></p><p></p><p>Ludwig van Beethoven, composer</p><p>Alohe Jean Burke, musician, vocalist</p><p>Rosemary Clooney, singer</p><p>DMX Earl Simmons, rapper and actor</p><p>Ray Davies</p><p>Lenny Dee</p><p>Gaetano Donizetti, opera singer</p><p>Peter Gabriel</p><p>Jimi Hendrix</p><p>Kristen Hersh (Throwing Muses)</p><p>Phyllis Hyman</p><p>Jack Irons</p><p>Daniel Johnston</p><p>Otto Klemperer, musician, conductor</p><p>Oscar Levant, pianist, composer, television</p><p>Phil Ochs, musician, political activist, poet</p><p>John Ogden, composer, musician</p><p>Jaco Pastorius</p><p>Charley Pride</p><p>Mac Rebennack (Dr. John)</p><p>Jeannie C. Riley</p><p>Alys Robi, vocalist in Canada</p><p>Axl Rose</p><p>Nick Traina</p><p>Del Shannon</p><p>Phil Spector, musician and producer</p><p>Sting, Gordon Sumner, musician, composer</p><p>Tom Waits, musician, composer</p><p>Brian Wilson, musician, composer, arranger</p><p>Townes Van Zandt, musician, composer</p><p></p><p><strong>Poets</strong></p><p></p><p>John Berryman</p><p>C.E. Chaffin, writer, poet</p><p>Hart Crane</p><p>Randall Jarrell</p><p>Jane Kenyon</p><p>Robert Lowell</p><p>Sylvia Plath</p><p>Robert Schumann</p><p>Delmore Schwartz</p><p></p><p><strong>Political</strong></p><p></p><p>Robert Boorstin, special assistant to President Clinton</p><p>L. Brent Bozell, political scientist, attorney, writer</p><p>Bob Bullock, ex secretary of state, state comptroller and lieutenant governer </p><p>Winston Churchill</p><p>Kitty Dukasis, former First Lady of Massachusetts</p><p>Thomas Eagleton, lawyer, former U.S. Senator</p><p>Lynne Rivers, U.S. Congress</p><p>Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States</p><p></p><p><strong>Scholars</strong></p><p></p><p>John Strugnell, biblical scholar</p><p></p><p><strong>Scientists</strong></p><p></p><p>Karl Paul Link, chemist</p><p>Dimitri Mihalas</p><p></p><p><strong>Sports</strong></p><p></p><p>Shelley Beattie, bodybuilding, sailing</p><p>John Daly, golf</p><p>Muffin Spencer-Devlin, pro golf</p><p>Ilie Nastase, tennis</p><p>Jimmy Piersail, baseball player, Boston Red Sox, sports announcer</p><p>Barret Robbins, football</p><p>Wyatt Sexton, football</p><p>Alonzo Spellman, football</p><p>Darryl Strawberry, baseball</p><p>Dimitrius Underwood, football</p><p>Luther Wright, basketball</p><p>Bert Yancey, athlete</p><p></p><p><strong>TV & Radio</strong></p><p></p><p>Dick Cavett</p><p>Jay Marvin, radio, writer</p><p>Jane Pauley</p><p></p><p><strong>Writers</strong></p><p></p><p>Louis Althusser, philosopher, writer</p><p>Honors de Balzac</p><p>Art Buchwald, writer, humorist</p><p>Neal Cassady</p><p>Patricia Cornwell</p><p>Margot Early</p><p>Kaye Gibbons</p><p>Johann Goethe</p><p>Graham Greene</p><p>Abbie Hoffman, writer, political activist</p><p>Kay Redfield Jamison, writer, psychologist</p><p>Peter Nolan Lawrence</p><p>Frances Lear, writer, editor, women's rights activist</p><p>Rika Lesser, writer, translator</p><p>Kate Millet</p><p>Robert Munsch</p><p>Margo Orum</p><p>Edgar Allen Poe</p><p>Theodore Roethke</p><p>Lori Schiller, writer, educator</p><p>Frances Sherwood</p><p>Scott Simmie, writer, journalist</p><p>August Strindberg</p><p>Mark Twain</p><p>Joseph Vasquez, writer, movie director</p><p>Mark Vonnegut, doctor, writer</p><p>Sol Wachtler, writer, judge</p><p>Mary Jane Ward</p><p>Virginia Woolf</p><p></p><p>it covers all walks of life....from performers to artists, astronauts & financiers. it's pretty extensive.</p><p></p><p>kris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kris, post: 19609, member: 74"] jamie, i for one, think it's critical for kids with-any kind of disorder to understand that while they may struggle with-their behaviors that they are ultimately still responsible for what they say & do. as for famous people who have/had bipolar here's one list i found: [B]Actors & Actresses[/B] Ned Beatty Maurice Bernard, soap opera Jeremy Brett Jim Carey Lisa Nicole Carson Rosemary Clooney, singer Lindsay Crosby Eric Douglas Robert Downey Jr. Patty Duke Carrie Fisher Connie Francis, singer and actress Shecky Greene, comedian Linda Hamilton Moss Hart, actor, director, playright Mariette Hartley Margot Kidder Vivien Leigh Kevin McDonald, comedian Kristy McNichols Burgess Meredith, actor, director Spike Milligan, actor, writer Spike Mulligan, comic actor and writer Nicola Pagett Ben Stiller, actor, director, writer David Strickland Lili Taylor Tracy Ullman Jean-Claude Van Damme Robin Williams Jonathon Winters, comedian [B]Artists[/B] Alvin Alley, dancer, choreogapher Ludwig Von Beethoven Tim Burton, artist, director Francis Ford Coppola, director George Fredrick Handel, composer Bill Lichtenstein, producer Joshua Logan, broadway director, producer Vincent Van Gogh, painter Gustav Mahier, composer Francesco Scavullo, artist, photographer Robert Schumann, composer Don Simpson, movie producer Norman Wexler, screenwriter, playwright [B]Entrepreneurs[/B] Robert Campeau Pierre Peladeau Heinz C. Prechter Ted Turner, media giant [B]Financiers[/B] John Mulheren Murray Pezim [B]Miscellaneous[/B] Buzz Aldrin, astronaut Clifford Beers, humanitarian Garnet Coleman, legislator (Texas) Larry Flynt, publisher and activist Kit Gingrich, Newt's mom Phil Graham, owner of Washington Post Peter Gregg, team owner and manager, race car driver Susan Panico (Susan Dime-Meenan), business executive Sol Wachtier, former New York State Chief Judge [B]Musicians[/B] Ludwig van Beethoven, composer Alohe Jean Burke, musician, vocalist Rosemary Clooney, singer DMX Earl Simmons, rapper and actor Ray Davies Lenny Dee Gaetano Donizetti, opera singer Peter Gabriel Jimi Hendrix Kristen Hersh (Throwing Muses) Phyllis Hyman Jack Irons Daniel Johnston Otto Klemperer, musician, conductor Oscar Levant, pianist, composer, television Phil Ochs, musician, political activist, poet John Ogden, composer, musician Jaco Pastorius Charley Pride Mac Rebennack (Dr. John) Jeannie C. Riley Alys Robi, vocalist in Canada Axl Rose Nick Traina Del Shannon Phil Spector, musician and producer Sting, Gordon Sumner, musician, composer Tom Waits, musician, composer Brian Wilson, musician, composer, arranger Townes Van Zandt, musician, composer [B]Poets[/B] John Berryman C.E. Chaffin, writer, poet Hart Crane Randall Jarrell Jane Kenyon Robert Lowell Sylvia Plath Robert Schumann Delmore Schwartz [B]Political[/B] Robert Boorstin, special assistant to President Clinton L. Brent Bozell, political scientist, attorney, writer Bob Bullock, ex secretary of state, state comptroller and lieutenant governer Winston Churchill Kitty Dukasis, former First Lady of Massachusetts Thomas Eagleton, lawyer, former U.S. Senator Lynne Rivers, U.S. Congress Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States [B]Scholars[/B] John Strugnell, biblical scholar [B]Scientists[/B] Karl Paul Link, chemist Dimitri Mihalas [B]Sports[/B] Shelley Beattie, bodybuilding, sailing John Daly, golf Muffin Spencer-Devlin, pro golf Ilie Nastase, tennis Jimmy Piersail, baseball player, Boston Red Sox, sports announcer Barret Robbins, football Wyatt Sexton, football Alonzo Spellman, football Darryl Strawberry, baseball Dimitrius Underwood, football Luther Wright, basketball Bert Yancey, athlete [B]TV & Radio[/B] Dick Cavett Jay Marvin, radio, writer Jane Pauley [B]Writers[/B] Louis Althusser, philosopher, writer Honors de Balzac Art Buchwald, writer, humorist Neal Cassady Patricia Cornwell Margot Early Kaye Gibbons Johann Goethe Graham Greene Abbie Hoffman, writer, political activist Kay Redfield Jamison, writer, psychologist Peter Nolan Lawrence Frances Lear, writer, editor, women's rights activist Rika Lesser, writer, translator Kate Millet Robert Munsch Margo Orum Edgar Allen Poe Theodore Roethke Lori Schiller, writer, educator Frances Sherwood Scott Simmie, writer, journalist August Strindberg Mark Twain Joseph Vasquez, writer, movie director Mark Vonnegut, doctor, writer Sol Wachtler, writer, judge Mary Jane Ward Virginia Woolf it covers all walks of life....from performers to artists, astronauts & financiers. it's pretty extensive. kris [/QUOTE]
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