List of famous opiate addicts
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The following is a list of notable personalities who have been or are believed to have been addicted to heroin (or other opiates including prescription painkillers or tranquilizers) at some point during their lives.
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Actors / Actresses / Models / Directors
- Nick Adams (actor)
- Bridgette Andersen (actress)
- John Drew Barrymore (actor)
- John Belushi (actor, comedian)
- Timothy Carey (actor)
- Seymour Cassel (actor)
- Montgomery Clift (actor)
- Jean Cocteau (writer, filmmaker)
- Jackie Curtis (actor)
- Robert Downey Jr. (actor)
- Jeanne Eagels (actress)
- Chris Farley (actor)
- Whoopi Goldberg (actress)
- Dennis Hopper (actor, director)
- Brion James (actor)
- Peter Lorre (actor)
- Bela Lugosi (actor)
- Jason Mewes (actor)
- Kate Moss (actress, model)
- River Phoenix (actor)
- Miguel Piñero (writer, actor)
- Daniel Pollock (actor)
- Nicholas Ray (film director)
- Mickey Rourke (actor)
- Winona Ryder (actress)
- Martin Scorsese (director)
- Ray Sharkey (actor)
- Tom Sizemore (actor)
- Christian Slater (actor)
- Olive Thomas (actress)
- Danny Trejo (actor)
- Gia Carangi (model)
- Althea Leasure (model)
Musicians / Singers / Songwriters / Composers
- Art Alexakis (musician)
- Gregg Allman (musician)
- Gene Ammons (musician)
- Phil Anselmo (musician)
- Chet Baker (musician)
- Michael Balzary a.k.a. Flea (musician)
- Art Blakey (musician)
- Mike Bloomfield (musician)
- Graham Bond (musician)
- Lenny Breau (musician)
- Tim Buckley (singer-songwriter)
- Sandy Bull (musician)
- Paul Butterfield (musician)
- John Cale (musician)
- Nick Cave (musician)
- Serge Chaloff (musician)
- Jimmy Chamberlin (musician)
- Paul Chambers (musician)
- Ray Charles (singer)
- Charlie Christian (musician)
- Eric Clapton (musician)
- Sonny Clark (musician)
- Kurt Cobain (musician)
- John Coltrane (musician)
- Chris Cornell (musician)
- David Crosby (musician)
- Tadd Dameron (musician/arranger)
- Evan Dando (musician)
- Miles Davis (musician)
- Dion DiMucci (singer)
- Pete Doherty (musician)
- Steven Drozd (musician)
- Bob Dylan (singer-songwriter)
- Bill Evans (musician, pianist)
- Bob Ezrin (music producer)
- Marianne Faithfull (singer, actress)
- Perry Farrell (singer)
- Ace Frehley (musician)
- John Frusciante (musician)
- Jerry Garcia (musician)
- Dave Gahan (musician)
- Boy George (singer)
- Stan Getz (musician)
- Bobby Gillespie (singer)
- Dwayne Goettel (composer)
- Dexter Gordon (musician)
- Grant Green (musician)
- Wardell Grey (musician)
- Joe Guy (musician)
- Charlie Haden (musician)
- Tim Hardin (singer/songwriter)
- Hampton Hawes (musician)
- Tubby Hayes (musician)
- Billie Holiday (singer)
- Saul Hudson a.k.a. Slash (musician)
- Milt Jackson (musician)
- Brian James (musician)
- Joan Jett (musician)
- Elvin Jones (musician)
- Mick Jones (musician)
- Philly Joe Jones (musician)
- Steve Jones (musician)
- Janis Joplin (singer)
- Antony Kiedis (musician)
- Paul Kossoff (musician)
- John Lennon (musician)
- Julian Lennon (singer)
- Courtney Love (musician, actress)
- Phil Lynott (musician)
- Bert McCracken (musician)
- Jonathan Melvoin (musician)
- Jose Monje Cruz a.k.a. Camaron de la Isla - singer
- Frank Morgan (musician)
- Lee Morgan (musician)
- Jim Morrison (musician)
- Gerry Mulligan (musician)
- Dave Mustaine (musician)
- Dave Navarro (musician)
- Fats Navarro (musician)
- Jerry Nolan (musician)
- Bradley Nowell (musician)
- Anita O'Day (singer)
- Yoko Ono (singer)
- Jimmy Page (musician)
- Charlie "Bird" Parker (musician)
- Joe Pass (musician)
- Christa Päffgen a.k.a. Nico (singer, actress, model)
- Edith Piaf (singer)
- "Little" Richard Penniman (singer)
- Art Pepper (musician)
- Carl Perkins (musician)
- Joe Perry (musician)
- Esther Phillips (singer)
- John Phillips (musician)
- Iggy Pop (singer, actor)
- Bud Powell (musician)
- Elvis Presley (singer)
- Ike Quebec (musician)
- Robert Quine (musician)
- Dee Dee Ramone (musician)
- Lou Reed (musician)
- Emily Remler (musician)
- Keith Richards (musician)
- Max Roach (musician)
- Red Rodney (musician)
- Sonny Rollins (musician)
- Axl Rose (musician)
- Shaun Ryder (musician)
- Bon Scott (musician)
- Nikki Sixx (musician)
- Hillel Slovak (musician)
- Elliott Smith (musician)
- Layne Staley (musician)
- Sonny Stitt (musician)
- Gabor Szabo (musician)
- James Taylor (musician)
- Johnny Thunders (musician)
- Pete Townshend (musician)
- Richard Twardzik (musician)
- Jeff Tweedy (musician)
- Steven Tyler (musician)
- Sid Vicious (musician)
- Scott Weiland (singer)
- Andrew Woods (singer)
- Tony Williams (musician)
- Brian Wilson (musician)
- Mike Doughty (musician)
- Darby Crash (musician)
Writers / Poets / Journalists
- William S. Burroughs (writer)
- Max Cantor (journalist)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet)
- Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist, writer)
- John Keats (poet)
- Ken Kesey (writer)
- Jack London (writer)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher, writer)
- Al Franken (comedian, journalist)
- Thomas de Quincey (writer) Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Françoise Sagan (writer)
- Sir Walter Scott (writer, poet)
- Hubert Selby Jr. (writer)
- Stephen Dohnberg (writer,poet,journalist)
- Will Self (writer)
- Jerry Stahl (writer)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (writer)
- Alexander Trocchi (writer)
- William Wilberforce (writer, anti-slavery campaigner)
- Wilkie Collins (writer)
- Jack Kerouac (writer)
- Hunter S. Thompson (writer, new journalist)
- Edgar Allen Poe (writer, poet)
Artists / Painters
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (artist)
- Francis Picabia (painter)
- Pablo Picasso (painter)
- Santiago Rusiñol (painter)
Politicians / Rulers / Royals
- Harry Anslinger (US director of the Bureau of Narcotics)
- Marcus Aurelius (emperor, philosopher)
- Otto von Bismarck (Preussian prince, German statesman)
- Benjamin Franklin (inventor, statesman)
- Ulysses S. Grant (US president, general)
- Hermann Göring (Nazi Reichsmarschall)
- Joseph McCarthy (US senator)
- George W. Bush (US President)
- John Howard (Australian PM)
Athletes / Olympians
- Bobby Chacon (boxer)
- Sonny Liston (boxer)
- Joe Louis (boxer)
- Todd Marinovich (football player)
- Sugar Ray Robinson (boxer)
- Barney Ross (boxer)
Other Celebrities
- Lenny Bruce (comedian)
- Aleister Crowley (occultist)
- The Pigeons (occultist)
- Harold Shipman (Doctor, Serial Killer)
- Mitch Hedberg (comedian)
- Howard Hughes (tycoon, film producer, aviator)