Famous People Who Have Filed For Bankruptcy

Below is a list of famous people who have filed for bankruptcy. A majority of these listed individuals had utilized the bankruptcy process to obtain a fresh start and to rebuild their financial position. This list is meant to show that you are not alone. In 2008, there were over 1 millions bankruptcies filed in the United States!

Many people have a misconception that the October 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy Laws make it very difficult to qualify for a chapter 7 bankruptcy. Most individuals, however, still qualify under the new laws. We encourage you to contact us for a free consultation to decide whether you qualify.

Abraham Lincoln
Benedict Arnold
John James Audubon
P.T. Barnum
John Barrymore
Lionel Bart
Kim Basinger
Frank Baum
Barbara Bel Geddes
Melvin Belli
Bunny Berigan
George Best
Jay Black
John Wayne Bobbitt
Peter Bogdanovich
Bjorn Borg
Lorraine Bracco
Matthew Brady
Toni Braxton
Louise Brooks
Sylvia Browne
Lenny Bruce
Buffalo Bill
Gary Burghoff
Anita Bryant
Crazy Cabbie
Tia Carrere
Nell Carter
Raymond Carver
Miguel de Cervantes
George Clinton
Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain")
Natalie Cole
Gary Coleman
Concrete Blonde
John Connally
Francis Ford Coppola
Cathy Lee Crosby
David Crosby
Aleister Crowley
Vic Damone
Dorothy Dandridge
Darren Day
Daniel Defoe
Lee De Forest
Dino De Laurentis
John DeLorean
Clarissa Dickson Wright
Walt Disney
Henry Dunant
William C. Durant
Eddy "the eagle" Edwards
Chris Eubank
Keith Famie
Freddy Fender
Stephin Fetchit
Eddie Fisher
Mick Fleetwood
Heidi Fleiss
Henry Ford
William Fox
Red Foxx
R. Buckminster Fuller
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Marvin Gaye
Andy Gibb
Gary Glitter
Bernhard Goetz
Charles Goodyear
Ulysses S. Grant
Elizabeth Ward Gracen
Paulo Gucci
Bob Guccione
Johannes Gutenberg
Tony Gwynn
Merle Haggard
Corey Haim
Frans Hals
Dorothy Hamill
M.C. Hammer
George Frideric Handel
Richard Harris
Isaac Hayes
H.J. Heinz
Margaux Hemingway
Sherman Hemsley
Ty Herndon
Milton Snavely Hershey
Kent Hovind
Steve Howe
E. Howard Hunt
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Ron Isley
La Toya Jackson
Don Johnson
Eli Jacobs
Janice - Marie Johnson
Al Jolson
George Jones
Grace Jones Singer
Kacey Jones
Clay Jordan
Chaka Kahn
Charles Keating
Buster Keaton
Bernard Kerik
Margot Kidder
Larry King
Robert Kiyosaki
Marion “Suge” Knight
Bowie Kuhn
Gary Kurtz
Veronica Lake
Lorenzo Lamas
Cyndi Lauper
Anton LaVey
Stan Lee
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Horace Liveright
Meat Loaf
Joe Louis
Ashley MacIsaac
Jackie Mason
Henry Mayhew
Mindy McCready
George McGovern
William McKinley
Tom Metzger
Marvin Mitchelson
Melba Moore
Debelah Morgan
Lorrie Morgan
Robert Morris
Levi P. Morton
Motor City Five/MCS
John Nash
Willie Nelson
Wayne Newton
Harry Nilsson
F. Donald Nixon
Immanuel Nobel
Mary Nolan
Emperor Norton
Ted Nugent
Kate O’Brien
Thomas Paine
Johnny Paycheck
Tom Petty
Gaylord Perry
Philip II
Buddy Post
Susan Powter
Burt Prelutsky
Randy Quaid
Lynn Redgrave
Rembrandt
Tommy Rettig
Burt Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds
Mickey Rooney
Rick Ross
Run DMC
Harry Saltzman
Derek Sanderson
Ray Sawyer
Oskar Schindler
Shenandoah
Billy Sims
Tom Sizemore
Anna Nicole Smith
Dee Snider
Phoebe Snow
Lynne Spears
Leon Spinks
Sheryl Swoopes
J. Fife Symington
Lawrence Taylor
Randall Terry
Nikola Tesla
Donald Trump
TLC
Mark Twain
Mike Tyson
Johnny Unitas
John Whitehead
Oscar Wilde
James Wilson
Tammy Wynette
Florenz Ziegfeld

 

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Thank you for helping my wife and I. You have been an angel in our lives during these tough times. You have given us a fresh start. God bless you.

- Edward S.-

I'm grateful for having you take care of my case. The credit card bills, medical bills and lawsuits were a constant stress in my life. I am so glad that I took the next step. I can finally breathe again.

- Rafael R.-

When I became unemployed, I thought I had no way out. My credit card debts would continue to increase and I was overwhelmed with phone calls from collectors. Fortunately, I found Jay Bhatt who advised me to file for chapter 7. It was the best decision I ever made. He is very knowledgeable, experienced and most importantly he works fast. For a reasonable fee, I got out of my debts in no time. I have gone back to work full time and my previous debts have been discharged. Thanks Jay for your help.

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