Here is just some of the famous people who in the past have claimed bankruptcy.
- Abraham Lincoln - (American president
- Al Jolson - Singer
- Andy Gibb – Singer
- Barbara Bel Geddes -Actress
- Bill Roache – Actor
- Bjorn Borg - Pro Tennis Player
- Burt Reynolds -Actor/Author
- Buster Keaton – Actor
- Chaka Kahn – Singer
- Charles Goodyear - Tyre manufacturer
- Chris Eubank – Boxer
- Cyndi Lauper – Singer
- Daniel Defoe - Author
- David Irving – Historian
- David Van Day – Singer
- Debbie Reynolds – Actress
- Don Jonson – Actor
- Donald Trump – Businessman
- Eddie Edwards - Ski Jumper
- Francis Ford Coppola - Film maker
- Frank Baum – Author
- Gary Coleman - Actor
- George Best - Football star
- Handel - Composer
- Harry Saltzman - Film producer
- Henry Dunant - Red Cross founder
- Henry Ford - Automobile manufacturer
- Henry John Heinz - Condiment manufacturer.
- Isaac Hayes – Composer
- James Abbot McNeil Whistler – Artist
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Singer
- Jim Davidson – Comedian
- John DeLorean -Car maker
- Kevin Maxwell - Mirror pensions
- Kim Basinger -Actress
- King Edward II - 14th century English king
- L. Frank Baum - Writer
- Larry King - Talk-show host
- Lionel Bart - British composer
- Lynne Spears - Mother of Britney
- Mark Twain - American author
- Mark Twain – Author
- Marvin Gaye – Singer
- MC Hammer -Singer
- Meat Loaf - Singer
- Michael Barrymore – Presenter
- Mick Fleetwood – Singer
- Mickey Rooney – Actor
- Miguel de Cervantes - Novelist
- Mike Tyson - Boxer
- Milton Hershey - Founder of Hershey’s chocolate
- Natalie Cole – Singer
- Oscar Wilde – Poet and author
- P.T. Barnum - The Great American circus owner
- Philip II -King of Spain
- Rembrandt - Dutch painter
- Tammy Wynette - Country music singer
- Tom Petty – Singer
- Toni Braxton – Singer
- Ulysses S. Grant - 18th President of the USA
- Walt Disney – Founder of Disney
- William C. Durant - Founder of General Motors
- William Fox - Cofounder of 20th Century Fox
- Willie Nelson – Singer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Composer