Over the years thousands of individuals have filed bankruptcy and the numbers keep rising. If you are considering filing bankruptcy or wonder what will life be like after filing bankruptcy, take a look at these celebrity bankruptcy filings... you are not alone! Evidently stars and celebrities are no better than us at balancing their checkbooks! Some, like Mike Tyson or Anna Nicole Smith, blew their fortunes with extravagant spending, while others found themselves in unexpected situations. And then there are the stars and celebrities who filed bankruptcy before they made it big, proving that there is life after bankruptcy.

Abraham Lincoln
      16th President of the United States
Kim Basinger
      Oscar - winning actress (1993)
Toni Braxton
      rock star (1998)
Buffalo Bill
      Wild West showman
Nell Carter
      Actor; Housekeeper on Gimme a Break
George Clinton
      rock star (1984) (note: this is not the composer George S. Clinton)
Natalie Cole
      singer
Gary Coleman
      actor (1999)
Francis Ford Coppola
      Oscar - winning film writer - director - producer (1999)
Cathy Lee Crosby
      Actress - American Author (1992)
Walt Disney
      Oscar - winning film producer, animation & theme park pioneer (1923)
Henry Dunant
      Red Cross founder
William C. Durant
      Founder of General Motor
Chris Eubank
      Former World Champion Boxer (2005)
Mick Fleetwood
      rock star, lead member of "Fleetwood Mac" (1984)
Heidi Fleiss
      Clothing line founder; American author
Henry Ford
      Automobile manufacturer
William Fox
      Co-Founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (1936)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
      Cop-slapping Gabor sister
Marvin Gaye
      singer (1970s)
Ulysses S. Grant
      18th US President; Civil War general, best-selling American Author, face is pictured on the US fifty dollar bill ( 1884 after leaving office)
Paulo Gucci
      1993
Bob Guccione
      publisher and founder of Penthouse magazine (2003)
Dorothy Hamill
      Olympic gold-medal ice-skater (1996)
M.C. Hammer
      rock star (1996)
George Frideric Handel
      Messiah composer
H.J. Heinz
      Founder of Heinz Ketchup
Milton Snavely Hershey
      founder of Hershey’s chocolate
La Toya Jackson
      rock star (1995)
Don Johnson
      actor-producer
Eli Jacobs
      Former Baltimore Orioles owner
Larry King
      talk-show host, best selling American author (1978)
Robert Kiyosaki
      Rich Dad, Poor Dad author
Marion “Suge” Knight
      Death Row Records Rap Producer 2006
Lorenzo Lamas
      actor (2004)
Cyndi Lauper
      rock star (1983)
Stan Lee
      Comic book industry pioneer , co-creator "Spider Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "The X-Men" etc (2001)
Meat Loaf
      rock star (1983)
William McKinley
      25th US President 1897-1901
Robert Morris
      Politician who financed Revolutionary War
Willie Nelson
      singer-songwriter-actor, American Author (1990)
Wayne Newton
      singer-actor - entertainer (1992)
Tom Petty
      rock star (1979)
Philip II
      King of Spain, 1556-1598
Rembrandt
      painter
Burt Reynolds
      Oscar-nominated actor - director , American Author (1995)
Debbie Reynolds
      Oscar nominated actress-singer, American Author (1997)
Mickey Rooney
      Oscar nominated actor, American Author (1962)
Run DMC
      Rap Group in 1993
Oskar Schindler
      activist who saved over 1000 Jews from the Nazis
Anna Nicole Smith
      Model-Actress, 1993 Playboy magazine "Playmate of the Year"(1996)
Dee Snider
      frontman for Twisted Sister, musician
Lynne Spears
      American author, mother of rock star Britney Spears (1998, filed with husband James prior to Britney's stardom)
Leon Spinks
      boxer
Lawrence Taylor
      NFL hall of famer
Donald Trump
      billionaire entrepreneur
Mark Twain
      Huckleberry Finn author
Mike Tyson
      boxer (2003)