What famous artists, composers, and writers had bipolar disorder (manic depressi

Question:

What famous artists, composers, and writers had bipolar disorder (manic depression)?

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Van Gogh seems to me the number 1 of the list hehehe

It's known he cut his ear off and mailed it to a painter friend after he decided to leave the flat they both shared... the reason his friend decided to leave? Van Gogh started to paint on the flat walls in the middle of the night, crying out he was the Holly Ghost...

He spent many years of his life in a Mental Institution and had a good friendship with his doctor... he painted a portrait of him and told his doctor he was crazier than himself; such a sweet guy this Van Gogh hahaha... ^_^