List of heroin addicts
The following is a list of notable personalities who have been or are believed to have been addicted to heroin (or other opiates) at some point during their lives.
- Nick Adams (actor)
- Art Alexakis (musician)
- Gregg Allman (musician)
- Bridgette Andersen (actress)
- Marcus Aurelius (emperor, philosopher)
- Chet Baker (musician)
- Michael Balzary a.k.a. Flea (musician)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (artist)
- John Belushi (actor, comedian)
- Art Blakey (musician)
- Mike Bloomfield (musician)
- Tim Buckley (singer-songwriter)
- William S. Burroughs (writer)
- Lenny Bruce (comedian)
- Jason Mewes (actor)
- John Cale (musician)
- Max Cantor (journalist)
- Gia Carangi (model)
- Nick Cave (musician)
- Ray Charles (singer)
- Charlie Christian (musician)
- Eric Clapton (musician)
- Montgomery Clift (actor)
- Kurt Cobain (musician)
- Jean Cocteau (writer, filmmaker)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet)
- John Coltrane (musician)
- Aleister Crowley (occultist)
- Jackie Curtis (actor)
- Evan Dando (musician)
- Miles Davis (musician)
- Thomas de Quincy (writer)
- Dion DiMucci (singer)
- Pete Doherty (musician)
- Robert Downey Jr. (actor)
- Bob Dylan (singer-songwriter)
- Jeanne Eagels (actress)
- Bob Ezrin (music producer)
- Marianne Faithfull (singer, actress)
- Chris Farley (actor)
- Perry Farrell (singer)
- Benjamin Franklin (inventor, statesman)
- Ace Frehley (musician)
- Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist)
- John Frusciante (musician)
- Jerry Garcia (musician)
- Dave Gahan (musician)
- Boy George (singer)
- Stan Getz (musician)
- Bobby Gillespie (singer)
- Dwayne Goettel (composer)
- Whoopi Goldberg (actress)
- Ulysses S. Grant (US president, general)
- Jimi Hendrix (musician)
- Charlie Haden (musician)
- Hampton Hawes (musician)
- Tubby Hayes (musician)
- Billie Holiday (singer)
- Dennis Hopper (actor, director)
- Milt Jackson (musician)
- Elvin Jones (musician)
- Philly Joe Jones (musician)
- Steve Jones (musician)
- Janis Joplin (singer)
- John Keats (poet)
- Ken Kesey (writer)
- Antony Kiedis (musician)
- Paul Kossoff (musician)
- Althea Leasure (model)
- John Lennon (musician)
- Julian Lennon (singer)
- Sonny Liston (boxer)
- Peter Lorre (actor)
- Courtney Love (musician, actress)
- Bela Lugosi (actor)
- Phil Lynott (musician)
- Joseph McCarthy (senator)
- Jim Morrison (musician)
- Kate Moss (actress, model)
- Dave Mustaine (musician)
- Fats Navarro (musician)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher)
- Bradley Nowell (musician)
- Anita O'Day (singer)
- Yoko Ono (singer)
- Charlie "Bird" Parker (musician)
- Christa Päffgen a.k.a. Nico (singer, actress, model)
- "Little" Richard Penniman (singer)
- Art Pepper (musician)
- Carl Perkins (musician)
- Joe Perry (musician)
- Esther Phillips (singer)
- John Phillips (musician)
- River Phoenix (actor)
- Francis Picabia (painter)
- Pablo Picasso (painter)
- Miguel Piñero (writer, actor)
- Edgar Allan Poe (writer)
- Daniel Pollock (actor)
- Iggy Pop (singer, actor)
- Elvis Presley (singer)
- Robert Quine (musician)
- Dee Dee Ramone (musician)
- Nicholas Ray (film director)
- Lou Reed (musician)
- Keith Richards (musician)
- Sonny Rollins (musician)
- Axl Rose (musician)
- Mickey Rourke (actor)
- Santiago Rusinol (painter)
- Shaun Ryder (musician)
- Winona Ryder (actress)
- Francoise Sagan (writer)
- Sir Walter Scott (writer, poet)
- Hubert Selby Jr. (writer)
- Will Self (writer)
- Ray Sharkey (actor)
- Nikki Sixx (musician)
- Tom Sizemore (actor)
- Christian Slater (actor)
- Hillel Slovak (musician)
- Jerry Stahl (writer)
- Layne Staley (musician)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (writer)
- James Taylor (musician)
- Olive Thomas (actress)
- Johnny Thunders (musician)
- Pete Townshend (musician)
- Alexander Trocchi (writer)
- Steven Tyler (musician)
- Sid Vicious (musician)
- Scott Weiland (singer)
- Tony Williams (musician)
