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Suicides[edit]
- Chris Acland (1996), British drummer for the band Lush, hanging[1]
- Manuel Acuña (1873), Mexican poet, ingestion of potassium cyanide[2][3]
- Robert Adams, Jr. (1906), congressman from Pennsylvania, shot himself after heavy losses in stock speculation[4]
- Stuart Adamson (2001), Scottish guitarist and singer (Big Country, Skids), self-strangulation after alcohol ingestion[5]
- Ahn Jae-hwan (2008), South Korean actor, carbon monoxide poisoning[6][7]
- Sergey Akhromeyev (1991), Marshal of the Soviet Union, hanging[8]
- Stephen Akinmurele, (1999), British suspected serial killer, hanging[9]
- Clodius Albinus (197), Roman emperor, killed himself after a defeat in battle[10]
- Ross Alexander (1937), American actor, gunshot[11]
- Michael Alfonso, a.k.a. Mike Awesome (2007), American professional wrestler, hanging[12]
- Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (1899), member of the British Royal Family, shot himself[13]
- Leandro Alem (1896), Argentine politician, founder of the Radical Civic Union, gunshot to the head[14]
- Gia Allemand (2013), American actress, model, and reality television contestant, known for her appearances on the shows, The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love and Bachelor Pad, hanging.[15]
- Salvador Allende (1973), president of Chile; shot himself during a coup d'état — some sources allege that he was killed. See also Death of Salvador Allende[16][17]
- Jeff Alm (1993), American football player, gunshot[18]
- Marwan al-Shehhi (2001), United Arab Emirate member of Al-Qaeda, and one of the 9/11 hijackers[19][20]
- Jason Altom (1998), American Ph.D. student, ingested potassium cyanide[21]
- Jean Améry (1978), Austrian writer; overdose of sleeping pills[22]
- Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (1945), seppuku[23][24]
- Adna Anderson (1889), General, U.S. Military Railroads during the American Civil War, railroad civil engineer/manager, gunshot[25][26]
- Forrest Howard Anderson (1989), Governor of Montana, gunshot[27]
- Roger Angleton (1998), American murderer, cutting or hanging[28][29]
- Mark Antony (30 BC), Roman politician and general, by sword.[30]
- Marshall Applewhite (1997), American leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult, overdose[31]
- Diane Arbus (1971), American photographer, overdosed on pills and slashed wrists[32]
- Reinaldo Arenas (1990), Cuban-American artist and writer, drug and alcohol overdose[33]
- José María Arguedas, (1969), Peruvian novelist and poet, gunshot[34]
- Pedro Armendáriz, (1963), Mexican actor, gunshot[35]
- Edwin Armstrong (1954), American inventor of FM radio, jumped from a 13th floor window[36][37]
- John Atchison (2007), American federal prosecutor and alleged child sex offender[38]
- Mohamed Atta (2001), Egyptian member of Al-Qaeda, and leader of the 9/11 hijackers[19][39][40]
- Pekka-Eric Auvinen (2007), Finnish Jokela High School shooter, gunshot to the head[41][42][43]
- May Ayim (1996), German author, jumped from 13th floor of a Berlin building[44]
- Albert Ayler (1970), American jazz saxophonist, jumped into New York City's East River[45][46]
- Nikki Bacharach (2007), Daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, suffocated using plastic bag and helium[47][48]
- James Robert Baker (1997), American writer[49]
- Mark Balelo (2013), cast member on the reality TV series Storage Wars, carbon monoxide asphyxiation.[50][51][52]
- José Manuel Balmaceda (1891), President of Chile, gunshot[53]
- Lou Bandy (1959), Dutch singer and comedian, overdose medicals[54]
- Robert Hayward Barlow (1951), American writer and anthropologist, barbiturate overdose[55]
- Amelie "Melli" Beese (1925), German pioneer aviatrix, gunshot[56]
- Jovan Belcher (2012), American football player, shot himself after killing his girlfriend[57]
- Chris Benoit (2007), Canadian professional wrestler, hanged himself after murdering his wife and son.[58]
- Mary Kay Bergman (1999), American voice actress, shotgun.[59]
- John Berryman (1972), American poet; jumped off a bridge.[60]
- Paul Bhattacharjee (2013), British actor, jumped from a clifftop at Splash Point cliffs in Seaford, East Sussex.[61][62]
- Bob Birch (2012), American musician; gunshot.[63]
- David Birnie (2005), Australian serial killer and rapist, hanging.[64]
- Clara Bloodgood (1907), American Broadway actress; gunshot.[65]
- Isabella Blow (2007), English magazine editor, and muse to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, poisoning.[66]
- Ludwig Boltzmann (1906), Austrian physicist famous for thermodynamics and the atomic theory, hanging[67]
- Jeremy Michael Boorda (1996), Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy[68]
- Jonathan Brandis (2003), American actor, hanging[69]
- Cheyenne Brando (1995), Tahitian model/actress, and the daughter of Marlon Brando by his third wife Tarita Teriipia, hanging.[70][71]
- Mike Brant (1975), Israeli pop star who achieved fame after moving to France, jumping from the window of a Paris apartment[72]
- Eva Braun (1945), German wife of Adolf Hitler, cyanide poisoning.[73]
- James E. Brewton (1967), American painter and printmaker, gunshot[74]
- Herman Brood (2001), Dutch musician, artist, composer, jumping from the roof of the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam.[75]
- Joseph Brooks (2011), American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer known for the song "You Light Up My Life".[76][77]
- Donald Cammell (1996), Scottish film director, shot himself in Hollywood, California.[78]
- Capital Steez (2012), American hip-hop artist, jumped off the rooftop of the Cinematic Music Group headquarters inManhattan.[79][80]
- George Caragonne (1995), American comic book writer, jumped from the 45th floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan.[81]
- Wallace Carothers (1937), American inventor of nylon, cyanide poisoning.[82]
- Kevin Carter (1994), South African photojournalist, carbon monoxide poisoning.[83]
- Tim Carter, (2008), Footballer, hanging.[84]
- Finn M. W. Caspersen (2009), American financier and philanthropist, firearm, after battle with cancer and anticipated financial problems.[85][86]
- Ariel Castro (2013), American man convicted in August 2013 of kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder for holding Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus in his Cleveland, Ohio home over the course of a decade, hanging.[87]
- Cato the Younger (46 BC), Roman statesman and politician, stabbed himself with his sword.[88]
- Iris Chang (2004), American historian and author of The Rape of Nanking, gunshot wound to the head[89]
- Thomas Chatterton (1753), English poet, essayist, dramatist, forger, arsenic poisoning, presumed suicide, possible accident[90][91]
- Seung-Hui Cho (2007), American university student who perpetrated the Virginia Tech massacre, gunshot.[92]
- Christine Chubbuck (1974), television reporter, shot herself during a live news broadcast[93]
- Tyler Clementi (2010), gay American student at Rutgers University, jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate secretly recorded him kissing his date.[94]
- Cleopatra (30 BC), Queen of Egypt, inducing a snake to bite her.[30]
- Kurt Cobain (1994), American rock singer (Nirvana), shotgun wound to the head.[95]
- Ray Combs (1996), American comedian, actor, and television game show host, known for hosting Family Feud from 1988–1994, hanging.[96][97]
- Don Cornelius (2012), American television show host and producer, best known as the creator and host of the nationally syndicated dance/music franchise Soul Train. Shot himself in Los Angeles, California.[98]
- Hart Crane (1932), American poet, jumped off ship.[99]
- Smiley Culture (2011), English reggae singer and DJ, stabbed himself during police raid.[100]
- Ian Curtis (1980), English singer songwriter (Joy Division), death by hanging.[101]
- Patricia Cutts (1974), English film and television actress. Died from barbiturate poisoning at her London flat, aged 48.[102]
- Dalida (1987), Italian singer, an overdose of barbiturates[103][104]
- Monika Dannemann (1996), German skater and painter, exhaust fumes.
- Alice de Janzé (1941), American heiress, committed suicide with a firearm.[105]
- Jeanine Deckers (1985), musician known as the Singing Nun, overdose of sedatives.[106]
- Peter Delmé (MP) (1770), committed suicide with a firearm.[107]
- Brad Delp (2007), American rock musician (Boston), carbon monoxide poisoning in his bathroom using two charcoal grills.[108]
- Penelope Delta (1941), Greek writer, killed herself when the Germans invaded Greece during WWII[109]
- Adriaan Ditvoorst (1987), Dutch film director and screenwriter, drowned himself in the Theodorusharbour in Bergen op Zoom[110]
- Michael Dorris (1997), American novelist, took sleeping pills with vodka, placed a plastic bag over his head, and died of asphyxiation[111]
- Jon Dough (2006), American pornographic actor, hanging.[112]
- Charmaine Dragun (2007), Australian television newsreader, jumped off The Gap in Sydney after a long battle with depression.[113]
- R. Budd Dwyer (1987) American politician who shot himself in the mouth during a press conference.[114][115]
- Freddy E (2013), American hip-hop music artist known for his comedy and spoken-word pieces, rifle shot to the head.[116][117][118]
- George Eastman (1932), American inventor and philanthropist, gunshot to the heart.[119]
- Robert Enke (2009), German footballer, killed himself by standing on rail road tracks near Neustadt am Rübenberge.[120]
- Peg Entwistle (1932), Welsh-born American actress, leapt to her death from the "H" in the Hollywood Sign.[121]
- Tom Evans (1983), English musician and songwriter, hanging.[122]
- Moni Fanan (2009), team manager of the Israeli basketball team Maccabi Tel-Aviv during the years 1992–2008, hanging.[123]
- Justin Fashanu (1998), footballer, hanging.[124]
- René Favaloro (2000), Argentine cardiac surgeon (created technique for coronary bypass surgery), gunshot to the heart.[125]
- Robert FitzRoy (1865), English meteorologist, surveyor and hydrographer, who captained the HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage. Slit throat with razor.[126]
- André "Dédé" Fortin (2000), founding member of the Québécois band Les Colocs, seppuku.[127]
- Vince Foster (1993), Deputy White House Counsel to Bill Clinton.[128]
- Wade Frankum (1991), Australian mass murderer who perpetrated the Strathfield massacre, gunshot.[129]
- Emil Fuchs (1929) Austrian American sculptor, gunshot.
- Anton Furst (1991), English production designer who created the Gotham City and Batmobile used in the 1989 Batman film, as well as the look of Planet Hollywood, jumped from an eighth story window.[130]
- Helen Palmer Geisel (1967), American author and actress who was the first wife of famed children's author Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, overdosed on barbiturates.[131]
- Sam Gillespie (2003), Australian-born philosopher whose writings and translations were crucial to the initial reception of Alain Badiou's work in the English-speaking world.[132]
- Lucy Gordon (2009), British actress and model hanged herself on 20 May 2009.[133]
- Hermann Göring (1946), German politician, military leader, major figure in Nazi Party, potassium cyanide.[134]
- Arshile Gorky, (1948), Armenian American painter; hanged himself.[135]
- Spalding Gray (2004), American actor, playwright, screenwriter, performance artist, and monologuist; jumped off Staten Island Ferry.[136]
- Mark Green (2004), American record-setting minor league hockey star, hanged himself after being accused of stealing from a car dealership.[137][138]
- Ryan Halligan (2003), Vermont high school student who committed suicide due to bullying, self-hanging[139]
- Pete Ham (1975), British musician, hanging.[122]
- Tony Hancock (1968), British comedian, overdose by vodka and amphetamines.[140]
- Hannibal (183–181 BC[141]), a Carthaginian military commander and tactician, poison.[142]
- Eric Harris (1999), one of the two American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre, gunshot.[143][144]
- Brynn Hartman (1998), wife of comedian and actor Phil Hartman, shot herself after murdering her husband[145]
- Donny Hathaway (1979), American musician, jumped from the 15th floor window of his hotel room.[146]
- Ernest Hemingway (1961), American writer and journalist, gunshot wound to the head.[147]
- Margaux Hemingway (1996), American fashion model, actress; overdose of phenobarbital.[148]
- Paul Hester (2005), Australian television personality and drummer from Crowded House, hanged himself in a Melbourne park.[149]
- Heinrich Himmler (1945), German Nazi leader, by cyanide pill.[150]
- Adolf Hitler (1945), Austrian-born, Nazi Germany dictator, committed suicide by gunshot[151][152] (possibly while biting down on a cyanide capsule at the same time).[153]
- Abbie Hoffman (1989), American political and social activist; overdose of phenobarbital.[154]
- Robert E. Howard (1936), American author probably best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, gunshot wound to the head.[155]
- Michael Hutchence (1997), Australian singer and songwriter (INXS), hanged himself with a belt.[156]
- Phyllis Hyman (1995), American singer-songwriter and actress, overdose of phenobarbital[157]
- Isokelekel (17th century), semi-mythical conqueror of Pohnpei Island in the Carolines and father of the cultural system of modern Pohnpei, tied his penis to a bent palm tree and let go, ripping it off. He bled to death.[158][159][160]
- Marcel Jacob (2009), Swedish musician.[161]
- Clayne Jeffs (2002), nephew of Warren Jeffs, committed suicide with a firearm after admitting that Warren Jeffs had sexually assaulted him as a child.[162][163]
- Richard Jeni (2007), American standup comedian and actor, gunshot.[164][165][166]
- Ryan Jenkins (2009), contestant on the 2009 reality TV series Megan Wants a Millionaire, who hanged himself after being charged by police with murdering his wife, Jasmine Fiore.[167][168]
- B.S. Johnson (1973), English novelist, poet, literary critic, sports journalist, television producer and filmmaker, cut his wrists.[169]
- Malcolm Jones III (1996), comic book creator known for his work on Vertigo series The Sandman.[170]
- Antonie Kamerling (2010), Dutch actor and musician, hanging.[171]
- Chris Kanyon (2010), American professional wrestler, overdose of anti-depressant pills.[172]
- Kostas Karyotakis (1928), Greek poet, gunshot.[173]
- Bruno Kastner (1932), German actor, hanging.[174]
- Brian Keith (1997), American actor, gunshot[175]
- Mike Kelley (2012), American artist.[176]
- Daul Kim (2009), South Korean model and blogger, hanged in her Paris apartment[177]
- Ji-hoo Kim (2008), South Korean actor and model, hanging.[178]
- Allyn King (1930) Broadway actress, jumped from a five-story window.[179][180][181]
- Syd King (1933) Footballer and football manager, ingestion of corrosive liquid.[182][183]
- Uday Kiran (2014), Telugu actor, hanging,[184][185][186]
- R. B. Kitaj (2007), American artist; suffocation.[187]
- Dylan Klebold (1999), one of the two American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre, gunshot.[143][144]
- Andrew Koenig (2010), actor known as Boner on the American sitcom Growing Pains, and the son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, hanging[188]
- Jerzy Kosinski (1991), Polish-born American writer; suffocation with plastic bag.[189]
- Deborah Laake (2000), U.S. staff writer, columnist and writer; overdose of pills[190]
- Karen Lancaume (2005), French pornographic film actress, overdose of temazepam[191]
- Megan Leigh (1990), pornographic actress; gunshot wound to the head[192]
- Dave Lepard (2006), lead singer and guitarist in the Swedish glam metal band Crashdïet.[193]
- Meriwether Lewis (1809), U.S. explorer and partner of William Clark, gunshot. There is some debate as to whether his death was a suicide.[194]
- Chris Lighty (2012), American music industry executive and manager.[195]
- Max Linder (1925), French film and stage actor, double suicide with wife; veronal and morphine ingestion, cut wrists.[196]
- Mark Linkous (2010), American musician, gunshot to the heart.[197]
- Roman Lyashenko (2003), Russian NHL hockey player, hanged himself with a belt.[198]
- Donald R. Manes (1986), American politician, stabbed self in chest.[199]
- Martin Manley (2013), American sportswriter, shot himself.[200]
- Mădălina Manole (2010), Romanian pop singer, pesticide poisoning.[201]
- Richard Manuel (1986), Canadian musician, lead singer and pianist for The Band, hanging.[202]
- Andrew Martinez (2006), nudism activist who became known on the University of California, Berkeley campus as the "Naked Guy", suffocation.[203]
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1930), Russian and Soviet poet, shot himself.[204]
- Mindy McCready (2013), American country music singer, gunshot.[205][206]
- Tom McHale (1983), American novelist[207]
- Robert M. McLane (1904), American mayor of Baltimore, gunshot[208]
- Kenny McKinley (2010), American football player, gunshot[209]
- Alexander McQueen (2010), British fashion designer and couturier, hanged himself in his wardrobe.[210]
- Joe Meek (1967), British record producer, gunshot.[211]
- Megan Meier (2006), American high school student who committed suicide due to cyberbullying, hanging.[212]
- Ulrike Meinhof (1976), German journalist and RAF-terrorist, hanged herself[213]
- Miroslava (1955), Czech-born Mexican actress, overdose of sleeping pills[214]
- Yukio Mishima (1970), Japanese author, poet, playwright, film director and activist; seppuku (Japanese ritual suicide).[215]
- Antonin Moine (1849), French sculptor, gunshot[216]
- Mario Monicelli (2010), Italian film director, jumped out of a hospital window[217]
- Haoui Montaug (1991), American nightclub doorman and cabaret promotor. Overdosed on Seconal barbiturate pills.[218][219]
- Violeta Parra (1967), Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethno-musicologist and visual artist.[228]
- Dušan Pašek (1998), Slovak ice hockey player; gunshot.[229]
- Cesare Pavese (1950), Italian author, overdose of barbiturates.[230]
- Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (2011), American skier, Olympic medalist; gunshot[231]
- Justin Pierce (2000), English-born American actor and skateboarder known for his role in the 1995 drama Kids, hanging.[232][233]
- Alejandra Pizarnik (1972), Argentine poet; overdose of Secobarbital sodium.[234]
- Sylvia Plath (1963), American poet, novelist, children's author; committed suicide by gassing herself in her kitchen.[235]
- Dana Plato (1999), American child actress, notable for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, overdose of Vanadom (Soma) andLortab.[236] Plato's son, Tyler Lambert, killed himself on May 6, 2010, almost 11 years to the day after Plato's death, via gunshot wound to the head.[237]
- Jan Potocki (1815), Polish nobleman, committed suicide in December 1815 aged 54.[238]
- Phoebe Prince (2010), American high school student who committed suicide due to school bullying and cyberbullying, hanging.[239]
- Freddie Prinze (1977), American actor and comedian; gunshot.[240]
- Nicola Ann Raphael (2001), Lenzie Academy high school student who committed suicide due to bullying, overdose of Coproxamol.[241]
- David Rappaport (1990), English actor, one of the best known dwarf actors in television and films, such as Time Bandits, gunshot[242]
- Roy Raymond (1993), American founder of Victoria's Secret, jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.[243][244]
- Liam Rector (2007), U.S. poet and educator; gunshot.[245][246]
- David Reimer (2004), Canadian man who after a botched circumcision in infancy, was unsuccessfully reassigned as a girl until he learned the truth at age 13, gunshot.[247]
- Angelo Reyes (2011), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, gunshot[248]
- Dale Roberts (2010), English football, hanging[249]
- Jamey Rodemeyer (2011), American high school student who committed suicide due to constant bullying, hanging.[250]
- Erwin Rommel (1944), German Nazi general, forced by Hitler to commit suicide for treason.
- Mark Rothko (1970), American abstract expressionist painter, slit his arms[251]
- Nick Santino (2012), American soap opera actor, overdosed on pills.[252]
- Savannah (1994) (birth name Shannon Michelle Wilsey), adult film actress, shot herself in the head with a 9 mm handgun[192]
- Robert Schommer (2001), American astronomer[253]
- Tony Scott (2012), English film director; jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.[254]
- Junior Seau (2012), American football All-Pro player, gunshot to the chest.[255][256]
- Seneca the Younger (65), Roman philosopher, cut his veins.[257][258]
- Anne Sexton (1974), American poet, carbon monoxide inhalation by running automobile in closed garage[259]
- Socrates (399 BC), Classical Greek Athenian philosopher, credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, drank poison, probably hemlock.[260][261][262][263] Because Socrates was forced to poison himself to death as his sentence following his conviction for impiety and corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens, the question of whether this constitutes a genuine suicide is a subject of debate.[264]
- Gary Speed (2011), Welsh footballer and manager, hanging[265]
- Mark Speight (2008), English television presenter, hanging[266]
- Otto Strandman (1941), Estonian politician, gunshot[267][268]
- David Edward Sutch (1999), musician known as Screaming Lord Sutch, English musician, hanging.[269]
- Aaron Swartz (2013), American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and activist, hanging[270]
- Samuel J. F. Thayer (1893), American architect, gunshot[271]
- Nicky Thomas (1990), Jamaican reggae singer [272]
- Hunter S. Thompson (2005), gonzo journalist, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, gunshot[273]
- Terry Thompson (2011), zookeeper and owner of Muskingum County Animal Farm, gunshot[274]
- Li Tobler (1975), Swiss actress, model and life partner of artist H. R. Giger, gunshot[275]
- Amanda Todd (2012), Canadian high school student who committed suicide due to school bullying and cyberbullying, hanging.[276]
- John Kennedy Toole (1969), American novelist known for A Confederacy of Dunces.[277]
- Dudu Topaz (2009), Israeli TV personality and entertainer, hanging while incarcerated in jail[278]
- Silvanus Trevail (1903), British architect; shot himself[279]
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1941), Russian poet, hanged herself.[280]
- Kurt Tucholsky (1935), German-Jewish journalist, satirist and writer, overdose[281]
- Alan Turing (1954), English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist, eating an apple laced with cyanide[282]
- Edwin Valero (2010), Venezuelan boxer, hanging, after arrest on suspicion of murdering his wife[283]
- Vincent van Gogh (1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist, shot himself.[284]
- Johannes Vares (1946), Estonian poet, doctor and politician[285][286]
- Getúlio Vargas (1954), two-time President of Brazil, gunshot.[287]
- Lupe Vélez (1944), Mexican actress, overdose of seconal tablets[288]
- John Verrept (1912), Belgian aviator, first person to commit suicide using an airplane.[289]
- Juhan Viiding (1995), Estonian poet and actor, cut his veins[290][291]
- Hervé Villechaize (1993), actor known for his work on the TV series Fantasy Island, gunshot[292]
- Frank Vitkovic (1987), Australian mass murderer who perpetrated the Queen Street massacre, falling from a height.[293]
- Ned Vizzini (2013), American author of young adult fiction, such as the novel, It's Kind of a Funny Story, leapt from a building.[294]The New York City chief medical examiner’s office said he suffered blunt impact injuries. The writer’s brother, Daniel, told reporters that Vizzini had jumped off the roof of the building where their parents live.[295]
- Gustav Wagner (1980), deputy commander, Sobibor extermination camp, knife wound.[296]
- David Wallace, father of United States First Lady Bess Truman, gunshot to the head.[297][298][299]
- David Foster Wallace (2008), American author; hanging[300]
- Stephen Ward (1963), English osteopathic physician who became notorious as one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, overdose of sleeping pills.[301]
- Jeff Weise (2005), American high school student who committed the Red Lake massacre and then committed suicide after years of bullying, gunshot.[302]
- Fred West (1995), English serial killer, hanging.[303]
- Dorrit Weixler (1916), German film actress; hanging[304]
- Bob Welch (2012), musician and former member of Fleetwood Mac, a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
- Dawn-Marie Wesley (2000) Canadian high school student who committed suicide due to bullying, hanging.[305]
- Assia Wevill (1969), German born lover of English poet Ted Hughes; murder-suicide of her daughter with Hughes, gas[306]
- Dan White (1985), San Francisco politician who assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, carbon monoxide poisoning[307]
- Sue Williams (1969), American actress and Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1965, gunshot to the chest[308]
- Wendy O. Williams (1998), American singer songwriter for the Plasmatics, gunshot[309]
- Tom Wills (1880), Australian cricketer and co-founder of Australian rules football, stabbed himself in the heart with a pair of scissors.[310]
- Jack Wishna (2012), president and CEO of CPAmerica, carbon monoxide poisoning.[311]
- Tobi Wong (2010), Canadian born designer, and conceptual artist.[312]
- Francesca Woodman (1981), American photographer, jumped from a window[313]
- Virginia Woolf (1941), English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories; suicide by drowning[314]
- Stefan Zweig (1942), Jewish Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer[320]
