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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) strives for a society that is stigma free. The Merriam-Webster definition of stigma is “a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something; a mark of shame of discredit.”

To hopefully help reduce some of the stigma that surrounds mental illness, I thought I would compile a list of well-known people over time who have suffered or are still suffering from a mental illness. It's an impressive list that puts anyone battling mental illness in good company.